Friday, August 17, 2007
Switching Roles
Tuesday, July 31st, Day 38
Greatest Accomplishment of the Day: teaching the Boys & Girls Club students.
Today we got in the van at 7:40 a.m. We went to Arroyo Burro Beach to start teaching! We were nervous but excited. We started teaching and everyone was doing great. One finished with our exciting classes, we had lunch. All of the ARC students were having fun talking to the cute and funny kids. When we finished eating PB & J sandwiches, we cleaned the beach. The weirdest things we found were a full beer, a shoe, and socks.
Final 5-Mile Run Baby!
Monday, July 30st, Day 37
We went to the starting point to start running. Jen came up with the idea of taking off a shoe and throw it in the front. The purpose was to grab your shoe and put it on and start running. She said it was ARC style. It was very funny to see everyone searching for their shoes. I was the first one to start running. I was very impressed to see everyone finishing the 5 miles in under 2 hours. It was very cool because then the volunteers cooked breakfast for us.
We started running at 7:09 a.m. Here are everyone’s times:
Luis: 40 minutes
Engels: 44 minutes
Kenia: 46 minutes
Angela: 57 minutes
Gerald: 59 minutes
Cindy: 62 minutes
Ilse: 70 minutes
Juan: 84 minutes
Question of the Day: What inspires you to become a new person?
Sunday, July 29th, Day 36
Kenia: my parents
Angela: my parents
Cindy: music and my family
Engels: people from history
Luis: being away from home
Tracey: family and friends
Ana: realizing the things I’m capable of doing
Gerald: family and friends
Ilse: love and friendship
Kenia: my parents
Angela: my parents
Cindy: music and my family
Engels: people from history
Luis: being away from home
Tracey: family and friends
Ana: realizing the things I’m capable of doing
Gerald: family and friends
Ilse: love and friendship
5 MORE DAYS!!!!
Saturday, July 28th, Day 35
Quote of the Day: “First tell yourself what you want to be; and then do what you need to do.” Epictetus
Today we woke up at 6:15 as always, but today is different because we only 5 more days! YES! We had waffles with coffee and apples juice. They were nice and toasted and golden brown too. We had a normal Sedgwick day starting off with gram and then English with Jen. After that we had 10 minutes of our individual books and then science. We learned that we were teaching kids from the Boys & Girls Club. I guess me and Kenia are going to have to put them in their place. LOL. After science we had free time. Some of us chilled and looked at the pictures then me and Tracey decided to learn some origami. We learned how to make a box. While we did that Kenia and Engels were making Morisqueta for us. When we had the Morisqueta, everyone was a bit nervous, but it turned out to be good. After that we had a special ceremony, which I like to call “The Circle of New Birth.” I don’t know it just sounds right because we all have changed during these 36 days. We love and trust each other. And even after the 40 days are over we will still be there for each other. WE are born again, seeing the world in a new way, with a new sight. We will live with these experiences and we will live with the love that surrounds us from everyone. We will all go forward together as a family.
Quote of the Day: “First tell yourself what you want to be; and then do what you need to do.” Epictetus
Today we woke up at 6:15 as always, but today is different because we only 5 more days! YES! We had waffles with coffee and apples juice. They were nice and toasted and golden brown too. We had a normal Sedgwick day starting off with gram and then English with Jen. After that we had 10 minutes of our individual books and then science. We learned that we were teaching kids from the Boys & Girls Club. I guess me and Kenia are going to have to put them in their place. LOL. After science we had free time. Some of us chilled and looked at the pictures then me and Tracey decided to learn some origami. We learned how to make a box. While we did that Kenia and Engels were making Morisqueta for us. When we had the Morisqueta, everyone was a bit nervous, but it turned out to be good. After that we had a special ceremony, which I like to call “The Circle of New Birth.” I don’t know it just sounds right because we all have changed during these 36 days. We love and trust each other. And even after the 40 days are over we will still be there for each other. WE are born again, seeing the world in a new way, with a new sight. We will live with these experiences and we will live with the love that surrounds us from everyone. We will all go forward together as a family.
