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