Write about a favorite memory from your childhood.

A favorite memory from my childhood would be when I was in pre-school. The name of my school was Poplar Elementary School in Oroville, CA if I remember correctly. All the time that I spent there were great, all the emotions of a human being was or were revealed there, compared to now having to hide some emotions just to hide myself and pretend to be someone that I am not. But the best thing I liked during that time would be the moments of laughter, being happy. Used to make gingerbread man/houses after the teacher got done reading the story and the teachers would hide our gingerbread man and we would have to search for them the next day. Then recess was also fun because getting the chance to ride those small red scooters or bicycles all around the blacktop seeing who was the fastest one. The best thing of all, during those time I wasn't even thinking about what I was doing. It seemed as if I had no boundary for myself. I just did whatever as long as I had fun. Then we had Easter, I had the advantage because my mom was one of the person who had hid the eggs and at that time it was actually my first time ever to easter egg hunt so I didn't know what to do so my mom told me where all the eggs were and at the end I was the person who had the most eggs. But my mom handed out the eggs so we had an equal amount.

Describe a "perfect weather" day. What would you do on a day like this?

A perfect weather day would be a day that consists of the sun way up high into the sky but not too hot. With a little breeze, but this breeze not to be too cold, more like a mid-summer/winter breeze. So when people are outside standing around they are not talking or doing any other activities or even moving around. Just standing still, or laying down on their backs in and on the mid-height dark green grass and realizing that that particular day is going to be the best day of their life. On a day like this the only thing that I would be doing or be liking to do is find a perfect spot and just be there. Feeling comfortable enough to know that nothing in the world, the universe can affect me in any way. Come to think of it, it would be like having all four seasons combined ( Spring, + Summer,+ Fall, + Winter = the perfect weather day ), but with a little Autunm setting in it or for the background if you were picturing it. I mean, I wished that everyday was like this, not to worry so much about everything or anything and just sit back relax and enjoy the day. Days like this are very hard to find and in experiencing it before, makes me wonder if a day like this would ever come again. A perfect weather day like the one I'm talking about are days that sometimes just flows right by without me noticing it until I really think about it.

If you could invite three famous people to dinner, who would you invite? What would you talk about? What would you eat?

If I could invite three famous people over for dinner at my house I would invite Jet Li, Chuck Norris, and probably Jackie Chan. I would invite Bruce Lee but he's dead so that can't happen. Thing's I would talk about with Jet Li would be thing's about martial arts status. Such thing's or question's like: How long did it take you to train to be as good as you are? When did you begin martial arts training? What kind of thing's did you have to do, while you were training? What type of martial arts do you use or what is it called?

Now the reason why I would invite Chuck Norris would be because he's the closes I can get to Bruce Lee by. Knowing that he was trained by Bruce and have worked with Bruce in one dof his films. Also because my mom really likes his TV show called Walker Texas Ranger. Thing's he and I would talk about would be thing's that he did with Bruce, how did Bruce train him and how was is like knowing that he had the chance to work with a martial arts legend.

And last but not least Jackie Chan. Thing's I would ask him would be about his personal stunt's that he does by himself. If he ever planned on doing a certain thing when he was about to do those stunts. His personality, how does he keep it up always being so happy. And if he had went through the same training as Jet Li did. And the last question I would ask all of them would be: how do I become like them, famous, smart, skilled and in the film industry as in becoming as actor like them and do the thing's they do.

Thing's that we'd feat would be a mixture of chinese food, maybe even have Jet and Jackie cook it, also my own traditional food, and the food I usually eat, American food.

Reading Reaction #1: One Man's Kids

Write a paragraph explaining why Danial Meier enjoys his work.

In the reading "One Man's Kids", the reasons why Daniel Meirer enjoys his work being a elemantary teacher is because he enjoyed working with kids and even him, himself enjoyed being a kid. He enjoyed encouraging, supporting, consoling, and praising children. He liked bringing smiles to unhappy faces, putting bandages on wounds, and helping a child find a missing boot ( if we don't find my boot my mom is going to kill me)as it said. From what I read I think he enjoys being around them, helping them and playing with them. He enjoys the fact that he doesn't have to be apart of adulthood, or working jobs that would be considered manly. He prefered taking kids to the playground to taking clients to a cocktail or for a cocktail, and having drinking buddies, etc...

What is your definition of love?

My definition of love. What does love mean? Is there anything real about love? Do you want the big portion of love or just the small portion of love? To me I think love can mean anything. As in just loving to sit, is already considered love to me. In the word love comes many definition, meanings, examples, and many many many other stuff that I can't find the exact words to decribe it. But to be more precise or speciffically from everything that I have ever gathered and poured into my knowledge or should I say: with a my thoughts and the knowledge I have I think that love is what you feel for someone,something or for anything. It could also be someone, something or anything feeling loved by me. Love is a feelings from the emotions people get when they are treated a certain way depending on what they like. Now, my definition of love is being respected for the things I do and for loving me for who I am and not for who or what I am trying to be. I hate trying to be someone who I am not. I've always wished that I was able to be who I really am. Like for example if someone was to come up to me and asked or talked to me and I didn't like it I would just be able to say that I don't like it. It's like a form of being my own boss. Being true. And if people were to make comment's, I would like not to be apart of whatever they are doing. Love is liking what you do and not the likes of other people.

What is worth fighting for?

Now, what can I name that is worth fighting for? That's a hard question even to ask myself knowing that I think everything is worth fighting for. But to be specific about just what is worth fighting for I would have to say my education. To me, my education is very important and also to my parents, my mom especially, my friends: with them always saying " we depend on you out of the rest of us because we don't think we can do it anymore," and to every single person that I have talked with about my education, for example people that I have worked with, people I have worked for except one who didin't want me to be attending school anymore and did not give me a good explanation. I didn't know what to think so I got myself fired from that job and at the end felt actually glad and happy that I did. Well all that I can say is that if it is important enough to me, my family, my friends, and everybody else that mentions it's a good thing then I would have to say that it is worth all my effort to fight for. I guess a three and a half year spent on thinking and asking others on what their opinion on me planning to do with my future got me going and thinking in the right direction. All throughout during those times I've talked to any of those people I've always asked them to join me in my life long goal or journy and for so long and so far none of them has seem to be influenced by me at all and I'm always influenced by them, but I do hope that one day I will be able to find a partner of my own that can help show me some new examples of what education has to offer and take that person in as someone who will always be there with me even after what they have taught or said to me what is worth fighting for.

Describe someone who is close to you. What do you admire most about this person?

Someone who is close to me would be my mom. The reason why my mom is close to me or is the person who I admire the most about is because I am able to relate to her and communicate to her in any way that I would feel necessary to. Even if I was mean, nice or even if I wasn't telling her the truth. The reason why I feel comfortable to lie to her is because even if I did and she knew I was, she wouldn't say anything back. It seemed as if she knew my every thought and she would cover me for my actions. For the rest of my other family members they are much different. If they knew I was not telling them the truth they would always have something to say back that would either embarass me or get me in trouble. They don't ever watch what they say before saying it and that is what I hate about the rest of my family. I've always listened to my mother and did what she wanted me to do for myself, her and everybody else. I guess that is what made me the way I am today and I have no regrets at all because I feel that I turned out to be a great person. Now with people outside my family, I would have to say that I admire everybody that comes in contact with me because from everybody that does, I always learn something new and that is what I admire about them.