Whatever Kamali Want to write about.

It is so crazy how Im really about to graduate high school and go off to college. I waited a long time to actually go off to college and now that I might be leaving kind of saddens me because I won't be around my mom as much, or even some of my friends. High school was something Im not even going lie, there was some friendships that I thought was going to last but it didn't but I gained a few other friendships that I really value and appreciate. One thing that I can say about myself is that I feel like I was myself throughout this journey, and the only changed I made was to better myself. I NEVER really try to fit in with nobody, I will always find a way to be happy even if times was stressful, and I did the things that I really wanted to like play squash, be a part of AP Literature/ Medicine, and have fun with my senior class. It still does not hit ME yet that Im becoming a adult because I'm so little and people still mistake me for a middle schooler LoL. I guess I have to be ready for that change and accept it. OMGGGG life is about to start for me, like once i walk out of high school everything is on me no more mommy around or Brandy its all on Kamali now. Everything for me right now is going good and i hope it continues to be like that for me, I just want to be something in life and give back to my mom for always being there and telling me how it is. She is my number one supporter and i will do anything just to make her smile. She pushed me so hard to do something with my life and to always love myself before any one else. My strength and confidence came from her because no matter what obstacles she faced she was always positive and strong. I am glad that i have my mom because she really directed me into a positive lifestyle. Sometimes I try to do the same with others but no everyone wants to do the right things, I don't even care how lame or childish I might seem to others because i GOT OTHER things to worry about and focus on. This right now is just the beginning and I can't wait to see what life has in store for me. 

My ID Post!!!

So right now in Ms. Tomlin class we are learning about the different types of court their is, which is Federal and State, and there is two type of cases civil and criminal. Before we learned this I thought that there was only one type of court and that was the U.S Supreme Court. No Really, I just thought it was only that one and I thought that they dealt with every single case. OMG thank God for Ms. Tomlin class because I would have sound dumb. Anyways going back so we are learning basically what kind of cases get sent where, so the Federal Court deals with cases that involves laws and the Civil Court deals with cases the violates the State laws. If I ever was to become a lawyer I think I would work in the Federal court just because it seems more interesting. In Federal Court you receive cases dealing with guns, murders, kidnapping, and Drugs.

Learning about this is really interesting because now we have this project that we have to pick a case and basically look at what happened. Meaning who was the plaintiff, defendant, who wanted what, what happened before the case reached the Supreme Court ( if it has) , and what was the outcome of the case. Doing this project and learning about the court system makes me feel like a little lawyer and I really enjoy it. Well I guess that is all i HAVE so I'm done.

Dear White People ( SSR)

Okay, so this blog is suppose to be about reacting to something that you read, saw, or talked about in class. Well I have a reaction about something and it is towards the movie Dear White People. Calm down people, I'm not going to tell you a single thing about it because I want you guys to see it, but it was not what I quite expected. I thought the movie was going to be something like a drama, and fill of a  lot of crazy racist things but it really wasn't. The movie was comedy so they exaggerated a lot of things, but the movie was really racist. It really got me thinking about college and if I will personally come across racism, I wonder if I will be able to handle it right because I never really dealt with anything like that before in my life. Going back to the film, you see how racism is portrayed in this college that is suppose to be the best and how it starts to affect the campus life. Many students were upset about what was going on and wanted to put a stop to it. One thing that got my mind running about the movie was how students who were black or mixed did not want to accept their true identity. To me I don't care if I'm black, spanish, white, fat or skinny I am going to be proud of who I am no matter what. I think some people are afraid of being judged or talked about that they so hard to be perfect and ends up losing the real them. This movie made me think about how in reality you don't have to react to how people think or feel about you, you know yourself better than anyone else so you know what you like or dislike. Like you hear it all the time people are entitle to their own opinions and you just have to accept that and move on. Once you accept who you are you don't pay attention to what others feel or say. You are your own worst enemy, so once you judge yourself and put yourself down that is how society will treat you, like nothing and useless. One thing that I got from this movie was that be proud of who you are and never let people or society doubt your true identity. I know it can be hard to let people say whatever they want, but when you give them a reaction you are feeding into their ignorance.
 All in all accept yourself for who you really are and never change unless its for the better, like J cole once stated " We ain't picture perfect but we worth the picture still".

