:) My Strive To Continue On:)

So far we are coming close to the end of this semester. I feel like at the beginning of the semester, I set myself with standards that I felt I could achieve. I felt that I was doing well for a while and I continued to stay on track and keep my grades up. I ended up getting sick, and was hospitalized for a week, missing an entire week of school. I wasn’t able to do any homework or class work and had talked to my teachers and they all were going to let me make up any missing work for that week. Once I got back to school it was horrible, missing one week of college felt as if I missed an entire month and I felt that there was no way I could catch up on my work. I tried my best to but ever since then I began to slack off, becoming further and further back in work. Currently I am trying my hardest to get back on track and raise all of my grades because I do not want to have to retake any classes, nor do I want to have any bad grades because Universities will not look at bad grades. I am hoping that with the eight weeks or so of school left, that there will be enough time to stay on track and improve my grades to where I’d like them. I continue to keep a positive attitude, always have, and always will, because that seems to always help me keep pushing and going on no matter the situation!! J My motto is: Don’t forget to SMILE!! J

:) Weekly Calendar, To Do List :)

To Do List


Must Do
1) Finish all hw for Reading/English
2) Go to school counseling appt
3) Go to Dr appt
Should Do
1) Finish all hw for Child Development/Math
2) Do laundry
3) Pay bills
Could Do
1) Get nails/toes done
2) Go shopping
3) Hang out with some friends

:) Vocabulary #5 :)

Aggression- (noun)  any offensive action, attack, or procedure; an inroad or incroachment
Source Sentence- A war of national liberation or simple aggression?
My Sentence- The child showed to have some aggression when he didn't get his way.
Context Clue- Your logic because I have already learned this word through past vocabulary

Monotony- (noun) sameness of tone or pitch, as in speaking
Source Sentence- I remember the monotony.
My Sentence- Ashley had a monotony voice in the show "Secret Life of the American Teenager".
Context Clue- Your logic because I have watched a televsion show and the actress speaks in monotone
Shrouded- (noun) a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial
Source Sentence- The very facts were shrouded in uncertaubty:Was it a civil war?
My Sentence- When my grandmother passed away, she was shrouded and then placed in her coffin.
Context Clue- Your logic because I have had deaths in my life where this word has been used

:) To My Best Friend In The Whole Wide World :)

Long -Term Goal: Get Bachelor’s Degree
Mid-Term Goal: Get AA
Short- Term Goal: Pass all of my classes, study, do all homework

Dear Grisell,
Hello bestest friend in the whole wide world. Wow, I can’t believe a year has passed already, so much has happened this past year you’ll never believe it. Well, I finished schools at Fullerton JC. I received my AA and I am now attending Cal State Long Beach working on getting my Bachelor’s Degree. I passed all of my classes with A’s, B’s, and just a few C’s. I used some of the studying techniques that I learned from my reading 96 class and they helped me so much, and even improved my test scores. I completed all of my homework assignments not leaving one out because if I didn’t do one assignment that one assignment could of affected my grade and I couldn’t afford for my grades to drop. I miss you so much, now that we are both trying to become closer to our careers we haven’t hung out as much, but we definitely need to get to together soon and hang out!

Love,
Your Bestest Friend
Ky'Anna Clavel :)

:) Weekly Calendar, To Do List :)

To Do List

Must Do
1. All homework for Child development 120/Math 040
2. Get another copy of W-2 form
3. Finish taxes due by April 15th

Should Do
1. All homework for Reading 096/English 100
2. Cut back on spendng, start saving!
3. Do laundry

Could Do
1. Study for any test/exams coming up
2. Catch up on any homework that is allowed late credit
3. Pay all bills fo rnext pay cycle

:) Vocabulary #4 :)

Wistful-(adjective) marked by pensive longing

Source Sentence- "Some carried themselves with sort of wistful resignation, others with pride or stiff soldierly discipline or good humor or macho zeal."

My Sentence- I have no idea how to use the word wistful in a sentence of my own.

Context Clue- Not quite sure which context clue was used for this word.

Resignation- (noun) formal statement, document, etc., stating that one gives up an office, position, etc.

Source Sentence-"Some carried themselves with sort of wistful resignation, others with pride or stiff soldierly discipline or good humor or macho zeal.”

My Sentence- the President of the United States put in for a resignation of his position.

Context Clue- Your logic because I have heard this word before and I used what I already knew to apply it to this word.

 Zeal- (noun) intense ardor or eagerness

Source Sentence-"Some carried themselves with sort of wistful resignation, others with pride or stiff soldierly discipline or good humor or macho zeal."

