Extra Credit Blog

The main points of my senior exhibition are going to vary. I will include my strongest points so that I could be graded well. I am going to start with my essay and talk about my different rhetorical modes. I will also talk about my statistics as well as my graphs and charts. At the end I will talk about the pictures I included on my poster and how they contribute to my essay. These points will help my presentation more because it will help me know what I am going to talk about next. Being organized will contribute to a big part of my presentation because I will not struggle to what I have to say next. I will have everything I need to say on my poster and I will just take quick glance at my poster and talk about it. My poster is going to include the following based on the checklist that we got. I am going to include my essential question on the top middle. I will also include my essay on the sides of the poster as well as some charts that I found for my essay. I will also include some pictures I found about people protesting about the Arizona Law which was a topic in my senior essay. This pictures will make my poster look good because I am going to make it look good by arrange in it good and presenting good. My board will also help me explain things that I can�t cover in my presentation. For example, my poster will include the total population of illegal immigrants on the U.S. I wouldn�t be able to cover this in my presentation because I will have to look at the poster continuously and that will probably lower my total points. My poster will contribute a lot in my presentation because it serves as a structure for my main points to take place in the presentation. The board includes everything I am going to talk about so if I need help of what to say I will have backup to look forward to. I know that we have 5-7 minute presentation, but I think that I will be able to cover my important points throughout my presentation. I am going to make good use of my time and arrange time to say what I have to say. People are going to be grading how well I present my main points. I have gathered a series of pictures to include on my poster that I think they will help my poster look stronger. I have graphs from professional surveys that I am sure they will show good evidence for my essay. Overall I think my poster is going to include good points that are in my essay and they will help me lead. These points are going to help people understand my topic because I also included pros and cons on my poster that includes both arguments for and arguments against. I have understood my points and I hope to succeed.

Compulsory Service

I believe that all 18 year olds should not serve in the military for 2 years because they deserve to be what they want by the time they graduate. Not all 18 year old teens want to finish high school to serve in the army or Peace Corps. They stayed in school because their family convinced them that they have a life in front of them and they can be whatever they want in the future. I think that if the 18 year old people went to the army then they consider themselves as no life and they don't care about their future. I know some teens don't have financial aid and the only way to go to college is to go to the army and they will have money and the education required to assist to a well known college. I believe that all 18 year olds should dedicate themselves to the careers they want. What if they don’t want to serve in the military but they have to because they know that by going to the army or serving in the Peace Corps will help them with college. They also don’t want to serve in some type of government program where they will help other countries. They are 18 and they have the right to do whatever they want. Some teens don’t like how the government acts and serving for the government will be a total hell for them. I believe that they should get help from others so that those who need help will get help and not have to do something just to get the help they want.

Voting

I want to convince you to vote in the next election. I want you to support our community by voting on a person that will be good for us and will help to express our ideas to the other people. By voting you will have a chance to change the way others think and you will express what you want in the real world. You just have to be 18 years old to vote and you will have a chance to change your future to make it better for everyone. Nobody wants to live in a community where everything we do affects the way we live and we don't want a corrupted community. That is why we vote. We vote to change the world we live in and to make it easier for us to live. You should also vote to help other people express their ideas when they can't. You have the chance like many others to change the community you want for your children to grow up in. You don't want a community where people are corrupt and everything you do is wrong. You should vote to change the way you want to live and to make people have more rights to do things they want. We have the opportunity to choose a person to represent all of the people currently in the U.S and they will try to make our community a better place for everyone. Overall you should vote to pick new presidents, Governors, and senators to gain more money for your state and this will help our community one of the strongest and with the help of you and other voters.

Health Care

I think health care should be a right and not a privilege. This is because people need to be secured when doing a job or something else where they might get injured. Health care should also be a right because not a lot of people can afford it and many people in the U.S are immigrants. They should make health care a right in the U.S for people that are already in the U.S. Many people in the U.S get scared because something bad can happen to them and they don't have health insurance to cover them if something bad happens to them. I think health care should be aright because people should not be push away just because they don't have money to afford it. They should have a right to accept people to have health care and to have a backup in case of something bad happens to them. Companies should agree with me because they don't want their workers getting injured which will cut down their supplies made. They need workers working in a safe environment and with a backup to support them. I know that health care benefits only those with legal status but many people come from other countries to have a good job and life for their families but they should back them up since they are doing some of the worlds hardest jobs that other people don't want to do. Overall I restate my main opinion, Health care should be a right for all people currently on the U.S and it should back them up even if they can't afford them or don't have legal status.

Problem Solver

There has been many moments in my high school years that I have demonstrated that I was a problem solver. The first example was when I needed to study for a test in Mrs. Dozier and I needed help. At first I didn't know what to do but I thought how I could solve this problem so I did. I found the shortest way to solve the problems which was to use some of my notes that we could use in the test. By doing this I found that I could solve some problems by the useful notes that I have used. We have always gotten a small note card that we could put as much as the notes that fit in that note card. I was smart enough to put only the useful notes that I needed and that were going to be useful to solve me some problems.
The second example was not being able to use Photoshop to finish a work that I needed to finish. At first I did not know how to use Photoshop but I stayed on task and took notes on everything I needed to use. At the end I was able to solve the problem of not knowing how to use the computer and actually finishing my work on time and with the help of my hard work and time spent on class. Everyone can be a problem solver if they know what they want. I was able to solve the problems that I had in school and doing things that were going to help me solve these problems.

Civic Responsibility

I think that my duties as an emerging adult are attending college and have a good career that supports me and my family for the future. I want to be able to pay all my bills and pay the rent of where I live. Some duties include having a good education and be able to use all my ESLR'S that I learned in high school and all my other moments in life and my future. I know that in the future it would not be like when I was in high school, getting money from my parents and buying chips and drinks in school. In the future I will have to work for my future and depend on myself and everything that I have learned to help me out. I owe the world a better me for the future I know I can contribute to the economy by paying taxes and working on my career. I have to use the knowledge I learned and apply them to my work or my life. I want to contribute to the community by not giving up and offering the community my talent and effort so that I can help in something. I know that the world needs more people to help them out by doing works and other important tasks. I will also contribute to the community by raising a family and teach my children the importance of life and the use of education on your life and the career you want. There is nothing in the world than a good education and the career that you have always dreamed of.

Essential Question

My essential question is, Does having immigrant parents affect you as a teen? I picked this question because I have notice that many teens feel embarrassed about their parents being immigrants and I wanted to know if it does affect them. I also picked this because I have immigrant parents that came to the U.S a long time ago and raised me here in San Diego. I know that question will bring a lot of contradictions so that is why I am using it for my senior exhibition. I want to know what other people’s point of view is. I plan to answer this question using my sources that I have found. There are many articles that have given me information about this question and they have come very useful. I also hope to answer this question by getting enough information and at the end finding out the true answer. This question has been very interesting to study about; I have received good information about Ms. Lonnecker saying that this question will be very interesting to research about. I also chose this question because I thought that it was very interesting to find out by using other peoples information including mine and my brothers. Since we have immigrant parents we don't really see that it affects us to have immigrant parent. On the other hand we are thankful for raising us. This question can bring good and bad arguments about this question. I think that it doesn't affect you but I am not the only answering this question around the world, so I want to research more about this question.