What the 1st amendment means to me?

The first amendment is basically the right for freedom and pretty much everything. In english class we're discussing a lot about freedom and the american dream and for my essay I wrote that there is no existance of the american dream so therefore there is not a real existance of freedom. The 1st amendment does not hold much importance to the school it seems because we have no freedom. We cannot use our phones but only 40 minutes in the day, can't dress the way we want, can't act or talk the way we want. the limitations in school are quite narrow. It seems that although it's a freedom to do so much, it still has many restrictions. The 1st amendment does have a lot of meaning but I feel that not everyone gives you those rights that are supposedly given to us as Americans. Because this school sure doesn't and there's so many laws to restrict every little thing a minor can do. A minor has curfew because of the law and a minor cannot drive anyone under 25 in a car until they're 18. I don't think that age should have anything to do with your maturity level and we shouldn't have to be held with more restrictions just because of it. I wish that we had a lot more freedom especially when it comes to school because I feel we're being suffocated because we're not allowed to truly express who we are at/during school since of all these rules.

Saturation Report-Volleyball game vs. Mission.

The gym is filled with brown and yellow and Mission High School posters/banners everywhere with a slipper, light tan floor with a lot of lines on it. The gym is so small and has many people in it since there's not much room to sit on the gym floor, there's many people in the stands. I hear a lot of yelling and commotion, maybe because the teams are communicating. The sounds are really echoey and everyone is very active and moving. Everyone is constantly moving and yelling. It's not quiet at any moment during this. The room is extremely humid and everyone looks very hot and sticky/sweaty. The gym has 18 windows and all are closed, making the room even more stuffy and hot. The lights are very bright and the ceiling is quite high. There's not much of a smell, it just smells really stuffy. I'm sitting on the bleachers watching it from the top because there's no room to sit with the JV team.

Rest In Paradise Mark Guardado.

Mark Guardado was a close family friend so I wanted to write about this story. My dad got a call at 2 in the morning from Big Mark's nephew, Anthony Guardado, saying that he was dead and that a rival gang, the Mongals, had shot him. The story I got from his newphew was that they were outside a bar and the two rival motorcycle gangs began to fight then somehow the Mongol gang member took out a gun and shot Big Mark in the head. Big Mark was sent to the hospital where his close friend was by him the whole time. Big Mark was loved in the Hells Angel as well as the Bay Area community, he is the VP of the Hells Angels Sonoma Chapter. This tragedy mad my mom cry all night, knowing him for over 20 years. It's sad how people can't defend themselves anymore without having a weapon in hand. It's a real big tragedy and for his funeral it's going to be a huge, with Hells Angels from everywhere coming. He was deeply and loved by the whole Hells Angel community and a great deal by his family. GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN, REST IN PARADISE BIG MARK. WE LOVE AND MISS YOU. <3

Current Events Blog; Bay Area's robbery increasing.

The Bay Area's robbery rates have gone up 40% since the last few years. In San Francisco and Oakland alone it's been 300,000 robberies since the year 2004. The most frequent and harmful areas happen in more crowded areas such as local BART stations, downtown, and shopping malls. There have also been many armed robberies within local grocery shopping markets and restaurants. From years 2004-2006 the Bay Area has gone up 11,264 to 15,698, and in 2007 at 15,646. Since the year 2005, strong-armed robberies have went up 9%. San Francisco's big 'hot spot' is the Tenderloins, with having 6 out of the 15 worst intersections of robberies along with downtown; Halliday Plaza and Market street. In Oakland the most frequent areas that are being robbed are Eastmont Mall, Fruitvale district, and the BART stations. The Lieutenant of San Francisco PD says that the reason these areas are being so frequently robbed is because of the quick getaways and the crowded areas.

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