The Internet Essay.

       Have you ever heard of a website page called Facebook? Well, about a few months ago a young man named Mark Zuckerburg created a website called Facebook. While this making of Facebook many rules came with it. Such as don't put any nude pictures on becuase theres been cases that either females and males get exposed throughout the whole cyber world. I believe theres many different things that you shouldn't post in a website becuase later on it will haunt you. Its not only dangerous for yourself, but its dangerous for the people around you. Theres so many things you shouldn't post up, like nude pictures, arguments, claims, or up to adding people that you don't even know of, because they might be predators. you have to be careful in what you post up, and make sure that it wasn't a bad chioce.

       While researching through the web, i went on google and i saw a website that told me what you shouldn't post up on facebook. One of them was do not post up nude pictures. Why would you want to post up a picture of yourself that your almost naked? Don't you ever think of the consequences that come with it? first of all in my opinion i believe any girl or guys that put themselves out there are considered dirty. They have no kind of respect for themselves. They want to show the world what they have when they don't know what the people are actually saying and thinking about them. Another reason why i believe they shouldn't post up any pictures like that is becuase there some people that may not look like them, they might feel bad about themselves, they might have a low self esteem about themselves, and seeing a person that looks good without clothes might make them feel bad, up to even offended. Another reason why you shouldn't post up nude pictures up in the web is becuase maybe people up to predators might save them, and use them for other websites and expose them to he/shes friends. While criticizing you making you look bad, putting you out there when you least have the clue that what you did right since the beginning was wrong.

        Another thing that you shouldn't post up on Facebook or any other website would be arguments or claims that make other people feel bad or disagree with you. For instance like if i cuss someone out trough the web i would be making a fool out of myself as well as i would make the other person feel. It might bring more problems up to conflicts in your life. I believe that you should just be friends with everyone, and get a life if your just going to be talking about others through the web. I see no point to it. Violence will be the next thing that you would bring in your life and i don't think you want that. Theres better things to do other than talk bad about others. Do something that takes your mind off conflicts with others. We should all get along. Would you like it if someone talked stuff about you in their websites or blogs? No right? Then why would you want to talk about others through a website. Avoid all the problems, its better. It's not only better for you but for the other person too.
  
          The last reason what i think you shouldn't do on facebook would be add any random person that adds you. You shouldn't be doing that becuase you don't know them and they just probably want to know your information, where do you live, when were you born as other things. They'll see pictures of you. You shouldn't be talking to them either becuase they might be predators. They might pretend to be someone they aren't. They might pretend to be your age when they're not. They probably would want to meet you one day. When by the time you know it, it was a raper. You have to learn to try to avoid talking to strangers. You never know who that person might be. This could bring many consequences. Theres so much evil out there in this world and you shouldn't be putting yourself trough it. That why i say do not add people you don't know, if i can do that then so can you.

           These are the things that i believe that you shouldn't post up on facebook or any website. Think about it. Think about the consequences that come with it. You don't want to go trough it in your life, it will affect the way you look. It will make you look bad. Think about what it might show others. Think about why you shouldn't do it. It will avoid all the problems you'll have later in the future. Why not just have a good life, and make sure that what you write or post wont affect others. These were some of the things what you shouldn't do while using a social network. Don't ruin your life, your future? Think wisely.

The Crucible.

                                                                                                                                 

                                                                                                                                                              

                                                             The Crucible Essay: Topic Six

                  Have you ever been in a situation that you been blamed for something you never did? You were

Innocent all  along? Well back in the days many people would get blamed for rights and their religious views. 

Back in the old times, McCarthyism was involved and still is used. McCarthyism is being communist and

being accused of something others did. In our class we watched the movie called "The Crucible" by Arthur

Miller. Heportrays the prejudice that existed in the seventeenth hundreds against witches or people who

thought that they were witches were put on trial and sentenced to death. They were being lynched,hanged

and everyone would see.

                   In the Crucible they were many main characters. In the beginning there were a pair of girls that

were caught in the forest dancing. They thought they were involved with witchcraft. So they had to lie that

there was witchcraft involved in Salem, the village that everyone lived in. The lie grew bigger and bigger,

since everyone thought that there was really witchcraft involved. People were forced to say that they were

part of witchcraft,but once they admitted to something that wasn't even true, right away they got lynched.

