Changes at Coronado

          This year we had many changes at school and some people like them and some really don't. One being we have to wear our ID cards. It is a little frustrating having to wear them sometimes because I'm a forgetful person and I have already lost one and had to replace it. So being charged and being in trouble for forgetting it or losing it is a major concern of mine. Besides that It's not to much of a hassle, because lanyards aren't so bad to wear and there are many cool designs.
          One of the biggest and probably the change that has greatly affected us all is the addition of a class period.  The addition of a class means more work and for someone who barely had enough time last year it's defiantly harder. The thing that frustrates me the most is that in adding a class they didn't think to make the day longer, now we have a short lunch and shorter classes. With shorter classes i kind of feel a little bit cheated on my education because there is less class and lecture time and usually more homework. With the Shorter Lunch it's hard to even get a meal on campus with the lines and it's hard to get a meal off campus and still make it back on time. They really should have thought of all the repercussions before they made this change and honestly i would have been a lot happier with the block schedule like all of the other EPISD schools.

U.S Economy Recovery

           This economic recession that we faced directly affected me as people close to me lost jobs and I was affected by this recession.  And Personally Even though these people have gotten jobs again I still don't think our country is any better of. Just cause some people have gotten back on their feet there are still thousands of people who don't know how they're going to get the next meal on the table or how they are going to pay the bills. The way we tried to fix the problem was by stimulation and bail outs for companies "to big to fail." The problem with this is it was just temporary solutions to a long term problem.
           This is going to take a long time to fix especially if we want to do it right. We need to do a bigger changes to our system of creating jobs. We have to stop making it so easy for companies to go over sea's. We also desperately need to fix our budget so we don't keep getting more and more in debt. But to change these things we need to change the mindsets of not just Americans but our politicians. The new bill the president is trying to pass is a start  but many people aren't going to agree with it because it seems almost as if its partially campaigning for him to be president again. With other presidential candidates this could be a very big influence on if they have a chance is how there going to deal with our current economic situation.

A little bit about me

So my name is Leslie. My middle name is Saree. I don't really like my last name and actually half the people I know that didn't know me from middle school think my last name is Saree. But for the record My last name is Abraham. Born and raised here in El Paso Texas. I live with my dad here and my mom lives in California with my sister, my two step siblings and my step dad. I chose to live here with my dad and I'm glad I did because he is practically my best friend; we always do things together. I like a lot of different things and I hardly ever have to far any of them. I'm in all advanced classes and I played on the Coronado Soccer team last year and i hope to make the team again this year. My Favorite Subjects in school or areas that I might want to pursue as an adult are, in no particular order, Psychology, History, Architecture, and Graphic Design. When I'm not doing school work I like to do things with my friends. I have a lot of really good friends, Some of my best friends are Zoe, Cierra, Kat, Alexandra, Pamela, Daniella, Karina, Nina. Zoe I've been best friends with since the 5th grade and I'll always love her even though were in completely different groups. Cierra and Kat I am really close with they used to hang out in the same group as the rest of my friends but not anymore, but I'm really close to them still. And Alexandra, Pamela, Daniella, Karina, and is my main group i guess you would say I love hanging out with them & I've known them since middle school and we always have crazy adventures.  I have many other friends from other groups that I like to hang out with too. When I'm not hanging out with my friends I'm usually doing one of my many many hobbies. I've never thought of my self as a very creative person but I still do so many 'crafty' projects in my free time. Some of my favorite are my altered journal or a mixed media art journal it combines many different forms of art. Another one of my favorite things to do is do my nails. I've been doing designs on my nails of an on since the second grade and I try to do a new design every week. I have to admit I've gotten pretty good at it and I have a blog where I post my nails and I post it to an album on Facebook too. I like to to lots of other crafts like making collages, painting with acrylic and  water paint, making jewelry  with my beads, making mosaics, sewing and cutting clothes. sketching and drawing typography. Some more creative  interests of mine is on the computer. I have a personal blog on Tumblr which i spend a lot of time on, not just to write or post photography but when i used to have a Myspace I would always mess with the HTML codes and create new layouts and I began to have an interest on designing things on the computer. I made a website in the eighth grade and went to a state competition for it. I like to design not just html things but graphics like typography and art combined in my sketches and on the computer. Besides crafty things and doing things with my friends one of my real passions is music.I'm never with out music, I always have my Ipod and I'm constantly listening and searching for new and old music. Probably unlike most kids my age who only like one or two types of music, I like pretty much every type of music you can think of. This year I want to learn how to play the guitar because i used to play instruments and i want to start again. I consider myself a musical entrepreneur  and I'm just  happy when music is apart of my life. But besides all of this I'm just another teenager with dreams and passions and I'll get there some day :)