Melissa

**I Believe. . .**
 * 1) ** I believe everything happens for a reason[[image:melissa-summerschool-2011-semester2-.jpg width="560" height="371" align="right" caption="Melissa types up an essay during summer school."]] **
 * 2) **I believe you should never give up trying**
 * 3) ** I believe that you should never regret anything that once made you smile **
 * 4) **I believe that sometimes you need to get away from everything and just go into your own little world**
 * 5) ** I believe you should NOT hold on to something or someone that is just going to keep hurting you **
 * 6) **I believe that in life you should just take chances and hope for the best**
 * 7) ** I believe you should live your life to the fullest because you only have one **
 * 8) **I believe what goes around comes around**
 * 9) ** I believe you should always try your best **
 * 10) **I believe that when a girl keeps going back to a guy who treats her bad it’s not because she’s dumb it’s because she’s not ready to give up hope, hope that maybe someday he will change.**
 * 11) ** I believe that a guy should always treat there girl as a princess **
 * 12) **I believe that nobody should settle with less than what they deserve**
 * 13) ** I believe people make mistakes nobody is perfect **

**I know how it is to not be in a family where we all fight and don’t get along. Also having a mother with so much health issues that she can die anytime. Life for me is really hard because I always have my mom in my head knowing that any second of the day she can be gone forever and I will never have the chance to see her. ** **I know how it is to not have a successful family. I have two sisters, and two brothers and all of them don’t have a good life except my middle sister that is 21 years old she actually has a good life she is going to school to become a nurse, she is engaged to a marine and has a little 1 year old boy also has her own house, I’m so proud of her. In the other hand I have my oldest brother that is 26 years old has no job, drinking problem, drug problem and always going to jail also living with my mom still. My sister that is 25 years old has no job and has a 6 year old little girl she also lives with my mom. My brother is 19 has a drug problem, no job and living with my mom. It’s really hard to live like this. **
 * I Know. . . **

**I know that with the family I have we are not going anywhere it’s sad to say but they have no future. They are depending on my mom when my mom can be gone at any time. That should make them want to change and be a better person but they are too stupid to see it. I see it that’s why I’m going to school trying my hardest to graduate get a diploma and go off to college. It also really sucks that we can never get along we are always fighting for some stupid reason. **

**I know how it is to have a sick mother that has dialyses, both kidneys are worthless, cancer, also a hole in her heart. I know how it feels to know your mom can be gone any second that passes it’s the worst feeling. I’m living every day scared that she will leave. She is my everything without her my life will not be worth living because she completes it she is my best friend. I try my hardest to remind her how much I love and need her in my life. **

**I know how it is to have a hard and scary life. I got to make everyday worth living for you might see me as a happy girl always smiling and what not nut truth is I’m not happy I got to fake a smile so nobody can see my weakness. ** **The life I live is really hard I wouldn’t want anybody to go through this not even my worst enemy. So make the best out of life because remember you only have one don’t ruin it and regret later in life. **

30 things…
 * 1) Sky dive[[image:melissa1-2011-summer-semester2-.jpg width="480" height="317" align="right"]]
 * 2) Graduate high schoo
 * 3) Go to collage
 * 4) Graduate collage
 * 5) Get straight A’s
 * 6) Grow long hair
 * 7) Ink my body
 * 8) Find my Mr. Right
 * 9) Fall in love
 * 10) Get married
 * 11) Have kids
 * 12) Go to Vegas
 * 13) Go clubbing
 * 14) Own a big house
 * 15) Have my own cars
 * 16) Become a millionaire
 * 17) Write a song
 * 18) Meet Drake
 * 19) Come out in a music video
 * 20) Be a nurse
 * 21) Own a restaurant
 * 22) Have a pit bull
 * 23) Buy my mom a house
 * 24) Have big parties
 * 25) Sing with Drake
 * 26) Marry Drake
 * 27) Help homeless
 * 28) Have a beach house
 * 29) Travel the world
 * 30) Move to Hawaii