Greek Tragedy

So today in Ms. Hegeman class we were discussing Greek tragedy. Personally I don't like writings that were used in the early years because sometimes it's hard for me to understand it and, it can be boring and dramatic. I learned that the chorus was a major part in the plays during the early years, they kind of set the mood for the audience and tell them what to do like clap and etc. We also discussed how will entertainment be like in 500 years from now. 500 years from now is a long time but I think that entertainment will not be broken down into categories; what I mean by this is today we have different genres like drama, tragedy, and comedy. 500 years from now I don't think we would have that. Entertainment would kind of be extra because know its already extra so I can already imagine it later on in life. Going back to Greek tragedy the reason why I say that its dramatic is because the protagonist (main character) do things that is uncalled for. An example of this is shown in the play Othello when Romeo killed himself because the messenger forgot to tell him that Desdemona took a sleeping drink and she was sound asleep. To me that was unnecessary because even though he loved her a lot, killing yourself for love is a little crazy.

 

For some reason Greek Tragedy has that main concept where the main character of a tragedy commits a terrible crime without realizing how foolish and arrogant they were being. Also the character's flaw must result from something that is also a central virtue ( good quality). One thing that I dislike about Greek tragedy is that women were not allow to participate in anything so men were empower in everything.

What is Kamali Passionate about?

When I think about the things that I am passionate about the first thing that comes to my little mind is people and helping them out. I have always been that type of person who is willing to help others no matter what it is. I have an open, friendly, and nice personality which makes it easy for me to get along with others. I truly discovered my passion when I went to Guatemala this summer for a community service trip. I was building a wall and doing a reading workshop with the kids who were members of the library. I felt very happy and motivated to know that the little things that I was doing for them made the kids excited and thankful.
School to them was very important and they loved being in that environment, so it meant a lot to them that I was fixing their school. During the reading workshop the kids were interested in the readings, and my favorite part was doing the puzzle with them. Although some of the kids didn't speak Spanish or English we were able to communicate through our smiles. Being in Guatemala made me think about having a career working with children or adolescents.

When I get older I want to become a child psychologist. I know I know I have my whole life to plan what I want to be and I also know that things might change, but one thing that I know won't change is my passion for helping people. I enjoy working with kids/ adolescents and I want to help them overcome whatever challenges they are facing in their life. People tell me that being a psychologist is a hard job to do because some of the things that I may hear might be too much for me, but I am willing to go through that. I am willing to make a difference in someone else's life and I want to show them that there is always a light in a dark room - you just have to be  willing to find that light. Whatever hardships they are facing in life I want them to look inside of themselves and find that hope that will push them to become better individuals for the future. The passion that I have for working with people helps me find the goodness in myself. I admire the fact that  I am willing to be that hope that changes somebody's life. The feeling of making someone smile feels good when you know that you were the reason why. I got this feeling when I was in Guatemala and it made me feel great. I didn't give them a lot but the kids were still satisfied with the little that I did for them.

all about

Hi everyone I'm Kamali, I would like to start of by introducing myself a little more to you guys. Well my favorite type of movies are drama, comedy, and love. One of my favorite movies of all times is Love & Basketball. I like to listen to music, and my favorite genre is hip hop. I don't really listen to jazz or anything else, maybe pop and sometimes Spanish music. As some of you know I have two sisters Brandy and Emily; Brandy just currently went off to college, and Emily is in the Navy and been there for 6 years now I  also live with just my mom. I love food and can eat all day, but my favorite kind of food is Spanish. Nothing is better than chicken, rice, beans, fried plantains, and salad.  I just love love Spanish food, and one thing that I enjoy eating,is a Cuban sandwich. My mom side of the family is from Cuba so they eat that all the time and that is how I started eating Cuban sandwiches.  A Cuban sandwich has pork, pickle, melted Swiss cheese, this special sauce, and it comes on this flat grilled bread. Some of you may know that I love playing sports, and I currently play squash, Squash is a racket sport that is similar to tennis or handball. I have been playing Squash for 6 years, and I am number 1 for the girls ladder. I also enjoy talking, writing ( sometimes), and I love love love lip gloss.  I guess that is all for now, I don;t really know what else to talk about so as of right now, TTYL