New Year, New Me

My intentions for next year is I want to be a better leader and a kinder person. Next year I want to volunteer more and be in more extra coriculars. I want to be kinder by lending a helping hand, be friends with people who don't have many friends, and I want to show my kindness to those who need it most.  I will change by spending my time with those who will use it better than me, I will change by helping out in food pantries, I will change by helping animal shelters with caring for the animals. I can see that I can improve myself in being a leader by not being mortified to cheer for my teams. I can see myself improve being kinder and articulate on showing being people.

These Are Our Rights

Are you Latino? Were you born in Mexico? Did you come to America with no papers? If you answered yes to all of these questions you may be in trouble. Mr. Donald Trump wants to build a wall to keep immigrants out of the U.S. He also wants to remove Hispanics and Latinos.

What Mr.Trump might not know is he is taking away one of our human rights. According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it say’s, “Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.” This quote is making it clear that we must have the freedom to move as we please. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights also say’s, “Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.” This quote is also making very clear that if we want to leave our country we have the right to come back as well.

Who is really involved in all of this? Latinos’ in particular are mostly involved in this. By building a wall on the borders of Mexico you are taking away these people’s right to move as they please. If this wall does take place it will result in chaos. How do you think. If so many latinos want to leave their country why do you really think they are leaving?

 We can help immigrants by making protesting to the wall and giving our complaints to the President. We should care because immigrants if that was you and your family, all you want to do is have the best for them, how would you think of them if you were in their shoes. If it all immigrants were removed, there would be a sudden increase in job openings. In the Bureau of Labor Statistics, it say’s, “Other occupations with high shares of Hispanics or Latinos were building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (36.7 percent) and construction and extraction occupations (32.3 percent).” This quote reveals that many jobs in the U.S are occupied by Hispanics or Latinos.

All in all, if this wall is built immigrants human rights will be taken away from them. Also if latinos or Hispanics are removed there would be a sudden increase on job openings. If we don't do something now then who knows what will happen to many innocent people in the future.

What A Gift

 I recall my favorite Christmas present was getting an iPod touch when I was nine. It was amazing to me because I've been  wanting one ever since they came out, and my  two brothers had one and they seemed really cool. I couldn't determine who gave it to me until a week later, it was from my oldest brother.  When my mom explained that he gave it to me I was not too happy about it, but shocked because when we were younger we were not very fond of each other, but after a while I did thank him and we became a little closer. Today I still have the iPod, but I gave it back to him because he needed it for when we travel, and I got a tablet from my parents so he was fine with it.  It was because of that iPod me and him are somewhat closer today

That's My Quote

My all time favorite quote is "treat others like you want to be treated", this quote was from a lot of my family members but especially my grandparents. This quote means a lot to me because respect and treating others well is a huge part of wh I am, I don't want to treat someone badly or disrespect them because I know if someone were to do that to me I wouldn't like it. I connect with this quote because when I was younger I would be picked on in school by this girl, then one day I  saw an older girl picking on her and it made me feel bad but happy that she knows what she did to me and how it made me feel, she did apologize in the end and that's why I have so much respect for this quote.

OH! So That's What My Name Means!

My name is originated from Greece. My name, Cynthia, is also the name of a greek moon goddess. I was named Cynthia because my father liked the name and my mother told me that my first and last name represent strong character and they thought it was a powerful name. My mother also told me she named me Cynthia because i'm a strong person and I am also a possessive, moody, sour outside, sweet inside, kind of person.I like my name because it suits me very well but I have always loved the idea of being name Valentina (Valentines) after my grandfather Valentine.