Third Quarter Goals.

Last year (2010), I had the idea that I was going to drop dead any second so I gave up. I stopped trying in school I stopped trying to deal with anything point blank period. I literally went to school to drool on myself, stare blank at the board, and of course to warm up someone’s seat. I didn’t do much and I didn’t make any accomplishments, because frankly, plain and obviously I had no goals whatsoever, but to make it through the day. This new quarter I unfortunately almost started the same, but a certain someone’s choice to give up on me suddenly slapped me in the face so hard I landed in reality. This person told me they would basically support me physically, mentally, and emotionally and then they walked away. This made me wake up and say to myself “Hey Chels, get real no one is going to help you if you don’t help yourself first!” and that is one of my main goals. I’ve put myself before everyone else, especially due to the fact that I don’t really talk to anyone on this campus. I’ve set my long-term goals and my short-term goals to help me accomplish my long-term goals. To accomplish my short-term goals, however, I just have to keep doing what I’ve been doing and that’s keeping focus in school, keeping myself out of trouble, stop my attitude and create a better atmosphere for myself.

Animal Farm to the Real World

A form of allegory that happens frequently in the real world that also happens in this story is betrayal and confusion. There is a scene in the story that implies that the two pigs Napoleon and Squealer have ran Snowball off and out of the farm. The two pigs are the malicious ones who are trying to take control over the farm and inhabitants. The two pigs accuse Snowball, the good pig, of being a traitor and a criminal. The things that Snowball is being accused of are false accusations. Yet they are being taken seriously for a while until the farm animals realize that the other two pigs are manipulators and are also very malicious. This scene in the story is similar to multiple events in life especially in adolescents. Young teenage kids in these days have their ways of manipulating, betraying, and being malicious. These days you see it everywhere people of all ages, sizes, and races are accused falsely or maybe framed. People do this type of thing to have others turn their backs on the victim. This is a form of allegory that happens in the story as well as in the real world.

“Animal Farm” Revolution at SPA

One fine and dandy day at SPA everything seemed normal and usual. Little did the staff and teachers know that the students at SPA had the whole day planned out to be unusual and devastating. The students had planned to force the staff and teachers to somehow run away from the academy. The morning came by and passed. Everything seemed okay until around noon things started to get out of control. Due to the students plan of dominating SPA. The students did things that were so gruesome that they must not be written. These brutal and cruel events forced staff and teachers and pretty much all types of adult to head for the hills, literally. A couple of days went by and SPA was a mess ever since the adults had left. There was no structure, restrictions, limitations, or rules. None of the students went to school because they did not care nor want to go and even the ones that did couldn’t, because there were no teachers in sight. A couple of weeks went by and finally the students who were responsible and cared decided to act. The responsible students took a SPA vehicle and ran away to social services offices and told of everything that had happened and was going on. Social services rescued the terrified staff and put the establishment back to its place the kids that caused chaos were punished and the kids that didn’t were rewarded. Then a couple of months later everything went back to normal and pretended nothing had happened.

A heart symbolizes our house which is girls 2.

A heart symbolizes our house which is girls 2. The heart symbol to others symbolizes love and it does. To me the heart symbolizes love, but along with love comes loyalty, devotion, care, protection and affection. That is what the heart symbol represents to me; therefore, I think that in my house the heart is a perfect symbol to represent us. Not only do we love each other nearly unconditionally, but we are deeply devoted into each others lives. Whenever one of us is in need of a talk or anything of that sort we are at all times there. We keep our conversation and our feelings confidential between each other which represents our loyalty towards. We care about each other profoundly I’ve noticed that the girls in my house care about me a modest amount more, because of my illness. This is when protection comes in to play. They protect me not only from certain temptation and urges, but we all protect each other from certain things we find harmful to each other. We have our troubles here and there like everybody else, but when it comes down we’re always there with affection towards each other.

San Pasqual Academy Dragons Symbolism

Our school mascot at San Pasqual academy is a blue dragon. A mythical creature known to be intimidating, vicious, and also for its ability to fly and go anywhere it wants, and of course to breathe fire. I’d like to think that the reason this mascot was chosen is to make us students at San Pasqual academy seem vicious, because believe me some of us can be. Not only just attitude wise, but academically and successfully vicious. The dragon is mythical if, for example, you were to say, “Jeff dragons are real and they breathe fire”, chances are they won’t have any kind of credibility in you. I gave this example, because as a foster youth student at SPA I know when I tell some of the stories of what I’ve gone through people may not believe me. The dragon can fly and go where ever it wants; us as humans however cannot, but if we try hard enough and succeed at SPA, then chances are we will too, be able to go anywhere we’d like.

“Through the Tunnel” Foster Youth Initiation

Even though they don’t have to swim through a tunnel like Jerry in “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing, foster youth are initiated out of the foster care system. From my perspective they are initiated out of the system when they have graduated high school and have met all requirements. They have also found a plan as to how they will live and what they will do in the future once they are released. In other students or peoples perspective the youth must be 18 and emancipated. No plan required. I see these differently, because if you have no plan once you’ve graduated and are 18 then most likely you’ll be homeless and somehow manage to get back into the welfare system. That just goes to show me, and possibly others that you have not really gotten out the system.

Symbolism in “Through the Tunnel”

“Through the Tunnel” Analysis Paragraph

I do not find it convincing that Jerry risk’s his life just to try to go into a hole underwater. Some kids all over the world and any where, pretty much, are always living life on the edge. I don’t find it convincing either that Jerry survives. In real life then maybe it would be convincing but in a story that’s in school literature I find it more likely that the character will survive. Either way I think that Jerry’s decision was truly not the smartest. He was basically risking his life for an underwater cave that no one knew about but him. Then again I guess no one should judge because he was determined to do this. Even if it was the last thing he ever did, and he did it.

“Through the Tunnel” Prove Yourself Paragraph

If there was ever a time that I felt that I wanted to prove someone wrong, its now! So I’ve realized that I’ve dug myself into a hole so deep that not everyone thinks I’m ever going to get me out of but I’m actually trying now. I want to get myself out of the hole I dug myself into and everyone that suspects it’s never going to happen, I want to prove them wrong. I’ve gone through a bundle of problems and I’ve gotten myself out of it each and every time. I understand if people are somewhat disappointed. I am disappointed in myself for letting myself fall so far down over basically nothing. I’ve been feeling sorry for myself over nothing really, every single one of my problems is irreversible and it’s going to be reversed. I haven’t been looking at my cup half empty, I’ve been looking at it as completely empty. In the last couple of days I’ve realized that I have something whatever it is, and it’s truly better than nothing.

Winter Break Experience

The past two weeks we had for winter break were hectic, strange, and confusing. I spent the first weekend at SPA and then went on pass for about four days. The time I was on pass was unbelievable I still can’t believe all the things that happened while I was on pass. It was pretty calm, however, and I had fun. I spent lots of time shopping and with friends. I came back late to SPA and then went to sleep. I spent Christmas Eve and Christmas day at SPA. Then when Monday I came I was the only one home. I didn’t do much but the week I had at SPA was pretty horrible, because I was accused of doing a lot of things I didn’t do.