“SPA Theme Song.”

For SPA theme song, I picked Down by Jason Walker. I picked this song because although it is sad and depressing, it gives me hope to keep getting up and not to give up on life or on anything. No matter what happen in your life you can’t always dwell on it, you need to move on and keep trying. It puts me at ease when I listen to this song. When someone gives you support take it and be thankful, don’t throw away SPA like it’s such a bad place; it’s not. People make it sound so bad because they’re not happy in their life. You can’t blame it at a place where they help you with everything. San Pasqual Academy gives us support such as: food, a place to live, clean clothes, a job, a bed, ETC. They give us a lot, if you’re one of the people on campus who hates it...it’s really not the campus, it’s the people who doesn’t appreciate the things they have. When things goes down, people always give up. It’s a game you just need to get to the final stage, and you’re a winner. When the screen says, “GAME OVER”, does not mean you turn off the switch. You turn it back on and keep trying until you get to the last final stage. My sister always says this, “If it hurts to fall, get back up because it’s harder to keep being on the ground when you can give it another try”. Appreciate life, SPA, once you get out into the real world; there’s going to be few people who would give this much support. This song is dedicated to San Pasqual Academy including the people who are a part of it.

Jason Walker-Down

I don’t know where I’m at
I’m standing at the back
And I’m tired of waiting
Waiting here in line, hoping that I’ll find what I’ve been chasing.

I shot for the sky
I’m stuck on the ground
So why do I try, I know I’m gonna to fall down
I thought I could fly, so why did I drown?
Never know why it’s coming down, down, down.

Not ready to let go
Cause then I'd never know
What I could be missing
But I’m missing way too much
So when do I give up what I’ve been wishing for.

I shot for the sky
I’m stuck on the ground
So why do I try, I know I’m gonna to fall down
I thought I could fly, so why did I drown?
Never know why it’s coming down, down, down.
Oh I am going down, down, down
Can’t find another way around
And I don’t want to hear the sound, of losing what I never found.

I shot for the sky
I’m stuck on the ground
So why do I try, I know I’m gonna to fall down
I thought I could fly, so why did I drown?
I never know why it’s coming down, down, down.

I shot for the sky
I’m stuck on the ground
So why do I try, I know I’m gonna to fall down
I thought I could fly, so why did I drown?
Oh it’s coming down, down, down.

"The Bass, the River, and Shelia Mant". Theme Graphic Organizar

“’The Bass, the River, and Shelia Mant’ compared to “I’m Gonna Miss Her.”

In the story, “The bass, the river, and Shelia Mant” compared to Brad Paisley’s song call “I’m Gonna Miss Her”, are very alike. The lyrics concluded what the boy had gone through in the story also but they’re also different. Brad Paisley wrote a song about a girl he is in love with but she does not like him leaving her for fishing, just like Shelia Mant; she thinks fishing is stupid. Brad rather go fishing than be with his girlfriend, so she left him. Same with Shelia Mant and the boy, she also left him later after he had thrown away the biggest fish, but Shelia showed no interest. These two are also different because Brad chose fishing first even though he lost the girl too. In the story, “The bass, the river, and Shelia Mant”, the boy chose Shelia over the fish, instead he lost the girl and also the fish. Those are the comparison between these two.

Internal and External Conflicts in “Sheila, The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant”

In the story, “Sheila, The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant”, faces both external and internal conflicts. His external conflict is the struggle he had with the Bass. He was happy that he had caught the big fish and tries hiding it away from Shelia. His internal conflict is his feelings for Shelia because he is trying to impress her, but she thinks fishing is stupid. He likes Shelia for so long and tried things to get her to see him the way he sees her. Also, he feels if she sees the Bass he had caught it would make her not like him even more. As the results of these conflicts, he realizes that he had let go of the fish because he wanted Shelia. He also wanted the biggest fish he ever caught. Later, Shelia leaves him and left with another guy. He wish he could’ve picked that fish over her. Also, there are many other fishes in the sea, but he should have let her go instead.

"Catch the Moon" Falling in Love.

Falling in love takes two people, two hearts, but it turns into one. Falling in love starts with a small feeling into bigger ones until you grow to love them more and more. You have to have respect, loyalty, honesty, caring, understanding, and everything a person should be treated no matter what situation you’re in. It is crazy, it has ups and downs and peoples knees gets weak and peoples heart grows stronger. People fall in love when they least expect it. When I, least expect it. People think that falling in love, means it has to take years to get that feeling; it doesn’t as long as your feelings are true towards each other no one can tell you, “You don’t know what love is”! For example, my house parents Bob and Debbie have only dated for three months and they got married. Knowing they can do it, makes anyone able to do it also. Debbie says, “Bob and I are totally opposite people, but we worked and worked on our relationship to make it this far. We have been married for 35 years and now going onto 36 years”. If loving that person is worth it, then make it last forever; though things gets hard, don't give up. There are so many emotions that runs through our minds. You ever hear that saying where they say, “You are a part of me and I am a part of you”? It’s true, once you get to that point where you feel like you know your boyfriend/girlfriend so well to the point where you guys are in love. It suddenly starts to feel like your just like them, you have a part of them and the other part of you is with them. You start to do anything to keep that person happy, and you wouldn't care what it takes to do so. Falling in love is a mystery, it happens differently to other people; some takes time, and some takes only a few months. It’s a mystery, you don’t know when it’s going to happen. Who cares if someone says, “You love him? What! you only been with him for 7 months”. It does not matter how long you known them, or how much they did this for you and that, nor how long you’ve been with them. It is the feeling that counts, deep down inside; not what people think that you should feel. Also, even if you’re young! So what?! I can say that when young people fall in love, it makes it harder because they try to grasp the love they had before and hold onto it knowing it ended so long ago, but it still does not mean it can’t happen. If you just be yourself, be true to yourself; you won’t have any reasons not to find love. Like they say, “Patient is a virtue”. Love can’t be rushed, because you don’t have a sexual life with your partner does not mean you guys aren’t in love. For example, when I fell in love for the first time, I was honestly to God; scared! I questioned myself everyday if it was really love? After everything I went through with him made me realize many things, and even though we fell out of love, I still care and I still have love for him. If you care for a person that much, it’s hard to let go and forget. Does not mean you have to erase them from your memories, “People hold onto the memories like it’s the most important thing in their life, because they are the ones that does not change when the people in it does”. You can’t force yourself to move on, you just have to go with the flow. While you do that learn from it, don’t just throw it away like it doesn’t mean anything to you. When falling in love, people are motivated by moving on, caring more, loving more, and being a better person themselves. They start to care what they would treat their next love one who comes in, and cherish it. A love one once told me that if you can’t make things right like how you want it, you keep trying; and if you know you’re hurting the person so much but you love them and you want them to be happy, you should let them go. He told me that he knew he was hurting me and he keeps doing it but he tried and tried but somehow it just never worked out. The only way is to let go, cherish, remember; only if they really and truly meant something.

Comparing Themes Notes

“’Halloween Memory in Third-Person."

It was a Halloween night. Chanda and her brothers and sisters went out to trick or treating. Chanda was dressed as a princess, she was wearing pink with a little princess crown on her head. She had to walk in front of her sisters and brothers because they didn’t want her to get lost. Coming back home late Chanda had 2 big bag of candies. Right when she walked into the door she jumped on her dad saying, “Dad, I got a lot of candies”. Chanda was 7 years old, innocent little girl. Chanda layed next to her dad and Chanda fed little bars of chocolate to her dad, feeling full she went right asleep.