Focusing On Lasers Video

Lasers was a great video to watch to see what kind of students we go to class with and see around and more importantly to find out what kind of student we are and think what kind of student we want to be. Watching this I see my students skills as being a dreamer. I say I am a dreamer because I am willing to learn and study new things. I try to stay on top of my classes and not get caught behind. Dreamers are on top of getting what they need to get done too transfer to a university. Right now I am on top of getting my classes I need to get done, so I am able to transfer. Dreamers also know or at least have in mind of  what they also want to do after graduating and I think I am right there with knowing on what I want to do in life. The video was good because I really liked learning on all the different types of students and seeing what kind of students I use to be before taking academics more serious.

I see myself as a pretty good student who is willing to do my work and learn new things. I always have the willingness to want to learn and do my best in school. Im not the smartest student out there, but I always will give a great effort into my work.Throughout watching the Laser video it was a tough choice to figure out what kind of student I actually think I am. I saw myself as a seeker at first because they are students who are willing to learn and be cooperative students. I thought that I fit the description pretty well, but as the video went on I saw myself as a dreamer. I think a dreamer is a solid place in school and in life. We are on top of our studies and sort of know what we want to do in life. I am very happy of where I am at with my grades and really doing well in school.

Throughout different school years we have either increased or decreased in being the best student we can possibly be. Some can just naturally maintain being the same student while the most of us get better or worse. We transform into different types of laser students. Watching the video I got to see how far along I came in my student progression. During high school I slacked off and really was on the bottom of the laser charts. It is great to see how far along I have came from really being at the bottom to being a dreamer. I am so happy I have grown up and really started taking school serious because I learned that education is the key and getting a degree is so important in todays society. 

Success

            Everyone wants to be able to say they are successful and that they have made it in life.  It is something everyone should strive to try and make it too the top. “In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.” – Bill Cosby. I think success is when you finally through all the time and hard work have made it too the top of doing what you love. Everyone looks at success differently some think its about money while some will say its about having a loving family everyone has their own unique version of success. I look at success as all my hard working that will pay off in the future. All the years of truly grinding will finally pay off and I can look back at the tough times and truly say I have made it where I want to be.  I think my success will be transferring to a University for football and getting my degree and finding my dream job. After all the struggle and hard work I want too look back and know all the work was worth it because look where I am today.

            My family is defiantly a positive factor in helping me succeed and get to where I want to be in life. Family should be the number one priority in everyone’s lives. Family will always be there and people you can always be able to count on. They will love you in the good times and bad times in life. “Family is not an important thing. Its everything.”- Michael J. Fox. The reason family will help on anyone’s journey to success because a true family will always be there to support and help. I have personally been blessed with a great family and especially my dad has always been my number one role model and always there guiding me in life. My family will always be my top priority because I know for a fact they will be there when no one else will through the great and ugly times that I will face. That’s why I believe they are such a great help in success. I also truly think another way of success is being able to have my own family. I want to be able to raise my own family and be able to be my kids number one motivator to push them and guide them to be successful.
              The thing about success is once you find yourself on top the hardest thing to do is stay there. Distractions will come up and try too take you off of your path that you have found so much success and triumph on. The thing is you need to have the will power to no fall off from the top, but to push the negative distractions aside to keep you where you know you belong. At the top you have to realize its just you and loved ones, because the rest of the world is jealous and wants your spot. They will do whatever it takes to take your spot. I take that point of view into my football. I worked so hard to make it to the starting spot as a freshman and get my name out their to transfer that I will let no one outwork me or take what I deserve. I just take that attitude that I want it more then anyone and someone out there wants to take that success away from me, so I fight to keep it with me.  Distractions and people will come and go to try and takes what is yours, but it is up to you to fight to keep yourself at the top

To be continued….

High School Student, Jeff Bliss gives a lesson to his teacher at Duncanv...

