Final Blog

My experience with blogging I have to say was a good experience. I personally enjoyed posting things and seeing what people had to say about my posts. It made me feel like I had a voice some where else and received a lot of good responses and I enjoyed that cause at times I expressed myself in my blog posts and people and saw and took the time to acknowledge it. I also liked to see what other people had to say. It told me a lot about some people and got to know a little bit about them. Many people posted personal things that I enjoyed reading and found it amusing, sad and felt for those people. It shows that a lot of us are the same and have a lot in common and have been through a lot of similar situations. I think I will continue to blog, maybe my post’s and words might help some one else out there.

Advise

One advise that I give students who will be taking Mrs. Croker in the future is definitely not to procrastinate. At times her class can get overwhelming with all the work that comes at you at once and can give you a huge headache. But it will help you grow and improve your writing skills. As long as you stay on top of your essays and blog you should be fine. Also read Fast Food Nations is she assigns it, it’s a very good book with lots of useful information and will help you in you research paper. Over all she is a great teacher and very funny person to be around. She is very helpful and willing to give advise and will give you that time for questions or to make corrections.

3 peps in my life

The first person I would like to talk about has to me my Old Coach, his name is Ernesto Diaz. Coach Ernesto was my coach at the age of 8 until I was 12. There was just something about him made him different from all the other coaches I had. He loved soccer and loved coaching; I have never mead anybody who was so passionate in coaching. One thing that I will always remember about Coach Ernesto is how much he made you feel love. He loved all of us like if we were his own kids and wanted only but the best. I can honestly say he thought me everything I know about playing soccer, whatever position he made you play, he made you feel like you where the best and had faith in you no matter what. I think about him every time I step on that field.

Next I would like to talk about a man who was treated me like family from day one, he also was my coach and his name is Juan Gutierrez. Juan is one of the people who I have the most respect for because he understands me and is a loving and caring man even if you haven’t known him for to long; he always makes you feel like if your right at home.  Juan is a very inspirational man to me and I very good man. I have known Juan for about 8 or 9 years and has always encouraged me to do my best in soccer and always knew I had potential. I can say that this man I consider him as a father figure and I hope to be like a son to him.

Lastly I would like to talk about the one man you I can say is the most important man in my life. He has thought me more than what I can ask for and has honestly made me the man I am today, his name is Moises Mora who is my grandfather. My grandfather is the wises, most respected and most loved person in my family and everybody what’s to be like my grandpa. He is the most funniest, carrying, outgoing, friendliest person I have ever been around. Growing up he use to call my older brother “his boy” and every time he would say that, I always thought I wish I can be grandpa’s boy some day. He was the person who I always tried to impress and tried to get his attention by any means necessary. Words can not explain how much I love him, I hope I have not let him down and hope he is proud of me.

"A Child called It"

“A child called it”, by Dave Pelzer; I sure some of you have heard of this book and maybe some of you haven’t. If you guy’s like true stories this is the book for you. This book is a great story about the author Dave who was beaten and treated cruel by his mother as a young kid forced to steal food at times and battled to survive his mom’s cruel punishments. “A child called it” changed my point of view in many things, life being one of them. I read this book when I was a sophomore in high school and I always seem to go back and think about this book. In beginning of the story it talk’s about his life and how perfect it was having his parents and brother there all the time. Until his father divorced his mother telling Dave that he will be the man of the house. With his father no longer there to defend his child, his mother took on violent and horrifying actions against her own son. He states that at times he would go weeks with out eating and would ditch elementary school and began stealing from super markets to satisfy his hunger. In one chapter his mom stab Dave in the stomach on “accident” you may say and was left in a bathroom with a bucket full of Clorox so he can breath all the ammonia from it. Dave have many encounters with life and death at such a young age that sadden me and keep me reading the book to see what would happen next. In the end his states now a grown man and with a family he states sits with his son looking at the sunset and says his not mad at this mom and forgives her. This made me think when I have kids, I will make sure to give them the best life. To always be there for them and to have fun and have them enjoy their child hood; at times I cant wait to be a dad.

favorite artist RETNA

this is my favorite artist also known as RETNA, his LA local. And what i've really appreciated about his art is this style, its different a i have not seen many others like his and its just him

Change

Change? I’ve asked myself through the good and bad, why is this happening to me? Was it never meant to be? How can I change what’s going on? Is this a good thing?. To me a time that was a big change for me was going to a different middle school. Through out my elementary years, I had two best friends and hanging out with them was all we did during and after school. Six grade was coming to an end and we were excited to go to Jr high together and build new memories was what we all would talk about. Till the day came when my mom told me I would be attending a different school. It was heart breaking to be honest. I didn’t want to go, I was scared and didn’t care meet new people or much of the other people that I might of known that would be attending the same school as me. I only wanted to be with my close friends, to meet girls and go to our first party’s and have fun was all I cared about. And like any mother would, of course I was forced to go and start over in a new school. The first day was a nervous wreck, I felt out place, shy and didn’t know where to start. Till I meet Johnny a person who would soon be a close friend of mine. Because of him, I got out of my comfort shell and began to be more social with others. I still hung out with my best friends. But what I learned from that experience was starting over is not a bad thing. Sure we are all scared and shy around people we don’t know at first,. But this thought me to have better people skills and thought me how to socialize with others and start a conversation. My people skills was something I embraced and look for other ways to improve on it. Since that day I wouldn’t and didn’t have a problem attending different places and things with other people. I have meet some great people and I am very proud of the skill I guess you can say that I have carried on till this day.

Jessica Mendez

Its true when people say never judge a book by its cover. But people is this world are quick to assume and judge what kind of person some one is by the way they look, dress, what type of music the listen to and how they carry themselves. Jessica Mendez reminded me how taking the time to exchange a few words about yourself can tell you and help meet new and interesting people. Jessica look like the quite kind and intelligent women who as a bright future ahead of herself. But little did I know of how outgoing she was and how much of a daredevil she can be. Jessica enjoys wake boarding, Patel boarding, and show boarding up in Utah . She would counselor herself a water person and enjoys being active which is something I can relate too. She currently work at Oxnard High School as a student counselor =, giving advise to students about college life and what to expect. To her she considers herself a mentor to some of her students. But a person who she personally admires and sees as a mentor is her old Chemistry teacher, Mr. McQuaid. Failure is not an option for her as she plans to follow in her older sisters foot steps in graduating and receiving her master. Pursuing an master in chemistry is what Jessica looks forward in doing like her old and mentor figure Ms. Mcquaid. From working from Mondays- Fridays from 8am to 4pm schools comes fist for Jessica as she plans to finish soon and establish herself with her career. But she does try to make time from her busy schedule for her family over the weekend. I asked her if you had to describe yourself is three words what could they be, and with out thinking she said adventure, carrying and responsible. Jessica sees herself in 10 years working at Oxnard High School as a chemistry teacher, living locally here in Oxnard were she has grown up and possibly starting a family.