8. If you were to describe yourself using a quotation, what would that quotation be? After you have chosen a quote, then write a bit about how it relates to you and reveals what kind of person you are.
"I have no fear for the future, because i see the light, i see the truth, and it is bright with hope"~~ Herbert Hoover. During the great depression where evrybody was unhappy with the conditions they were living with and sufferred through economic struggles herbert hoover attempted to inspire his people with this quote saying that in the future their situation will get better. And later on the citizens of the U.S were able to overcome their struggle and fix their economic situation. I believe that the quote is relevant to our situation in the school because right now we are facing one of the biggest issues we have ever faced as a school. Our administartion is new, some programs are getting cut, teachers are getting fired, students show little or no descipline and school spirit, our music and sports departments are going down, the media is out to get us, and we are portrayed throughout the county as corrupt and ghetto. I know this is a difficult issue and that it may take a while for us to overcome it, but i feel the same way that herbert hoover felt like during the great depression. He believed that the issues would get resolved in the future and that everything will get better. When i think about the issues concerning our school and reflect on this quot i belive that hoover is right and i do believe things will get better in the future. I also see that the future of our school and of our education will improvein the next few years and there will be hope for us all. This crises we are facing, we will overcome it and we will be able to move on in the future.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Journal #9
9. Given the authority to establish a holiday, what would you choose to commemorate? Why? What would the celebration look like?
if i had the authority to establish a new holiday i would create a day where we value peace and dedicate the entire day to world peacer where there wouldnt be any killing or naything fighting going on for a whole day. Fighting and battles are natural, and it has become normal in our society to see people get killed everyday and for fighting to always happen. But at least if there was just one day in the whole year we dedicate to world peace and stop all violenece in the world. i would love to establish a day to commerate world peace ad there wouldnt be any violence for 24 hours. its very sad to always constantly hear about people dying somewhere in the world and at least if there was one day where all of this stopped it would be something amazing. if there was a celbration for this it would be a fair where everyone gets together at a public park or a public facility, have a fair and a great feast where evrybody in the community is welcomed to attend. there would be peace symbols and fun activities to emphasize the importance of having peace around the world. After the celbration people would go back to their lives and the cycle of people dying everyday will resume. Its nothing somethuing we can stop entirely and it would be unlikely that it would be possible to stop all of this. its just natural for people to die. Their is no such thing as a Peace for a longtime. Peace only lasts for a while. At least the general public would be satisfied if there was one day of world peace.
if i had the authority to establish a new holiday i would create a day where we value peace and dedicate the entire day to world peacer where there wouldnt be any killing or naything fighting going on for a whole day. Fighting and battles are natural, and it has become normal in our society to see people get killed everyday and for fighting to always happen. But at least if there was just one day in the whole year we dedicate to world peace and stop all violenece in the world. i would love to establish a day to commerate world peace ad there wouldnt be any violence for 24 hours. its very sad to always constantly hear about people dying somewhere in the world and at least if there was one day where all of this stopped it would be something amazing. if there was a celbration for this it would be a fair where everyone gets together at a public park or a public facility, have a fair and a great feast where evrybody in the community is welcomed to attend. there would be peace symbols and fun activities to emphasize the importance of having peace around the world. After the celbration people would go back to their lives and the cycle of people dying everyday will resume. Its nothing somethuing we can stop entirely and it would be unlikely that it would be possible to stop all of this. its just natural for people to die. Their is no such thing as a Peace for a longtime. Peace only lasts for a while. At least the general public would be satisfied if there was one day of world peace.
Journal #10
10. What is the best advice you've ever received? Explain.
The best advice i ever gotten was from my grandma and she told me over the phone in spanish " Todo nos otros hacemos accidentes en nuestras vidas, algunas sone mas graves que otrsa. yo se que estas pasando por algo muy deficil ahora pero piensa en todos las cosas malas que hicistes. no puedes aborrar el pasado o vaz a poder hacerlo otra vez. la unica cosa que puedes hacer ahora es mover adlelneta y aprednder de tu pasado para no hacer la misma cosas otra vez e tu vida" ~~~~ Maria Arias Luviano. Translated this is what she had said to me: " All of us make mistakes in our lives, some of them are worse than other. I understand your passing through a difficult age right now but you have to meditate on the mistakes you made in your life. You cant erase your past or relive it. The only thing you can do right now is move on in life and use this as an oppurunity to learn from your mistakes instead of reppeating the same thing"~~~~ Maria Arias Luviano. My grandma was 66 she told me this over the phone. Eight grade and ninth grade were both difficult times for me when i was at chula vista. I didnt have many friends, i was confused about who i was or who i wanted to be. there was somebody i had a huge crush on for almost two years who turned me down and made me depressed. I did not like that part that i went through at all. i even did something stupid that i would not like to talk about. But i wasnt happy at all and my grandma called and told me her advice. i know i did some stupid things in my past and wanted to start over and not make the same mistakes again. what i did was i changed school the second semester of freshmen year to castle park; i tried to go to schools in the east like eastlake, otay, olympian, or bonita but i couldnt get in. Other than that i was glad i came to CP i was so much happier here than at chula. I made new friends, have amazing teacher, and continue my pursue for music and education here. And right here i learned about my past and did the best to not committ the same mistakes. But in my opinion coming to Castle Park was the best decision i ever took.
