Jaquelin's English Blog

  Prompt Response:  In 2nd semester of my junior year in high school, I hit a point in my life where I wanted to be alone. So i isolated myself for a good while and it was very unlikely of me since I always wanted to hang with friends and just speak to them. This caused some tension between the people that I considered friends at the time and now I no longer speak to them. I did it for my own mental health, for the better of my mind. I didn't want to be a people person so I'm self kept from now on.  Summary: Today August 29 we received an assignment "The Myth of the Latin Woman" Reflection:  I strive to be the best that I can be everyday, all-day. Proud of who I am becoming and thankful for my heavenly father. 

  Prompt Response:  My skin color, it's what I was born with. Anywhere that I go I think others already know my race or ethnicity. Why I think this is because another person can just come up to me and speak to me in S panish  without having to ask me if I'm Hispanic, because of my skin and my looks it is already easy to tell if I'm Hispanic or not.  Summary: Today August 28, 2025. In class I did the blog post and am currently working on the 3 assignments in common lit.  Reflection:  I strive to be the best that I can everyday, anytime. I am going to build a strong future for myself and get my grades on a good level. 

  Prompt Response: I recall a time when I was getting introduced to people by the same friends, these people assumed that I was sorta a toxic person, since I didn't speak as much, or that I wasn't loud and that I was always mad because of how my resting face would look and it would appear that I looked upset when in reality I was just in my own world, minding my own business. People tend to look at Hispanic females that don't say much and think that they're some sort of toxic person or a hotheaded, thinking that anything can get them mad, but it's the total opposite. I remember that when I was said about this all I did was giggle and try to explain that I'm the type of person that finds company in their own world and their own silence.  Summary: Today August 26, 2025, I was unable to attend class since I went to the college fair.  Reflection:  I will always strive to be the greatest that I can each and every other day, to reach my full potential and claim my goa...

  Prompt Response:  I wouldn't understand how people don't have certain common sense. Even when things are explained and have been told many times, people still have a very hard time understanding what's right and what's wrong. It also comes to the point where you reach a certain age, where you are expected to act your age, but people don't tend to understand that nowadays.  Summary: Today August 25, 2025, The class presented their poster boards.  Reflection:  I strive to be the best that I can each day, I am always trying to be the greatest so that I can reach my goal everyday. 

  Prompt Response:  Something that I really wish that I had more of would be knowledge. I say this because I believe that having lots of knowledge can make it very easy for somebody, the way you gain knowledge is to learn some but I think it would be very cool if a person was already born with so much knowledge in life. I'd be the "know it all" person and that would come in any handy in life. Perhaps even make me successful in life and I would love to do big major projects to help the environment, society problems or just anything.  Summary: Friday August 22, 2025, today in class we went ahead and continued to work on our poem poster project, and am currently doing the blog post for today.  Reflection: I strive to be the very best that I can be, today I'll be working on my poem poster project but I currently have to get unstuck on the poem part. 

  Prompt Response:  In last school year In my engineering class, we were given a project that we needed to build a functioning  car that had to be made out of a cardboard box. This was a group project so every group member had their own part to do in the project, like cutting out certain parts of a car out of cardboard. At the end of the project we were able to design                Lightening-McQueen and my group added a battery inside the car along with its wheels which ran on its own. It is now on display since it was the best in the class and looks exactly like a mini Lightening-McQueen car. I was actually able to build a moving car which is why it stands out as my best work.  Summary: Today, Thursday August 21, in class we read the poem "A Korean Dream" by Sharon Lee, we even discussed what the meaning of the poem is. Afterwards the classroom was told to make our own project board and make our own poem based on our culture...

