How was the first exam?

My first major in exam in READ 0304 was not that bad, I took a while but it is how you finish. My expectations for this exam was challenging but it was not hard, for example I thought it was a sixty three question test like the rest of my classes.But somehow it reminded me about high school, because my teacher Coach Webb never gave a multiple choice test it was always free response. I thank him for that and thank you Professor Still for some refreshing and bringing back the free response test. It was a beneficial process, because the steps were moderate and also going to your office hours helped out a little on "How" and "What". Writing a full short answer that will affect your grade, was kind of difficult for me because I got stuck halfway through the paragraph. I just had to look at the wall or the professor to remember every little bit of information, because one time my high school teacher got mad at me for just looking at him. He thought I was playing jokes on him, but that is how I think under pressure. Also in the exam there was one part that was hard, it was the vocabulary. I struggled with the vocabulary bad, I  made flashcards, wrote them down and even made a Quizlet on the vocabulary. I got some right, but I am not guaranteeing that I got most of them. But the point of this exam, is that if I do bad I have to find redemption on the next exam and if I do good on the exam. I can improve by studying even more even though I am sick. Also on the exam that interest me was the article about how the divorce rate is lowering year after year and how the author says "Where's the Epidemic?". She proves it with facts. 

My realtionship with words

          My relationship with “words” in my life is quiet, because I always keep to myself. However, when somebody gets hurt (bullied), talks trash, or speaks explicit language that is when see a bad side. The table has turned for me, because I do not want that in society. I use my “words” to defend people and sometimes to inspire or motivate.

            Basically, when people get to know me I talk a lot. One time, I met a mutual friend and she never heard me speak, until she got to know me, Then, she said “You talk? Your always quiet”. It is kind of funny, but I like to I keep to myself.

           I talk more now because I am in college and meet new people every day. That is why “words” are becoming good for me.

            The bad side of words is ugly for me. I remember when my cousin owed me $5,000. I gave him six months to collect the money and everything would be alright. He never paid me and I started to speak angry words that I never said before and later my “words” turned into “action”. My “words” failed me, because I was probably too nice, but my “actions” finally woke him up. It hurt me to take matters into my own hands, because my “actions” had to step in.

            Some of my words inspired people and kids, for example I talked to “The Young Yoemen” and “The Mighty Yoemen” and tell them “it doesn’t matter what your background is, you represent the name on the front not the back”. I am proud that coaches still ask for me to speak to the team I played for in high school. That is an honor to speak to the present and future leaders of that team.

            Words that inspire me are quotes from Muhammad Ali, such as “I am gonna show you how great I am”. It gives me chills because I can change the world and inspire others. You can be roughest and the toughest, but you cannot stop me from my goals. I set a goal before I came to college, that I will finish off Blinn and Texas A&M no matter what it takes. I used my “words” to promise myself I will reach my goals because “I am gonna show you how great I am”.

Introducing Myself

My full name is Pablo Cesar Rodriguez, but some people just call me “Po” or just “Pablo.” I am 18 years old and look forward to even more. I went to C.H. Yoe High School in Cameron, Texas and played football for the "Cameron Yoemen". We won three state championship in a row, but we couldn’t win the state title my senior year, due to fact that we lost our star player and best friend on a horrific injury and play. I also can tell you I made the All-State Team academically and athletically, also received 3^rd team All-American by Semper Fidels Poll. I do not even know how I got All-American honors but I did, also I was inducted into the Cameron Yoemen Hall of Fame with Mike Perrin, everybody knows him in Austin. Because he is the new Athletic Director of the University of Texas at Austin, that was kind of cool for me at that moment meeting him person during the ceremony. Let me tell you about my family, basically I grew up with one sibling; she can be a handful when you are the oldest. However, everything is good when we get along. My parents are kind of strict on me, but I never miss behave or talk back to them, because I love them. Also I miss them, but they told me I got to go get an “education.” I study every day; even when I am not at school, I take a book and start reading it. Speaking of reading, my favorite book is Night by Elie Wiesel, it draws a lot interest to me, about he suffered in the Auschwitz Concentration Camp and almost giving up hope. But furthermore reading is my weakness in my classes, my strongest subject is math. I could probably solve any math problem, so that is basically what I am good at. I am good at lot of things, for example I am good at Chess and Card games. But I am mostly good at chess, everybody I played chess in high school, usually get beat because I was good at it. One time my Calculus teacher played me, he was good at chess but I beat him, but the second time he got me good. Also another thing about me is my hobby, I collect coins, there all stored in the bank. But I have lots of Gold and Silver Liberty Coins, I know they are worth a lot of money but I just keep them for just a collection. This is how I introduce myself, former football player, introduce my family, tries to study hard, likes reading Night By Elie Wiesel, and also I like to play chess and also collect coins.