Choice: My days here at Parkway West !

                              

                                           My Transferred Here At Parkway West

      My transferred here at Parkway west have been like a rollercoasters and here are some reasons of why my days here have been a rollercoasters . 
     When I first got here I was very nervous because my old school was huge. There were around three thousand students who were studying in the school; furthermore, there were around three hundred staff members in my old school. My class schedule was hard for me to understand. Since I had never seen that kind of schedule before, I could not find my classes on time. Also, I was frightened of asking other students for directions because I did not know any of them. My first class was English two and I was already late for the class. Fortunately, I saw a security guard walking around in the hallway, who helped me to find my class. I was late getting to all of my classes. Many times I have asked teachers for directions too; overall my teachers got mad at me and told me not to be late every time.

Second, I felt lonely because there was not anyone with whom I could talk to. There were too many students walking around the school, but they never smiled at me or said “Hi” or “Hello” to me. In addition, in my African American History class students had to work in a groups, and no one wanted to work with me so I just sat there. Moreover, during the lunch period, I had to sit alone in the cafeteria, when other students were enjoying their lunch period with their friends.

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Also, I felt sadness at that time, because I missed my friends and family very much. When I was back at Bartram High School my two best friends, Tyechelle and Hannah and I used to go to school together everyday; if one of us did not understand any concepts, we always helped each other out. Hannah and Tyechelle always had told me that I was going to miss them in advance and it was the truth because ever since I got here at Parkway West things were not the same for me anymore, It felt like I had to start all over again, my grades been dropping in many classes that I know I can pass, the schedule were different, I have no friends and to top it off I go to school late every single day.
There is one thing that I dislike about the school, and that’s because its only on one floor and one floor alone and the funny thing about it is that we shared school with middle schoolers but we suppose to be a high school, we don't have enough students to make our own team we have to share sports with West Philly High School, and most of all I’m not used to little school like Parkway West ,but that’s not going to stop me from doing what I’m suppose to do in order for me to graduate High School I just have to work with what I have now and make it better for myself because I know if I put my mind into something I can accomplish it

Also, I felt sadness at that time, because I missed my friends and family very much. When I was back at Bartram High School my two best friends, Tyechelle and Hannah and I used to go to school together everyday; if one of us did not understand any concepts, we always helped each other out. Hannah and Tyechelle always had told me that I was going to miss them in advance and it was the truth because ever since I got here at Parkway West things were not the same for me anymore, It felt like I had to start all over again, my grades been dropping in many classes that I know I can pass, the schedule were different, I have no friends and to top it off I go to school late every single day.
There is one thing that I dislike about the school, and that’s because its only on one floor and one floor alone and the funny thing about it is that we shared school with middle schoolers but we suppose to be a high school, we don't have enough students to make our own team we have to share sports with West Philly High School, and most of all I’m not used to little school like Parkway West ,but that’s not going to stop me from doing what I’m suppose to do in order for me to graduate High School I just have to work with what I have now and make it better for myself because I know if I put my mind into something I can accomplish it.

POEM: Bomb Details Emerge in Boston Case

Three people were killed
176 were injured
there were many tear's
of members Family's that was hurt
“It’s supposed to be a day of celebration but, it’s a day of sadness
 you train so hard for such a long time
“It’s heartbreaking to not cross the finish line,
Bombs were a device that were used against us
It was a explosive explosion
that took up three lives 
and injured 176 people  
from the marathons!

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/17/us/officials-investigate-boston-explosions.html?pagewanted=1&ref=us 


I choose this article by going on New York Times news articles. I decided to do this poem on Bomb Detail Emerge In Boston Case because I feel that it was the latest news, and I found it really interesting and I also felt sorry for what happen to those people. My poem is based on what happen to Boston , such as the bomb that took place yesterday Monday 15, 2013, my poem is also about the details that emerge in Boston. I  will say that it was okay making a found poem because I get to put my creativity  in what I were doing , and plus it was kind of hard but then again it wasn't that hard because all I had to do was just try  to have fun with it. I had to take a article and made it into a short poem which I thought were kind of hard. I really don't think this was a hard process because I seen a example of how it were suppose to be done , and plus I understood the process clearly. I think it was worth it because it was a one in life time thing, so I just did what I could with it, but to be honest I don't find myself doing this in the future because I really don't like writing poems nor am I good with them.

Slaughter Of The African Elephants

In Slaughter of the African Elephants Strindberg and Maisels spoke about how Poachers attacked a family of forest elephants in central Africa.

There was some important and  interesting facts in this article such as 62 percent of elephants vanished from central Africa between the year of 2001 and 2002 because they were being hunt for their tusk. There was also another quote or  fact that I  found , which was there was elephants that were being harshly killed and torture alive and the people that did those evil things to them elephants are suppose to be found for their brutal crime.

I think that animal should be treated like they are at least humans beings. The reason i said that is because I feel that everyday around the world there are animals that are constantly being abused like its nothing, and I just think that its really said that those people don't have any type of feelings nor hearts to look at an animal and just kill them just to make product out of them. It's really sad.. READING THIS ARTICLE JUST MADE ME REALIZE THAT, THERE ARE MANY ANIMALS THAT ARE BEING ABUSED AROUND MY NEIGHBORHOOD, SUCH AS THESE STRAY CATS AND DOGS WITHOUT NO HOME NOR SHELTER NOR FOOD TO EAT.

