Big school or small school

So today’s prompt is “big school or small school“ from head start through eighth grade I went to a public school, and by the time I was in middle school I had nearly forty classmates in one classroom and once I reached high school and went to SIS, a private school. I went from forty classmates to thirty classmates. It was quite an adjustment for me but I learned to deal with it. I think it really depends on whether you’re comfortable with a large majority of students or a small majority and if “school” is elementary, high school, or a college.

Going to a big school has its upsides and downsides. Some upsides to going to a big school is that since there are many students, you can meet new people who later might become some of your closest friends. Going to a big school would mean that there are many students from all over the world and you can learn their cultures and languages if you want to. Going to a big school means that there are more electives, classes, which you could choose from giving more opinions on what you want. Some downsides on going to a big school however is that there is not much of a student-teacher interaction or help because there would probably be more than thirty students in a class and the teacher would not have enough time to help to every students needs.

Just like a big school, there are also upsides and downsides to a small school. The upsides of going to a small school are that the student-teacher interaction is good. The teacher would definitely have more time for the students than a teacher from a big school, there would be closeness between them and that’s good.  Also having a small selection of students lets you get to know every student much better since a big school has so many students it would be difficult to try to know every single one of them. The downsides of going to a small school though is that since there are few students there would probably be few electives/classes to choose from and you might be stuck in a class you don’t even want to be in.

To me it really doesn’t matter whether you’re going to college or going starting high school, I prefer going to a big school. In my eyes there are better opportunities in a big school and I I’ve had most of my life in a big school and I still want to go to a big school. My reasons are all up there from what I typed down, so yeah, big school in my opinion are way better than small schools.

What are things that I would teach and not teach to my children? How would my children do differently?

Let me start by saying that today’s prompt is talking about “What are things I would teach and not to teach my children? How would my children do differently?” I’m only sixteen so I haven’t actually thought of my future children. The only thing in the future I’m thinking of right now is finishing high school and getting into a good college, but after reading this prompt and giving it a lot of thought I did think of what I want my children to be brought up like. Children in this generation and so spoiled compared to those in the past, sad or well not that sad to say that my generation is one that are spoiled. Or at least for me, my parents spoil me too much.

It’s not that bad to be spoiled, or spoiling your children but there’s a certain limit. They need to learn things the hard way and on their own, parents aren’t there forever and if they don’t start learning now they would be so lost once they have grown up. Maybe by the age of thirteen kids should learn things for themselves and parents are just there to help guide them, telling them the right from the wrongs.

Okay so the most number one thing I want my children to learn is having respect to everyone and show proper manners. I don’t care how old the person is I want them to be respectful. I see children maybe seven or eight years old and their screaming at their parents just because something doesn’t go their way and in the end the parents do what the kid wants, that’s not right. The parents should be having control over their kids and if they don’t then something like that would happen. If my kid screams at me in public I’m so going to punish him when we get home. Lol I might not be a perfect daughter, I admit that. But I try, I literally can’t concentrate in school. I always procrastinate and give assignments late. That’s one of the many things I hate about me and I really don’t want my kids to get into that habit. So as much as possible I want them to have a good education and to not procrastinate in assignments. I’ve been through that and if I could I would want to start over my high school.

I want my kids to make the right choices, I know they there would be times where they make mistakes but I hope they can learn from those mistakes and not do them again and again. I also want them to be friends with the right people, people that would support them, inspire them, people who would be there for them. True friends. I don’t want people who would be bad for them like those who do drugs, drink, don’t pay attention in school. Those type of people are what I don’t want my kids to be associated with but I shouldn’t be in control on who they want to hang out with I just hope they can realize it for themselves before it’s too late and someone gets hurt. 

 

 

Should SIS have uniforms or not?

So I attend Saipan International school, SIS is one of the few private schools in Saipan. If you know Saipan then it’s in As Lito, if you don’t even know where Saipan is in the map it’s located in the Pacific Ocean right beside Guam, Yeah we’re a very small island. I should start by telling you that the prompt today is “Should SIS have uniforms or not” My school is the only private school that does not require a school uniform, but everyone in school talks about whether we should have uniforms or not.

In Middle School I went to Hopwood Junior High and even though we were a public school we had to wear a uniform. It wasn’t even a uniform just a shirt representing the school. It was really lame and we even had to pay for the shirts! It was about $20 some I think. That was bad since it was a public school that a lot of students could not afford for the shirts and if we didn’t wear them we would get in trouble by serving  community service at school or something like that. One thing I like about SIS is that although it is a public school we don’t have uniforms, that was one of the upsides of me going to that school. I like the way the school is without the uniforms so, I don’t want any uniforms. Also if we wear uniforms then students don’t have any way of expressing themselves through clothing. I’m not saying that girls should wear short shorts or guys with inappropriate material on their shirts. There would be an upside to wearing uniforms though and that is we could show how we are proud to be schooling at Saipan International School. But it’s so nonsense how some people would say that wearing uniforms would unify students, I mean clothes don’t bring people together it’s the people themselves if they choose to get along with other students or not.

