Independent Project: A Fiction Story by Silvia Soriano
" Good byes are always the hardest".
The year was coming to an end. The graduating class of 2031 was ready to move on to their next chapter in their lifes. Some were happy, some were sad, some just didn't know what to say. After four years of being together in high school it was time to depart. The students walked one last time through the hallway where everything has been done and everything was figured out. After today some would probably never see each other again. On the other hand some had their future planned out with each other. Walking in those hallways all you say was piles and piles of garbage, people cleaning out their locker, and tears, tears of happiness tears of joy. Unfortunately not everyone had made it through high school. High school is the place where your not a kid anymore. Where you have to pay the consequences. Where you screw up, you screw up. You could get better but it would take time. Where people would try to step on you no matter what. Where you find out who your real friends are and where you unmask your enemies. Not everyone is strong enough to go through so much alone. Sometimes you need someone their for you, but not asking for help leaves you broken and more broken. Crushing your soul, crushing your spirit crushing who you were once. What happens next after you lose all hope and you isolate your self from the people who want to help you but you just don't let them? Depression. Bad choices. Which last leads to suicide. One friend, one student. Didn't make it. He wasn't able to go on stage and receive his diploma. His friends didnt understand why he did it.
Some were mad. Some were sad. Some were depressed. Some didnt know how to react. After the funeral all of the boys friends, never talked again. They all blamed each other. None of them wanted to admit that they weren't their for him. They weren't mad at him, they were mad, angry, disappointed at themselves. They broke the only promise they made in their freshman year, the sad thing is that they broke it to only him. They thought he was okay. "His fine, he just needs to cool off", "He will get over it soon", "His overreacting". Everyone always looked up at him. They didnt think that he would crack, they never thought it was serious as it was. Little did they know that he was the weakest link in the group.
While everyone was screaming outside, hugging each other, and celebrating their accomplishment, the boys 5 friends walked to his locker. In one year a lot has changed. His friends pretended that he never existed on the outside, but in the inside they were broken for a while. They were all shocked to see each other. They just stared at each other, having a moment in silence. For him. He deserved his moment too. He made them tough after his dead, he made them the person they were now. They couldnt say that they didnt like who they were. Cause that would be a lie. They matured in the past year. They have learned to appreciate people around them, cause in a second it could all be over.
"Thank you....for everything buddy".....one of the boy`s friends said, as he forced a smile looking at the boy`s locker. The next person to talk already had tears in her eyes " It would have been nice to have you hear.....but I know your hear always and forever" the girl said holding her hand to her heart. The third person to talk was breathing heavily in and out "My nigga once my nigga always" he said smiling but an actual smile, for the first time in a year. The next person just kissed his locker, having tears running down her cheek "Im sorry...I know that your finally in peace..we should have been their, we should have helped...were sorry ...Im sorry I hope one day you could forgive me for real." She said, with that she just walked away, walked out of the building. The rest followed, except one person. His older brother...who was left back in middle school who were supposed to graduate the same year. "I miss you bro...everyday....sorry for not attending your funeral....but thank you for making me strong....bros for life". He said whiling facing the locker and half smiling. He than took a deep breath in and and looked up, maybe he was just staring at a ceiling but on the other side of the ceiling was the sky and he knew his brother was somewhere up their. He than looked down and looked at the locker and smiled "Bro you know Good byes are always the hardest for me.....so see ya later bro".
The End.
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Romeo and Juliet Final Assignment
Romeo and Juliet Final Assignment
Juliet was also supposed to marry Paris, a Capulet One of her kind/people. A boy that her mother had approved of, a boy that her mother saw was good enough for her. She was arranged to marry him, but she was already married. To a guy that her mother wanted dead. . A boy that her mother hated with everything she had. Romeo was the only son of their enemy.
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare is all about two young people who fall in love at the wrong time, at the wrong place. Although they have everything against them, they keep fighting too keep their love going and strong. Sticking together throw anything and against anything and anyone. The Hate of the people they risked. They both fought until the impossible. In our point of view it may have not been the best happy ending, but maybe just maybe in their point of view it was the only happy ending they would have wanted. Away from everyone, away from all the hate they have gotten.
