Personal Narrative

Have you ever met anyone who is so involved with life? Well, that’s me, Keren Nikol Osman. I’m very optimistic and treat life like a box of precious jewels. I was born and raised in an urban city San Francisco, California. I moved over 18 times and went to 13 different schools. Being 20 now, faced with all the life experiences that I’ ve been through, has given me the opportunity that I seek on the regular basis. I am very community oriented. I love non –profit organizations and I love humans who are all about a positive movement to better this planet. I love education. The work that it takes to receive knowledge is a powerful and  wonderful gift. I plan on furthering my education until I reach my Doctoral Degree. Right now in life, I’m at a settled but climatic peak. There is so much excitement to look forward to that I’m always standing on my toes. I have several of things that motivate me, from family, community, and even statistics that the media put out. I will continue to be driven with a passion for wanting to live and learn. My spirit once told me, “You have to be thankful for rain so that the plants which give us oxygen to breathe will keep giving us life .“This always be a part of my journey in life.

Current News Event

In today’s society the Government can kill you based off of evidence and a jury is used to decide the final case. Troy Davis was convicted for murder in 1989 for a killing an officer by the name of Mark MacPhail. There were seven witnesses and five of them said they witness this killing and two said that Troy confessed to them that he did this murder. He was convicted with murder, this case went on trial in 1991. September 21,2011 11:08 pm.(Et) Troy was dead by lethal ejection. The government had schedule to kill Troy Davis three previous times. There were so many people who were against this (manslaughter) and protested for this case. There also were people who wanted to feel justice and by that being they felt troy was guilty and that this  should be his punishment. I personally don’t agree with killing any one by lethal ejection rather they are innocent or guilty. Why should a jury or even pure evidence determine your death? I do feel if you are convicted of a crime or murder that you should due prison time, but to bluntly kill someone is not fair. The best thing in this case was to let Troy Davis live but have life in prison. I personally only know what the news and media tells me so I still have several questions on this case. I oppose this is not the last and there are several cases that will be just like this to come. As a human in this world my thought matters but my action is the impact and will help what matters. What I will do is get more involved and join the activist who are protesting for a good cause.

Cite source:http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/22/world/davis-world-reaction

My High school Experience

Going to school in the Oakland Hills was an amazing experience, if I  was writing this post four years ago I would have said only because of the scenery. My high school experience was a growing process. The environment was a mixture of things. Diversity was big at my school. The type of environments that all my peers came from were all different but alike in so many ways. Some people traveled from far out in the suburbs some people came from poverty neighborhoods and even some from the skyline hills. The school already had a reputation for being upscale. Going to school at Skyline was like going to the mountains and going camping for the day. It was in the middle of nowhere and up a huge hill, and the best part was there was no cell phone coverage, so you were really getting away. I had a lot of community support from some staff that I made a bond with. Teachers were great and some weren’t near my expected thought of my high school teacher. I met all the expectations for myself and even for the people who were being negative towards my high school experience. I graduated on time and was working part time. I feel like to this day I grew more than I ever  have as a person, I know I have many more years to come but I appreciate the process that high school offered to me, even with all the trauma incidents that occurs I still preserved and learned a lot from my high school community.

The way I speak Language Blog Post #1

I love the art of language .Words give you a way to express your emotions and communicate effectively however you choose. My mother influenced the way I spoke and still speak .I wonder if she ever thought ,Wow I ‘am bringing in Life and teaching a new born baby everything  that she will say and that she comes in contact with. Most people say I speak Proper “Standard English”. I see it has I speak what I have heard all my Life. At times I use Slang around my friends. I call this habit Code Switching. I learned there is a time and place for everything. When I ‘am around a professional setting I like to speak Standard English. Unfortunately, when you are in a Professional Setting and you use slang, Ebonics or profanity, you will be heavily judged. I find it a little frustrating when I am around associates or my community and they address my voice as an issue or odd. For the reason being that they only know slang, and When I come in contact with slang I stumble over words or terms because, I am not up to date on the new slang words. I still learn more and more everyday about myself with the English language. Even though I grew up learning English, I find it hard to expand my vocabulary while trying to learn a new language. I am bettering myself with English so that I can take it to the next step of learning another language.