  Prompt Response:   My 2 most burning questions about life is, What happens before we were born and What happens after we die. These 2 questions always have me wondering if our souls lingered some place else before it was given to us and if we truly roam around the earth after we have passed. I wonder what I could have been if there was a past life and I wonder if I'm created into a new life after my passing or if I stay on earth for a certain amount of time.  Summary: Tuesday August 19 2025 , The class read the poem "I, too" by Langston Hughes, The class also identified 3 instances where the poem explores cultural identity for 4 categories.  Reflection:  Working on my work to strive to be the best that I can, for my mental, physical and emotional health. 

  Prompt Response:  I completely lost myself in my junior year of high school. This time was a very dark and isolating time for me due to very personal issues, which caused me mental and health problems. Sometimes issues are just way too serious to discuss that people rather just keep it in, which is what I decided to do because of how mentally bad I got. I'm very big on mental health since I totally understand how it can affect one. Things change, people change, everything changes and feeling lost is one of the steps in life in order to strive to be a better you and for the people around you that stayed along the way.  Summary: Presented my Mask to the class today on August 18, 2025.  Reflection:  I may feel very nervous at first since I do have social anxiety, but once it is over I'll perhaps feel better about myself. 

  Prompt Response:  Although adapting to a new environment and demands over this past week,  may be confusing for me, learning to be in a new environment quickly warms up to me and I grow with the new things around me. A strength that I used for this following week was my determination on getting my work done. A challenge I faced while adapting to this course this past week was not knowing to get my resources at first, I asked around and quickly got to where I needed to be. Knowing that I should ask instead of not asking questions would have made me struggle but instead I am getting to where I want to be.  Summary: Today, August 15 2025, in class we went over the assignment that was given to us on block day. Working on the masks that we were giving and presenting on Monday August 18.  Reflection:  I strive to be the best that I can be, with myself and including all my work as well. I am very proud of this week of school since I have adapted to a new environ...

  Prompt Response:  Gender roles influence my identity by wanting to do the things that I'm not allowed to do because those types of things aren't "Lady like" it really makes me wanna find out more about myself, knowing that there is more of me that I have yet to discovered. Things that people do are always labeled on which gender should do what, because of this, this makes me wanna do things that are labeled as "male only" as a form of expression. Whatever I do even if it doesn't seem "lady like" or if it is, is who I identify as.  Summary: Today August 14, 2025, In class we went over a Cultural Identity Vocabulary List that we need to study, this is because we have a test in 2 weeks over the vocabulary list. We were also given an assignment where we need to make Cultural Identity masks that are due Monday August 18.  Reflection:  I strive to be the best version of myself everyday and I am looking forward to the College Fair since I am very fo...

  Prompt Response:  A very meaningful family tradition unique to my culture is having a quinceanera also known as a fifteens. This is very important in my Hispanic culture meaning that it is an age in a female's life that represents going into womanhood. In the poem "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid, the daughter is expected to mature early in her life which is also a high standard in my culture. You are expected to act like a woman, cook like a woman, clean like a woman, dress like a woman, your daily life has to be like a grown woman's. Everything you do after you turn 15 is who you let yourself out to be just so that others can see.  Summary:  Tuesday August 12th, 2025, Today we were reminded of the 4 questions that were given as an assignment for the poem "Girl", then were given our blog post to answer.  Reflection:  The female expectations in the poem "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid are very relatable because I feel like every female is expected to grow up ...

  Prompt Response:  The daily expectations are highly influenced by my cultural heritage, my life consists of well respected manners, prioritizing my family, cleaning daily, helping with cooking dinner and sitting up the table, to always keep clean. As a Hispanic female your expectations are highly viewed and it is a thing that you need to sacrifice from time to time. The poem "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid is a very relatable poem that many can compare their cultural heritage to, by just discussing and comparing how people's cultural heritage define them as the person they are expected to be.  Summary:  Monday August 11th, 2025, we discussed what cultural identity is and as well read "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid.  Reflection:  Looking back the expectations from my cultural heritage have always been the same and have been passed down by generations which is a part of my cultural identity. This poem is a great example of connection since lots of people tend to follo...