Short Story

“The Baby Brother”

It was a long sunny day in the stunning city of Boston, Massachusetts. Thirteen year old Paul was in high spirits as he can ever be riding his brand new, shiny bike outside his house that his parents bought him. Paul was accustomed to getting everything he wanted since he was the only child.  Paul was joyful with the life he had. He had his entire parent’s attention and everything in the house belonged to him since he was the only child. However Paul knew this might all change to some extent with the arrival of his new baby born brother.

            Paul was in his room playing his new video games and he hears his parents knocking on his door. “Come on in!” Paul screams. His parents enter with his baby brother, Adrian. “Look Paul it’s your brother, say hi.” His mom says. “Wow I don’t care about him mom,” Paul replies. His mother angrily scolds Paul for showing no importance for his baby brother and they ground Paul the whole day and make him stay locked up in his room.

            The next day Paul wakes up and he has a bad feeling about something, so he goes down to the kitchen table. Amazed, his parents are with his baby brother eating breakfast, smiling, laughing and feeding him while showing Adrian love and affection. Paul feels lonely and rejected by his mom and dad. He feels like if he isn’t part of the family and he hates the fact he has lost his parent’s attention. He then starts getting jealous of his baby brother for taking his attention away and feels that Adrian has ruined his perfect life.

            That same day, Paul’s parents put Adrian in his room. Paul then starts quarrelling with his parents that it’s his room and he does not want to share. “Mom, dad, this isn’t fair! This room belongs to me only and I don’t want to share with Adrian! I want him gone!” “Honey, you have to understand that Adrian is your brothers so were going to leave him in here regardless what you say.” His parents don’t listen and Paul is furious at his little brother and feels his life will never be the same.

            One day Paul’s parents left to the grocery store to buy food and made Paul babysit Adrian. Paul didn’t care and was minding his business but he heard his brother cry, he was hesitant to go check on him but he didn’t like to hear his brother crying. He went to him and made him laugh and stop crying. At that moment Paul was cheerful to have a baby brother like Adrian, he started feeling love and compassion for Adrian. At that moment, deep inside of Paul, he knew his baby brother was a good thing that happened to him. All the hardships were elapsed.

            Later that day his parents came and Paul seemed blissful. His parents were proud in his change of attitude. They were glad to see Paul appreciate his brother and his materials with him. It was a lesson learned by Paul the hard way. Now he will never forget to be thankful for what he has.

Point of View—the main character’s/narrator’s POV.

·         Paul love the attention he got from his parents but when the parents have another baby he gets jealous of all the attention his brother gets. He doesn't like the fact that he has a baby brother.

Character Analysis—identify each character (i.e. gender, strengths, weaknesses, purpose etc.)

·         Paul, boy, loves being an only child, gets jealous easily over something that should be appreciated and not hated. 

·         Adrian, baby boy, brother of Paul, gets more attention than Paul since he is a baby, he can't defend himself from Paul. 

·         Mom and Dad - both love their children but have a hard time paying attention to both but care for both brothers.

Plot/Central Conflict—what is the central conflict/issue of the story?

·         Paul loves all the attention he gets from his parents but when they have a baby boy, Paul gets angry and jealous that his brother gets all the attention instead of him making him feel rejected and lonely.

Setting—where/when does the story take place?

·         The setting is in the city of Boston, Massachusetts.

End/Resolution—how is the conflict resolved?

·         Paul, after being left to babysit his brother, finally sees the good in having a baby brother and appreciates the fact that he is a brother and realizes that he cares for his brother.

Autobiography Essay

Me

As I was born my parents named me Maria Del Carmen Larios - Estrella. I am currently seventeen years old. I was born March 15, 1993 in Los Angeles to my parents Luz Estrella-Larios and Rolando Larios. I have two little twin brothers. My two brothers name is Rolando Larios and Joaquin Larios and there both sixteen years old. There is another member of my family that is important to me which is our dog Mickey Mouse. He was given to me as a gift because I graduated from the Explores Academy in December 12, 2009.

