"What Is An American"

        An American is someone that has been born in the U.S. An American is someone who lives in the U.S., someone that's proud to be a American and hopes to do something in the U.S. For example, someone who has helped in a positive way. An American is someone who would give alot of thought and effort to this paper and change america into a great country. An American can also be a simple person born with no hopes of accomplishing anything in this country, exept being born in the U.S.                                                 Anyways another reason that make; a person a American is that an American has many characteristics that distinguish him from other people around the world. He is a prideful in everything he possesses or accomplishes. He full-heartedly believes in a free-market system. The American is very hardworking and competitive in everything he does, but is also respectful of others and their beliefs. At the same time, he keeps himself informed anout important issues and events. Pride in one's work and possession is a vital part of an American.        No  matter what he does or makes, he strives to be pround of himself an his accomplishments. I also think that with pride comes feelings that are detrimental to many people. In his mind, he/she believes that people are responsible for themselves and their families and the goverment should play a minimal role. An Amerian will pride himself in owning and running a business and will want others to do the same Independence is another important atrribute of the the American.               An american is also someone who loves their country and the people in it, he or she believes in bettering their own lives as well as the lives other needy nations in the world. I think that an American would come with arms and supplies to help the people win back their country if under attack. An American might be a christian or jewish but he will always remain a proud American. To be an American is to be free to workship he/she could also believe in no religion and he will feel the same way as any other American.       Another thing is that the American would love life enough to want the best that it ahs to offer. He/she would understand that to achieve the best in life requires action, exertion, and effort. An American undertands the need to use one's mind and wits to meet life's challenges. Finally the American seeks personal liberty, to live as they see fit, to worship as they please, and seek to freedom from the use of power wielded arbitrarily by whoever holds the political sword.

Academic Autobiography

                             To begin me almost with there are alot of people who support all my family believes in me. There are other people in my family that are really mean and don't really bealive that I could be someone in this world. But I don't really care what they think and that people in my family that do support me in every way.Tell me the same thing I think about those who don't really believe in me. And I'm really grateful for those people that believe in me and I always make sure to do my best and not desapoint them. I know that if sometimes there hard on me is because they just want the best for me. I hope that the way they think about me never chances. And I also hope that anyrtime that I need them they will alwaya be there for me.                           Anyways, I started school in the secound grade a month after I came from Mexico. I was just 7 years old when i came to the U.S. so the school couldn't put in first grade even though I didn't know any English. But everthing work out well I like to go to school everyday and I was happy. The school I went to was name Evergreen and it was really close to my home and it was also kind of small. It was located in Witter the streets that it eas on I don't remember but what I do remmember is that it was on a really good and nice neighborhood. The teachers that I had in thisd school were nice and cool to me and to all my classmates so I didn't really had some bad times with my teachers.                Then when I had to live that school to trasfer to another school beacuse I was leaving to another place i really was kind of sad beacuse i was leaving my friends and some part of my life behind just like when i came to the U.S. So  I left Evergreen when I was in the 4th grade I was about ti finish it but I had to leave so I couldn't. Because of that I had t start all over again not just the forth grade but my life too. Well, my new school name was Hoover and it was located at Hoover street and it was just some blocks from my house. In this school I new i had to start all over againg a new life not just beacuse everything in that place was new. Not just the school but everything around me were i would i live and all of other things. But just like when i arive to the U.S. I new I had to get use to it I meen I had to, because i knew that i was going to stay here for along time and I don' t think I was going to go anywhere anymore. So I started the 4th and 5th grade in Hoover and end up graduating in there. I would say that it really wasn't that bad I did had fun in that school.                 After that, i attended the 6th,7th,and 8th grade in a middle school called Marina Del Rey it's located in Culver city i use to take the school bus there and sometimes i use to miss the bus and had to take 3 public buses to get there. So it was kind of far. I did had some problem's in this school with my attendens but at thy end i did got to get my diploma but i could't walk the stage beacuse i had more than 2 f's because i didi't attend school that often. But i got out of there to go to Belmont only on the 9th and 10th grande. That's because i change adreess so i had to change school to because Belmont wasn't my school of coice anymore. My grade's in this school's started as A's, B's but then it started to go down to C's and D's and F's but then it was always C's D'd or F's. I would't see A's or B's for some whiles ontil sometime when i starting to remmember about someone that if she would it see what i was doing with my education eveything she told me would't just been just word's it would't had been nothing. This teacher that make me think about what i was doing to my education and future. Was the same person that i had along time ago as a teacher and she was really cool and funny and nice with everyone in her class. I really admire her she would't just tell me but everyone in the class that we should never give up on dreams no matter what. If we want some thing to become reality we should fight for it till it becomes true. Things like that and other serious things she use to tell evryone. I would never forget that from now on i let it go out of my head one's and it didn't got me no where.           Finally now I'm tyring my best to make everything right again and if i don't give up i now that i could do it. Like make the right disitions when it comes to school or in my life. Now im trying to re-do  some classes that i didn't take that serious back then but i won't stop ontil i graduate from High School In West Adams. Anyways a totally different thing is what's my favorite subject and that definally would be Computers. Why? because i really like technollagy i like to explore around the web and find some really intrestings things that i didn't new of. That's really fun to do well to me it is seen new things and know about things i didn't new before.