well. it's been what 2 months i have lived here and what can i say??? so um yeah now i am a eastside lion!! i am happy at my new school i have like a couple of new friends! it's okay but not asgood as animo!! i hated animo for maybre the reasons u hate it now like uniforms and stuff but once you conect with the teachers and all your friend you won't ever want to leave. to me i consider animo as more that just a school with freinds and teachers... it's a family..
right now i am happy to say i'm an eastside lion but if they ask me what school did you go to last year i would say with pride and dignity,, proudly i was an animo venice pirate!!! take care everyone and keep ur heads up!!! you can make a differnce in life... the champions of tommorow!!!
pepsi (wendy reyes)

the end of the year!!!!

well i can say i had lots of fun and i became the best of friend s with a girl who i thought i would never talk to after middle skool!!! and my friend ana who i never liked in the beggining of the year became my sister!!! hahahahahah lol! i have learned a lot here. i wish i could come back here but i am moving far away!!!!! well i will come to visit. well all i have to say is that i hated this skool when it began but twordards the end it was tight!!!! well adios!!!
~pepsi

Interview questions!

1. Do you think of yourself as a leader?

2. What is one good characteristic that make you feel like a leader or just makes you feel good?

3. Has anyone ever referred to you as a leader?

4. How does it feel to be considered a leader?

5. How many people can you say you've helped or inspired?

6. Do you like helping people?

7. Who do you consider a you leader?

8. How does your leader influence you?

9. Is it hard being a leader?

10. If so why?

11. What is your definition of "leadership"?

12. What decisions have you made in the past?

13. Does it pay off to be a leader?

1. Why are people protesting and demonstrating around the country? What issues about immigration are being debated?
THEY ARE PROTESTING HR4437! ILEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN THE US WILL BE CONSIDERS CRIMINALS AND AMERICANS CAN NOT HELP ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND IF THEY DO THEY WILL BE ARRESTED AND PROSECUTED.
2. What do you think the students who walked out were trying to achieve on Monday? What do you think was their point of walking out?
THEY JUST WANTED TO HELP THERE COUNTRIES! THERE POINT WAS TO HELP THERE PEOPLE!
3. Do you think the walkout was effective? Why or why not?
NOT REALLY BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T ORGANIZED.
4. What were some of the consequences of walking out?
THEY GOT DETENTION ON A SATURDAY FROM 9AM TO 12PM AND THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO MAKE UP WORK!
5. How was the protest in the radio story different from the protest on Monday?
THE RADIO ON WAS USEFUL THE MONDAY ONE WAS NOT!
6. What could have been done differently to protest the proposed law on immigration?
BE ORGANIZED.

DEADLY DANGERS OF MY SPACE!

What do you think about the article?

I thought it was pretty interesting for me! it was amazing the things that could happen to so many teenagers everyday!
What have people done on friends sites such as myspace that put themselves in danger?

Stupid people have given there full name gave there address, there numbers, they have text, and have there own pictures on line!
If you use a blog or myspace, what can you do to protect yourself?

Do these simple steps: 1)Use password protection.
2)Only talk to people you know online.
3)Only post basic information; never give out your full name, city, school, phone number or address. this is all you would have to do to be safe.

What do you think about Greendot’s efforts to block sites such as myspace?

well i think that it isn't as bright as an idea, i mean it's not only greendot who should feel proud that there stopping kids from being rapped everyday! L.A.U.S.D is also doing the samething. students from Venice High have told me that they don't have myspace.com at school that it's blocked, so my question to greendot is what do you intend on doing? i mean there are always was of getting into myspace, wheather it's at home, you do know the majority of the paernts don't care about there kids, right, so how do you plan on stopping it? you tell me! we Greendot student are intellegent, we can deny people we don't know, you know, i wouldn't be stupid enough to say " oh hey john i don't know him but as long as i have one more friend i will approve him!" that is the stupidest thing to do! that it is retarted! yet some kids do that just to have the most friends, that does make them stupid and it is there choice if they want to approve someone they don't know, talk to them, the guy tells them that they are 15, meet them and find out they are 36! that's there choice wheather we want to get rapped! but i'm sure the majority of them would say hell no! so it's a thing they(the students), Greendot, and everybody who has a my space would have to think about! do we want to die? to feel over protected?

i do, i feel so over protected that my brother along with my cousin have been yelling at me all the time " your stupid you have a my space, you put your picture your stupid!!!!!!!!" well this goes to them 2, i'm changing my picture and everything for you 2 so i can be safe, sorry to tell you that way but i hate it when you worry about me and over protect me so that is for you! chicken little i'm outy!

what did you like about meeting Luis Rodriguez?
I liked that he explained everything of his teenage life and he gave us advice, he is a very intelligent man.

Do you think it's a good thing that he started that cultural center? (explain)
yes, I think it is a good thing that he started the cultural center because it seems like a good place to go and relax, it's really nice, it looks like something from out of a movie, a place to go and think of your problems.

What has Luis Rodriguez taught about choices?
Well his life has taught me that it's very hard to make choices, that even the slightest thing that you do may have been the stupidest choice you could have ever made. Life is difficult with out an education and with drugs and stealing involved, choices are very tough to make.

In your opinion is Luis a leader?
To me Luis Rodriguez is an awesome relentless and more a fantastic leader, even if he admits he screwed up his life in the beginning he goes back and tell teenagers to be smart and not mistakes the way he did.

a. What have you learned so far from the health class workshops?
I'VE LEARNED THAT THERE VERY HELPFULL TO CHILDREN AND PARENTS.
b. What information has been useful to you?
WELL NOT MUCH, JUST THAT IT IS A GREAT HELP TO LOTS OF PEOPLE.
c. How can we improve these workshops?
GIVING MONEY AND VOULENTIRING TO GO AND HELP.