My education matters !

My Education Matters

My education matters to me because in today’s world every job is asking for some type of degree or some form of a G.E.D or a Diploma just so one person can work. I believe that everybody deserves a chance at life. Not everybody is made for high school or even college. Yes we have our own academic struggles, accomplishments, and aspirations but each and every one of us goes about it differently. Though I have many academic struggles, high school has opened my eyes to academic accomplishments and academic aspirations.

High School has really opened my eyes to my academic struggles especially this year. Being a sophomore is not the easiest task to complete without wanting to quit or give up. High school is nothing like the movies on the television. Everything and everybody is not happy go lucky nor is everybody fighting, having babies or getting bullied in any form. High school to me is mainly about getting my education and moving forward. Some of my struggles that I have are procrastinating and not turning in my homework in on time. Usually when I do procrastinate, I would just sit there and look at my homework for like half an hour then I would start on something else. I do not know why because before I entered high school I never had this type of behavior. I would say that not turning in my homework and procrastinating sort of go together because usually when I do not turn in my homework on time it is probably because I procrastinated. This is a bad habit and I recommend that nobody should ever do it if they have not already started doing so. High school has truly shown me my academic struggles and accomplishments and goals.

High School has shown me that I can be what ever I want to be in life and all I have to do is go out there and get it. I have accomplished many things during my school years but my biggest accomplishment is being accepted in Early College High School. That by far is my best accomplishment yet.Yes I know that I have had more accomplishments during school but this is just an amazing opportunity. That goes to show that anybody who wants something in life that they have to go out there and fight for what they want. This just goes to show that all of the nights that I stay up studying, NOT procrastinating and keeping my head up really worked. It will all pay off in the end when I walk across the stage with my diploma and associates degree. Yes there will be sweat and tears during High school but hey that is life. Yes there will be gossip and people wanting to hold a person back from their goals or accomplishments but it is up to them if they really want to get that accomplishment done! Misery loves company and if somebody else is not achieving their academic accomplishments in school then they will try to bring down everybody else around them down also. My mom always told me that if I ever want to get something done in life I have to go out there and get it. So if a person wants to achieve their academic accomplishments, go out there and get it. This year by far has shown me not only academic struggles and accomplishments but more so goals or aspirations.

Being the person that I am today, I have big academic goals that I want to achieve. When I was a child everybody was a nurse or a lawyer, so that was what I wanted to be when I got older. Now that I look back at it, high school has opened my eyes and made me broaden my horizon. I know that there is much more to life than just being a nurse or a lawyer but it was the fact that when I was little that was who everybody was. My academic aspirations would be to first finish my high school years at Early College on a great note and go on to college and become a politician, sports physical therapist, pediatrician, Obstetrician or physicians assistant. Yes I know that I have different aspirations but that is what I want to do. I will always have a back up plan no matter what I do. It could be about going out to dinner with my family, well if it rains or snows outside then I will make dinner at my house. I feel that in life everybody should have a back up plan because the plan A may not work or the plan B may not work either. If I had to narrow it down to three professions I would say either being a politician, sports physical therapist or a obstetrician. I say this because I have a passion about knowing what is going in this world. I have a passion for taking care of people because I for do not like to see people in any type of pain rather it be a head ache or cancer I just do not like seeing people in pain. I always try to do my best in everything that I do because I may never know who is watching me and what I do in school. High school overall has showed me different forms of my academic struggles, accomplishments and goals.

My education truly matters to me because in today's world I need a diploma to get a job at a local fast food restaurant. My education means so much more to me now than ever because now is the time where colleges start looking at me and seeing if I am college material. I believe that any and everybody can be what the want to be if they just get their head in the game. High school has shown me various amounts of academic struggles, accomplishments and goals. I am going to try to put an end to my procrastination and turning in my homework in on time because I know that I am a very smart girl and that I can do the work it is just the fact if I want to do it or not. My accomplishments have shown me that I can achieve more things than just entering Early College High School. My aspirations are mainly what I am focused on because that is my future that I am looking at and I really do not want to mess things up by not doing minor things that turn into major things in the end.

Cyber bullying....Please put an end to it !

Cyber bullying

The Internets definition of Cyber bullying-is the use of the Internet and related technologies to harm other people, in a deliberate, repeated, and hostile manner. As it has become more common in society, particularly among young people, legislation and awareness campaigns have arisen to combat it.

My definition of Cyber bullying- is another form of bullying that just happens to be online and it affects millions of people.

Did you know that 5 states with the highest level of bullying and cyber bullying are; California, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Washington?
Did you know that 52% of students report being cyber bullied and 52% of the students do not tell their parents that it even occurs? Also 33% of teens have experienced cyber bullying threats, 25% of teens have been bullied either through their cell phones or the Internet and 11% of teens have had embarrassing or damaging pictures of them being taken without permission.

