The Great Debaters.

  

The Great Debaters, was an amazing movie. It showed good points towards how the 1935's were. It was was based on three smart students trying to accomplish the impossible. They had a hard working teacher that encouraged them day by day. He never stop beliving in their soon to be success. The students showed a big difference to many people that never thought they could do it. I never thought that racism and discrimintation was that bad back in the day. They witnessed many horrible things on their journey, and I would say they almost gave up. These students showed that they can go to college with different types of race in their blood, and prove everyone that looked down wrong! They did accomplish what they were headed towards and made a difference in their lives.

Current Life to Share.

                                                                                                                                            03/30/2010

My great grandchild, I would like to tell you my story and how good but tough it has been. It may not be full of excitment and at times lifeless, but I would like to tell you anyways. My current age is 16 years old, and the story is based on my sixteen years alive.
It all started when I was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. My birth date is Febuary 19, 1994. I was born to Margarita Chavira, she was a teen mother and new to the United States. My father I dont really like speaking of; I will explain. I dont remember any memories from when I was a baby, but two years later my little sister was born. Her name was Caroline, and we look nothing alike, well at least I thought we didnt. We grew up fighting like any other pair of sisters, who also liked playing outside in the mud all the time. I might not say "I love you" everyday, but I know she knows without me having to say it out loud.

My child hood was great! My teen years not so much. I grew up, matured, and started becoming my own leader. Ten years after they had my sister, my parents had another baby. His name was Miguel Jr. and I love him so much. He wasn't planned, and my parents were having problems when my mom got pregnant. They decided to stick it out for a couple more years, till my brother was a bit older. Everything was okay till a nightmare that I dont ever want to go through, and that I will NEVER forget occured. I was nearly 14 years old when, my mom became a physical abused victim, and my sister and I, the witnesses. I never thought that my dad would ever do that, but I was wrong; I doubt so many things in life and about people now.
Other things occured after that, and rest of my little family and I were never the same again. I had to give up tons of stuff; my home, but I still have my mom, my rebel of a sister and my currently four year old brother. My parents still have their differences till this day, and I know thats never going to change. Day by day everything gets better, but I still look at my friends who have both their parents and the old life that I use to have; I envy them. Am I all good though? My life may sound like a true disaster, but it wasn't all like that. I might not have made you feel excited to explore your history, I'm just sixteen. I see my future bright, and I will do something with my life, and you will be able to look back and feel proud of me. I will prove those wrong.                                                                                                                

                                                                                                                                        -Diana J.

STARFISH.

"Starfish, oh Starfish, little life that I hold in my hand.

I will help you, and be there in your time of need.

You are great and deserve a life as much as anyone does.

I will be there for you till the very end.

Starfish, oh starfish(J, Dianna)."

The moral of the story through my eyes is, that even though you cant help every single life out there, you can help so much by just doing something for someone. On my time I like to help people as much as I can. Yeah, I might only 16 years old, but that would most certainly not stop me from making a change in someones life. Everyone can help in their own special way.

There are lots of ways that I help people. One way for me is, every 2 months or 3 months I go and get a hair cut. My hair grows very rapidly and i don't like having long hair so i chop it all off to shoulder length. You might be wondering, "What does this have to do with helping others, right?" Well, I use to just go get it all my hair cut off, just throw away the chunk of hair into the trash can, and it was a done deal. My mom one day told me that, I could be doing something with my hair to help others, instead of just throwing it away. We researched, and found out that you can donate your hair to this organization that makes wigs and sends them to children that have cancer. Now every time I go and cut my long hair, I donate it. It may not be big deal to others but to me it means a lot. Making a child smile and brighten their day, makes my day.

That was one way. You don't have to save a persons life to feel like your helping out. Just one thought and action can help someone. Life's a long lesson and what ive learned is that its not to be taken for granted.

Education.

What I learned from this very important cause was, schools are forbidding children's parents from speaking Spanish. It may all be the case that, they may be telling students that they are NOT allowed to communicate in the language; most likely Spanish. This is very disturbing towards my race. I am Mexican and I would most definitely wouldn't want someone to tell me that i cant speak my first language. I would like to take action and I did so. I signed the petition towards education.  change.org

Ana Mateo was told she couldn't speak Spanish to the parents, and she still did so she was terminated. What is so wrong for communicating with the children's parents in their natural, root language they know? Many parents have stated that they weren't even allowed to speak to each other in Spanish. Ana is suing the school Devonshire Elementary in North Carolina for discrimination on Title VII grounds.

Statue of Liberty.

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,

With conquering limbs astride from land to land;

Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand

A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame

Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name

Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand

Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command

The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.

"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she

With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,

I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

Writen By: Emma Lazarus, 1883

Statue of Liberty: Freedom.

My personal response to this poem is that the staue is very important to our nation.

It represents us in our own proud way.

I think the statue means everything to people who come into the United States.

A women who gives a message to humans, they pass and admire her beauty.

"I lift my lamp beside the golden door. "

My favorite part!

She's our key, our light, to freedom.

She offers what she has to everyone who wants to enter the golden door.

They expect a united country; full of life and future.

A place they can call home.

Thats what this amazing treasured United States holds for man kind.

The Statue of Liberty says it all.