Some people might say words are just words. "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me." To others, words are powerful and have a significant value to them even if it's the simplest words. When you're young, you just say things out of the blue, not knowing what you're saying, what it means, or saying things just because you feel like saying it. As you get older, you begin to notice how powerful can be. When my older sister and I were younger, about 11 and 8, we used to share a room. Of course we got under each other's skin once in a while, but we never really got into big arguments like this one particular night. We were about to go to bed and I honestly can't remember what we were arguing about, I just remember it was getting pretty intense. Anyways, we were yelling at each other and at one point she yelled "I wish mom had a boy instead of having you." Ouch. I didn't know I didn't have to be physically hit to cry, but apparently not. Of course she didn't mean it. We were little but it still hurt me. It was the first time I had ever experienced getting told something so mean. I cried. She realized she messed up right away and started feeling bad. Which is good, because that was really mean. Therefore, be careful with what you say. Words can hurt. Words may not do anything to you, but they can affect another person. 

    I'm pretty sure everyone loves music. Artists create music to send out messages through their lyrics. An artist whose music made an impact on me is P!NK. One of my top favorite songs by her is F***** Perfect. This song sends out a very powerful message to young girls, such as myself. In the song, P!NK sings " Pretty pretty please, don't you ever, ever feel like you're less than perfect. Pretty, pretty please if you ever, ever feel like you're nothing, you are perfect to me.... You're so mean when you talk about yourself, you are wrong. Change the voices in your head, make them like you instead."I've always been really insecure on everything about me. This song taught me to love myself and accept on my every flaw. I'm still working on that.

    Honestly, I never planned on attending college. I find that pretty funny since I want to become a teacher. Attending college or even the word college never really crossed my mind until I met my boyfriend. It wasn't until he told me about his dreams and goals that made me realize I didn't not want to do anything with my life after high school. I'm not sure if it's because I'm totally in love with the boy, or he just has a way with motivating words, but listening to him talk about what he wants to do motivated me to keep going to school. His words of advice throughout the whole time we've been dating have made a huge impact on me. He always motivates me, especially now that we are in college. I know, it's usually the parents who give this kind of advice but not in this case.

   

Hello, everyone! Welcome to my blog. My name is Stacy Sanchez. I am 18 years old but with the height of an 11-year-old and sadly, I'm stuck with this height for the rest of my life. Thanks, mom! I was born and raised by both parents in Houston, TX along with my two sisters, Amy (21) and Juliette (3). I graduated from Sam Houston High School where most of us had it pretty easy, and by easy I mean we didn't have to worry about doing work because we hardly ever had any assigned to us. Which wasn't really easy because now I'm in college barely learning about pre algebra when i should have learned it in high school. So word of advice, if you ever have that one class where all you do is "chill", change it. I'm majoring in education because I want to be the kind of teacher I never had. I want to help students get good grades and help them reach their goals. Part of me wants to be an elementary teacher because I love kids, and another part of me wants to be a high school history teacher because that's my best subject and I love it! I haven't decided yet but for now, I'm just getting my basics out of the way. I listen to almost all kinds of music. Rap, Hip-Hop, R&b, Country, Spanish, Rock, etc. I enjoy dancing Spanish music as much as I enjoy listening to it. But that's not the only I like to dance, I also enjoy dancing Hip-Hop. I've been dancing since I was 8. I was never in a dance team, it was just something I'd do on my free time. I used to dance at a stuio near my house. Every time I was feeling down or bothered, I'd go to the studio to take classes and suddenly I'd forget about my problems. But unfortunately, I stopped going to the studio after I got my first job at Chik-Fil-A. Which by the way, I had so much fun working there. I don't play any sports. I wish I did, but I am a total klutz when it comes to playing sports. I'm the kind of girl who will scream if I saw a ball coming towards me. I'm the first in my family to go away for college. It's not easy being away from them, but I know it'll all be worth it in the end and I can't wait to make them proud of me.