Student Success Statement

“A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder”

Tomas Carlyle

Based on my own experience, I can say that for me in order to success in life I have to set up my goals first to see how and what to do to reach them.For example one of my goals was to graduate with honors from High School I wrote it down since the beginning of the year on my life planning book and every time I read it I would think what I could to reach that goal. Now the results are positive, yesterday I got one of the most awesome news, I am graduating with high honors. The feeling is hard to describe  it is good to plan out and visualize your goals and it feels better when you reach them. 

Student Success Statement

If there is beauty in character,

 there will be harmony in the home.

If there is harmony in the home there will be order in the nation, there will be peace in the world.

Conclusion:

If there is beaut in character there will be peace in the world.

Chinese Proverb.

I honestly don’t understand this but I get a positive out coming about character about how if there in life is beauty there will be peace, love, respect, and that if there is character there will be beauty too.

Character Counts

"The Six Pillars of Character"

Trustworthiness

It is to be honest, be reliable, make your word trust able and built respect, be loyal and stand by family, friends and partners.

Respect

Respect others, follow the rules, being tolerant, have good manners and respect others opinions and points of view.

Responsibility

Do what you have to do, plan ahead, organize, respond , cooperate with other, work together, be discipline, think before you act, use self-control.

Fairness

Play by the rules, Take turns and share, be open-minded; listen to others, don’t take advantage of others, don’t blame others carelessly, Treat all people fairly

Caring

Be kind, be compassionate and show you care, Express gratitude, Forgive others, and Help people in need

Citizenship

Do your share to make your school and community better, Cooperate, Get involved in community affairs, Stay informed; vote,  Be a good neighbor, Obey laws and rules, Respect authority, Protect the environment, Volunteer.

My opinion about these six pillars of character is that I believe this are the most important values for human beings. I think this because this six make you different from any other living creature on earth; these give you feelings, emotions, a character that will mold you as a women or men of good. I also believe that these six pillars are the best settlement for me to grow up with a really strong base, based on character. Another thing is that these will help me built my character, my character will help me successes in life.

Student Success Statement

“I would prefer to fail with honor than win by cheating”

Sophocles

I am agreeing with this quote because there is nothing better than wining with honor, being proud of what you have done and what you have accomplish with your own effort. In the other hand if you would win by cheating it would not feel any right, you would be cheating yourself.Personal experience I will be honest I cheated before but and the feeling is ugly, bad, makes you feel guilty , not smart and it has nothing to do about cheating everyone else but yourself about your real capacity.

MEMORIAL DAY

“A day, on which those who died in active military service are remembered.”

The purpose of this day is to thank, to show respect, and honor to the soldiers who succumbed fighting for our rights.

This is on May 30.

Some ways to show respect are to decorate your house with the USA flag, is to write a letter to one of the families of the soldiers thanking them, and you could also assist to some of the activities to commemorate this day.

One thing I will do to show respect. I will write about this day on my personal blog.

HIV survey

1. Do you know how HIV and AIDS are transmitted?

Yes No

2. Do you talk to people openly about sex?

Yes No

3. Do you talk to your children (if you have any or any teen or a love one) about prevention when having sex ? 

Yes No

4. Do you know that HIV and AIDS are two different diseases? 

Yes No

5. Do you know the difference between these two?

Yes No

6. Do you know how to prevent HIV?

Yes No

7. Do you know how to prevent AIDS?

Yes No

HIV Inter Disciplinary Project

Our goal: to inform our community how HIV and AIDS can be transmitted and how to prevent yourself ad others from becoming infected.

Community: Hispanics Huntington Park

How can HIV and AIDS can be transmitted?

Before lest remember that HIV and AIDS are two different  decease.HIV is an infection that can lead to more infections and AIDS is a syndrome that attacks the immune system.

Is important to remark that it is completely false that if you have HIV you have AIDS ( yes there is a highly risk of you to get AIDS if you already have HIV because your immune system is weak then you can get AIDS )

http://www.aac.org/media/blog/ten-common-myths-about.html

2014 AIDS Action Committee, Boston 

How is HIV passed from one person to another?

