Graduation Today

Graduation. It is a day like no other. A day when young children or young adults move on in life to seek meaning or destiny. Today is my graduation from an abnormal school. The reason I call it abnormal because it's African centered. If you could name a school that was ONLY African centered education, that's great but this is the one I'm at. (I won't exactly name the school yet, reader. Be patient). It's going to be singing, parent flashing cameras in our faces, and even more singing. Personally my voice is a little strained from all the singing rehearsals. Though, I can't complain much. We did actually make progress on our singing because we sounded like road kill at first (Trying to sing "Lift every voice and sing"). The other songs were okay but not exactly great.

I remember the first couple days at my school. 5th grade was a tough year because I was still transitioning from my other school. I remember that I did the wrong homework assignment in math class and I was about to cry (I was bit of a cry baby back then so yeah) but he just told me to relax. It was just an accident. I don't know why I remembered that day so much. Maybe it's because I respect him. Or simply because I wanted to make a good impression on myself. But I'm grateful for him.

I am going to miss my class, even though they annoyed the hell out of me. They made me laugh the most with their ridiculous antics and comments. Even some in the class, I am honored to call a brother or sister. I will miss Dynasia, because she was one of my first friends. She was my popcorn buddy and I remember us laughing about stupid things. Charles, who I considered my brother... I'm going to miss him because of his peculiar ways and his talk of marvel comics. Kaylah Livingston, my girl best friend... I'm going to miss her so much. I am inspired by her because I was not always a reader but watching her read every day at lunch taught me to run with it. I even have a best friend, Andrew, who sometimes was an ass but was so nice. He is my boy best friend because he was so different from me. Sometimes it surprises how we're friends. They're other in this class that I didn't mention but just know I will miss you too. I'm going to miss my teachers, because they helped me become better at reading, math, cultural awareness (history), and science. Science, the most because at first, I would be getting 70s or low 80s on my tests. Later into the year, I got 90s.

Bottom line of this sad speech that made me cry, I will miss Harambee institute of science and technology. It taught me so much, I grateful for that. And because of this place, it taught me to live life. To live like we can't die and that's how we're supposed to feel.

So thank you...

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MUSIC IS LOVE

"I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music."-Billy Joel http://www.billyjoel.com/"The hills are alive with the sound of music, with songs they have sung for a thousand years. The hills fill my heart with the sound of music. My heart wants to sing every song it hears."-Maria (Julie Andrews) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059742/
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Theses quotes are what describes music. Music, to me, is a way out. It's a escape from the real, and cruel world we live in. To be away from all the problems, and drama. It helps us become sane and stable so we wont kill anyone at school. Music allows us to feel emotions such as: Joy, miserable, excitable, and even anger. It has the power to change our view on the world. It teaches us lessons that would carry us through, through the rest of our LIVES. Which is a very long time.

There are many songs that inspires me and that I enjoy listening to. But the songs that stood out to me was in a movie called, "The Sound of Music". The Sound of Music is my 60s movie! I love it so much. The Adventure, the musicals, and even the romance. Though, the song that I loved the most are "My Favorite Things", "Do Re Mi", and of course, the most popular out of all of them, "Sound of Music". When I first heard theses songs, I was like, "Not bad for 60s music". And then, I kept listening to them until I learned the lyrics like the back of my hand. Each of them taught me how to sing, they taught me to be myself, and they taught me how to appreciate music more. Let's do this, I'll share my songs with you and you comment and tell me yours.

SONGS:

1. Sugar by Maroon 5
2. Earned it by The Weeknd 
3. Tightrope by Janelle Monae 
4. Electric Lady by Janelle Monae
5. I'm not the only one by Sam Smith
6. Rude by MAGIC

This is literally only a portion of my playlist. I just shared my heart with you. Be HAPPY.

Song Example from my Playlist:

P.S. Bruno Mars is too cute

The Great Depression.

Okay, from what the title reads it may sound like I'm about to give a boring history lesson. But I'm not. I'm going to talk about the Great Depression that happens to us as the youth. From what I've seen in our community, depression most likely happens to those teenagers who are looked as a target by bullies or personal problem. For example, studies show that teenagers across America has depression from:

1. Stress
2. School/studying
3. Body images
4. Family problems
5. Sexuality 

Theses problems can even lead to suicidal deaths so this matter is really serious.

