What it do?

Animo

2006-06-22T09:27:00.000-07:00

Wow, This year a Animo was CRAZY. But other than all the drama, this skool is ok the teacher are kool u can really talk to them when u need to, they are always available. Now the students ummmmmmm well as long you mide your business and dont worry about what people say ,then ur good. If they dont say it to your face than dont worry about it. But if they do say it to you knock them outttttttttttttttt. That is one thing the i regret letting people say stuff and not doing nothing about it.

The big finial project

2006-06-22T08:36:00.000-07:00

Which business

Got it made
What was it like to work on this project?

It was very fun working on this project with my group. We had our ups and down but overall we did a good job.
Did you finish the project? Why or why not?

Yes, we finish our profect but i think we might of had a few things missing
If you finished your project, what enabled you to do so? What advice would you give to next years students?

What help us was that we had a timeline of everything we did. And if we did not finish what was on the timeline then we would come to office hours.

On average, how much time did you spend each class on myspace, playing games, or other websites that had nothing to do with your project?

Well truely what had happen was i was done with my work soooooo ummmmm sorry no comment.

What was it like to work with your team members? If you worked well together, what was your secret to working together?

We were all friends so that was what made it kool.

Ms.FAWCETT

2006-04-26T14:12:00.000-07:00

Do you think you a leader and why?
Yes, because I remember being drawn to and assuming leadership roles with peers at a young age, being the soccer/softball team captain, ASB president...etc. In college I usually lead any group assignments often begrudgingly doing others' work. I am the only person out of my peer group from childhood to complete college and graduate school.
Have u shown leadership?
I've been a team captain as a child, now I co-manage my adult soccer & softball teams, model good sportsmanship (even adults get crazy and need to calm down), taking on various professional roles at work, and take responsiblity for my actions.
How do u show it?
Treat others how I expect to be treated.
Has anyone said that ur a leader?
Yes, a parent once told me how inspirational I was to her child as a young person and to her as a parent. I was very surprised, glad, overcome with emotion...it was an amazing experience.
What r ur weakness?
Having difficulty saying "no" when I'm overwhelmed, caring too much, but I'm learning.
Do they affect u being a leader?
Sometimes...I feel I do a good job of being reflective and have the ability to go back to those with whom I've had conflict and talk it out.
What r ur strenghts?
Being deliberate with my words. I'm very careful about what I say. I've been misunderstood in the past and consistently work to communicate effectively with others.
Another strength is how much I care. Kids are my priority at work. High school is not an easy time for anyone: parents, teachers, and students. I'm passionate about the 'teenage condition' and the process of establishing one's autonomy.
Do they affect u being a leader?
Yes, I think my committment to my strengths make me a better counselor
How do u fell when people say that ur a leader?
Flattered and accomplished
What is a leader?
Someone who believes in their work and can live their purpose.
What is leadership?
Leadership is deliberate, active, and can be modeled.
Do u like being called a leader
Yes...I've always taken pleasure from positive reinforcement

Leader Questions

2006-04-19T14:06:00.001-07:00

Do you think you a leader and why?
Have u showen leadership?
How do u show it?
Has anyone said that ur a leader?
What r ur weakness?Do they affect u being a leader?
What r ur strenghts?Do they affect u being a leader?
How do u fell when people say that ur a leader?
What is a leader?
What is leader?
Do u like being called a leader

Leader Questions

2006-04-19T14:06:00.000-07:00

Do you think you a leader and why?
Have u showen leadership?
How do u show it?
Has anyone said that ur a leader?
What r ur weakness?Do they affect u being a leader?
What r ur strenghts?Do they affect u being a leader?
How do u fell when people say that ur a leader?
What is a leader?
What is leader?
Do u like being called a leader

Leaders

2006-04-17T13:21:00.000-07:00

Who in your life would you consider a leader? Why do you consider that person a leader?
I consider my Grandpa and Ms.Fawcett a leader see my grandpa and Ms.Fawcett as a leader because they both have qualities of a leader.

What strengths does your leader have? How has that person demonstrated those strengths?
My grandpa strength are, he is loyal, honest , kind,and loves to help out with there is a need.
Ms.Fawcett's strength are,reasonable, has respect for all, can relate to others,very outgoing and has no problem talking to anyone or giving advice.
What weakness does your leader have? How did that person overcome that weakness?
Well truly a weakness that I think my grandpa has is that he does not know when to stop giving advice to someone and let them try to learn it on there self.

>What have you learned about leadership from this person? How has this person influenced you?
Well my grandpa has taught me a innumerable amount of things Ms.Fawcett is still teaching me.

