Thanking Religion?

The idea of a God, and the lack of one, has been vital to my intellectual prosperity; to understand this occurrence one must look at my upbringing. In the early years of my childhood my parents were lenient when it came to matters regarding religion. However this suddenly changed about the...

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Glisten of Chastity

                                    Glisten of Chastity    The whore lies in the bed bleeding. She weeps quietly there alone. Clouds edge up against the side of the bed and lift her to the cool winter night. "Come...

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Thoughts From A Nobody

 Our world is continually going through a repetitive metamorphosis; 200 years ago we had barely conquered the means of using electricity, yet here we are conquerors of the digital age. What lead to these inconceivable alterations in human history? In my opinion, we owe all of this gradual progression...

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Late Night Thoughts

I have always felt that my life has been nothing short of uneventful. I went day by day thinking that nothing was ever going to change. I felt so small and insignificant. I was only doing what seemed to be expected of me but nothing more in order to avoid problems. And I remember starting high...

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Gerome & Lily

Gerome: Tis it a fair day Lily: Tis it fine Gerome: I wonder how the sky is on the other side Lily: Where? Gerome: To where the lake falls beneath the sea. To where the sun awakes and sings. To where the flowers cascade through the open basin. Lily: The words of which you speak what...

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A Certain Type Of Stupidity

Have you ever had a crippling embarrassment over being incapable of possessing the same skills as others? Recently, I went to a college day that my art program was holding. Everyone seemed so much more experienced than I was. I felt embarrassed to even say that I had work to show. I had never experienced...

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Time....

 Time. We see it through the actions that flow behind. It is curious how in one instance you are in the present and the other in the past. With this realization it is important that we cherish every moment of our lives. I am a high school senior and I know in just a few months all my friends...

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The Unkown

What makes this story so eery; why does this small package of words evoke such disturbing emotions. The answer is quite simple the unknown, what we don't know is what we are most terrified of. This concept could explain our obsession as a human race to explore and expand our knowledge; to reduce...

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A Sea In A Turtle

The breeze of the open ocean caresses his face as he drives the boat. The boat is pulling a banana shaped floating device with tourists, or as he would call them “gringos”, on top of it. It was the middle of the day and he was weirdly tired. The sun burned in the horizon; making it uncomfortably...

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A letter...

 Dear Enigma, Time is short; I know this trite statement seems laughable to you because of its obvious truth. However these three simple words have never been more eminent before. Your death felt like an emotional band-aid being ripped away; leaving me with a scar. Time has only been a pacifier;...

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Spirit Week

 Once again spirits spirit enthralled the very being called the students of Firebaugh High School. This mass of spirit is concentrated into one week which is nicely named spirit week. This is where everyone, as minimal as it might be, shows their falcon spirit. I personally did not participate...

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Two Shades Of Homecoming

Homecoming was both a disappoint and an actual treat; why this contradiction you might ask. Well homecoming is split into two events: the football game and the dance. In my opinion, the football game was a disappointment and the dance was a treat (for most of the time). To fully understand my position...

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San Diego

I recently went on a trip to the sub-Californian city of San Diego; the purpose of the trip was to visit the universities of San Diego State and UC San Diego. Before I talk about the universities themselves, I would like to talk about the way to San Diego. There is only one word that describes the...

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Movie Night: The Avengers

 It was the nineteenth of October and I found myself heading to my school at seven o'clock at night to see a movie. The night was of the cloudy sort with a kiss of a chilly breeze; fortunately I had brought my sweater. The scene was just right for a classic outdoor screening for a horror flick....

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Is Pure Altruism Possible?

 First of all, to have a relevant opinion on this, we need to know what altruism is. Altruism is the practice of a selfless act for the well being of others. In other words its doing something for someone, no matter the risks, for nothing in return. This is what my classmates and I had to discuss...

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College Applications

       "I can't wait till I start applying to college", that's how I used to think when I was about 12 years old, but now I wish that I never had to apply. Now that the time has come and college application are open, I am stressing out over how to get certain information....

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The Rally of Max Pep!!

As I entered the packed gymnasium, filled with M.A.Firebaugh High School alumni, the atmosphere is electric. The pure energy felt throughout the relatively small enclosure was undeniable. An unaltered spirit of what it meant to be a Firebaugh High School student hit me as I entered the "area of max...

