wednesday

wednesday was a half day at school. I was very happy about this but I had my slc so that was about all I was happy about. During school we were visited by the leader and creator of the Border Angels. To find information about him visit:
http://www.borderangels.org/index2.php?PHPSESSID=5490d78c0c1f9270152a8a7adf1dd7d8.
Basically he told us about his story and how he came to found the organization. He worked for the Padres, but he didn't say what he did for them. I think he did something with their business department but some people in the class thought that he was implying he played for the team. After he told us about himself he talked about the horrible thing that are happening in terms of crossing the border and the immigration laws. Personally I found him to be very biased and he seemed to drop a lot of names. Then he told us stories of horrible things he encountered in the dessert. They were interesting but when he started talking about the people he found racist he seemed unreliable. Overall I think it was interesting and useful for the groups who are reporting on immigration issues. I think when discussing such a multi-faceted issue it is important to hear every side.

My student led conference was after school on Wednesday. Some people were standing outside kind of nervous, I didn't see why because we were just talking with our teachers and our parents. I got all my stuff ready (it took forever to print my agenda) and I went into the great room with my mom after school. Julio came up to us first and he talked to us about my progress in the class, the mexico trip and stuff like that. Then I went in for my SLC. I talked about all of the things on the agenda and it didn't seem very difficult. I am hoping that I did a good job and it was supposed to be pretty easy. I guess I will find out when I get my grade. My friends were kind of nervous for theirs but I guess some people have different fears.

BASICALLY IT WAS NICE HAVING A HALF DAY AND THE SLC WASN'T TOO BAD.