People of Importance

There have been many people in my life who have had some form of an impact. Many have helped shape me into the person I am today. But of those three people there are truly three that have made a long standing impact on my life that I feel that no matter what age I am I will never forget the lessons they have taught me.

The first person is going to have to be my environmental science teacher, Mr. Briggs. He was really more of a good friend then a teacher after a while; I felt that I could come to him with anything. He was a very tall and built guy; I mean he did MMA and other forms of fighting for exercise. I remember the first day I met him, the guy seems like he has a severe case of OCD. Always has to be doing something, he had these three yard sticks that he taped together and he used that to practice his golf swing while lecturing us. But the thing that really made an impact on me was all the life lessons he taught us. The class sometimes would seem like a philosophy class rather than an environmental science class, it was amazing. I learned that my choices have a much further impact on my life then just two steps ahead I have to think further ahead in my decision making.

The second person who had a major impact on my life has to be the special education teacher at hueneme high school, Mr. Hewer.  This man has a world of patience, and for his job you have to have it. I remember the first day I saw him, he’s slow balding hair and his thick but white as snow beard, and of course his welcoming smile. He and I would talk all the time about different things in life, all the world issues and how crazy things have changed from when he was my age to now. He really taught me that one of the most important things in life is patience, and how that it can have such a major change on life.

The final person who has made such an impact in my life is going to have to be my Teacher from third grade Mr.Lofflin. He was a very tall and older man. He was a teacher who moved from Alaska to come teach where I lived in Mississippi. He had giant ogre like hands with very thick glasses. But aside from his giant features he was a very kind and gentle person. He used to give us these little tokens every time we would answer a question right and called them happy snappy. It really was my first understanding of money, granted it wasn’t money I still learned that everything comes at a price and that I need to learn to save my money so that I can spend some and still have money after.

Review Blog

This week I decided to give a review of Dominick’s Italian restaurant. The place is very hole in the wall, sitting just up the road from the Oxnard train station; it is in the back of a warehouse. The restaurant serves very classic Italian food ranging from meatballs all the way to cannoli’s. The setting of the place is really old school. It has dim lighting with old wooden tables, with red brick walls bringing it together to look very nice. The food there is beyond fantastic, especially their fresh baked bread. It is always warm and just melts in your mouth. One of the best dishes there is the pizza. Their pizza is truly what homemade Italian pizza would taste like; the cheese if fresh and gooey, the marinara sauce is amazing, and the size is way bigger than what you would expect. The atmosphere there is very quiet and relaxed. Now it’s not to the point where you’ll be getting stared at for laughing loudly or something, it is a very friendly and open environment. Now although I do not drink myself, I have gone with others who do partake in some drinks and they have quite a large selection allowing for anyone to enjoy a verity of alcoholic beverages. They also have an amazing mix drink with an Italian raspberry juice and pink lemonade, it’s above amazing. Overall I find this place to be an amazing undiscovered restaurant that can go above and beyond people’s expectations of what good Italian food is, and if you have never really had true Italian food please I implore you to give Dominick’s a chance. Let this place be your first impression of what good Italian food is and I promise you that you will be more than impressed with this place.

FFN blog

The book fast food nation opened my eyes to the world around me, in a food sense. I don’t think that I will actually change anything about what I normally due, but much more thought will go into my decisions. I think when I go to get fast food or some like generic brand food item; much more thought will go into my purchase. But I don’t feel that the book will make some dramatic change like, going vegan or anything like that. I do feel though that I have a new appreciation for many of the workers that work in the food industry. Many of them have a very tough life and are struggling. While they seem to think that they are making an improvement in their life, working for fast food seems to be a negative cycle in which you don’t really learn too much but just enough to keep you afloat in that industry. So for those who are not attending school and just working at a fast food place, I have nothing but sorrow for them and their life. Sadly I feel that fast food would just be the end of the road for many whom do not attend school and get further in life.

This semester

The truth from last week was that I don’t like chocolate, I know weird right?

So far this semester is going pretty well. I'm kind of regretting not taking either a science or a math class, but for now I feel fine. This semester has been interesting since it is my first semester in Oxnard College. I feel like for now classes are just the same as they were in high school, minus the fact that no one sits and tells me I need to do my work and to make sure I get my homework in; at least for most of my classes. One class that has been really interesting is my speech class. It’s far different from any other class that I have taken ever. I enjoy the change up from how mundane some of my classes are, to a more exciting and thrill of the moment other classes are. Another great thing about this semester is the realization that I have down time between classes and how amazingly beneficial that is to me. Overall this semester has been quite amazing, although at times very over-whelming, I'm enjoying it. With all the homework it’s hard to try to balance the work from all the classes at once; a big reason for how great having all that down time between classes. The final thing that I really enjoy this semester is my teachers. Although sometimes it seems that their giving me a tuff time they are really just trying to be helpful. Also the majorities of my teachers have an amazing sense of humor and let me have a lot of fun by messing around, and they also like to joke back. That to me is what has truly made this semester as fun and amazing as it has been.