Sophomore year. Those two words pretty much explain themselves. For those of you who have not experienced this time in your life yet I will give you a little scoop on what it's like.

     Coming into this school year I wasn't to afraid as I was going into freshman year. The reason being that Atrisco Heritage is a new school and there is no upper class men. We, as sophomore were the upper class men. Knowing that gave me a little more courage.

    At the beginning of the year I came in feeling no different than I did the year before. Maybe my style was a little different and I looked a little older but the feeling of being back at school was the same. I still had all the same friends as the year before, and we hung out all summer, so that made everything a lot easier. It's pretty scary meeting new people, well at least for me it is. Looking at all the kids from freshman year and seeing how some changed and how some stayed exactly the same was pretty exciting. Its crazy how people change just over one summer. One thing I noticed though is that the kids change but the teachers stay exactly the same. There's those teachers that you really liked and your excited to be in their class, but on the other side of the bracket there's the teachers that are really tough and take everything really serious. The classes as a sophomore are a little bit more difficult. The teachers have higher expectations, even more then they did before. Each year you get older the expectations get higher.

     Sophomore year doesn't just involve school. Being a sophomore you get much more privileges. My parents let me do plenty more then what they let me as a freshman. They let me hang out with my friends a lot, and they gave me a lot of trust (which, by the way i still have.) I didn't do one thing this year to were my parents couldn't trust me anymore. But I defiantly had a lot of fun with my friends. We did so many crazy things. Maybe even to crazy to put in words. I hung out with quite a group. There are mostly guys, but that's only because I think girls are drama, and I really don't need that stress added on to all the other stress you get from high school. Anyway, there is one girl that is drama free and I wouldn't trade her for all the money in the world. I call her my sister. For the last two and a half years we've been right by each others side. I can defiantly say our relationship has grown a hundred times a million over the past year and as the years go on hopefully it keeps growing and growing. There's not a better feeling then having a good friend by your side.

     Each year in your life you learn something new. Being a fifteen year old sophomore I learned that everything is getting more real. As you get older you learn that you have much more responsibilities and realize your only a couple of years away of being out in the real world, on your own. Myself as an individual, I feel I am ready for anything that is coming my way. I am willing to take on any challenge. So bring it on junior year.

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wolfpack, wolf pack,
let me hear you howl
let me hear you growl
howl hauuuu
growl grrrrr
wolf pack wolf pack

wolf pack is the best pack
you know you want to join it
howling through the halls
like berry b the hornet.

we watch bee movie
and we are very groovie
we dance all night
and sometimes we fight

we dont get referals
because were to cool
when we walk around
all the haters wanna drool

we know cpr
we will take your breath away
you might wannaa hear this
its a very special day

i better keep this clean
i dont wanna sound mean
i tell it how it is
it makes baby carlos wanna jizz

we like every shape
except the ugly star
we wont say anymore
because you know who you are.

wolfpack, wolf pack,
let me hear you howl
let me hear you growl
howl hauuuu
growl grrrrr
wolf pack wolf pack

Betrayal

"Et tu Brute, then fall Cesar." Perhaps the most famous words in English Literature speak of betrayal of a friend. Julius Cesar is saying that even his own friend is stabbing him in the back, then he has no hope. Our friends are the ones that we except to stand by us through thick and thin, when we are going through hard times and we ask that they be like a bridge over troubled waters. Someone who betrays, or stabs you in the back, is called untrustworthy.

If you make a promise to someone and go against your word, that is what you call betrayal. When after being betrayed its hard to trust again. True friends are hard to find. Trust is a hard thing to just give someone, and it's even harder to handle when someone breaks that trust. Most of the time people land up with wrong people that are hard to adjust with. Keeping up with a broken friendship is quite hard, especially if it was not your fault. But, life goes on you make new friends. You push away your hurtful past and learn a valuable lesson from it. When friends let you down and are not there for you when you need them the most, its very heart wrenching. Sometimes the reason why friends betray you is just not known, which leaves you the feeling of guilt that maybe something went wrong from your side. You demand answers of why you have been betrayed for no fault of yours.

Hate it as much as you want, you will eventually have to reach the point of reality and accept that things were not meant to be. If someone ever asked me, "If we cannot rely on our friends to lend us a helping hand, then who can we rely on?" I would respond to that in one simple world, Ourselves. "Don't ask of your friends what you yourself can do" (Quintus Ennius). I've learned from experience that we can not depend on anyone but ourselves because when we do depend on others there is always a let down. When you hear the saying of "You can't trust no one," it is 100% true. There is not one person out there that knows you better then yourself. Not even your own parents. They don't always tell you the truth. And for some of us they're not always there for you, but its okay because I have myself, and that is all I need. For right now I have gave my trust to one other person besides myself. I can't tell you why but i trust this person to the fullest. Her name is Rehanna and she is my best friend, more like a sister. For the two years I've known her she has always been there for me no matter what. She is amazing and i love her so much. When you do find those couple people you can trust its the best feeling ever.

Lonely Girl

"You didn't know i was waiting on you? So i was really waiting on a dream that would never come true!"

Courage and Bravery

"Courage is the absece of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more importnat than fear."(Omar Bradly). "Bravery is being the only one who knows you are afraid." (Franklin P. Jones)We all face difficulties in our life like loosing someone you love getting something stolen or having the school bully on your bad side. But wat sets courageous people apart from cowards is fortitude. Having the fill to go out there and face those difficulties and diffuse them with passion and strength. Having such qualities is a hard thing to find. Not alot of people straight up can tell you that they have those qualities because to many people are scared of their difficulties.

