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JC: That what I said

May 6th, 2012

So currently, I’m in Salinas having a blast in a hotel room all alone, so bare with me on this one.

This is what I said to myself:

Hey man. You just took the placement test for SF State, and you know you felt good! I know you struggled on math, but you did fine on the English part, and you know why? Because you studied the whole year for something like that! You did great on your essay, especially that it was different and you had to put your essay in first person because it asked for personal experiences! So now, you just had your little warm up, okay? Are you prepared for the real thing? The real AP English exam?! Get pumped up! You got this! We’re not aiming for a 3-4, but a 4-5! It’s time to show everyone that you’re not dumb and that you can kill this exam without even trying so hard! POW! YOLO! SWAG!

Now listen here tubby! You need to just crap on this exam! You need to show Isero that you actually did learn something! I know it’s going to be tough because you don’t remember a lot of books, but it’s okay! You need to know that you have the knowledge and skills to get at least a 4 on this exam. The essay you gave for your placement test was great! Now, you just need to have 3 of those same leveled essays to have a good 4 on this! But remember, you need it to be 3rd person! Alright man, I’m about to sign off bro. I know you got this! There’s nothing else that you should be thinking about right now except getting that stupid 4!!! Let’s do this!

Love,
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Sarai and the Africa Debate

May 4th, 2012

Here we see Sarai, Chavonni, Mercedes, and more! This is October 2008.

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Esteffany: My Beautiful Weekend!

April 15th, 2012

I did not attend AP Saturday this weekend because I had practice. I regret it now because I was late anyways and taking a test on Sunday (my day off) is not fun at all. I was tired and unfocused. My brothers were making all sorts of noise making it hard to concentrate or to even read a poem. I did not enjoy it at all. The test was hard but I am feeling better about the multiple choice questions. My strengths include writing an essay on poems. Weakness: I take too long to write. I have to study and preparing myself to write faster and increase my vocabulary.

I went to the Giants game this Saturday, and it was fun. The funny part was that I got asked out during fireworks and I said yes! But then no! I am not ready for a relationship and I know where I stand. It is not being mean but keeping myself safe. That was my beautiful weekend.

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Pauline: THEE AP Test & Soccer

April 15th, 2012

I am currently excited because I will be playing for the last couple months, before I go to college, with the Elite Clubs National League. This is the highest competition a soccer player could reach. My first practice is tomorrow and I am so happy. I don’t even know how to explain the way I feel. We will be going to Washington for league games to play against crossfire elite and Washington elite. Also, after this, I will be playing with MVU soccer team. I will be playing tournaments with them in June and July. Wish me luck guys!

The test was a bit better than I thought. When I first began taking the test, I only got 18 to 20 correct. This time around, I got 30 right. I am getting better. I was focused because I was on my own and it was not that early. Though I did get tired I knew I had to finish strong regardless. I know that I could get a better score but I know I cannot be so confident. I just have to do what I normally do and continue working hard. I got better in the multiple choice because I read slower and I made sure I knew what the questions were asking me. Throughout the whole test, I kept some of the tips Isero told us in mind. Those tips worked!

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Wendy: AP Test and Stress!

April 15th, 2012

After taking the AP practice test yesterday, I don’t feel good about the test. I finished the multiple choice question but I did horrible on it. The essay prompts were difficult. I was unsure of what to write about. I was also not able to write all three essays. I think poetry has always been my strength in both the multiple choice section and the essay section. The way I plan to study for the AP exam is to keep practicing and keep studying my lit terms.

Currently nothing good has happened in my life besides getting accepted to Kalamazoo College. That is probably the college I will attend, but I am debating between Kalamazoo and UC Merced. Aside from that, I am feeling really stressed and overwhelmed with pretty much everything. All I want is for this month to end. I want May to come already and get over the three AP exams. That way I will able to just focus on finishing the year strong and finally graduate.

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Brenda: Life

April 15th, 2012

My AP practice test was okay. I’m happy because I improved in multiple choice, but I had trouble on the first prompt. I decided to do the other two essays and then return to it. I just needed more focus. I think I’ll do more practice essays on my own.

On another note, my focus for this week seems to be tests. It’s kind of funny how many tests I have to take. Apart from the practice AP English test, I also took the real ACT test. I think I did well. Then next week, I have the STAR and a practice SAT  test. Other than that, I think everything is well. Summer is coming in and everything is coming to an end for now. The weather is really nice. We even got to enjoy some thunder. Overall, life is good.

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Ellie: AP Test!

April 15th, 2012

The AP Test is long, but it wasn’t as long as the AP Spanish test, so time-wise, it was not a problem. One of my strengths is my ability to refocus myself when I know I am out of focus. Some of my weaknesses were how sleepy I was while I was taking the test. I kept thinking that I should have been resting in bed. I also kept getting distracted by my own thoughts as I was reading some of the passages because they were super boring. I need to try harder and I will continue to practice using my yellow book. Something funny happening in my life… nothing, just busy.

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Mercedes: AP Test

April 15th, 2012

I did not attend AP Saturday, and I was not able to do it at home because my dog peed on my yellow book. I do plan on doing it though. A way I plan on studying for the AP test is by going on SparkNotes and going over books that I have read so I can use them for my essays.

Something fun that has been going on in my life is getting prepared for prom. Although it may be stressful, it is still fun and a wonderful experience. I am excited for prom and finishing off the year:)

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Stephanie: AP SAT

April 15th, 2012

I did terrible. Just like Nathaly, i got 18 correct. When it came down to the essay, my mind blanked on Question 2, the prose. First, I started with the open, then worked my way backwards. But when I got to the prose, I went blank, skipped it, and moved to the poetry. When I went back to the prose one, I felt that needed more practice of understanding the attitudes. I will be practicing out of the yellow book and maybe from other AP books.

