Personalty

I'm a hard worker I love to work. I'm easy going when I'm with people that I know and get along with. I try to keep things chill and not look for problems with people like talk shit to them. Unless I'm really not in a good mood and feel like starting problems then I can be an pain in the but. I do get angry quick or frustrated when people mess with my family or loved ones. When some one tries to take something away that inter fears with my life than that's when I go crazy. I'm a shy person around new people and I don't talk much. Most the time I'm just day dream and do my own thing. I can get pretty hipper at times and be deceptive and irresponsible. I'm funny at times and I'm a caring person.

The Indian book

My favorite part of the book is the part when Rowdy got down with the van. Because I used to get mad and punch things that I knew I couldn't damage. Like me kicking concrete or punching hard walls. But one thing for me is it feels good even though it hurts when I'm mad I like pain.
The worst part of the book is when he told his story about his dad shooting his dog. My dad ran over my dog when I was a little kid. Even thought It was different because he had to shoot the his dog and I didn't we both lost them. And believe me dogs or pets do mean something in peoples lives.

Favorite weird food

I dont have a favorite weird food. The only thing that to me is weird and not normal is that I put ketchup in my eggs. Even though everyone does it its weird to me. That's it

The Simpsons

The Simpson's had and will be the best t.v. show I have ever seen. I have been watching that show since I was a little kid. Homer is just the funniest stupidest cartoon dude ever. All he does is eat and drink his beer and eat more and acts plain dumb. Bart is just rebellious and is always getting in trouble. but who cares about that, the point is that its the best show ever. Ill never get tired of the Simpson's.

Things im thankful for..

I'm thankful that I am alive and healthy, and alive.
I'm thankful that I have my family and that they care for me.
I'm thankful that I have a good home and I'm not homeless or anything.
I'm thankful that I have a good girlfriend that's there for me and cares about me and wants me to do good.
I'm thankful that I have a job.
I'm thankful that people care about me and want to help me out.
I'm thankful that I eat healthy, and dont starve to death.
I'm thankful for everything my mother has done for me, and she raised me to be a hard worker.
I'm thankful that I'm at least able to get my G.E.D and get a good education.
I'm thankful that I'm not in jail or anything for a long time for the things Ive done.
I'm thankful that god still has me here protecting me.

Thanksgiving Week.

Well lets see here for thanksgiving I have two options, It could go really good or really bad. The good thing about it is that I would be able to go home for almost a full week. I'll have the best week of my life until Christmas. If I go home I'm going to do so many things really fun things. First I'm going to spend slot of time with my family and have a good time. Then I'm going to take my girlfriend to the movies and watch 2012, and New Moon. That's not the only thing, were going to go to a party hopefully if my aunt throws one, if not we will find one. Allot of other things too that she wants to do too. Its been a month since I have been home and I'm eager to see my family, and girl.
The bad part about it is that my Thanksgiving week could be the worse ever. Well I have court on Wednesday the day before thanksgiving and I might be thrown in detention for that week. It all really depends on the judge and my probation officer. And if I'm in detention It would just ruin everything all my plans and hopes. And the Thanksgiving turkey in detention is disgusting trust me I've been there before for Thanksgiving. Well hopefully I get to go home. Pray for me please to go home or I will go crazy.

The book were reading.

Well I think that Arnold and Rowdy look at life way differently. Well Arnold looks at life and the world with hope and full of opportunities. He wants more than just living in the reservation, and ending up like his parents. He doesn't think it's right the way the school system is and just life on the reservation. He wants to have a chance to be something in life. He sees life with hope, even though he knows its not going to be says hes willing to risk everything for a shot at success. I got to say he was a brave little fella for going to that school.
On the other hand Rowdy thinks way differently. He don't even have hope for his future. He thinks the reservation is his life and doesn't think he deserves better. What he seen as he grew up is all he knows, and doesn't see beyond that. Hes stuck with his life all messes up and and has allot of pain and hate, and I think that's one of the reasons why he doesn't have hope.

native book.

To be honest I don't have a clue why they named it that. Maybe because he left the Indian life and started a new one. Because he went to that white school and wanted to be or have a better life than the rest of the Indians. He wanted to live a better life, and leave the reservation. So he was a part time Indian until he was able to change that. Thats my guess and it pobrably don't make any sence what I just said. peace out Im going to read my book now.

Indian eservations.

The first thing that pops in my head when I hear reservation is Indian territory. Living in reservations must be hard for natives. Living in reservations from what I have heard is very poor places. There school system's are very bad they don't get all that great of an education. Life is poor and most people don't have much money or good jobs. It sounds like allot of people are alcoholics from what I have read, its common down there. It must be hard for kids and teenagers because it seems like life is rough, and if your not strong and cant take care of yourself then you would probably get picked on, or messed around with.