                    There was a protagonist named Abigail Williams she was involved with the "witchcraft" going

around Salem. She was the one that started all of this lie, because now everyone thinks that there really is a

devil going around Salem. She was always in love with a guy named John Proctor. She knew he was taken,

and she would do anything to get with him. So one day she decided to lie, saying that John Proctor's wife   

Elizabeth Proctor had stab her with a needle. Since there was another girl named Mary Warren had knitted a

doll for Elizabeth, and she had put a needle into the doll. Making it seem as if Elizabeth had done such a cruel

thing. Making everyone believe Elizabeth had done such a thing, they had put her on trial and sentenced to

death, but since she was pregnant they didn't do anything to her.

                    In the movie they got John Proctor to go on trial, they have given him a chance to sign a paper

saying that he was part of witchcraft even though he was innocent. He signed it, but didn't give it over to Dan

forth the minister of the church and the one in control of the trials. Dan forth asked him, "then are you denying

this confession?" and John responded, "I mean to deny nothing!" then Dan forth tried to prove him guilty by

telling him something that way he can be like oh yeah, your right. But he responded " Because it is my name!

Because i cannot have another in my life! Because i lie and sign myself to lies! Because i am not worth the

dust on the feet of them that hang! How may i live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave my

name! (pg.240.) He told Dan forth to leave him alone, but all along they knew he was innocent. Either way

they didn't care, and all of this happened because of a lie that a girl named Abigail Williams started. After all

she had done she regretted it, because now the person she loved was about to get hanged. She tried to make

him escape, getting him the keys out the cage he was put in, but John Proctor refused to leave. They finally

hanged John Proctor as well as the rest of the others that were accused of witchcraft and all along they were

innocent. Elizabeth Proctor stood alone, in the world. As well as Abigail Williams, she got nowhere far.

                    So at the end, why is lying so good? If after everything you do, will get back at you. You wont

get far. This still happens now, not here in LA. but in other places that people believe in witchcraft, and

believe that anyone that is involved with it, should be sentenced to death. What did you learn all out of all

this? I learned that you shouldn't lie, because everything is going to get bigger and bigger, and at the end

people are going to pay consequences for nothing they haven't done. I believe that they're should be proof

when it comes to filing trials on people and being put on death. I believe that they should hang people for no

reason.Nothing will be worth it at the end.

citations.

http://www.shmoop.com/crucible/protagonist-antagonist.html

Book Title: Arthur Miller's The Crucible. Publisher: McDougal Littell Copyright © 2006 by McDougal Littell

Inc. All Rights Reserved

                                                                                                                                             1st Period.  

Stand Up, Speak Out.

                                                                                                                                                   1^st period

                                                                         Stand Up Speak Out.

                   All over the world there are different kinds of people. They are either straight or not straight. I’m one of them. I’m lesbian.  I do not think being lesbian is a crime. A crime is something that people do and it affects everyone else around you. And I know for a fact being a “queer” isn’t. I’m sixteen years old. When I heard about writing this essay, it really got my attention. It gave me a lot of ideas to write about.  

                    This is who I am. I ignore everyone around me who thinks not being straight is wrong or nasty. I always say, “Love has no gender.” People really don’t know how stupid they sound when they talk about us, in a way that might offend us. It’s like saying, “Ew. Look at them, they’re straight.” Doesn’t that sound dumb? People are just homophobic. It’s a thing that I don’t see leaving. There always has to be a person that thinks it’s disgusting to love or like the same sex as you. People judge you for what you are. Before they do that they should see what they are first. They’re just good at talking. Anyways, that shouldn’t matter. You shouldn’t care what people say about you. You are you. They are they.