Jeff Bliss from Duncanville High took a stand to his teacher because he was sick of the bullshit job she was doing and not truly trying to give the students the best possible education they could receive. I really like this video because first it is shocking that he actually stood up to his teacher the way he did he was angry, but he made sense because he was not trying to cuss her out or just scream at her. He made valid points of what he hated about the class and what she could actually do better for her students. Most kids will just talk about how much they hate the teacher or class to their friends, but no one will really take a stand like Jeff. I really agree with what he did because I think most students will agree that you want to attend a class where the teacher will actually make an effort to go out and really teach you and make it interesting. Students want teachers to make a class worth wanting to go to and learn in. Teachers should watch this video, so they will not teach a class that would make any of their students want to call them out like that. This is actually a very good video worth watching.

Into The Wild

Passion is something you should always strive for and chase it. Whatever you find that passion is what you need to go out and do in your life. Everyone's passion varys and that is what makes us all unique. In Into The Wild Chris has his own passion that many people find crazy. Chris travels into the wild of Alaska with very low knowledge of the wilds and no experience of trying to survive out there. Chris needed to get out and follow his dreams. He realized that after graduating from college. Chris went out there through the struggles of traveling and hitch hiking into the wild of Alaska that everyone knew he would not make it out alive. Chris chased his dreams and even died trying. Whatever your passion is that is what you should be chasing, Chris had a crazy passion that most of us would not be striving for, but he went out and did what he really wanted to do in his life and thats a example for all of us. Chris did not want to settle for less and at least dying doing something he actually wanted to do. Many people are too afraid to go and do what they actually want in life. They are too scared to take that leap of faith and take that chance to fulfill their life with their passion.
What is so unique about passion is that everyone finds it in something different. Thats is what makes ht world so interesting because everyone is chasing dreams in different areas. People's passions and goals can be crazy and people will go out and say that is impossible or you will never achieve that dream, but that's why you challenge that statement and prove yourself. Chris's passion was defiantly different then most common people. He just wanted to get away from everything in his life and take that challenge to survive in the woods of Alaska. Everyone believed he was crazy and would never make it. After reading the novel your just thinking wow this kid is crazy why would anyone want to even try and take this challenge without even being an expert. All odds against him Chris still went out and tried to achieve his passion and doing something that mad him happy to be alive. Even though he died out in the woods he was still doing something he loved. No matter how crazy your passion might seem go out their and chase it. If you don't later on down the road of life you will look back and just have regrets.

Passion and Privilege

Passion and Privilege are two different concepts, but can easily run together. You can choose what your passions are and what your strive for in your life. Privilege is something that most people are just born into and many strive to get that. People who are not born into the privilege will use their passion and strive to be the greatest in that area to earn that privilege. Everyone wants to be on top and when you are on the top you have the privilege that everyone wants and you were once that desperate person using your passion to get to that very top. Many people who are just born into being privileged their is nothing wrong with that because they cannot prevent what they are born into, but many take it for granted and do not know the real world around them and the hungry people striving to get where they are at. Many are less fortunate and use a passion in athletics,school, arts, etc to get them where they want to be and earn there right to have privilege. Its a grind to get where you want to be in your life take whatever your passion is and run with it because that will make you the happiest and take that as far as you can because you can take that too the top.

