A NEW BEGINING
I wanted to find peace in this world
I wanted to find love and happiness
But the only thing I found was
Racism and inequality
between women and men
people believe that you are more
valuable than me.
Only because your at a certain level of life
Or because your gender is considered
more important than mine
But you know something,
what will your life be like If I didn't exit?
Can you make this a better place without me?
Can you make it became a happier place?
Please don’t make me feel less
I am not asking you to love me
you don’t even have to like me
But respect me,
We’ll simply start over
there’s a miracle of friendship that dwells
within the heart
And you don’t know how it happens
or were it starts,
But the happiness it brings you,
Always gives a special lift’
and you realize that friendship
Is Gods most perfect gift!!!:)
Monday, June 6, 2011
Racial Oppression and Hegemony has been used to Create Slavery
By:Lucinda:)
Period:#4
05.31.11
Racial oppression and Hegemony has been used to Create Slavery
How would you feel if someone took advantage over you, only because you had a different background and race, and they exploited you by working everyday, and you couldn't do anything about it because you weren’t allowed to speak against them? In the book Kindred, by Octavia Butler, Dana is a young successful African American who was forced to live the burden of the work slaves did , the punishment they received, and the fears they lived daily. She lives in a place where technology rules ,but now she must learn to survive, knowing she is only a piece of property. This is the ultimate horror of slavery. Taking the beaten, being tortured fearing always, being sold in the Deep South ,or dying at the hands of ones owner who are all insignificant. When one thing is about the basic loss of humanity. Knowing that how well you live or how well you behaved you were just disposable goods,must have been the most degrading part of all aspects of slavery. So racial oppression and hegemony has been used to create slavery.
First of all, one reason that I believe that Racial oppression and hegemony has been used to create slavery in (pg.99)it said,”We saw a group of slave gathered at a tree stomp.These were children too young to be of much use in the field themselves. They went on playing while we watched and listened...”Now have a likely wench”, called the boy on the stump. He gestured toward the girl who stood slightly behind him.”she cook wash and iron.Come here Gal let the folks see you.” he continued “she worth plenty of money.Two hundred dollars.Who bid two hundred dollars?” The girl turned to frown at him ”I’’m worth more than two hundred dollars Sammy.”she protested”you sold Martha for five hundred dollars.” “ you shut your mouth” said the boy, you ain’t supposed to say anything.”This is one reason that racial oppression and hegemony has been used to create slavery because their play act is preparing these unfortunate children for their future , that will come whether they understand it or not. And this demonstrates how easy is for people to accept slavery only because they are a different color!
Secondly, another reason I believe that racial oppression and hegemony has been used to create slavery because African American weren’t allowed to be taught how taught how to read and write. They didn’t have that right . But over time that type of oppression has been transformed. This connects to the book Kindred because Dana the main character taught Nigel how to read and write and possibly Nigel would have taught others when Dana was gone. But one people could over come this is by learning how to read and write even if it had to be in secrete, because education is a key to freedom.Things get easier when you have a little knowledge. When you know how to read and write people don’t take much advantage of you.This connects to many immigrants and children when they ask themselves the question of identity,and how often we allow others to identify us and colonize our consciousness. Ones we are “given” our identities we are then often and stereotyped because of them. this is what happened to slaves back in time on the rural eastern shore of Maryland near Baltimore in the years 1819 through 1838 or 1840.At the Weylin's plantation were many African Americans were taken advantage of and lived those stereotypes of being African Americans and were considered less because of their background were hegemony was developed.Now this confirms that Racial Oppression and Hegemony has been used to create slavery.
Also, manipulation was one way that led to racial oppression and hegemony that have created slavery. To prove my point in (pg. 169) in the book Kindred it said that, “He had found a way to control me by threatening others.” Many people control other just to obtain what they want. An in that way many people suffer , because the oppressor oppresses them, just to have their desires come true. Also on (pg. 124) when it said that , “I was beginning to realize that he loved the women- to her misfortune..There was no shame in Raping a black woman, but there could be shame in loving one.” Dana concludes this after arrives in the past to find that Rufus has raped Alice and tried to kill her husband Isaac. Because of hegemony this guy Rufus thought that he had the right to have what he wanted when ever he wanted , because he knew that Alice couldn't do anything about it. Also because he knew that she didn’t have any rights by her side so she couldn’t defend herself from him. This evidence proves that manipulation was one way that led to racial oppression and hegemony that caused slavery.
For slaves freedom is something for they yearn but most have resigned themselves that they will never have. Even how slavery still continues going on today maybe not how it was back then , but its sure going on somehow. Many people are suffering for this, like in the book Kindred some tested the system and tried to escape to a free state. But when they were caught they faced the consequences of being whipped , and loosing their families. Nonetheless the North Star calls to them always because human slavery i not natural, a wise man changes his mind but a fool never will.
