Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Sex Trafficking Powerpoint

https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dq9s5zc_9dp3hbrfb&revision=_latest&start=0&theme=sparkling&cwj=true

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Kindred

Have you ever complained about how you live? Well now think about how was living back in the 1800s. Living in the 1800s with no cars, no medicine, no washer machines, people had different amount of power over other persons, with little to none freedom & living under a racist social condition. In the book Kindred, Octavia Butler describes how was living in the 1800s.

In the 1800s there was not such thing as X-Rays or blood test, or Tylenol or moder medicine in fact most of the things that the doctors only did was to take out all of your blood. In page 191, Octavia Butler states “Poor medical care or none at all.” What she is trying to say is that in the 1800s there was a higher possibility of overcoming a fever by your own or possible dieing from a high fever too.

Also in the 1800s a lot of people got sick because of lack of sanitation. People took showers once a month & sometimes for a longer period of time. People didn’t took that much showers because they didn’t had that much clothes & every time they had to wash it took about 1 whole day. First they would start with putting the clothes in hot water & stir them for about 3 hours. Then they would hang them up the clothes & wait until it got dry. This is why people didn’t took showers so they got sick & this was a major problem in the 1800s.

 Now with all the technology we have in the 21st Century everything can be done in a few seconds. If we feel sick we can go to the doctor & get check up & get some medicine in like 3 hours. If we need to wash some clothes we can go to the laundromat or wash at home in less than 2 hours. Living in the 21st Century is way better & faster than living in the 1800s.

You should never complain about how you lived, instead you should be thankful for what you have because there was worse times & people still overcome those times.

Monday, May 23, 2011

Where Am I?

Oh no what happen? Where am I?
I must had hit myself really hard in the head when I saw you coming because you look cuter & shinier than ever & I pass out because I pass out because I thought I was seeing angels.

Oh yea now I know were I am
I am in a candy factory because you are like a chocolate so sweet & delicious but one of a kind that could melt in my mouth in one bite.

I was wrong I am actually in heavenly garden because out of all this roses you are the only rose the I see everyday getting bigger, cutter, & getting a hot red that just blows up my mind away every time I see you.

Monday, March 14, 2011

SAVE OUR SCHOOL

            My name is Carlos Diaz and I am a 8th grader at Urban Promise Academy in Oakland, CA. My school is a great school because since it's small we get alot of help. Our school already struggles with not having enough money and that affect us in a way that we don't have any kind of music programs.

            We also need money to go to more field trips. We need money so we can have afterschool programs that we like.

            My education is very important because if I have a good education I will have a good future. Oakland needs young people so that Oakland can have a better reputation.

            The future of California depends on high quality education for all.

Monday, March 7, 2011

COLLEGE 4 ALL

       The 1st college we went to was UC Santa Barbara. It was fun they had a cool campus next to the beach but it was weird because the bikes didn't stop if you were going to cross the street. The dorms were right next to the beach but they were super expensive. On Santa Barbara we were with the group called M.E.C.H.A which stands for Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan.

       The 2nd college was Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. They have a super big campus on the hills. They have 10 colleges and their own radio station and a nice soccer field. Their cafeteria is also big and they have good food.

       The 3rd college was UC Santa Cruz. Their college is up on the hills and you can kind of see the beach from there. Their cafeteria is big and they have hella good food. On the campus you can see dears and other animals and they don't get scared.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

liberation

        Our school can gain liberation from these form of oppression by talking to students about the obstacles or struggles that they can face if they are in a gang. The school needs to have counselors and  teachers who care and support kids. Teachers should take their time to listen to kids and advice on what they should do if they come across this obstacles.

Oppression

               Gang bangers harm other teens not involved with gangs by telling them that if they don't go with them that they can get hurt. Gang bangers' life's get restricted sometimes because they are afraid of going out of their neighborhood because they can get hurt.