Back to Sedgwick
Friday, July 27th, Day 34
Well today was the final day of our final. We started off with our regular schedule and went through the trail. Half way there we all started getting stomachaches. Diarrhea showed its ugly head. Kenia and Cindy got it really bad. When we got to the parking lot, we all worshipped the toilet. We got in the van for our 5 hour trip. We made thank you cards for the people who helped out. When we got to In & Out Burger, we were all embarrassed because we said we weren’t going to come back to that place the first time. People were pointing and laughing at us and looked like they wanted to give us a dollar. On the rest of the car drive we started letters to all of our parents. We get to take showers today.
It's Almost Over
Thursday, July 26th, Day 33
Today we had the chance to sleep in, but we decided to wake-up as always…6:15. We hiked from Pinto Lake to Timber Creek. We were like always tired and quiet in the uphill but in the downhill everyone was singing and talking. After we had pitas with tuna for lunch, we kept going. We thought there was going to be another creek and a flat place but once in the top we noticed that the creek was dry. We had to go down and everyone was tired and frustrated. When we were down we found a small creek and a place to camp. Everyone was a little better in camp and because we knew we were going to eat a lot because it is our last night here in Sequoia.
Today we had the chance to sleep in, but we decided to wake-up as always…6:15. We hiked from Pinto Lake to Timber Creek. We were like always tired and quiet in the uphill but in the downhill everyone was singing and talking. After we had pitas with tuna for lunch, we kept going. We thought there was going to be another creek and a flat place but once in the top we noticed that the creek was dry. We had to go down and everyone was tired and frustrated. When we were down we found a small creek and a place to camp. Everyone was a little better in camp and because we knew we were going to eat a lot because it is our last night here in Sequoia.
Learning by Doing
Wednesday, July 25th, Day 32
Major Discovery of the Day: Today was a really complicated day. We discovered that we can push ourselves to reach our goals. We worked together and we made it together.
Greatest Accomplishment: Today, we made it without the intervention of our instructors.
Finals...we are on our own! Yipee!!!
Tuesday, July 24th, Day 31
Today has been a very strange day. It was cloudy and sprinkling, windy, and very cold. We all ate breakfast, which was cereal, with milk powder and water with iodine. That was nasty, but that was the only thing we could eat. After that we all cleaned up, and started packing. WE were going to leave at 9 a.m., but we ended up learning early, which was at 7:53. We started hiking in a flat, nice, cool, forest area. Everyone was singing, some sang bad, and some sang….bad. JK Anyways, everyone was happy and couldn’t wait to get to our destination. We walked through very beautiful lakes, shining like a diamond. Juan fell because he wasn’t watching were he was going so he ended up falling down. We had to stop because it started to sprinkle, so we all looked stylish in all different color rain jackets. After a while, we had lunch. We ate PB and J in the rain, but we had shelter with our rain jackets, so it was pretty fun! After that we went on with our hiking and when we got to a creek, the trail ended, so we sent scouts to check for trails, they were successful, and we went on. When we arrived at Big 5 Lakes, we didn’t know where to stay, so Kenia, Gerald, and Cindy went to go scout. While they were scouting, Tracey, Angela, Ilse, Luis, Engels, Juan and I were sitting by the lake thinking about questions I should ask. When Engels climbed a big rock, Tracey was worried about his safety, and asked him to come with the group, as well as Ilse. A while later Kenia arrived and told us she found a spot, so we set up camp. Afterwards we all had nothing to do so we all sat in a circle and talked about Mexico, and we said jokes. Even though some were not funny, by the look of some peoples faces…JK.
The transformation is realized
Monday, July 23rd, Day 30
Question of the Day: What does love mean to you?
Ana: Love is something that you feel in your heart when 2 people come in contact, and you have that trust and honesty.
Juan: Something precious you hold in your heart that never ends.
Angela: A feeling that is unexplainable.
Luis: Loves makes me dizzy.
Kenia: Respect and trust.
Engels: Connection and sentiments that connect each other that demonstrate love.
Cindy: Someone who cares for you and loves you how you are.
Gerald: Appreciation and a special attraction.
Tracey: Something special that you feel for someone else no matter what and willing to do something for that person.
Morgan: Learning how to share silence and respect the wilderness of that person.
Ilse: Caring, trust and honesty.
