Beyond the Visible

Critism of Blogs

2005-11-17T10:45:00.000-08:00

This article is the most craziest thing I've heard so far. Now it has went from one problem to another. This problem now focuses on the technical use in schools mainly pointing fingers at blogging. Ever since the killing that happened at Lindbergh High School, the government and other national officials have looked at blogging differently. They say that blogging is some form of writing that affects the lives of people. I think personally that if you pour out your personal feelings on blogs then somethings wrong. My opinion on blogs is that it is a online journal but it can be viewed by hundreds of people. People log on 24/7 and talk about their problems also. This to me is just screaming for attention but its not always an act. Looking back at this article's opinion now, most people do take it a bit far. Such an example can be the time where one person was blogging about their teacher. The only thing was that it wasn't good things and some of the person's language was quite "colorful." I have to admit a majority of the bloggers that put their personal life on the spot, nine times out of ten they have no relationship with their family. However in this article it says how much blogging is not good and things of that matter. I think that if there were "real" parents in the world, there wouldn't be negative blogging. Children that have diaries and journals need some kind of relationship with their mom and dad. So the moral of this blog is that before you nip it in the bud dig up the roots.

WIT: Frozen Dreams

2005-10-18T10:49:00.000-07:00

Frozen Dreams

This is the title of the article I read on WIT(writers in touch). This website is basicly full of different writer's stories they posted. People can go and read some of them and you can also write your own. The have various contests that you can enter as long as you're a registered member. One of these stories caught my attention while I was glancing down the list of articles. I liked how the author made the dream come to reality. It had a very creative twist to it and the setting was out-of-this-world. Some of the descriptions he added set up a clear vision of where the characters were located. The location seemed to be in a cave with a monster that wants to kill this unidentified boy. This boy in her dreams seems like the hero that rescues her from this creature they encounter. The one part of of this story that I thought was completely crazy was when the girl realized that the dream so real. No names were mentioned because of the third-person narrative which made it kind of annoying hearing she and he over and over again. Toward the end of the story I was confused about the part where she was taking money from a mysterious man that was in the parking lot. Later I just guessed that she had some type of sickness and she didn't want to deal with the pain. I came to the conclusion that the pain was coming from home because of her parents fighting. She was under so much stress that she had to go out and that is where this dream she was having caught up to her. She was trapped and there was no way out and the boy was nowhere to be found. This particular story was interesting to me because it was horror and this attracts my attention anyways.

Modern Diaries:The Lives on Blogs

2005-10-10T10:59:00.000-07:00

After reading the article about blogs, i've looked at it in a whole different angle. At first, I didnt know what blogs were until I got to this particular school. I soon found out that its just an online journal. Journals can be so many things to so many different people. A journal to me is some sort of private document that contains personal feelings a person has. I dont think that this should be tampered or even looked through by a person other than the writer. According to me, I think this is an invasion of privacy. This new process of were Journals(blogs) are now vulnerable and exposed to the public. The creators of Blogs say that blogging is a unigue way of recognizing the personality of an individual. That idea strikes me a someone trying to be nosey and finding out peoples business. I understand the fact that Blogs helps some childrens to express themselves or maybe even be a cry for help. Expressing yourself is totally different from making threats to certain people within the environment and distant. Sometimes bloggers pour themselves out to the world letting the "outside" know what kind of person they are. Most bloggers are sometimes identified as being friendless so they have no other choice but to write about it. Since the incident that happened with the young man murdering a girl, I have thought twice about blogging. Not particularly in a bad way but, simply because of the order things happen when blogging is involved. Now after this happened, the detectives are recommending teacher and parents to supervise children writing on blogs. They say that this will prevent the opprotunity for something inappropriate to occur. The teenage boy wrote some clues as to why he felt full of loneliness and despair. I think that some people are driven to a point were they feel like they have to take action. Normally people that talk about it dont neccessarily do it but in this case he accomplished it. Either way it goes blogs have nothing to do with this kind a problem. Whatever that person is feeling or going through is just basicly they're issue that needs to be cured with some kind of help.

