The “Power of One” was a very emotional, powerful movie. The film was full of history and intriguing events. The main character, P.K., was a strong little English boy that grew into a powerful and inspiring young man. From this movie I learned so much about South Africa. For example, the Afrikaners were discriminating against the English. One young man, Botha, was so against the English he tried to kill P.K by hanging him. Another example of this was when their professor at the boarding school was preaching about how bad the English were, then again Botha spit on P.K. during the professor’s speech.
This movie was both difficult and enjoyable to watch. One part that made me upset was when Botha tried to hang P.K. I never knew how much hate a person could really show. Another part that was hard was when the soldier killed P.K’s friend Piet because Piet would not tell the solider what the words were that they were singing. I thought that these parts showed the true reality of what would happen to people. One part that I really enjoyed was the concert they put on. When one of the soldiers told P.K bad things to tell to the blacks, P.K told them good things. I thought that part was hilarious. This movie was fantastic but it wasn’t one of my favorites. My favorite was “Hotel Rwanda” because I thought it had more action and taught me more about the country and it told a real story. These two movies were very similar because it had to do with one person changing their country but I thought that “Hotel Rwanda” was better. However, the “Power of One” was truly inspiring.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Happy New Year!
To end this amazing year, I am having a party at my house for me and my friends. We plan to play games, eat really good food, take pictures and watch the amazing ball drop in New York. At my parties we all talk about the great times and the bad times we went through in the year. I think the best things that happened to me in 2009 was my eighth grade graduation, attending the Next Stage camp for singers and my dance classes. These few things were the most memorable for 2009. However, some bad things did happen this year too. I lost my grandpa, aunt and uncle this year to cancer. On the other hand, through these tragedies that happened, I learned how important family really is.
This upcoming year is going to be really marvelous! I am looking forward to so many events. One thing I am looking forward to is the summer. I am looking forward to summer because I got asked to try out for a concert at the Heritage Park. I am also looking forward to my dance recital. This year in dance I have improved so greatly and I cannot wait to show my family and friends how much I have accomplished. The biggest thing I am looking forward to is just going through my teenage years and maturing into a loving and caring person. With a new year comes resolutions as well. My one and only resolution is to make my grandpa proud of what I am going to accomplish is 2010.
This upcoming year is going to be really marvelous! I am looking forward to so many events. One thing I am looking forward to is the summer. I am looking forward to summer because I got asked to try out for a concert at the Heritage Park. I am also looking forward to my dance recital. This year in dance I have improved so greatly and I cannot wait to show my family and friends how much I have accomplished. The biggest thing I am looking forward to is just going through my teenage years and maturing into a loving and caring person. With a new year comes resolutions as well. My one and only resolution is to make my grandpa proud of what I am going to accomplish is 2010.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Thanksgiving!
I am thankful for my family the most. I love them so much and I know they will always be there to support me in whatever I do. We always have so much fun together at family parties or even around the dinner table and that to me is irreplaceable.
I am thankful for my friends. My friends and I always have so much fun when we are together. Especially my friend Gina Morelli. She helps me become a better person and I look up to her as a dancer because I aspire to be like her. I just love being with my friends all the time. They will help me with all my stupid problems and not judge me on that.I am thankful that I have them.
I am beyond thankful for dance. Dance is something that has always been apart of my life. My studio is just a place where I can escape to and just be myself. I love dancing because I can dance out my emotions instead of taking it out on the people that care about me and then making them mad.
I am thankful for music. I just love music, it something that shows diversity in a person and I think that is really cool. I am thankful for music because I like to dance and with out the music there is no dance. Music is just fun where I am can sit in my room and zone out and take a break from the real world.
I am thankful for my dance teacher Miss Katy. Miss Katy has helped me out in so many ways possible. I love that I have a person where I can go to that will really understand me and help me in what I am going through. This past year she has turned me into a dancer that not only dances with strength but with emotion. I look up to her as a person and I aspire to be like her when I am older.