Not only am I a great student, am I a lady who loves to look classy. Ever since I was little I have loved to wear dresses. My family taught me that dresses were fancy and should be used on special occasions. Now I’m the type of girl who likes to wear dresses for the fun of it. I like them a lot and I feel they represent me as the person I am and they show my emotions to others and the world. I am a young lady that’s special and has a lot of unique qualities.

In my life there has been a group of special people that I consider huge influences. That group of people are my 7^th and 8^th grade English teacher Shannon Muhammad, and my closet friend Diego Castro, and of course my parents. I consider them all my role models. I have learned from their mistakes and they gave given me advice on a lot of subjects, some of the most important things they have told me are about their experiences in high school and college and they have given me advice on what to do and not to do in high school and college. I have a major respect for them and admire all for all them. Now all of them are pursuing their dreams and in their careers and their future careers. There is so much I could say about all four of them but it would take up many pages. I think they are some of the coolest people on the planet and I am very proud to be there friend.

I am a person that dreams high and settles for nothing less than what I want. My role models have influenced my future goals, especially in the decision of going to college. My future goal is to go to a Pepperdine or LMU university, preferably in the southern California. I plan to specialize in criminal justice, but first graduate as a psychologist. I plan to do that because when I get older I want to become a detective and help people.  I know that it’s a hard job, but I believe that I am physically tough as well as mentally tough to be a detective. So afterwards I graduate from college and have a career I would like to own my own house somewhere in Laguna Beach, California and possibly start a family.

My 11^th grade high school has really helped me to define who I am. Also to finished strong with good grades. I’m the type of student that will fight and use my creativity to get any class work and schoolwork done no matter what the case. That’s what separates me from the rest of the students. I really enjoyed this year of high school and I hope that 11^th grade is just as good as this or even better. I think my ultimate goal for the rest of my life is to be successful and most important to me of all to be happy with my life to its fullest. There is still so much left for me to see and to experience so I know my future will be incredible. I know that my future relies on me and how I want my future to end up as. I control my life and right now, and I am proud of all the decisions. I am happy with my life so far, it can’t go backwards, and all it can do is get even more wonderful.



Semster Essay 10

Prompt #21: Many cities suffer from serious air and noise pollution-as well as endless traffic jams- because of too many cars. Some people feel that cities with extensive public transportation systems should ban passenger cars and force people to walk, bike, or use public transportation. Do you think this is a good idea? Why or why not?

            Everyone knows that popular, busy cities like Los Angeles suffer from serious air and noise pollution as well as endless traffic jams on a daily basis because of the fact that there are too many cars. Many people say this problem can be solved by banning cars and forcing people to walk, bike or use public transportation. I say that this is a huge problem that definitely must be taken into deep consideration but not solved with these suggestions but with other resolutions. This is definitely not a good idea because the alternative ways of transportation are already dangerous, it takes up too much time of one’s life, and those forms of transportations are not always available outside of your house at any time of the day.

            In busy cities, there may be many forms of transportation but most of these transportations are dangerous in the way that many things can happen. Whether it may be walking, biking, or public transportation, you just never know what can happen. Suppose Los Angeles bans cars and forces everyone to walk, bike, or use the bus. If there are already a lot of cases of rape, murder, kidnaps and assaults, today (with the privilege to utilize cars), and the chances of getting ran over and of all the previous are as high as they can be. If there were no cars, the cases of rape, murder, assault, kidnapping  and the chances of all these horrifying things would most definitely go up by a huge percentage. Some people utilize cars for their protection while transporting from one place to another because of personal experiences that they’ve encountered before. 

Many people utilize their cars to save themselves a bit of time. There is only 24 hours in a day, and everyone tries to make the most out of those 24 hours. About majority of the drivers have many priorities that they have to get through in a day, and that requires them to transport from one place to another. Those drivers rely on their car to transport themselves, without their car they would lose a lot of time because they would need to walk to the bus stop, which takes longer than driving. They would need to wait for the bus until it arrives, then wait patiently throughout the ride over to their destination (including all the stops it makes). If people chose to bike, it would be much faster than walking but you still risk your life because of the possibilities getting ran over. Many people would not be able to walk because of the percentage of assaults, kidnapping, and rape there are.