The Protest

2006-03-29T14:08:00.000-08:00

1.Why are people protesting and demonstrating around the country? What issues about immigration are being debated? To make sure that you sound intelligent in your blog, skim through the article at this link: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5303676
I don't know a lot about want is going on. All I know is that immigration don't want the bill to pass.
2.What do you think the students who walked out were trying to achieve on Monday? What do you think was their point of walking out?
Truely I don't think that they achieved anything by walking out. A few student walkout and walked back in that was stupid to me. About 40 student did walkout though.
3.Do you think the walkout was effective? Why or why not?
No, I don't think that the walkout at school was effective. I feel that they really did not plan anything. I feel that the walkout was thought of this morning.
4.What were some of the consequences of walking out?
Well I think they had to go to Saturday school detention.
5.How was the protest in the radio story different from the protest on Monday?
Well it seem like they had a plan on what they were trying to do and get there voice heard
6.What could have been done differently to protest the proposed law on immigration?
They need to everything ready and organize. They need to tell all the students at the school.

Predators

2006-03-23T14:11:00.000-08:00

What do you think about the article?
I feel that this is a good topic to talk about. Teen Predators and young girls getting caught up.

What have people done on friends sites such as myspace that put themselves in danger?
Posting pictures and personal information, such as their full name, school, sports teams that they are on, phone numbers

If you use a blog or myspace, what can you do to protect yourself?
don't put yourself out there like that. Giving people you don't know your info.

What do you think about Greendot's efforts to block sites such as myspace?
I think that it is good but there should be sometime to let us get on it. Like unblock it on our lunch ,or after school, on our free time.

Meth

2006-03-06T13:43:00.000-08:00

What have you learned so far from the health class workshops?
I learned from the workshop that meth is very powerful. I also learened what it can do to you.

What information has been useful to you?
That I should not tryt to do it

How can we improve these workshops?
Have all different kinds

The Outsiders

2006-02-13T13:06:00.000-08:00

From this article, why do you think these students dropped out of high school?
I think that they dropped out because they felt that they were to late and that no one really cares.

Which students in this article do you find most interesting? Why?
I really really liked Isaac Castillo. I think its something about his attitude. Its wonderful that he really wanted to graduate from his high school and try do something with life. Also I liked how he was there for his friends, even the ones who did get to graduate and the one who could not.

Based on what you read, what are the major differences between Birmingham High School and Animo Venice?
Well when it said that the student that were absent from Birmingham high school the teacher did not notify there parent. And here at Animo when you are not present they notify your parents and they really do care if you graduate or not.

Let;s say you were a member of the "Outsiders". How would you want the newspaper to write about your high school story. Write one paragraph that you would add to the newspaper article. In that paragraph, show what you hope your high school experience will be like until the day of graduation.

Well I truly would like them to write about the good and the bad through the whole time.

I would add to the article all the little and big event that happen throught the whole time the Outsider were attending the high school.

I hope that my high school experience is fun , exciting ,and unforgetable.I hope that are ups and downs through the whole thing becaue I think that you need to mistake to help you on later in life.

High Skool

2006-02-06T13:29:00.000-08:00

Write 3 sentences about 3 things that you found interesting in the article.
What I found interesting was that only 521 student graduate from Birningham High skool.

Why is dropping out of high school such a big deal for students? Why is it a big deal for society?
What does the article say? What page do you find this information?
Dropping out is a big deal because it is very important that you at leats try to graduate. :-)
I think its a very big deal for society because there more people that is in school the less the crime well be.

Do you know of any dropouts? If yes, what were their reasons for dropping out.
What would be the most likely reason that you would dropout?
No I dont know of any drop outs.

What can Animo Venice do to help you graduate from high school and go to college?
Truely I think that Animo is all ready helping student graduate and preping them for college

The Pictures

2006-02-02T13:16:00.000-08:00

Describe the picture that you selected. What does the picture show?

The picture that I selected is a few student sitting outside of Birmingham High School after thier prom. The students had to make phone call to there relatives for ride home.

Why did you choose that picture? How do you feel about the picture?

I choose this picture because after reading the cation I felt that they should not have at call there parent or family to come get them. Yea I see if you can call to tell them you want to go home but not to come get you when the dance is over.

Here is the link to see the picture
http://www.latimes.com/news/education/la-012906dropouts_day1-f,0,407230.flash

Frist Semester at Animo Venice

2006-01-25T14:43:00.000-08:00

How did I do my first semester at Animo Venice?

Well in the begining in my kind of hard because I really was not expecting teacher to on us like the way that they were. Like they alway stay on stop of us on our homework and classwork.
But as the weeks went by I started to get better. So I guess u can say my fisrt semester went well , but I think that I can do way better this semester.

What classes were easy for me and why?

I think that the class that was easy for me was English because that was my favorite subject so I like it.
What classes were difficult for me and why?

Well Spanish class was kind of hard because it was new to me.

What can I do to improve my grades 2nd semester?

Make sure I do all my homework. :-)

In 10 years, I want to be…

In 10 years I would LOVE to be a Vet or apart of the CSI.

My exciting winter vacation

2006-01-09T13:18:00.000-08:00

My winter break was wonderful I had soooo much fun not going to skool and seeing all the teacher :-)
But other than that i had fun i went to my auntys house , my grandmas house and my ohter aunty house
On top of that two days after x~mas it was my birthday so I went shopping most af the day and then we went to get something to eat(its was gooooooooooooooooood) :-)

Thatz funny

2005-12-13T15:34:00.000-08:00

Community Problems

2005-12-07T14:23:00.000-08:00

What do you consider as your “community?”
I think commuity is the area that you live in.