One of the main reasons why Romeo and Juliet were not able to be together was because Romeo was a Montague` and Juliet was a Capulet."My only love sprung from my only hate", Juliet was the main enemy of Romeo and Romeo Family. Romeo is the only son of Juliet`s people enemy. If found out about them. They would mostly appose against the idea. They would not want peace, cause they both have been fighting/ arguing for years now. These were just young people who probably didn't know what they were talking about.
Another reason why Romeo and Juliet being together was more difficult was because Romeo was supposedly a killer. He has murdered Juliets cousin. Juliets mother wanted Romeo to pay for what he ha done to her nephew she wanted Romeo dead and out of the town. She got Romeo banned. Even though she probably didn't know that Romeo and Juliet were technically dead. If Romeo was ever found in town they had a right to kill him, an eye for an eye.
If I was Juliet I would have first thought of the pros and the cons of being with Romeo. Was she (I) Really in love Or did I just think I was. Was I too young to think about love. People now have different ways of expressing their feelings , They may not all kill themselves but they do , do the impossible to stay with each other and keep their love going on. Their are other people in the whole world that I could love/ have fallen in love with. They were still at young age, anything could have happened if they had decided to not kill themselves.
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Reading Response 4/25
April 24,13
Romeo and Juliet is all about taking a risk. Taking a risk with someone who you think may be your everything at a point. On the other hand of thing's don't turn out the way you and that person had planned, you would be losing a lot. You will be losing everyone. Or she would have lost everyone. But she made her choice. It was her decison. What ever happens next to her, happens because everything she chose led up to that moment. But on the other hand Are her choices worth everything shes doing?
Romeo and Juliet arent aloud to see each other, why? Well becuase Romeo is accused of killing Juliets cousin. Her mother wants Romeo dead, she wants him to pay for the death of her nephew. Juliet mom also got him banned from the city/ town. If they found him they had to kill him. She got married to Romeo before all of this. She didnt know that Romeo was capable of any of this.Maybe he wasnt, maybe this wasnt Romeos true colors true personality, maybe this were just feelings he got when they killed one of his friends/ family. He didnt mean any of this. This was just his angry side showing.
Juliet was technically married to a killer a murder after he was pronced killer of Tyblt. If people really got to know every detail of Juliet back then, they would have gave Juliet lots of Hate. She would have brought lots of disgraced to her family, to her last name, to her people. The Montague might take this as an opportunity to say they are better than the Capulets. The people would blame Juliet for this, Her mother and Father might not want to protect her from the people they would have let her take on all of the hate. So she didnt just risked her life, her people would have also payed the consequences for her actions.
In the end, Juliet did pay the consequences of her action. She died. Or Well she killed herself. Her and Romeo both died in the end. Although their people hate for each other may have not, the hate of others ended their lifes even with them not knowing it. The strong hate of people not wanting them together and people not having faith and not supporting their relationship ended their lifes little by little.
Romeo and Juliet is all about taking a risk. Taking a risk with someone who you think may be your everything at a point. On the other hand of thing's don't turn out the way you and that person had planned, you would be losing a lot. You will be losing everyone. Or she would have lost everyone. But she made her choice. It was her decison. What ever happens next to her, happens because everything she chose led up to that moment. But on the other hand Are her choices worth everything shes doing?
Romeo and Juliet arent aloud to see each other, why? Well becuase Romeo is accused of killing Juliets cousin. Her mother wants Romeo dead, she wants him to pay for the death of her nephew. Juliet mom also got him banned from the city/ town. If they found him they had to kill him. She got married to Romeo before all of this. She didnt know that Romeo was capable of any of this.Maybe he wasnt, maybe this wasnt Romeos true colors true personality, maybe this were just feelings he got when they killed one of his friends/ family. He didnt mean any of this. This was just his angry side showing.
Juliet was technically married to a killer a murder after he was pronced killer of Tyblt. If people really got to know every detail of Juliet back then, they would have gave Juliet lots of Hate. She would have brought lots of disgraced to her family, to her last name, to her people. The Montague might take this as an opportunity to say they are better than the Capulets. The people would blame Juliet for this, Her mother and Father might not want to protect her from the people they would have let her take on all of the hate. So she didnt just risked her life, her people would have also payed the consequences for her actions.
In the end, Juliet did pay the consequences of her action. She died. Or Well she killed herself. Her and Romeo both died in the end. Although their people hate for each other may have not, the hate of others ended their lifes even with them not knowing it. The strong hate of people not wanting them together and people not having faith and not supporting their relationship ended their lifes little by little.