Besides the fact that walking, biking, and public transportation is not safe, time consuming, it is also slow and not available outside in your parking at any time for whatever reason you need it.  Everyone is used to going outside their house onto the streets, straight to their car and without the existence of cars in the city, they would not be able to go out for emergencies and make it in time. Cars make it much safer for one because if you chose to bike or walk in the rain, you risk the chance of getting ran over, murdered, raped, assaulted and the worse. 

Although busy cities suffer from serious air and noise pollution, not to mention endless traffic jams on a daily basis because of cars I think that banning cars in the city and using the alternative ways of transportation is not the way to go because of all the horrifying things that can happen. The alternative forms of transportation are already dangerous and life risking as they are and banning cars in the city would only increase all these horrifying situations. The problem must be taken into consideration, but not by using this strategy. I would suggest for everyone to use eco-friendly cars rather than petrol cars because eco-friendly cars do not pollute the environment as much as petrol cars do.

Semester Essay #9

   Prompt: Many people volunteer their time to help others, either through non-profit organizations, churches, or other charitable venues. Write an essay convincing reader to find charity and volunteers their time.

Many of us have so much free time that we just let it go to waste! I don’t think should be doing that. In my opinion we should all help our society to make it a better place. For example don’t you ever get that pleasant, warm funny feeling in you when you do something kind for someone else? If you answered yes then volunteering is certainly something to look into. This is not the only way to help others but, also a way to better progress your own life. Volunteering for any type of charity or foundations presents many benefits.

Volunteering is a great way to discover your career options. Some of the best recommendation I can give is to volunteer for something you are fascinated in. If you are interested in being an educator then volunteer to be a tutor, if you are interested in the law enforcement then volunteer at a police station, if  you interested in a day care than volunteer in a charity that deals with children. The list goes on and on. Maybe doing some type of volunteering can help you find out what you want to be the rest of your life. Who knows you might even get the chance to find the passion for a specific area and if you have the chance to work in something you have a passion for then you have hit the jackpot.

A good reason for volunteering can be summed up in one word, recompense. Sometimes when you decide to volunteer for others at times you can make change in people lives. It is a means of making a difference. When that is achieved a sense of achievement surrounds you. Your confidence is elevated. If you ever have the ability to help others out, then why not do it? As a volunteer for the program Explores I can vouch on behalf of the previous statements. Quickly summarized, explorers is a volunteer program that helps teenagers that the world isn’t a game and it can take in too many different roads if you don’t do good in you school, with family and other important things. The Explore program serves as a Jr. Cop and having mentors or advisors to guide to what right and wrong. Spending time with my mentors or advisors gives me a sense of fulfillment. A sense of “it’s worth it” accompanies the act of volunteering.

If you can imagine yourself in the future then you are most likely to be making money in your future more than likely you also see yourself working. Volunteering is a great way to get work experience. When you decide to volunteer for a charity you agree to make a commitment and to give it your dedication. The same will apply for any job you take; you must commit and you must make the time.  Volunteering will teach you responsibility and time management; two very important examples for doing well the rest of your life.

You can pretty much there is organization or charity programs for almost everything. You should have the option to choose one you like and start volunteering. It is as easy as that. If you have the ability to volunteer take the opportunity and don’t deny all those in need of your skills. Volunteering is a great way to do something with your life and teach yourself lessons. Volunteering is above all a very gratifying experience that I believe everyone should have the advantage of encountering. Be positive and volunteer at a charity at any second of time today!

The Image I Chose

The image I choose is a Hawaiian flower- Hibiscus. The reason I chose this flower is because I love these types of flowers it catches my attention when I see them. Seeing these flowers make me dream of me going to an island where everything is very tropical and calm. A hibiscus is a beautiful flower that I mainly see in Hawaii. They are amazing flowers that you just can’t find in one color you can find it many colors. The good thing is that they are very simple and you can either wear a imitation of it or the real flower in your hear or as a necklace or a bracelet. With these flowers you can make just about any creation you can even draw it out. I just find it so amazing that Mother Nature has made a unique flower like the Hibiscus.