I am thankful for food. I love food alot its taste very good because my dad makes amazing food. With out my dad cooking food we would be eating trash probably. I am thankful that I have my dad to make amazing food that keeps me healthy and fit.
I am thankful for the Internet. The Internet has many cool features on it that makes it easier for my friends and I to communicate. I am thankful for Facebook too. Facebook can be fun and it's a really cool site where I can post pictures up and of my friends and I. My long distance family and friends like to look at them and see how I have grown.
I am thankful for the Julliard School of Performing Arts. I have wanted to go there for so long. I am thankful for it because I can get a normal education and then an education on dance. Julliard is a dream that I want to come true so bad becuase, I want to be a performer and that college will give the opportunity to do just that.
I am thankful for clothes. I think clothes is an important part of your physical apperance. Clothes can tell who I am and what my personality. Clothes are also fun to put together and make really cool or funny outfits that can express how I am feeling that day.
I am thankful for my Grandpa. I love my grandpa so much and even though he will make his way up to heaven soon I know I have learned so much from him. He has taught me more about my religion and told me how to live out the Catholic faith and always look to God no matter what happens. He got me intersested in the topic of history becuase he was in the Korean war and I love learning about his experience. When he does pass away I know I will have all these good times and amazing memories I have shared with him that will never go away.
I am thankful for my friends. My friends and I always have so much fun when we are together. Especially my friend Gina Morelli. She helps me become a better person and I look up to her as a dancer because I aspire to be like her. I just love being with my friends all the time. They will help me with all my stupid problems and not judge me on that.I am thankful that I have them.
I am beyond thankful for dance. Dance is something that has always been apart of my life. My studio is just a place where I can escape to and just be myself. I love dancing because I can dance out my emotions instead of taking it out on the people that care about me and then making them mad.
I am thankful for music. I just love music, it something that shows diversity in a person and I think that is really cool. I am thankful for music because I like to dance and with out the music there is no dance. Music is just fun where I am can sit in my room and zone out and take a break from the real world.
I am thankful for my dance teacher Miss Katy. Miss Katy has helped me out in so many ways possible. I love that I have a person where I can go to that will really understand me and help me in what I am going through. This past year she has turned me into a dancer that not only dances with strength but with emotion. I look up to her as a person and I aspire to be like her when I am older.
I am thankful for food. I love food alot its taste very good because my dad makes amazing food. With out my dad cooking food we would be eating trash probably. I am thankful that I have my dad to make amazing food that keeps me healthy and fit.
I am thankful for the Internet. The Internet has many cool features on it that makes it easier for my friends and I to communicate. I am thankful for Facebook too. Facebook can be fun and it's a really cool site where I can post pictures up and of my friends and I. My long distance family and friends like to look at them and see how I have grown.
I am thankful for the Julliard School of Performing Arts. I have wanted to go there for so long. I am thankful for it because I can get a normal education and then an education on dance. Julliard is a dream that I want to come true so bad becuase, I want to be a performer and that college will give the opportunity to do just that.
I am thankful for clothes. I think clothes is an important part of your physical apperance. Clothes can tell who I am and what my personality. Clothes are also fun to put together and make really cool or funny outfits that can express how I am feeling that day.
