Happiness♥

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Who inspires you?

The one and only person who inspires me every single day of my life has always been my lovely mother. She listens, takes care of me, loves me and wishes me the best all the time. Of course any other mother would do the same but my mother is very understanding and kind to me. I love her most because she has a good heart and she helps everyone in the need of guidance. It's odd that sometimes I feel so undeserving of such a wonderful person. I appreciate her, love her, cherish her and all I ever want to do is make her happy all the time. She's been so strong for me and everyone who has ever needed someone to be strong for them. I've seen mothers come to my house to talk to my mother to obtain some assistance on raising their own children. Although I was not a perfect daughter I was raised just right. My mother always told other mothers that love has to do much with children being better people. Also understanding was something that all children want from their parents. My mother always showed me she loved me and understood me, that is why I feel that I'm a good person. I feel good about myself because I care about everything. And I'm very conscious about the things I do. I do not like to lie and if I do my conscious kills me. Therefore, she raised me very well because children who do not care about anything or do not feel any guilt about the bad things they do. Those kids do not love or care about anything not even themselves.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

FaVE QuoTe. Happiness is a JOurney not a destination.

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My favorite quote has always been that " Happiness is a journey not a destination" because it made me see that its not where you end up in life, it's the growth and memories that make you realize how good of a life you've had. For example, a business man works hard to have a successful business, obtain money, create new ideas and in the end his time will end and his only idea of happiness was just the result of his happiness not the process. Where will that money go, the hard work, the effort? The process of his success or his idea of happiness was suppose to be the journey through his happiness in his life. Rather than making a destination to happiness he shoulder smiled everyday because his life was already good. He should have already been happy because of his journey through his life. Life can not be seen as a plan,destination or end result. Unexpected things happen and those are the times when you have to cherish and grow in the moments of unpredictable paths. Life is not a game or a planner in your black berry. Life is full of twists and turns. Sometimes you'll find that wanting to be happy is like a chasing a butterfly, when you do not have to chase anyone or anything to be happy, it's there already. All one has to do is look around and be thankful. Nothing is ever perfect or horrible. I have always thought that I needed to have money or fame to be happy. I needed to satisfy my craving for satisfaction of attention and love. I had a plan to become famous and be filthy rich so I could achieve my destination to happiness. Happiness was already there, my family, friends, memories, experiences, and dreams. God gave me a wonderful life. I was healthy, loved, talented, and had a clean life. Every bad moment made the good things even better. My life was a gift that was beautiful. I was blessed with opportunities and privileges. What more did I need? My journey was full of smiles, tears, laughs, mistakes, achievements, failures. Happiness is the definition to my journey. Happiness can only been realized if the person has gone through everything mentioned. Appreciation has much to do with happiness and dealing with the bad times. Therefore, enjoy life and every aspect of it.

Project CONNectIONs. : ) 2.11.10 NUMBER 1

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Today my cousin came over my house and she was singing a song that had to deal with colors and numbers. Ashely, my cousin was dancing around my house and pointing to things in my house. I asked her if the song she was singing was so that she could remember her colors and numbers. she said yes. I told her if she likes to go to school, she smiled and nodded yes. She explained to me that she has two teachers, one is named Ms. Olivia and the other Ms. Page. Ashley explained to me that her teachers are really nice to her and that she likes it when they teach her games and songs to memorize colors and numbers. Ashley says that she has lots of fun in school and told me she was sad because today there was no school. I told her I did not have school either and I'm upset to. I asked my aunt if she ever practices with Ashley since she does not speak English very well. My aunt said she does not understand when Ashley sings to her and so she just acts like she listens but she has no clue what she's saying. My aunts says it's frustrating when Ashley needs help on some of her homework when she herself has no clue what it's about. I told my aunt that she has to try because I had the same problem with my mother. I'd ask my mother about things from school and she couldn't help me. I realized that it's difficult for children to learn things sometimes because either their parents do not put input into their children's learning or can't because they themselves do not understand. Ashley has a hard time learning the difference between English and Spanish because at home all they speak is Spanish and when Ashley speaks English no one understands her. Ashley gets very confused at times. I had the same problem when I was younger. As a soon to be teacher I believe I have to understand students and be patient with their learning pace. Teacher's have to deal with many things and I think I have to think about many things that make it harder for children to learn so that I can relate to them and learn from things like that to better my teaching.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Field Trip Visit #1 2.8.10

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Yesterday was a day I really enjoyed. Even though I was walking through the snow to get to my sponsor, I liked being alone and getting a chance to think about what my Sponsor had for me today. As I reached the Middle School, passed memories ran through my head about the times I had in the Middle school. So many things had changed and I love the fact that some of my past teachers remembered me. I never thought they would even recognized me. I guess my appearance was not much of a difference since 7th grade. I felt so welcomed and I felt happy as soon as I reached Ms. Carney's class. The students were already doing there work and concentrating on what they were doing.