My Comparison Of the “Out of Our Father’s House” and “For Colored Girls”

Our Father’s House” and “For Colored Girls” was very interesting to watch because they were two different cultures, but at the same time they were similar.  These two films had to do with women who as they are growing they are experiencing bad situations from their young child hood. In both films they express very different in language and also dress very different. As they are speaking in the films the women are talking about how they over come there bad moments.

“For colored Girls they are talking about how they had all fallen in love and had experience a bad relationship with men and how they would be on their own with their family. In “Out of Our Father’s House the women in this movie are completely different in their way of expression and how they don’t have right as men an d how they would be mistreated by men. The characters that come out in both films are completely different in “For Colored Girls” are African American women and, the characters in “Out of Our Father’s House are white women. The settings of these two films are completely different in year and in age. “For Colored Girls,” it takes place in the modern days in the city where women were free and where everything was developing more and society was becoming more noticeable with all type of races. In Out of Our Father’s House this movie took part in the more of the old days in the Southern.

            Having to seen these two films it made me realize of how we all make mistakes and fall in love sometimes with the wrong person without even knowing there not right for us. I learn that this film has a message it has the message of watching out for your surrounding and to not make mistake repeat because it affects you sooner or later in life. The theme of this movie was that women always have a harder life than men, just because we are women. Even this happen we learn to become stronger and smart about our actions. I’m glad I watch this film made me realize that we women are very valuable and we shall all learn love ourselves no more the past. I know I will take this in consideration because part of this is part of daily life.

Semester Essay #8

 Prompt:22 Carpooling, recycling, and planting trees are all activities that are good for the environment. Write an essay convincing readers to actively participate in one of these activities.

Carpooling is an arrangement in which a group of people commute together by car according to Webster Dictionary. Carpooling not only helps the environment in several ways but also helps you in many ways as well. Carpooling helps decrease the amount of pollution, saves you time and money, reduces the risks of car accidents, and more. Carpooling can also be fun depending on who you carpool with. Carpooling overall is a generous act to our environment.

Did you know carpooling saves you time and money? If you did not know that, the answer is yes it does save you time and money. Everyone knows that time and money is two very important factors in one’s life. Time allows you to accomplish your daily goals which most likely includes work or going to school depending on which you do. Money is another thing that carpooling would help you conserve because you would pay half of the amount of gas as you normally would if you drove by yourself, or took the bus.

Carpooling helps reduce the pollution that is created daily by motor vehicles. Carpooling helps decrease the pollution in our atmosphere because petrol cars produce two different kinds of pollution: exhaust emissions, and evaporative emissions. Exhaust emission is when petrol cars release dangerous gases such as carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen, hydrocarbons and particulates into the air. Evaporative emissions are when vapors of fuel are released into the atmosphere, without being burnt. By carpooling you help the atmosphere because you are not created twice as pollution but half and if people carpooled the amount of pollution would definitely decrease in a great amount of pollution.

Carpooling can be fun depending on who you carpool with and reduces the amount of cars on the streets which equals to less car accidents. If you carpool with a close friend, you will definitely get to know them way better than before and even get closer as friends because you will interact with them throughout the ride. Carpooling will definitely decrease a great number of car accidents because the less cars there are out on the streets the less chances there are that there will be car accidents. That’s why in traffic even if traffic is slow, there are always small car accidents that many or may not be fatal.

Carpooling is beneficial for everyone, because everyone wins. Carpooling is a generous act to our environment because it decreases the amount of pollution in our atmosphere. Carpooling also is very generous to our pockets, and by pocket’s I mean as in carpooling saves us money by at least half of the transportation money that would be used if you did not carpool. Carpooling can be interesting and fun depending on who you carpool with. Carpooling is very generous to everyone in general because fewer cars equal fewer accidents on the streets.

