Tuesday, December 11, 2007

dec.11,2007

Please log on to cnn.com, fox.com or msnbc.com and read one current event. Give a 2 paragraph summary and your interpretation of the events.


The current event that i had read was New outages, flight disruptions from ice storm. The schools had close for thousands of young kids, Iowa’s biggest airport shut down and thick layers of ice brought down more power lines. The International Airport and departure delays were averaging 15 to 30 minutes, said Karen Pride of the city’s Department of Aviation. But that same day at least 22 deaths had been blamed on the storm system since the waves of sleet and freezing rain started during the weekend. Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses had no electricity. President Bush declared an emergency in Oklahoma on Tuesday, ordering federal aid to supplement state and local response efforts.



Iowa’s largest school district closed for the day in Des Moines, telling its nearly 31,000 students to stay home, and kids across most of Oklahoma and in the Kansas City, Mo., area stayed home for a second day.
Schools also were closed in parts of Wisconsin, including Milwaukee Public Schools with 85,000 students. About an inch of ice was expected Tuesday over parts of Iowa, followed by up to 5 inches of sleet and snow. “It’s a pretty good ice-maker. Ice as much as an inch thick had accumulated on trees, power lines, streets and car windshields Monday in parts of Oklahoma and Missouri, with thinner layers elsewhere. Crews were sent from Texas, Louisiana, Indiana and Mississippi to help repair power lines, which snapped seemingly as quickly as they could be repaired. Utilities in Missouri reported more than 100,000 homes and business without power and Kansas utilities said 100,000 were blacked out Tuesday, with some in the dark since Sunday.

Monday, December 10, 2007

dec.10,2007

Please log on to cnn.com, fox.com or msnbc.com and read one current event. Give a 2 paragraph summary and your interpretation of the events.

What i had read was Campaign trail rancor carries into GOP debate. It had started with the Republican candidates engaged in a free-for-all, trying to differentiate their views on immigration, the Iraq war, abortion, gun control and even whether they believed every word in the Bible was true. Unlike previous debates in which the candidates focused most of their attacks on Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, Wednesday night's attacks were launched at each other.
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney traded jabs over illegal immigration, something they have been arguing about on the trail for the past month.

In the quest to appeal to the hard-line immigration wing of the party, Romney also turned some of the fire on the same topic toward former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who has been in the polls for a along time. Rep. Tom Tancredo, who has anchored his candidacy on securing on theborders and cracking down on illegal immigration, seemed delighted with the give and take, saying the other candidates were trying to "out-Tancredo" him.

Monday, December 3, 2007

dec.3,2007

You have an extra $1,000,000 to give away; you cannot spend it on yourself. What would you do with the money? Describe what you would do with it in detail.

Since I can't spent it on me I would probably give it away to the children hospital, the homeless, to other poor country that need help, and last to my family that need it the most. I would buy toys for the children hospital, movie, video games, ect. The to the homeless i would buy food, clothes, if their children then i'll buy toy, supplies for them to take a shower, sleep, ect. After i would sent different supplies to them including clothes, food, toies, and buy other supplies that is needed to live in a everyday life. But last to give the rest of the money to some of my family members that need it more then ever. The once that are broke and need help with the bill and supplies for the house and that need to do better.

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

nov.27,2007

Have you ever seen a ghost or heard a noise that could not be explained by any rational explanation? If so describe the occurrence. What happened? Describe the entity you saw or sound you heard. If you have not, do you believe that there are spirits of dead people dwelling in our world? Do you know anyone who claims to have had an encounter such as this? Do you believe them?





I think i had seen a ghost once in Puerto Rico. It was at night time when my grandmother had told me to go down the hill to my cousins house and tell my two brothers to come home but I didn't want to go all the way down the hill i had just called their name and told them to go home now and as soon i had turn around facing the back of me I had seen a person that look that was died in the reflection of my uncle but he was pail and scary looking but then my cousin had called me so I looked away and when i looked the way that i saw or thought that i saw a ghost, but it was gone. Yes, i do believe that spirits of dead people walk among us in this world. Yes, my brother had told me that he had seen a ghost, yes i do believe him.

Monday, November 26, 2007

oct 26,2007

If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be and why? Is there any special location that you would like to go to? Have you been there before? What is your impression of this place?



If i could live anywhere in the world i would live in it would have to be St.Thomas Virgin Island. Because it's a beaytiful island and i would love to spend my time at the wonderful beach and learn about their homeland. No theres no special location that i would like to go. No, i havent went to St.Thomas Virgin Island but i have been to another virgin island. The people and the food, the way they live the hole island it's self.