My students as well as Ms. Carney's were adorable and they had so much energy in their eyes. Although some were confused on some things, they soon understood the task at hand. I sat with some of the students to see what they were up to and some were working on power points. Others were working on worksheets. I accomplished some trust from a few of them. As I came up to some of them, they would explain to me what they had to fix in their power points without me even asking. I met Roberto, Javier, and Raul who are students in Ms. Carney's class. They were funny and I liked that they were comfortable talking to me and asking me questions.

As Yocelin started presenting her power point, I remembered how I felt when I had to do presentations in my early years. Although I did not present often or have the opportunity to present with smart boards, it was still difficult for me to speak publicly. Yocelin had a clear voice and was pretty creative with some of her slides. I think for being in 5th grade she did very well. So far I'm learning allot and I love my Field Trip's to the Middle school.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Sponsor INFO ♥

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I'm positive I will be seeing my sponsor every Monday. Walking to my sponsor's location is great for me. It is not far away at all. I think from LHS to LMS it's about a 15 minute walk. I have already meet with my sponsor and we have come to the conclusion that Mondays work best because that is when she starts new lessons. Mondays are awesome for me too because that is also when most of my classes also begin new lessons and work. Therefore, both of us would be refreshed and ready to start something new. So far my experience with my sponsor and her teaching has captivated my interest. I believe she teaches very well and observing and being a part of her class has much for me to learn from. Hopefully I will gain many ideas and share my ideas as well with Ms. Carney(SPONSOR).

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

current events Jan27.10 The lOVEly BonES !!!NEW MOVIE!!!! A Must See

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The Lovely Bones as I read was a movie filled with inspiration and sadness.

Susie Salmon (like the fish) was killed during the 70's and had been murdered by her neighbor. Although she was murdered a part of her did not want to leave to Heaven. Susie wanted to revenge her death and knew everything about what was going in the real world. Susie was stuck in the middle. Not making it completely dead or alive she wondered around seeing little pieces of other little girls who went through the same thing she had gone through. Susie since still had some connection to the real world, gives clues to her father who was the one who killed her. Susie wants to leave the world but a part of her wants the truth to be revealed about her killer. Susie sees her killer everyday and goes about seeing what others are doing since she's been gone. One day her killer gets the urge to kill another since his memory of killing Susie was fading. Susie realizes that who he now wants to kill is her younger sister. Her younger sister senses the killer around her , stocking her, staring at her. One day her younger sisters decides to look for evidence that this neighbor was the one who killed Susie. She finds a book with his plan of killing Susie and clipped news papers with photos of her to. In the end Susie leaves to go to Heaven finally revealing who her murder was and their family were also at peace living their lives, still loving their unforgotten daughter. This movie was awesome and it made me open my eyes to allot of things in my life. Susie died at a young age and that is what bothered me the most. She did not get to experience, or make more memories. I on the other hand have lived longer than her and I love my life, because I've experience many happy things. Well Heaven is the maximum to me and at least she was gone to a better and lovelier place.

http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/movies/11lovelybones.html

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

My day today. 1.25.10 Dealing with my Project

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Well today I left early from school and I went to go visit my sponsor. I loved the way she taught her class and it fascinated the kinds of techniques she used so that her students would be able to participate in the work they had to. I had the privilege to be partner with a boy named Nazir( not sure if I spelled it right). He was very shy but still was able to talk to me. Ms. Carney my sponsor was very nice and I could tell that she care allot about her students. Ms. Carney for now only teaches 5th grade and is a Literacy coach. Furthermore, she has much enthusiasm in her job and I love it. I thought it was a great day for me and I these experiences will definitely help me with viewing how it is to teach. So far my glimpse of teaching has been an awesome experience. I believe being a teacher will bring me more happiness.