To conclude, every person has a history behind him or her that one has no part of making ,nor ask to be part of it. People reap the benefit or the disadvantages of the life they are born into. The social stereotypes that surround us, shape our identity and consequently, the decisions we have no other outlet or if we feel as though there are no other options , we live those stereotypes. Some are harmful to us and leave us disadvantaged even to the point of oppression to ourselves. In order to end social oppression many people should think about what they do before making someone feel less only because they are from a different race. An not let other people talk about you.This is why racial oppression and hegemony is one way that led to slavery.” Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed unless it is faced.” By James Baldwin (1924-1987) African American writer.
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Period:#4
05.31.11
Racial oppression and Hegemony has been used to Create Slavery
How would you feel if someone took advantage over you, only because you had a different background and race, and they exploited you by working everyday, and you couldn't do anything about it because you weren’t allowed to speak against them? In the book Kindred, by Octavia Butler, Dana is a young successful African American who was forced to live the burden of the work slaves did , the punishment they received, and the fears they lived daily. She lives in a place where technology rules ,but now she must learn to survive, knowing she is only a piece of property. This is the ultimate horror of slavery. Taking the beaten, being tortured fearing always, being sold in the Deep South ,or dying at the hands of ones owner who are all insignificant. When one thing is about the basic loss of humanity. Knowing that how well you live or how well you behaved you were just disposable goods,must have been the most degrading part of all aspects of slavery. So racial oppression and hegemony has been used to create slavery.
First of all, one reason that I believe that Racial oppression and hegemony has been used to create slavery in (pg.99)it said,”We saw a group of slave gathered at a tree stomp.These were children too young to be of much use in the field themselves. They went on playing while we watched and listened...”Now have a likely wench”, called the boy on the stump. He gestured toward the girl who stood slightly behind him.”she cook wash and iron.Come here Gal let the folks see you.” he continued “she worth plenty of money.Two hundred dollars.Who bid two hundred dollars?” The girl turned to frown at him ”I’’m worth more than two hundred dollars Sammy.”she protested”you sold Martha for five hundred dollars.” “ you shut your mouth” said the boy, you ain’t supposed to say anything.”This is one reason that racial oppression and hegemony has been used to create slavery because their play act is preparing these unfortunate children for their future , that will come whether they understand it or not. And this demonstrates how easy is for people to accept slavery only because they are a different color!
Secondly, another reason I believe that racial oppression and hegemony has been used to create slavery because African American weren’t allowed to be taught how taught how to read and write. They didn’t have that right . But over time that type of oppression has been transformed. This connects to the book Kindred because Dana the main character taught Nigel how to read and write and possibly Nigel would have taught others when Dana was gone. But one people could over come this is by learning how to read and write even if it had to be in secrete, because education is a key to freedom.Things get easier when you have a little knowledge. When you know how to read and write people don’t take much advantage of you.This connects to many immigrants and children when they ask themselves the question of identity,and how often we allow others to identify us and colonize our consciousness. Ones we are “given” our identities we are then often and stereotyped because of them. this is what happened to slaves back in time on the rural eastern shore of Maryland near Baltimore in the years 1819 through 1838 or 1840.At the Weylin's plantation were many African Americans were taken advantage of and lived those stereotypes of being African Americans and were considered less because of their background were hegemony was developed.Now this confirms that Racial Oppression and Hegemony has been used to create slavery.
Also, manipulation was one way that led to racial oppression and hegemony that have created slavery. To prove my point in (pg. 169) in the book Kindred it said that, “He had found a way to control me by threatening others.” Many people control other just to obtain what they want. An in that way many people suffer , because the oppressor oppresses them, just to have their desires come true. Also on (pg. 124) when it said that , “I was beginning to realize that he loved the women- to her misfortune..There was no shame in Raping a black woman, but there could be shame in loving one.” Dana concludes this after arrives in the past to find that Rufus has raped Alice and tried to kill her husband Isaac. Because of hegemony this guy Rufus thought that he had the right to have what he wanted when ever he wanted , because he knew that Alice couldn't do anything about it. Also because he knew that she didn’t have any rights by her side so she couldn’t defend herself from him. This evidence proves that manipulation was one way that led to racial oppression and hegemony that caused slavery.
For slaves freedom is something for they yearn but most have resigned themselves that they will never have. Even how slavery still continues going on today maybe not how it was back then , but its sure going on somehow. Many people are suffering for this, like in the book Kindred some tested the system and tried to escape to a free state. But when they were caught they faced the consequences of being whipped , and loosing their families. Nonetheless the North Star calls to them always because human slavery i not natural, a wise man changes his mind but a fool never will.
