My K&N West Race at Infinion

I thought I'd share a picture of my race car. I think its cool haha.

This is me in the 88 car road racing at Infinion Raceway

Heres a picture of me in my suit so you believe me 

:)

I miss him :'(

A Little About Me

My name is Jessica Brunelli. I'm 20 years old and I live in Hayward, CA. I am a free spirit with an open heart and a passion for life. I find everything I don't understand interesting. I am an only child so my parents and I are very close. I have raced cars since I was 9 years old and this has allowed me to travel all over.

 I went to 3 grade schools, 3 high schools (one private, one online homeschooling, and one public), and Chabot is the second college I have attended. Usually people go from Jr. College to University...well I actually did my first college semester at University on North Carolina Charlotte.

I moved out at 16 years old to North Carolina because I was accepted to NASCAR's Drive for Diversity Program and Race Team. I moved back when I was 19 and currently live with my two best friends.

I work at Olive Garden on Hisperian...so feel free to come by and see me.

I love my kitty...his name is Little Man. So, of corse, he is a large, fat, black cat.

I have a serious love for cultural studies, philosophy, and theology. I LOVE listening to different ideas, opinions, religious views, and having discussions with people who are passionate and knowledgeable about what they are talking about. OH and cooking...I LOVE COOKING. It's the Italian in me.

My friends and I are always getting into some sort of shenanigans. We each have very big personalities that tend to dominate a room, and yet were nothing alike. This is a serious case of opposites attract.

My boyfriend is a Marine. He deployed earlier this month and wont be back for 8-10 months. So I sometimes sit at home in sadness as you can imagine. But, my friends always know something to do that becomes great therapy.

Im a busy bee with a brain that never turns off. If you want to talk I'm your girl. Believe me I always have something to say. :)

Why is it important? What are the consequences?

It is important to take time to learn from peers because if you don’t seek knowledge from others lives, you remain ignorant and miss out on all the world has to offer. Lives become confined to the small boxes we live in and are stuck in the way we were raised. No one would know all that the world has to offer. Speaking to the people walking right beside you through life opens your eyes  and broadens your horizons. Knowledge is power. If we are to elect leaders and raise children then we want those people of authority to be educated in all matters. We don’t want the blind leading the blind. If we don’t pay respect to those who came before us and learn from the past, then the past is bound to repeat its self. 

Speaking up in class sets you up for success. Many people stay within there comfort zones, but it is important to live life on the edge, to push boundaries, because that is where the magic happens. The world is getting more and more competitive. Speaking up in class allows for more refined speaking skills and gives students more pride in their ideas when presenting thoughts. They can think deeper, apply it to a career setting, and get ahead in the business world. Students cannot be left to be shy or passive. They should be pushed right out of there comfort zone which does nothing but hinder them and hold them back. Rewarding students by acting on concerns and allowing participation and encouragement inspires further effort. 

Students are our future. It has been proven that children learn a lot from watching. Abused children are more likely to abuse there own children. The longer the disdain for school continues to be passed down through the generations the more students will fall through the cracks. The students of today become the teachers of tomorrow. If students are only met with teachers who don’t care, they are taught their opinions don’t matter and then they don’t try. They grow up being easily embarrassed  and struggling to take pride in their jobs. They expect to collect a pay check and have no hope for their future job. Nothing new develops. Their are no new discoveries. It’s a constant up hill battle where everyone is set up for failure unless they can dig themselves out of the hole the school system dug them into.  

What in education is out of date like the wristwatch, "a single function device?"

What in education is out of date like the wristwatch, "a single function device?"

I think that the learning videos as teaching materials are almost aways out of date. I find that in my classes I am frequently stuck watching material from the 70’s. I spend the whole time laughing at the  fashion and hair styles rather than paying attention to the material. A lot of what is talked about doesn’t apply any more to the current circumstances of the world modern day. I think if teachers sought out more recent videos or  maybe had the class make new ones, It would strike the students in a different way and become more “multi-functional”. 

I also think that the concept of teacher talking and student listening is out dated. I think that students voice should be more utilized. This plays into the idea of students making there own videos. When they participate they learn more and I think teachers should talk less and listen more. More practice. More involvement. No one likes to be preached at. 

The Student Voice and Cooperation Paragraph

Jessica Brunelli

M. Williams

English 1A

2 September 2013

The Student Voice and Cooperation

In the transcript for The Passion Project by Skye Ontiveros students give there opinions of how children conform to the harsh demands of family and society, and in doing so let go of there passions. The students give examples of different ways the school system could keep kids from falling through the cracks. They express the importance of the student voice and stress the influence a teacher has over the student. A narrated portion of the transcript speaks to the power of cooperation. It is suggested that the chemical reaction the brain has when it is cooperating with others is pleasurable, and there for, could cause a student’s learning rate to accelerate. When students have the confidence to open up to there piers, the skills to organize there thoughts, and have acquired the ability to think critically, the student can then “bounce off what’s going on in your head and help interpret it...it starts to fester more thoughts...like that domino effect,” Ontiveros, Skye. Interviw with Samira. The Passion Project. Print.  In the article, It Takes Two, many examples are given of how cooperation is a part of nature. According to Fortune, of the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences "We found that the brain of each individual participant prefers the combined activity over his or her own part" Johns Hopkins University. "It takes two: Brains come wired for cooperation, neuroscientists discover." ScienceDaily, 6 Nov. 2011. Web. 2 Sep. 2013. In order for cooperation to occur students must want to participate. Students must be excited about the material they are being taught. Teachers have to respect the student voice in order to entice the students in the material. Without listening to and considering what students have to say teachers wont hold the students attention. Students who feel comfortable speaking up in class gain confidence and are able to cooperate with others in both school and there future careers.