Character Study III

It was Saturday morning and my homework for the weekend was to find unique rocks and write a report about them for my Geology class. It was my first big project and I had to do a really good job, so that I could start the class off with a good grade. For this assignment, I decided to take my boyfriend on a hike with me to hunt for the unique rocks as he had taken Geology before and loves rocks. A backpack was all that I would be leaving with and my hiking partner, which was my boyfriend, Mathew. In our backpack we had two sandwiches, a few snacks, three water bottles, and a sweater for each of us. We were going to hike Point Sal, which was one of the hikes we had never done yet. We hugged our roommates, told them we would see them later and got into the car. Extremely excited, we had the music playing loud and we were laughing and joking. We love being outdoors and love exercising, so this was going to be a fun, relaxing day that we would remember forever. After reaching our destination, we began the hike, slowly realizing it was going to be a lot of work. The climb started to get steeper and the path narrower, but we were still enjoying our hike. We kept our eyes out for any type of rock that seemed to be a good candidate. My boyfriend found some rocks, but would have to climb to find them. So of course he began climbing the steep ledge of rocks. I told him multiple times get down, stop climbing the rocks, and your going to hurt yourself. I told him that we would find other unique rocks somewhere else, but he did not listen. Sure enough he fell off of the steep ledge and down the hill, off the trail mind you. My only option now was to go after him, but I was extremely nervous and did not want to leave the trail as we decided not to bring phones on this hike. Anxiety was kicking in, but I knew I couldn't leave him and I must help him. So I began down the hill, trying to listen for his voice or moans as I was positive that he had hurt himself and hoped not to severely. I heard his moan and followed his voice. I had finally found him and felt so relieved; he was hurt and most likely had a broken leg, but he was alive and conscious and I was very happy. But I soon realized that the trail was no where to be seen and I could not remember the direction I had came in. Once I saw my boyfriend that's all that I was thinking about. So now I had to encounter another challenge, finding our way back to the trail and carrying my boyfriend who was too hurt to walk. Not only was I lost and had to carry my injured boyfriend, but I also needed to find my rocks and do my five page report that was going to take a long time. Even though I wanted to find my rocks and get back home, I knew I couldn't leave him and I would help him and myself to get home. We decide to eat and then take off to find the trail. Our lunch was very good and got our mind off of the idea that we were lost and his leg was broken. After resting and eating, we get up and I begin walking as it is getting late and the sun is starting to set. I am getting very nervous as we have only snacks and one water left, not enough to make it through the night or the next day. I begin to panic, but remember that calmness will keep me encouraged and motivated to find a way out. I begin to hear noises, look around and see a girl in the distance. I call for her. Little do I know, she is a classmate of mine. I had known her from high school and was so relieved to see her. I tell her my story and she kindly helps me to find a way out as she had wondered off the trail and gotten lost herself. Ashlyn, my friend, helps me carry my injured boyfriend, which takes a lot of strain off of me and we keep walking to find the trail. After two long and terrible hours we finally reach the trail. Luckily Ashlyn had her phone with her and started to retrieve service once we got back to the trail. She called 911 and we got helicoptered out of Point Sal. If we had not come across Ashlyn, I may have lost hope and not continued on, which would have resulted in worsening my boyfriends already bad wounds. I knew that I wasn't going to get to finish my report, but when we got lost I had found my unique rocks and was ready to write my paper. I would tell my teacher the story the next day and hope for her forgiveness. We were so thankful to come across Ashlyn and relieved to be in a safe place once again, hugging our roommates and telling them of our crazy adventure.  

Character Study 1

I walked into a campus that seemed to suck you in as soon as you set foot into the area. Millions of people surrounded me and I went from the well-known girl in high school to a dot in the mix of thousands of others. The nerves kicked in it was my first day and I had gotten in to my dream school. I was now a bruin, but I knew no one. The way that I kept myself calm was by reminiscing on my difficult yet exciting journey to this point. It started with the beginning of my senior year which was incredibly stressful and chaotic, but my personal statements, SAT scores, grades and scholarships would all pay off in the end. After submitting my application I dreadfully awaited my acceptance/rejection letters. It was March 20, 2015 and my letter from UCLA had just arrived. I remember it like it was yesterday. Calmly I opened the letter and saw that I had been accepted. All my hard work, late nights, volunteering and academic achievements had finally paid off. Soon enough I was driving to Los Angeles and would be dropped off without seeing my family for what seemed to be an eternity. Tears, nausea, excitement, fear, every emotion ran through my body. I said my goodbyes and prepared for my new life chapter. Now I stand here today going to my first class at my dream school and I couldn't be more happy and proud that I have finally reached my goals. I am now living my dream and can't wait to see what my new college chapter will bring. 

Canterbury Tales II: What A Character

My Dashboard

So... I have a way that I keep all of my online websites organized, which is by putting them into folders on my phone with a link to each and every one of them. I keep my to do list in my notes, I keep upcoming events in my calendar, I have my email addresses set up to go to my phone, and etc. Although I already have a method, I want to try this new dashboard. I would like to see if it will help me or hurt me. So I set up my personal dashboard with a lot of the sites that I use and I am sure that I will add to the collection as I use it more often. I am not sure how this is going to work out for me as when I am in a routine, it is hard for me to start something new. On the other hand, I think that this resource is going to help me and save me a lot of time. I hope that I can force myself to use it in order to help myself in the long run. I am going to try this new system and go out of my own personal ways and see how it goes. I will have another post in about a week updating you on how my experience is going. Whether I am successfully using this new resource or have completely forgotten about it will be revealed in about a week or so!

By the way.. my dashboard that I created includes a Calendar, the weather, and a to do list. I have links to my email, Dr. Preston's Blog, my blog, and I am working on getting a link to our student portal. I am not including my social networking sites at this point as I want to focus more on the educational things. I am also going to embed scholarship websites and the UC, CSU, and Private School application websites.

Phonar14 Video

This video was very eye opening and made me think about my perspective and how I go about things. It was also hard to wrap my head around at times. I am interested to hear the conversation we will have tomorrow in class.

 

 

The Canterbury Tales 1

A few things that I must add...
Irony is seen in that this group of people are going on this journey to show respect to the Archbishop, but now they are in it for the free dinner and winning the story-telling competition.
The Knight's son was described with similes, metaphors, and a lot of figurative language.
There was a lot of fancy words used where simple ones would work just a great.
My questions are how will the stories that each character tells play an important role in the story? Do the stories resemble the character that is telling them? Why does Chaucer retell the stories using his own diction rather than copy the words of the story-teller?
My favorite character right now is Madam Eglantyne because she is known to be very kind, tender-hearted, and well mannered.

Masterpiece 1

For my masterpiece, I decided that I want to do something that involves the entirety of society interacting with those with special needs. This may be difficult to think of something that will truly make a huge difference. Also, there are already a lot of events that are happening everyday that include what I am trying to accomplish. But I feel that there are only select people who really try to interact with these individuals and make a difference and what I want is to see a difference within the whole of the society. I don't want it to just be that handful of people anymore, I want it to start with my class of 2015 and then I want it to move to school wide, then California, wide and eventually worldwide. I want to make a difference for those with special needs because they are truly amazing people and deserve to be treated just as any other individual in society. I believe that it needs to start here and with our generation. We need to work to make them apart of our lives and make a difference for them. Just by these simple actions as having a dance where everyone finds a Special needs date, or a school gathering where we hang out and play sports with them, or whatever it may be, our actions truly impact their life and their motivation to keep striving. So at this point I am working on what big event will truly make a difference and spread throughout California and maybe even the United States!