Would you say that Gospel Roads El Salvador will help you to conclude the Lent season with a better foundation to move forward on your journey of fait

I have to say that El Salvador Mission Trip 2011 is where I was able to strengthen my journey of faith. I went to the mission last year with so much baggage, but by the end I realized that God has a great plan for me and that I should allow Him to lead my path, the path that will lead me to the place He has created for me. Going back to El Salvador this year will allow me to give back to the communities what they gave me last year. I know that I am following the path that God is leading me into and I am ready for anything that comes my way. Staying true to myself and talking to Him through prayer.

In your opinion, what would you do differently this Lent as opposed to years before that will help you to live this Lent better?

I think the one thing that I have been doing differently than other years is praying more. In the busy life that I have, I have been able to find time to attend adoration and stations of the cross and in any moment of silence and "loneliness" I have been able to close my eyes and talk to Him. I can honestly say that more than ever I have felt really close to God and I feel my relationship stronger than ever.

Based on your personal experience, why do you think living these 40 days of Lent is important for your spiritual commitment?

If someone would've asked me this exact same question about 9 years ago, my answer would've been "to honor the 40 days that Jesus spent in the desert." However, after growing in my faith, and seeing the many things that God does for us, his children, I have to say that it is very important to live these 40 days of Lent for my spiritual commitment because it allows us to grow a much stronger relationship with God, especially during Holy Week as we go through the rituals of the suffering of His Passion.

Standarized Test

EWWWW EWWW EWWW EWWW EWWW, I think that saya exactly how I feel about standarized tests. I seriously hate them, but unfortunately they are part of the many test that as students we took and as future teachers our students will take. Standarized test are supposed to measure how smart some students are, but in reality it is something extra for students to worry about. When it comes to regular tests I get really nervous, and it's even worse when it comes to standarized tests. I still remember when I had to take the GEPA in eight grade and the HSPA my junior year of high school and thinking to myself " If I dont score high enough I will not be able to graduate". I was so scared that I would barely sleep at night, but after the test was over I felt ok, I felt confident, yet still nervous and I couldn't wait until the results came back and I clearly remember my junior year when a teacher came to each homeroom and called each student one by one and when I was called my hands were shaking and sweaty but when I saw my score I jumped and screamed "YES!" but theyre were also some students who were nto happy because their score was not passing.
I was happy because I had passed, but I have to say that much of the material on those type of test is not covered in class, and for some of us students whose first language is not english, those test are quite a challenge, especially in the reading/writing part.
Many students like me get nervous and don't score high enough because they are nervous and because of the time. If it was up to me, I would ban stadarized test -- lol -- but yet again that's just me.
On youtube I found this video and what the narratoe says isI believe is so true -- it is a very small video and it asks for people like us to visit a website.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkJlst6vDyY
In the other hand this other video shows how standarized test can place students in classes that can either be too challenging or not challenging enough for them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEhzvKPB7iw

Report Cards

Report cards have always made me feel anxious. I always expect to do my best in every class, and I love looking at the letter A in my reports. It makes me feel proud of myself, and it compensates all the effort that I put to obtain the grade. Well, I remember looking at my report cards from elementary school, being an A student. Then in high school, it was pretty much the same way, always expecting to get an A in most of my classes. To get a letter B disappointed me a little bit, because I felt that I could have done better. However, it wasn't until my sophomore year that I atarted appreciating B's and C's (even thou C really upset me) because I was taking Honors Geometry, Honors Genetics and Honors Micropbiology), and those classes where extremely challenging, but I knew that I worked hard for the grade I was getting.
You start appreciating things when they are hard to get.The report cards are a communication between parents, students, and teachers. The report card shows where the student is standing at that point in the school year. Some students my try to improve, however there are some students who really do not care, how they are doing. As long as they pass with a D, for them is okay. In my case, I always wanted to do better, but I remember some students who only worried about what they parents were going to say about those C and D the day, of parent’s night. Once parent’s night was over, the anxiety was gone and they continued earning C and D. All I can say is that every student is different, and some may get motivate to improve, others will continue struggling to obtain at least a C or D, and some will not care at all what the report card says.

Le Book

This has been a very funny video --- It is very interesting how this can be very similar to teachers who are computer "iliterate" to put it in simple terms. Just like the priest didn't know how to use/open the book, many elder people feel like that when using a computer, but I have to admit that it isn't only the older people that have a problem using computer, I myslef have that problem sometimes when using that computer, and if when placed in a school to teach, a website is required, I will have a bit of a problem because even thou there are free websites like scholastic, it is not so easy, it is a bit complicated. But aside from that, like I said at the beggining, Le Book video is very very funny

Comments

I have tried leaving comments in some of my peers blogs, but for some reason I can't, I have tried it every way possible but it seems impossible. I am so sorry, but I have to say that some of the blogs I have read are really good and things that I have not thought about have been mentioned.