Having vaginal,oral, or anal sex with an infected person.

Sharing needles, syringes, rinse water, or other equipment that an infected person used.

This next ones are rare but can happen.

Being born to an infected mother. HIV can be passed from mother to child during pregnancy, birth, or breastfeeding. 

Transfusion of Blood from an infected person.

Pretty much anything that has a direct contact with  certain body’s fluids such as blood, vaginal, fluid, semen, breast milk, and rectal secretions from an infected person, are ways of acquiring THE Human Immune Virus.  

Myths about how HIV is transmitted.

I can get HIV with mosquitoes bite.

I can get infected if I use utensils used by an infected person.

HIV/AIDS is mostly a disease of homosexual men.

HIV/AIDS is mostly an African problem.

There is no hope for those with HIV/AIDS.

If I come out positive there’s nothing I can do.

A cure exists for HIV/AIDS.

Even though there is not cure for this infection there are several treatments that can help HIV positives to have a control over the decease allowing them to live with it.

“More than 1.2 million people in the United States are living with HIV infection, and almost 1 in 7 (14%) are unaware of their infection.”

“Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSMa), particularly young black/African American MSM, are most seriously affected by HIV.” stated a website called Centers For Decease Control and Prevention, HIV in the United States: At A Glance last reviewed: May 11, 2015,website visited May 19, 2015.

The HIV/AIDS SURVEILLANCE IN CALIFORNIA is in charge of gathering the data about people getting infected with HIV in California. Based on the it’s last report from 2010 to 2013 there has been a decrease of the amount of people getting infected with HIV,around 150-300 people were not getting infected from January to August 2013 ( comparing to 2010). In the other hand from September 2010 the amount of people that got infected increase considerably, in September 2013 around 770 people from California got HIV compared to 2010 the amount of people infected in 2013 increased by almost 265 people in this specific month. Last report December 31 2013

Los Angeles  

Total Cases HIV (Non AIDS)19,891 

Living Cases18,860 

Deceased 1,031 

Percent 5

HIV (with AIDS) 62,051 

Living Cases 27,252 

Deceased 34,799 

Percent 56

Hispanic 

HIV (Non AIDS Cases)

Living15,101 

Percent 32.4%

Cumulative 15,628 

Percent 31.7%

HIV (with AIDS)

Living 24,914

Percent 34.0%

Cumulative 43,856

Percent 25.8%

Total HIV Cases 

Living 40,015

Percent 33.4%

Cumulative 59,484 

Percent 27.1%

http://www.cdph.ca.gov/data/statistics/Documents/HIVSurveillanceReport2013dxBy2014yrenddata.pdf 

How does it feel?

Kathy

“Hi I’m Kathy 12 I was born with HIV…”

“people tell me that people like me shouldn’t even be on this earth…”

“I’m really scared”

Zambian

“Well, I always thought I will never be positive but it has happened and there's nothing I can do about it but to live…”

Mr.K

“We began seeing each other…our relationship grew stronger…Life was very good until February 11, 2010…I discovered a hospital document…my partner was HIV poz and had been for 10 years prior…I was devastated!”

“I am heart broken, confused and angry. Being lied to by someone you love so much just adds to the pain of having to deal with the news of being HIV poz.”

Attitude Perception (Survey)

Controversy

A shot to prevent HIV?

“researchers in California also discovered a vaccine that could halt HIV transmission and infection, and could assist those who are already living with the virus.”

“In California, researchers at the Scripps Research Institute in California developed a radical new approach to tackling HIV, whereby they altered the DNA of monkeys to give their cells HIV-fighting properties, which would completely protect them from the virus and the ensuing disease.”

http://www.latinpost.com/articles/38623/20150225/hiv-cure-symptoms-news-2015-aids-advancements-obstacles-needs-infected.htm

We completely encourage you all to educate yourself more about this virus that is affecting mankind.

