"Mi Familia" Part 2

My family consists of all the people that are around me and that I care about. I consider them my family because they are there for me and they are the people that I know I can trust. That's what families do and that's why I consider who is in my family as family. My family hangs out together and acts like a family I guess. My mom is the typical strict mom that tries to be the best friend at times. My Step dad is kind of clueless when it comes to being a parent type, he just leaves it up to my mom. My brothers annoy me for fun and my sister mimics everything I do. My family is just the people I'm around and even if they can get annoying they are always going to be there.

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Song : "Down Remix" Instrumental by Rakim & Ken-Y

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Earth Day

I didn't know Earth Day passed, or even if it's today. I know Earth day is a holiday and that everyone talks about stuff like global warming and protecting the environment, but I don't really pay attention to that holiday. I know that there is conventions where people talk about climate change and endangered species, but that happens all year round so why do they even have a holiday for that? Yeah, I know about the whole polar bear situation and how they're dying because the ice caps are melting, but I think that people shouldn't try to act all concerned about that stuff for one day of the whole year when it's happening all year long. By acting like you really care for a day you're not going to make much of a difference, you actually have to dedicate some time to it. I'm going to edit this post later....I have to add a video.

Internet Statistics

I read the internet statistics that Mr.H posted and I thought they were kind of surprising. With our generation now, practically everyone has a myspace. I was surprised to see that websites like that aren't the most viewed online besides search engines. I really don't think people lose their social lives if they use the internet a lot. Some people might use it too much, but your social life doesn't really depend on how much you're online. I think your social life depends on how you interact with people and how much you go out and aren't stuck doing nothing at home.

Fuzzy Logic

Fuzzy logic is "a revolutionary approach to computer programming that mimics the way the human brain thinks and solves problems ( www.pbs.org)." It is what is replacing the old way of programming used which was binary logic. Binary logic goes by on or off, which is basically just going "either or" (black or white). Fuzzy logic goes by what is partially on or off, it doesn't say something is completely off when it's only 70% off. It'll tell you by degrees like 30% on instead of 0 or 1. They are also cheaper to produce. I think that Fuzzy Logicis actually more accurate.

Mi familia

I think a family is the people that you are related to as well as the people you communicate with. Family doesn't have to be like a mom, dad, and kids. It can be your extended family, and even your close friends. If the people you care about support you in what you want to do and who you are then they are your family. In my family I have ,of course, my parents ,Irene and Arturo, and then I have my stepmom, Silvia, and my stepdad, Martin. I have my brothers Arturo Jr.(11) and Alvaro (9) and I have my sister Adriana (7). They are all younger than me, so there's usually not much to talk about with them. I have my cousins, aunts and uncles. I have some friends in my family circle because they are like family to me and I can trust them with anything.

My family is fun, even if they are kind of strict sometimes. I know I can have fun at a family party and not be bored in an adult conversation. they don't talk about boring stuff, they make it funny and I love being around my family. They have morals and standards that we all have to live by, but I understand why. My Grandmother's house is like going to charm school; she is always telling us how to be proper and lady like. The best part about my family is the uniqueness of everyone. There is a variety of interests so no one can ever get bored talking about something. There are some of us that like to listen to music and joke around and then there's the more artistic ones that just focus themselves on drawing. There are people with different talents, and that's what I think makes my family so interesting.

Some of the generations in my family overlap. I have an aunt that is 4 years old and her cousins are around 40. Her dad is only about 2 years older than many of his nieces and nephews. I guess this has to do with how years ago people would get married in their early teenage years. My grandmother married at 17 and my great grandma got married some months after her quinceanera. I think in a way the generations overlapping is a good thing, at least in my family. Everyone is closer because of this, there's no huge dividers between the generations mainly because the age groups blend with each other.

"Families evolve from a patchwork of possibilities"

I think this quote means that a family is a grouping of very different people that just seem to fit together into something that is right. There is the possibility that there will be that one green patch in the middle of a blue quilt. There can be that one person in your family that even though everyone else likes hip hop, they'll like rock, but they're still your family. Every person in a family makes up one piece of the quilt and you never know what color you're going to get, but the result in the end is really nice. It's interesting and every piece is unique even if they came from the same place. Families are like that.

What I learned from the projects

From the project I did with my partners I learned that PDA is something that people have different opinions on depending on what they think it is. Usually it's not acceptable for girls, but for guys it's not as important if they do it or not. I thought that was sexist.

I have to admit I was really bothered by the whole immigration project, because it seemed like it was directed towards Mexicans. I'm Mexican and my family immigrated over here just about 22 years ago. Yes, my family might have come over here legally, but we know many people who had to come overe here illegally. In fact not so longa go in San Bruno a family that we knew that lived on Huntington was deported after their lawyer had them sign a paper of some sort turning themselves into immigration. they didn't know they were doing this until they were forced to go back to Mexico and leave their family, friends, and newly remodeled home just like that. I learned that I'm always putting up a wall and not letting things get to me, but this really affected me after I thought about it for a while.

I think that these projects were pretty good, I learned more about racism, abortion, video games and stuff.

problem!!!

The project is due tomorrow and we have nothing except an online survey. This is a problem because we had started off great with a lot of interviews on video and we were going to make a 4 minute video but the camera was lost along with the memory disk that had all the interviews. Then we got more interviews done with a different camera and memory disk but Doug forgot to bring it so we could edit it and put it onto iMovie. We were also supposed to work on it during spring break but unfortunately someone (Doug) never answered his phone so we couldn't get more interviews and make the iMovie. Now we are going to try to get a podcast, a powerpoint, and maybe a little something extra going.