My Opinion

These past weeks discussions have been interesting to me. From the "Pursuit Of Hapiness" to "The Assualt for Reason" by Algore. I have my own thoughts and opinions and 'm going to share them with you.
"The Pursuit Of Happiness" was a very touching movie. I admired Chris's initiative in EVERYTHING he did. He was doing whatever it took to succeed and to provide for his family. But even though he had a happy ending, does everyone who tries have a happy ending? In my opinion I believe it all depends on the individuals happy ending. If person A's happy ending is having enough money to pay the bills without worry, then their goal is much more easier than person B who wants to pay the bills along with extra spending benefits. It is more likely for person A to reach it's goal.
In the "Assault for Reason", Algore states how the wealthy have the power. I for one agree. I believe someone who can pay their way through can succeed. Yes someone of a lower class could be heard, but not as soon or as loud as someone who can pay to get heard.

A Beautiful Dancer

I stare with admiration. I look upon the girl I wish to one day be. The only word to describe what I stare at is beauty. And when I say beauty, I mean the dancer exceeds the normal in appearance and outlook. As the ballerina dances, I see the perfection within every movement she makes. Her Pointe shoes make a “clicking” sound as she glides across the dance room, her body gracefully moves with the music.
Her fingers well formed. Showing the proper poise a dancer should have. Her head is lifted high with confidence. The expression she holds across her face is effortless as if it was easy enough for a two-year-old to do. She holds her abdominals tight, and her posture held upright. She quickly makes her way to the right of the room, she holds her position, she waits for the exact beat, exact count . . . off she goes! She chassés across the floor, 1, 2, delicately crosses her arms across her chest, 3, 4, leaps into mid-air 5, 6. I keep my eyes open, not wanting to blink. I dare not miss one second of her performance. She holds the leap in a perfect position as if she were frozen or floating in mid-air. The height of the leap is spectacular. She seems to hold the position long enough for a photograph to be taken. 7, 8, she lightly steps onto the ground barely making a sound, as if she were landing on clouds.
She wears a pink tutu dress that flows with any movement she makes. As she dances, the tutu dress moves from side to side. The top of the dress hugs her stomach showing her muscular abdominals. The tutu is long, puffy, and sheer. I close my eyes and imagine that the tutu dress is on me. I see myself dancing around on a stage with the light directly on me. I picture myself doing the exact movements the ballerina was doing. Oh how I wish this was true.
I have been dancing since I was five-years-old. Dance has become my passion. Nothing excites me more than performing in front of a large crowd. Learning a routine, perfecting it, then performing for others to observe is such a great accomplishment for me. When I see professional dancers doing a technique I am attempting to perfect, it only pushes me to practice harder and to always do my best. I’ve gone to ballets before, and I have seen many performances, just being there puts a smile on my face, and I simply fall in love with dance itself. Whether I am watching a dance performance, watching a newly released dance movie, or buying a new dance poster, I can’t help but think it’s beautiful.
So I step into the room finally and decide to sit in front of the mirror to watch the ballerina dance. I stare with admiration. I look upon the girl I wish to one day be.

The Graduate

In The Graduate, why has Rocwell chosen to place his subject in front of a newspaper?
-I believe Rockwell put the graduate in front of the newspaper because after graduation you no longer have adults to look out for you. You are on your own to face the real world.

To what extent are the headlines of the paper relevant?
-Even though the headlines are not up to date upon what is happening in the US, they do seem to have similar problems.

What is Rockwell suggesting through the young man's posture and attitude?
-I see confusion and clueless. Like if the young man has no idea that all this could be happening.

I know what they're going through...

Back in San Antonio I use to go to a school named John F. Kennedy. We were part of the Edgewood Independent School District. Now the thing is being apart of that school district you weren't exactly the proudest. We were know as the poorest district in the community. As Garfield High in the movie "Stand and Deliver" our teachers and principals were scared of our school going into suspension. Our teachers were driving us crazy! There we so many benchmarks and practice TAKS test! Everyday in class there was not one moment were the TAKS was not brought up.
I was actually the type of girl who cared about my grades and was quite frankly tired of the TAKS talk. Seeing those "thug" kids who just didn't give a damn and skipped school more often than being in class were not helping our situation. I was not sure if all the kids who cared could actually pull through and help our school. In the end, we ended up being Recognized for having so many students pass the TAKS. I guess all that TAKS talk actually sank into everyone's head and we just did not want to hear it anymore. =]

From the Worst to the Best

Since the 4th grade I wanted to be on the high school dance team. I've enjoyed dancing since I could remember. When I tried out for the dance team my sophomore year and made it, I was the happiest girl ever. But being on the dance team was not exactly what I had thought. After a couple of months there were only 4 girls on the team including me. We had no dance instructor so we had to make the routines up ourselves and do everything on our own. It was not going to plan. There was no one to critique us or help us out. Our haltime performances never looked good and it was bringing me down.
The following year I was surprised with news that we now had a dance instructor! But that was not the best news yet...she was also a San Antonio Spurs Silver Dancer! I now knew it was going to be different. The first week with her was the worst ever! I had never known how it was to be sore in my life! She showed us so many dance technique I had never known about. I had improved in so many ways. She showed me the true meaning of dance. That year we went to dance competition and we won 1st place! We brought back home 14 plaques and a champion trophy. It was the best feeling ever! I was almost going to quit the thing I loved most but Ms.Trevino changed my perspective on everything. She helped me believe. I appreciate all the help she had done for my dance team and I couldn't of been more grateful. Thank you Ms.Trevino. <3