Hurricane Katrina

2005-09-22T11:02:00.000-07:00

This topic is heart-wrenching to people everywhere even if they didnt live there. This tragic event created conflict and sorrow to the ones that lost their family as well as friends. It was hard to believe that something like this happened to a particular place. At first when the news reporters were talking about the storm approaching, to be honest I didnt find it that threatning at all. The only storm that I think is just the most terrifying thing on the planet is the tornado. A hurricane is much stronger and causes alot of damage but it doesnt scare me for some reason. Maybe because I've never been in a hurricane and really dont want to at all. A couple of days after the storm news was announced, they followed by informing us that New Orleans had been struck. It wasn't until I seen pictures of the result and it was devastating. I've never before seen a hurricane do this much damage. To me I dont want to believe that this was done by a hurricane. The water that had flooded the entire city of Lousiana was at least 12 feet deep. If the people couldnt swim and they were riding boats to get out of the city, this water must've been deep. The water was the major destruction that effected alot of things. The water damaged houses, it killed people, it caused things to rot and mildew. People's homes were filled to the ceiling and everything else was submerged. President Bush wrote 1 million dollars towards the victims of the hurricane and sent rescue troops out to recover survivors. Survivors were found in terrible condition and were grieving because of the lost of many of their values. Still up to this day, there are still missing people mostly children and havent been found yet. I think the president is real dumb for writing a check for this disaster because the city cannot be repaired. I'm not trying to be cold hearted but there is no hope for New Orleans. Celebs, actors, singers, and etc helped out by donating certain things to the survivors. When the storm came there were also some conflicts that followed. Celebs such as Kanye West for example made a point to some. He brought up the point that President Bush is using discimination against the victims of the hurricane.

Progress Report Vol. 2

2005-09-21T11:14:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was the big day to see where I finally stood academically. Happy to say that I was doing quite well but I could have did better. Only four of my classes put my grades down and the rest just left it blank. I'm not mad at that at all because some of the teachers I've talked to were working with me to catchup. There were two one-hundred percents in two classes that I had been working hard in any way. One of the other classes put a 83% and the other put a 80%. Both of them were B averages but I thought I could do alot better. This is so far the best report I 've gotten in a long time and it felt good. I was still staring at this report i had in my hand wondering how did I manage to pull this off . It wasn't easy but I think I deserve it because I was working so hard day by day. I put up so many hobbies just to get this downpacked and it took tons of concentration. I compared my report to my sisters' and hers was no match. The only thing that was considered as a flaw was the fact that I didnt have a G.P.A. I think my grade point average would have been good because of the 100% that showed up two times on the report. My mom was surprised just a little because I classify this as just the beginning. The next REAL report will be what really counts and will really determine where I stand.

The Cookbook

2005-09-20T11:28:00.000-07:00

If there is anyone out there that hasn't got this album go and run to pick it up. The artist that is in charge of creating a such a masterpiece is the one and only Missy Elliott. This year I think she took Hip Hop to a whole different level to show that she's one of a kind. Year by year it seems like she gets better and comes with a whole different flavor with her music. Her vidoes express how she feels and shows her bravo creativity. Watching her vidoes makes me want to be a part of them, basicly how fun it will be to step in her world. After every album I already have a clue that the next one will be full of surprises! This year when her hit single came out called LOSE CONTROL, people's eyes opened wide. To me the video shows great dancing ability, creativity, and she even takes it back to kind of jukejoint setting. I think the reason for this was to have the dance tie in with the setting and the time of year. Track #8,which is On &On, has this beat that is just out of this world! Its like a blend of Mario and Luigi's theme song beat. Except that Missy has threw a mean flavor of Hip Hop on it to make it sound so fresh. I would have to say that one of my favorite songs on the album is Track #1, Joy. Before the song even begins, she is role playing as an Italian. She was in the kitchen cooking and some Boyscouts entered her house. Now the thing is that people have the idea that shes cooking food but shes not. She begins to talk about her favorite recipe were the ingredients are legendary MC's and singers. Now that to me is unique and has plenty of originality that just reaks of creativity. I love her!!