I am thankful for my Grandpa. I love my grandpa so much and even though he will make his way up to heaven soon I know I have learned so much from him. He has taught me more about my religion and told me how to live out the Catholic faith and always look to God no matter what happens. He got me intersested in the topic of history becuase he was in the Korean war and I love learning about his experience. When he does pass away I know I will have all these good times and amazing memories I have shared with him that will never go away.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Cultural Paragraphs
American culture is very unique and very different. Looking into the American culture it doesn’t have one specific culture it has many. American culture has Folk life it depends on the traditional songs we sing and the dance we do. When American kids were littler they would hear Fairy Tales from their mom or dads before they went to bed. Some examples would be Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, James and the Giant Peach, Beauty and the Beast and may more. At camp fires people would tell ghost stories from the afterlife, some would be about the past and during the time of the wars, some about, stories that their grandparents or parents passed down to them. Our holidays in the American culture can be very different from other cultures. One holiday we celebrate is Martin Luther King Day January 15. Most schools have this day off to remember him in a way that other cultures do not. Another day is, Ground Hog day it is celebrated on Saturday January 13, 210 this year. Ground Hog day is the day when a ground hog is taken out of the hole and looks to see if it sees it shadow, if it does see his shadow we have six more weeks of winter. If it does not see its shadow we don’t have six more weeks of winter. A religious holiday that most people celebrate is Easter. Easter is one of the Christian holidays remembering the day Jesus resurrection form the dead. Some things that people will do on Easter are, find Easter eggs, have a family dinner and go to church with family and friends.
My Culture is very different from other people. In my family, we celebrate religious holidays. For example, we celebrate Easter, Lent, Advent, Christmas and many more. One holiday that we celebrate is a Mexican holiday, Cinco de Mayo. We have all our long distance family and friends and local friends and family. On this day my dad makes homemade salsa, which is fantastic, very spicy though. My grandma would make some very delicious Mexican desert, and then my grandpa would go to Mexican town and buy some tortillas and with them, make enchiladas, very yummy. However, since my grandpa got very ill with cancer so he no longer able to make them so he passed his recipe down to me. For my everyday life, we go to Church every Sunday and make it our family day where no friends are allowed to come over, only family. Even though we are Mexican we do not speak Spanish thought our house, we speak English. My culture can be very different from others; I love my culture because I learn something new about myself every day.
My Culture is very different from other people. In my family, we celebrate religious holidays. For example, we celebrate Easter, Lent, Advent, Christmas and many more. One holiday that we celebrate is a Mexican holiday, Cinco de Mayo. We have all our long distance family and friends and local friends and family. On this day my dad makes homemade salsa, which is fantastic, very spicy though. My grandma would make some very delicious Mexican desert, and then my grandpa would go to Mexican town and buy some tortillas and with them, make enchiladas, very yummy. However, since my grandpa got very ill with cancer so he no longer able to make them so he passed his recipe down to me. For my everyday life, we go to Church every Sunday and make it our family day where no friends are allowed to come over, only family. Even though we are Mexican we do not speak Spanish thought our house, we speak English. My culture can be very different from others; I love my culture because I learn something new about myself every day.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
High:School a month in review
Alexandria Lopez
1st hour
High School: A month in Review
Old Friends, New Friends
· Many of my old friends from my eight grade class went to various schools; however none of them were Stevenson.
· During the summer my best friend Kaitlyn and I spent a lot of time together. Because we knew were weren’t going to be able to hang out as much as we would have liked to because she was going to Divine Child and I was going to Stevenson.
· In the past two months at Stevenson I have made some more amazing friends like Paige, Taylor, Andrew, McKenna, Daniel many more. I was really excited that I made some new friends to start my next four years at Stevenson.
SHS Activities Attended
· I have attended a lot of Stevenson events in the past months I have been here. I have been to the freshman dance, the welcome back dance and many of the football games here. I will also be attending the Homecoming dance with a few of my friends this year.
· One event I enjoyed the most was the Night on the Field. I attended that with one my really good friends, Lyndasy Vincent.
· I plan on attending many more SHS activities this year.
Funniest, Weirdest, Scariest Moments
· I think the funniest moment that happened to me this year is when my best friends McKenna Grisa asked so really random kid at lunch to Homecoming. It was so funny because she did it as a joke and it was so like her to do that.
· The scariest moment of my two months here is when my mom called me at school and told me that my uncle died. However, I was really happy that I had some really good friends to help me through this hard time.
