•    ¿Qué aprendiste hoy sobre Guatemala?
    •    ¿Qué aprendiste sobre Rigoberta Menchu?
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- Guatemala es una república democrática. Ganaron su independencia el quince de septiembre de 1821. Mas de 50% de las personas son descendientes de los Mayans. La religion mayoría es Católica Romana.
- Ella es una athora. Ella escribe de la vida de loss guatamalens durante la guerra civil. Promovió los derechos de los personas nativos.

¿Que aprendiste hoy sobre Guatemala?
- Guatemala es un país en sude america. Los indigenes fueron los Mayas, y hoy 80% de el país es Maya. Hay muchos ruinas y es una tradición hacer frombas de floras y plantas.  Hay deforestación en el país, pues hay muchos desclaves. Cinco años en el pasado, fue una guerra civil en cual los Mayas fue víctimas de abuso.

¿Que aprendiste sobre Rigoberta Menchu?
- Rigoberta Menchu fue una de los Mayas que sufrió abuso. Sus amigas y miembros de su familia se mataron de la militaría y ella también sufrió mucho porque de la guerra. Pues, ella piensa que el mundo necesitó saber sobre la guerra. Pero, ella solo habló quiché y fue analfabeto . En solo un poco años ella aprendió español y como se escribe lo, entonces ella escribió un libro y ganó el premio nobel.

1. Rigoberta Menchú es una activista de Guatamala quien escribe un libro sobre injusticia en Guatamala.
2. Ghandi fue un líder políticamente en India quien promovía activismo con no violencia.
3. Los dos lluchan por los derechos humanos con no violencia.
4. Ghandi era un abogado primero; Menchú trabajo en una hacienda.
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I refuse to go through this process again. Today the neurologist told me that there was no bulging disk in my back. So what the hell has been causing me pain for the past 4+ years of my life? He says I need to lose weight. No, I'm gonna wait for my appointment with the orthopedic the guy who's PAID to know what's wrong with my back, thanks anyway. 

My night is complete when I hear your voice <3

Yellow beach blanket
Never appreciated
Not until today

As I listen to my younger sister attempt to cajole my mother into letting her go to Senior prom with a boy she barely knows this Saturday despite being without a dress, I allow myself a small smile at the knowledge that I may not be the death of my mother. My sister might beat me to it.

I recently reconciled with my dad after a halt in our relationship. I discussed, with some friends, the quality of our relationship and its impact on me. We concluded that the “right” thing to do was call him. A few weeks later, I did. It has been about three weeks since I made the call and I told him why I stopped calling him. He explained that in the future I should tell him when there is a problem. If only he knew that what I told him was only a fragment of my concern. 

I retook my statistics quiz and i did better than last time, Thank God cause i really want to go to prom i picked out my dress and everything.It will be wasted money if i don't work on this. Well i mean i still have like an F but it's a high F so that's not so bad as long as i keep up tracking and do my benchmark i should be set. 

 - Make a sculpture
-Take 200 photos and edit the ones you wants you want, put the pics we think are the best
- Copy a piece by a famous artist (Alexander Calder)
- Draw a bike 3 times
- Draw an observation from outside



    This quarter unlike any other was small so I really had to try and find my imagination so I would make everything but still be content with my end result.
    The first thing was the bird house which too a really long time. It was all worth is because I was and am happy with what it looks like now. The paint was the hardest part, it took about three hours to paint. I did learn that I like oil paint one copper. It looks nice and I actually use real oil along with the paint, it helps it smooth out and the brush move better. The only problem is it takes about one week or a little more to dry.
    The pictures I did i only chose three to edit and and extra two to up load. For some reason I didn't really like any of the pictures I took. When I was using photoshop I was in a way playing with the idea of making the next picture different as if the idea came from another person to make it that way. But to still have it clear that is the same picture. The rose happens to be my favorite because I love a good black and white picture. It's something about it that keeps me content. It's sort of like the second picture it looks simple but it's not. I tried to play around with the texture of the picture and bring out the clouds and at the same time keep some of the focus on the rainbow. The third picture is of my little cousin at her birthday party. she was sitting quite so I thought it would make for a perfect picture. Right after I took it I had the idea of making it look like she kind of sitting in the mist of smoke or something. Thinking of some sort of fairy tale look. I finally choose to keep it with the while and smudging out the background some to blind in. The picture under it with the straw throughout the Capri Sun was something one of my older cousins did. In  a rush because she was very thirsty, after she attempted to put the straw in the drink she was confused as to why she was unable to drink anything. In that moment I could not stop laughing and thought it would be perfect to capture. The last picture I took was of my little sister playing pee-a-boo with me and I thought it was so cute. When ever I play games with my little sister she makes the cutest little farces and I always want to take a picture. This time she kept coving her face when she saw me try to take it, but i actually like this picture better than the one I was trying to take.
    The artist work I choose to copy was Alexander Calder I liked his art because it was something I was not use to trying to do. I like the simplicity of the art. The only problem I had was looking at the colors. I see some of my colors way off or slightly off. When I first looked a the snake on the right it was dark blue but now that I compare it to Alexander's piece it looks more green. But I still am happy with the way I did it. Even though the art might have seemed smile when I first started drawing and coloring it, it became harder to do as I got closer to finishing.
    The bikes were hard for me, it was the first time I ever tried to draw a bike. I've never thought about it before. I liked the different types of ways we had to draw it, it was in a sense looking at it from a different perspective. Only drawing lines, only drawing negative space and and drawing everything but the bike. All the picture look different as they should. Even thought in all three picture I was drawing the bike it was way different aspects and shapes that needed to be drawn to complete the picture.
    The last thing that I needed to draw was an observation form outside. I pick this observation because when I first saw it I tried to imagine it on paper. It was hard for me to do it but I just tried my best to remember what Ms. Hull always says, draw what you see, not what you think you see. Therefor I have my master piece.

My younger siblings made confirmation today, can't find it in myself to be really proud of them.

Aquí esta la tarea

Pabellón vegetariano

Tiene (It has...) / Viene con (It comes with...)
Tiene plantañas, arroz, frijoles negros, y cebollas

Es bueno para: (write who this dish would be good for - atletas, niños, todos, vegetarianos, los que están a dieta)
Es bueno para vegetarianos, y los que están a dieta.

Predicción/Opinión: (No) Me gustaría.

Phoenix: Me gustaría. Parece sabrosa!

5/10 =(

Today, while riding on the bus, a woman asked if she could use my cell phone. I was afraid that she would take it and run away, but I lent it to her anyway, mainly because it's a crappy phone and if anything her stealing it would be a good thing for me because then I would have an excuse to buy a new one. Alas, she made her call and gave the cell phone back. True story.

A lot on my mind, can't decide if I want to go to the funeral or not