Featured Blog Posts – April 2010 Archive (16)

United States is a land of immigrants. The only native people to this country are the Native Americans and we have even managed to put them in reservations and they are more like outsiders than natives. What type of country are we creating? A country where I can be stopped because I look hispanic (well duh! I am mexican)and if i don't carry a birth certificate i can be arrested and probably deported. It seems like we are going backwards! What happened to civil rights? Or better yet, what… Continue

Ever wonder how come so many young girls are obsessed with their bodies and how they look? To answer this question, people have come up with the solution to blame Hollywood, the media, and reality shows. By their help, teens have looked to these outlets and have made a mental note and have set for themselves the goal to look like these thin models/actors/actress. According to Family Education, "The American Academy of Pediatrics, reporting on a survey of 5th- through 12th-grade girls, found… Continue

Well ladies this week blog post series, I couldn't get an interview with professors or teachers due to TAKS testing that is taken place all overt the state of Texas and most professors at UTEP, were busy grading final reports. So this week, I have decided to do come up with some ways to release stress, especially since most reports, projects and TAKS testing was taking place this week. So here's some ways to release your stress after a hectic day at school.

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By now I'm sure everyone has heard of the television show Glee. I myself am a self-described Gleek and proud of it. I love musicals and I love the humor. (I wish the cheerleader coach Sue Sylvester played by Jane Lynch would insult me sometimes. That's how much I love Glee!) Continue

So over the weekend, I was watching ESPN, sports movies, and of course the NBA playoffs and I have to realize that in the athletic world MEN are in complete power. Now don’t start to assume that this blog post is to bash on men and make them feel not worthy to exist. Instead, this post is to have women become more aware of how much we put up with while living in a man’s world. With this said, let…

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Most people think of pilgrims from England and Native Americans on the Plymouth Rock when they think of the First Thanksgiving in November of 1621. But, the real first Thanksgiving took place along the U.S./Mexico border in San Elizario, Texas with the Spanish in 1598. In April, a celebration takes place in San Elizario to honor this nation's true First Thanksgiving. This event commemorates when Spanish settlers with…

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Today is Earth day! Yay! Whats better than celebrating the planet we live on. Today, with it being Earth Day and all I wanted to post ten ways you can make your mark. By doing simple things in our everyday lives we can alter the amount of energy, conserve one our most precious resources and create less trash. We need to think of or future. Okay so here are TEN ways I found we can rEdUcE, ReUsE and rEcYcLE!!! Do your part lasdies!!!!

1*UnPlug!!!!- turn…

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As semester starts to wind down and come to an end, professors all over University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) start to get ready on grading all these upcoming assignments. Ths past week I spoke to my professor and we had discussed some tips that can help college and high school students with these assignments.

"It's been only three years ago, I received my Doctorates and just like you, I would also do my work last minute. As a professor now, I must tell my students to do their…

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Have you seen it? Have you seen it? Man I am addicted to watching that show. These women are strong police women serving the county of Maricopa in Az. I love to watch this show because these women police make huge impacts on their community. On last nights show one of the officer ladies went to speak to a girl scout troop of girls ages 4-6 maybe and she was just empowering them that girls and do anything men do, especially jobs. All the little girls listening looked so excited…

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I came across this article in the El Paso Times web page and I thought it was really cool and so I want to share it with you guys. Earth Day is comming up and I have to say I like the whole idea of this day and so anything in relating to it is so interesting. Anyway, youth girls are going to be making fashinable items (clothes) with recyled stuff. How cool. read more on it at the site listed below. the fashion show is going to be this sat at the El Paso Water Utilities TecH20…

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This week's blog is about students losing their friend. It is important to help students cope with the loss of a friend.

In El Paso, Texas two boys had lost their lives due to smoke inhalation because their apartment had caught on on fire. They had lived in Haymon Krupp Memorial public housing complex, right next to where I work. They weren't students of mine, but they were friends of the students that I help with tutoring. It is sad to see a child's face sad,…

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Last time we were talking about some of the main issues that affect most high school students. Today you will finally find out the main issue that always pops into their head.

ISSUE 1: SEX

"It's weird everyone (mostly adults) always think that teen pregnancy is the main issue that we think about...well it's not!! We worry more about having sex than the actual consequences of it. Add that to the…

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Speaking to the expeerts themselves, five high school students shared with me some of the tips that they have learned while being in High School.

• Be Yourself- Seems simple right? Believe it or not, most teens entering high school feel the need to fit in and be part of "the clique". Avoid it that as much as possible, be the person you want to be and don't change.
• Talk to Others-…

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There are 65,000 undocumented students graduate every year from high school without “papers.”

In most states today, they do not allow teen illegal immigrants to continue on their education once finished with high school. The documentary film,…

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Tweens, Pre-teens and Teens, to me it seems like girls are anxious to advance from the stages. I wish that girls would take the time to grow up. What I want to know is what is the rush? As I look back on my life I want to know where did it go? I feel like Quinceanera was so long ago, now I am about to graduate and I have a three year old daughter. Where is my life going? Everything moves so fast, life is but a flashing light! When I talk to my girls from Armijo club, I feel overwhelmed by the… Continue