Friday, November 9, 2007

nov. 9,2007

The best lesson my grandparent (or parent or any relative) ever taught me was… (describe what and why)

The best lesson that i got was from my sister. She had told me that never let a guy take over me in anyway cause if i do they going to think that they are controling me and that they own me. But what she about that ws that if i give a guy to much pride he's going to start telling me what to do, start pushing me around, and everything that he says that i have to do; i need to do it cause he told me so. And whatever i want to do and he don't he would do it just because he don't feel like it but then i have to do what he wants to do. I feel that she had told me that lesson because she didnt want me to get hurt and she hates when io guy take control of their girlfriends/wifes life, so she wouldn't want me to go through it at all.

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

nov.6,2007

Describe a dream that you had recently. Provide as many details as possible. What do you think the dream meant? Did it disturb you or did it make you feel good? Why?

I had a dream that I was alone in life. My family didn't want nothing to do with me and that they had hate me for geting marry with a guy that they didn't like but i was happy cause i was with the guy that i loved and i had beautiful children. I think it meant that there will always somebody that wouldn't want you to be happy with a person that you do. And not let someone you want to spent life with go for a family member cause a member of the family would always dislike something that you'll do in life. It made me feel good cause not i know not to let people pick a love for me.

Monday, October 29, 2007

oct 29, 2007

Write about the most terrifying thing that has ever happened to you. What was it? What made it so frightening? How old were you? Would it be scary again today if it happened again?

The most terrifing thing that ever happen was when my brothers had put a chucky doll on top of my bed in the dark. What made it so frightening was that when i had open my eyes when i was sleeping i had saw the chucky doll right on my face and in top of all that i was very scared of chucky because of the movie and since then i thought every doll was a killer but the way he looked made him so scary . I was 5 to 6 years old when that had happen. It dependes if I would be sleeping and i didn't know about it and when i wake up and i see it then yes but if somebody put it on my face when ever they want if i was wake then no i would get scared. But really i wouldn't be scared cause i'm not scared of chucky anymore.

Thursday, October 25, 2007

oct 25, 2007

Write about the most exciting thing that ever happened to you. What was it? What made it so exciting? How old were you? Would it be exciting if you did it again?


The most exciting thing that ever happen to me was a time that I had ran away from home and I had ask my brother in Puerto Rico to buy me a plane ticket so I could stay in Puerto Rico. He did'nt know what was going on but I had went to vist my father for the first time in my life with out leting my mother know. It made it so exciting was the fact that I was going to see my father with out leting my mother know and lieing to my family in Puerto Rico. I was 9 year old when that had happen. No, because it would'nt be the same feeling and it would'nt be the same as it was the first time.

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

oct 23, 2007

Write about a belief you've discarded. Talk about why you no longer believe in this belief?

The belief that I have discarded from myself is that clowns are friendly. Because clowns are people in costums and they are mean. They have attitude and there scary when they look at you for along time. But in a party there was a clown when I was about 6 year old and I loved cowns cause my family would tell me that there the friendlists thing in the world with a big smile. At the party the clown was scaring me telling me that he's going to eat me for lunch and saying scary things to me, he mad me cry so since then everything that my family told me was a lie. Now i know that clowns are not friendly but yet scary.

Monday, October 22, 2007

oct 22,2007

Do you have chores or jobs that you have to do at home? What are they? Why do you have to do them? Do you like doing them?

Yes, the things that I have to do is clean the hole house and cook. Clean my room, clean my moms room, the two bathrooms, the living room, the dinning room, the front porch, the backyard and last the kitchen and cook whatever my mother tell me to cook. Yes i have to do them! Sometimes I like doing them.

Thursday, October 18, 2007

oct 18,2007

What holidays does your family celebrate (like Christmas, Kwanzaa, or Hanukkah)? What do you do on those holidays?



The holiday that my family celebrate is Christmas. The things that we do on christmas is we get together as the family and start to talk about our past, make jokes, sing Perto Rican songs, play different games, dance, ect. But when the womens are done cooking the food and get it ready, everybody eats at the same time and just talk. Then my brother's and cousin's go out to buy alcohol and sweet drinks that we would mix them together. The womens buy toys, coloring books, reading books, ect. the kids to play together and have fun and at the same time eat candy. But the hole family get together and start to dance with each other and drink alcohol and just having a blast. Then we start to open the gifts and take pictures of everybody and give thanks to each other for the gift. After everybody do the same thing as before untill everybody get tired and go home.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

oct. 16,2007

Write about your favorite and least favorite teachers. Why do you like them or dislike them? What can they do to be better teachers in your eyes?

