CRR

We have to this project for Ms. Hegeman and it is getting me so annoyed because I feel like I have too many projects all at once and due around the same time. Anyways the project concept is nice, but I honestly don’t feel like doing it and I’m getting frustrated. However, I’ll get it done only because I want to pass and have a high average on my report card and keep my good GPA. Miles, Braxton and I picked to do our public service announcement project on the issue of police brutality. I used the injustice way Sethe and Paul D were treated in the novel “Beloved”. I’m not sure what book my partners used. But for our project we are suppose to be creating a little comedy film that shows the issue of police brutality and we are hoping that when people see it that they will understand that police brutality is becoming a huge issue in our society and we have to make a change and not just want a change. Miles and Braxton also did posters where Braxton showed police brutality during slavery time and police brutality now. In slavery time police brutality was shown in a different form and Braxton was able to show that history repeats itself. Miles poster shows a police man going after someone who littered on the ground while someone was robbing a bank in the back. Miles showed that police are oblivious to what’s going on and they focus on the little things when there are bigger things happening.

Free Response: Senior Trip

So we just came back from our Senior Trip to Virginia. I had a wonderful time and was sad when the next day because it was over. However, when I was in the park on the last day I was so ready to leave because it was extremely hot and the lines were long for the rides and they wouldn’t let us skip with our disability paper. Also when I finally got on the bus I was more than ready to leave because the ride was so long and I was beginning to get uncomfortable trying to lay down in the seats. But, I started to miss the trip when we got back to school because I’m so tired of doing work. Anyways it was hilariously to my group in the park because I have a fear of heights and when we riding the sky line, which goes up and down extremely slow, I was holding on for dear life and refused to look at the ground. It was funny now that I think about it. However, I am proud of myself because I got on certain roller coasters that I thought I never thought I would ever get on because the steep drops scares the sh** out of me. There was this one ride where the floor dropped and it was CRAZY! I was thinking the ride was a little kiddy, baby ride because it was going slow at first, but then it started going madddddd fasttttttt and next thing I know I’m screaming for dear life, cursing everything out. The roller coaster started twisting and turning, going through steep drops and then we just stopped and mind you it was dark. Next thing I know the roller coaster dropped and I thought I died. Anyways the ride was fun after I got off.  

CRR (Beloved)

So in class we have been reading this novel called “Beloved”. This book is very weird, but it is also very interesting. The novel is about slaves that escaped and became free and this one ghost named Beloved haunted her mother Sethe’s house because Sethe killed her when she was a little girl. In class today we had a Socratic Seminar where we discussed the question whether or not Sethe was justified for killing her baby girl or if she was just wrong. I feel that Sethe is not wrong for killing her baby girl because in that time loving something as hard as she did was a sign of weakness because as slaves everything little thing you had could be easily taken away from you, including your children. Sethe was the type of person that couldn’t help but love hard and as a mother it’s your natural instinct to love your children after you have carried them for nine months and gave birth to them.I believe that Sethe’s love for Beloved really showed and shined through from the moment she slit her throat because in her mind she couldn’t bear to see any of her children go through what she went through. In her mind she just thought about keeping her children safe and she rather them be dead, safe and happy in heaven than living, ultimately wishing they were dead and depressed. If I were in Sethe’s shoes I would have done the exact same thing because if I thought anyone was coming for my children and I had no way to protect them and the only way I could get them out of harms way is to kill them, I would rather it be me to kill them out of love than a slave master killing them out of hate.

Free Response

So this free response will be about just what's been going on so far; school wise. We are about to leave highschool and graduate and our beginning of a new life is right around the corner. I don't really feel nervous, I feel more anxious to get out and explore and be on my own. I do just hope that I can deal with any problems or issues that come my way in life. Anyways senior trip is about three weeks away and I'm more than excited for it because I think everyone will have fun. Even though I'm afraid of heights, I'm still going to enjoy myself and try to get on most of the rollercoaster. However, I'm honestly really looking forward to the buffets because I loveeeeee food and the last time I was in Virginia I went to the Golden Corral and the food was really, really good. I am also looking forward to prom because I think everyone is going to look flawless and amazing. Prom will be extremely fun, but graduation is the final step I can't wait for. I feel like when I graduate I will feel so fulfilled and proud of myself because I would feel like all my work has paid off and my family will be proud of me. So sum everything up school has been going OK so far, but I am more than ready to get it over with and start a new life.

Class Related Response: Economics

So in economics class we did an business project where we had to make a company and make an expense report and a business philosophy and everything else that goes into a business. We also had to make a 30 second commercial. I decided to work with three other people and even though we got it done, I've learned that its harder to work with so many people. I say this because everyone doesn't work the same; some people work at different paces and different ways. I'm not sure if I would have gotten a better grade If I had only worked with maybe one other person, but it might have been a little better to communicate and work smoothly if I has only one other person 2 work with. Anyways the project helped me be able to get an outlook on how much work has to be pit into a business and what it consist of. All I know and have learned is that if I want to be an entrepreneur one day then I will have a lot of work cut out for me. Ms. Tomlin didn't even give us a budget to work with so imagine if I do want to start my own business with a budget, it will be even harder. The  best part of the project to me was the commercial because I feel everyone's commercial, including my group, was very nice and cute. The commercial was also the easier part to me. The hardest part had to be the expense report because you have to literally sit there and write every single object you will need for your business down to utilities, such as toilet paper and soap. It was also very annoying and tedious because sometimes we would forget something and have to go back and add to the expense report.

