I think that I would like to share a quote with you. It is not exact but it's close enough.
Without education you can only see the world though one eye.
What are your thoughts on this? What does this cause you to think about.
Before you say oh snap I am a half breed. I am Mexican and White. In other words a half breed. I give my thoughts as both. Or one or the other. Have any questions? Send me a message.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Kids Say The Strangest Things
I was thinking on Thursday that kids say the darnedest things. You see I was reminiscing about my childhood when my dad owned a bright red 2001 Ford Super Duty. I loved that truck. I grew up in that truck. I traveled many places in that truck. I drove to Texas in the third grade in that truck. My dad drove I rode shot gun. Anyways I was thinking about the story my dad tells everyone about when I basically told my dad to die. I basically said; "Papa when you die I want your truck". Now days I can't believe I would ever say that to him. Like I said kids say the strangest thing.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
What I Noticed While Writing My Essay
Pilgrim. Do you see it? PilGrim. See it now? PilGRIM. If you don't see it now you are blind. I am pointing out that the name led to a grim future for the Native Americans. Well not the name itself but the people who had the name.
The Tears of My Ancestors
This was the poem I read at Open Mic:
The Tears of My Ancestors
Laughter is in the air but it will soon fade,
It drifts threw the sky just out of reach,
It appears to me just like fleeting hope,
I have seen this before in the eyes of those that I love,
Their eyes show their dreams that have been turned into ash,
The ash is like nutrients to the soil which I use to mature,
My hopes are the seeds yearning to grow,
The tears are of my ancestors,
Whom water me with their sorrows,
It forces me to grow,
They push me forward,
Even when I want to go backwards,
I take the lost dreams of my ancestors upon my back,
I carry them with me,
I will fight to fulfill what has been lost,
What has been taken...
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Open Mic
Was it just me or was there only a handful of people at open mic? That was a bummer but either way if you weren't there you missed out big time. It was really fun with your great poetry, Kohl shared some of his lovely work, Fry bread Mary shared of basket weaving, Grandma's for ganja talked about well ganja, Paco talk a funny personal story, and there was so many other good performances. One of the older gentlemen their shared of poetry written in their native tongue. It was absolutely lovely. I am so looking forward to helping plan another open mic because they are so very powerful. Thank you.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
What I learned from a peer review: White VS Mexican
So if you didn't know I am 1/2 Mexican and 1/2 White. There is most defiantly a battle between the two. During the peer-review I started to see the anger that my Mexican half has towards my white half. My father has anger towards white people along with the rest of that half of my family. My father tells the story of when my great grandmother was a little girl and the white man came and said if her family didn't move away then they were going to kill them all. My dad and his siblings would look at her and asked what her family did and my great grandmother would that she was here wasn't she. That they had moved. My dad is always talking like my white half looks down on me because I am a mix. I think that they are neutral but my I was taught anger so I react with anger. I have anger towards the Mexican half for the stereotype of being hard laborers. What is a girl to do?
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Smoke Signals
I liked the movie a lot, it is amazing how different it was with out stopping to go to my other classes. The movie came off stronger then when I was in high school, I know I am still in high school but it's different when you are with a more mature audience. It's kind of funny though that I have seen the movie for the past three years. Every year in high school I have seen it. I plan to see it again my senior year. Then I will have seen it every year in high school.
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