Reading Autobiography

     Reading goes back to when i was a child. when i was small, i didn't do much reading. Like every other child, games and toys were always the greatest source of entertainment. However, i often liked being read to. children stories were the best with novels like: the three little pigs, the Cuban and the mouse, and everyone's favorite,  the missing pencil. Although when you're a child, a book with pictures is always more entertaining than educational books with words. Many of children's books today have the same plot. It starts off with the characters names and features, then it goes straight to the plot, where everything always seems to go wrong. However, at end of the story, everything turns out to be perfectly fine.
     as the years go by, it goes from being the listener to being the reader. as you move on to the next grade, you get tested on your reading skills and eventually it becomes easy to read a 300 page book. Reading has a big influence on who we are because it is what shapes our writing, speech, and how we compose essays. Now, as a high school student, essays are considered to be our best "friend". when it comes to grading and other writing test, the more words you have, the more educated you appear to be. its always good to make a great first impression, that is why i often practice reading to better my skills. I must not forget that it becomes a requirement when attending college level classes or universities.
      In school, it is recommended that you read at home. in fact, it is my homework to read 30 minutes and write a paragraph about what i read. although i have fallen behind on my work, i can always make it up since we have been mentally trained to pull off these kind of tasks. i give thanks to the government who make it easy to access books through public library's, not to mention our school library. It comes to my attention that although we are having economic problems with the schools budget cut system, we are not able to access the library on a daily basis. it would be more convenient to the students who are known as "tomorrows future" , to have access to our basic necessities . that is my personal opinion, yet it does not need to be an opinion to make a required change that shapes the way students choose to route their future.

stand up speak out

Being gay is a personal choice, like picking juice over milk. in 2004, 4% of the worlds population was gay. that percent has been increasing over the years to a point where it has become noticeable. in 2012, the Mayan calender predicts there will be a big change in the world. with the gay population increasing dramatically there is no doubt that the big change will be the birth of a new life style. when we think of progress we think of improvement of society over a long period of time, but how is being gay a progression in society? well, its not. having two males or females together means not reproducing. while the gay population is increasing, the human population will be decreasing. eventually there will be less people and it will decrease jobs and companies will soon shut down. the price for food will increase and without reproducing, the world will end for us humans. maybe that's what the Mayans have predicted for us.

face book essay

Over the past years, there have been a lot of controversial issues about one’s post in their cyber profiles. There have been cases of identity theft, harassment, or simply the key to ending someone’s career. People tend to post pictures or comments that can be demeaning to them or to others under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The thing with cyber profiles is that whatever you post on them, people will be able to see it weather your friends or not. The root of this starts the moment you add people you don’t know or how you choose to administrate the privacy settings. When creating a facebook profile you must agree to the terms and services of the web page where many people fail to comply.

            To prove my previous statement stating how people add other people they don’t know, I’ve created a facebook profile with my computer. In less than five minutes I created the profile with detailed information. In less than 24 hours I had conquered the friendship of over a hundred people that I have never met before. Once I become friends I can get around the privacy settings and see more detailed information about who these people are. I have gained access to: their photos, education and work, philosophy, activities and interest, and most importantly, their contact information. This proves how easily they can set themselves up for scams by the simple click of a button. Only about three percent bothered to write a message back asking who I was. I believe people should be more cautious of who they add as friends in their cyber profile.

            People have gotten in trouble for their actions on facebook. In the popular case of Key v. Robertson, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 51092, a second year law student recorded the law school chancellor scratching the side of his head and posted it on YouTube.  When paused at the right time, it looked like the chancellor was giving the middle finger.  The student then took a screen shot of the video clip and made it his profile picture on Facebook. He got in trouble and he was given the option to post an apology but the student chose to fight back. Many people make decisions to feel accepted in which can lead them to trouble. There have been people who post pictures of them doing drugs, drinking alcohol, and even holding up a weapon. There is other people who think it’s a good thing to post gang related stuff that leads to really big issues.

            You must always be aware of what you post on your profile and you should think about the consequences after your post. Facebook has lead to the death of Tracey Grinhaff and  her husband Gary Grinhaff. Tracey had posted on her profile that she was "currently splitting" from her husband. She added: "Been married for 16 years but together for 26!!!! God that makes me sound old." That outraged her husband leading him to kill her and shoving her in the shed of the backyard. Cops found Gary’s body out in the woods where he committed suicide. This is a perfect example of how people post something without the consent of what will happen next. Sometimes people just feel like its right when they post stuff but later try to delete it but the damage has been done. This is why I feel people should think twice about what they do and they should follow the rules given on the terms and services at the beginning.

