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So today was my first day back at SLA, and it was quite an interesting welcome back. I currently have an pneumonia, and I had to tell everyone this when they ask why I haven't been in. The reactions I got people vary as I told them when I was out. There was the cautious ones that said " I miss you and I hope you get better from a far." Then there's the others who gave me a hug and wish me a speedy recovery. I don't know what I expected. It went quite well though. I really wish to  get better soon, this ammonia thing is no joke. I just want to be healtjy again. 

Every morning I wake up at 6. It's only a 30 minute commute from my house to school, but I don't like to rush in the morning, so I get up extra early. After I eat my daily slice of bread ( no butter, no jelly, not toasted) and change into my outfit, and do my hair, I then walk out the door around 7:00 and wait for the 5 bus, which comes at 7:05 am. Shortly after my 10 minute bus ride on the 5 I then catch another bus, the 48, which comes at 7:15. This is about a 15-20 minute bus ride and I arrive to school around 7:30-7:40ish. I like arriving at that time because I do most of my homework in the morning at school. I have a very planned out morning schedule, however this if often disturbed by my mom. Who always asks me to wait for her. I want to wait for her, but she always takes so long to get ready, and throws my morning schedule off. I hate that. Despite my schedule being ruined I always wait for her. I used to be pissy by my morning schedule being thrown off by her, but I finally accepted it. I no longer care about my morning schedule being ruined. It took me 3 years to be okay with that, but at least now I am.  I think it's because I know next year there will be no more morning commutes with her and I'm just trying to savor the moment now.

Story of my life...

Six word story:

School. Work. "wanna get lunch?" Loneliness....

i went home, with the same intentions everyday.

knock on the door hard, yell through the mailbox to yell at my brother to let me in, run upstairs, hang my coat in my closet , start up the stupid laptop with the bad battery, and finally TAKE OFF MY TIGHT JEANS.

now on a side note, taking off my jeans is one of my favorite things to do in the world. i literally feel free. i bet both my legs and thighs inhale and exhale as soon as i unbutton.  from 7:30 am to 4:15 i suffocated my legs, and thats exactly how i feel .
after doing the routine, i decided to jump in my moms bed. she makes everything difficult so the reason why i was in her bed in the first place was because she was making me call La salle University.
so im on the phone and the classical music is playing for what feels like 85 minutes , and im remixing it with "buy you a drank" by t-pain , meanwhile my mother is flipping through the channels , debating on whether or not she should watch what she calls " gillys"
(gilmore girls) what a stupid $%@! name right?
 THEN  FINALLY some lady from the admissions office answers the phone.
and my mom burst out with " you stink patricia"
 im like " huh " ,
then i switch to a more curious face and she repeats herself...."you stink little girl,you smell like the outside"

since i was little ive been trying to figure out what the "outside" smells like but i end up pushing my thoughts aside and i get defensive and , say " well you smell like the inside"

she goes on to say i smell like old people, like i haven't washed in a few weeks
now
 for one: she didnt have to bring old people into this because now she offending somebodies grandmom or grandpop that we dont even know.

for two: this is my mother, im 16, and this is usually the talk little 12 year old boys have with there mothers after a sweaty game of some sport

i dont immediately jump in the shower at all, i let whatever smell i was walking around with linger in her room, and seep in her bed since she had so much against the "outside smell"

after a few hours , maybe 2 hours . i jump in the shower and im scrubbin my black knees ALL CRAZAAAAYYY because prom daisy duke season is approaching

im just squirting and squirting this  pink stuff onto my washcloth .  scrubbing and slathering.....i take a second to look at the bottle because it smells so good , and
it reads

"suave strawberry shampoo" -_-

 now i dont know whether to be mad at the fact that i just washed up in shampoo or to be happy that smell like i just used my mothers favorite shampoo to wash my gluteus maximus:)

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I interviewed my Poppop, my Maternal Grandfather. He told me stories of how he crossed many boundaries when he was younger, from learning to cook to becoming intensely religious. 
Warning: This podcast is 20 minutes long.

Escribe en español las palabras entre paréntesis.

