A Hero In My Eyes Reflection

1.How does a hero become a hero?

I believe that a hero becomes a hero when he/she is publicly named or titled a hero. Also a hero becomes a REAL hero when he/she saves a life or does good for mankind.

2. What was the Hero In My Eyes Project?

The Hero In My Eyes Project was when a project were you had to take someone in your family, friend, or anyone you know that is still alive. You had to interview them and learn about something Heroic they did and write a story about their heroic moment.

3. What steps were taken to get to the final product?

First of all, I had to get with my grandmother to interview her. That was very simple because i interviewed her the same day i interviewed her about my grandfather for Spanish class, Then i had to write the hero sketch, witch it didn't came out well so i had to redo it. Thankfully i was given 1 day extra to complete it and got it in on time.

4. What did you learn? What challenges did you encounter? What would you do the same or different? How will this help you later?

I learned to use dialogue correctly and also the proper way to write it on the paper (the spacing). The biggest challenge i encountered was adding emotion to my paper. I don't know exactly how to add emotion and i still have trouble adding emotion.
Something i would have done differently would be revising my final paper. I have to admit i was in a hurry to finish my final paper and i didn't revise it. This project will help me later when im writing papers, i will know how to properly use dialouge.

5. Pick one of the six Habits of Mind and describe how you used it in this project.

Mindfulness: Will my actions affect others? Maybe in this project it wouldn't affect anyone but more like how would my actions affect myself. I used it in the beginning getting my interview and pictures on time but sadly, i didin't use it at the end.

The Origin Of Zero

What strikes me about the article is that they know when zero arrived. According to the article, it arrived in the West circa 1200 which was suposed to be delivered by the Italian mathematician Fibonacci.Also it strikes me how it started at just a meere symbol rather as the zero we know today


in the article, it doesn't explain who really discovered zero. It says in the article that zero was used as a "placeholder" to tell a way to tell 1 from 10 from 100, to give an example using Arabic numerals. But the second article says that the Mayans invented it, then India, and china, so maybe all of the ancient civilizations invented it in their own way, so therefore it has no creator.

Each civilization created and invented zero on their own, in the article, What is the origin of zero? How did we indicate nothingness before zero? says that the first recorded zero appeared in Mesopotamia around 3 B.C. The Mayans invented it independently circa 4 A.D. It was later devised in India in the mid-fifth century, spread to Cambodia near the end of the seventh century, and into China and the Islamic countries at the end of the eighth. Zero reached western Europe in the 12th century. so therfore all civilizations created it on their own.

A Running Soul

“A mi me a gustado correr toda mi vida.”
My grandmother said as our interview began. Her name is Maria De Jesus and she has loved to run all her life. She had a happy nut somehow serious face, and when I realized that, I knew this was going to be a long interview.

I asked her how she began to run in important Tijuana competitions and she began to think very deeply, she is currently 79 years old and sometimes its quite hard for her to think back. She told me about a friend she met in the park meanwhile she got her daily morning dose of exercise. Her name is Isabela De La Shee. She was what primarily encouraged her most about running in competitions. When I asked her about how she felt winning her first place in her first race, she became very excited she kept touching her orange hair and repeating
“Yo me sentí muy orgullosa de mi misma.”
To make sure i wrote that down. Some of the important races she participated in were Mujeres en accion 1997, #39 Carrera Por Alicia Norma Grande 1998, and the Primera Carrera Nocturna in 1998. She was 65 years old when she began to run and because of this, she got lots of public attention , people in the street would say, “
“te vi en la tele corriendo abuela or siga corriendo abuela”. All this attention made Maria feel very happy
“Me senti como si ya estubiera en el cielo”, she said, but her expresión was unlike anything I’ve ever seen. She had this “shine” in her eyes that made her look like a champion and made me feel inspired, but when I asked her how she retired, her smile disappeared in a blink of an eye.

She was hit by a car in the year 2001 and broke her knee. The pain in her knee made her running impossible so she was forced to retire. Maria Said she felt betrayed by God,
“A mi no se me hace justo que dios me haya quitado lo que me gustaba mas”
also with her husband’s death already weighting down on her, she went into a depression. She refused to leave her house, wouldn’t eat for days, but luckily though she felt betrayed by God, she never lost fate in him and within 3 weeks, she was back in her normal mood.
When she said this, her serious face slowly turned into a smile, as if being released from a burden that has weighted her down since her accident.

