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Independent Book Project

by nathanledesma1

Moose Flanagan and his family moved to Alcatraz a small island off the coast of San Francisco that is home to some of the most dangerous criminals. Moose is the least of the bunch interested on being away from home, but forced to since his Father works as an electrician and guard on the island.

He’s also less than thrilled about having to keep an eye on his autistic sister, Natalie. Natalie was accepted into the Esther P. Marinoff School, which was supposed to help her, but unfortunately, she’s sent back home almost immediately because she’s just not adjusting to the school. This is a problem because the other school provided to help Natalie is off the island and is far from their budget as a low income family. Although the book never comes out and directly says Natalie has Autism, Autism itself has not yet been brought to attention during this time period. This means that Moose becomes her caretaker.

Moose then makes friends with other kids on the island, including Piper, the warden’s daughter. Piper plans all sorts of crazy schemes to keep them occupied, which include breaking the most important rule… Don’t talk to or about the prisoners. Throughout the book Piper is known to only act like an angel around her Father and the complete opposite around everyone else.

This is where I have left off from the story, but would like to finish it one day. I enjoyed the book’s humor and how the book showed somewhat of what it’s like to live as a kid on Alcatraz. I would think of this book more suitable to a younger audience of about the ages 12- 18 years old. I would give this book a 3.7 out of 5 stars due to the book being too slow at the start.

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My Idol/Role Model (Blog post of choice)

by nathanledesma1

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I didn’t really have a role model until about half way into the school year last year. It’s hard to find a celebrity that holds a lot of my interests and characteristics that I Am good at maintaining. My Idol’s name is Sir Robert Bryson Hall II or formally known as the stage name “Logic”. He is a musician and song writer that I follow and try to keep track of the latest things of him and his music. Logic is a man of always being himself no matter what people think of him or his music. He works to break the stereotype of a typical rapper which would be money,violence, substance abuse and women. tumblr_oea46fnqcp1r8n47fo4_500

The Motto

His music does not only interest me but also, his personality of being cool with everyone and even interacting with his fan base as much as possible. “Always keep it real and remember where I’m from” , he raps in his song “Paradise”. All of his songs usually have meaning behind each and everyone of them that relate to him, someone he knows or issue in the world. He stresses the words or known as the motto “Peace, Love, Positivity”  in his life and concerts he performs in. These are very simple words that come with lots of responsibility as us humans to each other. If we had these three balanced words in the world today we wouldn’t have any negative thing, person or issue bring us down, but for now we must learn to just strive from it.screenshot_2016-10-28-23-19-40

   How he relates to me?

He loves to hangout and play video games. He has a Youtube channel that he solely made to do what he loves but, not to make money. He likes to keep himself while knowing how to have a good time. If I were to ever be famous I had already planned out and always thank/think about the people that got me in the position I’am in. To always represent and remember where I’m from. Although he never graduated high school, he still is very successful in life while changing many people’s lives all over the world.

Logic’s Youtube Channel

Mind of Logic (His Website)

Wellness Blog #2

by nathanledesma1

What does this mean?

“Occupational Wellness is the ability to achieve a balance between work and leisure time, addressing workplace stress and building relationships with co-workers.”  This basically means to be able to have a job in which you enjoy to wake up everyday to go to while, being able to have time to rest and have time to do the things you love.

ztcHow this wellness relates to me today

 

I use this wellness a lot within my sport wrestling. Being able to work really hard and persevere through the aching/tired body each week is also hard to have time to manage. After the weekdays where we practice or work out in order to get ready for a tournament/season, I like to have some down time to sleep, go to the pool, listen to music, relax and watch t.v. Being on the wrestling team I’ve experienced a great deal of comradery or brotherhood that I have not gotten in an other sport before. We are family and understand each others positions whether we are going through a good or bad situation but, push each other passed our breaking point.

How I Am going to transfer this wellness to my life after high school

 

vistafs6-8Joining the fire academy after high school will push me and help me be the best I can be in the job field I Am going to enter in. I believe it will be just like wrestling in terms of the workouts and brotherhood, at least of what I have heard. I have also heard from my First Responders teacher, that fire fighters get weeks or even months off of work to get some rest time from the hard and stressful work that fire fighting can be.

 

All in all, everyone should find their own occupational wellness to be able to live your life without second guessing yourself or your occupation.

Occupational Wellness

Vista Wrestling

Vista Firefighting

A Little About Me

by nathanledesma1

rsz_unnamedI Am a senior/student in the Personal Learning Academy at Vista High School. My interests are playing video games, Youtube, watching UFC fights and Snapchatting my brothers because one lives far from away me so, all three of us like to remind each other that we are still there for one another. I also have an interest in lifting weights it gives me something to work harder to be stronger and a sense of accomplishment once I finally get a certain weight. I like to get things done early so I have time to do the things I love. I Am also on the Wrestling team here at school. Wrestling and my teammates have made me push myself to be greater and always work hard. After high school I plan on joining a fire academy to be a firefighter. I believe that being in wrestling and all the hard work we have put in each year will transfer into my career in being the best firefighter I can possibly be. I can not wait till the end of this school year because it has been a long journey that I have endured and… it is only the beginning of life as I know it. I will always try to find time to do the things I like and spend time with my family.