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Romeo and Juliet Final Assignment
Romeo and Juliet Final Assignment
Thesis: Romeo and Juliet is a story about two young people trying to do what ever it takes to keep their love for each other going, no matter how hard things get, no matter how many obsticals they get thrown at they manage to get through it together. Until the end where they both decide to do one choice that could have changed everything, but their happy ending could take place some where else.
Body Paragraph 1#: Reasons why Romeo and Juliet couldn't be together.
Body Paragraph 2# People why Romeo and Juliet couldn't be together
Body Paragraph 3# Reasons why they took death
Thesis: Romeo and Juliet is a story about two young people trying to do what ever it takes to keep their love for each other going, no matter how hard things get, no matter how many obsticals they get thrown at they manage to get through it together. Until the end where they both decide to do one choice that could have changed everything, but their happy ending could take place some where else.
Body Paragraph 1#: Reasons why Romeo and Juliet couldn't be together.
Body Paragraph 2# People why Romeo and Juliet couldn't be together
Body Paragraph 3# Reasons why they took death
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Reading Response #1
Silvia Soriano "Teen Depression: A Guide for Parents " April 17, 2013
People always say how this generation is messed up, how we the new generation is a joke. How we are worse than people before us. That some of us are crazy, we get judged. Many of us go through puberty at a earlier age than people in the 90`s and 80`s. Were barely 14 or 15 when it happens, we go through that cause we feel lonely, we feel left out, we get hurt. Mostly our parents are the last person we turn to. Cause they just dont, or we think they dont understand cause we are different. So What do we do? We go on with our lifes, faking a smile and pretending everything is okay but than we cant anymore. We hit our breaking point. Which is just worst. We fall into a depression which leads us into worst stuff; like drugs, suicide thoughts and alcohol. all this happens cause we chose not to talk.
Parents dont normally notice when we hit puberty, they think that its no big deal. Its just hormones, they went though it, they came out fine so their kids will have to also come out fine. All people aren't the same, and just because their different doesn't make them odd, weird or crazy, it makes them a human being. Acting out is part of this, parents assume they know everything and that when their kids are acting out and having mood swings it because their on bad things, like drugs and alcohol , they right away assume that their doing something bad. Than kids dont want to trust their parents because all the parents ill do is judge them, and they dont want that.
All kids in our generation have stress, in everything. In school and social life with family. Adding hormones and puberty to the situation doesnt make it better. In society you can never please anyone. If you skinny your anorexi, if your smart your a nerd, if your happy your fake, if your sad your emo. Its hard trying to fit in. Parents they dont really notice until you do something bad or dangerous. If kids notice that their parents dont care about what they do, they will lose motivation in life. They will no longer care about what they do, what they say, they will lose hope in life. Which leads to suicide thoughts.
People still ask why? Why do we do the things we do. Why do we think of suicide when we have so much to live for? We have so much to look foreword to. Cause we have no one their for us, No one is their for us. We are lonely, by ourselfs, we want to be loved and wanted , we want help. Help from our parents.
http://www.helpguide.org/mental/depression_teen.htm
People always say how this generation is messed up, how we the new generation is a joke. How we are worse than people before us. That some of us are crazy, we get judged. Many of us go through puberty at a earlier age than people in the 90`s and 80`s. Were barely 14 or 15 when it happens, we go through that cause we feel lonely, we feel left out, we get hurt. Mostly our parents are the last person we turn to. Cause they just dont, or we think they dont understand cause we are different. So What do we do? We go on with our lifes, faking a smile and pretending everything is okay but than we cant anymore. We hit our breaking point. Which is just worst. We fall into a depression which leads us into worst stuff; like drugs, suicide thoughts and alcohol. all this happens cause we chose not to talk.
Parents dont normally notice when we hit puberty, they think that its no big deal. Its just hormones, they went though it, they came out fine so their kids will have to also come out fine. All people aren't the same, and just because their different doesn't make them odd, weird or crazy, it makes them a human being. Acting out is part of this, parents assume they know everything and that when their kids are acting out and having mood swings it because their on bad things, like drugs and alcohol , they right away assume that their doing something bad. Than kids dont want to trust their parents because all the parents ill do is judge them, and they dont want that.
