The 3 hours of my life ...

           It was the day May 10th, 2017, where I would try not to flip out and stay as quiet as possible. The quietness could definitely help me keep calm. Yeah, it did it's Job. The three hours went by real fast like any other AP. But first up, rather than having my hands sore, my legs complained first. Anyway, my ability to take the test that day in that specific circumstance was really not that great. You could imagine it, allergy season that transforms your nose into a waterfall that constantly supplies you with pollen water? I really hope that would have better prepared myself better the night before by having more sleep than being nervous by the 101 terms that my friends were studying, and bringing a few more packs of tissues. But hey I know that I am well prepared since September from the moment I have been sitting in class. 

          No but seriously, I felt like the first essay was good as in it helped with prepping my brain for the next one that's coming up. I actually came up with the devices that I know how to explain well and connect it back to the purpose. For the last exam, I think that could had some ideas that is not common, but I am not sure if I had explained well enough for my graders to understand. Oops. I am sorry! But hey, I really hope that I did well, and didn't come to the class for the credits that I would get. Instead I want the precious time and experiences that I had went through with my fellow classmates and teacher.

My Book Bag

3/10/2017

            When we are talking about back to school, everyone thinks about buying various types of new

supplies ranging from binders, pencils, pens, pencil cases, stacks of loose-leaf, and much more.

But it's really important to choose the right school bag that would last you through your whole school

year. For example, I own a sturdy school bag from the brand North Face. The bag has a color of sky

blue with two big pockets. The material is polyester which makes the bag so strong and weather

resistant. Starting from the big pocket it contains my blue staples one and a half inch binder, along

with my notes from various subjects. Down to 3 folders also from staples, two are blue and one is

black. All contains all my worksheets for my classes. The smallest items in my big pockets are my

planner around the size of 12 inches length and width with the picture of my high school on the

cover. Finally the smallest item is my black and white pencil case with 10 items varying from pencils

to highlighters. Down to my smaller pocket, as soon as it opens a sweet cherry blossom smell coming

from my hand sanitizer. Keeping your hands clean is a must in public like in school. This is where I

keep my necessities like tissues, my headphones, glasses case, and most importantly some snacks to

snack on throughout the day. As I get prepared for school, I would always feel like I am ready for

class and whatever makes me survive school until the end with all the items in my bag.

Discrimination

Argumentative Essay #3

Topic: Discrimination is still alive and well in our society

What is discrimination? It’s an action that treats people unfairly based on who they are. Some people would say that discrimination already ended when slavery was abolished. But the truth is that it is still happening everywhere around the world. Even at your workplace, your fellow colleagues are discriminated based on your skin color. You would see disproportions of racial line ups in hollywood movies, and more of caucasians in magazine covers. For college admissions, grades and sat scores tend to be higher for those of  Asian Americans than any other races. You may not believe it, but open your eyes and take a peek to see how our society is actually like.

The first accomplishment in one’s life may be getting your college diploma. The college admission process is not an easy one, it takes a lot of consideration and time. However, would it hit you hard when you didn’t get accepted into your dream college because of your race? If you are an Asian American like I am, this category is for you. Since you were in school everyone thought that you the typical genius in math literally because you are Asian. You thought that this stereotype would be gone once you enter college, but things aren’t getting any better. Because college are also thinking that you are smarter than your peers, and decides to pinch your scores a bit higher making it a lot harder for you to get into college. In a typical case, when you compare a Asian American and other races, the Asian American would need 100 points higher on the SAT than the average score to get into the same college. It is not right to think this way, not all Asians are smart, you can’t compare all Asians together based on what one other Asian is good at. Everyone is different in their abilities, but their future is in stake because of how scores are way too high than the average for those who are struggling with low test scores.  

When you step out into the world, and got your first job, you would like to show your best and collaborate with your colleagues. But what if you found out that you are getting paid a different amount than your colleague? It may happen in some cases, where you are assigned to a position that affects your pay due to your race. When this happens, people doubt your abilities and isolate away from you, thinking that they don’t want to hang out with people with a different status. Racial discrimination at workplaces may affect a person on a small scale, but slowly it would grow until it affects that person mentally.  

Have you ever wondered why there is only one main race of models are appearing on magazine covers, or why is there very little diversity within hollywood movie casts? Hollywood movies are produced to make profit, the only way to make count as popular is when there are many views not only in the U.S but also worldwide. It’s assumable that when watching an American movie, there would be white people playing the roles. It would have been weird and out of place for viewers worldwide to see leading roles played by non-whites. This would have decreased the views and less profit for the movie producers. Magazines serve as a type of media influences to females out there. Females usually seek out tips from celebrities or the latest fashion from these magazines hoping to turn themselves towards the latest trends. When magazines feature models of other races rather than white caucasians, they believe that it might bring female consumers a negative exposure towards the way they think about their body figures. Like how they shouldn’t be continuing with the healthy lifestyle and continuing to work out. And because of these ridiculous reasonings, there are less colored models featuring on magazine covers.

The act of discrimination is not only happening back in history, but also now. You may see it occurring upon your family members or even yourself. Adults may not be showing their emotions or stress, but they could have been discriminated at work. Your cousins who are now into their college applications are complaining about how unfair life is. The favorite magazines and hollywood productions are showing little to no diversity. Things should be changed, we are all the same regardless of our color. We should be given the same chances. We shouldn’t be feeling left out. We shouldn’t have our future ruined because of how we can’t get into colleges. Discrimination in our society should be stopped, and it should have never be existed.