CORE SELF:
The core self has to deal with the chracteristics that make up who you are. These characteristics are not always shown to others. These are usually shown when people get to know eachother in a relationship. My core self is very hard to find by others. Sometimes I think I'm missunderstood beacuse of my core self. Sometimes I wonder if I really listen or pay attention to my core self as I should. Your core self is really important in a relationship.
REAL LOVE:
Real love is more than an emotion. Real love has to deal with excepting people for who they are. I want someone to love and care for me because of the person I am. I do not wan to be loved for what I have or what I do. Love is such a powerful word that is thrown around everyday. Real love doesn't really have a meaning its something that one can just feel. Real love is what we call natural happpiness. It just happens and it sometimes it takes alog time to find sometimes.
SPENDING MORE TIME WITH LOVED ONES:
I think spending time with loved ones is the best love. They love you no matter what. You really don't have to second guess their love it will always be there. Speinding time with family can bring the familt closer and it can make them appreciate the love they share even more. Holodays are not the only times that failies need to get together. Everyday is a family day and should be done in some kind of way. I love spending time with my loved ones, well some of them. I know that no matter what they have my back and they will always love me. I can talk to them about any and everything. My loved ones are so understanding and open minded. I believe spending time with loved ones is essential to happiness.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Happiness At Work
Jessica Batiz
English-101
10.18.2010
Happiness at Work
Being happy at work is very important when making career choices. If you can’t be happy at work,why work at all? When thinking about work the only thing that comes to mind is what will make me happy. I can not imagine myself doing anything that does not make me happy and proud of what I’m doing. Dancing and performing are the only things that truly make me happy. I am doing everything I can do make my dream into a reality. If my career is not dancing and entertaining others with my talents, then I do not want to do anything at all. Dance is my heart and soul. When dancing, I take my work and time very seriously. When I’m dancing its like nothing or anybody can get in my way. I feel like I’m flying and nothing can harm me. When everything in my life is going downhill and I have no where to turn, I feel like I can always turn to dance. Everyone has there out in life and dancing is mine. Dancing will not just be a job to me it will be my everything. I really think I have a great talent that needs to be see all over. I am just doing everything I can for that moment to happen soon. I believe that if I have happiness at work then the rest of my life would have much more happiness and meaning. So what if I do not have any support or no one thinks I can do it, as long as I’m happy and I’m living my dream I will the happiest person just wait and see.
English-101
10.18.2010
Happiness at Work
Being happy at work is very important when making career choices. If you can’t be happy at work,why work at all? When thinking about work the only thing that comes to mind is what will make me happy. I can not imagine myself doing anything that does not make me happy and proud of what I’m doing. Dancing and performing are the only things that truly make me happy. I am doing everything I can do make my dream into a reality. If my career is not dancing and entertaining others with my talents, then I do not want to do anything at all. Dance is my heart and soul. When dancing, I take my work and time very seriously. When I’m dancing its like nothing or anybody can get in my way. I feel like I’m flying and nothing can harm me. When everything in my life is going downhill and I have no where to turn, I feel like I can always turn to dance. Everyone has there out in life and dancing is mine. Dancing will not just be a job to me it will be my everything. I really think I have a great talent that needs to be see all over. I am just doing everything I can for that moment to happen soon. I believe that if I have happiness at work then the rest of my life would have much more happiness and meaning. So what if I do not have any support or no one thinks I can do it, as long as I’m happy and I’m living my dream I will the happiest person just wait and see.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Paper #1
Jessica Batiz
English-101
10/14/2010
I have many strengths that will help me accomplish my main goal to becoming a professional dancer. In this essay I will speak about the many strengths that have made me who I am today and that will help me be successful in the future. These strengths that have helped me along the way include my background, my independence, my experience, my creativity, and my determination. These strengths had molded me and will indeed help me make it.
I have been dancing since the age of three. Dance was brought into my life by my older sister. After she opened my eyes to dance it was all I wanted to do. I danced all day and all night. So I then decided to get involved in some dance classes to learn different types and styles of dance. While in dancing school I took tap class, African class, and modern class. I was so excited to learn different dance moves and test my abilities. When i was not in dancing school i was at my community center in Harlem on a hip-hop dance team. I could not stop dancing. It made me feel so happy and free. I am so thankful for my sister with out her I would have never known about dance or my talent.
Another strength I have is independence. As a kid I was involved in many shows and events. My mom was not the involved mother. She never really supported me in anything I did. There were many times when I went to shows and performed without her being there. At first I would feel bad because everyone else parents were there no matter what, but I had to grow up. So I told myself that her being there wasn’t really important. I began to tell myself that as long I was going what I loved who cares if she was there or not. So from then on I began to go to practice on my own and to the shows alone. If I was not independent my mother would have held me back from chancing my dreams. I have always wanted my mother to be apart of my success, but since she didn’t make the effort I had to do what was right for me.