Winter Break

For Winter break, I stayed mostly at home because it was raining for the first week and a half. At first, every hour seemed to be a day’s worth of time. We had a great Christmas though. My whole family got together and celebrated with lots of food. Although the rain left later on, it was still noticeably cold and cloudy. For new years we once again got together and watched the countdown on the big screen. We needed the help of some entertainment to keep us up, so that’s where the games came in. As the clock was counting down, we all got prepared and raised our champagne glasses. Once the clock hit twelve, we all cheered and toasted for the New Year with such joy. After New Year’s, nine days separated my vacation and the long awaited first day of school. We spent the last couple of days watching movies and enjoying our time off. What seemed to be nine days, actually felt like hours. It was Monday, the first day of school, and our first assignment was to write a short essay about our winter break. This winter assignment essay happens to be the one you are currently reading. Once I finished writing the draft of our essay, the teacher went around grading and proof reading our essays. Then it was time to publish and print our essay. So this is it; my winter break assignment.

This is a wonderful picture of Los Angeles. That is a lady in front of the picture enjoying the view of the city. There is no doubt that L.A. is one of the most amazing cities in the world.

What is an American?

An American is a person who has rights, lives under a stabled government, and has the freedom of speech. Americans have the right to express themselves how ever they want; in which does not affect the lives of others for the worse. In America they don’t discriminate you by your religion or where you come from. America is a capitalist country where depending what job you work, your check can come in different sizes. In America, everyone has the right to go to college and get an education. I, myself, am a son of immigrants who came to this country looking for opportunities and a better life. Many people do not succeed and get killed trying to fulfill their dreams by making it to the other side; the US. As I walk back home I spot the numerous amounts of churches of different religions and I think to myself; freedom.

Allot has passed to get to the America in which we are now. We had to go through our independence, the civil war, reconstruction, etc. All these events lead to a place where everyone can get along having equal rights. But one major issue that contradicts our constitution, is the simple part that states the government will not choose one religion over another. Yet we seem to have a thing for Christianity. We have come to a point where we have involved god in the US currency, the pledge of allegiance, etc. On the dollar bill, we have placed the words "In God We Trust" not thinking it will hurt or contradict other religions with more than one god. In the pledge of allegiance, we placed the words "One Nation, Under God" which again can contradict other religions such as ones who don’t believe in god who are known as "Atheist". Also when the president swears over the nation, he puts his hand on the Christian bible. Which opens up the discussion of John F. Kennedy's death; was it because he was a roman catholic? I don’t think its fair for the government to favor a religion no matter how popular it is practiced in the nation. Although not many people seem to care or notice the importance of this arguement, there is still people who get offended but their thoughts and opinions are not enough.

When we come to think of it, the American dream consist of having a great life. I think the American dream is to own a nice house, a nice car, a good paying job, and ofcourse, a great family. So my perspective, on what is an American, is a person who has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Academic Autobiography

NOTE: The names of the people have been changed to protect their identities.


I went to magnolia avenue elementary school, located on Magnolia and Venice Street. From what i remembered, Mrs. Placed, my kindergarten teacher, was the best. We would sing and dance and gather around for story time. I remember repeating the second grade for a weird reason. In the third grade i was bringing home good grades, pure 4's and 3's. In firth grade i had the coolest teacher ever. Her name was Ms. Understood and she would do videos which were presented to the whole school. For junior high i went to Berendo middle school, located on Berendo and 12th street. I was not used to having six classes with all different subjects. I think my favorite class was service because it gave you the authority to walk around and deliver packages that had to be delivered to classes. Sometimes they would let me out early depending on how the day went. My favorite teacher there was Mrs. Informed because not only was she my homeroom teacher, but she was also my science teacher. Well one of the reasons why i went to Berendo Middle school was because it was the closest middle school around my house. I remember receiving lots of certificates for outstanding job throughout my years as a middle school kid.

After middle school, i went and still am going to West Adams high school, located on Vermont and Washington. Here i found it better not having six classes anymore. Now i only had to worry about four classes which were an hour and a half long. I found it better to go in at 8:30 rather than the old 7:30. I started my first four classes of ninth grade with: Biology, Algebra 1, Physical Education, and life skills. I think that my Biology teacher Ms. Behavior, was the best teacher yet to come because she would explain everything very well. My homeroom teacher Ms. Calculated, would always make us watch some movies about the economic crisis and the struggles in south American countries. In the tenth grade i had geometry, world history, physical education and health. My world history teacher was cool because she was easy to understand in all her lessons. My geometry teacher, Ms. Fired, would explain things differently and was allot harder to understand, especially when she gave the class homework. And now i am in the eleventh grade and my classes are: US Literature, US history, Algebra 2, and Video production in which we watch movies every Friday but work through out the week. In US literature we write allot, like what i am doing now. And in US history, i have the same teacher that i had in my last years world history class, Ms. Fit. She is still a cool teacher and tries to make every subject as cool as possible. For now, i am looking forward to graduate and walk on stage. All i have is one more year and i will be done with high school.