Family fun

For the long break, my family and I just came together and had a big dinner. we invited friends and family who came from far away and had a fun family night. We played board games and had a good family and friend reunion.  My friends, my cousins and I had a big Fifa tournament; which I almost won. Overall it was a great family night.

Readiness Blog

Some qualities of someone who is internship ready are being responsible, accountable, reliable, mature, and ready for anything you may encounter. During module 3 I plan to show internship readiness by trying to participate more in class, and being more of a team player. Also by being prepared like having my material and focusing on what’s going on in class. I will make some changes in my organizational methods, and I’ll try to be more energetic in class.      

Work experience

1.   1.What is the best and the worst job (paid or volunteer) that you have ever had?

•     What were some of your primary responsibilities?
•     What made the job enjoyable or not?
•     What skills did you develop that will serve you well in internship?
•     What lessons did you learn about the workplace and yourself?

    The worst job I have ever had was being a gardener; my responsibilities were to take care of the equipment and mow the lawn. It was not a fun job I had to wake up early and work in the hot sun. Some skills that I picked up from this job that could help me in my internship are doing what I am told and do it right the first time so I don’t have to redo it again. I learn that work is hard and that sometimes a work place is unfair, I learned that I needed to work hard and be responsible to be a good employee.

    The best job I have ever had as working at a bakery, my responsibilities were to make bread and to clean up my working area. What made this job enjoyable was that while my coworkers and I were working we would have fun. We would make jokes and enjoy each other’s company. The skills I gained at this job are that I need to be accountable for my work and work hard to earn my pay check. What I learned about myself is that I needed to mature and grow up.  

CENSURED

The current event I choose to write about was the new bill congress is trying to pass that will allow the government to censure the internet; the bill is called PROTECT IP. What the bill will do is allow big businesses to sue any social media site if they think they are not filtering there sites correctly and for having their content on their web site. Examples of social media web sites that will be affected by this is face book, you tube, tumbler and many more.  What this bill will also do is it will cripple any new social media or web site from growing and thus cutting opportunity for new business and jobs. Another thing this bill would affect is are freedom of speech threw social media for example you tubers that have there shows and talk about that news and give their opinion will be censured and taken of the Internet. Something else this bill does is let the government tinker whit the nets registry, if the government messes with the registry of the Internet it could make it less stable and also less reliable and unsafe. Overall this new bill will ruin the Internet not just here in the US but all over the world. I think this new bill trying to be passed by congress is useless and it will not stop piracy, because even if the Internet is censured all you have to do to enter a blocked site is enter its IP address and you will be able to find that site. Hopefully the government and congress see that this bill isn’t a good idea and will pull back from passing the bill. For a better understanding of the bill PROTECT IP follow this link (http://bit.ly/vHVSje)

pre-write

It all started when I graduated from high school and my friend the principle of adult school in San Mateo talk to me about a program called Year Up. He told me it was a great opportunity and he thought it would be a great place for me. And that how I met my advisory Trevor Hooper who talked to me about the Year Up program and how great of an opportunity it was. And that’s how I joined the community in Year Up. This community is like no other it a very close community and a very caring community. When I first entered this community it only took a week to feel like every one really knew each other, and now it feels like we are all family.

Class experiance

Module one was a great experience for me I leaned many useful things in both TECH and BC; I really surprised myself and what I accomplished. But there are many things I could have done better in the first module, like participate more in class, code switching and have better diction. And be a little more prepared for class.

My neighborhood

I am who I am because of the neighborhood I lived in. I lived in the downtown area of San Mateo, Were it seems that all the minorities are put there by the rich people. In the neighborhood I lived in you saw a lot of ethnicity's all living in the same area and going to the same school. In my neighborhood you saw the usual gang members fighting and causing chaos making my neighborhood the “Bad neighborhood” or the “Bad part of town”. So of course being Latino people thought I would end up in a gang or probably ending up in jail, at one point I did feel that I would end up like that. But I didn’t want to end up like that, I wanted show every one that I could do better. But I had a hard struggle with that because people really judge you and put you down for how you look and who hang out with. So that's what motivated me to do better to show who I really was, to prove to people I’m more than meets the eye. In High school (living in the same area) I went to school with a lot of my friends from my neighborhood. A lot of them got involve with the slang and ways of where we are from, but for me I picked a more different route. I used less slang and was at a point considered a “Mexican nerd” which I didn't mind because I would rather be something then nothing. But I started hanging with the wrong crowd and ended up being identified as a cholo which is slang for Mexican gangster. I started doing badly in school and messing around a lot. But then I saw what I was doing and that I was accomplishing nothing. So I got myself on top of things and got back on track, because I wanted to prove to everyone else that I could do better. And I wanted to set a good example for my little brother and show him that if you put your mind to it and work hard you can accomplish anything you want.

who`s fault is it?

