Chicano Studies: Name Narrative Esaay

The function of a name is to differentiate each of us from one another. It serves as a label that people can refer to us as; it’s something to write down on a paper that represents you. You are your name, and your name is you. Beyond this basic conception of a name we arrive at culture. Within...

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UCSB: Where The Future Lies

This is where I will spent the next four years of my life, yet I am not completely sure how I feel about that. I am entering a new stage of my life that my previous eighteen years life have prepared me for. The stage in which I will be expected to succeed, and do this through my own accolades. I...

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IB Historiography: American Indians

I got a 24/25 for this historiography for my IB History of the Americas class...

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Transitions: Thoughts on Things

I have made a decision; a decision that has always seem to entice and haunt me from afar, yet here I am reflecting upon an irrevocable choice. A choice I have made because of the dreams I was first indoctrinated with, and later accepted as my own. The dream is a common one, an aspiration for success. However this dream is intensified by the circumstances I have faced in my academic career as an undocumented...

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IB English Analysis Essay

First off, hello its been a long time since anyone has written anything, but this is for a good reason. IB. Yes this program has single-handily taken away so much precious time that me and my authors have had no time to sit down and write for the blog. However IB is slowly winding down, and I find...

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Rivers, Ponds, Lakes, and Streams

Sometimes I grow frustrated with the conventional idea of God. The idea of God, heaven, hell, the overworked stories that bury themselves inside the bible, I just can't place my heart in to it. Now, I don't want to give the impression that my ideas are impervious to change. Far from it. I enjoy discussing...

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