My favorite teacher would have to be Mr.G the math teacher and my least favorite teacher would have to be Miss. Link she teaches english2. I like Mr.G because he's real good when a student is lost in there work and they need help he would be able to break down the problem so no body would get confuse. But he always help every student when they have bad grades. I like Miss. Link but the thing that i dislike about her is that she talk to much and she gets annoying at times and she don't like helping student and when they ask about the work she get mad. What she could do is just cut down on the talking and help students more when it's needed.

Monday, October 15, 2007

oct.15,2007

Write about your best friends. Who are they? Why do you like them? What do you do together for fun?


Everybody got a best friend and some don't! But in my case i got a best friend, he's a boy and his name is Corey Armstrong. The reason that i like him is because he's a real person, he speak his mind out in every way, he is honest, loyal and truthful. Corey could always keep a secret and if his life depended on the secret he still wouldn't tell a soul. He's funny and he's full of life, if your down he could say anything stupid just to make you laugh and smile. Andhe always have good things to say and he never get me mad or he never get on my nerves. What Corey and I do when we together we talk about anything that comes in mind. But the fun things we do is that we go out and make fun of, of people or he does but we would always sit and talk about stupid things or things that is in our mind.

Thursday, October 11, 2007

oct 11,2007

Write about a time when you were dishonest. Describe the situation, do you regret being dishonest?

Well everybody have a time when they was dishonest. But i had been dishonest afew times in my life and one of them was the time that i had goten into a fight with my boyfriend because he had cheated on me and i was really hurt but to heal the pain i had started to talk to another boy and i was kind of talking to him to go out but then i statred to like him but yet i was still going out with my boyfriend that had cheated on me. But i have'nt told him a word untill he found out but we broke up because the fact that i was'nt honest with him but yes i did regret doing what i had did but at the end everything worked out fine. The other time was that

Thursday, October 4, 2007

oct. 4,2007

Describe the last vacation or holiday you took. what made it special? How long ago did it occur? Does having a fun necessarily have to involve a certain place or certain people? Hypothetically speaking, which would you rather take, a three day holiday spent at home, but with your favorite people to spend with your favorite people in the world, or three days anywhere you choose in the world (all expenses paid), but with no one you really know well.





My last vacation that i took was the summer of 2007 and i went to my hometown Philadelphia. I had went to see all my friends and my family. And I went to see the liberty bell and i went to this place were they talk about the great history of Philadelphia. What made it special was that I had spend time with the people that i miss and left behind when i left philly and moved to Miami but mot of all was the fact that I went to all the places that I always be at when i was living there, then those places had bring good membery. It occur about 5month ago. Yes having fun does involve with a certain people and place. I rather take a three days anywhere I choose in the world.

Thursday, September 27, 2007

sept. 27,2007

What is your favorite form of creative expression? If I were to ask you to pick one art that you could best express yourself through, which would it be? Of all the arts, which do you enjoy the most to view or listen to and which do you enjoy most to participate in. Are they the same?


Well i have to say that my favorite form of creative expression would have to be dance. If you ask me what art would best express me I would have to saydance because you could dance in any mood your in and if your down then if you get up and dance you'll feel better. But if you life to listen to music then you could dance and it's not hard to dance anybody could dance. Out of all arts i enjoy most is music because music comes from the heart and joy and musice could discribe many different moods that a person have. But yes they are the same in it's own way, because they both could mean different moods.

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

sept 25,2007

If you could go back in time and fix three mistakes, what would they be? What would you do differently? Do you believe that fixing these mistakes would change your life today? Describe how. Do you think you would make these mistakes again later on in life?


If i had a chance to go back into time i would have to chance the fact that i had lost my virginity, when i had messed up in my 9th grade year, and last when i had choose to move out of Philadelphia. I think i would do differently would be that i will be a better person, more open in life, be more sweet with everybody, more wise in life, and be more successful. Yes i do think that if i change my mistake today my life would be different. Because i prabably would have more respect for my self then now and i feel that my pass had mess up my hole life. Before all my messtakes happen i wouldn't my life to go a paticualer way but since i had made then it didn't go the way i planned. No i do not think that i would make them again.

