My Birthday

Today was my birthday; not that this is important. However it does raise the concept of  the "Birth-Day". If we break the word down; it literally means the day in which you were born. So what is it with this human obsession to glorify it. Do human beings just want to feed their egos; some how proving that we are the superior race on Earth? Celebrations are usually held for important events; why are our birthdays special or important? I personally do not celebrate my birthday for the simple reason that there is nothing that I have done to merit a celebration. And this is true with many other birthdays.

Many people associate 'birthday" with the beginning of life; I am not saying that a beginning of a life is not special, but does it require an annual celebration. There are approximately 7 billion people on earth; do they all celebrate their birthday? I can hypothesize that religion and the belief in a soul could be a reason of the celebration of birthdays. I mean if you believe that a soul was finally given to a human baby which resulted in the baby having life, in a religious sense, then maybe that merits a glorification of the event.However annual celebration for any particular thing, are important because they glorify a person or event that changes the world/country. Birthdays lack this.

 To me I do not see the point; I did nothing special today, why celebrate? I didn't make a contribution to science, I didn't win a noble peace prize, I haven't inspired a nation. The only person who deserves some sort of recognition today is my mother. For she is the one who had to ordeal the whole process of child bearing. So today I will say thank you to my mom, for giving me the opportunity to be her son. THANKS MOM! Maybe one day I will deserve a celebration on the day of my birth; but until then.....

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Deferred In Firebaugh

On Friday, September 7th, a group of lawyers and advocates of immigrant students(Southeast Leadership Network) came to Marco Antonio Firebaugh High School to help in the filing out of the deferred action form. This was a great event for the minority of undocumented students in M.A. Firebaugh High School and around the area. The seminar included a variety of professional lawyers who gave step-by-step instruction in completing the deferred act application.

The entire event was split into two groups: English and Spanish which catered to the two predominant languages spoken in our community. Each group had an individual presenter who instructed in their particular language. I can't talk about the Spanish group, but I was in the English group,which was a very expedient experience. There was also a group of separate lawyers that took individual people to take questions. This was very helpful, but sadly I was unable to talk to one of the lawyers.

In conclusion, the event was very helpful. They catered to the languages in our community and provided a more personal assistance. The future looks bright for undocumented students looking to help the community.

 

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To Be Or Not To Be?

 To be or not to be. A question that puzzles us all. Poor Hamlet suffered from this dilemma. Is it better to go against the offender or is it better to withstand the pains that it has brought him. As we enlarge this to a more bigger aspect we see that our quest of living are brought down to these choices. Is it better to be. For being is the way we have thought to see life, living as human "beings". Therefore not to be would require one to stop being one self. So can it even be possible to refrain from being. "For who would bear the whips and scorns of time. The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, the pangs of despised love,the law's delay, the insolence of office and spurns." Is Hamlet claiming that it may be impossible to "Suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune." Are we all destine to suffer Hamlet's fate?

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Goals For My Senior Year

Well, Senior year is finally here. I honestly can't believe how quickly time has gone by. It almost seems surreal. Anyways, my goals for this year are like everyone Else's, to graduate from High School and get accepted to a top ranked school. I'm not sure what I want to pursue yet but I do know it has to be within the field of science. Therefore, I'm going to have to step it up a notch and have that ambition in order to strive throughout my Senior year ; I want this school year to be memorable for many years to come. I know there are many more obstacles to overcome, but I know that I am capable of overcoming any obstacle that stands in my way. It all depends on how much I want something and how hard I am willing to fight for it. You always need to have a goal and have the ambition to accomplish the goal you are fighting for.

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Blast From The Past

This video was made by past Firebaugh alumni; kudos to them this is really well made.

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First 5 Days

This first week has been a little mundane to tell the truth, but it was alright I guess. I got to see my friends again and it was pretty exciting to first step into school as a senior. I don't really feel the difference between this year and last year, I got most of the same teachers and only 2 new teachers, so it feels like I'm still an eleventh grader. When I watched the freshman and sophomores go into the school, I was thinking in my mind "Ha you guys are trapped here for another 3 or 4 years, but I'm almost free." I still don't like how my school looks because it looks like a small prison, but I guess its not all that bad.

The first four days have been a little painful because it felt like I went back to my regular routine and I wanted to break free from it. I was getting depressed about what was going to happen in the near future like college and choosing a career, but thanks to one of my friends I was able to move forward. I really liked the new reward system that the school created because now I have a chance to go to an amusement park as a reward for have a good GPA. I thought the first four days were interesting to say the least. I wanted something to happen, ANYTHING to happen that would add a little excitement to my regular life.

The final day of the week was the best day out of the whole week for multiple reasons. First, it was the day before a three day weekend. Second, I stayed for a while after school and found Bulaoshi playing badminton with a Chinese foreign exchange student and I started to play with them. Finally, I got to know two other people while playing badminton and after that Bulaoshi treated all of us to some Chinese food. Now I will help the foreign exchange in chemistry and will start playing badminton on Fridays (sometimes).

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First Busy Week Of School

I am in this picture

Hello there my name is Pedro Hernandez and I am currently a 12th Grader (senior) from Firebaugh High School (FHS). There have been some slight changes in the school this year. For example the phrases that have been put on several doors/walls around the entire school. Some are inspiring but some seem silly in my personal opinion. The most nerdy phrases in the school are the ones that have to deal with "Star Wars". In my opinion they should write better and more cool motivational phrases instead, but that's just my opinion.

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