There is not a reason why parents should not talk about this.

 Teens protect yourself, parents talk to your kids about sex, students ask questions( to your teachers, parents, doctors).

 Talking about sex to our generation is crucial everyone should contribute to this educational goal which is to stop spreading the decease. 

Student Success Statement

“The most important thing you will ever have is good values”`

Dennis Prager

In my opinion if a person don’t have values that means that he or she does not have respect for each other. This quote is very certain because everyone in the planet should have values maybe our values change according to our culture or religion but they’re still there.  This is a unique value that distinguish the appreciation of human live and other things less important.

English Teacher

Duties and Responsibilities: “Responsible for instructing others about the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. Assigns books and essays for students to read and teaches them how to identify themes, points of view, and other characteristics.” Stated the website American Jobs Exchange.

Salary: 53,000

Education: Bachelors in English and Masters in English.

I would not like to be an English teacher because I am not good at explaining things and I get frustrated easy when I explain several times and people still don’t get it

Student Success Statement

“Nothing is ever gained in doing what’s wrong”

Wilford Woodruff

I agree with these quote because You will never get anything ( or at least anything positive from doing what’s wrong) when doing the wrong. Choosing the wrong will just give you negative outcomes and a bad name, when you do wrong no one believes you or sees you as a true person with values, instead they look at you as a bad person whom chooses the wrong.

LAUSD

                                    Families

The LAUSD system offers many services for families so that parents can be involve I their children’s education system. Some of these parent benefits are:

District English Learner Advisory Committee

Parent Advisory Committee

Common Core State Standards Parent Resources

ESC Parent Engagement

Parent and Community Resources

Parent Bill of Rights

School Volunteer Program

Tools for Schools

Contact PCSB

This services will benefit me by allowing  my parents to get involve in educational stuff so that they can help me with my homework. They can also learned what is going on with the LAUSD system and participate on taking decisions that might benefit me on my education overall. Another helpful thing  were this services can help me is that, these this services  my parents will be more inform about how the system works and they will now know what will be next for me and for them.

“Nicest Man in the World”

Patrick Morgan is a man who has a big heart. He is kind , very respectful and he does care about others around him. He returned 13,000 dollars , he helped a homeless  women. His actions are really inspiring, they are the right thing to do and something that we all should fall for.  A person you is kind, gentle, and caring is the one who gets the best out of the world by getting all of the reward of feeling happy.

 

Student Success Statement

An internal phenomenon

“The reward for doing right is mostly an internal phenomenon: self-respect, dignity (self-worth), integrity and self-esteem”

Dr.Laura Schlessinger

When you do the right thing you might not look happy in the outside or you might not show to the rest of the people your reward but you will feel the goodness you’ve done in  your inside, that comfortable feeling that comes from doing the right thing that make you feel warm from inside.

LAUSD: Student

By looking at the website http://achieve.lausd.net/Page/1124 I found some services that are very helpful for student s like me at LAUDS. These are ones of the services that this system provides and that I could use to help me in my studies sand that will benefit me in my future.

1. Library: This is a digital library where students can find books they may need besides the ones already provided for the school and that might not be in their libraries. This is really useful for me because it is another resource when I can’t find a book.

2.   Bullying: In this website the LAUDS district also gives us information about bullying and how to prevent it and how to deal with it. This will benefit me if I am being bully, to guide me on the steps to stop it.

3. Graduation: There is also a tap called “Graduation” which contains all the information that will qualify you to graduate if that’s your goal. This will help me by giving me information about my requirements to graduate from high school and how I could commit my goal.

Nursing Home Administrator

Duties and responsibilities: must ensure that their facilities comply with health and safety codes. They prepare official reports and attend community and institutional meetings. They also set goals, coordinate programs and take responsibility for the facility's success.

Salary: $83,340

Education: Age requirement for licensure. Moral character and suitability requirement for licensure. Degree program from any of these: Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (MSA);

New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc./Commission on Institutions of Higher Education (NEASC-CIHE);

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA);

he Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges (NASC);

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools/Commission on Colleges (SACS-CC);

Western Association of Schools and Colleges/Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities (WASC-Sr.); and

Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools (AARTS).