Since today is the day after our solo, I woke up and I don’t know what time but it was really warm. I was wondering what everyone else was doing. Also I began writing the apology letter and the other one of how we change during this time here in ARC. This was a reflection for me thinking how I was before and how I changed. It was kind of hard for me to concentrate and write because the mosquitoes were bugging me. I killed a few. But it was fun to be alone for 24 hours. It made me look and realize what mistakes I made before and want to change when I return home.
Question of the Day: What does love mean to you?
Ana: Love is something that you feel in your heart when 2 people come in contact, and you have that trust and honesty.
Juan: Something precious you hold in your heart that never ends.
Angela: A feeling that is unexplainable.
Luis: Loves makes me dizzy.
Kenia: Respect and trust.
Engels: Connection and sentiments that connect each other that demonstrate love.
Cindy: Someone who cares for you and loves you how you are.
Gerald: Appreciation and a special attraction.
Tracey: Something special that you feel for someone else no matter what and willing to do something for that person.
Morgan: Learning how to share silence and respect the wilderness of that person.
Ilse: Caring, trust and honesty.
Since today is the day after our solo, I woke up and I don’t know what time but it was really warm. I was wondering what everyone else was doing. Also I began writing the apology letter and the other one of how we change during this time here in ARC. This was a reflection for me thinking how I was before and how I changed. It was kind of hard for me to concentrate and write because the mosquitoes were bugging me. I killed a few. But it was fun to be alone for 24 hours. It made me look and realize what mistakes I made before and want to change when I return home.
First time alone in 29 days
Sunday, July 22nd, Day 29
Today we woke up at 6:15 as usual but first we packed then have breakfast soon so we could get to our destination Lost Canyon. We packed fast because it was really cold in the morning so the sun wouldn’t get us while we were hiking. But then it did. It was really complicated for everyone to hike because the trail was really sandy and was all up hill. Aah! How exhausting. Everyone was pushing themselves really hard because everyone was excited to go on their solo. Cindy was scared to go on the solo because she is afraid of the night. Finally we got to Lost Canyon. Everyone was tired. But it was worth it because we all wanted to be by ourselves to have time to think how much you changed over this course here in ARC. The time came and Morgan and Laura took us to our place where we were going to sleep. I got a pretty narly place to stay for 24 hours. In front I had a tree and on the middle it had a shape of a heart. It was cool. Then I got everything set up for me then I began to think of my family and I began to cry but then I got happy thinking soon I was going to see them. Then I fell asleep.
Today we woke up at 6:15 as usual but first we packed then have breakfast soon so we could get to our destination Lost Canyon. We packed fast because it was really cold in the morning so the sun wouldn’t get us while we were hiking. But then it did. It was really complicated for everyone to hike because the trail was really sandy and was all up hill. Aah! How exhausting. Everyone was pushing themselves really hard because everyone was excited to go on their solo. Cindy was scared to go on the solo because she is afraid of the night. Finally we got to Lost Canyon. Everyone was tired. But it was worth it because we all wanted to be by ourselves to have time to think how much you changed over this course here in ARC. The time came and Morgan and Laura took us to our place where we were going to sleep. I got a pretty narly place to stay for 24 hours. In front I had a tree and on the middle it had a shape of a heart. It was cool. Then I got everything set up for me then I began to think of my family and I began to cry but then I got happy thinking soon I was going to see them. Then I fell asleep.
Cindy Learns How to Swim!
Saturday, July 21st, Day 28
Question of the Day: If your house was in a fire, what would be the first thing that you take on the way out?
Juan: my puppy
Gerald: the hard drive from my computer
Morgan: my guitar
Angela: my letters and pictures
Kenia: my pictures
Ana: pet and computer
Cindy: myself and my family
Ilse: clothes
Tracey: jewelry and ipod
Jen: my grandmother’s things
Laura: my backpacking stuff
Luis: important things
Engels: pictures
Major discover of the day: Cindy learned how to swim
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
The Shizzle Masters are famous!
Thanks Nora for writing such a fab article about ARC. You all can check it out at:
http://www.newspress.com/Top/Article/article.jsp?Section=KZSB&ID=565054810324336776&Archive=false
http://www.newspress.com/Top/Article/article.jsp?Section=KZSB&ID=565054810324336776&Archive=false
Final Expedition in Sequoia starts today
Friday, July 27th, Day 27
“From small beginnings, they run their course; and once they have begun they cannot be turned back; thus it is with rivers, years, and friendships.”