My experience has also helped me get where I am today. I have been given many opportunities that I have taken advantage of. I have performed at the Apollo Theater, I have participated in the African American Day Parade, I have performed in many talent shows, and i have performed at the Alvin Ailey dance show. These experience have made me better in dance and my confidence. Performing at both the Apollo Theater and the Alvin Ailey dance show were the most inspirational experiences. I danced at The Alvin Ailey dance show when I was only in the fifth grade. I was chosen to dance on stage and after I danced they asked if I wanted to dance for their company. They really saw something in me. Unfortunately my mother turned them down because she thought I was too young. Performing at the Apollo made such a difference in my life. After this experience it made me take dance more seriously and helped me get better. My team and I won the first night, but then lost the second night. When we lost I didn’t cry because I took it as we needed to work a little harder. Experience is something taken very seriously in the professional world of dance and I am so proud that I have some great experiences under my belt.
I am a very creative person. I like to think out the box. I have been chosen to choreograph two plays and take on the role of captain of all of my dance teams. I was chosen because of my creativity. When it comes to dancing my mind goes to so many places. I was surprised to b recognized for my creativity because as Ken Robinson stated in his video “ Academic topics are put on top of the arts everywhere.” I believe that this statement is so true, but I just can’t understand why. I am the type of person that learns better when I use my creativity. If I feel like I can’t express myself I really can’t put my all into whatever it is I am doing. My creativity has made me who I am and will definitely be a major strength that will get me where I’m going.
The last strength I have that will lead me to success is determination. Determination is a hard strength to have and also keep. In order to success in anything in this world people have to be determined. I look at my self as a go getter. If I see something that I want I will stop at nothing to get what it is I want. After my mother turned her back on me I had no choice but to be determined. Determination is nothing something that just pops up in someones way of life it has to come from within. An example of when I was determined to do something was when I wanted to have my step team perform at other catholic schools. So I went and talked to all the schools I thought would be interested and welcoming to my team. So I decided to contact Cardinal Hayes a all boys catholic school. At first the principal did not agree because I attended an all girls school. After I sat down with the principal and my dean we came to an agreement. My team were then given the chance to perform for Cardinal Hayes at an open mic night. After the open mic night they asked us back for basketballs games. If I was not determined I would have taken no for an answer, but instead I did whatever I had to do to make things happen. Because I was so determined my school now performs regularly for Cardinal Hayes High School. Determination is a hard strength to no only have but to maintain. I am so proud that I was blessed with the strength and the power to maintain it as well.
During this essay I have shown you the different strengths I have and that have helped me get to where I am today. My background, my independence, my experiences, my creativity, and my determination are all I have and need to make it. I am so proud of my strengths and proud of them. I can’t wait to see where my strengths will lead me in the future, but I know they will lead me to greatness.
English-101
10/14/2010
I have many strengths that will help me accomplish my main goal to becoming a professional dancer. In this essay I will speak about the many strengths that have made me who I am today and that will help me be successful in the future. These strengths that have helped me along the way include my background, my independence, my experience, my creativity, and my determination. These strengths had molded me and will indeed help me make it.
I have been dancing since the age of three. Dance was brought into my life by my older sister. After she opened my eyes to dance it was all I wanted to do. I danced all day and all night. So I then decided to get involved in some dance classes to learn different types and styles of dance. While in dancing school I took tap class, African class, and modern class. I was so excited to learn different dance moves and test my abilities. When i was not in dancing school i was at my community center in Harlem on a hip-hop dance team. I could not stop dancing. It made me feel so happy and free. I am so thankful for my sister with out her I would have never known about dance or my talent.
Another strength I have is independence. As a kid I was involved in many shows and events. My mom was not the involved mother. She never really supported me in anything I did. There were many times when I went to shows and performed without her being there. At first I would feel bad because everyone else parents were there no matter what, but I had to grow up. So I told myself that her being there wasn’t really important. I began to tell myself that as long I was going what I loved who cares if she was there or not. So from then on I began to go to practice on my own and to the shows alone. If I was not independent my mother would have held me back from chancing my dreams. I have always wanted my mother to be apart of my success, but since she didn’t make the effort I had to do what was right for me.
My experience has also helped me get where I am today. I have been given many opportunities that I have taken advantage of. I have performed at the Apollo Theater, I have participated in the African American Day Parade, I have performed in many talent shows, and i have performed at the Alvin Ailey dance show. These experience have made me better in dance and my confidence. Performing at both the Apollo Theater and the Alvin Ailey dance show were the most inspirational experiences. I danced at The Alvin Ailey dance show when I was only in the fifth grade. I was chosen to dance on stage and after I danced they asked if I wanted to dance for their company. They really saw something in me. Unfortunately my mother turned them down because she thought I was too young. Performing at the Apollo made such a difference in my life. After this experience it made me take dance more seriously and helped me get better. My team and I won the first night, but then lost the second night. When we lost I didn’t cry because I took it as we needed to work a little harder. Experience is something taken very seriously in the professional world of dance and I am so proud that I have some great experiences under my belt.
