Friday, September 25, 2015

John Proctor: Hero or Stooge

John Proctor is not a stooge, he is a hero.
John Proctor exposed Abigail for who she really is although he had to burn himself down to take her with him. Abigail was into witchcraft, she was the one who drank blood to kill Goody Proctor because she wanted John all to herself. It is true that there was an affair between he and Abigail, but that should not lead Abigail to go man-crazy over him. When John Proctor admitted to having relations with Abigail, the court now understood there could be a liable reason for Goody's firing Abigail's service. Goody tried defending John so that he would not be exposed for committing adultery, but that backfired on her because he had already confessed. John Proctor lived a stooge life. Parris did not like him at all, and neither did most of the town. Proctor had hardly gotten the townspeople to look at him and see someone worthwhile, when all of this witchcraft mess came down on him. John Proctor has also been doing witchcraft and Mary Warren said he had come to her at night to teach her witchcraft and things of that sort. 
Although John Proctor had lived a stooge life, he had died a hero. He stood up for what he believed in, and even when  people told him it was wrong, he still came through for himself. 

Sunday, September 20, 2015

There Goes The Neighbourhood

When the Europeans started to settle in the Americas, may bad things happened because of it. The Europeans took advantage of the Native Americans which was a negative outcome for two groups coming together in one place.Different scenarios can lead to different things.
Take for example, the stereotypical school cliques. Students are all labeled to fit into a certain "group". When they come together, sometimes they don't mix, and you see that in movies, where the jock picks on the nerd. Then, you see relationships in Whitney Young, for example, that flourish no matter who you're in a group with. You'll be in a group with an academics kid, a sports person, a theatre person, an artsy person, a musical person, you can be in a group with anyone and it'll click.
When I was in middle school, there was no diversity. Everyone was Hispanic. There wasn't much to learn about each other culturally, because we all had around the same experiences. In high school, I get a different experience, it's culturally diverse, and like I said before, there isn't a negative for this coming together of different people. Things would've ended differently for the Europeans and the Native Americans if, both groups hadn't come together like they did.


Thursday, September 10, 2015

Me

You may ask yourself: Who is Alexa Soto?
Well hey, I'll tell you right now.
Alexa Soto was born on August 21st, 2000. Living in the same small apartment for as long as she can remember. Alexa is the oldest child of Elba and Flavio Soto. She watched as her brother Alexis (Yes, Alexis and Alexa ha ha) grew up and she took the role of being a second mother to him. The rule in the house was that girls did all the cooking and cleaning, all the babysitting all the caring, and that's exactly what Alexa was raised to do. She went through the struggle of having to choose between her passion and her academics. Alexa has an incredible voice and she simply adores singing. Alexa was known in her middle school as that one really smart girl that hangs out with the nerds because well, she was one. No one in that building had ever heard her voice until she tried out for a musical and got the lead role. All she ever wanted was to pursue a career in music, but when she started telling people this is what she wanted, no one was pleased. They expected better from one of their smartest students. They told Alexa she would never get anywhere if she followed her dream, so to this day she has never mentioned wanting to pursue a career in the performing arts.
Alexa Soto was the only student in her year to be accepted into Whitney Young, although many of her classmates had also tried. She decided to let everyone go and do what her heart wanted, to sing. Alexa knew that Whitney Young had an incredible Performing Arts department, so she immediately accepted the letter. In her first year she decided to take choir and join glee club (also known as Harmonyx). Currently, in her second year of high school she continues to be a part of glee club.