This article has left me with some unanswered questions such as why do people think that it's okay for them to capture Elephants and just brutally killed them for their tusk. Do the people that did those horrible things know that those animals have feelings just like us human beings? Do they not know that it deepling wrong for them to just look at a animal and kill it for no apparent reasons? Or do they think that killing them and making product out of them its going to make people agree with their the horrible decision that they did? If Ya'll don't mind  answering my question ,I will like for it to be answer in the near future! Please and Thank You!

Choice: The Bachelor' 2013 finale: Sean gives out his final rose

In the "The Bachelor 2013 finale: Sean gives out his final rose" by Brian Stitt talks about who won Sean heart and who won his final rose.

In the article "The Bachelor 2013 finale: Sean gives out his final rose" had some important facts that were not quoted which was "Catherine told Sean flat out that she loved him for the first time tonight, he responded with a frustratingly noncommittal. "Thanks for today." Ouch. This left Catherine rightfully terrified." I choose this quote because  I felt like Catherine was really pouring her heart out to Sean  Lowe and every single thing that she said felt like it so true. And when  Sean responded back to her in that way was just awkward and kinda hurtful to her.

There was another quote that I found was important and stood out to me, which was "letter actually just showed Sean Lowe that he was making a good choice, proposing to a woman who is confident in herself and her feelings for the bachelor." The reason I choose this quotes is because this quotes shows that Sean was making the right decision and it made him more confident of who he his final choice.


Well the whole point of this article was to let the viewer's know who Sean Lowe choose to be his wife , and this article also show the way he was hurt when he sent Desiree and Lindsey home . The reason I said that is because he said it during the reunion , he said that it was very hard to let Desiree and Lindsey go and it was  the hardest decision he ever made.


This articles / T.V show reminds me of some  other t.v show that use to come on, on  MTV such as "Flavor OF LOVE" the reason I said that is because it was about a man that needed love and was willing to find is love on a t.v. There was many girls that was fighting for his love and that's the something Sean was doing and that's what he got.

Sisters In Arms

In  the article Sisters in Arms by James Dao, talks about the problem of the U.S military not giving women's the same  opportunity that the males are serving.

 In the article" Sisters In Arms"  spoke about how there are many females that decide to  put themselves and their families in risk by joining the U.S army.  Well the reason why I said that is because this article is trying to say that women are not physically strong and mantel y strong enough to be in the army basically what they are  trying to say is that women don't have what it takes to be in the army.

There was another quote from the article that stood out to me which was , " Of the 2.5 million Americans who have served in both wars since 2001, about 12 percent have been women". This quote just give a little summary of how many woman that were involved in the war during the year of 2001.

I made a connection with this article because I feel that there are jobs for everyone, and I feel that woman should not be in the army because they are ladies, I'm not just saying that because they are woman , but because I feel that its a man job. I just feel that man should be the one holding and carrying guns, not woman, I feel that women's should be home and  taking care of their children's.

I'm not saying that womens shouldnt be in the war because they dont have what it takes but , because I just feel that womans are better off not holding guns .


I really dont have any questons about this article but , I do think that this article really got me thinking about how this  womens in arms is going to turn out.

CyberWar

In the article "Cyber War" by Patricia Smith talked Cyber over the Internet and about the US hacking the Iranian nuclear plant and destroying it. It also say that we have a long history of conflict with Iran.

This article includes quotes from counter terrorism officials, and experts such as  "By the time the virus was stopped, it had infected and made useless more than 30,000 computers." I choose that quote because it seems like it shows how extremely powerful viruses are and it also tells  how many computers can get  hurt such as get infected with all types of viruses.This quotes also shows how this viruses  affected many computers around the world.

There was also another quote that were stated such as , "In 2009, a sophisticated computer worm known as Stuxnet wiped out a fifth of Iran's centrifuges,which are used to enrich uranium, setting back its ability to make nuclear weapons by several years. Many analysts believe the U.S. and/or Israel were behind that attack as well."

Well as for me I believe that this whole Cyber war is not good nor healthy for us nor the computers because we are using the computer and it can be a problem when you trying to use the Internet and the computer keeps popping up viruses that can be really annoying for us and the computers.


from what I read it makes me worried that these attacks will increase in the future, and it also have me scared beacuse I feel that the cyber attack is more dagerous then the nuclear attack.



 

Choice: Teen Victim In Fatal Crash Laid To Rest

In the article "Teen victim in fatal crash laid to rest"  written by Michelle Casady is based on a 17 year old name Gabriella Lerma who were involved into a fatal car crashed which she did not survived.

In the article "Teen Victim In Fatal Crash Laid To Rest" stated some importance memories from Gabriella friends and family's such as “She was just a real funny girl,” he said of his friend. “She had this giggle, and then this outrageous laugh she almost found everything funny" said  Gabriella childhood friend Bernal. I picked those quotes because they stood out to me, the reason I said that is because it reminded me of my grandmother and her laughs and the way how she was a loving person.

 I think that this topic is very said because the Lerma family lost a daughter, a sister a friend and probably a aunt. This just made me think about what my family will do if they lost me? how will they act towards the world if I'M GONE? how are my family going to take the situation if they heard that they little girl died involving a car crash? This just had me thinking really hard about this family situation and how they going to live without their little girl.


This article reminds me of another article that I read and did a blog on which was called "Four Teens Dead in Car Crash ", the reason I said that is because they both were involved in car crashed and their was people who got hurt in both article such as  kids dying. There was also family members that were hurt because of the bad news that they got from the police.


From what I just read this article had left me with some unanswered questions such as , how are the two family taking the bad news? are they both feeling the same emotions? can the two families get over this tragic?