THE ABILITY TO SPEAK TO AN ANIMAL.

If I had the ability to speak to any animal I would choose to speak to felines. I chose felines because they are said to be one of the smartest mammals in the world and because of their uniqueness compared to other animals.

 I first fell in love with felines when I got my first cat  Whiteyie. I noticed that he was very intriguing , very different from dogs it was like he was a human trapped in a cats body because he seemed to study everything cautiosly before exploring what ever he discovered. Felines can be the most affectionate animals yet be so reserved and defesive especially towards the ones they love. Just the thought of ever having the ability to speak with felines would be a Godsend because we can only do so much to communicate with them . Felines are exploreing , discovering , curious  , defensive and loving animals , sharing knowledge would be an advantage from an animals point of view.

2 Things about my school I would change.

The two things I would change about my school would be the block schedule and the tardy sweeps. I would choose to change the tardy sweeps because sometimes students can not avoid being late because they have sibblings that need to be dropped off first. When tardy sweeps are held in school they actually make the student even more late and sometimes the sutdents are only late by a minute even thirty seconds, tardy sweeps does reduce tardies but also decreases the students learning time and wastes the administrators time by filling out tardy slips and that is a lose - lose. I would also choose to change the schools current block schedule because majority of the time teachers end up showing movies or leaving the students to free time the remainder of the class . If we had regular 1 - 6 schedule students wouldn't have time to procrastinate or goof off because they only have a certain amount of time to do their work  and that would better their time management and reduce their goofing off. Students would also turn in work more often because they would only have untill the next day to turn it in as a posed to turning home work in in two days where studentswould forget to do them or be too lazy to do them. With changing those two things I feel the school would improve dramatically and positivly. 

An issue of personal importance

When I lived in Arizona my sister and I got our first African American barbie doll , and I remember she was my favorite barbie ever. I noticed when ever my sisters and I played my sister Ross would not touch or even look at the African American barbie and I asked her why she wouldn't use barbie Claire and she said "I don't like black people". I remember being so furious and I was only nine years old , how could she just decide that she was only six at the time and already hated another race. I was so upset, I went to tell my mom and she was very upset as well , she said " how can hate on people of a different race, children don't usually see race." I just shook my head and walked out of the room. Then two years later we moved to California and Ross's racial issue had gone away for a while. Soon after we moved into the neighborhood the Rainey family moved just up the street from us , I was curious to meet the new family so I walked over to their house and saw them in their garage unpacking and I said  " Hi my name is Nazik ". They were African American and I couln't wait for my family to meet them because they were so nice and I was happy have more girls on the block. I had invited them to my house a week later and I told my mom " These are my new friends mom this is Lene and her sister Lonarias" my mom was happy that I made new friends and insisted that I invite them more often. When they had gone Ross asked me "Why were those ugly black people here? I don't like them." seriously her problem was back? I was so mad at her , how could she be so ignorant , so I sat her down and I excoriated her for about an hour. When I finally finished she was crying and hugged me and apologized to me and I said " Don't apologize to me , Lene and Lonarais heard what you asked me , you have to apologize to them." Ross went over to their house apologized and became their friend, ever since I made her realize how she was hurting people she stopped and now makes friends with every body.

A contribution I would make to college

A positive contribution I would make to a community college would be a large amount of money to support their programs that are in need of funds. I think funding for community colleges is more helpful to the community than funding to a major league college because the students would benefit more from the direct funding providing more opportunities. I plan on starting off at a community college and work my self up through the years to get into a major league  university , but if the community college doesnt have enough funds  to keep their clubs and programs running then I probably wouldn't stand out in my transcript if I don't have any extracurriculars. I feel donating to local community colleges would highly support struggling students and struggling programs.

Future Roommate.

        Dear Roommate,

   My name is Nazik and , I just wanted to let you know how I am as a person before we met. I am a respectful person  who isn't nosy and more than glad to help some one out when they need it , it doesn't matter the situation. I am also very trust worthy and at times my be a little unorganized when I am in a rush other than that , sanitation is not a problem with me. I was born in Dallas, Oregon , I am the second oldest child of five . I have lived in California for seven years , then I lived in Yuma, Arizona and moved back to California when I was twelve years old . I have been to at least nine different schools in my whole life , I am Mexican American and I make friends easily . I am easy to get along with , I don't have a bad temper I love old movies especially Star wars and Rambo movies. I am a nerd and I have OCD with doors , they all have to be closed or I can't fall asleep , I hate morning showers and I love meeting new people and I am a great friend.

                              Sincerely,
                                  Nazik

My Life is a Movie

Minute one: A mother holds her newborn child as she cries tears of joy , the childs eyes explore its new universe.

Minute two: Child notices mommy is always home with her but not daddy. Wheres daddy? Why does he leave?

Minute three: Finally here's daddy , I can run now daddy lets go to the park , I can talk a lot now too.

