Poem

You were born to be a rainstorm,

To send your voice throughout the night,

To sing your song with falling raindrops, 

To break the darkness with your light,

You were born to show raw beauty,

To wash the dirt out from their eyes,

But the whole world ran for cover,

When you opened up your skies,

So you made your thunder silent,

And learnt t bite your tongue,

You gave them what they wanted,

You gave them life with endless sun,

But as they watched their lives grow weaker,

Watched as their leaves turned brown and dry,

They wished they didn't take for granted,

Your blooming presence in the sky,

You were born to be a rainstorm,

To be chaotic and be bold,

To show there's beauty in the knowledge,

That you cannot be controlled,

Because you might think your not needed,

Life without you is the same,

But nothing beautiful would ever grow, 

If it wasn't washed with the rain. 

Goals in the Marking Period

The main goals that I set for the second semester marking period was not to fall behind or be lazy. Setting those goals for myself would make me a better person in and out of the classroom. The main reason I said to not fall behind is because making up work is terrible, but even more terrible is making up work and having other homework to do also that's due the next day. If I do that, then I will be lazy and not do the made up work, and then fall behind to the point where I'm almost failing. So far with only two weeks left of the marking period, I am not falling behind and keeping up the work, and sometimes do more work than needed. (which I call not being lazy) Compared to last semesters in high school, my work improvement has improved greatly and that has made me a better student in and out of the classroom. In the years to go, I will continue to work hard and maybe harder for everything in the class room so that it would pay off in the long run.

I mainly worked on getting my work done and asking for help when I need too this marking period, more than I ever did in any other marking period. I improved on completing full homework assignments and asking for help when I needed help and going to extra help if I don't get anything. (mainly before tests/quizzes) I think I need to work on mainly keeping up with assignments and not turning in anything late. Also one of my goals that I need to work on this semester and next is getting the same grade in every class, no matter how hard it is. Do all the work, go to extra help if I don't get anything that's going on in the class.

The goals that I set for the next marking period is to do everything that will make you become a good student. In the classroom especially, participating in more discussions, be an active thinker in group activities and many more. To me being an active body in a classroom will help you become a better person out of the classroom but also in the long run when you aren't in the classroom. Being that kind of student will make you do better even on your homework assignments and tests because,your an active listener and will help you study.

The thing I might do this upcoming period is described above. But my goals is to make my school year easier by just doing the hard work first and everything else last. By this I mean, when a project is assigned, do that whenever you have free time just to get it done so you don't have to worry about it in the long run. This can also means not slacking and waiting for the last minute to get everything done.

Putting all of these things together will hopefully become successful in the long run; college. 

I Believe Reflection and Speech

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1fOcPPSAEQ


I wrote this speech based on my family. In the speech I wrote that my family meant everything to me, and how the formed and shaped me to be the person that I am today. In the speech I wrote about my mom, and my two brothers that inspired me the most.

In my speech I mentioned my mom because my mom was the one who raised me. She's the one who was able to play the mom and the dad figure with no problem. She raised eight kids, mainly by herself with the help of my dad's side of the family before he passed away. My mom had a huge impact on my life because she's the one who consequence me when I did something wrong, but when I did something bad, she made me feel like the best person in the world. Also, she put her family before anything, if someone needed help she would be right there no matter where it was. The best thing about my mom is that she always forgave me for what I did no matter how bad it was, she never stopped loving me.

My two brothers who inspired me the most is three years older than me and six years older than me. My brother Kyren plays college football in Texas. I look up to him because I plan on doing the same thing he's doing but at a lower level in college athletics. He always tells me how coaches are, what they do, and how they "work" because every college coach is different. Playing football he has plenty of coaches and each one of them are different. One might be your best friend and the other might hate you or vise versa. He says no matter how rough they are or how they act to you, your hard work and your attitude is all that matters.

My oldest brother Daniel has a family now, but before this he always told me to respect my body and other people around me, but mainly my body. He says that as a pretty young black female, everyone wants you and thinks your "easy" because of the past movements with blacks, but all I gotta do is prove them wrong so that people start changing their mind and seeing blacks as just normal people. Some girls don't do that, but as a young black girl I can do that and it will hopefully change in the years to come.

At the end of the video I state a quote from the bible that means my family is everything. You should always put your family first and before anyone because they are the strongest bond you will ever have until you get married.