Oscar V. Solano

My English teacher propose my class an extra credit opportunity, and it was to memorize the poem "Immigrants in our own land" by Jimmy Santiago Baca. I honestly believe I can do it, but I need to accept it's quiet long. I want to take the challenge and my goal is to memorize it by the last day of the 1st semester.

November is almost gone, and finals week is always getting closer. During Thanksgiving break I rested the first days but the last days left I did not, so I came back to school not ready. I been working on my AVID Final which is 4 UC: Personal Insight Questions, finish writing a Brag Sheet, and with an essay about Common App Essay Prompts. I'm almost done, but I'm also working on a Press Conference for APUSH, which it's taking a lot of time. I decide to manage my time for this 2 weeks before final's week so I can have enough time to study, and also to finish al work for all of my classes. Also I'm ready to start looking forward on my big question.

So far in this poem, I feel the author (Jimmy Santiago Baca) is telling us that freedom is not free, because everywhere we go there's always rules or laws we need to follow. Also the nickname he uses for a character in the poem, "Coyote" I think he is referring to someone who has eran respect by doing things not excatly "legal."

     In Emerson's essay "On Self-reliance,"  he describes and talks about how a person can be successful if they can depend on themselves. The tittle and his thesis are connected. Every statement he makes goes back to his thesis, which is that the best you, requires discipline which in other words is self-reliance. Emerson supported his main idea with his tone, diction, and syntax.       To begin with, Emerson's tone was powerful. The feeling he gave to the essay was very confident, and that shows how he was ready to write this essay. For Emerson to write this essay, he had to be self-reliant himself. This doesn't only benefit the reader but Emerson himself. The essay was motivational on finding our won personal identity. For example Emerson wrote "To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in  your private heart is true for all men" What he saying is that you must give value to your own ideas and ways of thinking, and not e...

I've learned in this course to be responsible and that whatever I do has an effect in my future. I learned how can I use the Internet in a different but positive way, and which I can be myself. Dr. Peston in my opinion is teaching us how the world actually works and his been realistic about it, that's why his way of teaching is so different than other of my teachers. What I like about this is that I get to think deep inside me and ask myself question on how to improve my self.

On the essay    "On Self-Reliance"  by Emerson, he describes how many people have lost their own persona for the people around them.  So, Emerson point is to always do, and say the things you like, or are interesting to you. Use your qualities that you have to show who you are and don't let other people change your mind and tell you what to do or what no to do. Try as many new things as you can but always be sure that nothing can hurt you either physically or mentally.

What I think I did good in my Emerson writing was the using the structure and rules when writing an essay. I believe my context was pretty decent and I wrote what the prom asked me to. One commentary my teacher gave me was that my essay was good, and I wrote in the structure that all of my teachers in the past had been taught me. However he told me that I should add more who I am in my writing and express my self, that way I could give my writing more like a personal sound and not like a school related. Also I need to improve on how support my points, using evidence like quotes from Emerson's essay, or personal experience.

1. the theme for the book "Shadow of the Hegemon" is to be look for new strategies to have success. 2. the plot is in Ender's game, Ender Wiggins triumphed over an alien race that aimed to destroyed the earth. 3. Base on the book, I imagine the author's routine getting a coup of coffee while getting his journal and  writing ideas for the upcoming chapters of the book. I think he likes to eat rare food, meaning try different kinds of food around the world, since his book is so creative by talking about saving the world from aliens and how this kids are trained to fight. 4. in my opinion the author uses a lot of imagery in this book, also the diction he uses when describing a event he makes you picture the moment really good. 5. what drew mw to this book was my friend, who like to read many fiction novels. I asked him if He can recommend me a book to read and as a good friend he help me, but his higher in reading than I am. So after many books he told me about thi...