To conclude, every person has a history behind him or her that one has no part of making ,nor ask to be part of it. People reap the benefit or the disadvantages of the life they are born into. The social stereotypes that surround us, shape our identity and consequently, the decisions we have no other outlet or if we feel as though there are no other options , we live those stereotypes. Some are harmful to us and leave us disadvantaged even to the point of oppression to ourselves. In order to end social oppression many people should think about what they do before making someone feel less only because they are from a different race. An not let other people talk about you.This is why racial oppression and hegemony is one way that led to slavery.” Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed unless it is faced.” By James Baldwin (1924-1987) African American writer.
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A new begining:)
I wanted to find peace in this world
I wanted to find love and happiness
But the only thing I found was
Racism and inequality
between women and men
people believe that you are more
valuable than me.
Only because your at a certain level of life
Or because your gender is considered
more important than mine
But you know something,
what will your life be like If I didn't exit?
Can you make this a better place without me?
Can you make it became a happier place?
Please don’t make me feel less
I am not asking you to love me
you don’t even have to like me
But respect me,
We’ll simply start over
there’s a miracle of friendship that dwells
within the heart
And you don’t know how it happens
or were it starts,
But the happiness it brings you,
Always gives a special lift’
and you realize that friendship
Is Gods most perfect gift!!!:)
I wanted to find love and happiness
But the only thing I found was
Racism and inequality
between women and men
people believe that you are more
valuable than me.
Only because your at a certain level of life
Or because your gender is considered
more important than mine
But you know something,
what will your life be like If I didn't exit?
Can you make this a better place without me?
Can you make it became a happier place?
Please don’t make me feel less
I am not asking you to love me
you don’t even have to like me
But respect me,
We’ll simply start over
there’s a miracle of friendship that dwells
within the heart
And you don’t know how it happens
or were it starts,
But the happiness it brings you,
Always gives a special lift’
and you realize that friendship
Is Gods most perfect gift!!!:)
Monday, May 23, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
My Experience At College For All
My Experience
When I went to college for all at Berkeley Anniversary Of California I had a unforgettable experience there because I learned so many things that I didn’t know before! This experience made me realize how important it is to go to college and get a career. This field trip inspired me in so many different ways because by listening to many different stories of different students I realized that if they were able to get to college even if they had barriers in their lives, I know that I can do the same thing! They studied hard to get to that level and it isn’t any easy to get there but by persevering and never giving up they were able to reach their goal. In this field trip I also learned that they prepare under graduates, graduate students, and alumni to make informed decisions about their futures by providing comprehensive resources, programs and counseling on career development, they have internships employment to graduate from school.Their goal is to have many graduates as possible who could get a good job in their future!
Every child has a dream, every child wants something good for them in their future, every child wants their family to be proud of them, and every child wants to be leader and not follower in their community, for everyone to know that they can make a change. Well at least that’s what I want ,and I want something good for me and for the rest of the students who want something good for their future, the students who aspire to have a good life and not let those barrier stop them! I am one of this children I want something good for me I want a better and bright future and this is why I want to go to college. I have a dream is true, I aspire to be a Doctor because I want to help out others who need my help I know it isn’t easy but I’ll try because you don’t loose any thing by trying. I am an immigrant girl , I have a dream to become someone in life! This is why getting to learn other things about college made me happy because i was able to know more about how my life will be like in the future!
When I went to college for all at Berkeley Anniversary Of California I had a unforgettable experience there because I learned so many things that I didn’t know before! This experience made me realize how important it is to go to college and get a career. This field trip inspired me in so many different ways because by listening to many different stories of different students I realized that if they were able to get to college even if they had barriers in their lives, I know that I can do the same thing! They studied hard to get to that level and it isn’t any easy to get there but by persevering and never giving up they were able to reach their goal. In this field trip I also learned that they prepare under graduates, graduate students, and alumni to make informed decisions about their futures by providing comprehensive resources, programs and counseling on career development, they have internships employment to graduate from school.Their goal is to have many graduates as possible who could get a good job in their future!
Every child has a dream, every child wants something good for them in their future, every child wants their family to be proud of them, and every child wants to be leader and not follower in their community, for everyone to know that they can make a change. Well at least that’s what I want ,and I want something good for me and for the rest of the students who want something good for their future, the students who aspire to have a good life and not let those barrier stop them! I am one of this children I want something good for me I want a better and bright future and this is why I want to go to college. I have a dream is true, I aspire to be a Doctor because I want to help out others who need my help I know it isn’t easy but I’ll try because you don’t loose any thing by trying. I am an immigrant girl , I have a dream to become someone in life! This is why getting to learn other things about college made me happy because i was able to know more about how my life will be like in the future!
Expo Unit Reflection
Expo Unit Reflection
1.What I liked most about the process was.........
That I was able to work with other girls at my age (Jenny U, Guadalupe E. &Sarah J:). And also that I was able to share information that was very important about poverty. That poverty is mainly defined as the state or condition of having little or no money, goods or mean of support ;conditions of being poor, indigence.That I was able to learn about the oppression caused by this situation of living in poverty, and how someone can liberate themselves and find an exit to what is oppressive!!