All kids in our generation have stress, in everything. In school and social life with family. Adding hormones and puberty to the situation doesnt make it better. In society you can never please anyone. If you skinny your anorexi, if your smart your a nerd, if your happy your fake, if your sad your emo. Its hard trying to fit in. Parents they dont really notice until you do something bad or dangerous. If kids notice that their parents dont care about what they do, they will lose motivation in life. They will no longer care about what they do, what they say, they will lose hope in life. Which leads to suicide thoughts.
People still ask why? Why do we do the things we do. Why do we think of suicide when we have so much to live for? We have so much to look foreword to. Cause we have no one their for us, No one is their for us. We are lonely, by ourselfs, we want to be loved and wanted , we want help. Help from our parents.
http://www.helpguide.org/mental/depression_teen.htm
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Response Romeo and Juliet (Last Reading Response of the 4th Quarter )
Silvia Soriano Reading Response Romeo and Juliet (Last Reading Response) March 20, 13
While Reading the book Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, I found it interesting that how people in the old times also fought for their love as they do now in this century. How they also sometimes don't try hard enough and give up as soon as tings get hard. They look for the easy way out of things. Romeo and Juliet is all about a forbidden love. Two young people fall in love at the wrong time at the wrong place. How they fell in love, like love at first sight. Who would try anything to keep themselves together against anything and everyone. Romeo being the only son of `Juliet people number one enemy. Juliet going to have to marry someone else falls in love with Romeo. On the other hand is their love cut short after Romeo is accused of Killing a loyal person of Juliet people? Will Juliet believe that his innocent? Or will she have to forget about him forever?
Juliet and Romeo meet at a party that Juliet people were hosting. Romeo and some of this other Friends/People sneaked in by wearing mask. Before the party Juliets mother has informed her that many girls her age get married already and some are even mothers. That in fact she was one too at the age of Juliet. Juliets mom ( Lady Capulet) tells her that Paris seems to want to be in-love with her. He wants to marry her. Lady Capulet knowing that Paris is also a Capulet approves of this and wants them to get married. Was Romeo and Juliet love at first sight? Or was Juliet just looking for an excuse to not Marry Paris? Juliet did seemed surprise when Juliets Mother brought up the idea of marriage and seemed rushed to get her ( Juliet) and Paris married, she also seemed like she didnt want to ( In the Movie). Although she went with it because her mother seemed to have loved the Idea. She would have done anything to please her mother.
On the other hand Juliet did express her self to Romeo when they finally meet each other officially. When she found out that he was the only son of their greatest enemy, she didn't know what to do, if she didnt care about him she would have no made a big deal out of it. On the other hand she said "Ay pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer". Juliet did know what she was doing when they kissed. What she said felt like it was from the bottom of her heart. She said that she has never done this with anyone else, he was her first everything. Love at first sight has done this to her. Maybe Juliet did fell for Romeo and maybe people thought that Romeo was just an excuse for marriage with Paris, but who are we to judge? She just feel for him at the wrong time at the wrong place. You cant chose for who you fall.
In my opinion love doesn't have an age love doesn't have a choice, it happens to everyone. You may think its at the wrong moment , wrong place or even with the wrong person but in the end it all comes together in the end when you are with that person. If you love that person nothing and no one will keep you apart from that person.
In conclusion Romeo and Juliet is all about a love that is forbidden by parents.A love that is fought for by both people who want it and wont let it fade or disappear. Even if we dont think it has a happy ending, maybe it had one for them. Its not our story to judge, its just our story to understand. To enlighten us and change our minds about how we see love in this world, and how happeniess has different ways of happening .
While Reading the book Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, I found it interesting that how people in the old times also fought for their love as they do now in this century. How they also sometimes don't try hard enough and give up as soon as tings get hard. They look for the easy way out of things. Romeo and Juliet is all about a forbidden love. Two young people fall in love at the wrong time at the wrong place. How they fell in love, like love at first sight. Who would try anything to keep themselves together against anything and everyone. Romeo being the only son of `Juliet people number one enemy. Juliet going to have to marry someone else falls in love with Romeo. On the other hand is their love cut short after Romeo is accused of Killing a loyal person of Juliet people? Will Juliet believe that his innocent? Or will she have to forget about him forever?
