During this Thanksgiving break I will be stuck in my house the entire time. On the first day of the break I will be having surgery on my toes, and my feet. So not only will I be stuck at home, I will not even be able to feel my foot for the whole week. So ya, you could say I'm sooo looking forward to it...... Ya right. This year will also be a small thanksgiving for me. My brother is in the army and is in Georgia for Basic Training. My cousins will be going to Mississippi this year, so I will be having a very lonely break. On thanksgiving day we plan for it to just be me, my oldest brother, parents, and grandparents. I would just really like for this month to be over so we can be closer to Christmas. My brother in the army is coming back for Christmas, so every other day between that time is just more time away from him. So this week will still be stressed filled and I will still hate it because certain teachers feel the need to ruin our lives with work, when its called a "break". when people have a break at work its time to just chill out. But oh no, not at life school! As if they don't ruin our lives enough during the school periods, they invade our lives and personal time on breaks. Like really it's a break, teachers don't have to grade work, and they also don't have to give us any!!!!! So Thanks A lot.

Here is the cold hard truth, if me as a high schooler wanted a job, it would probably be something small. I would say working at a restaurant would be the best for me. I have great people skills, and I love being around food, mostly eating it. I feel that I would be very likable and make the atmosphere very welcoming. Whether it be a fast food place, or a good restaurant, I feel as though i would fit in. I would try my best to get an interview with the management and try to get on their good sides. Perhaps even telling them how I am a good people person, and how I fell I would succeed in the work place. I may even just apply online, so that way if they don't hire me, they are the ones missing out. All I know is that I would feel very confident working in a place where culinary experience is present.

The movie we watched (Homeless to Harvard) was really compelling. It tells the rough life of "LIZ" Murray, and her struggle to rise to the top like she always wanted. Her parents were both drug addicts and were later diagnosed with AIDS. Her mother tried to fight, but with her constant drinking and other medical problems, she soon lost that fight to Liz's surprise. Liz's mother Jean, told Liz that she would live forever. Which is exactly what Liz wanted. In the movie she said she hoped her mother would get better so that she could finally take care of her. That is not the case, Liz even says that her mother was her baby. It was her responsibility to take care of her mother, while at the same time her father was in a shelter. This amazing girl was able to overcome so many of the obstacles that were set in her destiny by her parents, and the environment she grew up in. Liz never went to school because she duties to do at home, and she was always the "smelly girl". People saw the greatness in her, her teachers, friends, and even her parents. She got into high school by lying, and saying that she had an address with the help of her dad, but in fact, she was homeless. She was the top in her class of around 140, and she was able to finish 4 years of high school in 2 years. This is when she able to go see Harvard University, and when she saw the open world, a world of light and happiness, that is when she knew that there was no going back. My favorite part of the movie is when she is receiving her scholarship from the New York Times. This seen made me see what it was really like for her, it gave me a since of understanding, and a greater look on Liz Murray. She speaks about how she needs college, because it is the road to getting out of the world she had been forced to reside in for so long. A reporter asks her "How did you do it?", and she gives the full hearted response " How could I not?". For Liz, college was not just a cool thing, it was a true blessing. It was her way to be a better person, and to show that even trash can rise to the top. She had lived so long thinking that she was destined to be what her parents made her, but she finally decided to say no. She would decide her outcome in life, and she wanted to be more than just trash like others said she would be. She tells the reporter that her parents showed her the alternative, and that she did not want to go down the same road. When the scene ends she says she would give it all back just to have her family again. She walks from the podium, and as she walks, the press, and board members are all clapping for her as she walks away remembering the times her and her mom shared. This scene tops them all because it is more than just her getting a scholarship. It shows her growing up from what she had believed for so long, but also her letting go of the past she had. When she left that day, she left as a new, and stronger young lady. She attended Harvard, and went out to set goals that would not only change her life, but help others throughout the world. As she said in that scholarship ceremony, " My life will never be the same again."