^_^ : Hey Ernie, What are you passionate about?

I feel really passionate about music. Many people may think that someone is passionate about music when a person spends his or her entire day listening to music, but I think that is not my case. When I was a child, my father made my siblings and me took some Piano lessons, but the only one who really got to like it was my older sister. I really liked the piano, but I think that I was to young to be diligent in that subject. I remember that I just  wanted to play with my friends instead of going to the piano lessons. Also, my brother and I took some recorder (a type of flaute) lessons, but we quit and we stopped playing the recorder. However, As I was growing in the LDS church, I realize that music was what motivated me to stay firm in the gospel and is a good way to invite the spirit. Thus, I started to appreciate music.

In addition, I have been influenced from several music composers that have scored movie soundtracks, such as John Williams and Hans Zimmer. As I started to listening to get immersed in music, I felt that humming songs was not enough. So, I became interested in learning how to play musical instruments. I gave the piano a second chance, and I learned how to play some LDS hymns and some main themes of movies (especially Superman and Star Wars) in the piano. Moreover, I started to play the Recorder again. While I continue my musical experiments, I learned how to play the basics of guitar, zampoña (also called Andean pan flute),ukulele, and charango. Nowdays, I just have access to a guitar and a piano, so I tried to keep my "musical spirit" alive by playing these instruments.

Summer Semester's Goals

There are several things I want to accomplish this semester. First of all, I want to write a good and strong five paragraph essay in thirty minutes. In addition, I want to use the academic words from lists of  words for Academic B. Furthermore, I want  to enhance the use of grammar rules in my essays by practicing and reviewing the feedback from Miss. Snow, as well as the feedback from Mr. Hart. These are the things that I want to work during the semester and improve by the end of the semester.