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Pep-Per Rally

Today I witnessed yet another attempt of pep evoking mania by the Active Student Body. Throughout the presentation I could not help but notice a repetition of the same formula used to cook up these pep rallies. The previous two classes did the same music plus games plus candy equals a pep concoction.I don't want to put too much emphasis on this sole pep rally, but it could serve as a precursor of...

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Club Rush

Day 1: Today was the first day of CLUB RUSH!!! Wait whats that you say well lets first start by describing club rush as a whole. Club rush is when the collective whole of all clubs in FHS gather to coax people to join their cause. It is held in the gym where booths all around ranging from Leo club to Anime club. Many of the most popular clubs were at the front of the gym and the rest scattered to...

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The Plight Of A Senior

They always told me it was not going to be easy, but they sure didn't tell me it was going to be this frustrating. I have official been a senior for about three weeks and I have completely gone bonkers. As of now I have about a million thoughts a second being process by a brain that has been on stand by for at least two whole months. My computer has become my only friend; working with me for countless...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Blast From The Past

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

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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...

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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...

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Yes; A Video!!!

I did this in the 10th grade...so; enj...

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One Week Down, So Many To Go

Student Stampede Yes, The great institute of learning named Firebaugh High School has had it's first week of active school. Freshmen tread the new environment that will be their school for three years; Sophomores still don't know what to do; Juniors prepare to be the top dogs next year, and finally...

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First Week Of New School Year

Good first week of school. Another year of school another year to learn. School may seem as a prison, as a escape, or just plain boring. But lets us see the objectives. School was establish to bring an vast array of knowledge in one convenient location. Basically, it's just the ideal way to get smarter....

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Last Post As An Eleventh Grader

Cool Falcon  I know I did a similar post earlier in the month, but I don't care I'm going to do this post anyways; rules are for fools. No need to worry though I am going to say new more relevant things this time around. Instead of foreshadowing my possible future as a senior; I will reflect...

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Severus Snape

A True Hero Snape (from The Harry Potter movies) is made out to be one of the villains in the movies, but he is a hero. Once I saw the first six movies, I was thinking that he is only trying to get back at Harry for what his dad did to him in the past, but it was a complete misunderstanding....

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Oh School

Today I returned to school; no not for actual learning purposes, but for an orientation. This orientation is some sort of tradition for the school because we do it every year and they say the exact same thing every year. I saw some old faces that I would have preferred to have seen later. I received...

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Mexico....

Yeeeeeeessssssss!!!!!! Mexico has won the final leading to their first gold medal in the summer Olympics. I am kind of lost for words and I don't think I could do an adequate job of describing such a momentous occasion. So instead I am just going to enjoy this moment; It's a good day to be a Mexican....

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Mexico In The Final

Yaaaaaay!!!! Mexico is in the final!! The Mexican national football(or soccer what ever you want to call it) team is in the gold medal match against Brazil in this year's summer Olympics in London. Since I am originally from Mexico this event is sort of a big deal. Therefore I have decide to write...

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Final Year

Once again I have to go back to school like most people and wonder will this year be the best year of high school? I am somewhat excited of going back as a senior, but at the same time I wish that I could have more time to enjoy these restful days. Knowing that this will be my busiest year gets me motivated to work even harder especially since I will be joining a lot of clubs. I am excited about...

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Back To School!!!!

Happiness, life, joy, elation, fulfillment, bliss these are all adjectives I would use to describe my summer vacation. While engulfed in this big glob of happiness I seem to have forgotten that I need to get back to a little thing called school. I cannot tell you how many times I have had my summer...

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Dreaming....

Recently there has been issues towards immigrations and this has affect immigrant students. This is an issue that directly affects me, which is the reason I have decided to write about this. About two years ago I wrote a speech, which I presented to my avid class, about immigrant students and why...

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An Explanation Of Truthiness

   I recently saw a hilarious episode of The Colbert Report. In this particular episode Stephen Colbert talks about truthiness and its implication in our current political world. But what is truthiness and can it be used as a source of knowlge? Well more after the jump....

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Hi!!!!

Hello and welcome to GrapesAndWaffles, a new blog for MA Firebaugh students and alumni alike. For those that live under a rock and don't know what or where the marvelous Marco Antonio Firebaugh High School is at here is a quick overview. Firebaugh is in a small town(or city i don't know) called Lynwood. It is a fairly adequate and new school that was established in 2005. Something noteworthy about...

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