Progress Report

2005-09-20T10:48:00.000-07:00

Today my school will be handing out progress reports for the weekly grade status. I am looking foward to seeing where I stand academically. I'm imagining what it would look like and two things come to mind. The first thing that comes to mind is straight satisfactories all down the paper. The reason for thinking this way is because when I was given make-up assignments, I completed them all. I also feel that every test I took for the past two weeks I've pasts. I feel that I deserve it because of my hardwork this past few weeks. Everyday after school I come home and get busy on any work that is due. At one time I was doing work ahead and didn't know it until someone mentioned it to me. This to me was not a bad thing at all and to eliminate some of the stress I went ahead and finished. I felt so good about this because I was willing to do anything to get the A. Honestly, I've never worked hard like this for a long time schoolwise. Not only am I looking foward to seeing it but my parents are also. My mom wants me to go all out of my way to get exellent grades this year. Some how I feel alot a motivation coming from somewhere and someone and it has helped me so much. I would guess that this motivation comes from the people around me at school and the people at my home. I think that alot of this comes from how I carry myself now.I love it!!!!!!!

Talent Show

2005-09-14T11:38:00.000-07:00

This is what is supposed to be a secret to some people. I'll talk about on this Blog just to notify all of the readers. This being my Senior year I was planning on being in my school's Talent Show. Well, I was planning on participating in two but the way things are looking for me this year I might not have time for it. I know some schools have certain things they towards the end of the year. I t would be nice to be the coordinater and help put everything together. Just recently I was in one at South High in Columbus, Ohio. It took us almost two months just to put it together. The accual show was May 14 on a Saturday and it was a sight to see. There were alot of problems we ran into just by simply putting it all together. Around this time Report Cards came out and mine was not that great. In order for me to have been in the Talent Show, I would have to have good grades. I was determined to be in it so i didn't show my mom the Report Card. I lied to my mom saying I was staying after school to study and catch up on upcoming assignments. Knowing that everyday I was staying for practice and auditions. I was finally but trying to find out how I was going to accually be in the show. It wasn't during school like they used to be so I had to find out what the next lie was going to be. To make a long story short my parents found out and they were ok with it. I entered to dance and my group,which consisted of 2 girls and me, won 1st place. This was the most happiest day of my life and I wanted it to last. I've learned that hiding things cannot benefit you at all and the outcome might be worth it!

Goals and Missions

2005-09-14T11:20:00.000-07:00

I have decided on what I need to do as far as school goes since this is my last year. Yes I am a senior(CLASS OF '06!!!!) and this year is my year to work harder than ever. This year I am on aso many missions to achieve some of my goals for the future. I have already began to put myself in "working mode" to excell academically. The main reason for this is to make it out of high school and to get that diploma. Another reason is to show my family and friends that I could do it and that its not impossible if you focus. So far its looking good but I cant stop to rest or even think about other things. Obstacles are really not in my way right now because maybe i'm not letting them get in my way. Its like I see a clear path to were i'm going and it looks good from here. Planning out my life is really becoming helpful and I would consider others to do it also. If you have your mind set on something, you cant go wrong unless you let something get in range. I didn't know how important this was until I asked my self some questions.

Changing Direction

2005-09-14T10:57:00.000-07:00

My academic life has been a hassle! All my years as a student has been difficult. Just recently I attended South High School Urban Academy in Columbus, Ohio. My three years at this school were rough. I wasn't conerned about anything that had to do with school I hated it. This caused me to fail classes that i needed to pass to recieve my credits. No one was trying to help me and most of all I was not helping myself. I was labeled to be in a certain grade but my credits did not show it at all. My family were not helping me throught it instead they put me down . Some of my friends wanted to help me but they were busy with their own problems . My excuses were that I was lazy and wasn't motivated enough. I was confused and didnt know what to do about my future. To make a long story short, we moved form Columbus to St. Louis(my hometown!) My mom was concerned about how were we going to get in school down here. The process was long and crazy full of unneccessary actions that were important for my enrollment. Finally , information was sent 3 weeks after school had started for the city of Missouri. I'm in school now and this is my 3rd day at Hazelwood East and its looking like a good yeat for me.