Move away from the place I grew up in.

Well let me tell you, I have been away from the place i grew up at. I got taken away from home and moved in with my brother in Beaverton. I went to a new school and I didn't know anyone there so that was weird for me. But after like two weeks at Sunset High I knew the whole school and made a lot of friends. Living in Beaverton was different than living at home because I hardly knew the place and knew people. I had friends but it wasn't the same as the friends I had grown up with. I did stop getting in trouble for a while because I just stayed home all day. In Cornelius I would always be out and about doing stuff.

junior

he has a big head he looks funny. I don't know I really don't remember what he looks like. He is funny though and he has a sense of humor. Hes not afraid to talk about stuff even if its embarrassing to him. Hes an Indian and was raised poor, and had a rough life.

Part time Indian.

I like the book, the guy that wrote it is a funny guy. I like the way he writes his stories, they keep me entertained. He has some humor and hes not afraid to use bad language. I like that he has drawings in his book that's cool and hes a good drawer. I also liked that story that he told about his dog that was sad. So far I like the story and I'm interested in whats going to happen next. Lets see how it feels like living in reservations and the things he went through. And I know how it feels to be very poor. Maybe not as poor as him but poor enough that we couldn't afford to take our dog to the vet.

Biggest obsticle I Overcame.

The biggest obstacle I overcame was changing my life around. Having to change the way I thought and still think sometimes. Like the criminal thinking I had, and making stupid choices without thinking twice. The fact that I was so negative and really didn't care about life, and what happened to me. I never cared about my education, and didn't want nothing to do with school. I was never responsible. I love to work but I was always getting in trouble so that I could never get a job. I was always so into the gang life that I lost sight of who I really was, and wanted to become. I would always be getting high and drunk and I got to the point where I was addicted to bud. Personally I think I have come a long way in my life, and am a better person. That would be the the hardest thing I have done in my life, and it was so hard. I'm still not perfect and haven't changed completely but I'm still working on it and I always will. Change is hard and its probably one of the hardest things someone would have to do.

One thing that has been a big impact in my life, is me being involved with the law that I'm on probation. I have been on probation since I was thirteen. I'm on Oregon youth authority and I have been in and out of detention facilities and residential programs. Most of my teenage years I have been away from my home due to my poor choices. I'm involved with a gang and am a gang member. Another thing is that I love my family, my mother and my three brothers. One story I would tell you is about my use of substances and how i was hooked on weed and and alcohol. How it sucked and it was a crazy experience that I would never want to go back to. Also I would talk about my home town Where I grew up at, and the people I hung out around with. Crazy little experiences I went through in such a small town.

New Moon

I'm reading the twilight series and I'm on the second book. The whole time I have been reading I have been really into the book. Its a vampire story, and love story. I like the fact that there are vampires and ware wolves. There is a ware wolf and a vampire fighting over a girl that they both like. And she likes both of them and, they don't like each other there rivals. I haven't read much of the second book, but I'm very interested into whats going to happen next.

March,6 2009

Dear Rebekah ,

The thing I really want out of this class is to learn the skills I need to past the GED test.
Also I really like poetry but I'm not good with it so I don't look into it. But hopefully in this class I can learn how to understand it and write poems myself to send to my loved ones. I would like to become a better reader and writer.

What I have learned in this class so far is that I know where to put my there, their, and they're where they belong. I would like to be better at reading paragraphs and understanding them. I have already gotten better at it but I can always improve.

Over all I think I have learned new skills that will help me with my GED. I would like to improve on my poetry because that is very good to know. I also really like the teachers I have, Becca and Shawna are really helpful and respectful. That's really good because that motivates me to keep going on and not giving up.


Sincerely,
Omar Aparicio

job/ working

The good thing about work that keeps me up and going is the pay. I wish i got payed more and had more hours so I can get payed more. The good things about the job Is that it keeps me busy and I enjoy helping out people. Bagging groceries can be a challenge especially when the lines get busy and they throw bunches of groceries at me. I also like doing go backs. Go backs is basically carts full of stuff that need to be returned to the shelves. Since I barely started go backs help me out allot to learn where everything is at.
The thing I dont like about the job is going out and getting carts and bringing them back in. There can only be nine carts out at a time and we really need to stay on top of that or there is trouble. Also I hate when they call me over intercom and Im doing some thing. They keep calling me and calling me to do things when I need to get something done that is more important.