I woul not like to be one because I don’t really enjoy doing paper work I am more like an active person.

FORGIVENESS

This story is about Lisa, Mega, Eric Smallridge, and Renee mother of Lisa. Eric accidentally kill Megan and Lisa in a car accident, the judge give Eric 20 years in hail but after a certain time Renee forgive Eric saying that he was really sorry of what he has done and she talked to the judge therefore the judge reduced the time for Eric. This act of forgiveness is incredible and very kind from Renee whom putted her pain to the side and forgive the man that killed her daughter. I t is very satisfactory to forgive because that’s how you recover from an injury. Forgiveness is peace.

Student Success Statement

“When a deep injury is done to us, we never recover until we forgive”

Alan Paton

This is a really powerful quote that honestly can be applied to me in several ways and events of my life. Because we are humans, we all commit errors and some of them can hurt people around us and even our love ones. It is important for us to know how to forgive, is we don’t that ugly feeling won’t let us move on and continue with our life. Forgiveness is to grow to be mature not only for this but also to learn that this injuries does not kill you but make you stronger and a person with a bigger heart that know how to forgive.

Doctor Bob

This video about Doctor Bob from New York is very touching. The fact that he works for free and gives his health services to poor people who don’t have insurance shows how kind and humanitarian he is. Not only health services but just being a humanitarian by helping the needs of others, by taking the time, the effort, the money etc make him a wonderful human being. Doctor Bob has a big heart he is the richest Doctor in the world he has what in reality is the most important thing he has courage to step up for other in the right time.

Student Success Statement

“Make each day your master piece. You have to apply yourself each day to become a little better, and over a period of time you become a lot better”

John Wooden

UCLA

This reminds me about my struggle when I started to learn English. Since my first language is Spanish and I came to the USA about 3 years ago I had to learn a lot or how they say I had to catch up. I suffer a lot because I couldn't even pronounce words correctly but practicing every day I got better and better and better until I even got reclassify as an English Student Learner.

Military Medical Opportunities

Duties and Responsibilities: This job is basically about attending soldiers in any health inconvenience they might have.

Salary:  13,000-36,000

Education: There are four different branches where you could go the air force, marines, navy and the Army. Each of these for have their own requirements to get in depending on which one you want to go. For sure you will have to take the physical fitness test. Also, to apply to any of these you must have your nurse degree, physician, doctors or the correspondent degree for what you are applying for.

I would like to be one because I would be working on what I love which is medicine but at the same time I wouldn’t because I am kind of scare that something could happen like that I might have to go to war and die so is pretty much a no :/ but yet again I love the fact of being a physician so?? Is a I  don’t know or a maybe :p

WESTERN OREGON vs CENTRAL WASHINGTON

The story of Sara, Liz and Mallory

Reflection

I think that Mallory and Liz are charitable by caring Sara around the bases after she got injured. I am happy to see that there are still some people with character that step up to do right things no matter what. I also thing that Liz and Mallory are very heroic because even though they knew they were helping their opponent they still help Sara commit her home run. It is very beautiful how the spectators got affected by this kind action, the audience was crying and I believe it was because they saw the sportsmanship and kindness Liz and Mallory had. I get super emotional with this type of things I believe that all of us should do the right thing and it would be better if we do it at the right time.

Student Success Statement

                       Student Success Statement

“It’s a great moment has character to step up and do the right thing at the right time”

                                       Pam Knox

 My opinion about this quote from Pam Knox is that is good to do the right and it is way better to do the right thing in the right time.When you do the right thing the rewards are awesome and those will multiply themselves if you do them in the right time.

