What makes me happy and what can I do to bring happiness to my life?

Things that make me happy is being able to help others that are in need of help, being able to be a good mother, and a student. My health hasn't been very good since I've had Diabetes so I've been going to the doctor a lot and having to miss some days at school, and not always being able to be their for my children, which doesn't make me very happy. When my health does get better I will be much more happier and I won't be missing as much of my classes and I will also be able to be a better mother. I've been worrying so much about my health that it has caused me to stress enough which is keeping me from concentrating on my school work and other important things at home. It would make my life so much better and easier to just be healthy again.

Describe someone close to you & what do you admire most about that person.

Who I admire most of all is my mother. She is a very smart women and loves life. She's been through a lot. My father died when I was 2 years old, so she had to raise my two brothers and I by herself. She struggled with trying to keep food on the table and keeping all the bills paid, and then later she came down with some health problems that made it more difficult for her to do things. She supported my brothers playing football and baseball and me with volleyball and cheer leading. She never tried to pry into my life too much, and I really appreciate that about her. She was always there to help us with homework, and she always let us have time with our friends and go on family outings. She pushed us to finish high school and college. Although I am the only one that went to college, she has supported me a great deal. She framed my first certificate that I received in one of my BCIS classes. We all live in separate places, but my mom always manages to get everyone together for family dinners and outings.

My favorite childhood memory.

When I was 7 years old, my mom and dad took my brother and I to Disneyland in December. My parents did not tell us where we were going untell we got there. It was so much fun. We stayed 3 days there in a hotel across the street. We got to ride on almost everything there. A couple of my favorites were the Star Wars ride and the Undersea ride. I also enjoyed seeing all the cartoon charactors and getting pictures taken with them. We also went to Knotts Berry Farm, which was just as fun. Our hotel had a swimming pool and hot tub where we got to go have breakfast and lunch. It was pretty cool. That was my first time staying in a hotel. My parents didn't let my brother and I eat sweets and drink sodas very much, exept for this time. I ate carmel apples, cotton candy, orange soda, and ice cream. I had so much fun that I did not want to leave. After we all got back home, I talked about my vacation with my family for weeks. I never got a chance to go back untill I got married in 1987. My husbond and I went on our honeymoon, but I don't think that I had as much fun. I'm hoping to take my 12 year old daughter this summer. I hope she will have as much fun as I did.

Reading Reaction #2 "The Baby Myna"

When I was 12 years old, I found this small, white feathered bird at the bottom of a telephone pole. I did not see any other birds or nest around, and I did not want this bird to lay here and die. So I picked him up and carried him home. I put him in a shoe box with leaves and grass at the bottom of it. I wasn't sure what to feed him, so I took him to a pet shop here in town and asked them what I could feed this bird so he wouldn't die? The pet shop told me that it looked like it was a red tail hawk. They said that I couldn't buy some baby food that is veal and other kinds of meat to feed him. It was going on 2 months and he seem to be doing good, but It seemed that he was wanting out of the shoe box that he had been in. My brother made me a perch for him, so I took him out side to sit on it, but he seemed to keep wanting to fly. I just knew then that when he does figured out to fly that I would lose him. Although he didn't know how to fly, he would walk on the floor all over. After a few months he started flapping his wings all the time. One day when I got home he wasn't anywhere to be found, then I spotted him up on the top of the window shade. He did not want to get back into his box. I did not want to let him go because I was worried that he would not survive out there now and also that I would miss him, but I knew that he belonged in the wild. I decided to give him a chance out there, so I let him go. He flew so high and far that I couldn't even see him anymore. He never came back. I would go out looking for him everyday, but never did see him, and for a long time I wondered if he made it out there.

My Dream Job.

I have so many interests so this is hard for me but If I could pick any job in the world it would probably be a manager, designing magazines in one of the largest corporate offices in a big city. But I also love helping people, so another job I would like to do would be going to Africa and any other place where there are sick and starving people that cannot help themselves and be able to have a crew to with me to help these people. These 2 jobs probably wouldn't be so easy to do, so I would be happy if I could have my own tanning salon or coffee shop.

When Words Get in the Way

Writing from Reading

"When Words Get in the Way"

When Clarke said, "looking in a mirror where everything appears the same, except it's reversed." He means that there's more meaning to every word except one. For example: When his elderly neighbor Mr. Gabinsky greeted Clarke with "hey there, young boy, how is the family doing today?" Clarke thought it was commonplace for elderly people to refer to younger adults as "boy" or "girl." Clarke's other neighbor told him that it also can be taken as derogatory when used by a white neighbor because the "B" word has its roots in slavery.

Another statement is "minority contract" This word almost always used in the context of racial classification. Also Clarke didn't know that you don't just find milk in a shop but also in a store.

How you can get most of you're time at Butte College.

How I feel that I can get the most out of my time at Butte College this semester is to make sure that I visit my councilor often, and also have one of my BCIS instructors help me with scheduling my classes. Our instructors can help you as well as our councillor with determining what classes I will need to take for your degree. I found it also to be helpful to attend some of the skills workshops that are on campus. It always helps to ask a lot of questions. The EOPS office can answer a lot of my questions about getting help with books, financial aid, grants, counseling, & the care program. It also helps to make sure that I don't take a lot of unnecessary classes which will take me longer to graduate.