Her long illness

The author talks about the time when he and his wife were in the hospital and things were tough. He explains how he was waiting at the hospital and he seemed worried. Also how him and his wife really loved each other and they were going to be there for each other. They were like saying there good byes to each other. I liked the story even though it would be hard for me to be in that situation. The thing i liked is that I didn't hear no backing down. They were strong affirming there love for each other and ready for what ever would happen.

Home, visit

One thing I am going to do is hang out with my girlfriend. I think I'm going to take her to the movies, and watch that stepfather movie. Also were just going to hang out at my pad and kick it and talk and listen to music or something. I'm going to have to help out my mom clean the house and give her money for the rent, because I got a job now. There is also going to be a party a sweet 15 but I'm not sure if I'm going to go, but its its something I might do. The number one thing I'm going to do is munch out. I'm only home on the weekends so I have to take advantage of my mom's food when she cooks.

My HaiKu Home

when im home chilling
munching sleeping I feel thrilled
there's no place like home

Home

freedom
food
family
crazy
gangs in the neighborhood
plants
Mexicans
partys
kickback
busy
tv
my dogs
mom working

The Song i like

The song that I listen to is summer nights by Lil Rob. I like the song because it brings back memories from when I was out. How every summer was fun and the good times me and my Hommies had. Mostly every weekend we partied and had something to do especially at night. And how we all kick it with our girls during the summer and chill. We would go out to dances and dance all night. Alot of times we would stay up the whole night and we wouldn't even go to sleep. Its crazy how someone I never met before can be doing the same things and we can relate.

Why poetry

People do it to express their feelings and emotions. Some people are just really talented and are good at that kind of stuff.

A tradition that my family has is that we all get together for New Years. All of my family from everywhere get together at my aunts house and we all party like crazy. Every family that comes usually brings food. One aunt brings posole and another brings rice and stuff like that. The cool thing is that I get so see all my family and stay up all night and kick it. Also kicking it with my uncles is cool because they always have chelas and are bumping music. We dance and eat and dance some more and talk and drink and kick it.

Anger

This past week had been bad for me Ive been nothing but angry. Life is never fair I can truly say I'm tired if living in programs. Sometimes I feel like running away, but I know If I do that It would only go bad for me. I have a lot of pressure on my shoulder sometimes i feel like I never changed, because life is hard. Doing the right things in life is a challenge for me. I grew up doing negative things and I got so used to living life the easy way.

Emergancy sittuation

The situation I have been in was in detention. It wasn't that bad but it's the only situation I can pop in my head right now. So we were sitting in detention, its a juvenile detention facility. We were eating lunch and minding our own business having a laugh with some friends I had in there. There were rival gangs there and one of my friends had made problems with them. The other guy got up and started talking crap to him, and so did my friend. He got up and once he got up everyone knew what was going to go down. My friend and this guy got on a fight but like 10 seconds into the fight another guy jumped in. I had to back up my friend. As soon as I began to throw punches we seen the lights going off which means everyone to your room or you get tackled. As soon as I saw all the guards I took off to my room and so did everyone else. The ones who didnt got it bad from the guards. That was my emergency, to not get tackled, because if I did, I for sure would have broken a bone.

place never to go back to..

The place I never wan't to go back to is J Bar J. Its a residential program for youth who get in trouble with the law, and that are on probation. The reason i never want to go back there is because its hell. I live with 20 other youth and mostly all of them are immature and anoying. The staff there I also hate because there ass holes they treated us like shit. I never want to go back there in my life because I spend 8 months there and I almost died. You have to take a shower with three other guys and its disgusting and we have no privacy. I rather be in jail than in that program.

HOME.

The place I consider to be home would be my town Cornelius Oregon. I grew up there. Its a small town and its pretty cool if you know people. I live on 1266s cherry st. and that's been my home ever since I was little. I know all my neighbors and I have a lot of family members that live around. Every time I am home I feel good and safe even though it's not all that safe to be around there. All my friends live down there. They're not positive friends. They are actually gang members but those are the people I grew up with. Also that's where all the rival gangs are at and people I don't really get along with because of the gang, but yet I love my home town. A lot of memories from the past pop up in my head when i go around town because that's where I always kicked it and had my good and bad times. It's also connected to other town's like Hillsboro, Forest Grove, beaverton and I also hung out down there and have friends and family. I love where I grew up even though it was hard at times but I learned a lot out of that little town. Also I like it because it feels like Im in Mexico because there are alot of hispanic people down there.

September 11.

The day of September 11, I remember I was in third grade. I remember getting up and my brother was watching the news and he was tripping out and I told him what was wrong, and he told me but I really didn't understand. I went to school and when I entered the class my third grade teacher was crying like crazy. I didn't really know why but she was and I remember going up to her with a couple of my friends and telling her everything was going to be okay. She was my favorite teacher I ever had and she still is. That day in school we didn't do much. When i got home my brother was home and still watching the news. I think they kept replaying the buildings coming down. My brothers just sat there and watched it over and over but I didn't take much of it. When my mom came home she asked me about it and I told her it was the watchtower building that came down.

