Madden 20 comes out this year and I CANT WAIT. I cannot wait to compete in this tournament. oh yeah did I not mention that i will be trying my chance in competing in Madden this year. This is all i want in life and that is to compete in games that im good at. Madden will be the first game i will ever compete in. I got motivated last week when  i saw a 17-year-old in the tournament and he beat one of my favorite competitors SKIMBO. I said what!!! Then he went to the championship and lost terribly .

i know for fact that im better than him he wasnt good at all just based of watching him. so i said if this scrub can do it, I can without a doubt make it into this. I can’t wait to prepare for this game i love it so much. I know i can do it, I know what has to be dont in order to be great.

Im willing to do everything necessary to be successful in this tournament, If that mean long nights so be it, if that means no social life so be it. I already have enough friends in life as of right now. This won’t be my last tourney either I will compete until my opponents bore me with how garbage they are at the game. Nobody in this class or entire school can beat me in Madden and I’m willing to bet on it!!!!!!!

Boyz in the hood is a classic film made a long time ago. this movie at times was hard to watch simply because of the plot of the movie. An, of course, the climax of the movie really turned eyes. this film to me is not a rewatch movie. you don’t choose any day just to watch this movie, you watch it because it’s on or nothing it is on.

I say you watch this movie if you wanna cry or learn something meaningful or both. It’s an easy to watch movie with a meaningful lesson at the end and in the middle. This movie isn’t my favorite simply because its it not my style of genre. but i do like the actors in the movie Ice Cube and Morris Chesnut

Free write

Blog 10- blogging reflection

Blog 9- another free write

Jelysa Edwards

Becoming

I like Becoming, from jump it interested me. I like learning where Michelle Obama came from, i like her story she telling. She is such a role model for women. I am not too far into it currently to get into deep details but for me it’s so far so good. This novel is inspirational for any and all women, doesn’t matter your race or gender or even where you are from, as long as you are strong minded and goal oriented you will be able to set yourself up for success.

Blog 9

Currently I am watching this show on netflix called “Breaking Bad”. It is about a highschool chemistry teach named Walter White, who is also a husband and a father. Walter is over qualified to be a highschool teacher, he once was a part of a team that was highly educated and had potential to blow up. He got cut from the group and after a few years it became a million dollar company. He resents them and is unhappy but he puts on a show for his wife and son. His wife has an unplanned pregnancy and he has mixed emotion about it because of their age.

Walter gets diagnosed with stage three lung cancer and this new devastated him and his family. They are not prepared to pay his medical bills, because the only source of income is his teaching job. All Walter cares about is making sure his family is stable when he is gone. His wife suggests borrowing money from family and friends to help out with their money issues but he is too prideful to accept. Instead of accepting help, Walter decides to start cooking meth using his chemistry knowledge, but is not setup with the distribution connections so he reaches out to a former student of his to become partners.

Of course with anything illegal it is bound to take a left turn with extreme complications. Walter and his partner face many near death situations, in some of them they are forced to kill or be killed. Not only do they have to face the dangers of the streets and other criminals, they have to watch their backs from the DEA, which one of the many officers on the meth case is Walter’s brother in law. After they get themselves out of very intense battles, Walter gets a big head. I can tell by the way he holds himself now that he feels like the top dog in the game, but from the outside looking in he is way in over his head and he doesn’t care. Being lucky makes him takes more risk that leads to bigger and bigger problems. I can’t wait to see how everything plays out.

Blog 8

The film I chose was Hotel Rwanda, which was based on a true historical event. I really like this movie because of the historical education it serves about african history. The film was made in 2004, but I am impressed by the directing skills, making the movie very realistic. I learned more about the history behind hutu and tutsi in this movie than any history class i took in high school. The Belgium ruled Rwanda in the earlier years and separated the people of the country based on their appearance, hutu were usually shorter, darker, and wider noses and the tutsi appeared taller, skinner noses and lighter skin.  

This movie is an eye opener of how other foreign countries do not value the relationship they have with rwanda or any other African countries. Although Rwanda had allies they did not want to involve themselves because they simply did not care enough about the natives lives, forcing them to fight for their lives while their government system was down. I usually get emotional with movies like this, it is just crazy for me to wrap my mind around that situations like these occurred.

One thing i could suggest to make the movie better is the acting. Not every actor in this movie was as good enough to convince the audience the depth of the scene they played. I also noticed that everybody had a african accent which is reasonable considering the place of the plot. The accents could have been more realistic but i wouldn’t have minded if the movie had english subtitle.

Blog 7

I am a first year college student, and I am honestly surprised of how far I came. I feel that everyone can relate that college is very stressful, but you also learn a lot too. I believe nothing can fully prepare you for college, it’s a learning experience. Everything any highschool teacher told me about college was a lie. Yes the work can be hard, but the biggest battle in my personal opinion is time management. Being on your own forces us to manage life on our own terms, there is nobody telling you when to eat, sleep, or go to class because we are now responsible for ourselves one hundred percent.

Time management is one of my biggest struggles when it comes to homework and assignments. In highschool everyday your teachers remind you of what needs to be turned in and when. Yes in college most professors send reminders for due dates, but it is up to the students to take it upon themselves on when is the best opportunity to get it done. I used to really want to work during this semester but i am glad i waited because i could not possibly imagine maintaining a job while keeping up with my grades. Not only are you in charge of when you get your homework done but eating and sleeping isn’t something i consider would be such a task until i got to college.

Making sure your body gets the right about of sleep and nutrients can help with anyone education improve. This is also something that i am working on getting better at. Nobody is here setting aside time for us to go eat. On a average day i may eat one to two meals a day, which is not at all healthy. These meals also rarely include enough fruits and vegetables as id like, unhealthy food is generally cheaper, faster, and easier to get. I am only human and i’m sure i am not the first to deal with these issue, i plan to improve in my next semester with everything i struggled with this year.

Blog 6

Gentrification was the topic I chose for project 3. To summarize gentrification, it is basically the process of upcoming renovations and improvements made in certain cities and neighborhoods, generally in low income areas. Although I could witness these changes happening I was unaware of everything gentrification comes with in a negative light. People, including me could visually see the positive side but it wasn’t until i did my research that i could also see the negative sides. I couldn’t properly state my argument until I did an abundance of research.

The main sources I planned to use consisted of articles, either from personal experiences or statistic based reading. Whether the article was percentage based or personal, there were very little information of the positive effects having to deal with the community prior to this movement. After I gathered this information I choose to direct my argument to an anti gentrification point of view. Gentrification was a topic that stuck out to me more because i have family that have also faced the negative consequences.

Putting my thoughts into words became easier once i choose specific topics to shed light on. I learned through my research that gentrification takes a toll on the school system, family owned businesses, and leaving most residents homeless or in poverty. Out of only these few subjects to talk about none of them are worth being thrown to the side to build coffee shops, or yoga studios. I am happy and content with this topic to research and i am looking forward to sharing this information and learning more.