Persuasive Project Topic Request

After reviewing the Voxopop discussion, I would like to persuade people to get a mentor, CASA, or keep up with the Alumini. You may listen to my class discussion here.

Discussion » Mentor

Discussion » Mentor

Discussion » Mentor

First Persuasive Paragraph

Students should not be allowed to play sports if they have low grades. They should be able to put their educational standards before any sport. You can have a career playing sports, but eventually as you get older it won't benifit you any longer. If you for example were go a graduate school and became a lawyer it would last much longer than playing sports with low academic standards. People focus on kids with talent but it takes the requiring academic standards in order to play sports. Your education isn't just what your parents expect from you but what everyone expects from a child with talent.

Sophomore Wordle

Theme Comparison Essay

Love can come in many different ways, shapes, and forms. In the story  “The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant,” the narrator was having a tough time choosing between something he loves to day and the girl that he has been liking all summer. In the story " Catch the Moon” Luis changes from the begging of the story were he was a mean and troubled little kid to for the fist time in his life since his mom passed away that he did something good for someone.

The narrator and Shelia Mant.The narrator has to choose between Sheila Mant and the fact that he might have to give up the one thing that he loves fishing. he ends up giving up the fish for the girl and every since then he has regretted it.The narrator changed because he now understands that their other Sheila Mants in the world.People shouldn’t try and change the way they are for other people, also people come and go but only stay true to yourself and that's all that matter.

The main characters of catch the Moon are Naomi and Luis.Every since Luis mom died he became a troubled kid and he joined a gang and was in and out of court. Then he meet Naomi and the night he found him self crying he realized that she was there looking at him but not laughing. she was drawing a picture of him but a good picture and at the end he ended up doing something good for someone and that is something he haven't done in a long time.Luis changed because he went from being mean a stilling form people to actually doing something nice for someone.People walk down a road and sometimes they fall off. But it only takes one person to get them back on the right path.

“The Bass, he River, and Sheila Mant,” the narrator was having a tough time choosing between something he loves to day and the girl that he has been liking all summer. In the story " Catch the Moon” Luis changes from the begging of the story were he was a mean and troubled little kid to for the fist time in his life since his mom passed away that he did something good for someone.The main thing that both of these books have in common are they both have people in the end who decided to do something a learned form there mistakes and tried to make a better life.

The Graphic Oranizer

" Catch the Moon" Grief paragraph

The change Luis experiences after he  address the grief he feels for his mother's death is believeable.  For example Luis used to be a bad kid and looked up to people that influenced him a negative way. Now that he see's why his father is always so worried about him he's changed. In real life that can also true. A person can change for someone they love. By dealing with grief, people are able to overcome their problems and be able to express themselves better rather than being uptight to people who are only trying to help you. Grief is a strong sometimes overwhelming emotion for people. Grief is a part of life that can sometimes hurt or even make you feel good. Luis at the time was grieving for his Mother who is resting in peace. He misses her and he wants to be a better person. He realizes he can do anything he wants if he put his mind to it.

SPA Moive and Games Day Paragraph

I was prepared for Friday. I wore comfortable clothes just to get ready to dominate the other classes. First we watched a movie called " Freedom Writers". I thought it was cool because the stuff that happened in the movie just showed how the stuff in the real world. After the movie we played 2 games of basketball. Sophomores played against the Seniors and the Juniors played against Freshmen. After we beat the Seniors we played against the Junoirs, we also be beat the juniors. After playing basketball we played volleyball. We didn't win the championship for volleyball but I'm glad we did win the basketball tournament. There was a cupcake but I didn't play in that. We ate lunch and I went to basketball practice.

Homeroom Reform Essay Final Draft

Approximately 102,000 children are in foster care in California. Studies show that few emancipated foster youth have entered college and more than a third had not completed high school. Most kids on this campus grew up with their parents. Most of the time they spent in their parents’ homes they were probably trying to balance two jobs and were very unfortunate. Trying to pay the rent and all the rest of their bills, some families didn’t have enough money for food. To even think about having a computer was unheard of. The students at San Pasqual Academy (SPA) deserve to experience a new way of technology.
San Pasqual Academy needs more lap tops. Having more lap tops will not only benefit the students but also the teachers.  Teachers grading will be easier and they will have less paper work. As foster youth, we already face many challenges we are looked at least or looked at last. By becoming advanced technology users we will be able to increase the chances of foster youth succeeding in college. This could be the thing to help SPA raise the amount of foster youth who want to change their lives.
Having laptops around campus will help me in many ways to improve the things I do. It will help me become a better student and will increase the way I do things in school. Finding new ways to do projects will also increase my grades. It will help me if we had more computers because it is hard sharing one computer with eight girls. It will teach me responsibility, and organization. This will show me that there are a lot of other things in life.
We as a campus have tried to take small steps in making this happen. We started by getting more laptops for Ms. Priester’s class and ever since then we have learned a lot of new things and we are continuing to learn new things everyday.  Our teachers have tried to talk to the adminstration. Also they have been going to meetings and teaching other schools the power of technology. This can be the new way of learning.
Having laptops at SPA will have a very positive impact on the students. It will teach them the basics of the computer use such as Google Docs, PowerPoint, and Word. Using these sites for a variety of things will be very helpful in the long run with college. Also lot of kids grew up with out computers in their houses so it will introduce them to a new easier way of learning. This will also teach them how to keep things organized and how to be more independent.
Laptops at San Pasqual Academy will be gratefully used and deserved. Having laptops will teach youth how to be more organized and responsible. This will be a great opportunity to start improving the statics of foster youth doing well in college.

(I wrote this essay with Tierra A. We wrote it for the KNSD Homeroom Reform Essay Contest )

SPA Theme Song

The song I choose to write about is “Happy” by Natasha Bedingfield. I chose to write about this song because I know a lot of kids on this campus that tend to think negative when there’s so many things to be happy for including me. The song explains how something might not go the way you want it to but you have to continue your life happy because life is too short and unpredictable. Meaning that why are you making things hard on your self when becoming angry is a choice and that you can make the best out of what you have. If a staff gives you a consequence why make it a big deal and cuss them out when that will only make it worse. Another reason I chose this song because someone that I really care about introduced it to me and every time I’m upset I think if her and this song.

"The Bass, the River, or Shelia Mant" Airhead stereo Type

Who deserves to be called an air head? I honestly believe no one does and especially if you don't even know them. Everyone is special in there own way and no one has the right to make them feel like an air head. People gain knowledge over time and some people just learn slower but that doesn't mean anything. Were all human and no one is perfect. I feel like the only person that would ever have the right to call someone an air head is them selves because they may have known something that may have not clicked right then and there but that's about it.

"Catch the Moon" Falling in Love

I believe that loving someone can change the way you see life. I fell in love with an amazing person at the age of 15, and till this day I still love him. Love can be a good feeling but it can also be hard at times. I am unfortunately no longer dating this person because of my personal issues but I was in deep love with him. It’s really hard to get over him and every time I want to talk to him I think of all the stuff he’s done to and for me, in a negative and positive way. From my point of view those six months of my life were different when I was with him and I must admit I did love spending those six months with him. When I first got to san pasqual academy my behavior was off the wall. The first person I would go to when I was having problems was my ex-boyfriend but we were best friends back then. I wish I could go back in time to the beginning but I have to face reality some time in my life and move on. I know he would want me to do the same. It's even harder to know we can't be friends because I care about him so much and I'll only want to go back in the past. If I had one wish it would be to start us off as best friends and to have never dated him.