Triumphant Journey (Bio)

Have you ever met a person that no one wanted to support? Well I am that person, my name is Elvis Morales, and I have experienced the feeling of being left to fend for myself. In my academic career no one noticed that I was dyslexic, so they did not take the time to teach me where I could understand. So I was placed in special education classes. My step dad (Majic Morales) showed me how to use these so called disadvantages as stepping stones to change my life. It has made me stronger in ways I could not see before.  This has since sparked a passion in me to help youth who were like me. This is what drew me towards becoming a part of the year up program. The more I can learn the more help I can be to other youth. The more children I can help, the more they see that they have no limitations, and the more we have young adults succeding in our communities  

California bill would ban warrantless cell phone searches

The article I choose to research was one on Cell phones and making a new bill that would bar unlawful searches of a person under arrest. I agree that limits such as these are necessary for the reason that police officers have a bad history of injustice. That they (police officer) more often than not are more willing to serve their interest then up holding the rights of the people under arrest. It would also mean that it would not be limited to just phones; it would go for tablet computers, laptops, e-readers, media players, and other available devices. In the article from CNN.com this phrase stood out because I believe in certain freedoms, I don’t believe in up saturation and the courts agree and see the same issue. (“They recognize that there must be limits to searches -- but they also know that incriminating evidence can be anywhere, and it's likely to be hidden.")This is also another side of the issue, that limiting the view of the searches of cell phones of persons in custody may let critical evidence slip though the creaks of an already shaky judicial system. So for myself this is a question of how far is too far. When do we cross the line between upholding the law and taking away personal freedoms?  This is an issue that affects anyone who owns a piece of communication technology. So even though it would be a hard decision I agree that these searches need to be monitor to ensure justice.         http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/20/tech/mobile/california-phone-search-law/index.html

My High School Experience

I went to Urban Pioneer High school; it was a continuation school for troubled youth. I had gone through a lot in my academic career before I went to this school. I had a problem with bullies and anger but nevertheless, I did make it through high school. Urban Pioneer was a place where they taught you based on how you would encounter situations in life, not in text books. I had trouble with participating and being an active learner but the teachers actually cared here. All the anxieties I had felt through middle school had been lifted. I did not have to worry about bullies at this institution and I felt that the teachers were more exacting with how they explained the paper work. So my experience of high school was more on a turnaround; I went from hating school to being able to understand why it was okay to apply myself in everything I could ever come to do in the future.   

Variations of Language

I have come to know and understand that the language I use was not molded by just my peers, parents, and teachers. It was made out of necessity of interacting with everything in my day to day world. I know a lot of people would that I have just one way of speaking and this would not be true. When I was younger I didn’t have a voice to be heard, it was an adults world where my opinion was not needed nor did not matter. So I looked for ways to be heard though what I heard every single day over the radio. Voices like Big Pun, Bigge, Tupac, Common, and even classical composers showed me how to express what was in my heart. I know that learning how to express myself would not be enough I would have to learn how to articulate to people in a professional matter. So my dad showed me the language of business men and taught me how to transition from one variation to the next. I know and understand that true language is built and made out of a need to affect change in the world we live in. So then all aspects of living helps mold and change things that we see, believe, and understand as a community. Most people can’t change their language until they are shown a new way of living.