Potential Deal Breakers For College

Football  is the reason why I came to Chabot to pursue my dream of playing at a four year college. Right now it is the top thing getting me through school and staying on top of all my work, so I can make it out of here. Without football school would defiantly be more of a challenge to motivate myself to want to be a college student. If football was not there it would be a struggle to really want to go to school it would be a big deal breaker for me. Its something I love to play and the thing that is keeping me in school and working hard to make my goals a reality. I know it would be a deal breaker because I cannot see myself just being an average student and just going to school. Football is not the only reason why I am still in school. I am in school to get my degree and one day go out and find a job that I will love. the thing is for football it really makes any athlete actually try and want to go to school and make something better out of himself. Being a student athlete is also like a full time job we have hours of watching game film and practicing not only that but playing games and our bodies taking a beating. Then over everything we are full time students who have to keep a certain GPA to stay eligible to play and for junior college athletes to transfer. It takes a special person to be committed to the game of football. Why it would be a potential deal breaker for me if it went away because of all the memories you make and the bond you form with coaches and teammates how you will do anything to become the best and win. It is the reason why I am trying so hard in school to maintain good grades and pass my classes, so that I can transfer to some of my dream schools and through football get my degree. This game is more then just a game as of right now it's my life and nothing can take it away. Check out this link of my Freshman season highlights to see how much I really love playing this game. http://www.hudl.com/athlete/879320/zach-parrella

College is a very difficult thing for most people in our generation to stay on top of things and be committed to their work. Many people fall off because of distractions and other important things going on. College is tough and is easy to fall behind in all the work. Thats the one of the toughest things for me in school is just making sure I stay on top of all my work and studies. Falling behind is what really makes students give up or drop a class and that is something I've been trying not to fall into and stay on top of my stuff. The problem when students start getting behind in their classes most automatically give up on the class and themselves. I personally can sometimes struggle with this if I start getting behind, I just feel like there is no way to get back on top of it. This is the same for many other students and why many people do dropout and just simply give up. I do not want this to become a reason why college would end for me and stop me from getting my degree. To prevent this at night I put away any distraction and really focus on doing my school work and not falling behind. I started really trying to focus like that by actually having no distractions and it has paid off. In high school I had a GPA of 2.3 and now in college I have maintained a 3.1. I will not let distractions and falling behind take me out of college and attaining my dreams.

Zach's Passion

After watching The Passion Project it really makes you realize that whatever your passion is that you need to go out and attain it. Your passion can be anything it is whatever makes you the happiest. In the interviews one person said passion is something you can wake up in the morning and feel good about what your are doing.  What I really got from the film was whatever you do find passion in is take that and run with it. Their is no point to be doing a job or anything that you find yourself miserable in. Take that inner passion and make that your life because you will enjoy life way more and look forward to each and every day.Everyone has their own unique passions and thats what makes all of us different, but what separates strong from weak people are the ones who will do anything to achieve what they are passionate and take sacrifices to get there.

People underestimate the time a student-athlete puts into the game of football. During the season practice everyday, film studies, and a game at the end of the week and also being full time students. It is hard to really put everything you have into this game. The kids who want to go on a play college football or any other sports do not really understand the true life and commitment to your team and coaches. It is almost like a job when you think about it, but your playing for free and you got to ask yourself is this really something you want to put most of your time into. “You’ve got to go out and show them that I’m a different creature now, then I was five minutes ago, cause I’m pissed off for greatness. Cause if you ain’t pissed off for greatness, that just means you’re okay with being mediocre.”-Ray Lewis. This quote should be the mindset of every football player who truly wants to take their game to the top. From a personal standpoint I love it because it’s the game I enjoy the most and it gives me something to do. Another hard thing to adjust to from coming out of highschool is that at your school and league your one of the top players everyone was below you. A hard transition in college is the speed of the game and the fact that now your playing against men. Many of the people who are going to try and take your spot or the opposing team will be bigger, faster , and stronger than you and you have to find that inner-self to come out and give them all that you have and give them the beating, rather then receiving it. Some people will just never get that inner passion out of them and they will take the beating and hate it so much and end up quitting. Or when things get hard and they believe they should be the starter and give up rather then fighting to take someone’s position. I believe true passion is being able to show coaches that you are better then the guy starting and giving it all you have to get that spot and when you finally do get the spot you do everything you can do be the best there and fighting off anyone who even thinks they can take your spot. Passion is fighting for something you want or believe in. If football is what you want then you need to do everything in your power to fight for that and take what’s yours and if you do fail and you can look in the mirror with no regrets because deep down in your heart you know you gave everything you have and did whatever it took.