Semester Essay # 7

Prompt: Most states allow people to get a driver’s license at the age of 16. Some people feel that 16 is much too young for the responsibility that comes with driving a car and that teenagers should not be allowed to drive until the age of 18. In your opinion, at what age should people be allowed to drive, and why?

             Driving is a privilege that we all have to earn. Each person that has a license has earned it, even if your 16, by law you are eligible to drive. Teenagers are always judge, when their behind the wheel, just because they might be 16 an still are in there teenage years. I do not think being 16 has nothing wrong to do with your driving which is why you take the DMV test, to see if you can handle thru les of driving. Sixteen, in my opinion is the perfect age to get a permit and then their license.

            Teenagers are always getting judge mainly when they are in the road. I think this is unfair because everyone went through the same process of getting your license and getting your first car. As I see some of my friends drive I pay attention to the road, but older people have tried to cause problems just because I am young. I think this is another reason that some accidents happen, teenagers just like other people on the road want to be safe as well. Although when accidents happen, everyone thinks that the younger person did it for not paying attention, or for being foolish. Most of the time this is not the case and situations like this put a bad reputation for teenagers on the road.

            To get a license is not a simple process of going to the DMV and signing up for one. You have to first go to take classes at any driving school, for a whole week, nine hours a day, until they give a certificate that you passed the class. After you have to take that to the DMV and take a written test, which you only have three chances to pass. If passed then you have to wait six months to finally take your behind the wheel test. Don’t you think this process is enough to proof you can drive? I do, the whole process takes about a year, and all tens that drive went through this process as well.

             During high school, teenagers have many more priorities to worry about. For example, the most important is getting to school, not all the students in every school live near it, some live far. Those students have to take multiple buses to get to school, which sometimes cause them to arrive late. That is why many teens cannot wait till they get their license, so that they can finally get to school on time. Teenagers have many needs that involve the using of a vehicle.

             For some people, letting teenagers get licenses at 16 might seem too young, but it is not. Teenagers deserve more respect the same way adult and elders receive it. Teens depend on their cars, and without their car they wouldn’t be able to accomplish their method in life. So don’t take away what they depend on, it could be their future that you jeopardize!

Setting as the World

Wow!! I remember when I was in my living room and I had barley had gotten my puppy Mickey Mouse. At first he didn't like being in my house so he would hide under the couches in the living room. So the following week he got use to my family he started to have more confidence and started to act like a little baby like if he was a human being and he was the baby of the house. He started to act like if he had manners you can say he acts like a dog with class who is rich and spoil. My family and I were impressed because we didn’t know where Mickey mouse had gotten this manners and why he would act so smart. I think him living in the room made him feel like if it was his own room which really wasn’t. It was just too funny how he thought everything was his and he didn’t like anyone touching his stuff because they were his. After all of this he started to become really playful and started to grab every toy he would see in the living room and leave them all over the house like if he we were his servants. After we would pick them up he would tackle us or jump and snatch the toys of our hands, it so amazing on how he can be so wise n his actions. Even though Mickey Mouse can be a big time trouble maker he is a sweet and loyal friend who is there for 24/ 7. I would never trade him for the world he is my life everything to me. My Mickey Mouse can conceited because he thinks he lives the luxurious life in the living room because of how everything is wood and how everything is fixed and decorated. In which it makes my family and me feel really comfortable were we can relax and talk and watch TV and see Mickey Mouse be a fool! Moments like this are moments to never forget in life and always remember forever.

The Oldest Acts Like the Youngest

Whenever I visit Mexico I would see my uncle and see a young person inside of him that I don’t even have in me. My uncle is old to me, he is in his forties and he acts like such a child. Not even I act as a child, and I am only seventeen years old. My uncle reminds me of a child because he constantly plays the Xbox 360 and even makes the sound effects that small kids make when they are so into the game. My uncle makes me laugh every time he sees a new game for the Xbox 360 on television because he is no different than a child. If you were to sit a child and my uncle together while playing the Xbox 360 they would get along because they would act the same way. Every time my uncle sees a new game recently come out he gets excited and comes to each of my brothers and I and tells us about the new game and if “we” want it (deep inside we all know he’s the one who wants it but you know parents, they want excuses). If we say that we want the new game he gets extremely happy and says “You got it!” But if you say that we do not want it, he tries to do whatever he can to persuade us so that we want it so he can buy it for us when it is really for him. My uncle always acts like a young person because he plays around a lot and has the energy than not even the average teenager has these days. He’s always working, sleeping, eating, or playing the Xbox 360.