Juliet and Romeo meet at a party that Juliet people were hosting. Romeo and some of this other Friends/People sneaked in by wearing mask. Before the party Juliets mother has informed her that many girls her age get married already and some are even mothers. That in fact she was one too at the age of Juliet. Juliets mom ( Lady Capulet) tells her that Paris seems to want to be in-love with her. He wants to marry her. Lady Capulet knowing that Paris is also a Capulet approves of this and wants them to get married. Was Romeo and Juliet love at first sight? Or was Juliet just looking for an excuse to not Marry Paris? Juliet did seemed surprise when Juliets Mother brought up the idea of marriage and seemed rushed to get her ( Juliet) and Paris married, she also seemed like she didnt want to ( In the Movie). Although she went with it because her mother seemed to have loved the Idea. She would have done anything to please her mother.
On the other hand Juliet did express her self to Romeo when they finally meet each other officially. When she found out that he was the only son of their greatest enemy, she didn't know what to do, if she didnt care about him she would have no made a big deal out of it. On the other hand she said "Ay pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer". Juliet did know what she was doing when they kissed. What she said felt like it was from the bottom of her heart. She said that she has never done this with anyone else, he was her first everything. Love at first sight has done this to her. Maybe Juliet did fell for Romeo and maybe people thought that Romeo was just an excuse for marriage with Paris, but who are we to judge? She just feel for him at the wrong time at the wrong place. You cant chose for who you fall.
In my opinion love doesn't have an age love doesn't have a choice, it happens to everyone. You may think its at the wrong moment , wrong place or even with the wrong person but in the end it all comes together in the end when you are with that person. If you love that person nothing and no one will keep you apart from that person.
In conclusion Romeo and Juliet is all about a love that is forbidden by parents.A love that is fought for by both people who want it and wont let it fade or disappear. Even if we dont think it has a happy ending, maybe it had one for them. Its not our story to judge, its just our story to understand. To enlighten us and change our minds about how we see love in this world, and how happeniess has different ways of happening .
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Reading Response Non-Fiction
"Girls With Eating Disorders" 3-6-13
Reading Response
http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/mental_health/eat_disorder.html
Reading Response
Before reading this article, I knew that many girls around the ages of 13-18 maybe younger or maybe even older. Have an eating disorder. Trying to fit in and having friends, but because of their weigh/size they dont have it all. So they make them self's lose weight. By becoming bulimic, through up, starving themselfs. Or having any other eating disorder. When you think your not skinny enough like other girls, pretty enough like other girls, dont get guys like other girls you take/ make decisions that maybe not be the best, but you think they are. You change everything about you because you think you are the best like everyone else, either you or people make you feel that way.
While reading this article i found out that "Essential fatty acid status is altered in eating disorders that result in weight loss". Does this mean that its the same? Or is it just another eating disorder. When you gain weight it because your body is not getting rid of all the junk food, all the bad stuff that your body hasn't disgusted. Even if you look skinny in the outside, it doesn't mean that you are skinny in the inside too. While reading this article, I found out that when girls first start their eating disorder they have a mass of 15k in their body, after they have started with their eating disorder they have a mass of 19k. Yes they look skinny, but their health isnt as near as that. They are in risk of every sickness on the charts.A normal girl has to have 3 different kinds of fatty levels, fat levels are needed in the body, they arent as bad as everyone think. We need them to be healthy, even if we dont want them, even the healthiest people have them. Cause our body needs to sweat it needs to get rid of them.
It takes time for girls with eating disorders, to get their health, their eating ways, their eating system back to normal. They wont be able to go back to normal in days, or hours, after there body has been use to being bulimic for months, years. Its going to be hard coming out anf telling someone you have an eating disorder, but you need to come out, so that they can help you. That they can be with you every step of the way on getting better. You wont be able to do it all alone. You`ll need everyones help. Your doctors, that will be putting you back in a health diet. Your family, that will support you emotionally. The doctors will need to tell you what kind of eating disorder you have. Cause their are more than one eating disorder in the world. Eating disorders are now more commonly. Their are anorexia nervos, bulimic nervos and simply bulimic, you need to treat each different one carefully, cause their not all the same.
Many girls do it every day, why? Cause they want to be perfect. But no one in the world is perfect, we can try. Choices are always the hardest. You do it for a wrong reason, your harming your self. Is your health really not important to you that, you dont care about it. Many girls risk their life just to try to fit in.
http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/mental_health/eat_disorder.html
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