Senior Reflection #2

My Senior Reflection for this week is about my plans in the summer. So far, I want to be done with school and be able to get better job so I can save up some money to pay my College. Also, I want to have some fun, since Summer is the best season ever. My goals are extremely clear by now, I already decided what I want to do with my life and hopefully I am only a few months away to start giving shape to my dreams.

CE #2

The article I just read is called Fairfax approves $2.2B school budget that cuts jobs, adds fees, by Michael Alison Chandler. It explains what the school budget will be for next year, and how they are planning to get some money while making some changes in school programs.

This formula is called “Priority Schools Initiative”, which will enlarge the school day or year. Some of the changes imposed by school superintendent Jack Dale are fees that will be charged to students who play sports or take AP classes, and also the program cuts around 200 positions.

There are some schools that already got benefits from this program and have shown good results, like the one in Alexandria that just had developed an outdoor classroom with 14,000 square feet of gardens which make them won a U.S. Department of Agriculture award due to funds based on this new program.

I’ve chosen this article because it seemed important to me, given that it is something local and something that I live with. Even though this is my last year in high school; I do have younger relatives who go to Fairfax’s schools and they will see the consequences much closer.

It is well written, very clear and understandable. I enjoyed reading the article, and hopefully the results will make the county earn more money and the governors and superintendents will be able to manage it.

Senior Reflection

Senior Reflection

My first senior reflection will be about all what happened this year.

For me it’s been a really unusual year; given that I dropped out some classes so I could work. I got switched from different classes more than once, so I could get to go to school and work at the same time. Also, I will say I experienced what senioritis means; given that this one has been the school year when I skipped school the most.

My Senior Year has been a good year for me so far, however it was not the best one.

CE #1

The article I just read is called “China increases holding of US treasury bonds” written by Martin Crutsinger. It talks about how China has held US Treasury debt for the first time in six months; as a consequence United States will be force to pay higher rates so they can finance the debt. The reason why the increase was produced is because of the crisis in Europe, where International Monetary Fund assembled nearly 1 trillion support package to convince investors.

The reason why I chose this article is because I found it really interesting, given that is talking about the financial situation of United States, hence it is talking about huge amounts of money. It was well written, very neat and understandable.

I enjoyed reading the article, but at the same time it got me a little worry about our economy.