With that said uniforms wouldn’t change much except to show that we are proud to be part of our school. Also what if the material of the clothing is uncomfortable to wear it can be disturbing, or the fact that we would have to buy the uniforms because I’m sure the school wouldn’t be willing to buy every single student a uniform and it can’t be just one, it has to be five uniforms since we have five days in school, the school would gain if the students parents had to buy them but omg that would be such a big loss of money for the students parents since they have to buy the clothing and who knows the much it would cost.

If I could bring back one person from the dead, who would he or she be and what would I serve for dinner?

So today’s prompt is “If I could bring back one person from the dead, who would he or she me and what would I serve for dinner?” I had to think for a while about who I would like to bring back from the dead since there’s not much people I know who is that that I want back. I was debating whether to have Queen Elizabeth since I idolize her or my grandfather from my mom’s side. I decided that I would rather bring back my grandfather from the dead. He passed away just a couple months ago, I think it was some type of heart attack in his sleep so it’s a good thing that he died while he slept, it must have been peaceful. I’m Filipino so we called him “Tatay” which is dad in Tagalog. I feel bad that I don’t know much about him. The first time and now my last time I got to see him I was just eight years old, I’m sixteen now so that was nine years ago. I think he was fifty some years old but November. I want him to be brought back to life because even though I wasn’t close to him my mom would tell me stories about him telling me how great of a man he was and that even though they are poor he tries his best to save money and buy gifts for my grandma. I think that’s pretty sweet J he passed away leaving everyone in the family in grieve, mostly my grandma. It’s good that she’s handling things without him, she’s a strong person, but it would be nice to have him back in their lives.

Hmmm… if he actually comes back from the dead, I would serve him anything he wants. But what would people who came back to life would want to eat?? Since he’s Filipino I would probably guess he would want something like fish or some meat? Er I’m don’t even know what kind of food he likes, wow I’m such a bad granddaughter… uhm if he comes back from the dead and since I don’t know what he would actually want to eat I’ll have to ask him and he can go eat at Jhem’s or The Elegance, both a well known Filipino restaurant in Saipan lol and probably get some dessert, since dinner is never complete without dessert! But if he wants to try something new I all for it. I go take him to some other restaurants maybe get some pizza, or pasta, some Cha, haha, fresh lumpia from Wild Bills, anything he’s up to try. While we have some dinner we could catch up on some things that I don’t know about, maybe he can tell me some stories that he did at my age. But it would be hard to communicate with him since he speaks very little English and a lot of tagalong and I can understand and speak very little tagalog. My understanding is much better than my speaking though. I grew up in Saipan and only been to the Philipines twice, both when I was young, English was my first language so I don’t know very much as I think I should.

Okay so back to the prompt, I would really like to bring my grandfather back from the dead so could catch up with him and see my grandmother smile knowing he’ll be back in their lives. J

Playing computer games is a waste of time and should not be allowed. Do you agree or disagree?”

Blog number eighteen is “Playing computer games is a waste of time and should not be allowed. Do you agree or disagree?” I have to write six hundred words on this and honestly I hope nobody agrees on it. But that just me. If you haven’t known by now I think that playing video games is NOT a waste of time and SHOULD be allowed.  but others may not agree with me

Okay so why do I disagree on this is because would you rather have a guy watching porn rather or him playing mindless video games? Because I’d rather have him playing video games than watching explicit material. There is nothing bad about playing video games, I mean if it cuts into the educational purposes than they should do their work before playing games. Instead of actually wasting their time playing video games rather than preparing for a test. Video games should be an played after you are done with chores, homework, or any other assignments there is to do. I think that people only want to have no video games is because it makes a person procrastinate on their work or the person who does not agree on it does not understand the concept of the game. Actually playing videos games can help a person in many ways. I am not much of a video game player but I do play Lol (League of Legends) and it’s an RPG game (role playing game) so it’s mainly on tragedy and team work. Playing video games can also connect with people and can interact and makes new friends. other than what I think about people playing video games I can see the reasons why some might not agree with me because people such as teenagers can be less productive and just stare at a screen for the next how ever many hours they spend playing either on a laptop, wii, xbox or play station. they can lose track of time and not finish what they need to do

So that is why I think that video games should be allowed and that it may be a waste of time but also it won’t be if it is used correctly. video games is also a good and bad thing to a person. But they should be used correctly mostly by teenagers. since teenagers can be only fixated with the video game itself. But this is just my opinion that playing video games is not a waste of time and that it should still be allowed. So I agree with this. :)

Define Beauty

Today’s topic is to define beauty.  In the Merriam Webster beauty is define as the quality of being physically attractive or the qualities in a person or a thing that give pleasure to the senses or the mind. “A beautiful woman” something that pleases the person through anything. So time to type six hundred words talking about the definition of beauty.