I am a very creative person. I like to think out the box. I have been chosen to choreograph two plays and take on the role of captain of all of my dance teams. I was chosen because of my creativity. When it comes to dancing my mind goes to so many places. I was surprised to b recognized for my creativity because as Ken Robinson stated in his video “ Academic topics are put on top of the arts everywhere.” I believe that this statement is so true, but I just can’t understand why. I am the type of person that learns better when I use my creativity. If I feel like I can’t express myself I really can’t put my all into whatever it is I am doing. My creativity has made me who I am and will definitely be a major strength that will get me where I’m going.
The last strength I have that will lead me to success is determination. Determination is a hard strength to have and also keep. In order to success in anything in this world people have to be determined. I look at my self as a go getter. If I see something that I want I will stop at nothing to get what it is I want. After my mother turned her back on me I had no choice but to be determined. Determination is nothing something that just pops up in someones way of life it has to come from within. An example of when I was determined to do something was when I wanted to have my step team perform at other catholic schools. So I went and talked to all the schools I thought would be interested and welcoming to my team. So I decided to contact Cardinal Hayes a all boys catholic school. At first the principal did not agree because I attended an all girls school. After I sat down with the principal and my dean we came to an agreement. My team were then given the chance to perform for Cardinal Hayes at an open mic night. After the open mic night they asked us back for basketballs games. If I was not determined I would have taken no for an answer, but instead I did whatever I had to do to make things happen. Because I was so determined my school now performs regularly for Cardinal Hayes High School. Determination is a hard strength to no only have but to maintain. I am so proud that I was blessed with the strength and the power to maintain it as well.
During this essay I have shown you the different strengths I have and that have helped me get to where I am today. My background, my independence, my experiences, my creativity, and my determination are all I have and need to make it. I am so proud of my strengths and proud of them. I can’t wait to see where my strengths will lead me in the future, but I know they will lead me to greatness.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
blog#2
Children would themselves more in school if they were given the opportunity to take part in the subjects and activities they actually enjoyed. School is not all fun and games, there needs to be some kind of interest in what is being taught for the students to actually pay attention. I have been a student for many years and I was a student who always would get in trouble in class. I was not interested or even thinking about what was going on in class. I started to think something was wrong with my actions and soon began to be “normal.”
I am a dancer and nothing else. Since i was three years old I have wanted to be a professional dancer. While in school all I would do was dance. I would be in class dancing or making beats for me to dance to. I would study for school while I dance. So when I took tests i would dance to get the information out. Many of my teachers did not the way i aced during class. As time went on I began to think something was wrong with me. I felt as if I was an outsider. My goal was to go to a dancing high school, but y teacher talked me out of applying. She told me that i could not do it and because i have been put down so many times I believed her. If only I had some support from my teachers and family I would have went. At this point I did not have all the needs Tony Robbin spoke about in is film. He spoke about needs and how they help people see why they do what they do. After watching Tony’s film I noticed that if I had all those needs he spoke about that my life would be so much different. I always wonder how different my life would be if I had the support i needed and went to high school for dance.After I was told to be more normal I began to dislike going to school. I felt like it was torture. Since I was not happy at school I stopped doing well in my classes and began to fall behind. I could not take holding in all my music and dance moves. It was the worst feeling in my life. I knew then I had to try to make school and dance work. So while in school i took part in any club that would allow me to express myself and be me. The clubs at school really did help and made me feel like myself again. After I joined the dancing clubs at school I couldn't wait to go to school, just because I knew I could dance after school.Since then I have had many chances to express myself. I have participated in parades, performed at the Apollo Theater, choreographed plays and talent shows, and i have also choreographed praise dances at my church. When ever I was given the chance to dance I took it no questions asked. Education needs to look deeper into creativity instead of looking past it. Education and ALL parts of education should be taken seriously and that includes creativity.
I am a dancer and nothing else. Since i was three years old I have wanted to be a professional dancer. While in school all I would do was dance. I would be in class dancing or making beats for me to dance to. I would study for school while I dance. So when I took tests i would dance to get the information out. Many of my teachers did not the way i aced during class. As time went on I began to think something was wrong with me. I felt as if I was an outsider. My goal was to go to a dancing high school, but y teacher talked me out of applying. She told me that i could not do it and because i have been put down so many times I believed her. If only I had some support from my teachers and family I would have went. At this point I did not have all the needs Tony Robbin spoke about in is film. He spoke about needs and how they help people see why they do what they do. After watching Tony’s film I noticed that if I had all those needs he spoke about that my life would be so much different. I always wonder how different my life would be if I had the support i needed and went to high school for dance.After I was told to be more normal I began to dislike going to school. I felt like it was torture. Since I was not happy at school I stopped doing well in my classes and began to fall behind. I could not take holding in all my music and dance moves. It was the worst feeling in my life. I knew then I had to try to make school and dance work. So while in school i took part in any club that would allow me to express myself and be me. The clubs at school really did help and made me feel like myself again. After I joined the dancing clubs at school I couldn't wait to go to school, just because I knew I could dance after school.Since then I have had many chances to express myself. I have participated in parades, performed at the Apollo Theater, choreographed plays and talent shows, and i have also choreographed praise dances at my church. When ever I was given the chance to dance I took it no questions asked. Education needs to look deeper into creativity instead of looking past it. Education and ALL parts of education should be taken seriously and that includes creativity.
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