Freelance writing 

I'm so glad that today is Friday. That means that the weekend is here!! I'm hoping my weekend goes good because tomorrow I have a Halloween party at Oxnard and then on Sunday I'm going to John's Incredible Pizza for my cousin's 6th birthday party. Overall I can't wait to have some fun. Today for our school we wore pink to support Breast Cancer Awareness. There is also a blood drive going on. I wish I had the guts to donate blood but I'm too scared. I have a tendency of overthinking and I do that for the blood drive. I start thinking "Oh what if I faint" or "What if they can't find my vein" etc etc. Next year for sure I am going to donate blood because it's my last year at school and I would like it to be memorable. Yesterday I seen all over my Facebook and Snap chat about the Boys in Blue. I personally am not a baseball fan but I gotta admit they are doing good. Hopefully they can keep it like that and go all the way. 

Six Rules to Make People Like You 

Rule 1. Become genuinely interested in other people

If you want other people to like you, you must become interested in them. If someone is taking their time to talk to you about their life, be interested. That means that you mean something to them. A lot of people tend to keep their problems to themselves. I know for a fact that I would want someone to show interest when I am talking to them about something. When people notice that you are interested in what they say, they will like you more. It shows that you care about what they say. People will like to talk to you and not get bored because you have good communication skills. This will also show that your listening skills are good as well. A quote that I found says "Surround yourself with people who talk about visions and ideas, not other people." This quote is saying that if the people you are hanging out with talk bad about other people, are they the people you want to be associating with? Be with people that will listen to your story and help you make it better not bring you down. I will apply this rule by having an interest in what people say. I will be a good listener and make sure my friends know that I care about what they have to say.

Rule 2.  Smile

Rule 3.  Remember names 
If you want people to like you then you will remember their names. When you meet someone for the first time, you introduce yourself and the first thing you tell them is your name. This will help when you need to ask them for help on something or just want to hang out. A person's name is how you will be able to find them throughout the world. Without knowing the name of someone then you won't be able to get that help that you need. Maybe when someone mentions a person's name, so many memories come back into mind from back then when you guys would hang out. Your name is also how you will go on with life. If you do something good that affects the whole city, everyone will remember who you are. When they see you around, a big smile will appear on their face because they know the change you did in the world. Some ways for you to try to remember people's names are by concentrating on what the person is talking about. When they tell you their name make sure to be paying attention so you won't miss it and have to ask the person again. Another example would be to repeat the name 2-3 times in your head just so that it really sticks in your brain and you won't forget later on. 

Rule 4. Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves 
To get people to like you, you must be a good listener. You gotta show the other person that you know how to pay attention to what they have to say. When they are talking about something, you make eye contact with them to show that they have your attention. If you have to say something, let them finish what have to say and then talk after them. If you interrupt them while they are speaking then that's being rude. Show that they have all of your attention because who knows, maybe it's your teacher talking and then she asks you a question to make sure you were paying attention to her lecture. If someone knows that you aren't a good listener then they won't want to take the time to talk to you because they will feel like you don't care. By showing them that you know how to pay attention and care about what they say, they will like you more than when you aren't paying attention. To encourage others to talk about themselves is to make sure they have a high self-esteem. No matter what rude comments people might say about them, they keep their head high and go on with life. They can speak highly about themselves because that's how they feel. They know they are smart, or pretty, or nice because that's what they want to be.

Rule 5. Talk in terms of the other man's interest

By talking in terms of the other man's interest, it shows that you care about their likes and dislikes. It's a way of respect towards them because the other person will know that you listen to what they have to talk about. Even if you don't find it interesting, don't just talk about your interest towards something. You have to give the other person a chance to talk about themselves and the things they find interesting to the things they don't find interesting. When that person is speaking, show that they have all your attention and ask questions if you have to, just to show that you are interested in what he/she is saying. When you take the effort to find out what interests the other person, the reward will be an enlargement of your life each time you speak to someone. The more people will like you when they know that you actually want to know their likes, dislikes, values etc. You take the time to listen and pay attention to what they have to say and that's being respectful. If you both have something that interests you in common, then mention it. The other person would like that you go along with the conversation and see any similarities and differences in each other.

