Student Success Statement

"Always do right" ~Mark Twain

What this Student Success Statement means is that you must always do what is the best option, always choose to be kind, humble, and smart. For example, when you see a woman in need of help when crossing the street, don't just walk past her, but instead help her. This will not only make you look like a great person, but it will make you feel great. If you see that a girl or guy is being bullied, don't take out your phone and start recording for five minutes of fame, instead tell that one other kid to stop or call over a teacher to help you out. Don't do what is wrong, just because everyone is doing it, do what is right because it will benefit you the most.

The repercussions of drinking

   There are many repercussions due to drinking. When someone is under the influence of alcohol, they tend to act idiotically and  irrationally. In some cases, people get so drunk, they suffer from what doctors like to call a en-bloc. This is where the individual forgets what happened while they were drinking at the party or rave that they were a part of last night. While, other individuals may have it much worse and will develop some symptoms of muscle cramps, heart damage, lung damage, liver damage, and possible even cancer. For example, when my father used to drink alcohol he got himself into too many problems. It got to the point that he had family issues and health problems. From a person who has witnessed the crucial effects of alcohol, I strongly suggest that a person shouldn't drink because your child, or someone that is always with you will think that drinking is normal and they will try to do it and when they do try it, they will not question it and that will lead to more consequences.

Student Success Statement

"Develop the attitude of gratitude" ~Thomas S. Monson

      Everyday, you should have some gratitude and be thankful for everything around you. You should be thankful for everything you have and for everything that you have done for another person. We should all have at least one thing to be thankful for and some examples of that are being alive, having food,having clothing, having people care about you. For example, one thing that I am extremely thankful for is having friends that care for me, because they will always have my back in anything and because they help me out the best as possible.
       For instance, I remember my junior year my bestfriend said that we should take advanced placement courses and I said no. But she then convinced me to say yes because she knew that it was the right thing for me to do. A year later, now, im in advanced placement courses and I am finally focused in school and doing my best because I know that it is considered a challenge and if I put my mind to it I will pass the class. Anyways I will always be thankful for her because she pushed me to do what my other ex friends, no, would never let me do. Instead, they would have put me down and just made me feel bad.

Student Success Statement

       "Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity. Intelligence and skill can only function at the peak of their capacity when the body is strong and healthy. " ~John F. Kennedy

         What this means is that in order to do good you must feel good. If you feel sad you might not do well in a class because you didn't feel good. While in the other hand, if you feel good, you will most likely do good. I for example, before writing this student success statement, I had my head down because I wasn't feeling good and I was overthinking. But then I realized that in order to get where I want to be in life, I must keep going and not stop what-so-ever and to keep going.

The Harmful Effects of Vaping

If you ever decide to vape, a lot of repercussions are coming your way. People will always say that vaping is much more safe than smoking, but the truth is that vaping is just as harmful like smoking. E- Cigarettes are fulled with nicotine, which is a drug that effects your brain, causing mental health issues and may lead you to your death bed. According to the article, "Teen Vaping: An Epidemic with unknown Consequences" by Barbara Calkins, MD, she goes on to say that vaping can increase your heart rate immensely, causing heart problems. She also goes on to say that vaping may also harm your lungs and breathing just like an actual cigarette. In addition, she goes on to say that high school students that vape now are most likely to smoke in the per seen future. There are a lot of ways to prevent smoking, such as not falling into the arms of peer pressure and saying no. As for parents, they can learn to talk to their child and make themselves educated on the topic to make them not vape or to prevent them from ever doing so. I myself have never vaped and I don't ever plan to Vape since I know it isn't the right thing to do. 

Student Success Statement

"Kindness is the essence of greatness." ~Joseph B. Wirthlin

In other words, what this means is that if you are kind you are considered greatness. You need to be kind at all times in order to be considered a great human being. For example, if you are a person who likes to give back to the community you will are considered to be a great person. I tend to help out in and outside my community as much as possible because I don't only feel good but I know that I like to help out as much as possible. For the past three years I have helped out my community church as much as I possibly could, no matter the weather as well. And each time I help out I get to work with children of the ages 12-17 with their problems and help them to the best of my ability. And even after I intend to help out with whatever the coordinators of the programs need help in. So on a daily basis i'm at church for like three to four hours, just helping out and trying to make peoples life much more easier. And I know that since I help out I am a great person for that because I am changing someones life to the best of my ability.

Student Success Statement

"Manners maketh man" ~William of Wykeham, Chancellor of England.

What this student success statement is trying to get across is that having great manners is the best thing to do, even if it is a little thing that you did for a person. I, for example showed a new friend of mine how I have manners. She is new to my school and she looks like a very shy person, but the little that I have talked to her, she seems like she has a lot to say. Anyways, today she was switch classes and she came in today to say thank you for helping me out on Monday it really meant a lot." And well she is new I wanted her to know that she is more than welcomed to hang out with my friend I. And so we exchanged phone numbers and now she will be hanging out with me. It feels great to help out another person, just because you know its the right thing to do. Besides that, I like to help out others when lost.

My Christmas break

My Christmas break...

     Over my Christmas break I watched a lot of Netflix and Disney+. I had a little bit of homework and I was too lazy to do it so I decided to procrastinate and do it until the last week and luckily I was able to finish on time. In addition, my cousin from New Mexico came to visit us for his Christmas break since he has no family over there and he missed us all a lot. Besides him coming over we also had our family from mexico come over and spend some time with us. I got to spend some time with my boyfriend and we didn't do much, all we did was watch movies and have some minor arguments here and there, but nothing big. For Christmas I got a little bit of presents, but I know that they came from the bottom of my family's heart. So it was fine. Overall it was a great Christmas break.