My Bio.

Throughout life I have learned that whatever doesn't kill me has only made me stronger. My motivation in life is to live a better life then my family. A life that consist of not living from paycheck to paycheck every month, a life full of happiness and doing something I can do every day for the rest of my life that brings me joy. My previous job at Compass Family Resource has much influenced what I want for my future and career goals. I plan to be a part of a non-profit organization  that gives back to the community and become an Executive Assistant for example, that helps rebuild and give support to broken apart families. During my few months at CFRC I have learned skills such as time management; I have strengthened my bi-lingual skills and have learned the meaning of responding to client requests. My past and my struggles have motivated me and shaped me into the person I am today, a young individual striving for success.

"Teacher Accused of Molestation"

I’ve learned through my past experiences and I continue to learn from others experiences that you simply can’t trust anyone. A teacher in Contra Costa County has been awaiting trial since October of last year for the accusations of sexually molesting a 14 year old student of his. Thursday, September 22, he plead not guilty to 25 sex felony crime charges and awaits trial on Jan 23. If he is found guilty he is sentenced to 20 years in prison. Michael Merrick is a father/husband and a teacher at Lafayette Middle School (although he is now suspended from school until conviction) and is currently in custody with a bail of 1 million dollars. A family with best intentions came to Michael Merrick and hired him under the impression that he would be helping their daughter keep up in class and maintain grades. A series of evidence is against him such as 100’s of inappropriate text messages sent to the girl and his own DNA found on the classroom sofa. When I hear about situations like this it gets me upset and in disgust. First of all how could a father have intentions such as the ones he is convicted of, when he has children himself. Weather he did molest this young girl or not he should not have even been texting her in the first place, that right there just makes me question his innocence? Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t it illegal for teachers to have an outside relationship with a student? It may sound crucial but hearing this case I am not surprised, I know of and have heard of many situations where children get molested in their own families by step-fathers, uncles, cousins etc. You never know about people now-a-days, don’t judge a book by its cover.

Life At Jefferson High School

 Jefferson High School also known as Jeff was your average high school I would say. It has a diversity of young people half Asians (specifically Filipino) and the other half Hispanic and African American. Like a typical high school community you would usually see each nationality grouped together with their own kind. Jeff has established small learning communities but this is ceased to have limited students from interacting with each other. At lunch time and during breaks usually 1 of 3 securities’s would be guarding the main entrance to the school allowing students barely entering the campus in only with a written note signed by guardian and students leaving the campus need to have a written note from the office. The other 2 security's are usually mingling with students in front of the gym. I believe for one of my years attending Jeff I was placed in a class that was taught by substitutes for most of the year. One of the substitute's actually got used to our class and knew all of the students by name. Jeff has grown a reputation of being “ghetto” and sending many students to Thorton/Wilderness a continuation school a couple blocks away. Despite the stero types Jeff is what you make it. It is your decision to put in effort and lean.

My Way Of Spech

Throughout my 18 years of life I have developed my own "language". My own way of speaking, its slang mixed with Spanish, and words I probably make up and change the meaning of. My mom has this phrase I always notice her telling me "no seas malcriada." To my translation it means don't be rude.  Ofcourse I don't think I'm rude, she just doesn't like/understand how I talk. Which is strange because I not only developed my speaking habits from her and my family, but most of all of us (my cousins, brothers, sisters, brother and uncle) all talk in a similar way such as myself. Music has also influenced my speaking habits, its something I listen to part of most of my day, weather its "clean" radio music or uncensored bay slaps. The words, the slang, it just gets stuck to you. Another influence in my life is my friends I would say because most of my friends are around the same age as me and we all understand each other clearly. Everyone around me family,friends, and artists I listen to all influence my speaking habits. None of them out weigh each other because all are apart of my daily life.