My Week

My production company, Stellar Productions, consists of six people: Paula, Alejandra, Maritza, Kevin, Rafa, and I. Our film is going to be a PSA and the positive message we want to give is to be kind and to pass kindness on. This week we finished planning the last minute thoughts for our film and made a sketch for our storyboards. We also went to the park to rehearse for the actual recording of our film and to decided whether we were going to make it a one shot film or multiple shots. This seemed to be the biggest conflict because we all had a different opinion on how it should be and after a lot of filming we decided that it was best to do multiple shots. We filmed a couple of shots and the next day we imported the shots into the computer. we also began to think of new ideas for our new film. Yesterday we began to edit our film and some of us continued to talk about the next film.

What Music Means to Me

Music is freedom of expression. Music is living without the fear of being judged by anyone else. Music is the escape from reality into a world you can create however you please. Music is life.
Whether one is listening to it, dancing to it, or singing along to it, a sense of freedom and loss of embarrassment is felt when there is any kind of association with music. Being able to dance like no one is watching and sing like no one is listening is one of the best feelings in the world, for it makes doing what you love so much easier. We live day by day worrying about what others think of us and when listening to music, it is as if all those worries cease to exist. There is music for all kind of moods and feelings, which means there is always a perfect song for any situation you are in. For me, music means dance, so an upbeat salsa song is perfect for when i am happy. A very harsh tango for when i am angry and a slow bachata song for when I am sad. A song never changes, so it does not fail to disappoint ever.

Problems and Struggles

Every student has their own share of problems and different kind of problems. Some students may have academic issues while others may have emotional problems. Academic problems that i see everyday are the inability to learn as fast as the teacher is teaching. Because many students are intimidated by their teachers, they do not ask for help and can fall behind in their classes. Another academic related issue is that a lot of parents do not become involved in their student's life at school. Because of this, kids do not find the great importance of excelling in school and this causes their bad grades. On the other extreme, there are students who strive to do well in school to better their circumstances and to live a better life than what their parents did. Although motivation can be good, having a lot of pressure to do well can also have its negative effects. For example, students become willing to do anything for the higher grade. Some typical emotional problems are relationships with the opposite sex, friends, and with family. Every person has their own drama and problems and the excessive drama can come between a student's school work. These are some of the troubles and struggles Bell High students have.

The Most Interesting Person in the World

In my eyes, the most interesting person in the world is my cousin's boyfriend, Albert. When my first cousin first told me about him, he sounded like a boring nerd that spent his days studying and with his nose in books. It was not until I met him that this erroneous idea I had of him was proved wrong. His physical appearance, for starters, makes him unique, well at least to me. You can tell right away that he is not Latino, like I am so used to seeing around my community; however, he did not look caucasian either. Turns out he is Russian, and he is the one and only Russian I know. His clothing also was not one I am used to seeing because he looked sloppy, yet well groomed ironically. It is also his culture and experiences, though, that make him interesting not just his appearance. He was born and raised in Russia but at the age of eleven, his family was exiled and forced to move to America, for unknown reasons. His dad, having owned many businesses back in Russia, is a very wealthy man, but Albert's humility would have never led me to believe he came from a family with money. Despite his parent's money, he studied hard all through high school which landed him a full ride scholarship to UC Santa Barbara where he successfully kept his GPA at above a 3.8 while studying biochemistry, what I believe to be a tough career. His intelligence, experiences, and overall uniqueness is what makes him the most interesting person.