Sunday, August 31, 2008

breaking through journal....#1

Well,first of all i just wanted to say that this book is pretty interesting .
One of my favorite scenes was when Francisco is singing in front of his classmates!! and they are all laughing and cheering ..... but then the teacher tells him to start all over again and he is feeling shy and nervous but he makes a good performance. It was funny! It reminded me at the time when i was in fifth grade in Tijuana (Mexico) that i had to sing with a partner for music class in front off the whole school!!! i wanted to die when i was onstage....!when the music started i felt nervous, I could not breath, i was so scared to sing, my mind went blank and i couldn't even remember the words.!So i had to start again and that time i felt more calm than ever. I don't know why i just did. That was the first and last time i ever sang in front of people, after that i no longer took music class because they were going to keep asking to perform, since it was a requirement to grade you.
One of the parts i didn't like so much was, that Francisco had to miss school because he had to work!
i mean......come on! he is barely on the eight grade and he is working as he was a man! he works too much. It upsets me because he didn't get the same chances as the other kids in school ,he couldn't even have fun for Gods sake! (except for when his parents weren't around.)when they came back his dad was really hard on him, he made him work,work,work and the only time he asked him to go out to dance, he was punished for talking back to his dad. I was relieved when he got the chance to go back to school.....
so i just gave my opinion on the book and i enjoyed reading it.
i think i might like it.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

hi ! im itzel and here is a little story about myself !

Well,first of all i was boned here in the U.S on November 29 1993.
Ive lived in Tijuana till i was 12,and went to a private catholic school since kindergarten.!
yeah believe it or not,it was fun , i mean it was so different than going to a public school where people were so mean to everybody.back in Tijuana the nuns would keep discipline no matter what !!so it was a more stable place to be and comfortable too.And well after turning 12 my family and I came here to the U.S for us to come to school here. At first i was so mad ! and sad .I mean i couldn't leave my friends whom Ive been with all my life ! right??.
And so my opinion didn't count.As always."IT WAS FOR MY BEST". That's what they would always say. UGH!.AND SO ON.After a year living here i made new friends in the seventh grade and everything. I got used to the rules and policies,,etc..
i had good grades on every report card and my parents would be so proud of me,it sometimes made me think :"why would they care so much about my grades in school ? when there was other students that had bad grades and their parents wouldn't even care!!
i mean seriously .
when i got to the eight grade,everything changed.
how i thought was the mainly one.
and powerful too.
and i had my ups and downs with my way of thinking....
Especially when reading!
When i got the twilight series books ,i went nuts about them!
i started reading more and more until eventually i liked reading.and then loving it.!
so i would just read ,read,read and READ.
Then i have the tendency that when I'm reading i have to be listening to music,ALWAYS.no exceptions!.
so that's soo weird.......yeah i know.
but anyways i like going with my girl cousins everywhere ,they are the best!
they know and understand when I'm mad,sad,hungry,happy,lazy,etc...
They are like my sisters.Which in fact i don't even have any.
I'm the only girl in the family except for my mom of course!
But she is a woman. I have 3 brothers which are sometimes really annoying or sometimes really funny,the smallest one is Diego and he is 3,then theres the middle one who is Saul and is 6 years old,and last but not least theres Santiago who is 8 years old.my mom and dad are the best !
even though they can be pretty embarrassing all the time,they know how to make the best of the time when we are together.mostly laugh our butts off.....but yeah.
So i am pretty much grateful and lucky to have them! : )
And now you now a little or a lot .whatever your thinking.ABOUT ME.OR SHOULD I SAY MY LIFE.WHICHEVER!
BYE and thanks for listening.......
wait! i mean reading!!