Rule 6. Make the other person feel important--and do it sincerely 
What this rule is saying is to always make someone feel like they are important no matter what. No one in their life ever wants to feel like they're unwanted. That makes someone feel bad about themselves because then they stay up in the middle of the night wanting to be like someone they're not. They will feel insecure about themselves, start dressing and speaking differently as well. I know that if someone didn't make me feel important then I would be hurt because everyone in life wants to mean something to someone. Whether it's your family or friends or people you work with or go to school with. No one should ever go through the fact that someone doesn't want them so they need to change their whole appearance. We should show respect towards them. Show that no matter what flaws they may have, they are perfect the way they are. We can also treat them how I would want to be treated or how I would treat my mom. If you go out and constantly be mean to everyone and give them attitude, then they are going to do the same thing back to you. When you're walking to the store or walking to your classroom, smile at the people passing by. That will make them happy because even though you don't know who they are, you made them feel like you care. 

Reflection:  
I will use these thoughts on my overall daily life because it will help me when I want to get to know them. I will make sure I use these 6 ways when I first want to talk to someone and show them that I care. I will always walk around with a smile on my face and not give a face to someone I don't know. If someone is talking to me I will give them my full attention and show that I am listening to them. These 6 ways have gave me more confidence because I don't need to be afraid when I go up to talk to someone I've never talked to. This will also help me when I am getting interviewed for a job or talking to my teachers about extra credit or how to do the work. I will show the other person that I am interested in what they have to say or talk to me about. I will give them my undivided attention (as said by teachers here at school) and ask them questions if I have any. I will always smile when another person is looking at me, to be friendly. I will also encourage other people to talk about themselves and have that confidence. 

 

 
 

 

Orthodontist

Duties and responsibilities: Orthodontist are responsible for locating problems with the positioning of a person’s teeth and with their oral development.

Salary: The median wage is $192,600 per year with an hourly pay of $94.31.

Education: To become an orthodontist, you must have an undergraduate degree in order to gain admission to a dental school, prospective orthodontists must earn a professional degree in dentistry. After completing dental school, aspiring orthodontists pursue a post-degree training program or a 1-2-year residency in orthodontics.

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why? Why not?

I think I would like to be one because they have good pay. I would also like to help people get the smile that they want by making their teeth straighter.

Free Lance Writing 

     This week is homecoming week. Our school decided to have a spirit week. On Monday it was character day, Tuesday was Pajama day, and today is sports day. We get to come wearing a shirt from any of our favorite teams. It can be basketball, baseball, football etc. This is to show that we have spirit when it comes to the homecoming game on Friday and the dance on Saturday. This week for me has been pretty good. Usually my weeks can go stressful and bad but so far its been good. I can't wait until Saturday so I can go out and have fun. After homecoming I will also be going to my friend's 16. I'm super excited because it's been so long that I went out to dance and hang out with friends and family. 

     Another tragic news that happened this past week is the mass murdering in Las Vegas. It was having a festival with a famous country singer when all of a sudden you started to hear gunshots. Everyone at first thought they were fireworks but eventually they didn't see the color explode in the sky. Everyone was so scared, screaming, and running for help. People started to drop to the floor for cover. Mothers got on top of their teens to make sure nothing happened to them. This event turned out to be the biggest mass murdering since a while now. Las Vegas is still in pain and have questions to why someone would want to do something like that. I give my condolences out to all the family and friends that got hurt or lost a loved one that day. May God heal their loss and bring comfort to their life. #PrayforVegas 

  