Minute four: I am happy we live with Jim , but Scooby attacked him . Bye Bye Scooby and Lasie .

Minute five: I liked California but I like Arizona because we go to the pool and the water park a lot.

Minute six: Yay! news pets, I love cats. Did Kitty and Mitch run away already , did they follow us and get lost?

Minute seven: Ooops! I accidentally dropped baby Lhea from the couch mommy , thank goodness she's okay!

Minute eight: We found sick kitties in a sewer mommy ! Don't take them to the shelter ! Can we keep them?

Minute nine: I don't like grandpa any more , I am still sad we didn't keep the kitties mommy they were sick.

Minute ten :Where's daddy again , why doesn't he sleep any more? The spider hurt his leg bad mommy.

Minute eleven: Where's daddy mom are you guys fighting again ? Did dad lose his job? Where is he?

Minute twelve: I'm happy we're back in California with our new dog Lasie . Good thing she had babies.

Minute thirteen: Two of Lasies' babies died one of them was my Oreo she was just 10 months old.

Minute fourteen: Dads gone again but I don't miss him this time he's hardly here. Mom and dad are getting a divorce.

Minute fifteen: Dad missed my Quinceanera  , he missed a lot but it's okay mom has Anthony now I think we'll be okay.    

The Best Advice I Have Ever Received

I have heard this since I could remember, if I had a penny for every time I had heard this I'd be the richest person in the world. "Stay in school" is the best advice I have ever received  because I have seen loved ones of mine not pull through school and wind up in a deep state of regret and them wishing they would have at least finished high school. My family member says if he would of finished high school and gotten his diploma that he would of been set for his career choice , but he only received his GED. Every time some one tells me stay in school they always hint empathy in their poor choice and try to give me a "heads up" of whats ahead if I dont finish or stay in school.

Established Holiday

If I had the authority to establish my own holiday it would with out a doubt be Stephen King day. I would choose to commemorate Stephen King because he has been one of the most influential people in my life so far. Stephen King is the type of person who is not afraid to take risks in his writing therefore creating several best sellers in the world. Stephen King Day would be a world wide celebration and all his books that turned into movies would play all day on television , posters of all his books would be every where one turned and families would have a dinner in dedication to ,in my opinion , the best writer the universe has ever created. School would be in session and the whole day students world wide would read Kings books and if they wanted write fan mail to King. The celebration for the worker and student dedicated to King would begin the moment they woke up and end the moment the fell asleep.

"no knowledge is obtained with out risk" Stephen King

I feel that Stephen Kings quote "no knowledge is obtained with out risk" defines me and my way of being. I am the type of person that is sometimes to shy to ask questions so instead I keep my questions to my self and hope for some one else to ask. I am not taking risk for my self in surpassing my comfort zone and just asking , what I realized that holds me back is my fear of being wrong. Even though , all of my teachers have told us there is no right or wrong answer I still will not ask questions that are a crucial part of my learning. Stephen Kings quote could not be more true for me because it is basically my life story , if I do not over come my fear of being wrong in front of my peers and teachers then I will not get the chance of being corrected and learning from my mistakes.  

Idea for the Primitive Age

If i could introduce an idea or an invention to a primitive culture it would be literature. I chose literature because it is an important part in everyone's life whether we like it or not. In the primitive age literature wouldn't be as helpful to them as a spear but it would impact their adaptability and learning skills. Literature would impact their lives by exposing them to a new knowledge that would help them develop communication skills and  cognitive skills. These skills could be crucial impact in future generations, if our primitive ancestors would of been more formally educated, there's no telling where our current generation would have been at.

Change an Issue

At the beginning of the year 2011 I felt I would accomplish everything I set my mind to , but then came the month of February when I became depressed. I felt like I could not do anything with out being sad or remembering my rough past. I have always been a quiet reserved person when it came to things I would feel , my mom would ask me what was  wrong, I would say "nothing" because I didn't want to add on to her worries. I would always avoid conversations with my mother about my feelings because she would know something was wrong with me. Finally  I couldn't hold in my emotions any longer, I needed someone to talk to. My mom would say "Talk to me", I rejected her and replied"Just take me to see a therapist".My mother became extremely offended with my decision and eventually agreed. I found expressing my emotions to a stranger really helped me because she did not know my back round and therefore had no judgement. I finally found enough courage to open up my emotions to my mother, and found that it wasn't very difficult to talk to my mother. I discovered my real fear of talking to her  was her judgement of my feelings. Of course she didnt have any judgement, she was just there to support me and help me  out of my depression.