I believe that companies who take advantage and profit from low-wage earners are exacerbating the opportunity divide, because they are taking advantage of people who may not know what they’re getting there self’s into. For example in the article the poverty business it showed how people are badly informed or not informed at all. It gave the example of Thomas who wasn’t sure what interest was, and because of that she ended up paying 2,500 in fees. And because of the opportunity divide they might not have know or heard about loans and fees or they might have been misinformed. Who holds responsibility for alleviating this issue? At first I believed that it was the governments fault for not doing anything to fix the problem. And the corporations for taking advantage of low-wage earners. But after reading the article again I feel like it’s both the government and corporations fault, it’s the governments fault for not putting the information out there for the common people who really don’t know much about the subject and corporations for been greedy and taking advantage of people. But after reading the article it shows how it’s also the peoples fault for not doing anything to inform them self about the subject. For example there are books on any subject out there that people can read. There are also classes on accounting and things related to banking, that people can take to be more prepared. Over all it’s not just one persons fault it’s everybody’s. It’s the governments fault for not penalizing most of the corporations for doing this. And of course it’s the corporations fault for taking advantage of people. And it’s the peoples fault for not doing anything about it. I think that if people got up and took action this would change and everything would work much better.

my Bio

One of my passions is soccer I’ve played this sport since I was little. I say that playing soccer is one of my passions because I enjoy playing soccer when I play I don’t just play for fun I give it my all. I play with pride but I also know how to except defeat and learn from my mistakes. Playing soccer also relaxes me when I’m stressed or under a lot of pressure or I just want to clear my mind I kick the ball around and it helps me relax. I also consider soccer my hobby because when I have some free time I grab my soccer ball and practice some skills and tricks. Something that’s very important for me is my family. Especially because in my culture being close to your family is a very important thing, my family is also important to me because they have always been there for me. My educational life has had its up and downs like anyone else but in the end I was able to be successful and be the first in my family to graduate from high school which was I very important moment for me and my family. One of my future goals is to be successful in my career in IT and have a good life I don’t want the flashy life and all the money in the world I just want to have a good and stable life. What motivates me is my little brother because his always looking up to me and try`s to do everything that I do so I want to show him that if he also works hard and try`s his best he can also be successful.

My school experiences

If I was to describe my high school experiences I would have to say at first it wasn't the best experience and I dint do so great but at end it was actually pretty good. The reason for me saying that my experience was not so good at first is because I was not doing so well in school. And the school atmosphere was not so great in my case. Most of my teachers in my first school were very strict and dry. They were not so involved with their students. And they dint really seem to care about us the students. But it wasn’t all bad I had a few good teachers who actually cared about the students and tried to help them out any way they could. But my high school experience in my second school was much different. The school atmosphere was much more friendly and inviting, the teachers were great mostly all of them and they made the school feel like a friendly community. They were what made me exceed the expectations people had of me and the expectations I had for myself. Overall my high school experience was good it had its ups and downs but I had a great time. I learn so many thing not just school related but about myself and what I can do and what I’m capable of.

My language

The way that I speak is different from how other people speak. I have developed this way of speaking as the time goes by. I guess you can compare me to a sponge as time goes by I absorb a way of speaking by words that I have learned. Also a big influence in how I speak is my past experience with classmates from school. And also from the environment I live in and the music I listen to. But what makes my way I speak different from others is that I speak a certain way to my friend. And I speak a certain way with my adults. To my friends I speak with a lot of slang terminology and in a very relaxed way. To adults I speak more proper and I do not use any slang. But what makes the way I speak even more different is that I also use another language. I speak Spanish to my parents and family members. And with my cozens and some of my friends we speak what is now known as “spanglish” wich is a combination of English and Spanish. I believe that in the end it depends on how a person is raised and the environment he/she grew up in, to determine how he/she speaks.