   1. (My) …. computadora no funciona.
   2. (My) … mejor amiga está divorciada.
   3. (My) … tenis son negros .
   4. (Our) … escuela es pequeña.
   5. (Our) … clases son fáciles.
   6. (Our) … trabajo es exigente.
   7. (His) … impresora no funciona.
   8. (His) … carpeta es blanca.
   9. (Their) … película es fabulosa.
  10. (Their) … video es interesante.

Escribe en español:

   1. Roberto's dad
   2. Miguel's book
   3. Viet's house
   4. Brent's wife

1) En quizlet, haz "Familiarize" y "SpaceRace." Toma un screenshot de 3 intentos en SpaceRace. (sign in!)

2) Cierto o Falso (¡No publiques tus respuestas! Escribe en una hoja de papel.)

1. Gonzalo es de la clase obrera.
2. Los estado unidos apoyó en el golpe de estado que derrocó el gobierno del Presidente Salvador Allende.
3. El cura es director del colegio donde estudian Machuca y Gonzalo.
4. Bajo la presidencia del General Pinochet, Chile estaba aliado con Cuba y URSS.
5. Los izquierdistas luchaban contra los comunistas.
6. La familia de Gonzalo era de pocos recursos.

3) ¿Estás de acuerdo con el Padre McEnroe (el cura)? ¿Por qué sí? o ¿Por qué no?

1) ¿De qué se trata la película hasta ahora? ¿Dónde y cuándo toma lugar?
La pelicula se trata los ninos en una escuela en Chile. Los ninos ricos va a escuela con los ninos pobres y no llevarse bien, pero Machuca y Gonzalo. Estan Amigos, pero los familias son muy diferentes. Uno es el izquierdista y el otra es momios. 

2) Los dos protagonistas son Machuca y su amigo, Gonzalo. ¿Cómo te relacionas 
Son amigos. Gonzalo no atacó Machuca cuando los ninos pobres se atace. El tambien ayuda machuca durante el quiz y pasar el tiempo con esta familia.

3) Compara tu vida con la de Machuca. Nombre dos similitudes y dos diferencias.

Las vidas son muy diferentes. La familia de gonzalo es la clase alto y son enojado que los curas son comunismos. La familia de machuca es la clase obrera y los gustan el comunismo.

4) ¿Qué observas sobre Chile en la época (the era) cuando toma lugar esta película?

El país es dividen del comunismo. 

5) ¿Qué crees que va a pasar en el siguiente segmento que veremos en la próxima clase?

Pienso que el militar van a participar.

I am still thinking about yesterdays stories, the one's where students stood up and told stories for a few minutes on the topic of "Trust". The winner of yesterday's story telling, Alexis:), her story really touched me. I think she was really brave to stand in front of her class mates and express herself in the way that she did. I also really liked Freda's story; I really feel that she showed allot of who she was threw her story, and I liked that even though I know her, I got to know her a little better.

Blind 

When I get to hold your hand,

I can barely withstand,

The colors that shape your mood,

I guess I’m blinded by your light, I guess I’m blinded by your light.

When my heart beats ten times faster,

I realize that I can’t help disaster,

The motions that cradle your desire,

I guess I’m blinded by your light, I guess I’m blinded by your light.

 

You, you take me there,

You take me anywhere that I want to be.

You, just don’t compare,

You’re all that I breathe for,

I love you endlessly.

Give me all that you possess,

I’m starving for a sense of accomplishment,

The things that make you, you,

I guess I’m blinded by your light, I guess I’m blinded by your light.

You, you take me there,

You take me anywhere that I want to be.

You, just don’t compare,

You’re all that I breathe for,

I love you endlessly.

 

Click this to view my National History day benchmark !

