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.

My BirthDay Thoooooooooooo!!! #Sagg

So guysssssss, my birthday is this Saturday, December 13th! I'm finally going to turn 17 years old. I'm kind of excited for my birthday, but not that much because most of the time my birthday just feels like another day to me. However, this birthday I will be going out with some of my friends to the movies and hopefully I will have a good time. I was inviting almost everybody because I wanted everyone to come (Laugh Out Loud) :D. Taylor was telling me my birthday movie day was going to turn into a senior trip. If it does I don't mind, but you know how you invite people and some will say they're going to go and end up not coming. So it doesn't really matter if I invite a lot of people. I really, really, really want my donuts tomorrow. Donuts are sooooooo good. Teanna bought me some today and she made my day!!! Shout out to Teanna!!! But anyways, I guess I’m excited for my birthday, but this year it’s not that serious to me. I feel for my 18th birthday, I might really go all out and enjoy myself. Especially since this senior year is so stressful and hectic, I’m not really focused on my birthday right now. All I’m praying for is for me to get those college applications in and figure out what I’m doing with my future and where I’m going with my future. Anyways, I will be turning 17 soon and shout out to all my Sagittarius because we’re definitely the best!

Jhene Aiko Keep Your Head Up (Cover) SSR

The song “Keep Your Head Up” originated from rapper Tupac. Singer Jhene Aiko covered the song and I loved her version because she made the song sound so angelic, serene and full of passion. Jhene Aiko’s voice is so simple, but it makes you listen and want to hear more. When I heard this song covered by her, it really made me think about what’s been going on in the world. I love the part when she says “You know it makes me unhappy, When brothers have babies and leaves a young mother to be a pappy, And since we all came from a woman, Got our name from our woman, And our game from our woman”. I loves this part because it’s a real problem in the world because men are making babies and not caring for them. Children shouldn't have to grow up without a father because some men prefer to not take care of their responsibilities. I also don't understand how some men could just leave a woman all alone with their child when they were birthed by a woman. Men should have respect for woman because of that simple fact. I also love the part when she sings "I think it's time we kill for our woman, Heal our woman, Be real to our woman, Cuz if not we'll have a race of babies that'll hate the ladies that make the babies, And since a man can't make one, He has no right to tell a woman when and where to create one". This part stuck to me because I never thought about it that way and I actually agree because if some men are going to act as if they don't have a child and just not take care of them, then they have no say so in if a woman has a baby or not. Woman are the ones that struggle to take care of the generations because men don't know how to be real men.

Ms. Tomlin's Class

Lately all the teachers have been giving us an abundance amount of work and projects. This weekend I have to do two essays, work on two presentations and make a poem. I feel the teachers are giving us a lot of work and are putting a lot of pressure on us. Anyways Ms. Tomlin class is very funny and enjoyable. However, I hate how much work she continues to give us because it piles up and begins to be too much. Even though I know she gives us these presentation projects to prepare us for the future, it can just be very over whelming. For only the third month in school, I feel very stressed. Anyways Ms. Tomlin's class is very funny because of her personality and the jokes we can make in class. Also the topics are very interesting because we learn things about the government and how they operate. Even though the class is interesting I am still sometimes extremely confused because things like the process of making a law is very complicated to me because there are so many steps to it. I feel that eventually when she gives us a test, I will have a hard time with it. However, I am going to work hard at it because she is not lenient with her grades.

FOOD

HEY GUYYYYSSSS!!!! So this is my passion blog because on the last blog, I did class related. My most favorite thing in the whole wide world and my passion non other than FOOD. I love all types of food. I love spicy food, fried food, any type of sweet desserts, candy and I love my Spicy, Sweet Chili
Doritos. My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving because of all the wonderful food. I love the baked macaroni and cheese, the turkey, the ribs, the stuffing, the collard greens and especially my grandmother's string beans. My grandmother's string beans are seasoned to perfection (I know ya wish ya had some right now because I know I do). Anyways everyone knows I love my Spicy Sweet Chili Doritos. They are like soooooooo goooooddddddd. They are spicy, but then they are sweet and savory (The name speaks for itself). I eat at least one bag of them every morning and Ms. Hegeman hates that, but I'll get her to try some one day. I also love ice cream and any type of cake or pie. My favoriteeeeee flavor of ice cream is Butter Pecan because the pecans mixed with the vanilla ice cream is an amazing combination!!!! I also love hot apple pie with vanilla ice cream. The hot, sweet, flavorful pie mixed with the cold sweet flavor of the ice cream is soooooo gooooodddddd!!!!!! So I have like 20 miore words to go and then I reach the 250 word minimum. So from writing that last sentence, I reached 247 words. So bye GUYYYSSSS!!!!!

P.S: Comment on my Blog and Now I'm hungry! :(   

AYY!!! 2nd Blog: Connection To Class

Soooooo!!! This is my second blog and I'm still not really into this, but here we go. So in class we have been learning all these grammar rules and at first it was extremely easy, but as it goes on it keeps getting more difficult and really annoying because I keep having to revise my work and give it back in. However, I know it would help me eventually. We have also been writing our personal statements and I handed mine in (ON TIME!) today. At first when I was writing my personal statement it was difficult because I didn't want to put my business out there and then Ms. Hegeman wanted us to sit in groups of three and read our essays (OUT LOUD THO) with our group. Like really Ms. Hegeman??!!(Laugh Out Loud) However, it wasn't as bad as I thought and at the end of the day, I got my essay done. We also took a quiz today and it got me really mad because I actually studied, but for some reason I kept second guessing myself because the definitions giving on the paper just didn't didn't seem like it matched the definitions I received and had on my paper. I think maybe I just have to take my time and really read and try to understand the definitions Ms. Hegeman provides us with, but it is just really confusing at times. Anyways, we also had to grade some AP Essays today and Ms. Hegeman was getting mad at my group, which consisted of Jaylene, Lavonnie and Miles (I wish we could tag people on this, but whatever). My group wasn't on task like we should have been, but we got it done anyways though HA! Well I'm done, I'm over 250 words so bye! <3

P.S: Ms. Hegeman loves telling me I'm eating bad in the morning, but those spicy, sweet Doritos are really, really, really good though. I'm just going to buy her some, I think she secretly wants to taste one. (Laugh Out Loud) HEYYY MS. HEGEMAN!!!!  

OMG! My First Blog

So the only reason I'm doing this blog is because Ms. Hegeman assigned it because I'm not a blog type of person. She told me if I didn't have anything to write, then just write about myself, so I'm going to share a only a few things about myself because I don't want everyone in my business (Laugh Out Loud). So I'm 16 years old and I won't be 17 until December 13th (Everyone remember my birthday, I will be grateful for the gifts I receive). A lot of people call me young, but if you think about it, I will be graduating from high school at 17, while most is graduating at 18. HA! ya mad or nah? No, but for real , I believe I'm a very nice person and I try to be friendly with everyone. I am really goofy and love to laugh at any and everything because that is just my personality. I'm a very humble and simple girl, I feel it doesn't take a lot to please me so If you guys get me gifts for my birthday it will mean a lot :). I'm happy to finally be a senior because I'm more than ready to get out of high school and start my life on my own as an independent woman. However, this senior year is starting off to be more than stressful, but I am a strong person and I know I will be graduating on time with a great college to go to.But yea, I reached more than 250 words so I'm done with this blog. Hope you guys liked learning a little about your fellow classmate. :)