A the end of our interview she said,
“ Mi unico deseo es que todas las futuras generaciones de corredores le echen ganas correr es algo muy bonito, y es mas bonito ganar”.

Literary Device

Catching the signal from one of her friends, Angela brushed her skirt, took a deep breath and walked towards where he was sitting. Her best friend Jesus had just seen his friend murdered before his eyes and Angela didn't know what to say to him, but she knew what she had to do. She had to make things better for him, she had to be someone he could talk to the same way he did to her when they were 7. Angela grabbing his shoulder to let him know she was there, realized he was as cold as ice, almost as if death itself surrounded him. He kept repeating, i did it, i did it it was all my fault i told those men were his house is, i knew they weren't related to him but i still did it, i killed my only friend. Angela said, It's not your fault we all do mistakes in our life, faith is what controls our actions and things just happened. Angela hugged him and her friend left them alone in the cold dark night thinking what would happen next.

Sound Blog

The sound i listen was called Are Sound weapon art? it sounded very alarming. it sounded like the freighting Fire alarm from school or any building. This sound made me think of Judgment day "apocalypse" because it almost sounds like a warning telling you to leave , to abandon everything to just escape before evil gets to you. Also this sound reminds me of the crash i had a the summer before sixth grade. this sound was a lot like my surroundings that terrible day.

Five Seconds

It was one of the hottest afternoons of summer. The clock on the car struck 2:30pm. All I wanted was to go head home, the only place I could feel relaxed.

My four year old cousin Jenifer is a very annoying person. Her dog Bruno was with us. He was the most beautiful German shepherd I’ve ever seen. His beauty came from how his fur shined in the sunlight. A Few minutes had passed, when suddenly Jenifer became thirsty. My mother told Jenifer to wait until we head home since we had no water in the car. Jenifer became angry. She began to kick on my mother’s seat, then to whine and cry. My mother became distracted. I tried to keep Jenifer quiet but it was hopeless. With the scorching heat sticking down on my mother, she became angry and frustrated. As she turned to yell at Jenifer to quiet her down, the car began to tilt to the right. I yelled at my mother to turn back to the wheel but it was too late.

Something struck me in my body, in my soul. I realized it was pain. Everything around me stopped for about five seconds. I could suddenly hear like a “boom” followed by the sound of shattering glass. I then suddenly couldn’t breathe because my seat belt had taken all the cold air out of my lungs. Those were the longest five seconds of my life, they almost felt eternal. It all suddenly went back to normal. Jenifer was crying and yelling, so was my mother. I realized we had crashed.

My mother told me to remove my seatbelt and to quickly help Jenifer out of the car seat because gasoline was leaking from the car. I rushed to help Jenifer but I realized she was unconscious. As I removed her seatbelt, I saw Bruno. Bruno lay on the car’s carpet. He was dead. I couldn’t believe what had happened. I loved the dog. He was my favorite “family pet” and since I didn’t had a dog I treated him as if he was my own. I felt as if a little piece of me was just slashed and stolen from me and it felt terrible. Tears began to fill my eyes. I petted Bruno one last time but I couldn’t feel anything. I touched Jenifer in the forehead but I didn’t feel her either. The shock from the crash and seeing Bruno dead left me numb. My mother yelled at me to hurry as she called 911. I grabbed Jenifer and quickly left the car, leaving Bruno Behind.

My mother told me to give her Jenifer, but as she tried to grab her unconscious body, her left hand went in terrible pain. My mother’s hand was broken. My mom told me to put Jenifer down but I didn’t want to. I didn’t care if she provoked the whole accident, but for some reason, I didn’t want to put her down. With Jenifer in my arms I thought to myself “God, after all these years of worshiping you, why have you made us suffer this terrible fate?” Ever since that ay, I couldn’t believe that God existed, I couldn’t believe that any man loving god could just one second be with him and the next abandon and leave him in the darkness to suffer, taking away a best friend even if it was just a dog.