The Literacy Site-World Hunger

The Literacy Site provides a feel-good way to help promote awareness of the importance of literacy through easy and quick online activities. The cause i looked at on this site was world hunger. There is a 1.02 billion estimated amount of people suffering from hunger out of the 6.8 billion people in this world. It really made me think how lucky I am to have food at the dinner table every night when there are 1.02 billion people out there sufforing from hunger. We take advantage of the little things we do have and seem to not appreciate them as much as those who have never experienced what we have. I am very thankfull that my parents have good jobs in this so called "depression" that were in. I have shoes to put on my feet, clothes to put on my back, a roof over my head, and I'm very thankfull for the food on my table.

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I Travel Through Time

Time travel is a hypothetical journeying into the past or the future, as in science fiction. In other words traveling to either the future or the past, which most people believe is impossible. I am one of those people. Even though I believe that time travel is nothing but a dream if I were really able to go through time I would defiantly travel from the past to the future.

Starting my journey in the past I would go to the time of the mid 1700's. I would go to the past not only to learn but to teach. I would go dressed in present day clothes so that when i meet someone I can talk to them and explain to how today is. I would take today's technology such as, a cellphone, an Ipod, and a flash light. The reason for the flash light would be to show the great creator of the light bulb, Benjamin Franklin, how amazing his invention turned out. I"m sure he would be more than ecstatic. After my time in the past I would head to the future to see my life ahead of me.

Heading to the future I would take myself to the year of 2020. At this time iIwill be 25 years old. When I arrive to the future I hope to see myself graduating from college with a degree, having a steady job, having a wonderful home big enough to raise a family with my husband. There's not much to say about the future because no one knows what is going to happen, they can only hope.

The Road of Ancestry

I always felt like I never had a connection to my past. I never heard any stories about my family's past so I tried get a bit of info. My ancestry goes all the way back to Sapin. There is a little town in Spain called Zamora. Zamora is a small city that deserves a visit. Its Old Town has an important legacy of Romanesque art and lies along the Río Duero (Duero river). Zamora is a richly diverse province, one of Spain's best kept secrets still awaiting discovery by the masses. Zamora town and province are filled with history and charm. The Castle in Zamora was built in the middle ages, magnificent views of the city. Some how my family made their way to America. I suppose when they got here they landed in the beautiful Land of Enchantment. I believe we've been here for many of years. However the Zamora family ended up here I'm really glad they did because I love it, and they couldn't have picked a better place.

The Starfish Story

"Always give someone a chance that you know another might not get." The man in the Starfish story continued to throw the starfish back into the ocean knowing that he can make the smallest change. I believe this story symbolizes an opportunity and giving. If you have an opportunity to give someone else a chance then you can make a difference in ones life. Doing something without expecting anything in return is called being a good samaritan. Something just as little as throwing a starfish back into the ocean makes a difference.

Change

Change. org is a good website that you might want to take a look at. It talks about all the problems throughout the world and what you can do to help change them. The cause i looked up was education. The story that looked most interesting to me was about removing all full-calorie, sweetened from schools worldwide by 2012. I personally think this is a good idea because cokes are not good for you. I think its a good way to get kids to cut down on their intake on coke. If you think this is interesting there's plenty more to be seen on this website so you might just want to check it out.

The Great Debaters

"We do what we have to do in order to do what we want to do." I think The Great Debaters is a four star movie out of five stars. This movie showed how history was back in 1930. I really enjoyed this movie. It made me realize how much things have changed over the years. I'm glad that now a days we don't have to go threw all of the racism as much as the people did back in the day. Its really not the same as it used to be and im very thankful for that. I believe that everyone in the world was created equal and no one should be treated differently just because they have a different skin color. Overall i really liked the movie and i would recommend it to others who are interested in history.

Deigo Rivera

Nude with Calla Lilies, 1944

This painting was done by Diego Rivera in 1944. The painting is a reflection on my life. I believe the lilies represent life and the girl represents a strong young women who can hold her life together on her own. She is very independent and doesn't need anyone but herself. I'm sure she would appreciate help but shes showing she can do it with or without anyone.

"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!"
(By Emma Lazarus, 1883)

I believe that this poem represents the freedom of our country. The statue of liberty was given to the U.S. in 1886 by the french as a token of friendship. The stuatue is standing tall on liberty island in the middle of the Hudson River in New York City Harbor. I personally have not seen it, but hopefully one day i'll get to.

AP World History, Industrial Revolution

Quotes I Belive In

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing (Keller, Helen)."

"Action is the foundational key to all success (Picasso, Pablo)."

"Champions keep playing until they get it right (King, Billie)."

"Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best (Duncan, Tim)."

"In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends (King, Martin Luther)."

"When you argue with reality, you lose - but only 100% of the time (Katie, Byron)."

"The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become (DuBois, Charles)."

"Conquer, but don't triumph (Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie)."

"The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle (Nin, Anais)."

"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe (France, Anatole)."

Light in the Darkness

My eyelids slowly open as the morning sunshine glares on my face.

I then think to myself wow, isn't this the most wonderful place.

I am very thankful for everything Iv'e ever had,

And Iv'e grown to learn that living in a hole isn't that bad

Sunshine(:

Sun, warm to your heart knowing that the world has not yet fallen apart.

Sun shining throughout the day brings life to the world and all thats at play.

Sunshine, sunshine's very fine feel it in the air feel it in your mind.