2.I had challenges with oppression part of the process because......
First of all, because I really didn’t know about what to write that was oppressive to someone who lived in poverty. I didn’t know how to start writing in the paragraph so I followed the sentence starters that Ms. Johnson gave me.An researched a lot more and gather more information about my topic. And so that’s how I was able to write my paragraph about oppression!
3.The main area I want to improve upon for next time is the area of liberation because...........
I wanted to get enough ideas about how someone can liberate themselves from poverty I wanted to put enough details in to my paragraphs and explain my ideas better.
4.What I am most proud of is.........
That I was able to run a whole discussion for approximately 30 minutes long. I am also most proud of being able to inform a lot of other people about poverty and why is very important to learn about it!And I was very happy to make strong connections related to poverty!
5.I appreciate......
The women who made it possible for us to help us out in our discussion and I appreciate my team mates who participated with me and who helped me run the discussion about poverty. And I also appreciate the people who shared there experiences related to poverty. Most importantly I appreciate Ms. Johnson for helping me each time I needed her help.
1.What I liked most about the process was.........
That I was able to work with other girls at my age (Jenny U, Guadalupe E. &Sarah J:). And also that I was able to share information that was very important about poverty. That poverty is mainly defined as the state or condition of having little or no money, goods or mean of support ;conditions of being poor, indigence.That I was able to learn about the oppression caused by this situation of living in poverty, and how someone can liberate themselves and find an exit to what is oppressive!!
2.I had challenges with oppression part of the process because......
First of all, because I really didn’t know about what to write that was oppressive to someone who lived in poverty. I didn’t know how to start writing in the paragraph so I followed the sentence starters that Ms. Johnson gave me.An researched a lot more and gather more information about my topic. And so that’s how I was able to write my paragraph about oppression!
3.The main area I want to improve upon for next time is the area of liberation because...........
I wanted to get enough ideas about how someone can liberate themselves from poverty I wanted to put enough details in to my paragraphs and explain my ideas better.
4.What I am most proud of is.........
That I was able to run a whole discussion for approximately 30 minutes long. I am also most proud of being able to inform a lot of other people about poverty and why is very important to learn about it!And I was very happy to make strong connections related to poverty!
5.I appreciate......
The women who made it possible for us to help us out in our discussion and I appreciate my team mates who participated with me and who helped me run the discussion about poverty. And I also appreciate the people who shared there experiences related to poverty. Most importantly I appreciate Ms. Johnson for helping me each time I needed her help.
Monday, February 28, 2011
*****OPPPRESSION BY POVERTY******
OPPRESSION by POVERTY
My groups focus is poverty.Poverty is defined as the state of condition of having little or no money, goods or means of support ; conditions of being poor; indigence!
There are many oppressions in our lives that make us feel more miserable when someone is living into poverty. Is harmful to the people who live in poverty because there is lack of money in the life of this people, one example is when people make fun of the ones who live in poverty just because they don’t have money! And instead of giving they’re respect they discourage them and make them feel bad instead of being compassionate! Many internalizing ideas or words that I have heard over my topic poverty is that many “Latinos don’t have enough money and are muertos de ambres!” But this is not true because the majority of us the Latinos are working very hard over come all the barriers that we confront each day to have a better future. This type of words can be a offence because it could harm many peoples feelings.
Many people who are oppressed by this topic which is poverty. Are people like homeless, because many people discriminate against them, just by the way they look. This people live in poverty because they don’t have money they don’t have a shelter where to live. And many people don’t give them jobs for their physical appearance. Because many people have internalized the idea of when giving them money they can spend it on drugs or alcohol. Contributing this idea about poverty is very harmful to many people specially the ones who actually believe it!
The system of poverty is oppressive many people don’t is oppressive because many people don’t think of how hard the life of a person that is living into poverty is really like. Many people living into poverty would act differently because of the way that people have had internalized things about them that were true!!So this people might not want to tell the people around them or they might stop acting the way that they usually act and they might start acting differently. Many people who live in poverty don’t have the opportunity to go to college, or have an education. This is because they don’t have the money to afford for it. They don’t have the money for school supplies and also there are some school were you as a student have to buy your own lunch.So instead of getting an education people have to work very hard to over come all the oppressive moments in their lives!!
Based on my topic about poverty, I have many connections related to poverty for example this day that I helped out some homeless people that where asking for money for some food so we bought them food!! Some personal experiences that I have based with poverty is that when my mother was very young, my grandfather died and what happened was that my mother couldn't get the education that she would of had wanted because she didn't have the money back then to afford for a school aand so she never attend to one! This relates to poverty because it puts many barriers into people lives and that they can’t achieve things in their future!