Quick Lesson: Bullies are people who basically torture another person (victim) with petty and hurtful remarks and/or physically. It's a nicer way of saying they are assholes.

The kids who are quiet or is called a 'nerd' or a 'dork' might get bullied. A kid that is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or transgender might be bullied. The kid who always get good grades, has good behavior, and/or has a good relationship with a teacher(s) may also get bullied. Not to brag but I'm that kid who majority of the time gets good grades and gets teachers respect. The trick is, is being a good person. I have personal experience of a person judging me for being different. For loving heroes and comic. I've been called a time boy, a boy, and a freak. Bullies just hate people who are successful because THEY ARE JEALOUS. No other reason. Jealousy is the number one reason why they are torturing us, awesome teenagers. It's also because they know they'll end up working at McDonalds or some fast food restaurant while we'll be probably getting into a great college and work a career of our dreams (That is if we stay on the RIGHT track). All they want to go is bring us down with them and we can't allow it. Don't worry about bullies, okay? Be brave and stand up to those douche pants saying, "F*** OFF!". That's how you get a bully away from you.

If you have other problem in school or studying, I'll tell you how to solve the problem. Don't stress about it. Stay calm because really, it's only a number. Your grades and your GPA is only a number. It doesn't define who you are as a person. But since, your parents will bother you constantly about it, just try your best. Ask for a tutor if needed, and ask your teacher many questions because those answers make the teacher and your parents proud. Oh and don't forget to have fun while learning! It's torturous to not have fun...Ugh, don't get me started.

Another way that a teenager can get depressed is from how they look. I mean, seriously? Why is this such a big problem? Everyone is human and we are all God's creations so we, of course look beautiful and handsome. On the inside and out. But of course, we have those jerks in the world that might tease you because you being too fat or too skinny. Too tall, or too short. One answer to that:
Listen to "Firework" by Katy Perry and "All about that Bass" by Meghan Trainer
Theses songs tells you that it is all right! No matter how you look, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL! If you wanna be LGBT, it's fine with me! That's your choice and I respect you and others should too. Be yourself and never change because others tell you to. And you never forget it because I only have one copy of this post.

Now family problems may be a difficult topic... It's hard living in the house with the father and mother arguing 24/7 or is getting divorced. Maybe it's something worse like parents doing drugs or smoking cigarettes. You may be trapped in your room while your life outside the door is a living hell. But I will tell you this. Stay strong because giving up...Giving up is going to make your problem or situation worse. Stay yourself and if your parents are bad model for you, I'm sorry but forget them. Because if they were really good parent they would care for you instead of getting into illegal business. As for myself, I look up to superheroes. I know, I know... it's cheesy but those heroes show me that you will prevail. It may not be within 30 minutes or an hours but soon. Trust me...

All of this to say people....Be YOURSELF and don't let anyone change. No matter how skinny, or big, or your sexuality or anything else.

This message is given to you by Fifi W. from G+ (Mystic is another name I go by) 

A teenager’s world…

A teenager's world...

…Probably the most irritating and most 

difficult place to live in. Why you may ask? It’s because of school, chores, nagging parents, fake friends, and…Eh, Oh! That’s right. Love. Love can be a real pain in the ass. When you like someone, it’s normally a fictional character, a guy that is twice as old as you, Or…the guy you like, loves someone else. Which is worst. That’s life of a teenager. I don’t know why god made it that way but we just have to deal with it.

Though, my analogy of how shitty life is, there is some good things too. I can’t tell you because I’m not you. YOU have to find your way of making your life better. Not everyone you meet is going to be Augustus Waters (A Fictional character from “The Fault in our Star” who was super-hot, extremely generous and metaphoric.). Fake friends, forget them… and find new and REAL friends. School is only a few years of irritating yet pleasant experiences, which could have been wasted on computer time. Parents…They can be annoying and sometimes possessive but they want what’s best for us. Keep dreaming and Just Remember and live by this quote, Teenagers of all race, gender, and beautifulness

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“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

― Eleanor Roosevelt