Reflection on this Benchmark:

      At first looking at this benchmark outline, I was going to do Hitler as my topic, but I couldn't really get the theme out when doing and researching him. I went to go talk to miss Laufenberg and she gave me this topic because in class when we spoke of the Atomic Bomb I was really interested in it.
     After deciding on The Atomic Bomb I looked at the choices I had to do this project, when I seen live performance immediately wanted to do that. But when I thought about it i realized that it would be really hard to reenact The Atomic Bomb because I really can't make a bomb fall. After I realized that I looked at the other choices and saw website. I started to try and see what I could do if i made the website before I picked it. After realizing that I could do that I picked it. Since I wasn't going to perform my NHD project, instead of making a whole website I choose to do an iWeb for my benchmark.
    The most trouble this project gave me was finding primary sources, secondary was easy. Finding websites and videos taken from the exact same time the Atomic Bomb was really hard to find. I went to all different websites looking to see if the information was taken at the same time as the topic. After I found a couple I went looking for pictures and videos. The pictures were really hard to find because before I used them I had to make sure they were from the same day. I was thinking just because they were black and white that it was from the same date. But it wasn't. Looking for primary sources had to be the hardest part of this project.
    The things that went well were the information. Putting the information together was the easiest part of this project. Usually putting information into a project is the hardest part. But there was so much information that I was so easy. All I really had to do was but it all together and write the report.
    If I did this project over I would take my time picking the topic and see if the information would go good with the theme before deciding the topic. Not taking my time blew so much time again that I could have used to help me look for primary sources. Because of the picking the topic in such a hurry, I lost valuable time doing this benchmark. I feel like if I can do this project over, take back the time that I lost, my project would me 10 times better. Not that it isn't good, but the primary sources would be.
    After doing this project I learned so much information about the Atomic Bomb -Moral Debate. I learned why it happened, what it effected, and what was the damage that it caused. Doing this project I am really proud of my outcome project because I really think I took enough time to research about the topic and I gathered a bunch of information on this topic.       

1) ¿De qué se trata la película hasta ahora? ¿Dónde y cuándo toma lugar?

La película se trata de dos niños, uno de clase alta y uno de clase baja durante el golpe de estado en Chile. Los niños aprenden de los clases diferentes y su opinión del comunismo. Los dos niños son amigos cuando sus clases sociales son enemigos.

2) Los dos protagonistas son Machuca y su amigo, Gonzalo. ¿Cómo te relacionas con ellos? ¿Con quién tienes más en común? Explica (explain).

Soy en el medio de los dos en la clase media, que no tiene un parte en este película.
No tengo problemas en mi familia como Machuca, pero no soy pobre como Gonzalo.
No soporto el Comunismo entonces estoy mas en común con Machuca.

3) Compara tu vida con la de Machuca. Nombre dos similitudes y dos diferencias.

Dos similitudes que tengo con Machuca son que tengo dinero y que mi familia no soporte el Comunismo. Dos diferencias son que no tengo problemas en mi familia y mi escuela no es privada.

4) ¿Qué observas sobre Chile en la época (the era) cuando toma lugar esta película?
Estos eventos paso en los años 1970. Había mucha tensión entre los clases altas y obreras. Había muchas opiniones diferentes del Comunismo.

5) ¿Qué crees que va a pasar en el siguiente segmento que veremos en la próxima clase?

Creo que la Militaría va a tomar poder. Creo que Chile va a convertir en Comunismo. Machuca y su familia van a ser atacados porque son ricos.

The purpose of this project was to describe our daily routines in Spanish. Enjoy! :)

Earlier in the week my mom had bought spaghettios so i'm excited that she had bought them cause i had'nt had them in a while. So i decided to have some for old times sake. the label said ?" Not with frank slices" so i go " Ohh that's new" i opened the can put it in a bowl and microwaved it. When finished i took it and happily started to eat. I took the first spoonful and my face twisted from happy to disgusted. those were nastiest spaghettio's i've ever tasted in my life. not at any moment did i recall spaghettios tasting the way these did. i look at the hot dog slices and slowly picked them all out cause they made the meal worse then better. 

Founder of Tune-Up Philly and world-renown trumpeter Stanford Thompson came to SLA on Tuesday, March 1st to jam with the SLA musicians and talk about Tune-Up Philly. Rough Cut Productions will have a much better video of the experience soon, but until then, please enjoy Mr. Lehmann's attempt to share the visit.