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.

The Glass Castle (week 8)

I found that this book had it's good moments and it's bad moments. This book was eye opening because of the abuse of drinking alcohol. Most people thik that by drinking your only affecting yourself and in reality your not your affecitng the people that surround you. To me this book made me feel all sorts of emotions. Some parts of the book made my blood level rise from how mad I was but it made me realize that parents will love their kids in their own way.

Blogging about your life (Week 10)

When I was younger, I would keep a dairy. At first I thought I was so cool by keeping one but little did I know that my dairy would fall into the wrong hands. Some of the kids at school found it and read my dairy. They were spreading rumors about what they have read. I felt so ashamed and embarrassed.  One of the rumors that were being spread around was about who I had a crush on at the time, when it got to my crush’s ears, I was so embarrassed. Now, I really don’t care who knows about my life. I would keep a blog telling the world my feelings and my life to a certain extent. There are certain things that the world doesn’t need to know. I tend to be open about certain things with certain people and I think that the web is the same way. Some things about ourselves should be kept to ourselves instead of posting everything on the web.

Dysfuntional families and Functional familes (Week8)

 

What makes a family dysfunctional or functional? This is an interesting question because there is always a dysfunction in a functional family; otherwise it wouldn't be a functional family. In a dysfunctional family there is a lack of commutation with work and time. When there is a lack of communication the family members don’t know how to approach each other because they don’t have that communication that they need. Another reason that makes a family dysfunctional is lack of income; this may cause dysfunction of family and duties. This may cause high tension between everyone. Drugs and alcohol may play a role in a dysfunctional family and gender roles. Age difference is another factor that may cause a family dysfunction as well as lack to relate to each other. I think that in order to have a functional family there must be some sort of dysfunction to some extent.

College Cost ( Week seven blog)

Yesterday, I went into school doing the same thing I do on Tuesday's, volunteering at my old school. I was talking to one of my old elementary teachers; she was saying how one credit in college was $7.50 back when she was in college. Now the prices keep going up. That same day I was talking to my boss and he was asking me how many credits I was taking and I told him that I was taking 11 credits. He told me that when he was in college it cost him $1,500 for 3 semesters with everything included! I told him that price he paid for 3 semesters for me is only half the price I pay for college. Now, thinking about college it is getting expensive and not many people can afford it. All that money that we are paying for college will be all worth it in the end.

Thought Provoking

One of my favorite quotes is " What good is money and clothes if you don't have the one you love." When I was younger I never understood what it meant but now I do. I have a boss that doesn't have the money issue and he has plenty but he is unhappy. My parents have always said " The rich want what the poor have and the poor wants what the rich has." Its true the rich want to be happy and be around the people that love them for them and not the money. As for the poor they want the money so they dont have money issues.

My Loved one (Week 4)

I have many memories of many loved ones but one that sticks out to me the most is Dustin. Even though I had a limited amount of time with Dustin, I felt like I knew him better than any one. He had his guard up all the time but when it came to me he seemed to let his guard down. I didn’t have to do anything to get his trust. I instantly had it. When it came to other people he would be a jerk to them and whoever stuck around got to know the real him. I didn’t have that trouble. When I looked into his eyes it was like he was telling me what he was thinking and in his eyes he was scared of people giving up on him and walking away and hurting him. He knew that I would never walk away and I would stick around as long as he needed me to. When I think of him now I think of farming, he had a passion with farming. He was into John Deer tractors. Sometimes when I see a John Deer I think of him and only wish for the best and hope he is happy wherever he is. The next thing that reminds me of him is everything outdoors. He was a country boy down to the bone. Now that I look back I have many memories of him. I did not realize that I knew him since I was in first grade when he worked at his Dad’s farm. He came to where my parents worked and I was outside with my friends on the farm, climbing on the trees. I still remember exactly what I was wearing. I was in a purple and white dress, with work boots on and he was working away under the scorching sun in his white shirt and his blue jeans, driving his favorite tractor. He always said “Give everyone a second chance even if you feel like they don’t deserve it. They might need someone to believe in them, when they are insecure about themselves. Now I live by his advice.

Inspirational (Week 3)

One of my favorite quotes is the quote that my parents always say to me “People can take everything from you but one thing that they can’t take is your education. Your education is worth a million and it’s all stored in your brain. No one can take that away from you.” This saying of theirs has made me realize that education is very important and it will pay off in the long run. Right now I might be scarifying a lot of things like socializing with my friends because I am stuck at home doing my homework, but now I realized that it will pay off in the long run.