1Million Dollars

If I had the responsibility to choose where one million dollars went I would choose the international programs to feed and provide for the poor around the world. I would choose international programs because I know that if I donated one million dollars to a foundation that helped people all around the world, that those people would all have an equal share of the million and nobody would be left out. I would of chosen just a single program but people aren't just unfortunate in foreign countries they are also here in america and sometimes all they need is a little hope , something to motivate them to not lose hope in themselves or the world. Equal distribution of the one million dollars would make me feel extraordinary because I know I have helped people internationally not just from one part of the world. Of coarse the first benefactors should be families and then individuals because when it is a family  it pains me more to see a family struggle to feed their children just as much as it pains me to see a struggling individual with no hope.

Back in the day I would be....

I f  I could travel back in time and be a historical figure I would choose to be Albert Einstein , not for his intelligence but for his strive and passion. Albert Einstein had created a paved path for future generations he discovered many things for us that we don't realize how fortunate we are. I would have loved to be Albert Einstein to discover what he really thought about and what his true goals and determination were. Albert Einstein could have been many things insane , destructive , murderous even working for a chaotic person but nobody would know what his true thoughts were. My big wonders are what really went through his mind , what really got him to do what he did. I would also like to know what decisions  or rejections he had to make in order to be one of the smartest people in the world. Wondering is one thing but actually living it is another and I truly am fascinated in what his opinions actually were about people he could have hated them all and only discovered and created in order to minimize his true nature , may be he never wanted his discoveries and theories to be discovered , but we will never know.

What I learned and how I used it

One of the many things I have learned that I found make how I talk better is vocabulary. The vocabulary we have done so far replaces a jar load of words I would typically utilize like use, instead of saying use I use utilize. My new varied vocabulary helps me expand my descriptions and daily lexicon  and in my other classes when I have to do essays I now know how to make my writing sound formal and educated. Also I like to show off the words I know when I talk to adults because that makes me feel as if I set a dictional boundary with words that would only belittle me and make me feel inferior to them. Vocabulary has improved my speech and my writing by eliminating as many " poopy words" as possible creating a feel that I know what I am talking about.      

Competition

Competition in our society , well from my point of view is school based as in sports schools are always striving to beat each other out by winning the biggest baddest awards like the Metro League and the CIF's.  We are taught at a very young age to be competitive consciously and unconsciously. We compete even when we don't think about it  we compete for the best parking , hair , personality , jokes , jobs , seats at a show and even the best criticism. Some people will depend their social lives on competition so much that it affects them and their families , competition becomes unhealthy the minute you compete for something unnecessary  like when black Friday shoppers beat each other up for trampolines. Of coarse competition isn't always bad , healthy competition is competing for simple things with out major desire like competing with other high school students to get the best grades is typical maybe even natural. When I was in seventh grade my p.e teacher  Mr. Villaescusa said we had to do 8 hours of community service and those who exceeded the 8 hours would be rewarded , of coarse every one was curious to find out what the reward was. Sadly , not every one pulled through with their "Oh I'm gonna win the prize, how much do you want to bet?" , but I did . I did 16 hours of community service hours at the Qualcomm Stadium for the victims of the 2007 wild fires. I wasn't expecting a prize or anything really my real prize was helping those who needed support and help in their time of distress, my prize was a banana laffy taffy and my teacher kept my essay and pictures as a student example for as long as he teaches, that made me really proud and and opened my eyes that competition  isn't always bad.         

Red

  Mr. Banks is sitting on a bench at St. West park  ,  he had been blind since he was born and he had a guide dog named Vincent but Vincent waited for Mr. Banks in another life. I noticed Mr. Banks had a face I had never  seen him wear as I walked by him , I would have kept on walking home but I ached to know why he wore that face.
  " Hello Mr. banks." I said as I raised his aged hands towards my face. He immediately knew who I was because he smiled and called me "Miss" , he never called any one by their first name. I then sat next to him and squinted against the bright sun and asked him why he had such a troubled face.
 "Well I just never knew what colors truly were I've never seen them , never experienced  them , they're just words to me. '' he said with sadness.  I did not know how to answer I couldn't  tell him ''It's okay Mr. Banks colors are just colors" because he had never seen them. I felt blue for Mr. Banks , then he asked me
 ''What is the color red like Miss?" I wasn't expecting him to ask me what a color was like so I said what first popped in my head "Red is a pigment.". Mr. Banks started laughing at me and  I felt very embarrassed at my response. Mr. Banks finally stopped laughing and asked "Is that it ? Is that all you could tell me?"
 " Umm I know red can not be smelled unless it is tomato soup , blood, paprika, or strawberries and I  am  sure you can't feel red unless it's a red rose , red hair ,  red car or red paint and  I think-"
 "Wait a second  is there no words you can use to describe it ?" he interrupted  impatiently
 " Uhh red can mean many things Mr. Banks  some people use red to represent anger , hate and  blood shed  or it can be used as a symbol of affection , love, romance ,prominence and victory. Red for me personally means integrity because the red  I have experienced has been positive in my life so far" I responded. Mr . Banks and I stayed quiet for a moment then he nodded squinting his eyes as if approving my response and said " I think I like red ha ha ha yeah red"