If you were to describe yourself using a quotation, what would that quotation be? After you have chosen a quote, then write a bit about how it relates to you and reveals what kind of person you are.
"Winners never quit and quitters never win."
I like this quote, it can relate to so many people including myself.this quote can relate to me because I am the type of person that likes to try new things, such as trying newer sports as I get older and doing bigger things in school as the years go by. I have been aging sports since I was 4 years of age. I started out playing soccer since inwas the age of four until the age of 10 or so. Throughout those years I played softball as well. I believe I continued to play softball until I entered middle school. I had not really participated in sports during middle school since I had gone from a change of being in private school to public school so I was still getting used to the new schooling system. My freshman year in high school I decided to play basketball to try it out and to see whether or not I would like to play the following year. I ended up playing but did not really like it. Later on my freshman year I decided to try out shotput and discus for track and field, I ended up liking that a lot. My following high school year, my sophomore year, I decided to play tennis, I ended up liking that sport and played my junior year as well. I am currently in my junior year and I just tried a new sport, waterpolo, so far I like it and hope to play next year as well. I think I can relate to this quote because although I have not necessarily one every one of my games in all the sports I have participated in but I have continued to participate in sports over the years. There are many people that try out a sport when they are little, not like it and give up and quit right then and there. I think I can relate to this quote, as well as many other athletes.
Cherrie Moraga
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Journal #9
Given the authority to establish a holiday, what would you choose to commemorate? Why? What would the celebration look like?
If I were given the authority to commemorate a holiday I would choose to mandate National Music Day. This holiday would incorporate all the different genres of music out there. I think it would be nice for all the different genres of music to be introduced to everybody and to be recognized since music is such a big thing from all cultures and races. If this holiday were to be established there would be free concerts on this day, these concerts would be put on by well known bands, not the unknown nobody bands that play for free at parks, but people who are known and have big hits. The concerts would be put on at well known amphitheaters and parks that usually concerts are held already. If we actually had this holiday I think many more genres of music would be much more appreciated by many more people. I think that if this holiday were mandated it would be celebrated by many people around our nation and many artists would choose to perform for fans. Something that would be cool to involve in this holiday would be to have National Music Day, but to also have some type of charity involved with it where there will bedonations accepted to go to whatever type of organization is involved with. It would be really cool to maybe switch the charity year by year so that there could be money raised for different charities.
If I were given the authority to commemorate a holiday I would choose to mandate National Music Day. This holiday would incorporate all the different genres of music out there. I think it would be nice for all the different genres of music to be introduced to everybody and to be recognized since music is such a big thing from all cultures and races. If this holiday were to be established there would be free concerts on this day, these concerts would be put on by well known bands, not the unknown nobody bands that play for free at parks, but people who are known and have big hits. The concerts would be put on at well known amphitheaters and parks that usually concerts are held already. If we actually had this holiday I think many more genres of music would be much more appreciated by many more people. I think that if this holiday were mandated it would be celebrated by many people around our nation and many artists would choose to perform for fans. Something that would be cool to involve in this holiday would be to have National Music Day, but to also have some type of charity involved with it where there will bedonations accepted to go to whatever type of organization is involved with. It would be really cool to maybe switch the charity year by year so that there could be money raised for different charities.
Journal #10
What is the best advice you've ever received? Explain.
The best advice I've ever received would probably be "Never give up." This advice is something that has stuck because ihave been told this by several people. This advice has been given in relation to different things such as in sports and school. I've been given this advice from different people like teachers, coaches, family, and friends. I've been told to never give up on school, to always do my best and not be like other kids messing up. I've been told to never give up in practice for sports, to keep pushing because in then end practice always pays off. This advice has always stuck to me, I've been in school since I was five years old, and in sports since I was four years old, and I have been told to never give up since I was a young kid. This is advice that will always stick to me and that I will later go on to give this advice to other people as well.
Journal #11
Ask and answer the one important question that a university won't ask you, but you wish they would.
A question I wish university would ask incoming students would be...
Q: What is an idea of your daily schedule, as well as an idea of what a Saturday/Sunday looks like.
I think this question would be a good question to ask students because it gives the university an idea of what kind of person the incoming students are, as well as showing if they are good students by seeing if they spend a lot of time on homework. Another thing this would show university would be if they use time wisely and spend enouGh time on studies. Seeing one's daily schedule/routine can reveal a lot about a person. If incoming students do not know what kind of things they need to do in order to have a valuable enough schedule for universities to consider I'm sure they will then start to begin to start using their time wisely, learn how to manage their time and begin to spend enough time on studies and enough time to have fun and relax. Older students can also inform younger siblings, friends, etc. that universities are interested in a view of their schedules/routines so they can get a head-start on how to manage their time as well as to spend enough time on studies and earning the grades they need to be earning.
A question I wish university would ask incoming students would be...
Q: What is an idea of your daily schedule, as well as an idea of what a Saturday/Sunday looks like.
I think this question would be a good question to ask students because it gives the university an idea of what kind of person the incoming students are, as well as showing if they are good students by seeing if they spend a lot of time on homework. Another thing this would show university would be if they use time wisely and spend enouGh time on studies. Seeing one's daily schedule/routine can reveal a lot about a person. If incoming students do not know what kind of things they need to do in order to have a valuable enough schedule for universities to consider I'm sure they will then start to begin to start using their time wisely, learn how to manage their time and begin to spend enough time on studies and enough time to have fun and relax. Older students can also inform younger siblings, friends, etc. that universities are interested in a view of their schedules/routines so they can get a head-start on how to manage their time as well as to spend enough time on studies and earning the grades they need to be earning.
