Small Autobiography

I was born and raised in Atlanta, GA. I grew up on the south side of Atlanta living with my mom and two sisters. I met my dad at the age of fifteen. I attended Heritage Academy Elementary. I grew up struggling to do well academically. 

In elementary school, I received below average grades and failed most of my tests. In middle school, I received straight C’s until my eight grade year. I strived to do better every year but it was tough due to my bad habits, the people I hung out with, and my terrible comprehension and listening skills.  I was not focused on being a good student and it was hard because my neighborhood is rough. All I see is fights, drugs, and guns being shown off. So to me it only made sense to have my own crew for protection. My mom and step-dad did not have the best influence on me either because they sell drugs themselves. My dad who I met at 15 would call me and come see me from time to time but he saw that street image of me and always told me that I will never make it into college. 

When I left middle school, I joined a summer program called Upward Bound that highly motivated me to take school more seriously so that I could make it into college. I also gained a god mother who gave me advice and motivated me to do well. After leaving the Upward Bound program, I was nervous starting my freshman year. It dawned on me that I would rather take school seriously and avoid being like my parents. I would like to prove everyone wrong rather than being a failure like the men in my neighborhood, on Clevland Avenue, selling drugs. That is when I decided to start hanging with the right people taking my grades seriously. 

I made it to Georgia State through Summer Success Academy shocking my dad and making my mom so proud to the point that she shed tears. It made me realize that anything is possible because I never thought I'd be here today but I am grateful. I made promises to myself and to God. I will be successful and I will not give up until I have reached my destination. I would like to end this by saying thank you for your time today and I look forward to hearing back from you soon.

Advice from the wise

TED talk

TED is a nonprofit showcase devoted to spreading ideas and educating people on important and interesting information. It started out in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, and design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. TED conferences bring together the world's most fascinating thinkers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes or less. TED gives different programs and organizations the opportunity to show case their talents and presentations in front of a large audience and the video remains on the TED website. It helps the world be more innovative and it’s a great system of broadcast. Today, TED is one of the best form of an education system to be updated on new technology and it also gives you the mindset that you need because it enables you to have an open mind. TED has a positive affect on society because it brings together creative and smart people with different ideas they have ready to be presented to us to freely watch. If you do not feel like you want to be educated you could watch and inspirational video where people come on the show and talk about their life and how it may have shaped the way they are now. Overall, TED is very big across the nation and people should take advantage of it because it highly increases the knowledge of those who do tune in.

Siri

Siri lets you use your voice to send messages, schedule meetings, place phone calls, and more. Ask Siri to do things just by talking the way you talk. Siri understands what you say, knows what you mean, and even talks back. Siri is so easy to use and does so much; you’ll keep finding more and more ways to use it. It was released with the iPhone 4s; it has the potential to radically impact how we interact with technology. Apple a great leap into the innovative world.  It is now on the newer generation IPhones. Siri has a negative affect on society because it is making us lazy. The fact that we cant talk into our cellphone gives people a reason to be frustrated if they have to write or type information into their cellphones. Siri allows you to use little physical work. Eventually, siri will be able to do a lot more to enable the lazy size of people.

Negative affect of Breaking bad Tv series

Breaking Bad is a crime drama television series. It is a story of a teacher, Walter White, who is diagnosed with lung cancer at the beginning of the series. He turns to a life of crime, producing and selling meth, in order to secure his family's financial future before he dies, teaming with his former student, Jesse Pinkman. In the series, they explore the dangers of making meth and the process it takes to have everything needed to create a nice batch of meth. They also explore the trouble it is having a middleman and some one to transport the meth to other countries. This TV series has a negative affect on society in multiply ways. They make the production of meth look as if it is not a high profile drug that has a huge impact on society itself. They Influence those who actually cook meth to do different thing that would be strategic like use a trailer to cook the meth in an area in which they would not be found by any cops. A main focus in the series was having someone trust worthy to do business.

Music By Janelle Monae

"I've never forgotten where I come from," she says. "It's crazy, but I really want to be the one to show everyone back home that it can be done. And not by selling drugs but by being passionate about the right thing and the right things will come your way." She pays homage to her parents with a signature black-and-white tuxedo she wears for every performance. "I call it my uniform," she explained. "My mother was a janitor and my father collected trash, so I wear a uniform too. “Janelle Monae is an American R&B and soul musician, composer and record producer signed to Wonderland Art Society, Bad Boy Records and Atlantic Records. Janelle Monae has a positive affect on society because she went against the odds and made music that sends positive messages out to women. She only wears black and white suits and tuxedoes because her parents have to wear a uniform to work. She does not use profanity in her music and she aims to uplift people in her music. For Example, her song Q.U.E.E.N was very uplifting to the black women and encouraged the way black women dance.

Negative Influence of the show Jackass

It takes a jackass to live a life in which stunts bring in the income. Jackass is a movie where a group of guys go around risking their health doing dangerous stunts. It has a negative affect on society. It gives a message that doing dangerous stunts with a group of friends is fun. In the show, they do not get hurt very easily because they were trained to avoid getting hurt and they also take precautions on the show. The show encourages the audience to take risk, which seems a lot easier on the show because they know what they are doing. The show makes you feel as though the stunts will not injure you but the people on the show gets hurt from some of the stunts and pretend to be fine until they are away from the camera. There are even members of the group from the show suffering from injuries and have to live with body marks that they receive doing stunt on the show. It promotes mindless behavior and there are tons of kids out there who enjoy doing stunts. The show is that extra push for them to do that crazy stunts they would be afraid of doing. We would have a more peaceful society if we did not have show encouraging stupid activities.