A woman who has had an impact on my life is my mom. She is very special to me because she always puts me, my sister, and brother first rather than taking better care of herself. My favorite thing about her is that she is always by our side and always trying to cheer us up in many ways to make us happy. She can make everyone laugh of how small yet feisty she can be. She advises to do our best and hopes that we get treated better than the way she was treated. She makes such small cuts a big deal always treating it like it is her own wound. The delicate gestures she does whenever we sleep, softly playing with our hair. Hugs that seem like no other can do just about anything for us to feel better.

Today of the 20% project for week five, I finished the video of tips and tricks to learn how to make a game. I also watched another video that showed a tutorial on how to make a platformer or a snake game for inspiration. This helped me understand how to use Pygame. Pygame is used for creating video games just by downloading it and inputing it into Python. Today for struggles, I could not connect my Chromebook to the TUSD Wi-fi. So I could do nothing and decided to watch other videos to grow my knowledge. When I got home though, I started working on my game. There are no adjustments for next week that I need to do. For next week I will remember to bring my Chromebook again but this time I will connect it to the Wi-Fi before getting to school. Today I forgot to work on my poster but will work on it this week.

Today of the 20% project for week four, I learned how to use for loops, The Range () function, and Tuples. I also finished the second video. For today no struggles have popped up. For adjustments this time, I have to put my computer inside of my backpack instead of leaving it out on the table. I remembered to bring it to school and left it on the table all because I was running late. I could have used the engine Python provides which allows more space to write code and has a smoother connection. I also have to remember to take pictures of my progress so that I can put them on my poster and show what I learned. For next week I will find a simple twenty minute video about things to take note of and hopefully get an idea of what kind of game to make. I also have to start working on my poster before the remaining weeks end and the day of the event comes.

Today for week three of the 20% project, I got lots of things done. Today I learned how to use “while” loops, lists, list methods, how to change strings, variables, and inputs to different statements. Today one of my earbuds stopped working so I could only hear a faint sound of the video. For now I just turned on subtitles. I will ask my dad for some new pairs so that will be on my reminders. Adjustments I need to make is to remember to bring my Chromebook to school so I will set another reminder on my iPad. I also have to remember to work over the weekend to finish both of the videos and to finish and polish the game in time. Next week I will finish the second video that’s showing me more advanced programming techniques and ways to create a game. Once I’m done with the two videos I will start creating a game.

My favorite room in my home is our bedroom. Although my sister, brother, and I share the bedroom, we get to relax in the navy blue walls and smooth marble like floor. It seems in some way that your high up in the sky floating in the magical room. Along with two closets, two beds, the hanging TV on the walls, and shelves to display our collectibles or my sister’s makeup. Another reason why our bedroom is my favorite room is because it is also our game room. Our Nintendo Switch is found under our TV and we can connect it to the TV Whenever. Board games are found under our sister’s bed. We enjoy playing a couple games of UNO sometimes. One last reason why our bedroom is my favorite room is because it can be used to hide goodies. We can grab snacks and hide them under our pillows or backpacks so our parents don’t notice. We do this all the time and haven’t been caught. Even at night.

For week two of the 20% project, I watched a one hour video to teach me the basics of Python. I learned how to use “if” statements and arithmetic operators. Half of the video was a refresher of printing words, numbers, and understanding and writing strings. This week I had a small struggle, I didn’t really understand what the video was showing me. But after a couple of attempts I learned how to use the “false” and “true” statement. Adjustments I need to make is probably bringing my Chromebook or my sister’s Mac if she lets me. I also have to keep myself focused on the video and learning more things rather than talking and showing my friends my work. Next Friday I will watch the remaining half of the video and then I will find another video. Right after finishing around four videos of showing me the basics of Python and more advanced features, I will start creating some kind of game.

This month I read a book called I Am The Messenger by Markus Zusak. The book is about an underage cab driver with no such future, a pathetic card player, who is madly in love with his best friend, and is very fond over his coffee drinking dog. The Doorman. His life is the usual routine and inadequate. Until Ed Kennedy stops a bank robbery. That’s when he gets his first ace in his mail.

This book was really good as Ed went through many different places and met many different people. He taught he was useless and pathetic but as he met these people it became clear to the reader and Ed that one doesn’t need to be famous, rich, or achieve the wildest of dreams to cause change in the world. But to be a human. It also came with good laughs and grip worthy chapters.

My favorite character from the book is Ed. Ed can be pitiful but can sure show bravery throughout the book. Like facing strong people, terrifying ones, heck even facing a large group of teenage boys. One quote to prove this is, “‘That bastard put shame in my family.” “So did your daughter” I can’t believe the words I’m hearing from my own mouth. “You better get moving, boy, or you two’ll go home like twins.’”

My favorite quote from the book is, ““Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they are.” This shows that it doesn’t matter what people look like from the inside. What matters is how the way they are and how they treat others with kindness. That is the beauty inside all of us.

The thought of my favorite food makes my mouth water. The sweet, spicy, and smoky mixture on top of the chicken as if a volcano erupted sauce. The white as milk rice, salty and tasteful. The sauce pouring down on the rice changing its color to dark red. Fresh cheese to complement the sauce with creamy, salty, and sometimes tangy flavor. The flavors of this dish is just indescribable when it comes to the cheese. And once you add the rice, mole covered chicken, and a slice of cheese to a tortilla. The sauce falls down like a waterfall making you to almost stop it from falling with your mouth. Once the taco makes contact with your tongue, the flavors almost pop your taste buds because of how good mole is.

Hello my name is Kevin, for my 20% project I chose to learn Python. I got three courses available in the Programiz website. I learned how to print words, numbers, write down strings, basic python coding. Today there were no struggles as of now. Adjustments I need to do is watch videos since the website only allowed me to do a three units. After that I have to pay fifteen dollars a month which is a bummer, so now I have to watch videos at school then practice in my Chromebook at home. Next Friday I have to watch videos where they show you the basics of python so that I can create drawings or a simple game. My goal for now since is to learn the basics of Python. I was going to do a calculator out of C++, but it was not fun as I thought it would be. If I feel confident enough and memorized lots of code then I will possibly make a ping pong game.

If I could invite three people to dinner they would be my mom, dad, and sister. I would invite my mom because I would like her to have a nice dinner with me and the rest of my family (except for my brother because I have chosen three people already) and give her a break of having to clean and wash clothes everyday. I would also invite my dad because he spends his time working his hardest outside in bright sunny days. It would be a nice and relaxing day for him so that he can recover his energy. And I would also invite my sister because she is always supporting us and encouraging us to be better. She also buys us many gifts and takes us out to eat so I would like to repay her. For dinner we would have pozole with some crunchy tostadas. We would also drink some high quality lemonade that I can make. For dessert we would a nice cup of ice cream with a cherry on top.