SPA Movie & Games Day

To start the day off Friday, we watched the movie Freedom Writers which was very interesting and kept me focused on the movie throughout all of it. I loved the movie. After that we played basketball and Joe and I had this hilarious costume we wore for pregame warmups. He and I were planning it out the whole night before since we were roomates. Broderick, Joseph, Shaurice, Isaac and I led the Sophomores to victory over both the Juniors and Seniors. It was a great day. I loved it.

Homeroom Reform Essay

Marcus B & Joseph B
November 11, 20010

Homeroom Reform
I have a dream, that society and classrooms will one day form together to make a Super Class classified by technology of overwhelming content and outrageous experiences. For example, class today with technology can change a student’s perspective and learning tactics to achieve a better grade. Now imagine all classes throughout the day with technology in the society we live in today that is overwhelmed with computers and Internet, and then compare the difference of achievement from each class. The statistics would be astounding! The campus of San Pasqual Academy, a foster youth based school, can and will improve with use of the grant and the provided technology that comes along with it.
There are 510,000 foster kids in the U.S. and only 15,300 of these kids graduate high school. That is only 30% that passed, so where are the other 70%? And why didn’t they pass? Although we are not sure we guess and estimate using hypothesis and tactics to test if they help. But what we do know and we are sure of is only 15% of these foster kids go to college, and that’s only 2,295 kids! Those kids that go to college are only about 6.6% of the kids that have graduate from high school. The statistics are ridiculous and these numbers are unbelievable. Statistics also state that students do better at work with some sort of aid or assistance. So, my theory is to assist us with technology, technology that can be easily provided with a prize-winning grant.
The only technology used at San Pasqual Academy is in English class, and in this class we’ve never used a sheet of paper for an assignment. Our teacher is really focused on our education for out futures and specifically assigns technical assignments using different websites to educate our abilities on how to use and manage our technical skills. For example, we have vocabulary words we write in our presentation and to record them we have our own class Wikipedia. Anyone can access this Wikipedia and change it if it contains an error or if it just needs to be completed. This comes to show technology does help students be more successful and organized.
Apparently there is a problem within society in the terms of students graduating from high school which is probably the most important achievement to earn in life. It is also apparent that reasons for this is lack of money from the government to meet the standards for tools in the classroom. From my observations a class with more technology helps a student learning to cope with a life that is heading down a technological path because society is becoming more revolved around computers and with the help of money, we can be equipped with the computers that would for one help us for the future and for two give us a better way of learning our lessons.
Hopefully we will be able to earn this grant and help a dream become reality.I wrote this essay with Joseph Bakhit. We wrote it for the KNSD Homeroom Reform Essay Contest.

Brainstorm

SPA Theme Song

I believe that the SPA theme song should be Misunderstood by Lil Wayne. This song should be the theme song because on this campus many of the staff do not understand where kids on this campus are coming from and are quick to assume rather than help out a kid, therefore, they misunderstand us children because they do not have a full understanding of why we do the things we do. I'm sure many of us kids feel misunderstood and wish many of us could be understood. This is the song that should be the theme of SPA.

“’The Bass, the River, and Shelia Mant’ Airhead Stereotype.”

I believe that nobody should be titled as an airhead because nobody knows their true talent better than they do. Nobody knows how smart somebody is other than the person themselves and maybe their parents. Nobody should be stereotyped as an airhead because everyone gains knowledge on their own experiences and from their own interests. This is my take on the stereotyping of a so called "airhead".

Internal & External Conflicts in "The Bass, The River, & Sheila Mant"

In the story "The Bass, The River, & Sheila Mant" their were internal and external conflicts. An external conflict in this story is that W.D. Wetherell had deep emotions about a girl named Sheila Mant. He really liked this girl but he did not know if she liked him or felt the same way. In internal conflict is that he knew he had a big fish on the line but he didn't want to reel it in because he thought Sheila would judge him for liking to fish. As a result of the conflicts the narrator realizes that some choices that are made in life might not always be the way they think that choice is going to end up.

"Catch the Moon" Falling in Love

Falling in love teaches the person falling in love many assets of a relationship starting with trust, loyalty, no disrespect, and a true feeling of caring for someone far more than anyone can imagine. I've experienced love and it was the best thing ever but when you have to get past the person you fell in love with it is one of the hardest things anyone will have to go through. It's a horrible feeling but at the same time it opens up other opportunities. You realize you will always have love for that person you once felt love for because they will always be in your heart. When falling in love, people are motivated by true feeling that you can trust, be loyal, and make sacrifices you would never think you would ever had made. That is my opinion on love.