Raw Foods vs Cooked Foods

When you want to compare food as in  raw foods and cooked foods there is a major diffrence. Raw food have absolutely not been cooked in any way, shape or form. In contrast, as its name suggests, cooked foods have absolutely been cooked. One clear example can be seen in apples. When you eat an apple just the way it is you can in a sense say you are eating the apple raw. However when you eat apples in an apple pie, the same can not be said. Apples in apple pie have to have passed time in an oven. Thus, the apples have been cooked. The difference between raw and cooked foods can also be seen in the texture of the food. Continuing with the example of an apple, when an apple is eaten raw it is crunchy, juicy, and hard. When an apple is eaten cooked it is the complete opposite. Once cooked, an apple is no longer as crunchy or hard. In fact, cooked apples soften up and are of course, warm. It is possible for the apple to maintain its juiciness, but that quality won't be as obvious as it once was. Raw foods also contrast to cooked foods when it comes to added ingredients. When you eat raw foods, such as an apple, most people eat it just the way it is. However, part of the fun of cooking foods is making different combinations. When you cook the apple in an apple pie, it is likely that now the apple has been mixed with cinnamon and other ingredients. The difference between raw apples and cooked apples is just one example. Most of the time it takes raw foods to make cooked foods. Both are equally as satisfying, depending on the nature of your hunger.

Cats vs. Dogs

Cats and dogs are both loving animals. Cats and dogs have different characteristics that make them both interesting. I would say dogs are more of a loyal friend who will be there when you need then, while a cat is just crazy friend who will make you laugh. Dogs are are the type of animals who are the opposite from cats because you will never see a dog jump to high places and climbing things. How many times have you found a dog climbing up a tree or telephone pole? For this reason, dogs are known to stay and face their danger. When challenged, dogs will more likely become aggressive and attack. Dogs are also way more social than cats are. Dogs enjoy the company of other dogs and people. In contrast, Cats are extremely skilled in jumping and climbing. It is quite often that I spot a cat climbing a tree or jumping down from the top of a statue. For this reason, whenever they are faced with danger or feel threaten they will resort to their skill and flee. Trained dogs will let random passersby pet them and play with them. The same cannot be said for cats. Cats, most of the time, prefer to be the only pet of a household. As for letting random passersby pet them, not even trained cats like this. Most cats, or at least in my case and from those I have witnessed, runaway the moment you look at them or move one step towards them. Another difference is in their hunting skills. Cats are better at picking up quick movements and reacting while dogs are better at using their sense of smell to track. Dog and cat are one of the two most popular pet there is and you can find almost in any home or even in the streets. Both animal carry different personalities, but yet both can be lovable and carrying with their owner in their own way. Both have different personalities but both benefit from great owners and love.

The Special Person

A person who is very interesting would be my five year old cousin, Maria Elena. She is so unpredictable but yet funny. She is about 4 feet tall, average size, light brown/blonde haired, light brown eyes, and light skinned. She is always up to something which is why she is very interesting. She loves me because I am always with her and I like to hang out with her because she makes me laugh. If we are at her house, and she sees me sitting down, she comes to me, takes my hand, and leads me to her room, and begins taking out all her toys. She has a play kitchen in her room, so she pretends to cook for me and feeds me. We then begin to take pictures and we both laugh at our faces. Maria Elena is such a small trouble maker, because she is serious for a second and next thing you know she makes a little suspicious face and does something crazy and funny. Maria Elena can be very energetic at times, but she can also be calm at times.  Maria Elena is always full of surprises; she is one special little girl. Maria Elena looks like such an innocent good girl, but she is such a little cute devil inside. She likes to feed her bunnies and always makes sures they have clothes on. She has an imagination of comedy writer because all she does is make you laugh to always see you happy!