Hardest, Easiest Class Assignments
· For me the hardest assignment I have done so far was my cultural event because I am new to Global Ed and was not really sure on how I should do and I don’t think that I did my best on it, so I am hoping that I was do better on the next one.
Popular Memorable Songs
· Some memorable songs are I gotta a feeling- Black eyed Peas, You belong with me- Taylor Swift and Party in the USA- Miley Cyrus.
Popular Memorable Movies
· The most memorable movie that I saw was ‘Fame.’ I saw it with a couple of my friends. It was memorable to me because I love to dance and this movie was exactly what I wanted to do for my career.
· In the movie I fell in love with one of the dancers, his name was Asher Book.
Rumors and Gossip
· Last year there was so much drama in my old school so I was afraid that I was going to have way more in high school.
· However, I actually haven’t been involved in much drama, which makes me really happy because I don’t like drama, or rumors, or gossip. It very annoying.
Fashions and Trends
· One big trend in the school is plaid shirts and converse shoes. Pretty much everyone in the hallways, people are always wearing some kind of plaid shirt or converse shoes.
· Another trend that I see is skinny jeans. All of my friends always wear them however; I don’t wear them because I really don’t like how they look on me.
Homecoming
· The homecoming dance is going to be the 24 of October this month. Before the homecoming is spirit week. Which is always so fun, today, Friday, we had a super spunky Spartan Friday.
· I am really excited for homecoming this year because I am going with one of my good friends Andrew, Taylor, Morgann, Paige, and Emily. We are all going to Buddy’s Pizza and taking pictures at my house before the dance.
Advice for freshman
· If I could give advice to an incoming freshman I would for sure tell them just be themselves because if people are going to be there friends they will be there friend because of who they are no who they are trying to be.
· Some other things I would tell a freshman is to be in Global Ed. I would tell them that because Global Ed will open so many doors for them as a student.
Interesting new words
· Some new words I have learned here are: glomance, and words that Ms. Van Horn have taught us, legit, true story ( it’s not really one word but I say it all the time)
What I am looking forward to
· I am looking forward to many things this year. The one thing that I am most looking forward to is my graduation. I am really excited for that because I know that I completed high school and it’s my time now to take what I have learned through Stevenson and take it to college. I would really like to go to Julliard because I love to dance and would love to make that my career when I am older.
· Another thing I am looking forward to is Homecoming. I am looking forward to it because it’s my first homecoming and I think it’s going to be so fun because I get to go with all of my really close friends.
Other Noteworthy Achievements or Events
· Some things that I want to achieve is a personal goal. I have become a better dance not just through my technique but through my passion to dance.
· I have been more confident I think because I get to start all over in high school, it’s kind of like getting to do it all over again.
· I think I am going to do well in Stevenson because I have many goals I want to reach in my high school year, and going to Stevenson will help me reach my goals.
Faces in the News
· Some recent faces in the News have been, Balloon Boy, Kanye West, Hilary Clinton, and President Obama, and Michael Jackson.
· The one news story I remember the most was when Kanye West messed up Taylor Swift’s speech when she was receiving her award.
Top five current events
· Obama made a speech toward the beginning of the school year. His speech was about us trying harder in school and not t drop out whenever it gets hard.
· Another story that is big is when Michael Jackson died. I think I was very shocking because no one saw it coming.
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1st hour
High School: A month in Review
Old Friends, New Friends
· Many of my old friends from my eight grade class went to various schools; however none of them were Stevenson.
· During the summer my best friend Kaitlyn and I spent a lot of time together. Because we knew were weren’t going to be able to hang out as much as we would have liked to because she was going to Divine Child and I was going to Stevenson.
· In the past two months at Stevenson I have made some more amazing friends like Paige, Taylor, Andrew, McKenna, Daniel many more. I was really excited that I made some new friends to start my next four years at Stevenson.
SHS Activities Attended
· I have attended a lot of Stevenson events in the past months I have been here. I have been to the freshman dance, the welcome back dance and many of the football games here. I will also be attending the Homecoming dance with a few of my friends this year.
