Author: Evelyn Garcia

Would a later school Time Increase Students Success?

Evelyn Garcia

Many of us would chose our school schedule because were in college. But those who are still in middle school and high school don’t have a choice but to deal with the schools timing. Most students don’t even get the right amount of time to sleep. Most students have other curriculum activities other then just school work. On top of their curriculum activities they have to deal with homework when they were in school for maybe 8 hours or more. In my opinion i feel like if schools were to start later it would increase students success.

When allowing schools to start later then usual it give students to be able to succeed more. For example in the text it stated “I think most nights he’s probably asleep by 10 or 10:30. His school bus picks him up at 6:40 a.m. To catch it, he needs to wake up not long after 6.” (Caroline Crosson Gilpin, IP 7-8). In other words kids who don’t have access to go to school in their own vehicle they have to wake up super early to catch the public transportation to be able to get to school in time and be able to even get to school.

Lastly I feel like school should start later so that students can succeed more. It would give students more energy to do able to do school work and pay attention rather then falling asleep in class. It would allow kids be able to work more and do better in school and other assignments.

Final Reflection

Evelyn Garcia

Throughout the semester a lot of things stand out to me. What stood out to me the most was the poems. Every writer wrote about their experiences and how they saw things based on their life. My writing throughout these 15 weeks has improved a bit. My journey to getting here was difficult but not impossible. 

I’ve completed many assignments throughout this semester. But the first assignment I’m most proud of is the blackout poetry. I’m proud of that assignment due to the fact that I loved the poet’s poems and really loved what she was saying in her poems. I felt like I was in her shoes and understood where she was coming from. Another assignment I’m proud of is the marriage proposal. I really loved that assignment because it explains both perspectives on marriage including those who are part of the LGBTQ. It really spoke to me how men think differently than women in a proposal. I also never knew that almost every woman thought about the same thing when they were being proposed to. 

Throughout the semester a lot of us go through a lot of challenges. Mines were a couple of them. For me it was mostly time management and dealing with mental health issues. I would procrastinate a lot with my work and let everything pile up until I finally got myself to do it. I would come home from school and decide to do other things other than my homework. I would be busy at times where I wouldn’t have time for anything. But at the end of the day I chose to get myself up and still try even if that meant I was going to fail. 

Overall I really loved being in the English 201 class. It really taught me a lot of things. I read so much and learn so many new things. Even though it’s been challenging for me, I really got it through and enjoyed learning new things everyday.  This class has made me understand things more, especially poems and understand what others are trying to say. It made me like reading poems now then before.

Marriage Proposal

Evelyn Garcia

The article mentions about symbolic gendering due to the fact that women also want equal rights as men. But men are also expected to do what are men things. Such as proposing to their significant other. Men at a young age have to go with the concept of being a “Man”. That means hiding their feelings and not showing it or talking about it. When women are in the moment of the proposal they feel like their forced to say yes to avoid the awkward situation or the fact that the guy is going to feel humiliated. Women feel like if they was to say no it would mean that the relationship can either be over or not when all she means is that she isnt ready to take those big steps. When men proposes to their significant other, she expects a big proposal to post all over social media and show it out to the public but men on the other hand dont care about the big guesters nut they do it to satisfy and make their wife happy.

Parents

Evelyn Garcia

In my opinion kids should know the truth until their old enough to understand certain things. They shouldn’t know the full truth either. I feel like parents should lie to their kids and tell them nice things. This is because everyone doesn’t always wanna hear bad things they also want to hear nice things so they can feel better about themselves. If parents tell their kids the truth but they should say in a nice way not in a brutal way that makes their kids feel like you don’t love them. Adults can teas kids but as long as the kids know how their family member is and knows that their all joking around and is comfortable within the environment their in. There’s certain occasions where the truth has to be told and there’s other occasions where its right to just shield their kids.

Eeasure Poem

Evelyn Garcia

decide delusion I live,

genderless out of sight. I choose

spend what I have. American,

I hear what I want to.

our right—

protect ourselves extreme stress.

times great fear,

do to survive

make it out alive.

one instruction having a body,

punishment  

birds look at me—

Endangered. future earned

or inherited. writes itself.

Where I’m from

Evelyn Garcia

I am from  Tacos,

from corn flour and meat.

I am from the big white house with a lot of flowers.

I am from the pink and red roses,

The big green tree

I am from celebrating quinceaneras to celebrating the Virgin Guadalupe

and making jokes to giving/getting advice,

from Alberta

and Tomas and Jaime.

I am from the loudness of music 

and eating dinner together.

From “ahi comida en la casa”(*there’s food in the house*)

and “Te calmas o te calmo”(*You calm down or I calm you down*).

I am from Catholicism.

I’m from Brooklyn, NY and Puebla, Mexico

Mole with orange rice and Tamales verdes.

From the story of why my mom left my dad,

To the mischievous things I did as a child,

and the story of how my mom became a strong independent woman/mother.

I am from the big frames in the living room hanging from the wall.