The best advice i ever gotten was from my grandma and she told me over the phone in spanish " Todo nos otros hacemos accidentes en nuestras vidas, algunas sone mas graves que otrsa. yo se que estas pasando por algo muy deficil ahora pero piensa en todos las cosas malas que hicistes. no puedes aborrar el pasado o vaz a poder hacerlo otra vez. la unica cosa que puedes hacer ahora es mover adlelneta y aprednder de tu pasado para no hacer la misma cosas otra vez e tu vida" ~~~~ Maria Arias Luviano. Translated this is what she had said to me: " All of us make mistakes in our lives, some of them are worse than other. I understand your passing through a difficult age right now but you have to meditate on the mistakes you made in your life. You cant erase your past or relive it. The only thing you can do right now is move on in life and use this as an oppurunity to learn from your mistakes instead of reppeating the same thing"~~~~ Maria Arias Luviano. My grandma was 66 she told me this over the phone. Eight grade and ninth grade were both difficult times for me when i was at chula vista. I didnt have many friends, i was confused about who i was or who i wanted to be. there was somebody i had a huge crush on for almost two years who turned me down and made me depressed. I did not like that part that i went through at all. i even did something stupid that i would not like to talk about. But i wasnt happy at all and my grandma called and told me her advice. i know i did some stupid things in my past and wanted to start over and not make the same mistakes again. what i did was i changed school the second semester of freshmen year to castle park; i tried to go to schools in the east like eastlake, otay, olympian, or bonita but i couldnt get in. Other than that i was glad i came to CP i was so much happier here than at chula. I made new friends, have amazing teacher, and continue my pursue for music and education here. And right here i learned about my past and did the best to not committ the same mistakes. But in my opinion coming to Castle Park was the best decision i ever took.
Journal #11
11. Ask and answer the one important question that a university won't ask you, but you wish they would.
One question that universities probably wont ask but that i wish they would ask is "What kind of Extracurricular activities did you participated in high school?" From what i heard by people who applied to different colleges and universities is that most universities do not care about what you were involved in, they only pay attention to your G.P.A and your state/ district test scores. only a few universities actually ask what extracurricular activities have you participated in during high school. But i wish that they would ask them to tell them about myself, my extracurricular activities, and so they know what my interests are. I would tell them about being in a marching band, being in the IB program, participating in academic team, and in other clubs im in or im going to be in. I would respond to the question by answering: "I was very extracurricular in high school and showed my school pride by being active in different clubs and organizations. I developed strong discipline by being part of our school marching band The Castle Park High School Trojan Brigade and developing leadership skills because i was the flute section leader. I was as well part of the Academic team at my school and was partly the captain of the Jv team of my school. The IB program offerred at my school pushed me to work to my best and to develop good study habits to become successful after high school as well as being active in my community too by completing more than 150 CAS hours. i have school pride and i am very proud to come from a school with a rich history such as Castle Park!". "Once a Trojan always a Trojan!"
One question that universities probably wont ask but that i wish they would ask is "What kind of Extracurricular activities did you participated in high school?" From what i heard by people who applied to different colleges and universities is that most universities do not care about what you were involved in, they only pay attention to your G.P.A and your state/ district test scores. only a few universities actually ask what extracurricular activities have you participated in during high school. But i wish that they would ask them to tell them about myself, my extracurricular activities, and so they know what my interests are. I would tell them about being in a marching band, being in the IB program, participating in academic team, and in other clubs im in or im going to be in. I would respond to the question by answering: "I was very extracurricular in high school and showed my school pride by being active in different clubs and organizations. I developed strong discipline by being part of our school marching band The Castle Park High School Trojan Brigade and developing leadership skills because i was the flute section leader. I was as well part of the Academic team at my school and was partly the captain of the Jv team of my school. The IB program offerred at my school pushed me to work to my best and to develop good study habits to become successful after high school as well as being active in my community too by completing more than 150 CAS hours. i have school pride and i am very proud to come from a school with a rich history such as Castle Park!". "Once a Trojan always a Trojan!"
Journal #13
13. Write a letter to your future college roommate introducing yourself and your background.
December 3rd, 2011
Dear Future College Roomate....