LIBERATING FROM POVERTY
LIBERATING FROM POVERTY
My groups focus area is about poverty. Poverty is defined as when people don’t have enough money don’t have a shelter or don’t have food.Many people who live in poverty look for an exit to liberate themselves from it however it is not very to find the correct way for an exit but is better when you try because in that way you can achieve.
Many people in this whole world are being oppressed by poverty specially in this moment CA is having difficulties with the economy , and specially that CA is going through crisis of water. Which makes a barrier in our life because many people have lost their jobs, and that the water price could go up. That will make it hard and more oppressive for people living in poverty because they don’t have enough money.
However many people that live into poverty have tried to liberate themselves from poverty. A way to liberate themselves from poverty is to start working. This could be a possible solution to liberate your self from poverty because in that way your trying to work to get payed for a better future and start getting a better life than the anterior. If someone who lives in poverty starts working is a very good news because they are trying to get themselves out of something that is making them not achieve their goal.
One personal experience that I have with this type of oppression that is poverty is when Listened to the story of my mother.It relates to the story poverty because my mother did not get the education that she wanted for the lack of money and for not knowing how to speak Spanish nor English !! the language that she knew was Mom a native language from Guatemala. My grandfather past away so my mother had to take care the rest of her sisters and brothers and also she had to work out under the sun raise. So she didn't assist to a school. One step that my mother took to liberate herself from poverty or this type of oppression was persevering hard to start working and most importantly coming to the US. She came here to give me and my sisters the education that she never received. One thing I appreciate most is that my mother has being working very hard to maintain me and my family. I want to go to college because is a very important opportunity that a lot of people don’t get.Also because getting a degree is the best ticket out of a long run poverty life.
Ten things that make me happy are... well first of all I thank God that I’m alive .I’m thanked for having a family.For having the family that makes me happy every day.The family that is always there for me in good and bad moments that it doesn’t matter what happens they are there supporting me and everything. Something that makes me bring joy to my life when I think of it are my favorite foods! It brings joy into my life having a best -friend Mariel or in other ways (Blooms) And it brings me joy of becoming a doctor one day because is my dream job!!
My groups focus area is about poverty. Poverty is defined as when people don’t have enough money don’t have a shelter or don’t have food.Many people who live in poverty look for an exit to liberate themselves from it however it is not very to find the correct way for an exit but is better when you try because in that way you can achieve.
Many people in this whole world are being oppressed by poverty specially in this moment CA is having difficulties with the economy , and specially that CA is going through crisis of water. Which makes a barrier in our life because many people have lost their jobs, and that the water price could go up. That will make it hard and more oppressive for people living in poverty because they don’t have enough money.
However many people that live into poverty have tried to liberate themselves from poverty. A way to liberate themselves from poverty is to start working. This could be a possible solution to liberate your self from poverty because in that way your trying to work to get payed for a better future and start getting a better life than the anterior. If someone who lives in poverty starts working is a very good news because they are trying to get themselves out of something that is making them not achieve their goal.
One personal experience that I have with this type of oppression that is poverty is when Listened to the story of my mother.It relates to the story poverty because my mother did not get the education that she wanted for the lack of money and for not knowing how to speak Spanish nor English !! the language that she knew was Mom a native language from Guatemala. My grandfather past away so my mother had to take care the rest of her sisters and brothers and also she had to work out under the sun raise. So she didn't assist to a school. One step that my mother took to liberate herself from poverty or this type of oppression was persevering hard to start working and most importantly coming to the US. She came here to give me and my sisters the education that she never received. One thing I appreciate most is that my mother has being working very hard to maintain me and my family. I want to go to college because is a very important opportunity that a lot of people don’t get.Also because getting a degree is the best ticket out of a long run poverty life.
Ten things that make me happy are... well first of all I thank God that I’m alive .I’m thanked for having a family.For having the family that makes me happy every day.The family that is always there for me in good and bad moments that it doesn’t matter what happens they are there supporting me and everything. Something that makes me bring joy to my life when I think of it are my favorite foods! It brings joy into my life having a best -friend Mariel or in other ways (Blooms) And it brings me joy of becoming a doctor one day because is my dream job!!
Thursday, February 24, 2011
COLLEGE FOR ALL
LUCINDA PEREZ
2.1.11
CREW
STRUGGLES TO SUCCEED: A MOTHER LEGACY
My inspiration to go to college started when my mother told me her complicated childhood story. That’s when I realized how important is to have an education, and learn how to value it ,and not just waste it!
