¡Ahola!
Me llamo Baylee Jean. Soy simpatica pero reservada. Me gusta escuchar música y escribir! En la desayuno como los huevos y pan tostado. En el almuerzo como un sándwich y una manzana.
¡Adios!
(Hi! My name is Baylee jean. I am friendly but shy. I like to listen to music and to write! At breakfast I eat eggs and toast. At lunch I eat a sandwich and an apple. Bye! )
Sorry for the Spanish lesson. I have my Spanish exam tomorrow. I think I’m going to do pretty good, hopefully. So yeah, I’m glad I can write something in Spanish. It makes me happy. Want to know what also makes me happy? He wished me luck on my exams. Having conversations with him, no matter how short they are, and the fact that they are on his status; makes me happy. It’s a start, right? Right? Well, he’s my general (yeah, that’s our nickname for him), apparently; that’s what Miranda says. I don’t really talk to him at school much, but at least he knows I exist; and I have talked to him a few times. Anyway, off topic.
Today was Martin Luther King Jr. Day! His speech “I Have a Dream” is one of the most influential speeches that I have ever heard. They streamed it over the intercom this morning in college advisor. Afterwards we had a discussion about it; if we think he’s dream has come true, if we see much segregation at our school, and if having Obama as president shows progress or not. It was a good conversation. I think it could have been better. Now, as I think about it, I wish I would have raised my hand and gave my opinion. I was a little too shy, and it was early in the morning, I would have gotten tongue tied. But, I guess that’s one reason I’m writing this, so I can say the things I regret not saying. I would have said: No, I do not believe Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream has come true. Everywhere I look there is some kind of segregation. You can see it in the different neighborhoods, most neighborhoods the majority is one specific race. You can see it everywhere. I think at my school we are lucky enough to go to a school where there are many different races and we can all learn to accept different races and cultures. It’s a great experience and it teaches us all that, no matter the color of our skin, we are all people. We all live here in this America trying to become something and be successful. I think having Obama as president is a great thing and it’s a great step forward, but then again it can also be seen as a step backward. When some people voted for Obama they didn’t listen to the issues, they couldn’t see past the color of his skin color. It bugs me how naive people can be. Some people looked at him and said, “What a black president? What has the world come to?” those people didn’t even give Obama a chance! Then there were other people who were thought, “A black president! Yeah!” and they only voted for him because of his race. Neither of those people listened to what was truly mattered. But I do think that fact that there was still a majority people that looked past his skin color shows progress! I believe that it is obvious of how far we have come since August 28th, 1963 when Dr.King gave his speech, and even farther since January 1st, 1863 when President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Still, I think it is obvious to us all how far we still have to go. One last thing. I want to say that Martin Luther King Jr. was a very inspiring man and I think we can all learn a lot from him. He taught so many things; he taught equality and how to protest peacefully. I hope one day, we can all make Dr. King’s dream come true.
Steps Toward College Today: I studied for exams earlier and I believe I got fairly involved in English class. I also got a perfect 100% on my short story, “Thirst”! It made me happy; my teacher seemed to be really impressed! She wrote that it was “Artfully written”. It made my day! I was looking for the college counselor because on the announcements this morning they said that they were going to open the MSU trip to freshmen if the bus didn’t fill, my friends and I are going to ask her tomorrow. I want to go, it’d be nice to see a big university. I must admit though, I don’t have any intention to go to MSU for college. It’s nice to see different colleges to compare them though. So, I’ll tell you how that goes.
Wish me luck on my AP World History and Spanish exams tomorrow!
xoxoxo
~Baylee Jean
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