Forensics Class

Forensics class has been pretty alright to me lately. Besides the fact we had a quiz today and we are going to get an exam next week...yeah so maybe it's not that alright. But I try to make the best out of any situation.  I like the experience so far though. Learning about what officers have to do when they arrive to the crime scene and stuff is interesting. I also learned about what happens to a body after it dies, including how maggots get on the body and the things that they do to the body. I honestly feel like i'm sort of ready for the upcoming exam but as always anything can go wrong. It's like one of those things where you think you're going to do such an amazing job and then you get the grade back...and it's like what the...
But i'm sure i'll do fine, hopefully. Other than that every other class is going well. I'm just waiting for the year to finally end! To start a new chapter in my life.

Never Back Down

My favorite movie of all time has to be Never Back Down. This movie was about a teenager who lost his father and is struggling to maintain sanity without him in his life. Every time someone bad mouths his father he would instantly begin to fight with them, defending his fathers name. This causes his mother to take measure into her own hands and move the family away. In his new home, it was like a whole new experience for him. But one day during lunch he ran into some guys doing some ''sparring''. Long story short, he got into underground fighting in order to beat a guy who embarrassed him in front of the whole school and who kept bullying him and others.

The reason that this is my favorite movie is because as the title says, it taught me to never back down. No matter what the opposition is it's not impossible to overcome. No matter how many times you get knocked down, you get back up and you say ''is that all you've got?''. The struggles that he went through just to be the hero at the end, is so inspiring. You see all the hard work he puts in and you see it pay off. It taught me that family will always be there for you in your toughest moments, and those you have lost will never really be lost because their spirit will live forever inside of you. It taught me to stand up in what I believe in and most importantly stand up for those I care about.

Class Related Response Blog

Today was an interesting day in english class. We looked at a couple of articles that caught my attention, They were all about reality shows, and all the stuff that goes into making them. 

Did you know that they record about 616 hours of footage for just one episode? When i found that out, i couldn't even believe that they would even need that much footage for ONE episode. As i kept reading i found out that they record this much footage so that they can twist things around and create a certain plot line that they want. They called themselves the masters of manipulation, meaning that they could rearrange the footage or alter it, so that the viewers would find it even more interesting.

They also spoke about people wanting to become Reality show stars, but not really knowing what they have to go through. They asked questions like ''Are you ok with having your privacy invaded?''. I mean let's be honest if you're going to be in a reality show then you have to be willing to have the camera crew follow you EVERY WHERE. You don't really get any time to yourself, since you always have a camera in your face. 

This just goes to show you that you can't trust anything the media puts out there. They twist things around to make things seem the way that they want them to seem. Maybe if they gave us the truth instead of all of these lies...Our society wouldn't be the way it is today.

Introduction

                     My name is Weslyn, I am 16 years old and I am currently attending Thurgood Marshall Academy. Today i am going to share with you all something that is a big part of me.

                            There are many things that i like to do with my spare time. But my absolute favorite thing to do is, Go to the gym, put some headphones on, and just let loose on the weights. This is a special thing to me because it's my me time, and my therapy. It doesn't matter what i'm going through that day, the gym makes me feel better. If i'm stressed out what do i do? I go to the gym and take it out on the weights. The gym feels like home to me, it's my environment. To be honest it helps me stay Sane, and if i don't have it then it'll feel as if a part of my life is missing.

                   

                   My love for this goes back to right about when i was 12 years old i would say. My cousin was always going to the gym, Planet Fitness to be exact. One day i remember asking him if i could come along. When i arrived it was like i had entered a whole new world, and i was absolutely clueless as to what i was looking at. My curiosity got the best of me and i got on every machine i could possibly get on. I felt alive and i was immediately comfortable with the environment...almost as if i belonged there. It was an amazing experience, and i knew that this is something i wanted to get into. 

                  Fast forward a few years later to April 5th 2014 and that is when everything changed. You see before i was going to the gym to just kill time and i had no idea what i was doing. I was very unorganized, not setting a plan and a workout schedule as to what muscle i would be working on each day. So on this day i decided to change all of that. I quickly set up a work out schedule and became more organized with my routine. And when i was in the gym that day the greatest feeling took over me, and i knew i was back home. I've been going to the gym 5-6 times a week, and as for my work out schedule? Well that's my little secret.

                 Some people may call this an addiction or an obsession, but to me those are words that the lazy use to describe the dedicated. What people don't seem to understand is that, this is all i had. It's something that never left my side, when other people would. It's something that would never judge me when other people would. It's somewhere that i was finally accepted, and felt like i belonged. Of course i doubt anyone would understand. This is where i think, Where i grow and Evolve. This is where i work on getting a better body, and being a better me. 

               The older guys over there have helped me every step of the way too. They've seen a clueless kid, and helped turn him into a beast. I almost feel like i'm the little brother in the gym because of the way that they look after me and the way that they help push myself everyday. That is something that i will never forget. So what do i say to people who call it an addiction, or who judge me because this is my life? I say step into my world, feel what i feel every time i pick one of those weights up, push yourself the way that i push myself, and go through what i go through every day. This isn't easy, and it absolutely isn't for everyone. I hope that i can spread the message of Fitness and Health to help people become better human beings. So go ahead, lace on my sneakers, and strap on my gloves, and i doubt any critic out there could last. Thinking of stopping me? Get ready to be eaten alive. I was born for this. I live for this.