New York

My family and I were in New York for a couple days during a summer vacation. We were going on a cruise to the Caribbean, and New York is we were porting from. When we got out of the airport we took a cab to the hotel. The traffic was insane. Good thing our driver was an aggressive driver or we would have got anywhere. Finally we got to the hotel we stayed in this hotel that was in the middle of two other buildings. There was no space on between them. The room was slightly small but I did not care. From the window of the room I think you could see the Empire State Building but I was not sure if it was or not. I can remember walking around in New York, it is very different then here in Alameda. It seemed like New York went on forever, I could have easily gotten lost. There was a lot of side stands on the side walk and there was barely any room to walk.
One of the days that we were in New York we went to see Ground Zero. Which is were terrorist’s crashed an airplane into the Twin Tower on October eleventh. It was both amazing and very emotional to be able to stand less then 100 feet away from where the building use to be. A lot of Ground Zero was blocked off because there was construction going on.
When I am older I would like to go back to New York and do more exploring and site seeing. For the little time that I was in New York I saw many new things and sites. After the three days my family and I were off on a cruise ship on our way to the Caribbean.

The Grand Canyon

One year my family and I went on a trip to the Grand Canyon for Christmas. The beginning of the trip was very boring. The drive there took two days; at one point of the drive we were on the rode of 14 hours. The whole drive I was listening to music and sleeping. Before we got to the Grand Canyon we stayed in Laughlin, Nevada for a day or two, but went right back on the rode. I can remember when we were about half an hour away from the Grand Canyon, and the movie Forrest Gump ran threw my mind. We were on the rode that Forrest was running on when he decided to run back and forth across the country. It was pretty cool cause that is my favorite movie.
When we got to the Grand Canyon we stayed in a hotel down the rode. On the fourth day we went to go on a hike on the south side of the Grand Canyon. I took many pictures of the Canyon with my family. At one point my dad took me to the edge of this cliff thinking there was other cliffs at the bottom, but when we looked down there was a straight drop to the very bottom of the canyon. Surprisingly my dad, the one who is afraid of heights, stays by the edge and takes pictures of it. I thought he was crazy. Just the scene of the Canyon was just beautiful. When we went there it was just before they built the walk way that goes out off the edge of the canyon. Without a doubt I would have gone out there and walk on it.
This this trip was really fun to go on with my family. Even though it was pretty boring in the beginning I still had a lot of fun.

Disney World

In 2005 was my second time taking a trip on my Christmas vacation. That year I went to Disney World in Orlando, Florida with my Mom and Dad. I have been to Disney Land before but never been to Disney world. The first day there we went to Magic Kingdom. We watched the usual parade in front of Cinderella’s castle. I can remember going to the Pirates of the Caribbean ride and I started to rain really hard. I liked this one ride that went all around the theme park. In one point of the time we went in Magic Mountain and it felt like you were about to go on that ride; I started to get scared because I really did not want to ride it. When we went to get lunch we keep seeing people with chicken drum sticks that were bigger then their head. I thought that it was pretty funny.

The second day we went to Animal Kingdom. We took a boat from Magic Kingdom to there. The one ride that I can remember at that place was a ride that has a really, really long line. It was for a ride where you are on a truck and you go into the safari and see all these live animals. It was fun. That night we went to the Tiki Room. It is a show where birds dance and sing. There not real birds though.

The third day that we were there we went to MGM Studios. I think that this was my favorite theme park that Disney world has in my opinion. The two shows that we saw that to me stud out the most was a 3D movie that was really neat. It was about the beauty and the beast and their was a part that shows food and you can smell it. Also a part that splashes you with water and little machines in front of you squirts water in your face. The second favorite show there was an Indiana Jones show and they show how they made the movie it was quite dandy to watch.

