Beat-Boxing

Something that I’m really good at doing is beat boxing. I started beat boxing back when i was in 6 or 5 grade, at first it was really difficult to get the sound that i wanted o started seeing tutorials online to get better at beat boxing. I first heard someone beat box in a show on PBS kids it was called The Electric Company and their ways this guy that was a really good beat boxer, he would create all these noises with his mouth. In one of the episodes he showed us how to start beat boxing for kids who wanted to he said that it was really easy to do and told us to say the words boots and cuts,

But to try and say them with out the vows so it was something like BTS – CTS, I started doing that none stop everyday trying to get the rhythm of the beat and the sound of it. At first i sounded nothing like the guy on the TV but i didn’t stop trying i kept going and going practicing everyday trying to get the perfect sound of the beat. It took days and weeks to get the sound i wanted to.

Then by the end of the second month i started to create even more sounds with my mouth and learned many techniques on how to do it. Beat boxing is something I’m pretty good at, at first it seemed very difficult but once you get the hang of it you start to learn new sounds and Technics and makes you feel good about yourself and its really easy to do.

Health Fair Blog Post

Video games & Time Management

Introduction:

The health fair blog post that me and my partner created was called video games and time management. It described and stated how video games can affect students learning and affect their performance in school. We’ve mentioned some situations in which video games can be harmful to students brains and how it affects them mentally, physically and how it wastes their time instead of using it wisely with school or being outside and excersizing.

Essential questions:

My partner and i came up with three essential questions and those questions were what type of games students play in their early ages, how gaming can affect students physical health, how gaming can affect them mentally and emotionally. These were the questions we had to answer and come up with good answers and citations that support those answers. My partner and I created a brochure so students can look at it and read them so they can see how video games affect them and how to use their time wisely.

Brochure:

Our brochure talks about the effects of video games and how it can affect them in general and why they should spend less time plying video games and be more active and to focus on their education because education is key to their success. My partner and I both believe that video games can really affect a child’s way of thinking and how it can also affect them emotionally.

Claim:

My partner and I believe that students should spend less in video games and more on their physical and education so they can succeed in life and have a better future for themselves. My partner and I both believe that if students spend less time in video games that they would have a higher chance of graduating high school and attend a four year college right after high school.

The problem with video games is that most of them are to violent for students and their parents should be aware of the risks.

Music as Protest

How has music impacted our history of protest?

It made a impact by a moral high ground with their melodies as well as their words. And it also inspire and empower people.

How has music influence peaceful protest?

A example of a peaceful protest song is we should not be moved by mavis staples. This song is about representing the determination of those in the Civil Rights movement in the face of government and social oppression.

How has music lead to violence protest?

One song that lead to violence was F**** tha police by N.W.A. It is a song that is protesting against police brutality. It fueled violence towards cops.

What are protest songs like today?

A example of today’s song is alright by kendrick Lamer. He is protesting on the black lives matter movement. This song talks about how black people are getting treated badly by the police.

1920-1930:

Life Savior Blues By Lonnie Johnson: The song was released on 1927 by Lonnie Johnson. And he sings about how bad he was getting treated in the late 1920’s. And that he couldn’t find a job so he had to keep on moving.

1950-1960:

We Shall OverCome by Mahalia Jackson. This song was used on the civil rights movement. “We shall overcome” is how they will face and eventually conquer their issues.

1960-1970:

War by Edwin starr: This song was released on 1970  it was used to protest against war and it mostly says about how war is worth nothing. That it’s friend is the undertaker and brings nothing but hearth break. And that is a enemy of man kind.

Modern day artist(s)/group(s) who have songs with protest/social commentary themes:

Be Free by J.cole: This song was release in 2014 and he sings about how cops keep on killing unarmed black people. And how cops are lying that they are pulling out a weapon even if they didn’t have one.  But they don’t only shot them one time but multiple times after they are down. And he has responded to the tragic death of Michael Brown with this song.

Plans after Highschool

College

One of my plans to attend high school is to get into a college and be the first to graduate from college. That is my dream and that is my goal that i want to accomplish after i graduate from high school. I want to join a community college either Palomar or Mira Costa but my hopes are in Palomar because it has good classes for the career that i want to approach which is to be a graphic designer i heard that Palomar has more classes for computer base things and that includes graphic design which got me very interested to apply and get into Palomar.

Mira Costa is an other college i want to attend if Palomar is not available because i want to join a 4 year college but i want to experience part of the actual things they do during colleges. I’ve heard that college would be one of the best years of my life because that’s were you can get the career job you want to do for living which would be really exciting to do. The 4 year college i want to attend is either in San Diego or San Marcos.

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Military

Another plan that i have when i graduate high school is to join the Marines. If college doesn’t work for me i have a back up plan which is to join the Marines. The reason i have this as an option is because i saw some documentaries on you tube that says that is changes you from the person you are today to a totally different person and very good reasons. Which i got really interested in because you get a totally different perspective when you go to boot camp you learn how to work together s a team. The Marin corp shows you to respect others and treat everyone equal. I’ve also had a Marine talk to me about how it can help pay for my college Which got me even more interested in joining.

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Senior Year

Beginning of Senior year in High school

My senior year was very nerve racking at first because their were lots of rumors of people saying that senior year was the year that colleges look at the most so if you fail a class the college that your trying to attend might look at that failed class and not accept you into their compass and their school. Senior year in my thought was going to be very stressful because i felt like their was going to be a lot of pressure on me to try and pass this year and try to get a college accept me to join their school because that is one of my dreams to be the first in my family to get into college.

The college that i want to attend is Palomar because people say that its a really good choice to the job I’m trying to do which is to become a Graphic designer. I also want to go to a 4 year college which is in the San Marcos or in my hometown San Diego. As the days went by in my senior year i stared to realize that it wasn’t that bad as people said it was.

