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Response: Right now, a college education is my top priority in life right now. I've always known that I've wanted to have a successful career, and I believe that getting a college degree will be a necessary and big step in that journey. When it comes to high school however, I don't think I've valued it as much as I do college. I think students around the world value school, especially kindergarten-high school, a lot more than I do. Watching those kids travel around 15 km for 2 hours everyday just to go to school made me appreciate how blessed I am to have the privilege of education. I think I may just take the fact I can get to school so easily for granted. Summary: Today, we watched a film about how kids from around the world get to school everyday.  Reflection: Education is a privilege that not all kids are so lucky to have. Sometimes it's good to look at your life and appreciate it for the things you have.

Response: The cultural group presentation that I found the most interesting was the Native American one. Seeing a cartoon that my grandparents could have been watching when they were kids featuring such terrible stereotypes connected with me. I just find it bizarre that this way of thinking was so normalized back then. When answering one of the questions, I made the point that the production team may have been pressured to put these stereotypes in the film to appeal to their general audience. It could also be that the production team thought their audience was an all white one at the time. This presentation helped show me how so much Native American culture had been washed away by European settlers, and all that remains for the general population to know is that they were aggressive but stupid. This representation is obviously inaccurate, and this presentation helped show me that. Summary: Today, we presented our Culture Group Presentations. Reflection: Different cultures all around th...

Response: I think that when choosing my future career choice, I'd have to implement both sides of this argument. As much as I would love to follow my passion of being a lead guitarist rockstar, I know that it is not a good financial investment in the long run. However, I don't want a job that sucks the life out of me like a classic office job. That's why when selecting my potential careers, I make sure that I'm both interested in the career and that it will support me financially. Some examples of these careers are being a lawyer, film/video editor and cameraman, project management, or an occupational therapist. All these careers I have a genuine interest and passion for, but most of them prioritize the financial benefits. Summary: Today, we found 5 future careers that we would possibly be interested in.  Reflection: When choosing my career path, I want to make sure that no matter what, I am able to prioritize my family life over everything.

Response: Personally, I'm excited to graduate high school so that I can finally move on with my life. I had to take an extra year of high school because of mental health struggles in Junior year, so it feels like I've been in high school for forever. All my friends have already graduated or are in the grades below me, I only have 4 classes this school year so I feel very disconnected to my peers, I've been stuck at my boring job for almost 2 years now because I need the hours, and I'm just so done with being in high school. I can't wait to finally move onto a different chapter in my life after being in the same one for half a decade. Mostly, I'm most excited about college life and living in the dorms. I'm going to Georgia State University, which has always been my dream school and a personal dream of mine to live in the city. Once I graduate high school, I'm going to get a good paying summer job, make a bunch of YouTube guitar videos, start a new series ...

I feel like this prompt was made just for me!! Response: Most people have already noticed/are aware, but recently I’ve been going through a lot of changes regarding my personal identity. A big change that I've made is the everyday outfits that I wear to school are now a lot more feminine than before. Personally, my favorite outfit is my "jeans " with the bleach-white stars on it (The jeans are actually fake! They're just sweatpants from TikTok shop that I thought would be jeans), my vans my girlfriend got me for Christmas, and a cute, red long sleeve top, cut at shoulder length that I got back in November, always too scared to wear it to school. Also a padded bra underneath it all. For almost the entire winter, I would wear band t-shirts over these long sleeve tops, hoping that one day I'd have the confidence to wear it to school. After going to prom in my red dress however, knowing most of my classmates are aware of this side of me gives me confidence to change u...

Response: Spider Man: Into the Spiderverse was the first film I watched that had a main character representing both of my cultures. Miles Morales is half Black and half Puerto Rican, just like me, and struggles to fit into both of his cultures while also attending a private High School. At the time this movie came out (2018), it described my life perfectly by highlighting the struggles of fitting into a group while being multiracial. In the film, Puerto Rico is represented accurately by featuring dishes and slang that most Puerto Ricans are familiar with (my mom was very happy about this). African American culture is represented the most in this film, featuring many hobbies/activities and cultural aspects of African Americans living in New York. Also in the second movie, Spider Man: Across the Spiderverse, there is an alternate version of Miles Morales that is more in touch with his Puerto Rican side because of his father’s early death. I feel like I can relate more to that  versio...