The Six Attitudes of High Achievers 

1. Make no small plans: Plan Big

   
Why settle for less when you can settle for more? When it comes to making a plan about your future, make a big plan. Plan big on what you want to do, what college you want to go to etc. Have a big plan so that later on in the future, you don't get stuck having to think about what you're going to do. You will be ready and set because you planned ahead of time. You basically have your whole life planned out. You just gotta stick to it. You have to stay committed and follow the dreams you want to achieve. If you keep on going, you will make it far. If you fall down once and decide to stay down, where will you go? Learn from that mistake you did, and let it shape you to the person you want to be. Let the consequences teach you a lesson and you continue going. Like my quote says "If you fail to plan, then you plan to fail." This is saying that if you don't have a plan set for yourself, the you don't know what you want to do in life. You're just going to go where the wind takes you. What if the wind takes you down the bad road? How will you get the future that you want while doing drugs, drinking, stealing etc.? That's why it's better to have a plan, so you know exactly what you want to achieve. In order for me to achieve this attitude of high achievers, I will start to make a plan of my future and have a mindset of what I will accomplish in life. I will make my future with the plan I have set for myself. Whether it's to become an RN, or a Psychologists, or a teacher, I will know what I want to do as soon as I make a plan for myself.

2. Do what they Fear


High achievers do what they fear. Once you conquer your fears, then fear is nothing to you. You feel like you are able to do anything in the world because you are not afraid to do what scares you the most. Someone somewhere right now is jumping off a cliff or going skydiving because it's what fears them the most. For example, there was a man that jumped from a plane, 25,000 feet up, and landed on a net on the floor. As he jumped he used no parachute. How many people do you know will go out and do that right this second? I know I probably would chicken out and say "Heck No!" Everyone in life will be afraid of something. Me, for example, am afraid to speak out or present in front of an audience. I will go up and turn red and lose my train of thought and keep saying "umm." I know sooner or later I will conquer that fear. One day I'm going to go up and speak like nothing is wrong. For me it all takes time. I can also go out and do the unthinkable like climb Mount Everest or jump off from a tall building, I don't know. Another one of my fears were roller coasters. I hated them so much that I never like to even look at them because I would start to feel sick. One day I went with my friend to SIx Flags and they made me get on all the rides over there. After I got off, I was like "Wow! That was really fun!" The point is that once you get over the fear that you have, you won't be afraid to do anything. You will feel INVINCIBLE!

3. Willing to Prepare
If people have a goal they would like to achieve when they get older, they will make a plan and prepare for it. For anyone that wants to be successful with their future, they will have a prepare on how to accomplish that goal. For example you must know what you will be doing during high school to get the grades, what college you are going to, how long do you plan on staying there etc. The future starts when you prepare for it. If you don't prepare then you don't have a future. No preparation for a future is like a boat without a sail. If you don't have a sail, then you are going where the wind takes you. That wind can take you somewhere that is good or take you somewhere that is bad. Same thing when you prepare. If you are not any types of prepared or at least somewhat prepared, then how you will get there? There's no future. For example you can say that you're going to throw your mom a birthday party, but then you don't prepare for it, how is it going to happen. Months go by and it's her birthday and it's like well what happened to the party. You have to tell them you didn't get to preparing for it because something came up. You just put the idea out there but never really planned for it and made it happen. Don't let that be the case with you. A plan leads to a successful future for you and all your dreams accomplished. Make sure to stick with your word and go for it. Don't let other people with no plan distract you from yours. 

4. Willing to Risk Failure
High achievers are willing to risk failure. Everyone in there life will win and lose. We have to learn not to let the failure part get in the way. If we fail and let the failure get into our head, then we won't succeed in life. Everyone must know to learn from your mistakes. Let that lesson teach you how to be better for future businesses or anything in life. If you fall get back up again and do it again. NEVER GIVE UP! If you don't try something new in your life because you're afraid of failure, then how will you get anything done. For example, Martin Luther King Jr. He was fighting for the equality and freedom of all blacks. Even when he knew the whites wouldn't listen to him and the blacks were still going to be discriminated against, he never gave up. He fought on to try to get the freedom for all blacks. A quote from Dr. Martin Luther King is "We must accept infinite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope." By him saying this, he means that no matter how much disappointment they get, they will never give up and always have hope. He will reach his goal to get the freedom for blacks. He wants for his kids and everyone for one day not get judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. 

