A long journey ( week 16)

For being my frist semester this has been a long journey. It seems like just yesterday I was going off to pre-school leaving my mom at home and going off to one of the most exciting moments of my life... The Frist Day of School..one of many. Time flies by to going to middle school, entering high school, then of course graduating. Now, I have offically made it til the end of my freshman year of college. A different taste yet full of surprises. This has been a nice experience for me. It's been full of surprises from meeting a girl I went to kindergarden with to meeting my new best friend and how could I forget the learning. I have learned so much this year. From learning how properly write papers to actually doing a chemsitry experiment. This has been a life long experience that has been amazing.

College (week 15)

Ever since I was a toddler, I wanted to go to college. I remember having a conversation when I was younger about attending college with my dad. He said that they were just dreams and that if I wanted to go to college I should presue my dreams. When I was deciding if I wanted to go to college at such a young age my dad and I made a deal. He told me that if I finished high school and college, I would get a brand new convertible car. I asked him if it was my pick. He told me, yes its your pick. I'll take you to the dealer and you will pick out the car you want as soon as I get your certificate from you graduating. This deal has encouraged me to go to college and comtinue presuing my dreams. The transition from high school to college was very difficult. I felt like I was not going to survive the changes that were coming. At one point I wanted to drop out and go into the work force. Then I remembered that a Monjaras is never a quiter and continued with my challege of successfully completing college. College for me is a way of making myself better. I want to be able to spend as much quality time with my kids, unlike my parents that were never there for me when I wanted to do extra curriculam activities. Not only do I want to spend time with my kids when the that time comes but I also want to make sure that money will not be an issue in the household. For me going to college is the best option and the best way to spend my money. Like my parents said " Anyone can take you money and properties away but they can never take your education from you."

Writing (Week 2)

I find it really hard to concentrate and start writing about a topic that I am given. The process of my writing first starts off with my pre-writing and listing the things that I know about the subject. I usually get stuck because I have no idea how to start offf my paper. When I get in the mood of writing, I tend to write and write and then when I go back and read it, it doesnt make any sense to me. Writing and English are definitely not my strong points when it comes to education.

Reflection (week 14)

I have not started my research yet because I am still thinking on what I will be doing it on, Finding a topic that I will enjoy researching is not always easy! There are so many topics to pick from but I can only pick one to write about. I would like to learn about something that I don't throughly know about the topic.

Facebook generation (week 6)

When I first heard about Facebook I didn't konw what it was. When my friend Emma was talking about it I thought she ment like a year book that was new and called it Facebook. When she informed me that it was a new social network. I felt so stupid that I didn't know what it was. After that, I went home and got Facebook and at first I didn't understand it at all but with time I started to understand what it was. Now everything is on facebook. I find my self speading a lot of time on Facebook, it's like a refrigerator when there's no food in it, you keep checking it even though there's nothing good to eat in the refrigerator. I find Facebook to be the same as the refrigerator.

Logcial fallacies ( week 13)

I have noticed some of the logical fallacies that are used everyday where I work and on commercials are: “A penny saves is a penny earned.”

How is did you warn the penny if it was already yours to start off with? I don’t understand why people say this if the penny was yours to begin with.

 I used to believe this logical fallacy until I researched it and found out it was false.

“The faster you drive the more gas you waste.”

This is false because between 40-60 us the most fuel efficient and driving in town is the worst because of all the stops and slow drivers.

 Other logical fallacy that I have noticed is used often by my parents and the people I work for is... “Stay in school, knowledge is power.”

You should stay in school. It will benefit you in the long run. The down side is that knowledge is not always power. Power is controlled by how much money you have and social status.

The one my parents are victims of is Menards.

“Save big money at Menards.”

I see this as spend big money at Menards. I don’t see how people save money shopping there in the first place because everything is so expensive now.

Sexting (week 12)

I can’t believe how many songs are about sexting and think it’s funny but they don’t think about what it can do to your image by doing it. Teenagers now- a -days think this is “normal” but what they don’t realize that the picture can be spread world wide. There are better ways to get self-esteem other than sexting.  For example, Doing exercise and being with a group of friends that support you in every way possible. This is more widely seen by young girls rather than boys. Girls are trying to get accepted by boys. This is just the beginning to my research that I have found.