Today we woke up at 6:15 a.m. like always but the difference is that yesterday we went to sleep at 10:40 p.m. We are going to Sequoia for 8 days, and I guess we are not taking a shower until we come back and the last time we took one was last Saturday the 14th. Nasty! We had breakfast, waffles, burritos from yesterday, coffee and juice. When we finished we had English class and finished our narrative biographies. Bravo! From there we hopped into the van, and we got comfortable because we have a 5 hour drive. On the van Jen showed us the newspaper with our pictures (we are famous). The Shizzle Masters were in the front page of the newspaper. Also we wrote letters to the other ARC members in Tahoe. They are worried about the evacuation, but we are going to calm them with our letters. For lunch we stopped at a park and ate sandwiches, like always. Jen and me ran to win the swings, while Ana and Tracy were playing on the slide and Ilse capturing the moment with Jen’s camera. Also Kenia, Engels, Cindy, Luis, Juan, and Gerald decided to play volleyball. Minutes later, Morgan and Laura arrived and we got on the road again. Inn the road people were talking about dog meat, commercials and MTV music awards, while Engles was so bored that he was singing the Backstreet Boy’s song.
“From small beginnings, they run their course; and once they have begun they cannot be turned back; thus it is with rivers, years, and friendships.”
Today we woke up at 6:15 a.m. like always but the difference is that yesterday we went to sleep at 10:40 p.m. We are going to Sequoia for 8 days, and I guess we are not taking a shower until we come back and the last time we took one was last Saturday the 14th. Nasty! We had breakfast, waffles, burritos from yesterday, coffee and juice. When we finished we had English class and finished our narrative biographies. Bravo! From there we hopped into the van, and we got comfortable because we have a 5 hour drive. On the van Jen showed us the newspaper with our pictures (we are famous). The Shizzle Masters were in the front page of the newspaper. Also we wrote letters to the other ARC members in Tahoe. They are worried about the evacuation, but we are going to calm them with our letters. For lunch we stopped at a park and ate sandwiches, like always. Jen and me ran to win the swings, while Ana and Tracy were playing on the slide and Ilse capturing the moment with Jen’s camera. Also Kenia, Engels, Cindy, Luis, Juan, and Gerald decided to play volleyball. Minutes later, Morgan and Laura arrived and we got on the road again. Inn the road people were talking about dog meat, commercials and MTV music awards, while Engles was so bored that he was singing the Backstreet Boy’s song.
ARC students save the world, again...
Thursday, July 19th, Day 26
“People often say that in democracy, decisions are made by a majority of the people. Of course, that is not true. Decisions are made by a majority of those who make themselves heard and who vote—a very different thing.”
Greatest accomplishment of the day: Everyone finished their projects for science.
Here's an example from Juan & Kenia:
TALKING TRASH!
One of the most visited places on Earth is our beaches. Millions of people like to enjoy the sites, the sounds, and the beauty of the ocean. Many of those people are unaware of how they are making a huge impact on it. The cruel reality is that we are killing ourselves by destroying our oceans.
One of the main issues concerning us is trash, but we are not making conscientious decisions about it. Animals like birds, sea turtles, fish, and other kinds of marine life are being found on the shores of our beaches, DEAD! They die because they mistake our trash for food. Most of the trash and debris is glass, plastic, metal, and paper.
A photo in the October 2005 edition of National Geographic showed a Laysan albatross chick with the following found in its stomach: cigarette lighter, pump-top sprayer, nut shells, shot gun shell, broken clothespins and hundreds of plastic bits. It died of starvation because its stomach was full of trash. “Starvation associated with marine debris is a significant cause of death in chicks that don’t fledge,” the caption stated. Locally, cigarette butts are the most commonly collected item on our beaches. According to www.surfrider.org, on September 16, 2006, 395 volunteers cleaned up Santa Barbara County beaches for three hours. In that short amount of time, they picked up approximately 1,158 pounds of trash and 764 pounds of recyclable material from our neighboring beaches, stretching some 30 miles along our coastline. A minute portion of all the garbage and debris that still remains in our oceans. Now, do you still think that a minuscule piece of trash is not an enormous problem?