5. Teachable 
High achievers are teachable. They are willing to understand the assignment and help other kids that need help and don't get what they have to do. They aren't afraid to get out thee and make new friends. They are able to go in front of the classroom and teach the whole class if they were able to. They have the ability to learn and and then after they get it, they can go and teach their classmates or parents etc. They can tell the whole wide world the new things that they learned in school. For example in 1st grade when the teacher is teaching the kids to count from 0-10. If the teacher sees that one student know the method on how to get their then she and/or he will send the kid to help another classmate that is struggling with the math. That's someone who is teachable. He and/or she is able to explain what they learned to someone else with no problem. They can be a mini teacher for all the other student as well.  In the picture I have chosen, it states "Be TEACHABLE. open your mind, learn and grow. The more you listen, the more you know." This talks about how if you have the ability to be open minded, then you will be able to learn anything. The more that you go out and learn, the more things you will know for later on in the future. Knowing more things will help you grow as well. For example, when you go to college and study really hard on the bones and muscles to become a Doctor, it will pay off for when you are helping a patient. All the other people that didn't take the time to study will be confused. That's when you know that you had the time to open your mind, learn and grow.  

6. Have Heart 

High achievers have a heart. No matter what problems they might be going through, they still manage to keep a smile on their face. They always want to help when someone isn't feeling good or they're feeling sad. They can be going through many problems themselves but will still be there for you. If they see someone in need of help with grocery, they won't hesitate to walk over to them and offer to help them take it. They will always want to do good in life and never bad. They will choose the right when it comes to something. If they see trash or a bottle on the floor, they don't wait for someone to tell them to pick it up. They will pick it up themselves and throw it away because it's the right thing to do. Another example would be when they volunteer at a hospital or a can food drive. They want to help out and show that they actually want to be a part of their community. Being involved is a way to show that you have a heart because it shows to other people that you care about making the world a better place. Don't hesitate to do good. "The real beauty of someone is one with a good heart." This quote is saying that it doesn't matter about your insecurities that you might have, if you don't have a good heart then people won't like you.

 


 


 

 

University of San Diego 

1. University of San Diego (UCSD) is located in San Diego, California.
2. The admission requirements are for every 100 applications, 38 people are selected. If you meet the UCSD's requirements for GPA, SAT/ACT scores, and other components, you have a guaranteed of getting into the school. 
3. The tuition fees for people in state are $13,573. For people out state it's $40,255. The attendance fee is $13,286 and for out of the state is $56,968. If you wish to buy a dorm, it will cost $10,976. Last but not least, for books and supplies it will cost $1,502. 

Free Lance Writing

On this day, September 11, 2017 marks 16 years since the World Trade Center attack. (Twin Towers). My feelings towards this horrible attack is sad, angry, and disappointed. I feel so bad for all the people that were present in the attack and all the people that lost their lives as well. The country should not have gone through that much pain losing their loved ones or having to live through the dabre let out after both towers collapsed straight to the ground. The people on the airplanes should not have gone through the fact knowing that they weren't going to make it out of the airplane that were high jacked. I am angry towards Osama bin Laden for setting up all this terror towards the tower. No one deserves to die, but in his case he did because he killed thousands of people. Innocent people that did nothing wrong. All they were doing was working or trying to get from destination A to destination B. Osama had no right to create this whole terrorist attack and then believe he wasn't going to get caught. He killed two of his people then he ended up killing himself as well. What I mean by that is that he set himself up for the task. I'm really sorry for all the people that lost a loved one. If i was able to send them all sorry letters, I would. I want them know that they are not alone when it comes to this day.