It all started when my mother was about five years old, she told me that my grandfather past away. My grandmother did not have enough money, and she had to take care of the rest of her children including my mother. My mother had many barriers in her life that caused her struggle, and not achieve her dreams. She didn’t attend to school because instead she had to work, and help my grandmother out. She had to work out in the field under the hot sun rays. She never learned how to read a simple word nor write. Sometimes she wanted something, but she couldn't get it because of not knowing how to speak Spanish. She only knew how to speak Mom the native language of Guatemala. There would be so many days that my mother did not have a plate of food over her table and a glass of water, because they payed her a low amount of money. Sometimes the money went to my grandmother hands to pay for medicine. There would be so many times that my mother shed tears over her pillow, about her difficult life ,and thinking about how to make her future better. My mother grew with out having an education because there wasn’t any money to afford a school. There would be many times that my mother didn’t have a pair of shoes. When I heard that, I thought very long, I told myself that I would keep on going in school getting the education that my mother never received, and that I would keep on going ,and overcome all the barriers in my way not letting anything come between me and my education.
This is why I’m here this is why I’m trying my best in school getting an education for the change for my future. There are many opportunities that have been available for me, but is not very easy to obtain them either. I am receiving the education that was never given to my mother. The education that many other kids aspire to have because in this world not all people are the same. There can be people living in poverty who can’t receive an education like my mother never did or many other people who have dropped out because of many different reasons. I have many family members that have gone to elementary school, but not all have finished high school and college. Only one of my friends has gone to college who I look up to as a leader for the rest of us the students who want to go to college to know that if you dream big you can achieve your goals even if you think that is very hard and challenging to get there but if you try very hard, anything is possible for the one who tries hard. That it doesn’t matter where you come from or what is your background but most importantly what you can show the whole word that you can do. My friend came to the United States as an immigrant to seek for a better life. He’s from Guatemala, he came here alone. He stayed at his uncles house ,and when he was a teenage he went to high school and now he’s going to college. There were many difficulties that he confronted in his life, but so far he hasn’t letting himself down he’s still on going and hasn’t doesn’t give up! I want to be like him to go to college. Now two of my sisters are in high school one is in 10th grade and the other is going to graduate in high school this year. If she doesn’t go to college and my other sister I will be the first person from my entire family to go and graduate from college.
Going to college means a lot to me. Taking my own path, and start from the beginning till the end. Going to college is reaching the star that I’ve always looked up to in the dark nights. This is why I want to college, to demonstrate my family that they can trust on me, I want them to feel proud of me. I want to be a leader for my community to show other people that t look up to me that I can go far in life if I decide to. It doesn’t matter where I come from but what I can give the world. That I believe in my self no matter what. That I can achieve the American dream no matter how I look but most important is who I am , and the choices that I’m making today that will shape my future tomorrow. Going to college for all is a very important opportunity because in that way you can get to learn about things in college, and know what is really like to go to college.It allows me to know more about how my future will be like when I’ll go to college. Is not going to be easy at all ,but I really want to go to college because if you go to college and you get a college degree is the best ticket out of a long-run poverty life. My dream is to go to college one day ,and I know I will .
2.1.11
CREW
STRUGGLES TO SUCCEED: A MOTHER LEGACY
My inspiration to go to college started when my mother told me her complicated childhood story. That’s when I realized how important is to have an education, and learn how to value it ,and not just waste it!
It all started when my mother was about five years old, she told me that my grandfather past away. My grandmother did not have enough money, and she had to take care of the rest of her children including my mother. My mother had many barriers in her life that caused her struggle, and not achieve her dreams. She didn’t attend to school because instead she had to work, and help my grandmother out. She had to work out in the field under the hot sun rays. She never learned how to read a simple word nor write. Sometimes she wanted something, but she couldn't get it because of not knowing how to speak Spanish. She only knew how to speak Mom the native language of Guatemala. There would be so many days that my mother did not have a plate of food over her table and a glass of water, because they payed her a low amount of money. Sometimes the money went to my grandmother hands to pay for medicine. There would be so many times that my mother shed tears over her pillow, about her difficult life ,and thinking about how to make her future better. My mother grew with out having an education because there wasn’t any money to afford a school. There would be many times that my mother didn’t have a pair of shoes. When I heard that, I thought very long, I told myself that I would keep on going in school getting the education that my mother never received, and that I would keep on going ,and overcome all the barriers in my way not letting anything come between me and my education.
This is why I’m here this is why I’m trying my best in school getting an education for the change for my future. There are many opportunities that have been available for me, but is not very easy to obtain them either. I am receiving the education that was never given to my mother. The education that many other kids aspire to have because in this world not all people are the same. There can be people living in poverty who can’t receive an education like my mother never did or many other people who have dropped out because of many different reasons. I have many family members that have gone to elementary school, but not all have finished high school and college. Only one of my friends has gone to college who I look up to as a leader for the rest of us the students who want to go to college to know that if you dream big you can achieve your goals even if you think that is very hard and challenging to get there but if you try very hard, anything is possible for the one who tries hard. That it doesn’t matter where you come from or what is your background but most importantly what you can show the whole word that you can do. My friend came to the United States as an immigrant to seek for a better life. He’s from Guatemala, he came here alone. He stayed at his uncles house ,and when he was a teenage he went to high school and now he’s going to college. There were many difficulties that he confronted in his life, but so far he hasn’t letting himself down he’s still on going and hasn’t doesn’t give up! I want to be like him to go to college. Now two of my sisters are in high school one is in 10th grade and the other is going to graduate in high school this year. If she doesn’t go to college and my other sister I will be the first person from my entire family to go and graduate from college.