My Sentence- My little sister can sometimes show zeal in her personality.

Context Clue- Your logic because by knowing what the definition was I could figure out what this word meant and how to use it.

:) Weekly Calendar, To Do List :)

To Do List

Must Do
1. Reading and English homework
2. Go to Appointment
3. Pay Bills

Should Do
1. Math and Child Development homework
2. Laundry
3. Make a few phone calls (dr. office's)

Could Do
1. Hang out with friends
2. Clean Room
3. Go car shopping

:) My Hero! :)

There have been many instances in life which have made an impact on me personally. One important story in my life that made a huge impact would have to be the time that my mother went into the hospital. The day the ambulance and fire fighters rushed my mother out of our house made me realize that you can’t take life for granted. My mother has always been very healthy and seeing her in the condition she was in, made me think to myself that that could happen to anyone. You don’t have to be in bad shape for something bad to happen to you, you can be “perfectly” fine, and one day you can take a turn in life. I wake up every morning, grateful that I am able to see another day of life. I’m grateful that my mother and father are healthy right now and that I get to share each and every day with them. My mother was on her death bed and the doctors didn’t believe she would survive, but she did, and that is one of the reasons why I consider my mother to be my hero!! She is an amazing woman, and without my mother, I have no idea what I would do. I respect my mother so much, I look up to her, and I hope I can at least be half the mother she has been! My mother is one of my best friends and I love her to death, I wouldn’t want to consider anyone else my hero but her. She has lived up to the definition of a hero!

:) Vocabulary #2 :)

Inertia-(noun)  intertness especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
Source Sentence- " ...the hump was everything, a kind of inertia, a kind of emptiness, ..."
My Sentence- Sometimes I can have a little inertia at home when I don't feel like doing anything.
Context Clue- (Your logic) because based on the definition I figured out how to use the word.
Ambiguities- (noun) doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention.
Source Sentence- " -and for all the ambiguities of Vietnam, all the mysteries and unknowns, ..."
My Sentence- Every human being naturally has ambiguities about something or someone.
Context Clue- (Your logic) because I already knew what the word meant from previous classes.
Arsenal- (noun) a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.
Source Sentence- " - the fruits  of science, the smokekstacks, the canneries, the arsenals at Hartford, .."
My Sentence- My brother has an arsenal when he is at base because he is in the Army.
Context Clue- (Your logic) because my brother has told me about them when he talks about being in the Army.

:/ The Weight I Carry! :/

I carry the weight of sadness each and every day. I became pregnant during this fall semester of school, and found out around Christmas time. I looked forward to becoming a mother and my family was extremely excited as well. Some of my friends knew but most of the news was told to my family. My parents were going to have their first grandchild, my brothers and sisters were going to have their first niece or nephew, and my child would have been the first great and great-great grandchild for my grandparents. This past Christmas, December 25, 2011, my grandmother ( my mom’s mom) passed away, and so finding out that I was pregnant brought some excitement to the family because we all had just lost a family member. I began this spring semester pregnant and it was a little hard to get up every morning and come to school but I did it! On January 27, 2012 I was scheduled for my first ultrasound and enjoyed seeing my baby on the little monitor. The baby was fine and everything was okay at the ultrasound appointment. After the ultrasound, I started to not feel well and slept the rest of the day. At 10:45 p.m., that night I miscarried my baby. I was in the Emergency Room the next day, all day long. This tragic incident has left pain and sadness on me. I have gotten through most of my day, but some days are the hardest, especially when it hurts me that I lost my baby. I share this story because being opened about it helps me cope with this loss that I have suffered. But, through all of this I will continue to try my hardest to keep this SMILE on my face. :)

:) Vocabulary #1 :)

Topography- (noun) the configuration of a surface including its relief and the position of its natural and man made features.
Source Sentence- " Depending on numerous factors such as topography and psychology..."
My Sentence- You can map soft surfaces of topography.
Context Clue- (Your logic) because I already knew what psychology meant and he grouped the words together so I based them together.
Profound- (adjective) having intellectual depth and insight
Source Sentence- " The guy's dead, he kept saying, which seemed profound-- the guy's dead. "
My Sentence- Seeing how profound she was, made him interested in her.
Context Clue- (Your logic) because I already have heard this word before, so I already had an idea of what the word meant.
Volition- (noun) an act of making a choice or decision
Source Sentence- " ... one step and then the next and then another, but no volition, no will, because it was automatic, ..."
My Sentence- The volition that I made yesterday made a huge impact on the rest of my life.
Context Clue- (Your logic)  because by reading the sentence I put it all together and knew what they meant by using the word.