Monday, September 24, 2007

sept 24,2007

Think about the person you were 5 years ago. Do you believe that you are the same now as you were back then? Do the same things interest you? Do you have the same friends? Do you believe that you will be as you are 5 years from now? Do you think the same things will be important to you? What do you expect to have accomplished by then?





In five years ago I was 11 and I have changed since then in many different ways. Yes the same things i was interest in back then then i'm still am. No I don't have to same friends because every five to six years i always move to different states but some of them i keep in touch with them. No i do not think that i would be the same in five years from now. Yes i do think that my importants that i have now will follow me everywhere i be at old or young my importances wouldn't change. I expect that the thngs that i want to do now would help me out.

Friday, September 21, 2007

sept 21,2007

Think about the way people look at you for a moment. List 10 qualities that you believe people perceive in you. Describe in a sentence why you think this is so. Are you happy with the way people think about you?





1 .short

2. chubby

3. pretty smile

4. curly hair

5. pretty

6. shy

7. angel

8. smart

9. skin color

10. quiet



I think that the reason is because I don't talk alot when I don't know anybody and i'm not friendly with everbody.



yes, because it's the truth and i'm ok what they say, it don't effect me a bit.

Monday, September 17, 2007

sept.17,2007

Read and interpret the following quote by Benjamin Franklin. Describe what you think it means. Do you agree with it, why or why not. Share any experiences that may help you describe your view.







i think that he meant by be slow on choosing a friend that to take your time on picking a person to e your friend. Like don't rush cause your going to make a mistake and have a friend that you can't trust one bit. And when he said slower on changing he mean by that is to think before changing a friend cause you might left a good go and then you can't get them back when you had relaized it.

Friday, September 14, 2007

sept.14,2007

List ten things that you feel you could change in your life to become a better and more efficient person. Describe in a sentence why you chose each one. Think about ten things about you that you could change that would help you achieve your goals.





1. My personality

2. work harder

3. study more

4. be more independent

5. more talkive with peple

6. pay more action to what is going on around me

7. be stress free

8. love life

9. try to stop worring about what could happen if i take a paith

10. be more open minded



1. i would change my personality because i'm way to nice and in the real world nobody is nice with anyone.

2. i should work harder cause i take it to easy whn it comes to work or anything that is important.

3. I should study more cause i never do and if i don't study then i wouldnt have a good future.

4. I depent on other people to help me out on alot of things cause i be to shy or to scared but that's not a good thing when it comes to work, school, or anything like that.

5. i like to be by myself and i'm not friendly and when i do need to talk with someone about something important i don't talk with them but in the long run its going to affect me cause most jobs youhave to talk to people that you dont know.

6. i never care about what's going on but it's bad when you don't know what is going on.
7. i be to stress and it's not good cause then i can't be relax and i'll start to do things wrong.
8. you need to love life and be happy that you are living in this world.
9. i should just take the risk of taking a paith if it lead to good or bad.
10. being open minded it's good i learn more things and i could get along with everybody that i met.

Friday, September 7, 2007

sept.7,2007

Describe in detail your biggest fear. Do you believe it is something that you can overcome? If so, can you do do by yourself or do you need help? When do you believe that you first acquired this fear? Do you believe that it is a rational or irrational fear? Do you think that it is a common fear or is it something particular to you? Do you parents know about it?



Many people have different fear but mine well have to be geting aids. I know most people feel the same way as me but thats my biggest fear cause having aids means losing people you love, dieing early, ect. But I don't think that it's something that I can overcome because you could have a sexual relationship with someone and they don't know that they are infected with aids or if they do know they would not let you know. But everyday millions of people get infected by manyways and you would never know if you would get it in anytime. I can't do it by myself because if I know that it's out there I wouldn't want to do anything with anybody cause with a cut your could get aids.

Well I believe that I first aquired this fear when i had learned about it in like the 5th grade in health class. But when i was in 6th and 7th garde that's when I had learn way more and understood what was really causing aids and how you could get it. I think that my fear it's irrational, because that feeling would never faid away. Everybody you meet you would never think that they would have aids and you could be doing sexual things with them and in back of your mind you thinking that you need to stop cause they could be infected but then you don't want to stop cause it's feeling right. That thought would always be in peoples mind when they are with a partner and aids is something that would never go away, it just spread more and more each day better yet each hour or less.