                      I grew up in a somewhat religious family. My family is Christian. They believe that God created a man and a woman to be together, but in my eyes I don’t see anything wrong with it. God loves me just the way I am. I came out to my mother in tenth grade. I knew I was a lesbian in eighth grade. That’s when I started realizing my sexuality. It was hard to tell my mother I liked women instead of man, because of the fact that I’m her only girl and I didn’t want her to feel bummed. There was one day that I decided to tell her. I didn’t want to stay in the closet anymore. I wanted to come out. I wanted to show who I really was. I didn’t want to pretend to be something I wasn’t. When I told her, her face went blank. She stayed quite, speechless. No words came out of her mouth. I still remember everything that happened that night. She told me, “Why? No.. You can’t be.” And I responded, “I do. And you have to accept me for who I am.” All she did was look at me. At that moment I thought to myself, that I should have never told her. I was scared, what if she didn’t see me the same anymore? The room was quite. There was an awkward moment of silence. After that moment she stared at me and said, “Okay mija...” She hugged me. I felt good because I felt relieved of what I’ve been trying to tell her since the longest. By this time, my whole family knows, except my father. He doesn’t live with me. I’m just relieved I passed through that already.    

                        When I came to West Adams for tenth grade, I met my girlfriend. Her name is Yesenia. We have 6 months together, and I’ve never been this happy in my life, since I got with her. I love her. Like I’ve said already to me, love has no gender. That’s like my motto. Two men and two women can love each other. It shouldn’t stop the rest of you. We are all free. We all have rights. We decide who we want to be with. We shouldn’t be controlled by people, they don’t own us. And most of all we shouldn’t let people try to make us feel stupid for what we are, they should let us be.  

                         If a man and a women can love each other, than I believe that two men and two women can love each other too. The whole world is full if judgers. All they want to do is make you be something you aren’t by putting you down, or talking about you. But you shouldn’t let that get to you. Those people can’t make you happy as the person you love or like can. So why not, just ignore every single one of them, and be happy? Look at me, I’m happy, for the decisions I’ve taken and because of the fact that I’m not hiding from others anymore. I ignore them all. Plus, I have the person that makes me happy everyday, and the one that always gets a smile to my face. And I wouldn’t trade her for anything. We are free.  So, don’t let people put you down. Tell them to mind their own lives, and you’ll mind yours. You don’t need them. And remember, love yourself for who you are. Don’t love yourself for what others want you to do. Be yourself, and don’t be ashamed to come out. There’s always going to be a right time when you’re ready.

Essay #3. How does it feel to be hispanic me?

                                                                                                                                                  1^st period.

                                                    How does it feel to be Hispanic me?

                    My name is Ulma. I am 16 years old. I was born in Los Angeles, California, in the year 1994. My mother gave birth to me at the hospital called Queen Angels. My mother and my father are both Hispanic. My mother is from Honduras, and my father is from El Salvador. I feel proud to be Hispanic because I am proud of my culture and all my Hispanic roots from my family. I’m proud of being Hispanic because that’s what I represent in my life. We love our music, our food, and everything else we as Hispanics do. Everything about me is made up a many different things from being Hispanic.

                     I think being Hispanic is the best. There are many different things that we do. We celebrate many holidays, in many different ways. We party, we love cooking. All of us Hispanic people consider ourselves family.  We are really religious because to us religions mean a lot to us. I believe that being Hispanic is very fun. We always enjoy ourselves in having a blast. From when It comes from little birthday parties, to really big parties. We celebrate the girl’s fifteenth birthday party. We celebrate May 5^th, as we all know we call it “Cinco De Mayo.” We celebrate the Day of The Dead. We celebrate many different types of holidays. It just shows people that we care of our culture. All of these holidays come from being Hispanic.

                       I’m proud of being Hispanic because I am not ashamed of who I am. It describes me. It describes me in what kind of person I am. It makes me the way I am. It reflects with my attitude. It reflects with me in everything I do. I don’t care what people say or do, to try to put me down for who I am. You are you, I am me. There shouldn’t be a reason why we should be ashamed for who we are. Our families are the ones that raised us up to follow our Hispanic culture and I’ll always represent it
it.
                     Being Hispanic is a pride and a joy. To be Hispanic is to never be ashamed of what you are. To be Hispanic is to always be one. You can’t change what you are. You were born into it. To be Hispanic I something I will represent throughout my whole life. It’s something that I’ll pass down as I grow up. I’ll show my family of what kind of pride I have towards my race. That will keep the Hispanic culture going and going as how it’s been for the past years in history. It will keep growing, because people pass it down to each other. Their families pass it to theirs and our culture grows and grows even more. Being Hispanic is the greatest and I wouldn’t trade it for any other type of race, being Hispanic will always run through my blood, until the day I die.