Dressing Formally vs. Informally

When people dress formally is because they are dressing to impress the public around them then dressing informally, were you make no sense. Dressing formally and informally are two different style of dressing. Dressing informally is like a regular plain t-shirt or blouse with jeans or sweats pants and sneakers, with your hair not so well done, looking like if you got up from bed. For a girl, when dressing formally we have to consider many things and do many things to make us look WOW. Girls usually dress up in a nice cute dress with flats or heels (heels look more elegant), do their hair nice (some may even go to a beauty salon to do their hair), we add some nice pair of earrings, a nice set of a bracelet and necklace and we are ready to go.  Some girls choose to go a little extra and go do their nails at a nail spa, get either a manicure or get acrylics; other girls do their makeup because they feel more confident and it’s a formal occasion. For guys, they dress up in a tuxedo or a dressy shirt, slacks, and add a nice watch, belt, and a nice tie or bow. Some guys go get a haircut for extra because they like to look fresh rather than having their hair long like a bum. You can straight tell when a person dresses formally and informally. When someone dresses formally, you look at the person differently in a good way and you are with a face expression that says “Woah, you have class and style!” So both terms have their suggestion of dressing and how people want to expose it.

Sweet Vs. Spicy

Spicy and sweet foods are very different from each other because they have complete opposites in taste! The only resemblance is that both are two kinds of foods. Spicy foods have some sort of sharp taste. A sweet food has its sugary side. Spicy foods include anything with any type of chili. Sweet foods are foods with the complete opposite taste. Sweet foods contain sugar of some sort. Some common spicy foods are spicy chicken, nachos with jalapenos, and more. Sweet foods are more common to everyone because they are always around the house and parties. Sweet foods like cake, ice cream, milkshakes, candy, cookies, fruit and more. Sweet foods contain lots of fat in them so they make a person gain a few pounds or so with no health benefit. According to scientist’s research, spicy foods help cure cancer because the spiciness attacks the cancer cells in one’s body. Many children and teenagers choose sweet foods because their taste buds like sweet foods and the fat it contains. Majority of adults like spicy foods because their taste buds ask for it. Sweet and spicy foods are the complete opposite because they satisfy different taste buds. I’m the type of person who goes for sweets food and not spicy food because I’m the type of person who doesn’t eat spicy. In which it all equals to the person on what they want to choose to eat. Of these foods are equally as satisfying, depending on the hunger of the person.

The Mood Of Weather

When I see the weather it makes my mood changes. In my opinion weather has makes people have mood swings just like when a ring show you your mood. Weather affects my mood in many ways. Depending on the weather is how I feel inside. If it is burning hot outside, I get sleepy and want to go to sleep or I want to go swimming. I like the hot weather because I can wear some of my favorite summer clothes. If it is warm outside, I want to go to the park for a walk. If it is windy and cold, I like to stay inside because I feel lazy and gloomy inside. During winter, I get really lazy because I do not like being active in the cold. If it is raining outside, I get calm because the sound of rain calms my body and mind. Depending the weather depends on my mood. If it is hot I am tired exhausted, peaceful, or sleepy. If it is cold and windy, I am lazy, gloomy, mad, cold, or disappointed. If it is raining I am most likely calm and serene. No one wants to go out swimming with a big smile on cold a day which is why people get lazy and cold on chilly days. On sunny days no one wants to go to Big Bear Lake because its just not the right day to feel like taking a road trip to a place that there is nothing to do on a sunny day but rather on a chilly rainy day. On rainy days some people get extremely lazy and don’t feel like going out at all so they choose to stay home and spend quality time with their family or friends.  Mood weather I part of life that everyone goes through.

