My results

My results read "Your data suggest a slight automatic preference for African American compared to European American." I to be honest believed that I have no preference, and so when I read my results I was slightly surprised and yet at the same time I had expected it. I think that becasue I am Latina , my results make senese to me, and I say this because I am Hispanic and have a dark color to my skin. And so I belive that being sensitive to having color may have had an affect on my results for this test. But honestly I don't prefer one over ther other. I do belive everyone is equall, the only difference is our skin. I think of it like a pair of shoes, you go to the store your picking a pair of shoes, they come in blue, black and pink. Their the same, made out of the same material, same quality just a different color. 

Book posting 4

Enrique the boy from my book endured a long journey to get to the United States from Honduras. He came alone and young. He struggled to survive, he starved, he was beaten, he was cold, no place to stay and felt abandoned. He had to arrive to the United States alone like many other illegal immigrants. A lot  of my family members also came here to the United States undocumented. They came  from Mexico in hopes of a better life but they didnt have to go through what Enrique went through. They travel was easy and fast and they werent alone. they were probably around Enriques age but they were the ones leaving their mothers and family behind becasue they wanted to earn a better living for themselves and their family.Like Enrique though, they had family awaiting them in the United States and so when they finally made it to the United States it was easy to settle in and everybody was caring and happy to have them there. But with Enrique he was very happy to finally have his mother with him, but their relationship still had its ups and down. It was like a rollarcoaster.At points Lourdes ( his mother) and Enriques could not stand each other and go on each others nerves. There were times that Enrique even disobeyed his mother because he said that his gandmother was his real mother because she was the one that raised him not lourdes. I must hurt a mother and child to have their relationship torn because of so many years of each others abscene and then when you have them with you, its hard to think of one another as family.

Book posting 3

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From the book I read , I  learned that there is an estimated of 1.7 million kids illegal in the United Stares most coming from Mexico and Central America. And that now a days children coming from Central America to find their mothers in the U.S face a tougher journey then ever before. Immigration is a serious issue. These people come here hoping for a better life so they take the risk of losing thier lives to coming here. In my opinion I think that the people who come here crossing the border illegaly are brave and strong individuals. It takes alot of courage and determination to make it. The journey is harsh, there are some who can pay or a smuggler to take them but that is alot of money to pay and so the ones who dont have the money have to go alone . These people have to go through pain and suffereing. They ride "frieght trains" where people tend to lose their lives and or a body part. These travelers have to hid from " la migra" and police. The police either ask for a bribe to let them go, or beat them Woman and girls are raped. If this seems difficult to an adult, think of what it must be like for a desperate child to be with their mothers or fathers. They are strong at a young age, couragious to endure the harsh journey that could only end their lives. Enrique from my book tried multiple times to get across. He repeated the same suffering seven times each time getting deported back home yet he lwas determined to keep trying. The love for his mother his mother kept him strong it allowed him to keep moving forward and try again. On his eigth try he finally made it home.

Book posting 2

( Picture above is a picture of Enrique still on his own trying to get back to his mother, here he is working for money to get him through)

Sometimes families leave loved ones behine in hopes of a better life for them. But what happens when its a mother/father leaving thier children behind. In the book I am reading Enrique shares his story about being left behind because his mother left Honduras to go to the United States. On Enriques side as a child Sonia Mazario says " the children show resentment becasue they were left behind. They remembered broken promises to return and accuse their mothers of lying." ( 191 ) But as a mother Nazario writes " The mothers, for their part, demand respect for their sacrifice : leaving their children for the childrens sake" I think that its kind of hard to decide who is it that should get more understanding...it feels awful to feel abandoned and unloved even if that isnt the case...and kids just want their mothers...and it becomes easy for a child to feel hate towards thwir mothers but should this lids be more grateful and understanding towards their mothers. Because at points its hard to see a mother love their child when they decide to abandon them but they do it because they want only better for these kids and the only way they think they can achieve it is by leaving them behind

' Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nario

( picture above shows the movement to jump fright trains )


The story of Enrique is very heart breaking and difficult to belive. Enrique's mother Lourdes wants a better life for her children and so she sets for the United States in hopes of getting a job and send money to her children. Enrique was five years old when his mother left him. And only hoped that she would come back to him someday. His grand mother, father and mother kept reassuring Enrique that she would soon be back. But time passes by and he only hears from her over the phone. I wonder how a mother, no matter what circumstance can leave thier children and not know whether they will see them again. I think that its terrible for a mother to leave their children behind in the hands of others to take care of them. Especially when the chances of actually crossing the border to the United States is risky and there being only a slight chance of you making it through. I know that alot of my family members came here having to cross the border but they didnt have any responsibility such as having to take care of anybody else but themselves. And so wtih eleven years or so passing by Enrique is frustrated/disappointed that his mother has not come back and he misses her very much. And so alone he sets his journey to cross the border alone, still a child and has to go through challenging obstacles such as riding fright trains, getting caught by " la migra" immigration and getting beaten by police and gangs. Enrique loves his mother so much he takes the risk of being with her and Lourdes his mother doesnt know that he is on his way to find her. Why is it that Enrique still feels a close bond with his mother and risks his life to find her after so many years of not seeing/being with her. Is it that the relationship with a mother and child never dies?

Teen dating is it a problem?

Alot of people start dating once they go into high school right? But can we really say that we are ready for a relastionship at this age. I can not tell you how many teens I have met that begin dating and within two weeks they start saying " I love you" to one another. And when thier relastionship ends they get hurt and make a big deal out of things. Some take it well others dont and it affects them in and out of school. Sometimes when your in a relastionship it distracts your during school. I know its happened to me. But it annoys me to think that some teens think that now that they have either a boyfriend or girlfriend they make their world revlove around that one person, whether you " love" them or not.