I think it's a common fear to me, because like I had said that everyday people get infected and it could be a close member of the family and they could have a cut in thier mouth and they are bleeding but don't know it and drink from your cup like they always do and after they drink you take a sip and you'll get it just from a cup. So there's many different ways you could get aids, it don't mean by having unprected sex you could only get it. Yes, my parent know thats my biggest fear, because I always talk to them when I have a boyfriend.

Thursday, September 6, 2007

sept.6,2007

What do you believe is the most important right you have as an American? If you had to choose one right as being the most important to YOU, which would it be? Why is this the case? What would things be like if this right didn’t exist?





Well i believe that the most important right I have as an American will have to be a citizen. Because if your not you can't do mush and yu could get sent back were ever you had come from. To be a citizen it's very important when it comes to jobs, school, driver liances, ect.. but with out a citizen paper that shows that your a citizen you can't do anything but to work your way up and hop for the best.



Life with out citizen's would be crazy, because people from all over the world would come to the United States and distory it. What i mean about distroy is that still to day other places don't like United States and try to distroy us, so can you imagen if those people come to the United States and do bad things cause they don't like us. But for me i feel that becoming a citizen is better cause the govenment would be able to protect us from any person that don't belong in the United States.

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

aug 28,2007

Who are the three most important people in your life? Why are they so important? Do you believe that you are as important to them as they are to you?





Well everybody have many different people that are important to them. But me my three important people in my life are my older sister, my older brother, and my boyfriend. I had choose them because i had been with them through thick and thin. I love them to death, my sister had been my mother to me and she had thought me everything that i needed to know to become somebody in life. She had been in my side since i was born and she never had left me when time was hard. For example when my mother had treated me unfare my sister had opened her arms to me and told me not to pay any attition to what my mother was saying to me and that if i need a place to live that i could always count on her. But i think that i am important to my sister because were blood and i'm like a daught to her and she would do anything for me.

The other person that its important to me is my other brother. He's like a father that i never had in my life. He thought me everything that a father would teach their daughter. He's always there by my side when things get alilttle bit bumpy but he always know how to put a big smile on my face. I feel safe when ever he's around and i feel like i could'nt be touch by no body. For example when ever me and my other brothers fight with me he would always back me up and when i feel like i should'nt be at my house i just have to call my older brother and i would stay with him for alittle bit. I do feel that i'm important to him, because for anything he would treat me as if i was his dughter and were ever he go's i'm always with him.

Then there's the last person, that would be my boyfriend. I know that it's crazy to say that he is important but he's important to me, because he shows me a different love. I've been with him for about four years since i moved to Miami from Philadelphia and we been through up's and down, but we stick together. When our family did'nt want us to be together we just ignored them untill this very day we still have family member trying to break us apart. He would treat me like no other guy could ever treat me, with respect. For instance he wouldn't sleep around with different girls i know that alot of guys like to sleep around even though they love their girlfriends but not my boyfriend. Because he know that he wouldn't like it if i did that to him so he don't do it and we got respect for our relationship and i believe that i'm important to him cause he wouldn't still be here if he didn't. Everybody got imporant people in thier life and you could always tell when they also feel the same way as you if you take the time to think about all the times you and that person had.

Monday, August 27, 2007

aug 27,2007

Often in our society, a person is labeled a Hero for his actions and contributions. Describe the characteristics you believe a hero must posses and why you believe they must posses them. Cite examples that may strengthen your point.





Everybody got a hero that they believe in. But mine would have to be my mother. I believe that my mother have the characteristics that a hero suppost to have as in help a person when there needed, be strong in different faces that they would have, and never give up. I believe they must have those posses, because it take heart to be a hero and if you got a heart those would be one of the major things a hero have.

The characteristic of helping other people in needed is like the main thing, because to be a good person you would hepl anybody who's anybody. For example there could be a poor person in the street and her/she need help and if you ignore that person your just dont care and something bad could had happen to that person and you find out you would feel bad that you could of help in hat point. The other thing is be strong when you are faceing badd thing in your life. For example if a family member did and you have a child and you don't want it to effect the kids life or yours, you would just pick your head up high and be strong about that face that you are facing. And last would be that you wouldnt give up. I feel that people shouldnt give up if what they believe in is there but it's just geting to hard they give up, they shouldnt at all.

There could be many characteristics in a hero. But mine is help other when needed, be strong, and dont give up. I feel that a hero should have those characteristics because a hero means a good person in my opinion, so those qualities make a good person. But like everybody has different mind and believes when it comes to things but this is what i choose to believe.

aug 27 ,2007