Going to college means a lot to me. Taking my own path, and start from the beginning till the end. Going to college is reaching the star that I’ve always looked up to in the dark nights. This is why I want to college, to demonstrate my family that they can trust on me, I want them to feel proud of me. I want to be a leader for my community to show other people that t look up to me that I can go far in life if I decide to. It doesn’t matter where I come from but what I can give the world. That I believe in my self no matter what. That I can achieve the American dream no matter how I look but most important is who I am , and the choices that I’m making today that will shape my future tomorrow. Going to college for all is a very important opportunity because in that way you can get to learn about things in college, and know what is really like to go to college.It allows me to know more about how my future will be like when I’ll go to college. Is not going to be easy at all ,but I really want to go to college because if you go to college and you get a college degree is the best ticket out of a long-run poverty life. My dream is to go to college one day ,and I know I will .
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
****ALL AM ABOUT ME:)****
No one looks
The way I do.
I have noticed
That it's true.
No one walks the way I walk. No one talks the way I talk.
The way I do.
I have noticed
That it's true.
No one walks the way I walk. No one talks the way I talk.
NO one plays the way I play.
No one says the things I say.
I am special.
I am me.
There's no one else
I'd rather be!
No one says the things I say.
I am special.
I am me.
There's no one else
I'd rather be!
***WHAT MASK DO I WEAR?***
What is the point of living ?
If we all going to die.
Whats the point of being happy?
If at the end we're going to cry.
But this is something no one sees,
this is something no one knows
So even though the mask
reveals on side of me
I use it as a shield
to look at what others can never see
I walk in to the crowd with my head
heald high slighlty proud
But soon halt confident walk and balk
and my confidence seems like a pack of lies
I can't help wondering what to do?
simply because I'm away from you
I can heal I change a fight and never give up
I believe I can, I know I can,
Is never to make a change
Is never to late to fix my mistake,
I try to hide the injury behind my mask,
because I'm the unknown spirit
standing in the middle of no where
I'm between the crowd, looking for a place to sit
because the crowd is made of eyes
they're calculating,
analyzing,
staring deep
And I don't know if they like what they see!!
But I know that they don't care
whether I'm fine, if I'm ok, if I have love in my life
because I know that deep in their hearts
they only care about themselves
I have a smile on my face
which in my heart I don't even know the meaning of,
I have a mask and so you
If you take it of I'll do it too!!!!!
***MY AMERICA***
I am Lucinda lost in a world of cofussion
lost in a way to no where, looking for an exit for a better future
hearing for an answer and to be answered.
I keep myself brave, to depend on my self from the unknown
I must keep my head up to answer , I keep myself brave.
I am the unknown spirit that has waited to be discovered ,
I am the inspiration of today,
finding a way to be expressed.
I am Oakland, I know all kinds of people
I can hear every different sound, all round me is
happiness, loneliness, sadness,
hated by few loved by many, but I am still here,
and I'm always going to be here,
I am who I am ;I am AMERICA!!!
M(marvelous) Y(yahoo) A(awesome) M(magnificent) E(equallity)
R(right) I(ideal) C(colorful) A(absolute)=my america
**I Remember You**
I miss you I want you back,
like in the old days,
you protected me each time I was in danger or scared
I feel lonely without you
you was there with me
in good and bad moments
you was the one who I trusted
who I confesed my deepest secrets too,
because I knew that you cred about me
I miss you I wonder if your around here
without me been able to see you
or unable to sent your perfumatic smell
after taking a shower
I remember when my brother you for a christmas gift
when the gingle bells were playing on the radio
I remember when you opened your eyes
and saw the sunshine for the fist time,
I rember everything about you,
your black favorite collarand the amazing way how you wore it
I miss the way how you scared people for fun
and made them scream
I remember when you swimmed for the first time
I remember when you used to chase me around
Or me chasing you when you excaped
I remember you
I feel lonely without you and
I miss you everyt time I think of you
I will never forget you,
Lucky for ever in my heart!!!!!
***I AM***
I am a simple and special little girl,
I wonder how did God created this world for you and me,
I hear girls and boys having fun with each other,
keeping the time only for themselves!
I see the paradise that is high above in the sky recerved only for me,
I want to be in a magical world where everything
has joy, peace, without any violence where everyone deserves
to be respected equally and a happy ending!
I am just a simple and special little girl,
I petend to be my self!!
