So in Mr. Washington class we are watching  a movie called Higher Learning, and it deals with a lot of different things such as racism, security on campus, and rape on a college campus. The movie is really interesting because the main character Malik starts to realize that the world is ruled by white people and that the system is designed to keep black people down. One scene that was really sad was one one of the freshmen girl I forgot her name her name got raped. She was at some party with her friends and she was drinking, so there was this boy and they want to some room and started kissing and whatever. Then they were about to have sex and the girl was telling the boy to go get a condom and the boy didn't  want to. So the boy got on top of her and started riding her and she was screaming and crying for him to get off but he kept going. Another part that was interesting was when a group of white girls were walking to a party and they were talking about their roommates and one of the girls said that her roommate was Mexican and she probably got into the school through a scholarship. The movies shows the reality that happens on a college campus. There will be racism it might not always be directly in your face but it does happen in college. Also day rape is another issue in college because some colleges don't really handle the situation good and leave most girls feeling like they did something wrong. All in all the movie is good and everyone should watch it.

Pride and Prejudice

In Ms. Hegeman class we are reading a book called Pride & Prejudice, and it is surrounded by several themes such as family, wealth, inheritance, love and marriage. One thing that stood out to me about this book or the time period of the book was that if a wealthy man had all daughters and no son when he dies his wealth or money does not get passed down to his girls, rather it will go to his nephew if he has any or any boy/male figure in his family. In the book marrying a rich man was a must for some females . Mrs. Bennet wanted her daughter Elizabeth to marry Mr. Collins who was rich and was going to have her fathers house when he dies. Elizabeth refused to marry him and her mother was not happy at all. She got so upset that she decided not to talk to Elizabeth and called her ungrateful. This to me is just crazy because as a mom she shouldn't teach her daughter that money comes before love in a marriage. The fact that she doesn't want to speak to her daughter shows that wealth is too important. I respect Elizabeth decision for rejected the marriage because whats the point of marrying someone if ya barely know each let alone love each other. I understand that Mrs. Bennet want the best for her daughters and want them to be well taken care of, but that is just stupid to turn on your daughter just because she doesn't want to marry. So far the book is good tho, you get to see the different perspectives on marriage, and you also see which characters value marriage and which one just want to marry based on money and wealth. 

School response

like for real I am so tired right now of waking up so early in the morning and coming to school. Nah let me stop playing, I really like school but I am tired of the work and teachers giving us quizzes, tests, essay and other stuff. Like sometimes I just I wish  was in kindergarden where we had to trace and draw for homework. Like lately my mind has been wondering and I haven't been on top of  my things like a should be, but I know i just get distracted easy but im going to stop I think. Anyways though, I just I hope I ended the sesmster well. Hopefully I paseed Ms. Tomlin test I think I did good  but there was a few questions where i was like "what the Hell' but i think i got like a 80 something. Okay well thats all I have on my mind right now so im just going to stop now.

Pasion

I have a lot of passions but I think I will talk about my passion of being something in life. Life to me can sometimes be hard, fun, stressful, happy, sad, and whole bunch of other things, but one thing about life is that it teaches you a lot. Everything you do is a reason weather its good or bad. I know I can't control what happens in my life, but I can set myself up to be in the best situations in life. I have a goal not a dream, but a goal to have a better lifestyle in the future. I want to have the things that my didn't have when I was growing up. I also want to give her those things. Looking at how wealthy people live I want to one day finally say " yeah i own that house" or " I own something". I don't envy them, but instead I get inspired to do what I have to do so that I can get the things that I want in life. Now I'm not saying that all I want is expensive things like shoes, clothes, or anything like that, Im saying that I want to do things and buy things on my own with the money I work hard for. I have a passion for going after what i want in my life. I want to have a good career, a happy stress free life, travel around the world, and help my family. I know that i can fix my families situation and thats what motivates me to go to college and remain focus because if i want to live large and give back to my mom there's commitment and hard work that goes into it to make sure that that happens. BEING successful is not just about the money, but about the accomplishments you achieved to get to the point. i WILL BE HAPPY ONE DAY WHEN i FINALLY REACH THAT POINT AND i can sit back on an island and enjoy my hard work, but for now my journey is only beginning.

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".