My Ideal Day.

My ideal day would be a beautiful day not too hot and not too cold, but a nice cold breeze and a warm shiny clear day. I would love to spend that day with my girl friend Lizeth and only her. First i would go to the beach but the waves not that big so we can go out far into the ocean with the dolphins, and the water cold but not cold enough that I would freeze. Also I would like it to be a normal day just hanging out with my girl but having lots of fun at the same time. I would like to go to the park and swing on the swings but without the swings doing that squeaky noise every time it moves. But I would like the birds to be singing out loud and flying over us. My mom would make the best Posole and tamales ever like shes never made it before and I would like to eat for at least two hours straight without getting full because I would eat that forever if I could. Towards the evening I would like it to get really cold so we can start a nice warm fire and get our warm blankets and cuddle up and fall asleep watching a movie. I really wouldn't do much else that's all. I would want is to spend time with my girlfriend and have some fun without arguing.

Most Embarasing Moment......................................

One of the most embarrassing thing's that has happened to me was when I was in ninth grade and it was at the forest grove library. well I was in my scooter minding my own business trying to do some cool tricks on it. I remember it was dark and I really don't remember where I was going or where i was coming from all i remember was that i was there in the parking lot of the library. I was getting ready to jump over a curve when my foot slipped to the side and I remember looking from the corner of my eye the one girl i really liked and had a big crush on. I felt so embarrassed because she seen me and she was with her sister and friend, and my foot slipped off the scooter and i remember falling straight on my face and the scooter flying across the parking lot. But what was the most embarrassing was that i heard them laughing at me and i looked over all dizzy and i seen the girl I really liked pointing at me busting up laughing. When I got up I didn't even want to look at her but she came up to me and told me if i was alright but she was still laughing. My arms were all bleeding and the girl I thought probably thought I was stupid asked me to go to her house that was like two blocks away so she can give me some band aids to clean my self up. But that was so embarrassing I'm still not over that.

the fall season!!

I like fall because I like halloween and all the candy we get for free and it only comes once a year and that's fall. I also don't like fall because it start's raining and getting cold and this is a high risk time for me to get sick and I don't like getting sick. School starts on fall too and that's a bummer for me because I'm not all big of a fan of school. One other thing I do like about fall is how all the maple tree leaves start to change color like orange and stuff, and everything looks nice and peaceful. Over all I guess fall is not that bad. Its my third favorite out of the four seasons.

WHY PEOPLE BECOME ADDICTED

People become addicted because they do enough of something that they like to do, it could be possitive or negative. For instance I became addicted to marijuana, but my intentions was not to become addicted. Its just that i liked it so much that it became a part of me. It took me away from everything that was going on around me and made me feel special that nothing in this world made me feel any better, so I just kept smoking until I couldn't stop anymore. Even if I wanted to stop smoking I couldn't. Its like a disease when some one does something enough times because they are trying to hide from there feelings and life, its hard to stop.

disaster..

The one thing I would really try to save is my family no matter what. If there was a disaster and I lost everything, the things I would miss the most would be my Xbox, all of my clothes, my jordan shoes, my ipod, and all the things I had when I was a little kid that I have saved. I would miss my living room because we had a big plasma t.v and a bunch of movies and games and things to do, and thats where we always kicked it when my friends came over.

favorite foods.

My favorite kind of food is posole, especially the kind my mother makes. I dont really like the kind that they make in restaurants because they dont put the extra ingredients my mother does. I like that my mom makes it spicy, extra spicy just the way I like it with the red salsa. I also like when posole is mixed with menudo. I like it with lemon, and cut up onions, and lettuce with some tapatio and a tamarindo drink.

If I could be anything in this world I would be a probation officer because I believe I can help out young teens that struggle. I have had a rough life as a child and I believe I can help out teens like me because I have been through what they have been through, and I can understand where there coming from. I managed to change my life around and I think if I can do it anyone can do it, and I would like to work with teens or with people that need help because I enjoy working with people and help out people in any way I can.

Parents

Parents jobs are to raise their children to be a responsible and sucessful person. They are going to be there and guide them through problems and be there for their children until they're old enough to do things on their own. Parents are always going to love their children no matter what they do, but also the children have to play their part and let their parents help them and guide them.

Chart

1) Its talking about prevalence overweigh children.
2) That some countries have more overweight children than others.
3) That the united states is one of the countries that has overweight children ages 10 to 16 years old.