The daily human activities not only impact the marine life, but your life too, making the ocean less enjoyable for us and more hazardous. For example, when swimmers or people are walking on the beach shores they can get injured by stepping on glass, cans, needles, or many other types litter. Divers and swimmers have unfortunately found objects that are dangerous to our health such as condoms, tampons, and hospital syringes. Isn’t that sad?
In addition, the reason we should care about oceans is because oceans provide important benefits for humans such as oxygen and food. Not only that, the ocean provides food and shelter for 97% of all life on earth, according to www.santabarbaraca.gov. We also should care because this is an important portion of life. It is our responsibility to try and mend what we have done.
However, a way to regulate the problem is by using the 4 Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Refuse. Did you know that a fourth R(refuse) existed? The first “R” stands for reduce: reducing the amount of trash by not buying unnecessary objects that will cause plenty of trash, buy only quantities we really need and buy better quality items so they last longer. The second “R” stands for reusing: reusing products like plastic bags or anything that can be use multiple times over or maintaining items so that they last longer. The third “R” recycling: recycling plastics such as water bottles, glass, metal, and paper. According to the research done by www.beachclean-up.org, almost 90% of all floating marine debris is plastic, plastics that could have been recycled to make furniture, bottles, or insulation. And finally the fourth “R” refusing: refusing a styrofoam coffee cup by taking your own, or refusing plastic bags in the grocery store by taking your own bag, which will make a difference.
In conclusion, as humans we can make a difference, but we need everyone’s involvement. Some ways to support the oceans is by disposing our trash properly, always trying to recycle, practicing good house keeping, encouraging to pick up trash, etc. Remember that by just picking a simple wrapper of a granola bar or a cigarette butt, it will make an immense change on the ocean, you are saving the planet! And if you want to conserve our oceans, do it for your children, and the children of your children, and for the health of the marine life. Don’t think about it, ACT!
La basura en nuestros oceanos es un problema que no se a podido radicar, pero todo eso se debe a la falta de educacion de parte de nosotros. Nos estamos matando nosotros mismos. Al contaminar nuestros mares con metal, plasticos, papel y vidrios, estamos acabando con la vida marina como: algunos pajaros, tortugas marinas, pescados, y muchos otros mas. Estos confunden nuestra basura por comida, y como eso no los nutre, mueren de hambre. Con tan solo depositar la basura en su lugar, reciclando plasticos(con el plastico se pueden hacer muebles), educando a otros, o con tan solo recoger una pequena basurita como una envoltura de un chicle o una colilla de cigarro, haria una gran diferencia.
“People often say that in democracy, decisions are made by a majority of the people. Of course, that is not true. Decisions are made by a majority of those who make themselves heard and who vote—a very different thing.”
Greatest accomplishment of the day: Everyone finished their projects for science.
Here's an example from Juan & Kenia:
TALKING TRASH!
One of the most visited places on Earth is our beaches. Millions of people like to enjoy the sites, the sounds, and the beauty of the ocean. Many of those people are unaware of how they are making a huge impact on it. The cruel reality is that we are killing ourselves by destroying our oceans.
One of the main issues concerning us is trash, but we are not making conscientious decisions about it. Animals like birds, sea turtles, fish, and other kinds of marine life are being found on the shores of our beaches, DEAD! They die because they mistake our trash for food. Most of the trash and debris is glass, plastic, metal, and paper.
A photo in the October 2005 edition of National Geographic showed a Laysan albatross chick with the following found in its stomach: cigarette lighter, pump-top sprayer, nut shells, shot gun shell, broken clothespins and hundreds of plastic bits. It died of starvation because its stomach was full of trash. “Starvation associated with marine debris is a significant cause of death in chicks that don’t fledge,” the caption stated. Locally, cigarette butts are the most commonly collected item on our beaches. According to www.surfrider.org, on September 16, 2006, 395 volunteers cleaned up Santa Barbara County beaches for three hours. In that short amount of time, they picked up approximately 1,158 pounds of trash and 764 pounds of recyclable material from our neighboring beaches, stretching some 30 miles along our coastline. A minute portion of all the garbage and debris that still remains in our oceans. Now, do you still think that a minuscule piece of trash is not an enormous problem?