What is a problem that you have noticed in your community?
There is not enough street lights and that there is alot of gang problems.

What evidence do you have about that problem?
Well on the street light problem-I know a few people who are scared to walk home at night because there is not alot of light.
And on the gang problem- there was a shooting down the street from me.

Where can you get ideas about other problems in your community? Name at least 10 sources using specific names. Don’t limit yourself to humans.

my friends
parents
neighbors
computer
news paper
t.v.
and some other thing that i cannt think of right now

2005-11-28T13:16:00.001-08:00

My experience at the retreat was very good. I really liked the high ropes a hiking and rock climing.I did not like the all the darn bug every where. I also like sharing a cabin with my freinds and a teacher.
I think this retreat was sooooooooooooooooooo worth my time and money I had so much fun it felt like your were learned but also have fun at the same time. If you know what I mean if you dont o well.
But my experience was unforgetful.

Joe R. Hicks

2005-11-21T14:12:00.000-08:00

1) What did youi think of Joe R Hicks?
I thought he was a kool person and give alot of details we he is talking.

2) Do you consider him a leader? Why or why not?
I think that maybe he can be a leader. And the reason I think this is because when he talk you can hear he know what he is talking about and has alot of confidents.

3)Joe's opinion is that anyone has the capacity to be a leader. Do you trhink that this is true? Why or why not?
Well sometime that can be true ,but I think in most cases it not the capacity it how you persent yourself to your people, how you talk, do you know your info , trueful and other things like that.

Jim Crow Law

2005-11-04T10:32:00.000-08:00

1) Describe what you did for the activity.
The activity I picked was Racial Realities-Crime and Punishment

2) What point was the activity trying to make?
I feel that there were trying to say that racism still is going on.

3) What did you learn from the activity?
I learned that you can ever tell when someone is going to racist to you

4) Make a link to the activity from your blog.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/tools_unwritten.html
This is the website that I got my info from if you would like to see it just click there

2005-10-26T14:09:00.000-07:00

1) Rosa Parks die on Oct. 24,2005
2) She was famous for not giving up her seat on the bus to a white man.
3)She did not want to be mistreated and also she paid to get on the bus so why should she get up.
4)After her action she was under arrest and put in jail.
5)True I think that if she did not give up her seat the lives of to day would not be to different cause I think that someone would have stood up later on in the years.

The Museum

2005-10-25T13:19:00.000-07:00

1) What did you think of the museum overall?

I though it was great. It would have been better if we had more time and not rushing.

2) What are two things that you learned?

I learned that the Japanese had to wear bango.Bango is like a dog tag that has there indentification number on it.
I also learned that the American were called "non-aliens" and the American that were not born here were called "aliens".

3) What was your favorite aspect of the museum?

It was when we got to see the Concentration camp.

4) What are some of the similarities between the Japanese American Experience and the African American Experience?

I think some similarities are that they both were taken from there home land , there were slaves, and they were treated unfairly.

My personality type

2005-10-24T13:50:00.000-07:00

I have mutlipe personalitythey are,

--ESTJs thrive on order and continuity. ESTJ humor is frequently centered around something or someone being off center or behaving abnormally.
Possible Career
Sales Representatives
Judges
Military leaders

--ENTPs are usually verbally as well as cerebrally quick, and generally love to argue. ENTPs are basically optimists.
Possible Career
Actors
Sales Representatives
Photographers

--ESTPs are spontaneous, active people (outgoing).
Possible Career
Sales Representatives
Marketing Personnel
Paramedic / Emergency Medical Technician

--ENTJs have a natural tendency to marshall and direct(take control)
Possible Career
Lawyer
Judge
Business Administrators and Managers

My learning style

2005-10-19T14:34:00.000-07:00

My strongest learning style is Kinesthetic. A kinesthetic learner is a person who think somatic (body) sensation. Example dancing, running, touching through doing.
My other strongest style is Interpersonal. A interpersonal learner is a peron who think by bouncing ideas off other people. Example organizing, groupwork , relating, and partying.

I think if teacher just stop running there mouth and making use write notes and giving more example and class work that is kind of fun, meaning just have more energy when teaching like Mrs Blanco or Ms. Sawyer

Hi Mr. O'Reilly

2005-09-26T13:23:00.000-07:00

1) I think Mr.O'Reilly doesnt care very much about the poor people and trying to say that all the people that were affected by Hurricane r now poor
2) I agree on some part of what he is saying about the people having no money but on all the other stuff no
3)True I dont care about what he says or what his comment r.

So if you what to here what this dude has to say then CLICK HERE

I know you just cant get enough of me

2005-09-19T13:00:00.000-07:00

1.My goalz after high school r to go to college
2.Get very good grades
3.A person who made a positive difference is my Grandpa and my mother
4.I would like the paper to say that I worked very hard to get where I am right now;and did not let any thang get in my way :)