I feel your sadness and your happiness in the reflection of your eyes,
I touch your soul that is asking me for another chance,
I worry that you never find the love that is necessary for your heart,
I cry because many peple need me to consol them, but I can't help them,
I cry because when someone special dies, part of me dies with them too,
I am just a simple and special little girl,
I understand that I'm not the best person on Earth,
I say I care about you because I really do!!
I dream that one day, you accept me the way I am,
I try hard to keep percevering for my future, and making it
through the cloudy days and dark nights!!
I hope that everyone would be happy and brave enough to confront their fears,
I am just a simple and special little girl,
that understands how ypu feel!!!
I wonder how did God created this world for you and me,
I hear girls and boys having fun with each other,
keeping the time only for themselves!
I see the paradise that is high above in the sky recerved only for me,
I want to be in a magical world where everything
has joy, peace, without any violence where everyone deserves
to be respected equally and a happy ending!
I am just a simple and special little girl,
I petend to be my self!!
I feel your sadness and your happiness in the reflection of your eyes,
I touch your soul that is asking me for another chance,
I worry that you never find the love that is necessary for your heart,
I cry because many peple need me to consol them, but I can't help them,
I cry because when someone special dies, part of me dies with them too,
I am just a simple and special little girl,
I understand that I'm not the best person on Earth,
I say I care about you because I really do!!
I dream that one day, you accept me the way I am,
I try hard to keep percevering for my future, and making it
through the cloudy days and dark nights!!
I hope that everyone would be happy and brave enough to confront their fears,
I am just a simple and special little girl,
that understands how ypu feel!!!
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
!!!!Freedom Speech!!!
White Women Speech
Andres:
Allow me to introduce my self. I’m a white women that wants to have the same rights has everybody. My name is Julissa.I just wanted to tell you that we need your support so men and women could have the same rights. My life has not been easy. To begin with, since I am a woman, I have no rights. I am not allowed to vote, cannot go to college, and cannot do half the things white men can do. My contributions to to this new country is that I actually disguised myself as a man just to be able to fight in the war. Also, me and other women had camps where we brought food, and other items that soldiers might need. Without me, the soldiers wouldn’t have been able to survive and so that’s why i think I should have the same rights.
Linda:
In my opinion, the 3/5ths compromise is a bad thing because everyone should be treated as a whole person. Also because it’s not fair that the citizens give their whole self and are only counted for half of themselves because they don’t give half of themselves when they do their work, so why don’t they tell them to only give half of themselves in their work if they are only going to treat them like that.
Patty: Its my belief that woman should be allowed to vote because we need to state our opinions and classify that we have the right to vote, speak in court, to be a member in a jury. If we had the right to vote i would make a new law that says that we have the right to not be bossed around men. I think this because every single of us, white womens have the right to be heard. i think that anyone has the right to vote but i think that because we have to give our thoughts and opinions or ideas.
Lucinda: So in conclusion now you understand why a women life was very difficult only because they were born with the gender of being women. Men have taken possession over women ,and have gained rights over them. Only because the laws say so. I don’t agree with this. Women have worked very hard to obtain what they now have. To restate the main point women should have the same rights as men. The changes that should be made in the constitution should to be to honor women rights because with out women things would be very different. Man are just taking advantages over women because what women have earn from working man could own it just like that. just because they have the law by their side.
Monday, February 21, 2011
WHAT IS FREEDOM?
What is freedom?
If I'm a women with no rights,
all I want is freedom,
to forget everything in my past,
to take all the tears and pain,
to love you in my own way.
All I want is freedom,
to hear I love you too,
they say I have freedom,
I can do what I want,
they say I have freedom,
to speak how I feel.
But how is it freedom?
To be judged for my deeds,
and persecuted for speaking,
revealing my thoughts,
to the ones whom you call friends.
I live my mind,
I hide my brain,
Is this freedom?
It cannot be freedom!
to hide from the world?
Freedom is to love again,
freedom is to try to love again,
without thinking about my past,
freedom is to born equally,
no matter what gender you are,
freedom is to be happy,
and not just hide from the world,
or hide what you really feel,
but to reveal your thoughts,
this is what freedom really mean!!!!
If I'm a women with no rights,
all I want is freedom,
to forget everything in my past,
to take all the tears and pain,
to love you in my own way.
All I want is freedom,
to hear I love you too,
they say I have freedom,
I can do what I want,
they say I have freedom,
to speak how I feel.
But how is it freedom?
To be judged for my deeds,
and persecuted for speaking,
revealing my thoughts,
to the ones whom you call friends.
I live my mind,
I hide my brain,
Is this freedom?
It cannot be freedom!
to hide from the world?
Freedom is to love again,
freedom is to try to love again,
without thinking about my past,
freedom is to born equally,
no matter what gender you are,
freedom is to be happy,
and not just hide from the world,
or hide what you really feel,
but to reveal your thoughts,
this is what freedom really mean!!!!
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