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Well I went home with my mom on Friday for my 60 day trial. So far, things are going pretty well, I just get bored A LOT!!!! I cried on Thursday when Kiki left for pass because that was the last time I was going to see her for awhile. Then when Friday hit I cried like I was goingto die :( I miss so many people already especially my love that has stuck with me through everything and I thank him for that. <3 Chelsea and I hung out Firday night and thought we would do one fun last thing before we left. We went to the boy's side at 11:00 and banged on Johnny's window. There is a couple of people I wish I had not left behind. I know I am a strng person and can overcome anything I put my mind to. I have not enrolled into a school yet for August when school starts. Honestly I wanted to drop out because I really dislike school but then I realized I am to smart and need to keep going for not only me but my future family. I think I want to enroll at Escondido Charter School for their Independent program. With that being said I do miss some things about SPA.

My Guitar Music

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My WeeMee

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I have been really depressed lately for millions of reason. I rarely come to school because I would rather be at home sleeping and crying. I don't like when people tell me to do something to get if off my mind; I would rather deal with what I am going through. This has been going on the second week of my depression trip. Everytime I try to get better, someone has to bring that subject up to piss me off. So I decided to let all the negative people in my life go because I realized they weren't a good influence to me or my habitat.

Week in Rap

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Comment-Seeking Post

Do you guys think that it's fair for staff to give restriction to students for tanning outside? I think that it wouldn't be fair to either male or female. I understand that males go to the females side and females go to the boys side. There should be common ground to where we are allowed to go and tan without getting in trouble. There should be a place where the females and males can go. All together I think that it's kinda ridiculous for people to get on restriction for tanning.

President Obama’s Big Announcement

To learn about Osama Bin Laden’s death, I read CBS News and learned that when the US troops attempted to kill him they killed a few other people. First, US military helicopters surrounded Osama 's house. Next, they tried to shoot him but he used a lady from Al Qaeda as a shield. Then, the Navy Seal shot Bin Laden in the head. While shots were exchanged, three other male Al Qaeda members were killed, one of which was Bin Laden's son. Finally, they were able to kill him and get his body but it had to be buried within 24 hours. Now, I wonder what Al Qaeda is going to do now that their leader is dead.

Now that I have read/watched the news, I predict that Al Qaeda is going to get revenge on the US. One thing I predict is that their "group" is going to come up with a plan to attack the United States. I think this will happen because our men went into their country and shot their leader, who had been killing innocent people for years. Another thing I predict is that Al Qaeda are going to come and invade the US and set off bombs and grenades. I think this will happen because they are going to try and prove that without a leader they can still be strong. I hope that our men will shoot them all before they come into the US.

Playwrights Project Inspired by Music Paragraph

In class today we listened to music that was instrumental. At first, I thought why are we listening to this random music. While listening to the music, I felt a load had been lifted off of my chest. While I was writing, I was still think about the music and how cozy it made me feel. Afterward, I felt that we should have just listened to it all period and slept. :)

UnGoogleable Research – What I Already Know

Honestly I don't know nothing about the history of a wedding ring. I chose this topic only because a few reasons that I wanted to know. People say that couples should get married to show that they are in love; from what I heard. I feel that you don't need to get married as long as your in a committed relationship. Also I wanted to know why people have to wear a ring, have your partner's last name, and sign a paper just to show that you love or are in a committed relationship. These are reasons I want to know about the history of marriage. I know this has nothing to do what we were suppose to write about, but I know absolutely nothing about marriage.

4th Quarter Goals

Last quarter I did achieve my goal of getting a 3.0. To make sure I got that I did majority of my work and turned it in on time. I asked for the help that I needed if I didn't understand something. I also stayed inside all the time and made sure that I did more than an hour of study. I am proud of myself for accomplishing my goals for 3rd quarter.

I have a few goals for this quarter that I would like to achieve. I want to be able to earn a 3.0 or higher. I need to do all of my homework and pay CLOSE attention. Even if I have to come after school and get the help that I need I will. Another goal I need to achieve to get a 3.0 is to make sure I don't miss a lot of school. If I miss a lot of school then I get to messed up with my homework and it becomes a lot.

Campus Life Third-Person Paragraph

In the mornings Heather wakes up at 6:15 am. She lays in bed for 1o minutes then gets up and takes a shower. After she gets out of the shower she finds clothes to wear to school. Then she goes into the bathroom and puts her make-up on. When she is done with that she fixes her hair to how she wants to wear it for that day. When Heather is finished with that she goes into the living room and eats breakfast. Finally when she is finished with that, she goes to brush her teeth, and picks up her room. On her way out the door she takes her medicine and is off to school.

