July 2014 Blog Posts (96)

For most people, smartphones are nothing more than devices for gaming and socializing. However, smart teens know how to turn their smartphones not only into an entertainment platform but also a bona fide educational tool. Here are useful apps that can help you with your studies at school, as well as motivate you to learn new things in a fun way. …

Keep searching and asking, then acting. Don't think on the purpose too much and you'll find meaning.

EVEN if meaning, to you, goes beyond school intellect or a stationary, habitual work ethic. The road to finding yourself is a journey.



Before you know it, you'll be so consumed with you that he/she will be that blurry dot in your life.



That dot that was a speck.

That speck that  became a blob.

That blob that  became a figure.…

Today Karyme's mom came and made some delicious drinks.She made a smoothie with strawberries,mango,coconut water,watermelon,water,and i think more.It was a delicious smoothie.After that she made a juice with pineapple,carrots,apple,and kale.It was delicious too

                                                                               By:Erika

Dear Readers,

  Today the most amazing person came in and showed the group some delicious juices she made. She is one of the students mom who who made a smoothie with almonds, chia seeds, watermelon, mango, cherries, pears, which was the most amazing smoothie more of mango and cherries to me. Also another smoothie she made was with kale, carrots, and carrots, and pineapple. This one was orange and it tasted mostly of pineapple and it was amazing I was about to start tear up. And then…

We were lucky enough to have someone come in today and she showed us 3 different types of healthy juices. The juices really inspired me to re-make them at home. It's a delicious way to drink something healthy yet tummy. For sure i'm going to make them at home!  

- By Daniela

 You would think volunteering might be a lot of work or boring but, honestly it's a lot of fun. Not only do you make small connection with the girls at camp, but you also meet the creative magical imagination of their brain. Also while the girls at camp are learning cool things, I am  learning fantastic things as well that I wish someone would have teach me or expose me at such a young age. I have learned how to edit a video, the…

This is a condensed version of a longer paper I wrote for a class, on a topic relevant to myself, a second generation immigrant who is part of a Folklorico dance group, and to many of us growing up in the US with parents born in Mexico. 

           Second generation immigrants in the…

I think you should not Photoshop because we then the people that are reading the magazines we can't see what their real body/face looks like. I also think you should not Photoshop because some people that are in the magazines that think they look good and fancy but really they are not. I don't think you should Photoshop because some people like how they turned…

        Dear Editors of magazines,

I think Photoshop is the cause of why girls are now more than ever insecure. Mainly the models that appear on the magazines are skinny, fit and flawless. But is that really them? Upon seeing all the beauty that they carry, young readers might get influenced to look just as the models do. Seeing someone with their dream body gives them hope that…

Dear Editor and Chief,

    What is the whole point of Photoshopping models? I think the true beauty in a person is the personality and the models should who they are and just do whatever is comfortable. Or if you want the models to be skinny choose those who are skinny and not photoshop the skinny ones. And you know whatelse you could do you can choose the model you want in your photo and put them on a diet and make them exercise so they could get skinny on their own and not make them…

I think that to tell the truth . I don't read what you write sorry.You might be mad at me but reading is not my thing . I really only read the big letters .A lot of people read the hole thing but I don't sorry . Don't blame me that's how I am …

Dear editors of magazines,

I think that you should stop using photo shop and let your models inner beauty show and not just technology. Every human has there flaws, we  aren't perfect, no one is. When you don't use photo shop your models can find there confidence in them self instead of looking at them selves as a techno made person on magazines. You just have to except that no matter what that we are…

Dear magazine editors,

What is the point of Photoshop? Is it to sell your product, or making people feel bad about who they are? The latter is what you are doing. Everyone has flaws, trust me. Even you do. Our flaws are what makes us human. But covering that up raises the expectations on how people should look(which is not exactly human) , and if people are no where near in how beautiful those Photoshoped models look( which is…

 Dear Editor in Chief

  You are photo-shopping a lot and you should stop.You should stop photo-shopping because i don't think its nice.Its not nice because you are publishing a person on a magazine without her real face or body on it.Its like you are putting a ghost on a magazine because its not someone real.Let me make it clear,you are putting someone real on it but its not completely herself because you are basically…

Dear editors of magazines,

  I am writing to you today because I think that you photo-shop too much. Photo-shopping is an insult to some people.It is rude to make a person they aren't photo-shopping is bad. It is bad to put a picture of a person and change everything about them by not putting their real face and body. There is no perfect when it comes to a human body, it just doesn't exist. People actually care about the way…

Today we learn about advertisement. We did a video about a  animal shelters. The cast is Irlanda, Melissa, Emely. We are trying to save animals from being put down to sleep. 

                     -Irlanda, Melissa, Emely

Today we did a commercial. It was about helping families get food. Estefania, Rut, and I were in the group together. We video tapped each other by saying scripts that would help families get food.

                                                     -Estefania, Rut, Andrea

I just saw this movie called Fat, Sick, Nearly Dead, which is about a guy named Joe from Australia who weighed about 400 pounds and he wanted to loose weight. And he kept taking pills for his rash which could lead to addiction and was almost nearly dead. His idea was to juice fruits and vegetables and drink that for 60 days so that he could loose weight and it was a quick and easy way. His friends in Australia said that he was crazy to just drink juice all day for 60 days straight. He went…

I just saw this movie called Fat, Sick, Nearly Dead, which is about a guy named Joe from Australia who weighed about 400 pounds and he wanted to loose weight. And he kept taking pills for his rash which could lead to addiction and was almost nearly dead. His idea was to juice fruits and vegetables and drink that for 60 days so that he could loose weight and it was a quick and easy way. His friends in Australia said that he was crazy to just drink juice all day for 60 days straight. He went…

Being healthy

When your healthy you fell much more energized, and have energy. When you don't take care of yourself it could lead to obesity, diseases, also having to take lots of pills and medicine. Sometimes when your to big , and sick you don't know if you'll wake up. it's scary to think of that but sadly for some people it's reality. when your healthy it doesn't mean that you have to be skinny to be healthy, some people…