Cyber bullying is something that should NEVER happen. People do not realize the danger's of being bullied. I have been a victim of cyber bullying ever since the 7th grade. I always wondered why it always happened to me? What about me provoked them to do and say such horrible things to me? I would always go home to my mom and cry to her everyday. I would always tell her " Everything will be better when I am gone." and she would cry and hold me and pray for me. My 7th grade year was one of my worst years while in middle school or even school period. Everyday when I got home from school, my parents always asked me what is wrong with me and why do I always look sad. I would simply reply " I will be alright" or " It is just nothing, I am fine", when really it is something. Therefore, maybe I have issues with taking things off my chest but there are just some things that I could not tell my parents.
I am the type of person who usually keeps everything inside and bites my tongue when sometimes I should say what I feel. I always ask myself why do I always hold my tongue but never really seem to answer myself. As I get older and older, I realize that when I hold my tongue, arguments are avoided and the stress level becomes higher and higher when it should be lower. I think I hold my tongue because sometimes it truly is not worth arguing or fighting over. When I should not hold my tongue in, I still do because I do not like to hear people argue or fight. When I was younger, I never held my tongue. If I thought it then the next thing I know the words are coming out of my mouth. I used to make excuses saying that I cannot control my mouth but in the end I could have. While this may be true, I wish I could learn how to filter my mouth at the right times and when to let my feelings come out at the right time.

I think that people bully online more today than ever because they may think that it is easier to make the victim feel more insecure and the bully feel more intimidating. In my own opinion, I wish bullying and the various forms of it never even existed because it really makes me look at life from a different perspective. It makes me wonder about the bully and what they went through and did they get bullied before. I wish that I could go out there and help every bully and just sit them down and just talk to them and not at them. I would ask them things like did they ever get bullied before? Do they know the side affects of being bullied? Do they think that bulling is a game? Why do they continue to bully a person if they see that the victim is already in tears? It is things like cyber bullying that really irritates me the most because it is online for everyone to see. Yes at the moment everybody who goes along with the cyber bully thinks that it is all fun and games, did they ever stop to think how the victim feels about this and would they like it if this were to happen to them or one of their family members? Nonetheless I know for a fact that if I were to see cyber bullying going on I would say something to the bully.

I would hope that the victim not only takes a stand and stick up for his or herself not only online but in person also. I think that somebody would be more likely to take a stand online mainly because if they were to do it in person the bully would only make things worse. I see it this way, if the audience  who does not know the victim or the bully at all, then the audience should not comment on anything at all! I do not care if they think that it is funny. If it does not have anything to do with the viewers then I feel that they should not post anything at all. My mom has always told me that if they do not say Marlayna in it or if it does not include me, then leave it alone and keep on moving. Now i agree with my mom and I disagree with her because I know if I were to see cyber bullying going on and I know both the victim and the bully, I will say something. I think that even though it has nothing to do with me I would say something on it. Therefore, I believe that the victim would be more liable to take a stand online than in person just because people like to be nosy and instigate the situation and make matters worse.

Honestly, if I were to witness somebody bullying another person, I would step in and would say that they need to pick on somebody their own size. If the victim has done nothing at all to provoke the bully to say the things that they said to them, then that is when I would really step in and seek an adult because nobody deserves to get treated like trash instead of treasure. I believe that everybody is equal and has a place in this world. Who is somebody to tell another person that they do not belong here and other things like that? Who is somebody to tell another person that they are too fat, too skinny, too short, too tall, too dark or too light? The answer is NOBODY!!! Nobody has the right to tell anybody about their flaws. Above all, when somebody becomes perfect then they can tell another person about their flaws but until then do everybody a favor and keep the comments one has to themselves.

I am always hearing from my grandparents and parents say that " Everything is all fun and games until somebody gets hurt. There is no restart button to life. Life is not a video game. Live it to the fullest and live it safely". I live by this because like cyber bullying, everything is fun and games until somebody gets hurt. What will the bully say to the victims parents because their kid committed suicide because the bully thought the jokes were funny? Sorry? Sorry is not going to bring back their kid! So who ever is reading this post right now, think about the next time a person says a joke. Does the person who receives the joke think that it is funny? Think about it.

Put yourself in her shoes.

I think that everybody should have the right to keep their own property. I honestly do not think that it is right to take away something that does not belong to the rightful owner. I think if a person who pays their bills on time should be able to keep their house. I personally do not think that it was right of the policemen in Africa to try to take away that womans house. It should not matter if the house was sold on illegal land! As long as she was paying her bills on time, that is all that should matter. That house could have meant everything to her and it could have been all she had left and for somebody to try and deprive her of that is just wrong. Those officers should try on her shoes for once. They may never know what she has to go through on a daily basis.
Nobody should ever take away anything that is not theirs. It is very disrespectful and just rude. How would they feel if somebody came to their house saying that they need to find some place else to live because their house was sold and built on illegal land? I bet they would feel hopeless and most of all worried. Think about the next time somebody wants to take away something that is not theirs.