CST Testing Reflection

I have not finished the CST test yet. So far most of the tests were hard and I didn't understand. The English part I think was the easiest. The ones that I guessed on were world history and math. The world history part we learned nothing about in Ms. West's class. It was mostly about world war 1 and 2. I was frustrated because I felt that I have learned absolutely nothing. All together I think that the tests were hard and tiring.

Test Prep Graphic Organizer

Testing Tagul

Testing Paragraph

I'm not really worried about testing next week except for the science part. I don't like testing in April anyways because I am normally testing on my birthday. The english part should be really easy for me. The math and science part im scared about. There are so many things for me to remember in science and I don't think I can do it. The math part I am good in some areas but not the best . All together I shouldn't be nervous because it's just for your placement next year.

Free Choice Blog Post

I had an amazing weekend with my mom, sister, brother, and I. On Saturday we went to the Oceanside Beach. My sister and I had a mud fight. It was funny because in my short's pocket I found a whole bunch of sand crabs from the fight. Then my sister went home and my brother stayed the night. When we woke up, we went straight to the pool. I threw my brother in the pool and he got mad because it was freezing. After, we layed out and got sunburned. When I got back to SPA I put a whole bunch of Aloe Vera on my back.

UnGoogleable Research Paper Website Selection Reflection

Today in class, I looked up my research question and found a few at grade level sites. To search for websites, I type in my subject and had 3 choices. First, we could chose a timeline with different resources. Then we could chose a wonder wheel; a basic graphic organizer. Finally, there were a lot of tools to chose from.When I found a website related to my focus question, I didn't do what I was supose to. I put my urls in a new message and sent it to myself. I knew some of the websites I found were unacceptable because theyt didn't have a date, title, author, and unreliable source. I know the websites I selected are good because they have good information, have an author, title, and date of publication. Tomorrow, I expect that Ms. Priester will tell me to finish reaserching reliable sources.

Third Quarter Awards Review

On Friday I did not attend the award ceremony. I had to a dentist appointment from my previous wisdom extraction on Monday. I never like attending the awards ceremony because there are too many kids in the auditorium for me. When I am around alot of kids I tend to have panic attacks. Instead I sit in the office and finish things that need to be done or read. I would like to go only so I could support my friends for they're wonderful achievements. I don't like to recieve awards because I get embarrassed that everybody knows I have knowledge. I will try my best to attend the 4th quarter assembly.

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UnGoogleable Website Evaluation

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“Switch” Play Audience Member Experience

As an audience member who watched the play "Switch" yesterday I loved it. When they were performing it I just felt like I was starting all over again, being taken away. For example, the social worker came and took the child away while he was crying. I also appreciated people that knew absolutely nothing about the foster system, take role in the play. I also had a good time hanging out with the teachers and my friends. I got to know a little bit more about people that I never really communicated with; like Jessica. All together, I had a great experience going on the field trip yesterday.

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Fourth Quarter Kick-Off

I had fun the second part of the day. I liked watching the movie the first part, but it was boring just sitting there and writing. I was in team four but it was confusing so I just went with random groups. I hung out with Danielle, and Kiki. The whole time we were sitting there reminiscing about the stuff that happened in the past and laughing. I also had a good time watching everybody else competing. The best part of my day is when I got to go home and say goodbye to my houseparents.

What I learned Third Quarter English 10

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What I Learned in the Third Quarter of English 9/10

I learned a lot third quarter. I learned about symbolism, allegory, poetry, imagery, figurative language, primary source, and secondary source. The one I liked / learned about the most was image. I am a visual learner so I always need pictures to help me comprehend things. Another easy one to understand was poetry. I knew what the poem was trying to communicate on an undertandable level. The most difficult thing I learned this quarter was symbolism. It was hard because I didn't feel that I knew a lot about that subject. All together, I learned a decent amount this quarter.

"Ex- Basketball Player" Paragraph

Athletics are important to me because they can teach you a lot of things that you might not know. I do think that it prepares young people for life because it teaches them responsibilties. For Example, the coach may tell you to be on time becauseyour not it shows that you are not responsible. Additionally, I think that athletes teach us about things that we never knew we could learn from a coach because most of us just think that the coach is supose to teach you how to play a game. It's important to me because it also helps us stay active and learn about how to stay fit in the future. As a result athletics are important in a young persons life because again it teaches you things you might have never known.

CAHSEE Reflection

Today I took the CAHSEE English portion and I feel that I did a great job. It was super easy and all that time I was worrying that it was going to be hard possibly fail. During testing I started with writing my easy just to get the hard part out of the way. After I finished my essay I started to doze off. I tried my hardest to stay awake and make sure that I complete it. Then we took a break and continued the second session of the English. When it was over I went to the last three classes of the day. During sixth period I took a whole bunch of chairs, lined them up and went to sleep until the bell rang. I have to say the CAHSEE definetly drained all the energy out of me for today.

“Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy?” Enlist Paragraph

I would never enlist in the military. I wouldn't want people to tell me what to do because I like doing my own thing on my own time. Another reason is, I would want to stay with my family and not leave because I might not have a chance of coming back. A final reason I wouldn't enlist because I wouldn't be able to curse and I know if I did, I would be in huge trouble. If I was drafted I would run off to Canada and I would hide until the draft was repealed.

Primary and Secondary Sources Comparison

Primary and secondary source both give you information about what happened. Primary source is different because you would have to be the one that witnessed what had happened. For example, someone got shot and I was there to witness everything. Another example, " I came home and my dog was dead." Secondary source is also different than primary because it means that someone told you what had happened. For example, Ms. Priester came up to me and told me that she got arrested. A final example would be Chanda had told me that your sister had a baby. These sources are useful because it expresses the events in different situations.

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Feelings about the CAHSEE

I'm kind of nervous about the CHASEE this year. I think I'm going to do good on my reading part but not so good on the math. I have been working with my houseparent on my math and going over how to do things that I struggle with. I'm going to try my hardest though because I don't want to have to keep redoing it every time I fail. I'm going to maintain to stay awake through it because It's so long. All together I think I'm nervous but at the same time I'm excited.

“CAHSEE Practice: Change the World Essay.”

Google Moderator Questions & Answers

I think that people do set very high expectations for themselves that are unrealistic. I think this because what you say and what you do are completely two different things. Anything can go wrong in the process of achieving your goals. You could think that it's so easy and then when you do it; you might give up because you think that it is way to hard. I just think you should start off with something simple that you know you can achieve.

Sophomore Paragraph

To be a sophomore means to start acting like mature adults because were not freshmen's anymore. We need to start having respect, following, and listening to the teacher's directions as they talk instead of acting like fools. In order to get anywhere we need to start doing homework and doing all of our classwork instead of disrupting our fellow peers when they are trying to talk. As a whole I think that we need to all start acting mature for our age.

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SPA Poem

When teenagers act like little kids and play childish games

Kids tend to start a rage

And they wonder why they have to explain

Kids try to act cool to fit in

When really they're only making themselves look like a fool

Sometimes involving tripping kids with their shoes

This campus is ridiculous and not okay
A lot of things need to change

Especially the way people percieve things

Free choice Blog Post

Lately for the past month or so I haven't been able to stay asleep. I take Lexapro at bedtime so I fall asleep early and hope that it keeps me asleep; but it doesn't. I wake up at several different times, 12am, 2am, 4am. It frustrates me because I have to wake up and get ready for school and by that time I am already tired. I want to see if the doctor can give me some kind of medicine that helps me stay asleep. I also want to wake up in a happy mood instead of grumpy because I love my sleep.

Graphic Organizer for "Grape Sherbert"

Favorite Food Brainstorm Wordle

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Memorable Valentine's Day

My most memorable Valentine's day was when I was in 5th grade. I remember everyone was passing out cards and candy to all of their friends. I liked this boy and he gave me a card that said "I love you, will you be mine?" and my heart dropped. I was so happy because I though he actually might have liked me. He also gave me more candy than all of the other people he was giving it out to. I was so happy/giggly for the rest of the day. There's no way that I could have forgotten this Valentine's day.

"I am Offering This Poem" by Jimmy Santiago Baca / Homework

The smile on my face
The way my heart always seems to race
It's all done by your warm embrace



Iv'e never trusted before
And I really don't want to be hurt anymore
You might even struggle finding me heart
Behind a locked door



I love how your here
Even if it's just for a day
The way my smile seems to creep on my face

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"I am Offering This Poem" by Jimmy Santiago Baca / Classwork

The emotion that "I am Offering This Poem" by Jimmy Santiago Baca expresses is love and that all you need is a relationship that has to do is eachother and support. For example, in this story he tells her that all he can offer is a pot full of yellow corn. This shows that a person that loves you will only give you what you need and to satisfy you. In addition, the man has true feelings for this woman and will offer all he has to keep her. This shows that love is peaceful and romantic but not a fantasy.That's why the emotion of this poem was strong to him and was written to her.

"Remember" Reflection paragraph

I enjoyed teaching the class the lesson Yaya and I had created. There were some kids that weren't on task, but that seems to be a normal routine for them. I was nervous at first, but once I started talking I felt more comfortable. Im glad that I got to teach because it gave me a chance to experience of being a real teacher. I'm very impressed with Chanda's productivity in class today. She was on task, focused, and was also the first one to finish her work.