My opinion…

Brandon should go to adult court. He was cold blooded and planed the death of Larry. He wants to act like an adult then he should be taken serious like an adult. It shows that he adult planed it because he went home had time to think about it even though he was very mad. He planned to get his father’s gun and to shoot Larry the next day. Also he told Larry’s friend the day before the crime to tell Larry goodbye because she would never see him again. So he already knew what he was going to do to him. Brandon should be in jail for the rest of his life. He is a danger to everyone. What makes you think he will change? He is who he is and that’s a danger, ruthless person. He should be in prison who cares if he was only 14 years young when he did it he should have known better and have thought about what he was doing at the age 14 you know the right from the wrong. He needs to be charged as an adult in my opinion. He took Larry’s dream and life away. I think he should lose his because he had to right to take his life away just like that he was a young boy just trying to be himself. __He Belongs in Adult court and prison for the rest of his life!__

Agree or disagree? **I somewhat agree with Susan that text, writing is important because with text it will give you details and you can learn more about what’s going on. But like she’s a writer she don’t believe in photographs she thinks there no use. I strongly disagree with that one.** I ** disagree with her 100% on the photographs they are very important. They show things that once happened memories as well. Yes it don’t show exactly what happened but you can have an idea. The photo can also have a little short text explaining the photo that was taken .Also photos help you think and imagine and think what was going on. Pictures help you have an image about what your learning or reading about. **
 * I disagree with Susan Sontag. I think that photographs is very important because you get to see and think about the photo. But I agree with her that text is important as well. **
 * They are both equally important like for example the big Japan earthquake the photographs show the damages that were done. But you don’t know exactly what happened by the photos that’s there’s a text that talks about that picture like a tiny summery. You can use both they are very important in the world today. **
 * So in my opinion I think both are strongly important. You can use both to learn what’s going on in this world. **

To blame??


 * Who is really to blame for the death of Larry King? Everyone has a little to blame because nobody took control.But in the other hand Brandon is the one to blame.**
 * I think Larry had to be the least to blame i mean yes he had freedom to dress how ever he wanted but he took it a little to far. He just wanted the attention that never got as a child and you cant blame him because he was homosexual and had a crush on Brandon.He has the right to like anybody he want i mean you cant stop someones feelings or maybe he cant nobody has control of there feelings.**
 * The school and parents are the most to blame in my opinion because the school did not take control how Larry was causing a scene at school.Some teachers complained to the principal Ms. Espstein but she did not do anything about it because she was homosexual as well. She told him he had the right to wear what he wants but i mean if it was a distraction to teachers and students it should have been stopped . Brandon's parents are very highly to be blamed because he shouldn't of had loaded gun's wide open for the child of 14 years old to get it.**
 * But unfortunately Brandon is to blame.He should have gone to an adult of the school to tell them what was happening to Larry but no he went off to go ahead and take larry's life away. That was not the right thing to do there could have been a lot of things he could have done instead i fully think he is to blame.**
 * In conclusion Brandon is to blame everyone had a little to do with it and all have a bit of blame but he shot Larry King he should be in jail for a long time.**

My Ring <3 (:

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In my life I have something that is very special and means a lot to me. It’s a ring that was once my best friend/ex boyfriend Jordan Hernandez. He passed away 8.10.10. He meant the world to me. No matter what I will NEVER take it off. =====

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This ring is very important to me because it makes me feel safe. He told me right before he passed away “Meli this ring symbolizes me were ever you are your always going to have me to protect you and make you feel safe just like I always have been<3” =====

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The day he went away forever was the worst day of my life. Having to see the guy of my dreams die right in front of me. I went crazy my best friend, boyfriend my everything was gone I knew I would never see him in life again. But this ring makes me feel like he is still and always with me right next to my heart. =====

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When I’m missing him a lot and crying or I just feel lonely I hold and look at the ring it makes me smile because I know he wouldn’t want to see me like that also makes me smile because I reminisce about the times we him and I shared. =====

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This ring I will keep forever. It’s like having Jordan next to my heart that’s the way it’s supposed to be. I will never forget him that’s a promise. That’s why the ring is the most important item in my life and I will stay that way till the day I am gone to be with him. =====