The daily human activities not only impact the marine life, but your life too, making the ocean less enjoyable for us and more hazardous. For example, when swimmers or people are walking on the beach shores they can get injured by stepping on glass, cans, needles, or many other types litter. Divers and swimmers have unfortunately found objects that are dangerous to our health such as condoms, tampons, and hospital syringes. Isn’t that sad?
In addition, the reason we should care about oceans is because oceans provide important benefits for humans such as oxygen and food. Not only that, the ocean provides food and shelter for 97% of all life on earth, according to www.santabarbaraca.gov. We also should care because this is an important portion of life. It is our responsibility to try and mend what we have done.
However, a way to regulate the problem is by using the 4 Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Refuse. Did you know that a fourth R(refuse) existed? The first “R” stands for reduce: reducing the amount of trash by not buying unnecessary objects that will cause plenty of trash, buy only quantities we really need and buy better quality items so they last longer. The second “R” stands for reusing: reusing products like plastic bags or anything that can be use multiple times over or maintaining items so that they last longer. The third “R” recycling: recycling plastics such as water bottles, glass, metal, and paper. According to the research done by www.beachclean-up.org, almost 90% of all floating marine debris is plastic, plastics that could have been recycled to make furniture, bottles, or insulation. And finally the fourth “R” refusing: refusing a styrofoam coffee cup by taking your own, or refusing plastic bags in the grocery store by taking your own bag, which will make a difference.
In conclusion, as humans we can make a difference, but we need everyone’s involvement. Some ways to support the oceans is by disposing our trash properly, always trying to recycle, practicing good house keeping, encouraging to pick up trash, etc. Remember that by just picking a simple wrapper of a granola bar or a cigarette butt, it will make an immense change on the ocean, you are saving the planet! And if you want to conserve our oceans, do it for your children, and the children of your children, and for the health of the marine life. Don’t think about it, ACT!
La basura en nuestros oceanos es un problema que no se a podido radicar, pero todo eso se debe a la falta de educacion de parte de nosotros. Nos estamos matando nosotros mismos. Al contaminar nuestros mares con metal, plasticos, papel y vidrios, estamos acabando con la vida marina como: algunos pajaros, tortugas marinas, pescados, y muchos otros mas. Estos confunden nuestra basura por comida, y como eso no los nutre, mueren de hambre. Con tan solo depositar la basura en su lugar, reciclando plasticos(con el plastico se pueden hacer muebles), educando a otros, o con tan solo recoger una pequena basurita como una envoltura de un chicle o una colilla de cigarro, haria una gran diferencia.
Adventures in Evacuation
Wednesday, July 18th, Day 25
“We do not see things are they are. We see them as we are.”
We woke up like always at 6:15 a.m. but in a trampoline bed. Whoa! Only girls because we are special and the guys slept under a kiosco while Laura slept on the ground and Morgan having fun in the tree house by himself. Everyone was awake while Morgan was snoring in the tree house. We were working hard to get our things done at 6:45 am. We were 5 minutes late because not everyone was helping to get the things in the van. When we wer ready to go to UCSB someone noticed that the van was stinking really bad because everyone is dirty and we all smell bad. It was really funny when that happened. Then we were riding on the van and Jen told us that we can choose our last three dinners because Kenia’s idea of making Morisqueta. We can all chose 2 more dinners. We were choosing and we decided to have chicken enchiladas and tacos de carne asada. Oh que delicioso. We all need to show up our self that we know how to cook so get ready Morgan, Jen and Laura. Then we got to UCSB and it was like always. Whoa! Not like our second day running in SB beach. Luis like always running really hard. Engles was running but had and interruption happened diarrhea came to him and he had it to run to the bathroom he told us that when he was in the bathroom the person that cleans the bathroom came and he opened the door and saw Engels poop. He was embarrassed but he noticed that he his not going to see him again, so then it was OK. Jen was trying to push everyone. Ilse like a track runner. Angela pushing herself to run more than anytime. Kenia like always running a lot and pushing everyone. Gerald helping everyone specially Juan because Juan weas trying really hard to continue to fun. Ana the track runner running normal because this is a piece of cake for her. Laura pushing Tracy and me because we had to go to the bathroom and we were behind everyone. Cindy running and trying to run more than last time. We went to the classroom and everyone was tired and we all started to read our independent books and at the end Engels was the first one to finish reading his book. Then we had to start our grammar class. It was fun because everyone was participating. Then we started to do our rough drafts of our interviews at first it was boring but when we saw that Jen was with sodas our lives changed. We all were happy. Then we started our science projects it was fun but hard then we got prepared to go to Sue’s house and ate dinner. Lasagna with salad. Yummm! It was delicious. We were eating and having fun. I was fighting with Engels but everything was a joke. Now we all need to run because we ate too much specially Kenia and Engels because they were fighting for the salad but we all know that always happens. Just kidding. Oh, I forgot! I saw a baby wearing sunglasses. It was so fun. He was so cute. Whoa! Good night!
