Christmas gift

     The best I ever gave was not one individual gift it was to multiple people. It was a program where you gave gifts to children that were less fortunate and had a parent incarcerated. So at night me and my father delivered gifts to these children all through north and south Berwyn. It was great to know that I was able to make another child smile and make them feel better inside. That is the greatest "gift"  I ever gave was to a group of children that were less fortunate.

Name Meaning

        My first name is Sergio and I was named after my father and his dad. My middle is Isreal because my parents are religious and the meaning is may god prevail. My last I share with my fathers side of the family. I'm not sure what it means or why it have it I just know my father insisted that I had the same name as him. My first name initially was supposed to be Isreal because of its religious meaning however my dad decided to name me after him and just make that my middle name.

Qoute

       An inspiration qoute that means a lot to me is a qoute from Lebron James, which is , "You can't be afraid to fail. It's the only way succeed. You're not gonna succeed all the time and I know that." This means a lot to me because I could use this qoute and put of the classroom. It shows that know matter what don't let failure get in your way of achieving what you want, it's only another way to succeed, to learn from failure and learn to succeed.

What I am Thankful For

         This Thanksgiving I am thankful that I am fortunate to have Thanksgiving. What I mean by this is my family and I are having a Thanksgivng feast where we all come together as most of us have not seen one another in a while. We catch up with each other, feast, watch and play football and just have a good time. I feel fortunate to be able to participate in this type of gathering as others aren't as lucky. I could not have a roof over my head or food on my plate but I am lucky enough to have all of this. So this Thanksgiving I am greatful for Family and Having basic needs.

SummerSixteen Trip

      This summer I took a trip to Texas for my aunts graduation of medical school. My Cousin, Dad, and I took a 13 hour road trip to a lake house in Tyler, Texas. There we stayed for about 5 days, from Wensday To Sunday. It was pretty lit. We barbaqued, swam in a lake that was right in front of the house. The day of the actually graduation was my favorite day. After her graduation ceremony we all went back to the house and ordered like 8 boxes of pizza and just chilled inside and talked. Oh yeah, my cousins I haven't seen in like 8 years were there along with my dad's brother and his wife who I never met. The highlight of this trip was a green and white jet ski that my uncle and dad played around with until my cousins and I got on a disc like object and were pulled around the water. So all in all this was the best thing I did all summer.

Summer Reading Blog

      47 is written by Walter Mosley and throughout this book we follow a young slave orphan who has to deal with the trial and tribulations that an ideal slave would have to live with. His master is brutal and he is constant fear of of being beaten or tortured. That is until he meets a runaway slave named tall John John who opens his mind to different of the world such as freedom.
   In the book 47 the main character (47) faces plenty of external conflict that goes on as slavery is a horrific and egregious. First conflict that is noticeable is the change of him living in the farm with big momma to having to live with field slaves in their own living quarters. In these quarters he is branded unwillingly by another older slave. Also there is some internal conflict as 47 as he is a field slave is brainwashed into thinking there is no freedom and slavery as he thinks of himself as just another “nigger.”

Where I see myself in 10 years.

      This is usually a difficult question for me to answer. At this point in time in my life I feel like I have not expirenced enough to know what I truly want to do in life. But I do know the generalities , and that is that I want to be successful, happy and unburdened. What I mean by unburnded is I don't want to live my life with a chip on my shoulder. Constantly reminding me of failure or inconsistency. I want to live like I am doing what my true calling or potential is. So where I see myself in 10 years can only be decided by future events. But for me that answer is too vague. I want to see myself working with sometime of technology or media, such as being part of a advertising agency. I feel like I can create a pursasive ads and draw consumers. Also I love sports so maybe I can work at a media company like ESPN. These jobs are where I would most likely feel I can succeed at. That is what a 10 year peak in my future would look like for me, success and happiness.