I can’t remember anything funny, but a lot of good things in my life have happened. =)

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Rashada: AP Practice Test

April 15th, 2012

OK, so I thought the practice test was OK. I was pretty tired, but it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be! I figured the time would go by really SLOW but it went by pretty quickly and everyone was on point!!! :) Funny news?? Um, I love ONE DIRECTION!! Hahaha, byee! See you guys tomorrow!! Dreading our last essay but anxious!!!

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Nathaly: April 15

April 15th, 2012

My AP English test went pretty horrible. I got 18 correct, which is pretty low. When I started my essay, I started with the open essay. I did not have too many problems with that essay. When I read the prose essay, I could not think of what to write about. I skipped it and started to write about the poetry essay. Then I was not in the mood to write and I was simply getting my thoughts out in an unstructured way. For the real exam I plan to study by reviewing the literary devices and going over the yellow book.

Something that is going good in my life is that I am still working hard to get where I want to be. I am not getting lazy. I am working hard in my program to do financial aid stuff to know where I want to go to college.

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Chris: My View On AP Practice Test

April 15th, 2012

Overall, I felt that that AP Saturday was alright. I wasn’t able to get my essays done because of my lack of focus and my body pains. I feel that if it were the real test, I would have failed completely. I hope that when the test comes, everything will fall into place and I am able to do well. In the upcoming weeks, I know that I have to step it up to reach my goal. Hopefully, I don’t leave everything till the end.

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Weekender, April 8

April 5th, 2012

Hi APers! This weekender is due before 11 p.m. this Sunday.

Next week, I go to the English 11 classes to talk to juniors about AP English.

What should I tell them?

Leave a comment (one paragraph) to this post.

Also, I want iseroma right now to stage a comeback, so write something there if you want.

Have a wonderful weekend.

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Esteffany: Love and Marriage

March 11th, 2012

I decided to read the article on the short story, “The Story of an Hour.”

I was interested because this story is different from everything I have read before. It is very ironic and complex.  The article was about the significance and matter of marriage.

Many years ago marriage was forced, it wasn’t “true love” like many believe. Women weren’t happy and for their entire life weren’t satisfied with their lives. The article states that many women might have “loved” their husband but did not want to be with them.

That is sad because like in the short story and true life events, the wife is happy to hear their husband are dead when in reality them should be miserable or something. Both in The Awakening and the short story, the author writes about the negatives of marriage. It is sad, but true. However, I still believe in love:)

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Monae: Kony 2012

March 11th, 2012

I read an article about this “Kony 2012″ publicity. I saw it a lot on walls, instagram, buses, and at the hospital. It’s informing people about this crazy genocide that’s happening in Uganda.

It’s this guy named Kony who’s kidnapping children and drugging them with cocaine and gunpowder and making them kill their parents as well as guardians. This man has been doing this for years and they make the “Kony 2012″ election sign to promote this issue that’s happening in hopes that someone will help stop Kony from destroying Uganda.

I thought this was interesting how Americans know about this but don’t do anything when it comes to situations like this. America is quick to go attack a innocent country for having nuclear weapons (no evidence to back it up), but they can sit consciously and not stop innocent people being killed and bullied by a grotesque man.

They take out billions out of my education for pointless warfare, and can’t even acknowledge a cry for help. It angers me and saddens me because America is very hypocritical and deceiving.

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Ellie: Dementia Among Aging Criminals

March 11th, 2012

The article is about inmates who are serving 25 years to life and are over 55 with dementia and are slowly “losing their minds.”

The government is paying other inmates to care for those who cannot take care of themselves. This is really scary to me because I was not aware of what is happening in prisons.

Life is very difficult for even the inmates in there. No one takes notice of inmates because they are not a part of our normal society.

I really liked reading this article because I was able to learn more and now I know that gangs are not the only problem in prison. I am considering my life as an attorney even more now.

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Carmen: “The Story of an Hour”

March 11th, 2012

I decided to read the article about the story we read in class. Even though The Awakening is not my all-time favorite book, the short story actually hit the spot.

In the article, they discussed marriage and what it used to mean back then. The part that struck me the most is when the author said that the “wife” might have loved her husband but not wanted to be with him.

I believe this part is the emphasis of the story since I said something similar to this in our last Socratic. As of now I’m not a believer of love as well as marriage and both The Awakening and the short story make me see a different side, the ugly side of love and marriage actually. Overall I really enjoyed reading the article, it discussed some things that I didn’t even think about.

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Antonio: “Perpetual Grief”

March 11th, 2012

Youth in San Francisco experience a lot of deaths due to gang warfare. This has left a vast number of kids mourning for their dead friends and family. This grief evokes violent reactions from youth because they feel vulnerable as a result of it and want to expel their emotions. The deaths that the youth see numb them to the reality that they can die and causes them to put themselves in dangerous situations. The author says that we need to stop glorifying grief.

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Stephanie: Teenage Master of Language

March 11th, 2012

So in this article, a boy name Timothy Doner, 16 years old, knows about 13 languages. He started wanting to learn more about Hebrew. Then, he was drawn to learning Arabic and afterwards, he was drawn to more languages.

I am really impressed by this kid. Learning Languages is really hard for most people. But for Tim, it is so easy. I envy this kid. I too, want to learn more languages, but it is hard for me.

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Marco: Dementia in prisons

March 11th, 2012

I read the article about dementia and Alzheimer’s patients in jail. I feel like people suffering from these types of illnesses should be taken care of outside of a jail. Criminals who suffer from this should not be kept in prison due to the fact that they are not mentally stable. These prisoners should be taken care of at mental institutions and not crammed in jail cells that are just going to worsen these illnesses.

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