Hardest year in High school

I think the hardest year for me was junior year because we had a lot of assignments to do and a lot of essays to complete during the year. Junior year was really stressful than Senior. I think that junior year i had a lot of pressure in my personal life and at school but i some how manage to pass that year without missing any credits. I was relived when i found out that i actually passed junior year and started to celebrate because it was very difficult and very stressful. I was actually surprised when i found out i wasn’t missing any credits to graduate which boost me and gave me more confident to keep moving on and never giving up.

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Small Bussiness Plan

PERSONAL REFLECTION

This journal of starting our own business with our partners it started good in the beginning because we made good progress in coming up with 20 community problems and then the planning our business plan. Then when it got to making out video for our business we didn’t really communicated so I end up doing the video for our business by myself but I also had some help from my English teacher.

BRAINSTORMING

The first step in this project is to brainstorm some problems in the community. You have to partner with another person in order to finish this project on time , also together can come up with amazing problems in the community. We were asked to have 20 community problems like you can see in the picture below that what my partner and came up with the problems in the community. Here is the whole presentation of our work.

THIS IS OUR 20 COMMUNITY PROBLEMS

SMALL BUSINESS PLAN

The next step of this project is to come up with one community problem to focus on. Also to fill in the a google doc that our teacher made for us and to tell her about the small business we are going to focus on. I felt like this step was hard because we don’t have any experience only making business so this was our first time and I know it was hard to do but my partner and I had some good ideas on the business. I might of took us a little bit longer than others but we end up finishing it and revising it before turning it into the teacher. Check out our small business plan it was complete and I felt like we did a good job.

THIS IS OUR LOGO FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESS

ADVERTISEMENT

The other step of this project is to create a advertisement for our business. So one day I had to stay after school with my teacher in order to get an idea for what I need in my advertisement. After I finished my advertisement in one day I felt like I did a good job on the video for a person to do all the requirements in the advertisement. I present you the V&E Graffiti Remover Advertisement.

ELEVATOR PITCH

The final step of this project to convince an investor in our business that our idea is useful to them. Elevator Pitch is a brief speech about what you want the investor to convince how good your product is. I feel like our business is good because we don’t charge the people as much as other businesses. Our business is about removing graffiti from the community because everywhere you would go you will see graffiti on the building, playgrounds, sidewalks, and people’s property. Check our Elevator Pitch for more information.

THIS IS A PICTURE OF A ELEVATOR PITCH

20% project soccer experience

The experiences playing soccer is really fun and joyful because it gets you in shape when you run around a lot. Their are some challenges to it when you first start playing soccer especially if you have no experience to the sport. When you actually know how to play then it becomes a sport that you can have a lot of fun to it. When I first started playing soccer I was a little shy at first because I really didn’t know anyone in the team everyone was like strangers to me.

I also didn’t like doing the things they told me to do because I used to be to myself more and I really wasn’t good to work with other people I wasn’t really a team player back when I was younger. When you first start playing soccer you have to get out your comfort zone especially if your a really shy person because in order to work together you have to communicate with each other.  I admit at first it was kind of strange and weird because I had to open up to people I didn’t know and be more friendly. My soccer couch helped me a lot to over come this and I think it made me a better person today.

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Social Wellness

What is Social Wellness?

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My Social Wellness

When high school first startedI’ve created a goal for myself which was to be more socialized with other people and get out of my bubble to let others in. Social wellness was a really difficult task because I wasn’t really a social type person I liked to keep everything to myself. Freshman year in high school I wasn’t really that social with people because i was still figuring stuff out and ho i can over come this fear of leaving my comfort zone.

My Experience

Freshman year in high school was really exciting because we’ve got a second chance to meet and make new friends. Being social really Isn’t one of my strengths because I have a fear that I’m working on. That fear has taken so many chances in life to meet new people and become more socialized. Through high school I can say that I’ve stared to become more socialized and bursting that bubble that I have to let new people in my life. Social wellness is not one of my strengths but its a goal I’m trying to accomplish because if your not socialized with people then it would be really difficult to find a job or make new friends.

 

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Emotional Wellness

Some challenges I’ve faced with emotional wellness started back in middle school when I had no one to trust and no one to really talk to when I was feeling down. I admit I have trust issues cause in middle school I was always seen as a second choice or as a nobody. I’ve kept it secret from my parents because I don’t like them to worry about me. My life in middle wasn’t the best to be honest I’ve always got picked on and no one liked the person i was. I admit I’m not proud of some decisions I’ve made in middle school. I got to say that I felt like I was disappointing my parents with my behavior.

I made a promise to myself when I graduated from middle school which was to change the person I am and to not listen to what others say about me. It was a difficult task to complete but some how I’ve managed to change who I am. When high school started everything changed and I’ve become a better person which helped me get friends that I can trust and that I can count on. Emotional wellness was one of the toughest challenges I needed to over come to be the person I am today.

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About

Christopher Chavez is a senior at vista high school, he plans to go to a community college which is Palomar. Christopher likes to spend his free time writing songs and drawing. Hes a very nice guy who cares about his real true friends. Christopher is very shy but when you get to know him hes a very fun and funny guy to talk to. He lives with his mom and step dad, Christopher Chavez has one sister and two brothers. Christopher wants to work as a graphic designer he also is planning on joining the U S marines.

He likes to spend time with his friends and family Christopher is a really caring person who cares about everyone. Christopher used to play in a soccer team in middle school that is one of his hobbies that hes good at. Hes favorite subject in school is Math he enjoys solving problems with numbers. One of his main goals is graduating high school so he can be the first in his family. Hes the oldest in his family and he says its hard being the oldest because you have to be a good example to his younger siblings.

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