Journal # 12
Your life is a movie. Describe the first 15 minutes.
If there were a movie about my life, the first fifteen minutes would probably start out with me during my toddler years then showing me grow up until my current age, it would show the events that have occurred throughout my life such as being baptized, family parties that my family threw and events like that. I was born on September 1, 1995 at Sharp Hospital in Chula Vista, and when I was first taken home I was living in Imperial Beach at the time at my grandmother's house. Her house was a place my family would gather at on the weekends, also a place where most family parties were held. My family is a typical Catholic family that attends church very Sunday, my siblings and I were all forced to attend catechism and all that good stuff. I was baptized a few months after I was born at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Otay, Chula Vista. That church is the church that most of my family completed all of their sacraments. My dad completed most of his sacraments there, including getting married there, my grandfather's funeral was there, a few aunt's, uncle's, as well as cousin's have completed sacraments there, and my siblings and I completed our sacraments there. My family is a part of that church. Later in the movie they would probably show me on around my first birthday and would proceed to go on to my parents wedding. My parents were married by the court before I was born, but later went on to get married by the church when I was around the age between one and two years old. It would latergo on to show my 3rd birthday, and whatever family parties went on that time period and that would complete the first fifteen minutes of my life movie, maybe a bit more like 40, I would like these events to have been in detail.
If there were a movie about my life, the first fifteen minutes would probably start out with me during my toddler years then showing me grow up until my current age, it would show the events that have occurred throughout my life such as being baptized, family parties that my family threw and events like that. I was born on September 1, 1995 at Sharp Hospital in Chula Vista, and when I was first taken home I was living in Imperial Beach at the time at my grandmother's house. Her house was a place my family would gather at on the weekends, also a place where most family parties were held. My family is a typical Catholic family that attends church very Sunday, my siblings and I were all forced to attend catechism and all that good stuff. I was baptized a few months after I was born at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Otay, Chula Vista. That church is the church that most of my family completed all of their sacraments. My dad completed most of his sacraments there, including getting married there, my grandfather's funeral was there, a few aunt's, uncle's, as well as cousin's have completed sacraments there, and my siblings and I completed our sacraments there. My family is a part of that church. Later in the movie they would probably show me on around my first birthday and would proceed to go on to my parents wedding. My parents were married by the court before I was born, but later went on to get married by the church when I was around the age between one and two years old. It would latergo on to show my 3rd birthday, and whatever family parties went on that time period and that would complete the first fifteen minutes of my life movie, maybe a bit more like 40, I would like these events to have been in detail.
Journal #13
Write a letter to your future college roommate introducing yourself and your background.
Hello,
My name is Briana Montijo, I was born and raised in San Diego, California. I attended elementary school, middle school, and high school in Chula vista. I'm a pretty chill person and easy to get along with. I love to hangout with my friends, as well as to spend time with my family. In addition to spending time with my loved ones I am into sports, I played tennis, waterpolo, basketball, threw shotput and discus in track and field in my high school years. I like to watch football as well as soccer. I am the oldest of three kids, I have one brother and one sister. I was raised by my dad, and my grandma and aunt have been the motherly figures for me since I was bout 9 years old to today still. Going to university has never been something to think about, it was just something that I had to do or else my family would pretty much disown me. I am interested in studying Social Work and looking forward to us being roommates.
Sincerely,
Briana Montijo
My name is Briana Montijo, I was born and raised in San Diego, California. I attended elementary school, middle school, and high school in Chula vista. I'm a pretty chill person and easy to get along with. I love to hangout with my friends, as well as to spend time with my family. In addition to spending time with my loved ones I am into sports, I played tennis, waterpolo, basketball, threw shotput and discus in track and field in my high school years. I like to watch football as well as soccer. I am the oldest of three kids, I have one brother and one sister. I was raised by my dad, and my grandma and aunt have been the motherly figures for me since I was bout 9 years old to today still. Going to university has never been something to think about, it was just something that I had to do or else my family would pretty much disown me. I am interested in studying Social Work and looking forward to us being roommates.
Sincerely,
Briana Montijo
Journal #14
Please describe your reactions/ideas to the following quote: "He does not possess wealth, it possesses him."
I think this quote means that people do not possess money, the money possesses them, in other words, the money gets the best out of them. I could understand this quote as being compared to people who are arrogant. This quote can very well be applied to our society today, money gets the best out of people. Being wealthy can change someone completely because there are people that think money is the only thing that matters. Money is something that is very important, more important to some than others. This quote can also be expressed asone being selfish and inconsiderate because people who are usually arrogant usually are selfish and inconsiderate. This quote can be directed to those who have money but are selfish with the money they have, such as people having money that do not contribute to things they can be contributing to such as charities or buildings or parks in their community.
I think this quote means that people do not possess money, the money possesses them, in other words, the money gets the best out of them. I could understand this quote as being compared to people who are arrogant. This quote can very well be applied to our society today, money gets the best out of people. Being wealthy can change someone completely because there are people that think money is the only thing that matters. Money is something that is very important, more important to some than others. This quote can also be expressed asone being selfish and inconsiderate because people who are usually arrogant usually are selfish and inconsiderate. This quote can be directed to those who have money but are selfish with the money they have, such as people having money that do not contribute to things they can be contributing to such as charities or buildings or parks in their community.
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