Medical Illustrato

Medical Illustrator

Duties and Responsibilities: A medical illustrator is a professional artist with advanced education in both the life sciences and visual communication. Collaborating with scientists, physicians, and other specialists, medical illustrators transform complex information into visual images that have the potential to communicate to broad audiences. This professional area the ones who draw the sketches of parts of the body or any biology related

Salary: a combination of basic science courses in anatomy, pathology, micro anatomy, physiology, embryology, and neurotically, along with specialized applied art courses such as surgical illustration. Other classes include color theory, instructional design, photography, interactive media development, 3-D modeling and web design, along with traditional drawing and computer applications.

Education: master's degree from an accredited two-year graduate program in medical illustration. 

I would love to be one because I love drawing and I really like medicine. I also find interesting the details of the drawing these professionals do. 

Student Success Statement

The 10 Indian

Commandments

1.Treat the Earth and all the dwells therein with respect.

2.Remain close to the Great Spirit

3.Show great respect to your fellow beings.

4.Work together for the benefit of all mankind.

5.Give assistance and kindness whenever needed.

6.Do what you know to be right.

7.Look after the well-being of mind and body.

8.Dedicate a share of your efforts to the great good.

9.Be truthful and honest at all times.

10.                Take full responsibility for your actions. 

Student Success Statement

                          Visualization—Imagination

                       “What you see is what you get”

                                    Anonymous

I am agree with this quote because when I barley came to the USA I saw myself talking English and overcoming any difficulties that this new country would have and I did I know English and I can keep up if anything happen in my life.I also visualize my goals by writing at least 3 goals in my life planning book.

Non-Medical Career

Professional Tattoo Artist

Duties and Responsibilities: Tattoo artists are professionals who create designs and apply tattoos to all areas of customers' bodies with specialized needles

Salary: $14,424 - $59,598

Education: High school diploma or proof of GED completion is usually required. Apprenticeship, commonly three years in length, might be required. Licensure. Creativity, manual dexterity and artistic ability. Most states require tattoo artists to be 18 years of age or older; some shops prefer or require artists to have visible tattoos themselves.

I would like to be a professional tattoo designer because I found tattoos as a way of express something also a way of remembering and expressing emotions through people’s skin. In addition I would like to be one because I am a very creative person and I like to design new things.

Student Success Statement

“Goodness is the only investment that never fails”

Henry David Thoreau

I am agreeing with this quote because based on personal experience, every time I use goodness as my input my output is way more good than my input and it also gives me a great satisfaction.

World Records

Largest collection of owl-related items

The record for the largest collection of owls consists of 18,055 items and is owned by Dianne Turner, Wilton, Maine, USA. Dianne Turner completed her owl collection in 2002 at the age of 55. She made her own ceramics and was still firing owls in her kiln after she went blind from diabetes. The owls were painted one colour because she could not see. Dianne was known as "The Owl Lady". She passed away in January 2003 and her family and friends applied for the record as a tribute to her memory.

Longest head hair

Who

XIE QIUPING

Where                                                                                                                        

CHINA

When

08 MAY 2004The world's longest documented hair belongs to Xie Qiuping (China) at 5.627 m (18 ft 5.54 in) when measured on 8 May 2004.

 Youngest Zumba Instructor

 Catalina Mejia sets world record (Video) 

 Gaithersburg, MD, USA--Catalina Mejia, 15, works as a Zumba instructor at Studio X in Gaithersburg; she has been certified to teach the aerobic fitness program for four years (at 11 years 4 months and 12 days) - setting the new world record for the Youngest Zumba Instructor, according to the World Record Academy: www.worldrecordacademy.com/.

My favorite Record is the youngest Zumba teacher because it’s a girl and because I love Zumba and the fact that a young women is already a teachers inspires me J

I would like to break a world record I don’t know which one but I would like to J

Student Success Statement

“My basic principle is that you don’t make decisions because they are easy; you don’t make them because they are cheap; you don’t make them because they are popular; you make them because they’re right.”

  

 Theodore Hesburgh

 I am not certainly agreeing with this quote because there are people that even though they know what’s the right thing to do, they don’t pick do the right decision. It seems for me that some people still pick the easy, cheap, or popular decisions.