Public schooling and home schooling

Public schooling and home schooling are very different from each other but with the same learning intentions. The good thing about them is that they both intend for the students to learn whether it is public or home schooling. Public schooling requires the students to go to a certain location where the school is located at. Home schooling is school right at home. A teacher can come over to your house or you may go to the teacher’s house or you just study on your own with the help of your parents. Public schooling has a strict schedule and home schooling may or may not. Public schooling offers nutritional break, and lunch. Home schooling may offer nutritional break or it may not. Homeschooling is different from public schooling because home schooling could vary in the times and public schooling does not. Public schooling requires students to move from class to class, and home schooling does not. Throughout public schooling, you will get to meet new children your age other teachers, and in home schooling you most likely will not get to experience that. In public schooling you will get the chance to make friends and enemies and learn how to choose your friends wisely and in home schooling you will not. In home schooling you will have more time to do more things because you will be home after your home schooling is over so you can do chores, homework right away or whatever else you choose to do. Public schooling is not like home where you can sit however or do whatever you want, there are rules that the students and teachers must follow and strict standards that the teachers have to follow throughout the year. When it comes to public schooling vs. homeschooling, both have much to offer, they both have their pros n con, and both are up to the parents to decide where to send their child.

Knowledge and Understanding

Understanding and knowledge have two different views in tem of concepts. Understanding is defining as the mental process of a person who comprehends while knowledge is the acquaintance of facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation. Both understanding and knowledge are mental process a person makes. However, I believe there is a difference. For you to understand something there must be a "click" in your mind. for example if you see a rose flower with thorns on the stem and someone tells you that thorn hurts, it is easy for something to click in your mind and you to see the sharpness to the thorn and understand that that thorn can hurt you. However, you do not know how much it could hurt you or what the degree of pain is. That comes from knowledge because the only way you can find out exactly how much it hurts is by experiencing it yourself.  Understanding comes from the mind while knowledge comes from an act. In other words you do not need knowledge to understand. You can understand something first and then choose whether you want to investigate it and become knowledgeable on the particular subject. Having knowledge is going beyond what a normal person would understand in a subject. Knowledge has the concept that no one can take away from you, and understanding you do not have until finalize what you gather in your information

The Best Teacher Ever

Throughout my life at school, there has been one teacher that has been the most effective teacher I’ve had. His name is Mr. Row and I was fortunate to have him for U.S history in my Junior High school. I had him for eighth grade, because he was a eighth grade who knows how to teach you real history and know how to make a student learn. He is young, cool, funny, and knows how to teach very well. He made learning fun for everyone and that is why everyone loved his class and him. He would make fun learning games for us by having to make us do fun projects that we would actually enjoy. Afterward he would reward the students so that next time the class would play, would play and try their best to win which meant we had to study. Mr. Row always liked the class working together than doing solo work. She always liked to involve the whole class and treat everyone equally like if we were her children. He always teaches his students leadership and citizenship by giving them responsibilities in class and outside of class he likes to put together fun learning activities. He wrote a personal letter to each of his students because he wants us to remember him, and to keep in touch with him and let him know what we choose to do. His certainly the most effective teacher I’ve had.

The Sweet thing About Sleeping

To me and to alot of people sleep is a very important. Its a big important health factor that everyone needs in their life. Sleep not only regenerates the brain but the human body as well. Sleep is a big part of the everyday life of everyone. Without sleep, no one would be full with energy ready to work or even walk. Without sleep many people are weak and tired causing them to be slow, and lazy. I know that during the week I never get enough sleep to be full with energy because of the crazy schedule I have during the week, but on weekends I take advantage to sleep in and catch up on my sleep to be full of energy at least on Monday. Not getting enough sleep distracts you from focusing on your work or whatever your daily goal is because you feel so tired that the only thing on your mind is wanting to get over this and going to bed to sleep for as long as you can. Sleep is very important in the health of one because sleep not only helps regenerate the body but helps the body lose a certain percent of weight.  Sleep is essential to everyone and skipping out on it does affect the body because the body does so much that it needs a break throughout the whole day so that the next day it can start all over with energy and continue doing it every day. Sleep is crucial to the health of everyone, and everyone needs it.