My name is Eduardo Ramirez Arias. I am an eleventh grader in my local high school in san diego county on the southwest side of california. A little bit about me is that im sixteen right now as i write this letter to you. My birthday is on june 9th. Im able to speak both english and spanish fluently in my houshold, in school, and in my social life with my friends. My mother immmigrated here from Acapulco in 1990 with my older sister and her uncle. Out of four children, one daughter and three sons i am the youngest one. I wish to get acepted into Ohio Stated Unversity because of their marching band which is on of the top marching bands in the country. I have been interested in music since i started learning in sixth grade. I play the piano, the flute, the piccolo, and the trumpet. My strongest instrument is the flute since i practicie it the most and i always play it in a concert band and in marching band. The one i need to work on the most is the trumpet because i am recently new at it, only had it for six months and dont get time to practice it as much as the flute or the piano. Ive been playing the flute and the piano the longest since they were my first instruments to begin with. On piccolo i started in 9th grade and this is my third year, its almost the same as the flute only higher in pitch, but i prefer to play flute since they have more oppurutnities to play in ensembles. I plan to play the trumpet more often if i join a jazz band or become part of a drum corps which is marching band without woodwind players. But thats enough of my interests. What i look forward to in attending OSH is that marching band, the making of music, and the fun of all that because i love making music and playing it. After graduating i plan to seek a career in music either in music education with students in elementary, middle, or high school. Probably start as an assisstent band director and then move up to band director. Or my other option is being able to perform with symphonic ensembles and play proffessional music. I even hope i get to conduct those ensembles. Well i guess thats enough of me. I look forward to seeing you and working with you in college. See you in two-five years maybe.
----Eduardo Ramirez Arias
December 3rd, 2011
Dear Future College Roomate....
My name is Eduardo Ramirez Arias. I am an eleventh grader in my local high school in san diego county on the southwest side of california. A little bit about me is that im sixteen right now as i write this letter to you. My birthday is on june 9th. Im able to speak both english and spanish fluently in my houshold, in school, and in my social life with my friends. My mother immmigrated here from Acapulco in 1990 with my older sister and her uncle. Out of four children, one daughter and three sons i am the youngest one. I wish to get acepted into Ohio Stated Unversity because of their marching band which is on of the top marching bands in the country. I have been interested in music since i started learning in sixth grade. I play the piano, the flute, the piccolo, and the trumpet. My strongest instrument is the flute since i practicie it the most and i always play it in a concert band and in marching band. The one i need to work on the most is the trumpet because i am recently new at it, only had it for six months and dont get time to practice it as much as the flute or the piano. Ive been playing the flute and the piano the longest since they were my first instruments to begin with. On piccolo i started in 9th grade and this is my third year, its almost the same as the flute only higher in pitch, but i prefer to play flute since they have more oppurutnities to play in ensembles. I plan to play the trumpet more often if i join a jazz band or become part of a drum corps which is marching band without woodwind players. But thats enough of my interests. What i look forward to in attending OSH is that marching band, the making of music, and the fun of all that because i love making music and playing it. After graduating i plan to seek a career in music either in music education with students in elementary, middle, or high school. Probably start as an assisstent band director and then move up to band director. Or my other option is being able to perform with symphonic ensembles and play proffessional music. I even hope i get to conduct those ensembles. Well i guess thats enough of me. I look forward to seeing you and working with you in college. See you in two-five years maybe.
----Eduardo Ramirez Arias
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Journal #14
14. Please describe your reactions/ideas to the following quote: "He does not possess wealth, it possesses him."
What i interpret the quote to be is that when people become wealthy and obtain power that they start becoming corrupt and only focusing on their wealth. They devote everything to the money they have that they lose sight of other importances in life such as family and become intergrated into their wealth that they no longer possess wealth but rather they are bing possessed by wealth and grow a stong sense of importance and dependency to it that they literally cant live without it because they let themselves be corrupted by their riches. Then when he loses all his money, his investments, and his organization or company he is left in poverty without anything and does not contain any knowledge or experience to start over from scratch after losing what he had before and does not know how to work in today's market because he was intergrated heavily in his wealth in the first place. Because of this he has lost verything and cannot do anything or does not know how to do anything after he lost everything. When people let their riches contorl them they eventually can lose everything they have because of corruption. Some may even committ suicide after losing everything because they may not know how to cope with their loss and do not know how to live after that or what to do next. It is very sad and drastic when this happens but it is partly their own fault for letting their riches control them instead of them controlling their riches.
What i interpret the quote to be is that when people become wealthy and obtain power that they start becoming corrupt and only focusing on their wealth. They devote everything to the money they have that they lose sight of other importances in life such as family and become intergrated into their wealth that they no longer possess wealth but rather they are bing possessed by wealth and grow a stong sense of importance and dependency to it that they literally cant live without it because they let themselves be corrupted by their riches. Then when he loses all his money, his investments, and his organization or company he is left in poverty without anything and does not contain any knowledge or experience to start over from scratch after losing what he had before and does not know how to work in today's market because he was intergrated heavily in his wealth in the first place. Because of this he has lost verything and cannot do anything or does not know how to do anything after he lost everything. When people let their riches contorl them they eventually can lose everything they have because of corruption. Some may even committ suicide after losing everything because they may not know how to cope with their loss and do not know how to live after that or what to do next. It is very sad and drastic when this happens but it is partly their own fault for letting their riches control them instead of them controlling their riches.
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