"Heart! We will forget him!" Paragraph

In the poem "Heart! We will forget him!" the speaker in the poem speaks directly to her heart as if it were another person, a possible reason she talks to her heart seperately could be that she perhaps wanted to act as if her heart was a therapist. The thing that could have caused her to be heartbroken is her boyfriend could have cheated on her or physically, emotionally or verbally abused her. Personification is when you talk about a non-living thing and act as if it were human. Using personification toward her heart helped her to cope by talking it out to heart as if it were a person that was listening to her while she was spiiling how she felt. One way I can relate to this poem is talking to myself instead of someone else.

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"Same Song" Paragraph

I honestly have never changed the way I looked for any reason nor anybody. I have never had a reason to change my apperance. I like wearing make-up but thats only because I like how it makes my eyes look. I wouldn't want to change because now a days theres a lot of people that change so they can " fit in" and be accepted. Like people say " I'd rather be hated for who I am then loved for who im not." I feel good that I am still the same way and I don't plan on changing.

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"Remember" Audio Recording

Paragraph to Persuade You to Read My Poem

The name of my poem is "Remember" by Joy Harjo. I think people should read this poem because it talks a lot about life and most people don't cherish it. Some one may not want to read this poem because it may be to difficult understand and find it boring. They should read it because it inspires what life is really about. The best part about this poem is when it says the different colors of earth. It states that all of the colors represent the different type of people in this world.

Imagery in a Selected Poem Paragraph

The imagery mood of " Cherry Blossoms Adrift" by Mary O. fumento creates peace and tranquil. " Pink petals passing, Scent above so high, Painted porcelien perfection, Blossoms caress the sky" is an example of sight and smell. This creates a peacful image feeling. Another example, " Pink petals passing, Smoothest transit by, Soft essence floating, In most subtle lullaby"the senses would be sight and hearing. This image creates a light as a feather feeling. A final example of " Pastel hues falling, Slow fluttering grace, Pink petals passing, Lining streams in lace" the senses would be sight sand hearing. This image creates a calm and in my own world feeling. The use of imagery helps to express feelings when we see an image how it affects our emotions and also is a hidden matter.

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Dream House Paragraph with Imagery

My dream house is a cabin in Washington. I have an overview of the lake in front of my house surrounded by trees. As I walk outside I can taste the fresh pine of the pine trees that are right outside of my cabin. The items in my house feel smooth like the carpet, couches, etc. I smell the different varieties of the trees and animals that live by my house. I hear the birds in the trees, the crickets hiding, and the wolves howling. To achieve this dream I need to make sure I graduate high school and go onto college.

"Third Quarter Goals Reflection."

My goals for this quarter are to not only to maintain my GPA but to improve it. I have not been doing what I am suppose to be doing in order to improve this. I know that If I work really hard I can definitely approve the things that need to be achieved. I am going to try to do all of my homework everynight, because lately I have been lazy. If I don't understand something I am going to ask my teachers for help here on out. I want to be able to ask a question and go home knowing that I can understand what I am suppose to do. At the end of the quarter I expect to to have raised my GPA and gone above and beyond.

"Animal Farm" Allegory Graphic Organizer

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“Animal Farm” Revolution at SPA

It was a friday night when all the kids on campus were expected to be in the gym for a cofidential meeting. As Morgan walked into the gym she noticed there was no staff and a whole bunch of kids. Sherlene had managed to steal the keys from the office when no one was around. " Everybody sit down and pay attention!" she demanded. As everyone started to sit down Sherlene starts to talk.
" We all know that these staff get on our nerves, right? So how about we plan revenge!" Sherlene yelled. " I have an idea that seems fun." Nicholas replied. So Sherlene took notes on the idea that he had given her. Sherlene shared the idea with the group and everybody agreed. " So everyone's up for AWOLing tonight. Everybody meet back in the gym at 7:45pm and we will leave from there."
It was 7:45pm and everybody on campus was in the gym getting ready to have a blast. All the staff on campus were directed to follow the students like as if they were up to something. The kids huddled into a group, counted to 10, and ran everywhere even into the orange groves. The staff were heated that they had to stop what they were doing to chase kids.

San Pasqual Academy Dragons Symbolism

The mascot of San Pasqual Academy is a dragon. Just as dragons are a unique creature because they breathe fire so are the students of San Pasqual. Being foster kids, we come from unique backgrounds. Dragons are looked at as strong because they learn to face their fears just as we have learned to do. Dragons have a hard exterior but can be tamed. At San Pasqual Academy most kids are mean when they arrive, but once they settle in they tend to let their guard down. To be a SPA dragon means you are tough, unique and eventually learn to trust.

Symbolism in "Through the Tunnel."

“Through the Tunnel” Foster Youth Initiation

Even though they don’t have to swim through a tunnel like Jerry in “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing, foster youth are initiated into the foster care system. An initiation by other students in terms of seeing how tough or weak you are. Another way is by a temporary placement until a hearing is held. When you enter into the foster system, all children are assigned a judge, attourney, and a social worker. As a result of this initiation, you are officialy a foster youth.