· One event I enjoyed the most was the Night on the Field. I attended that with one my really good friends, Lyndasy Vincent.
· I plan on attending many more SHS activities this year.
Funniest, Weirdest, Scariest Moments
· I think the funniest moment that happened to me this year is when my best friends McKenna Grisa asked so really random kid at lunch to Homecoming. It was so funny because she did it as a joke and it was so like her to do that.
· The scariest moment of my two months here is when my mom called me at school and told me that my uncle died. However, I was really happy that I had some really good friends to help me through this hard time.
Hardest, Easiest Class Assignments
· For me the hardest assignment I have done so far was my cultural event because I am new to Global Ed and was not really sure on how I should do and I don’t think that I did my best on it, so I am hoping that I was do better on the next one.
Popular Memorable Songs
· Some memorable songs are I gotta a feeling- Black eyed Peas, You belong with me- Taylor Swift and Party in the USA- Miley Cyrus.
Popular Memorable Movies
· The most memorable movie that I saw was ‘Fame.’ I saw it with a couple of my friends. It was memorable to me because I love to dance and this movie was exactly what I wanted to do for my career.
· In the movie I fell in love with one of the dancers, his name was Asher Book.
Rumors and Gossip
· Last year there was so much drama in my old school so I was afraid that I was going to have way more in high school.
· However, I actually haven’t been involved in much drama, which makes me really happy because I don’t like drama, or rumors, or gossip. It very annoying.
Fashions and Trends
· One big trend in the school is plaid shirts and converse shoes. Pretty much everyone in the hallways, people are always wearing some kind of plaid shirt or converse shoes.
· Another trend that I see is skinny jeans. All of my friends always wear them however; I don’t wear them because I really don’t like how they look on me.
Homecoming
· The homecoming dance is going to be the 24 of October this month. Before the homecoming is spirit week. Which is always so fun, today, Friday, we had a super spunky Spartan Friday.
· I am really excited for homecoming this year because I am going with one of my good friends Andrew, Taylor, Morgann, Paige, and Emily. We are all going to Buddy’s Pizza and taking pictures at my house before the dance.
Advice for freshman
· If I could give advice to an incoming freshman I would for sure tell them just be themselves because if people are going to be there friends they will be there friend because of who they are no who they are trying to be.
· Some other things I would tell a freshman is to be in Global Ed. I would tell them that because Global Ed will open so many doors for them as a student.
Interesting new words
· Some new words I have learned here are: glomance, and words that Ms. Van Horn have taught us, legit, true story ( it’s not really one word but I say it all the time)
What I am looking forward to
· I am looking forward to many things this year. The one thing that I am most looking forward to is my graduation. I am really excited for that because I know that I completed high school and it’s my time now to take what I have learned through Stevenson and take it to college. I would really like to go to Julliard because I love to dance and would love to make that my career when I am older.
· Another thing I am looking forward to is Homecoming. I am looking forward to it because it’s my first homecoming and I think it’s going to be so fun because I get to go with all of my really close friends.
Other Noteworthy Achievements or Events
· Some things that I want to achieve is a personal goal. I have become a better dance not just through my technique but through my passion to dance.
· I have been more confident I think because I get to start all over in high school, it’s kind of like getting to do it all over again.
· I think I am going to do well in Stevenson because I have many goals I want to reach in my high school year, and going to Stevenson will help me reach my goals.
Faces in the News
· Some recent faces in the News have been, Balloon Boy, Kanye West, Hilary Clinton, and President Obama, and Michael Jackson.
· The one news story I remember the most was when Kanye West messed up Taylor Swift’s speech when she was receiving her award.
Top five current events
· Obama made a speech toward the beginning of the school year. His speech was about us trying harder in school and not t drop out whenever it gets hard.
· Another story that is big is when Michael Jackson died. I think I was very shocking because no one saw it coming.
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