“We do not see things are they are. We see them as we are.”
We woke up like always at 6:15 a.m. but in a trampoline bed. Whoa! Only girls because we are special and the guys slept under a kiosco while Laura slept on the ground and Morgan having fun in the tree house by himself. Everyone was awake while Morgan was snoring in the tree house. We were working hard to get our things done at 6:45 am. We were 5 minutes late because not everyone was helping to get the things in the van. When we wer ready to go to UCSB someone noticed that the van was stinking really bad because everyone is dirty and we all smell bad. It was really funny when that happened. Then we were riding on the van and Jen told us that we can choose our last three dinners because Kenia’s idea of making Morisqueta. We can all chose 2 more dinners. We were choosing and we decided to have chicken enchiladas and tacos de carne asada. Oh que delicioso. We all need to show up our self that we know how to cook so get ready Morgan, Jen and Laura. Then we got to UCSB and it was like always. Whoa! Not like our second day running in SB beach. Luis like always running really hard. Engles was running but had and interruption happened diarrhea came to him and he had it to run to the bathroom he told us that when he was in the bathroom the person that cleans the bathroom came and he opened the door and saw Engels poop. He was embarrassed but he noticed that he his not going to see him again, so then it was OK. Jen was trying to push everyone. Ilse like a track runner. Angela pushing herself to run more than anytime. Kenia like always running a lot and pushing everyone. Gerald helping everyone specially Juan because Juan weas trying really hard to continue to fun. Ana the track runner running normal because this is a piece of cake for her. Laura pushing Tracy and me because we had to go to the bathroom and we were behind everyone. Cindy running and trying to run more than last time. We went to the classroom and everyone was tired and we all started to read our independent books and at the end Engels was the first one to finish reading his book. Then we had to start our grammar class. It was fun because everyone was participating. Then we started to do our rough drafts of our interviews at first it was boring but when we saw that Jen was with sodas our lives changed. We all were happy. Then we started our science projects it was fun but hard then we got prepared to go to Sue’s house and ate dinner. Lasagna with salad. Yummm! It was delicious. We were eating and having fun. I was fighting with Engels but everything was a joke. Now we all need to run because we ate too much specially Kenia and Engels because they were fighting for the salad but we all know that always happens. Just kidding. Oh, I forgot! I saw a baby wearing sunglasses. It was so fun. He was so cute. Whoa! Good night!
Up, up and away!
Tuesday, July 17th, Day 24
Ropes Course at Camp Whittier
Thanks Ashley for being such a wonderful facilitator. The group definitely learned from all of the team-building initiatives. At the end of the day, each student had to climb to the top of the tower and jump for a personal goal. Going to college, building a better relationship with family, overcoming the fear of being a failure are just a few of the things they jumped for. What would you jump off of telephone pole for, knowing that you had to trust the team that was belaying you?
Evacuated from Sedgwick
Monday, July 23, 2007
Here's a challenge we didn't anticipate: being evacuated from the Sedgwick Field Station due to the Zaca Fire. No need to worry, though, the students handled it quite well. Who knew you could have so much fun with a 12-passenger van dance hall, complete with strobe light headlamps and bumbing music. Well done.
ARC Interview Day!
Many thanks everyone who participated in the ARC Interview Day: Brian Rapp, Tina Hasche, Lauran Eastman, Fabian Ojeda, Matt Jordan, Mike Delgado, Mary Jane Delgado, Darwin Richardson, Leslie Koda and Kori Soltz. We couldn't have done it without you!
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