Free Response: School

So I used to think that school was moving too fast, but now I feel like it is not moving fast enough. Lately I have been getting to school late and slacking on my work a lot because I’m getting extremely tired of having to do all this work. However , I know it’s not good because if I plan on going to college, the work is not going to get any better. Even though I know I need to get it together and just finish this school year off strong, all this work is just really getting on my last nerves. I am ready to just graduate and get away from high school. P Literature is really getting to me because we do so much in the morning and it annoys me a lot because I’m usually really tired. The time writings are really the things that is messing up my grades and makes me want to leave the class, but half of the time I hardly understand it and the other half of the time I’m just too tired to do it. I am not really sure what I’m going to do about that class,but I’m going to try my best and get it together because I don't want my  grades to hurt tremendously because I’m not putting my best effort and just getting tired and annoyed by school. I am not sure whats going to happen, but just pray for me because I really need to pass.

Ms. Bartoli Class

Recently in Ms. Bartoli’s class we have been learning about fibers and using the microscope. Forensics class is a very interesting class and we’ve learned a lot so far about human decomposition and everything that relates to that. However, we started looking at cotton and examining it under the microscope with different lens magnifications. When we first started looking at cotton using the microscope it was very annoying because you have to focus the lens and most of the time in the 400x magnification lens, you couldn’t even see the cotton. So I had the ask for help and adjust the light till I was able to see the cotton. At first the cotton looked very weird because it looked very stringy and plastic like and it was all over the place under the microscope and looked very tangled. We haven’t gotten that far in our lesson on fibers, but I’m looking forward to looking at more different, unique fibers under the microscope. The class is very interesting and hopefully we end up doing a very fun project at the end.

The Wedding Ringer!!!!

So last weekend I went to see “The Wedding Ringer” with my grandmother and my grandmothers friend, which is also like my aunt. Anyways I was mad because I really wanted to see “The Loft” because I like drama films that have many twist and turns. However, I’m glad we saw “The Wedding Ringer” because it was extremely funny. If you don’t know this movie stars Kevin Hart (So you already know it was going to be funny). The movie was about this business that Jimmy, who is Kevin Hart, started for men that didn't have any friends or best friends to have them as their best men. Jimmy would fill in and play as the man’s best man and even get some grooms men if needed, but that cost extra. This particular guy he had to help and do business with didn't have any groomsmen at all and needed 7 of them. This movie was hilarious and had was extremely crazy because some of the stuff going on was outrageous, but I guess that’s what made it funny. I loved Kevin Harts role in the movie because he was a very playfully, funny guy that also got his business done. I loved how the movie had a lesson at the end, even though it was suppose to be funny. Jimmy always wanted his clients to know that what they were doing was just business and that they weren't actually friends. However, his secretary told him that he had to stop thinking like that because if he really sat down and thought about it, he would not have any groomsmen or best man if he ever decided to get married because he always pushed people away. At the end of the movie the man called off his wedding realizing he didn't actually love his wife and Jimmy put his feelings aside and became best friends with the man. So moral of the story is stop pushing people away and be open.     

Passion: Nails

One of my passions are my nails. I get them done every two to three weeks and when I don’t have them done I feel very weird and almost like somethings missing. Anyways I love getting my nails done, not because I am trying to be cute, but because I love the creative aspect of it. I am allowed to be as creative as I want and I can express myself in a unique, beautiful way. I get different shapes of nails like stiletto, coffin, oval, square and more. My favorite is coffin nails (That’s the shape of nail I have now). I usually try to get outrageous designs that will pop out and draw people’s attention. However, If I don’t get crazy designs I try to get distinctive colors that look well together and that pop out and is very flamboyant. My most favorite nail design that I've had was when I had stiletto shaped nails, with a real nice subtle pink and then I put clear rhinestones at the bottom. It was extremely pretty. However, now for some reason I have been feeling the urge to get very nude colors because they are just extremely pretty and simple. Maybe my style is just changing or maybe this is a phase. Anyways, I love Matte nails. Matte is a overcoat that makes the nail polish look extremely dull, but it is the most prettiest thing I've ever seen. I really don’t know why i’m obsessed with Matte nails, but I love it. Anyways, nails popping!!!

Colors and Designs

Matte, Nude Coffin Nails

Favorite Nails

Class Poetry Presentation

Over the break we had to do the poetry presentation and we had to memorize our 14 LINE SONNETS!!! Plus Ms. Hegeman made ME go first! She said that life is unfair so I had to go first. I did good though for my first time because I stuttered like once or twice, but I knew my poem because I had studied it over the break line by line. This presentation made me be able to memorize and present poetry and be able to explain what the poem means. Even though, my interpretation was kind of wrong I got most of it right. It was just one be part that messed me up. I have realized that I really `need to work on my interpretations and trying to figure out what the poems mean. However, it is hard for me because every time I think I know what a poem is talking about, I get it wrong or only get half right. I guess I just have to keep working on trying to understand what I'm reading and try annotating more because that may help me figure out what's going on in the poem without asking for help. I like poetry sometimes, but I hate when I can't understand it and it's really the language they use that gets to me because I can't understand exactly what they mean. Anyways, hopefully I did a good job on my presentation and get a good grade because I really did try to interpret it and memorize it and have it ready for the day we come back.