I looked over at the other person’s car; a fat bald man was still inside the car. As I was about to put Jenifer down to help the man, I could finally hear an ambulance approaching, then a fire truck, followed by some police sirens. When the ambulance arrived, paramedics popped out with stretchers. They asked my mom asked if she wanted to be put in a stretcher. She answered no and said that Jenifer and I should be put in one. Jenifer was awakening as she was being put in the cold stretcher. When the paramedics put me in the stretcher, my mother garbed my hand; I suddenly began to feel again. I smiled and closed my eyes promising never to believe in god.

The Locker Problem.....

Only the square roots are open because they have an odd number of factors not like the rest have an even # of factors. There are 31 perfect squares in 1000 because 31^2=961 which means 31 lockers open. The lockers that are open are: 1,4,9,16,25,36,49,64,81,100,121,144,169,196,225,256,289,324,361,400,441,484,529,576,625,
676,729,784,841,900,961

T Ray. Deleted Chapter From Book....

T Ray laid on his bed. Worried about Lily. "Where is she, Where the hell would a white girl run off to?" he thought. Suddenly, he heard a knock from the door. He opened it and Mr Avery was there. What do you want Tray Said. It seems Lily has helped Rosaleen escape from the hospital. She is in big trouble now". Wow impressive, how can a 14 year old girl and an overweight woman escape from the police" Tray said. I don't know Mr Avery said. You better find those two he said. They are not my problem they are yours now tray said. "Someone has to go to jail tray., and if i don't have Rosaleen in the back of my police car in 48 hours, you are" Mr. Avery said. "You cant do that, i didn't do shit "shoe" you ain't touching me!" Tray said. Remember 48 hours and don't even try running boy. if i do i will hunt you down and i will find you" Mr. Avery said. 48hours use them wisely.

End of Hidden Chapter

Order of Operations

(7*7)+4^2/2=57
(12*12)-30/2=129
(16-9)*(12/4)=11

What is Math & Phisiscs?

Math is numbers, everything that is related to numbers is mostly math. Math is also related to time because math is in numbers are allover time in years, seconds, Dates, ect. Im not sure on how to explain math because math has always been very complicated for me.

Im not really sure what physics is, but according to wikipedia,physics is is a natural science; it is the study of matter and its motion through spacetime and all that derives from these, such as energy and force.[2] More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the world and universe behave.

My Favorite Fictional Hero

My Favorite Hero was very hard to choose, but i really thought about it and i guess it has to be Spawn. The rise of Spawn happened when Al Simmons, a CIA agent, was killed by his own boss, Jason Wynn. Simmons was sent to hell, where in a desperate attempt to see his wife one last time, he made a deal with the devil Malebolgia, and unwittingly, to become a Hellspawn, Spawn has tried to retain his own humanity while finding a way out of Malebolgia's control and battling enemies, both supernatural and criminal. The reason i like spawn is because hes not your ordinary hero with the colorful suit, with the cape ect. Spawn comes from hell and usually you expect to see these weird gross disgusting thing that come to kill people and get revenge but spawn is actually trying to become human again and trying to get to heaven. Also i find really inspiring what he does just to see his wife for the last time. This is why Spawn will always be my favorite hero.

30 Random Things About Me.

1. I love soccer.
2. I love going to Mexico.
3. I wish i had on older brother rather than an older sister.
4. I love apples.
5. I'm extremity good in Halo.
6. All of my cousins are 20 and older.
7. The female population has taken over my family (only 5 men in the population of 27 family members).
8. Ive read all the Harry Potter books except the last one.
9. I own an xbox 360.
10. I hate twilight
11. I love the beach
12. I think cats are superior than dogs
13. I have a very annoying friend
14 My favorite movie is The Punisher
15. I'm extremely scared of spiders
16. I have a house in Tijuana
17. My favorite band is killswitch Engage
18. My ipod was stolen in the trolley while i slept
19. I love tacos
20. I've had braces since 3rd grade
21. i like anything thats sipcy
22. Im sometimes scared of heights
23. My family gets together in Colima, Manzanillo every summer if we are financially stable
24. I like hummanities better than math.
25. I used to have a chiken pet
26. My Grandmother used to have a farm
27. I hate hip pop
28. I've never seen snow
29. I hate coliflower
30. I wich one day to learn Portugese