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Heart locked? She has the key.

NBA All Star 2011 was one of the best all star weekends in a while. The weekend included Justin Bieber winning the MVP in the celebrity basketball game, the Atlanta Hawks winning the Haier Shooting Stars competition, Stephen Curry won the Skill Competition, James Jones won the Three Point Shootout, and Blake Griffin won the Slam Dunk contest by dunking over a car. The Western All Stars capped off the weekend by beating the Eastern All stars, 148-143, with Kobe Bryant being acknowledged as the game's MVP after scoring 37 points. It will be hard for next years All Star game to top this past weekend's. But like any all star weekend, I can't wait.

Opening up to people no matter what your telling them is a risk because they may judge you and not take it as well as they could. In this podcast there will be a conversation between a bisexual girl and a lesbian who are both open but both face a lot because of their sexual orientation.  

Mom got new phone... texting lessons.

two hamsters. neighborhood dog. one hamster.

summer break. YAY! yay. um... bored.

wake up. snow day! more sleep :]

applied. accepted. got degree. now what?

Do you remember what it was like in high school? Every year millions of kids attend Highschool and many the social dramas it brings. While teens are growing they learn about themselves and look for ways to extress it, and inside the Highschool walls they do so while trying to eiter fit in or stand out. In this podcast I interview one of those highschool students and how she crosses a boundary and tries to stand out using her clothes and artistic personality.

Music:
Tüby Trio- A Go Go
Django Reinhardt- Limehouse Blues
Ochre-Napolese
The Go! Team- Get It Together

Keynote of protests in Bahrain, by Jobe, Rashaun, Kyla, Ibrahim

Los estudiantes en la clase de literatura han elegido novelas escritas en español que les dan la gana de leer como Drácula, Harry Potter, La ciudad de las bestias, Esperanza Renace, El tiempo de las mariposas y otras. 

Para empezar, dedicamos 40 minutos en una clase a la semana para leer; luego, los estudiantes escriben una reflexión aquí en SLATE como una manera de procesar lo que acaban de leer..  Para la tarea, leen 3 reflexiones y responden con comentarios y preguntas.  (Hasta ahora, no hay la opción de hacer commentarios aquí en SLATE así que tenemos que hacerlos en un formato de foro en Moodle.)

Las instrucciones para la primera reflexión:

Después de leer, escribe una reflexión en nuestra página en SLATE sobre el libro.  No importa la cantida sino la calidad. 

Menciona lo suigiente en la reflexión:

• el título de la novela, el / la autor(a)
  
• el género
  
• el trama (hasta ahora)
  
• predicciones que tienes sobre el trama
• los personajes (hasta ahora)
  
• ¿Te gusta hasta ahora?  ¿Por qué? 
  
• ¿El libro se relaciona con algun aspecto de tu vida?  ¿Cómo?  
• ¿Recomindas el libro?  ¿Para quién?  ¿Por qué?
  

¡Espero que los alumnos disfruten la experiencia de leer con libertad!

How did your parents parents effect the way your parents parent you? How will that effect the way you parent your children? FIND OUT IN THIS THRILLING PODCAST.

We all know about the "norm" of clothing that we are all expected to follow. But what if someone was to break this "norm?" In this podcast, you will learn about the experience of one girl and how she did so. Also, you will listen to the different views and opinions on her from students of the same class.

High school is where we experience different things about life. First drama, first crush, first boyfriend, first kiss, and first rejection. This is also the time where the hormones of the teens are on their peak. For example would be making out in the hallway and extreme PDA. Does this affect their education and relationship? Are they passing the school policies? To find the answer I, Pauline Garcia, interviewed a teacher and a student to help me understand and find the answer to the questions.

This is a very interesting story about a man's childhood. I sit and talk with him as he shares with me the trails he went through as a child. I hope you enjoy this story.

Group members: Brenda, Tyrone, and Chris
Music by: Smashing Pumpkins-The beginning is the end of the beginning

On April 14 2010 a group of Freshmen kids were heading out to a place they went to every Weds. But what they did not know is that, On that day it will change their TFI experience forever.

Parents often set "Invisible boundaries" and except their child to have known better of what to do in a situation.

A) "OUR"
Escribe: nuestro, nuestra, nuestros, nuestras
1. . . .  familia es bastante grande
2. . . . profesores son bien simpáticos.
3. . . . novias son muy guapas.
4. . . . clases son demasiado dificiles.
5. . . . director se llama Sr. Lehmann.

B) Escribe en español. 'S NO EXISTE en español.
1. She is Allison's best friend.
2. Baird's class is fun.
3. Allen's computer doesn't work.

Aidan walked into the wood, wielding only his trusty axe and a thermos of coffee and whiskey. He made sure to step on each of the individual crusty brown leaves lying on the forest floor. He was thinking about his cabin, deeply secluded in the mountain several miles away. He couldn't quite remember if he had covered his logs with the tarp. He wondered if his dog, Bruce Springsteen, was still howling at the oven.

"Fucking dogs," Aidan thought.

If only he didn't have to travel this far everyday. If only Montana hadn't recently passed the Land Protection Act, Aidan wouldn't have to travel several miles by foot every day to avoid cutting down trees in an "environmental preservation zone."

"Fucking treehuggers," Aidan thought.

He finally stopped next to a tall tree with ripe red leaves. He looked up, savoring the view of the sun shining through the beautiful red leaves. For a moment, Aidan remembered. He remembered climbing in these trees as a youngster. Sharing a picnic with his family in this very spot. For a moment, Aidan was not Aidan the lumberjack, but Aidan the human being.

He then swung his axe into the tree until it fell heavily to the ground.

"Fucking nature," Aidan thought.

A story of how a 6 year old can accomplish something that most older peers would be expected to achieve. How that one accomplishment changed the rest of my life!

"And don't come back!" she screeched as she threw Chris to the ground. "Ouch," Chris thought, "what a strong woman. She just threw me!"

Chris had just been thrown out of his favourite diner. He had been hitting on the waitress, Carmella, yet again. She told him that he was making her uncomfortable, but he didn't listen. He couldn't. Hard as he tried, he could not manage to stop the steady stream of sexual innuendo and just outright profanity that flowed out of his mouth.

With the help of the handrail against which he fell, Chris pulled himself up, lit a cigarette, and walked away. Like a boss.

​I interviewed my grandparents about how my grandfather changed religion to marry. The podcast is based theme of crossing boundaries.

Alex ate her macaroni and cheese in silence. This silence was not one born out of upset or anger, however-- no, this silence was forced. In fact, if she could have it her way, Alex would be talking. Yelling. Singing. She could not, however, because Alex was a mute.

She had been a mute for only 1 year, since the accident. The accident that changed her life. The accident... that changed her destiny.

No, but seriously, it was just a car accident. Her destiny is still probably the same. She just can't talk now.