Why I Belong 3

ME:

i am respectful

i am honest

i am athletic

i am intelligent

i am Diverse

i have Style

i am mexican

i am ecuadorian

i am american

i am free

i know who i am and who i could be

i know my limits and where to stop

i am me

not the clone that others want me to be

i know who i am 

better than you know who i am

don't tell me how to act

because how i act will get me where i need to be.

A game....

called discourse....

will either make us or break us..

know who you are 

or you will fall in its trap.

to know where you belong, 

you have to know you, 

and if you don't know who you are, 

then you have lost.

Don't get sucked in to things your not.

be you

not the clone others want you to be, 

and you will find where you belong. 

Why I Belong 2

Who am I?

Am I allowed to fit in?

Can I fit in?

How can I fit in?

I’m lost, I’m new…

I don’t know what to do.

Just one word of encouragement,

Just one act of hope.

I want to,

I NEED to be myself.

But if I am, will I be accepted.

I need to belong, I just don’t know how…

Why I Belong 1

Why I belong. A statement that is not yet clear to me, for I do not yet know where I belong. But staring in a university campus is one way to find out. The university campus has a lot to offer. You just need to know how to take it and what to do. If you put yourself in a group that doesn’t share the same morals, or feelings as you. You wont find, why you belong. But if you do, then it would be easier to find why you belong. I think I belong on this campus for many reason. I have a lot to offer and I have many ideas to be shared. I would like to start my own fraternity, based on the fundamentals of witch I do now know yet. But by doing so I can invite the group of people that are like me, that think alike, and this way we can all be on the same page and it will be easier to find why I belong. It is said that by the people you choose to be with, is the way you will act. And by associating myself with these types of people it will be easier for me to find myself. Also by being a university student that means that I would be increasing diversity, for I am a minority. Even though one person may not be able to make a difference, it is a place to start.

            Going to college has always been a goal in my life. My parents always tell me not to waste this God send opportunity I have, meaning the PEOPLE program, and take advantage of it.  Luckily for my mom, she had good grades and she has been able to go to college, but my dad has not, and he always tells me how difficult it is to get a good job without a college degree. So my goal in life is not to be a bum and find just any job, but to work to my fullest and get a college degree and find a job that can sustain my family and my parents. And some extra spending money if you know what I mean.
            Comparing myself to my peers, I would say that I have an advantage. I do my work until I’m satisfied and I don’t do my work “half-assed”. If you are not satisfied, neither am I. I have a higher GPA than most and I maintain mine at about a 3.5 and by continuing this I think I could be accepted into a college. And growing up not having much and learning to value, I would say that my education is very valuable and I don’t just take it for granted. I go to school to actually learn something, because I know that learning and doing good in school, and study skills, all this will help me achieve my goal of going to college and I will be better prepared. 

Discourse.

Thinking of it, I find myself using various forms of voice. Well, if looking at it from Gees case, then this is very true. It is said that a person has multiple identities. Like being twofaced, and this is so very true.

         If you look at how you talk, you will see that your style, your voice, will change according to the person you are talking to.

         In my case, if I am with friends, I don’t care how I talk. I can talk funny, dumb, smart, anything it doesn’t matter because I’m in that comfort zone in which I don’t care. But if I’m around adults I don’t know then I am very courteous and have that respect that they need. And when I’m with my parents, I’m always respectful and never talk back. And yes, when I’m wit my “ghetto” homies then I also put on a “ghetto” tone.

         But this is who we are. We have all learned discourse. We have learned to adapt to the social structure and fit in with the rest. But we have not learned it all, in Gees words, we are not yet Masters in the art of discourse.

            

Collective Writing

It is of man that i have to speak;

We Real Cool

'They Made Us'...the future league champions of the world.

Staring at the world, 

i will never understand this society.

a man who stands for nothing will fall for anything, and 

without education, you are not going anywhere in this world. 

you are either alive and proud or you are dead, and when you are dead, you cant care anyway 

WAR

i don't understand why there always has to be war. i don't see why people cant get together and have an actual talk and make an agreement or something. but there is always war.

People justify war as something right, saying it will better help the opponent. i think that we, meaning the united states should just stay in our own business. i know we are trying to help, but when other countries are not accepting our help, i think thats a sign for us to leave. 

some people i know have actually been affected by some wars. i have friends from albania, (Ylli and Enis) that had to leave their home in Kosovo and come to the united stated due to war. 

but thats just my opinion. i think war is only necessary when we been attacked directly,m whicth we have, or if there is an uprising of a world war.  

 

This I Believe

 

            Everyday I see something that I am not in consideration with. Its either something I don’t like or something that maybe I am not used to. But the most, in my opinion, annoying and rudest thing I see is disrespect. I see people of all ages and races do this. Children, teen’s adults. White, black Hispanic and Asian. Just everything. They go around not caring what they do. They live in their own little world just not caring and disrespecting.

            I believe in respect. Respect for elders, family, and women/girls. Just in general respect for everyone and for myself.

            As a child I was brought up to respect my elders, my family, and girls/women. I was never to raise my voice or talk back, and to this day I try my hardest to continue with what I have been thought. And when I do mess up and disrespect I feel bad and try to stop myself and think back and reflect and try not to do it again. 

            Once as a child, I don’t know wha ha happen, but it was pretty stupid. So I guess I was just mad or something but my mom was saying to me, because I had done something bad, and out of the blue I told her to shut up, and man, do I regret that. I got my ass whooped, and from that day on I have never talked back or been disrespectful to my mom.

            Now as a young adult growing up, I see the world a lot differently. I see how the world can be disrespectful. But me knowing a difference and being raised in something different, I try not to do those things. I try to be different. This is what I believe. I believe that I should be respectful at all times, even if the others around me are not.