Crossroad Experience

A crossroad experience is a moment in your life when you must make a decision that will have a big impact in your life. It is a very common thing that can have good or bad consequences in our life. My crossroad experience was just a few months ago when Hurricane Maria happened. Puerto Rico was left in one of the worst conditions ever. My parents bought me a plane ticket to Florida so that I could stay with my uncle because my insulin supplies were low. The first days were kind of weird because I was staying with my uncle which I barely talk to, but we started opening up to each other and it was very nice. Then my parents came to Florida and we all had a lot of fun. About two weeks later my parents were going back to Puerto Rico and told me that I had to make a big decision and that was either to stay in Florida or go back to Puerto Rico. I was left completely startled. It was the first time I had such a big decision in my life. I felt very pressured because my whole life could have changed due to this. They said they would go back to Puerto Rico now and that I had to make a choice. My uncle started talking to me about all the options I had over there in Florida. He introduced me to Hillsborough Community College, The University of South Florida and many more. I went to the University of South Florida and fell in love with the campus. It was a big campus. Everything seemed to be perfect, but I still had my loved ones in my mind. I didn’t know what to do. A lot of thoughts started going through my mind. I thought about my friends, family and girlfriend. It was very complex for me because being in Florida was an amazing experience, but I didn’t want to be away from all my loved ones. After a few days of thinking about it, I chose to return to Puerto Rico because I just couldn’t stand to be away from them. When I came back to Puerto Rico nothing had changed, except that there was an easier access to food and gasoline. I felt horrible the first few weeks. There was a lot heat at night, which interrupted my sleeping. We had no internet access and it was hard to cook food. A few weeks later the power came back, and everything went back to normal. The power service comes and goes but it’s better than nothing. All of these experiences have helped me develop my patience. I do not regret staying here in Puerto Rico because I get to see my loved ones and there’s nothing better than that. Sometimes making decisions from the heart can have very positive outcomes and this was one of them.

Journal Reflection

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            In this reflection, I will be informing you about my experience with writing the journal. The purpose of this journal was to help us become more fluent in thinking and writing in English. I was not very successful in learning one of the rules, which was not to stop writing no matter what. Personally, I was not very successful with this because I am used to thinking before writing, so that I may correct my errors. A big obstacle was not knowing what to write about, simply because sometimes my mind was just blank. My entries did not make sense due to this sometimes. From this obstacle I learned to react faster in the aspect of thinking. I really enjoyed being able to let out all that I was thinking about during the day because it was a way to help me get rid of stress and organize my thoughts. I noticed that my writing has changed in the sense that I am able to write about more content faster than I could before and am also better at expressing my thoughts. This has helped me in other classes, it’s a necessary skill to get better content and better grades. This has really helped me a lot in Social Science because in this class you need to know how to express what the professor taught you, writing the journal was a great experience for me since it also helped me in this class and others. I have changed since I started this project because now I feel a lot more confident in the quality of what I am writing about, therefore it has improved my quality of life since I no longer feel insecure when I write about a topic. I never thought that just writing in a journal for ten minutes in a day could have such a big impact on you. It also made me realize that I wrote a lot in that journal, forty entries to be exact, they all had at least a page and a half of information. If you multiply all of that, it is at least sixty pages of me reflecting on my day. In other words, it showed me that if you really dedicate your time to something and are responsible, you can accomplish anything. Reading the pages on my journal I realized that I am not a happy person, I am quite pessimistic, and I should try changing that about myself so that I may have a better quality of life. This project made me want to write about my thoughts more often, I think it should be done as a type of exercise to let go of what’s in your mind. It also gave me an idea to start a blog, besides the one I’m doing for class because I heard I can make money from it, it’s a great way to earn money because I get to express my ideas about different subjects. This method for making us more fluent in English was creative and effective.

think it should be done as a type of exercise to let go of what’s in your mind. It also gave me an idea to start a blog, besides the one I’m doing for class because I heard I can make money from it, it’s a great way to earn money because I get to express my ideas about different subjects. This method for making us more fluent in English was creative and effective.

Reflection of Girl by Jamaica Kimcaid

             “Girl” is a text that expresses that sometimes girls feel oppressed and are forced to meet certain expectations. Women should be able to do everything a man can do. It is completely unfair that a woman cannot do some things a man can. I’ve seen this type of thing within some family members of mine that don’t allow their daughters to do certain things but allow their son to do them. I have also seen men who think they are superior to women and try brainwashing them into not doing things they would like to do just because the man says so. I believe it is abusive to make women feel oppressed. It’s something that should be worked on because we should try to make this society more advanced and mature. This is a feminist text and I fully support it because I would not like that my daughter lives in a world where a man would have to tell her what to do, feel and believe. Men should be more thoughtful about women and start accepting as they are.
Works Cited: Pittmann, Cynthia. Reflection of  “Girl” by Jamaica Kimcaid