There are so many types or beauty there is beauty in materialistic things, beauty in people, or beauty in anything you want. If it comes to a person beauty can be defined through personality or looks. Markus Zusak who quoted “Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they are.” Meaning that someone is has beauty just by being who they are. To me beauty is something that appeals to your eyes. Charming, delightful, eye-catching, alluring, elegant, splendid, flawless, perfect, radiant, lovely, pretty, ravishing and other words I can’t think of anymore haha

I don’t think beauty can be agreed on ever often since beauty is what appeals to you. if it appeals to everyone that’s good but it normally isn’t the case. You might find a person beautiful or flowers that you think are beautiful but someone else, maybe your friend wouldn’t feel the same way about it. So beauty is really depends on what you think is beautiful. It really does depend on your view is.

Beauty in a person can be my personality where you enjoy talking to them, and that you are delighted to know more of the person. Like their personality is joyful, sweet, nice, caring, and all those other things and some people would think that’s what makes a person beautiful. Others on the other hand would think that looks are what makes a person beautiful. I’m not sure if this should qualify since a person’s definition on looks can be very different to someone else.  

Other than people another type of beauty is through objects or surroundings. Some might think that outdoors, such as the mountains or the park or the forest is beautiful. There are those who find that beauty can be found just by staying at home and relaxing. Some people can find beauty through materials or objects like a guy can be calling his skateboard as a beauty since he got attached to it or a girl with a dress because she found it eye-catching.

To me beauty is defined as what you think is appealing.

If I were stranded, what are three things I would take?

Blog number sixteen is “If I were stranded, what are three things I would take?” Ever since I started to have journals for classes in elementary one of the many topics would always be this, “what three things would you take if you were stranded on an island?” Today’s topic is very similar to the same topic I just said. But the topic given out to me today isn’t specific. It’s not specific because it doesn’t tell me where it is that I am stranded on or at and for how long I am stranded or if I will be stranded forever. Knowing the scenario of the place is important because the scene determines what three things I would like to take with me. I mean if I was stranded in a rain forest I wouldn’t need to have water with me since there is fresh water. If I were stranded in the ocean then I would want a life boat. See, the setting to where I am important to of which I want to take with me if I got stranded somewhere.  

Well anyways, I will just assume that I am stranded on a deserted island since that is easier for me to write about. Lol okay so like one of the three things I would take with me is a large supply of food and water. I know these two is separated but in this case I am making an exception. Since I would be stranded on an island it wouldn’t be too hard to find food. There is bound to have some coconuts (not a big fan of them, but you eat what you can find to survive), bananas, papayas, and all sorts of fruits. So food wouldn’t be hard to find. And if there is a fresh water fall or stream on the island then I would be fine too.

Next! Second thing I would bring. I wouldn’t call this a “thing” since the second thing I would want with me is a person. A friend most likely. I am not to specific on who exactly I want to be stranded with me but I want to be with someone who I can get along with since I would be stranded with them and I don’t want to have any conflicts. I would most likely bring  my best friend haha. But I want a friend because I would go “crazy” not being able to talk to any other human being for the time I am stranded, I would also become very bored and would have no one to complain too lol. That is why I want a friend to be stranded with me as well.

And lastly the thing I would take with me is a knife. A knife is essential to being stranded somewhere since that is probably a very important object to survive. I could use the knife to make a shelter for myself or to make a spear for a weapon to catch some fish or something if I ever ran out of food.

So yeah three things I would bring with me J

What do I want on my tombstone

Blog number fifteen! I’m halfway there lol. So today’s blog is “What do I want on my tombstone?” honestly I could care less about what’s on my tombstone since I’ll be dead there’s no use having anything. But this is a blog and it is asking me what I want on my tombstone and I also have to make six hundred words on it. Just great ugh. I don’t want to fail journalism so I might as well do this topic so I could pass school.

So what do I want on my tombstone?? Hmm I never thought anything about my death nor did I think about what I would want on my tombstone. I always just thought there would be a huge rounded stone above my grave and the abbreviations R.I.P (Rest In Peace) but I don’t want something like that either. Lol if I could I want to be in a private cemetery, not just under the ground with a bunch of other skeleton bodies beside me. I don’t want to be buried under the ground either so that would mean I wouldn’t need a tombstone. Inside of a tombstone I want some sort of shrine. That probably seems self-centered but who cares? I’m dead might as well leave me to do as I please.

So inside of a tombstone I want to have a mini statue of Austin Mahone or well maybe a life sized one if possible. Because I am not a fan of Austin Mahone but I am a Mahomie since 2011 and I will forever be a Mahomie till I die. I would also like some carvings onto my casket so whatever it is they do if you don’t get buried underground. It probably is difficult but I don’t want the wood in the casket to slowly break away and the mud, worms, anything that is under there to ruin it. I mean caskets are expensive! So might as well make it into a good condition.

If there is anything I could have written I would have a very etiquette  handwriting or font and it would have something like “Lynette Joyce Vasquez, March 4 1997 – date of death” and maybe in the bottom a little quote that I found interesting or relating to me or just a quote I would normally say. I don’t know but I want any type of quote in it or well not any type of quote but something that I most relate to or something I frequently say lol. But yeah that’s what I want to do as what I want to put on my tombstone.