The last day that we were in Disney World we went to Epcot. Epcot had two parts to it one was a space and science and the other is like a world them with all the different countries having a different space to shop and eat at restaurants. The one ride that I went on at Epcot is the ride where you feel like your in a space ship landing on a different planet. I was getting very claustrophobic in there but it was fun. I really liked the ride that shows how technology has changed but the ride is in that big silver ball that is by the sign that says Epcot. When you get there you cannot miss it. This was a fun vacation to spend with my family.

2008 christmas

The last blog that I wrote about was about my Christmas in 2004 but I want to write about my Christmas last year when I went to Tahoe, Nevada. For this trip I went with my family and for the first time my friend went with us. We had to drive to Tahoe which was a slightly long car ride, about four hours. We stayed at a place called Harris which was a hotel and a casino. Our hotel room was really, nice it had two bathrooms. I thought that was really cool. The first full day the weather was nice so we went down the road to Virginia City. It is like an old western town that has shops and restaurants’ to look at. When we got back to the hotel it was later in the day so my friend and I went to play in the snow out side of the hotel. We had a snow ball fight, made a huge snow ball and one night we bought a plastic sled and made a ramp out of snow . By the end my toes were frozen. Since we were there for a week my friend and I started to get bored, so we went to the arcade every night until 2 or 3 in the morning. We must have spent at least $50 each on video games. It was really fun because my parent let us wonder around freely. One time we went to a small shop that was in the hotel. We must have been in there for an hour trying on really weird hats.

One day my dad took us snowboarding it was a good experience except when my friend took the wrong path and we could not find him. Luckily, he got back to the hotel safely. One night we went to this real fancy restaurant and we had escargot which is one of my favorite things to eat. I remember this one day we went outside and there was a blizzard you could even see 10 feet in front of you. It was crazy.

This trip was probably the most fun I had on a vacation just because I had someone there with me to hang out with. I cannot wait for this years’ vacation when I go to Las Vegas with my family and the same friend. I have a feeling that its going to be even better.

why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria

(4.) Though this group of children, almost all of whom were White, did not live near a large Native American population and probably had had little if any personal interaction with American Indians, they all had internalized an image of what Indians were like. How did they know? Cartoon images, in particular the Disney movie Peter Pan, were cited by the children as their number-one source of information. At the age of three, these children already had a set of stereotypes in place. Though I would not describe three-year-olds as prejudiced, the stereotypes to which they have been exposed become the foundation for the adult prejudices so many of us have.

It is weird if you think about 3 year old being prejudice but it happens. The kids were not being prejudice they just were not taught the actual meaning of what American Indians are. I think not knowing what a certain race is and just making an assumption about that race is not prejudice. these kids just guessed what American Indians are they did not really know. If we educate people about other people and races then there will be less stereotypes and less people being predudice.

my christmas vacations

In 2004 was the first time not being home for Christmas. My family and I went on a train trip to Denver, Colorado for a vacation. The train ride was about a day and a half long and it was going to be my first time in a Sleeper (a deluxe room with a bed and a shower). I don’t really remember but I most-likely slept fine. Once we got there, we had to take a taxi to the hotel. That was also the first time I ever took a taxi. The hotel that we stayed in was pretty big but I remember that it had a 13th floor. Across the street was a hockey rink for a professional team, but I don’t remember what team it was. Around the corner was a huge aquarium and we were not to far way from the main streets.
The second day that we were in Colorado we went out to explore. We walked around and went to the various shops. We saw that there was an ice skating rink which we went to later that night. When we were ice skating there were people standing around watching the ice skaters fall. When they did fall, they laughed really loud. I thought they were funny because my Mom fell and they laughed at her. The next day we went out and the news said that there was a big chance that it was going to snow that day. We went to the Denver Zoo and right when we got there, it started to snow. That was the first time that I can remember that I have been outside when snow fell. The zoo was great because there was hardly anyone there. After that day we went to the Aquarium. I remember being able to touch the tops of the sting rays. I also remember going to this part were you can walk through this giant fish tank, it was amazing.
One of the days that we were in Denver it was Christmas and I got to open my presents in the hotel room with my family. That Christmas was on of the most fun Christmas that I have every had, and I got to spend it with my family.