Picture that i took, LA.♥

LA. The city i was born in.

The one that i think its the best to live in.

Many people, many cars, many new things happen here in LA.

As i was in the car with my mother going to my aunts house, i took this picture.

What a nice view. :D 

What Is An American?

                                                                                                                                         1^st period.

                               

                                                                    What is an American?

           We all consider ourselves as Americans. We were all immigrants once. The only ones that really owned this place were the Native Americans. We all came in next. We’re all the same. There is no one that’s not an American. There are many people that come from many places to be someone in life. They come here for a better future. We all have the same rights.  People come here to get a job, an education and to improve their lives.

            To me, an American means that we were born here and that you have pride in being here. As an American, we say the pledge of allegiance. As an American, we have many rights. Some are fair and some just don’t make sense at all. We see many things in this country that have changed throughout all these years. We have seen how people have been treated to the point where violence kicks in. We have seen injustice. As an American, we see many races and therefore, racism. There are many different things that people say or do. We are all the same. We should consider ourselves equal to one another. We are all humans. As an American, we have laws and we have the government. We have the president doing his job and trying to make this country better. We have to be ourselves, and learn what is happening around the world, as a resident living here.

              We are all Americans, no matter where he or she was born. Everyone could make this world better. If we could all consider ourselves Americans, then there wouldn’t be any problem between any kind of race. We all make this country The United States of America. We are all one country united. We should all love this country no matter what happens because this is where we were raised and we got used to it and therefore, we should all have pride. We are all Americans, we’re all the same and we all should treat each other equally.

Academic Autobiography.

                                                                                                                                             1^st Period.

                          

                                                                Academic Autobiography

        My mother had me enrolled into school when I was four years old. I started going to school ever since pre-school. It was since then when I started growing academically. After pre-school, I went on to Magnolia Elementary School. I went to kindergarten all the way to my fifth grade year over there. When I was in fourth grade, I entered orchestra. Music always caught my attention ever since I was small. Ms. Cheleden was my music teacher. I wanted to play violin, but instead she made me play the flute. Since there were no more violins left, she put me into the winds section. I used to struggle in the beginning because I had no idea how to play music. Everyone in the orchestra did. My musical skills would grow and grow each and everyday. By the time I was in the halfway in my fourth grade school year, I was one of the best. I got a scholarship of $250. This was a major step into my musical life, and I knew if I continued to keep up with my music skills, then I could succeed. Therefore, I kept on doing what I loved to do and that was music. During my whole time left in Magnolia, I stayed in orchestra. After two more years of being in Elementary, I culminated from fifth grade. My parents were a big support throughout those years and up to this day they still are.

        Once I hit middle school, I had to attend 6 periods each day. After a while, I got used to it. My favorite subjects were math & band. Those were the one of the two classes I wanted to go to all the time. I always had good grades. I passed all of them. Middle school was a good experience and it was preparing me for high school. I went to three different middle schools, but I graduated from John Liecthy middle school. That school was the best because I learned a lot in school.

         The years went by so fast. I’m in high school right now. I’m not going to say it was easy to get to this point. It took dedication to get to where I’m at now. I’m good in my credits and in my grades. I feel great to be here where I’m at. I’ve learned so much through all my academic life. I have met a lot of people. I’ve have met a lot of teachers. They’re the reason why we make it so far, as well as our parents. I’m very thankful for my mom and dad because they have always been supporting me to follow my dreams and to never give up. I just want to graduate high school already. I want to be able to start working while I’m going to school. My dream has always been in being the FBI, it’s what I’m aiming for and I’m going to make sure that I reach my goal and never quit. I’ll feel proud after I see myself in a real job and being in a great profession. I see myself going far and being successful all the way. All you have to do is keep trying and focus on your goal.