My Junior Year

My Junior year at life Academy has been challenging for me. There was certain classes in where I wouldn't do as bad as I would in others.But there was a point in were I went through many struggles in all of my classes.I feel that I could of done better if I would of put more effort into my work. I had all the support I needed I had my parents and friends encouragement, but I was just not trying my best. I feel that if I would of put more effort into my school work I would of done better. For my senior year my goal would be to to put more effort into my work, I will try to overcome all my struggles, although it will not be easy I knew I can do it and I will graduate and go off to college.

Alameda

My expiricence at Alameda was different compared to other places we've visited. I noticed that the majority of people there are cocasian, it also seemed like a very clean and safe community. There we got to interview twelve people about safety at Alameda. They all seemed like very nice people, and aswered our questions. People we interviewd talked to us about how they thought that the community at Alameda was really safe, someone even mentioned that they could walk at any time of the day including night time, without being afraid of anything.The community there also looked very peaceful, and everyone seemed to get along with each other. Most of the people there felt that their community was a very nice place to live in, without being afraid. It was really interesting listening to different people's opinion on safety in their neighborhood. From there we went to the Alameda Beach in where we had fun as a class. <

My Thoughts

Being in this class I got to experience many things. I also got to challenge myself learn new things and meet more people. Something that I had to overcome in this class is probably my shyness because I felt that I started talking more with other people, although I am not really used to talking as much. I feel that when we went out to do interviews I felt more comfortable asking people to get interview, although there was times in where my group would get rejected we still kept on going. There was times in where I wouldn't want to participate but I would still try my hardest in this class. Something I could of challenge myself to do would of probably been experiencing new food, because when ever we visited new places I wouldn't eat the food there because it was different and it was different to what I was usually used to. But overall I enjoyed being in this class because I got to experience new things and learned from them.

Walnut Creek

For me visiting Walnut Creek was a really different experience, because I had gone by there but didn't really paid much attention to the community there. It seemed that most of the people there was Caucasian and there was a little less of Asian and African American, You would hardly see Hispanic people there. Although it seemed like a really clean and nice neighborhood, it was kind of weird because it was a different environment. After all it seems that's a really nice neighborhood to visit and interview people, I got to learn what residents at Walnut Creek thought about their community. It was a good experience for me because II got to visit a place a I had not visited before and got to learn about their community.

The Castro District of San Francisco

It was a really different experience for me. I noticed that everyone in this community was really nice to each other, they all seem like really nice people. There we saw many stores that sold food, clothes,or other things. There was also different kinds of food there like Burgers,Hot Dogs, Pizza, Taqueria's and some other restaurants. The Castro district of San Fancisco seemed like a very friendly place in where everyone got along, and in where everyone was respected for who they were. It seemed like a very nice community, here I got to interview six people that were willing to answer our questions. People here seemed to be all really friendly an nice. I got to learn more about their community and different people's opinion.

Trip To Lake Shore

The lakeshore trip was a place in where it looked like a really nice neighborhood to live. While we did our interviews it seemed that people didnt feel as safe. One of a bussines owner mentioned how it took two ours for the police to get there when the store alarm went on. There was many kind of stores that sold food, clothes and other king of things. The ethnicity that I saw the most of was propably Asian and cocasian.

We also went to The Oakland Rose Garden, which was a really quiet place in where there was many rosas of all different kind of colors. This was also a place in where people can get married. It seemed like a very peaceful place. You would be sorrounded by nature. It was a really nice place to visit.

My Expirience At Old Oakland

The place where I visited is known as Old Oakland. It was a place in where there was different kinds of food like vegetables, fruits and other kind of things. There was also music that some people played there at the place. You would see all kinds of people there buying things at the Farmer's Market. During our interviews we got three people,I actually thought that they were all really kind. They talked to us about how they thought it was a clean place because there was usually people sweeping or cleaning up there trash after themselves, and there is also a janitor that cleans around. It was a really interesting trip because I got to visit a new place, interview people and got to learn more about their community there.

My Expirience at Rockridge

My thoughts when I got there were different to what I had expected. When I got there I wouldn't really see many Hispanic people, I would say that the majority was Caucasian. It looked like a very clean neighborhood, there was also many clothes stores and restaurants. During our visit there we got to interview some people which was kind of hard to find because we kept on getting rejected. We kept on trying and at the end we got around five people. Some the people we interviewed said that what they didn't like about Rockridge was the school that was nearby their businesses, and someone else said that the things there were kind of expensive. After this experience I actually think that it is different in some ways compared to other places I've visited. It was a very different experience for me because I got to visit a new neighborhood and learn from them.

Who is she?

She’s known as someone that won’t be quiet. She has a very good personality, although she sometimes does get on your nerves. But you’ll get over it, because she is always trying to get someone’s attention by making them laugh. She could sometimes be helpful, but other times could just be a distraction. She will sometimes have some kind of attitude with people that might lead her to problems, that as time goes by she might regret. She will try being nice to you, although there will be days in where she has a grumpy attitude out of no where. She’s the teenage girl that will always keep a smile on people’s faces. And will keep on going throughout the her struggles.

Trip to Chinatown

Before arriving to Chinatown my thoughts where that it was going to be a very challenging to interview people because there is sometimes people that don't know the English language as good. When I arrived there it was actually a place in where you would see different kind of ethnicities. When we walked around to try and find some people to interview, we got king of frustrated because we would go into different restaurant or any other food store to ask and they would reject us. Their excuses were that they were too busy, that their manager wasn't there or similar excuses like those. At the end we ended up interviewing three different people. It was a whole different experience for me it was harder interviewing people at Chinatown.

Some differences I saw between Chinatown and Fruitvale were that at Fruitvale you would see a lot of Hispanic people and at Chinatown the majority would be Asian although there would also be some of other ethnicities. Both of the places seemed to have people that got along with each other. Although it was a different community, it was a very good experience for me to be able to make comparisons between Fruitvale and China Town.

My Expirience At Fruitvale

Well, my experience at Walnut Creek compared to Oakland was different. It was much more easier to interview people at Walnut Creek than being at Fruitvale. For me it was harder to interview people at Fruitvale because it was kind of hard to translate some of the questions and plus we would get rejected by many people. What I actually learned from the community at Fruitvale was that many people feel that their community is involved a lot with violence or other things related to that, many people feel unsafe. Fruitvale is actually a place in where the community is really polite, but there was also people that mentioned being at a place that was full of violence. Fruitvale is a place in where there are more Latino’s than any other race. It was a new experience for me in where I got to compare the community between Fruitvale in Oakland and Walnut Creek.