http://virb.com/subcomandante Virb 2.0 (@subcomandante) en http://virb.com/subcomandante/posts/text/187500 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:40:20 -0700 http://virb.com/subcomandante/posts/text/187500 http://virb.com/subcomandante/posts/text/173972 Sun, 12 Aug 2007 22:15:25 -0700 http://virb.com/subcomandante/posts/text/173972 http://virb.com/subcomandante/posts/text/142315 ..> Dearest Mike, sorry that i left u out :[ so i made u a special rap.. Today i was chillin. WITH mattt Dillion. We bought some chicken from an Evil VILLAn. The Chicken was Bread SO i bought me some LEAD. The Lead was TED so i made him some Pastrami Pasta oreintal pecan Bagels... :O!! shell made me laugh :D and i thought that i was gonna die Xo hahaha Wednesday, February 14, 2007 7:24 PM - LULAC ESSAY... for Austin Current mood: accomplished Category: News and Politics In everything possible that could happen in this world, one of our main problems, that we have not dealt with not only as Latin American citizens, but as the youth of America, is the ever-increasing high school drop-out rate. It is especially prominent within our communities along the border. From California to Texas, there are cities that are in need of desperate help. Statistics show that thirteen percent of Latino students drop out of high school compared to eleven percent of African-American and six percent of white students. With that said, the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement is something that has been in our country since Manifest Destiny but really recognized in the 1960's and is unfortunately the least studied civil rights movement in America. Problems are arranged from the restoration of land grants, to labor workers rights, to enhancing education, to even voting and political rights and issues within our very own communities. With this, all that our fathers and their fathers have fought for, are for nothing, this is what the Latin American youth is saying by dropping-out of high school. Therefore, we must bring change and fully be satisfied with our soon to be growing college rates. It is one thing to say, "We are going to change something" and it is another to do it. The confidence of the Latino youth communities these days have gone to slim numbers. My implication to this serious dilemma is to boost the character of our youth. To that idea, I personally would encourage these students by stimulating something that they like and incorporate it with the learning process. I understand that school just doesn't interest these youths, there's got to be something that we can do to help school be fun for these Latin American youth. From my experiences, I know that there are those youths who just sit in the back of the class and just make fun of the teacher or mock the youth that have some sense in what they are doing and fully understand the material on the curriculum. To my understanding the whole mocking of the "smart" youth, makes not only the youth uncomfortable, it also shows that the youth that is mocking the other has no real understanding about what is going on in class or the world for that matter. To that I say that we should empower these youths, maybe through rally's or to have someone come speak out, give them a taste of how far education can take you in this life. Because we all know that there are people in general who laugh at the ones that fall under all Latino stereo types and who are terrified of these youths because of how they look or what they construct themselves to be, stereo types. In most cases, these youth don't know much of education, to them its all about consuming alcohol, illegal drugs and worrying about everything later. Why? Because that is all those youths know; that is what they have been raised to know and feel. Fortunately there are some of these youths whom are interested in their peers succeeding in life. Optimistically, the organization that helps most youth thrive is the LULAC Youth Organization. Without this organization I know that I would not be here today spreading the knowledge of my people, being one who is a Leader and in my heart a Revolutionary. I as a member and vice president of the El Paso council number ten sixty, I vow to help those in need and to enhance in all ways imaginable the Latin American Community. I speak out to my people and even to others of any other race but I am not one to give up any issue. To this, I give my all in helping elucidate this civil obstruction of our country. Michael Rene Lopez-Duran Vice President of LULAC Youth Council #1060 Currently listening : Wincing the Night Away By The Shins Release date: 23 January, 2007 Monday, July 10, 2006 9:03 AM - milwaukee. Current mood: dorky ok... so just recently we went to milwaukee and here's a video of us in milwaukee... ha i like it! it represents us being bored! hahaha but you get to see downtown! hahaha Ps. i dunno if it'll work! .. width="425" height="350"> src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lGxvnUW30gE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350">..> Currently listening : In Motion By Copeland Release date: 22 March, 2005 ]]> Fri, 20 Jul 2007 23:11:58 -0700 http://virb.com/subcomandante/posts/text/142315