A Very Interesting Book (SSR)

 

Last week my friend let me borrow this book to read. Every since my eyes has been glued to the book. I am now on the second to last chapter in the book I am so eager to read everyday. I read this book when Im on my way to school and I read this book when Im bored at home. Any chance I get to read I do. This book represents the drug game in the late 80's from the inner cities of Philadelphia. A young girl named Gina from the projects in Harlem who meets and falls in love with a drug dealer named Quadir. Quadir has a daily battle with the streets fighting over his drug empire. Gena faces challenges holding on to her life dealing with people wanting her dead because she's Quadirs' girlfriend. Both of them find themselves caught up in vicious world battling against those who hate them and their success.   Reading this book it really opened my eyes to what happens in the drug game. Although this book is fiction the drug game inspired it. I found this book very interesting because I havent read anything like it. One thing I liked while reading this book was there were so many surprises. Many things happened in each chapter that I didnt expect. It was such an interesting book , i recommended this book to 

Jenai. I also heard that there is a part 2 and 3 to the book which Im very eager to read.

My Only Sister ( FC)

My little sister and I have a love hate relationship. We can be mad at each other for the most simplest things. My sister is 11 years old in the 7th grade and she swears she knows it all. She is really smart but she likes to flaunt it to much. She always want to challenge me when it comes to school and its so annoying. Knowing that I am older and smarter I really try to ignore her. A lot of our arguments are school based. We argue about whose better in math , science and english. One argument leads into another and we will be fist fighting. I can honestly say that those arguments actually build our relationship. Even though arguing with her is annoying I actually love it. It makes me happy arguing with her. Sometimes I would be immature and start the arguments. I think she loves arguing too because she actually entertains it. I really enjoy my little sisters company she is my only sister. Without her my house would be so boring with no one for me to talk to. I know that when I go off to college my sister will miss me but I am going to miss her to. She always acts like she does not like me but I know she loves me.

Free Pass

I Am Using My Free Pass For This Week

I Actually Like School (PB)

As I got older I grew passionate towards school. When I was in elementary school I hated school. There were so many annoying kids and annoying teachers. Teachers were the worst , always telling you what to do like they were your parent. Teachers always yelled and they were so boring to me. I used to think school was so pointless. At a young age this mentality was really bad. What I didnt know was that school was actually helpful. School actual taught me new things. After a while I fell in love with learning something new. Anytime I learned something new in school I was so happy. Learning something new made me happy because I realized it was the reason My mom made me come to school everyday. When my grades started improving I started to like school. I grew passionate towards school. I started to enjoy challenges. Teachers were still annoying to me but I learned that I should care less about that and more about the work. Now that I am in highschool I really enjoy learning. There are so many different level of maths and sciences. My favorite subject is math. Im passionate about math as well. Im passionate about math because theres so many new things to learn. I actually enjoy coming to school everyday all though im late sometimes. I also like school because of my friends.

Interdisciplinary Post (ID)

In Statistics, we are learning about data collection. Statistics is the science of collecting , organizing, analyzing and interpreting data in order to make decisions. Data consists of information coming from observations , counts , measurements or responses. This week, we are learning about the four methods to collecting data. The four methods are survey use, simulation use of mathematics / physical model , observation study and experiment. I am not too familiar with these methods so reading my notes over and over will help me get a better understanding. The first method is using a survey which is an investigation of one or more traits of a population. The investigation is done through questioning and interviewing in person, phone or mail. The second method is simulation use of mathematics which allows researchers to study situations that are impractical or too dangerous to create in real life. The third method is observation study which is when researchers observe and measure characteristics of the sample group of interest but, do not change the conditions of the group. The last method is experiment which is when members of the sample group and responses are observed. I know that towards the end of this week Mr. Rich will test us on this information.

Free Choice (FC)

  Applying to college is such a long process. There are so many things I have to get to get done with such little time. Im still caught up on the fact that I am a senior. I still cant believe all the people I grew up is either in college or applying. Its nice to watch somebody go and do better things and grow up but, its weird when its time for you to grow up. I am so grateful to be in a program like Street Squash to help me with applying to college. One thing I have to work on during this applying to college process is time management. I have to make sure I turn everything in on time because that is extremely important. I have to make sure I know all my due dates so I wont miss out on any opportunities. One of my biggest challenges during this college process is my college list. College lists are list of colleges you like and you plan to apply to. My issue with this is I am not sure on what college I want to go to. There are so many schools that I have visited and that I liked. Im unsure on which to pick. Another issue with applying to college is finding a school that will accept my GPA which is 78.58 . As well as my SAT scores. Going into my Senior year of high school I did research on colleges and learned that there are many schools that will accept my grades. Another challenge that I face during this process is looking into schools and seeing what they offer. Im afraid that ill go to a school were none of there majors interest me. Something I regret is not doing my research during my sophomore and junior year. I feel like if I did previous research on schools building my college list wouldnt be so difficult.

Passion Blog (PB)

I am passionate about music. Music is a vocal or instrumental sound combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form , harmony and expression of emotion. When ever i am sad , angry or maybe even bored i can listen to music. Music makes me forget about all of the things that annoy me. I mostly always listen to music when im on the train going home. I Live in Brooklyn New York so my train ride is about a hour and 30 mins. Before the ride i make sure my phone is charged so I can Listen to music on the train. I really love music it takes me away from drama as well. When I get in a argument with somebody I can listen to Music and i will be calm again. I feel that Music is so beautiful because it can really relate to your emotions. Music to me is like a relation you cant have with nothing or no one else. The genres I listen to are R&B , Hip Hop , Rap , Pop and Soul. My favorite Genre is Hip Hop . I Grew up listening to R&B with my mother and grandmother. I was exposed To Rap by my uncle. Rap is also one of my favorite genres also. I Also love dancing . I Feel like Music made me a dancer. I am not passionate about dancing but i do love it.  My favorite Hip Hop artist is Drake. My R&B artist is Trey Songz. Trey Songz has been my favorite since a youning. My Favorite Rap artists are Meek Mill, Fabolous and Lil Durk. Everyone that knows me know I Love Music . I Always Wished I could sing if I could I would sing my heart out.