"All Shook Up" Chapter #4 and 5

While reading these two chapters I think I was able to understand parents' fears a little more.  Their children were acting way different than how parents acted when they were once teenagers.  I thought it was really interesting how "teenager" was not a word in the English dictionary until the 50's.  I thought this word was just a word like "adults" used for a long period of time.  In my opinion the change in teenagers from this era was because of the technology and because the music had a dramatic change.  All this was new for the teenagers and they wanted to explore new things.  Furthermore I was surprised when I read that teenagers who listen to rock and roll were the ones getting the worse grades.  On the other hand we had the teenagers that listened to classical music and pop were the ones doing better in school.  I feel that rock and roll was not a bad influence it was just a different way for teenagers to have fun.  The more parents went against this the more the teenagers wanted to listen to it.

Angela's TIP #3

A third tip on how to succeed in college is to ask for help when need it.  If something is unclear to you the right thing to do is to ask the professor during the lesson.  One should not be afraid because there is a high chance that you are not the only person with that particular question.  On the other hand there are other ways that you could receive help from.  For example, a lot of classes have mentors in them.  They could be good people to ask questions to.  You could also attend the professors' office hours or get a tutor. 

Stress Workshop ;)

Attending this particular workshop helped me a lot because I am a person that stresses out a lot.  I learned a lot of new ways to help me prevent stress.  I never really thought about how one could loose relationships in result of stressing out.  After this workshop I am going to change the way I do things.  For example, I am going to start playing my days.  This will help me avoid having tons of homework in just one night.  I always leave things for last minute and that is what causes me to get headaches and the urge to cry.  I am also going to start eating more and start sleeping more as well. These are some ways that could help me prevent from stressing out. Stressing out is one of the major problems I face today in life.  This is why I decided to attend this particular workshop.  I was really surprised when I found out that I currently do things that help me reduce stress.  For example, I take warm showers and I get massages.

Angela's Music List #2

1. S-E-X by Lyfe Jennings

2. I can by Nas

3. We will be burning by Sean Paul

4. I know you want me by Pitbull

5. Because I got high by Afroman


I like the song "I know tou want me" by Pitbull because this is the song I have heard the most and I even know part of the lyrics.  It also reminds me of clubs.

"All Shook Up" Chapter #3 and "Fever" Chapter #1

As I was reading "All Shook Up" I thought it was really interesting how people saw rock and roll as something that was making teenagers attractive to each other.  I was thinking that parents were making their children act that way.  They would get paranoid about the music and would tell their children not to listen to it.  They even had some song removed from the market because of the lyrics.  It is like telling a little kid not to do something the more you tell them the more they want to do it.  I always thought it was weird how for the T.V show American Bandstand had the kids dress in a certain way and how they couldn't wear shorts.  I think that people from before crossed the line.  I mean it is only normal for two people to be attractive to each other.  Dick Clark fired a person when he told the girl he liked what he felt.  Furthermore in the book "Fever" I found it interesting how people from the past have shaped a lot of people today.  They have also creating change and people follow their foot prints. 

Angela's Music List #1

1. "Say Goodbye" by Chris Brown
I like this song because it reminds me of when I was in high school.  It brings me back memories.

"Cause I don't feel

the way I once felt 

      about you

Girl it's not you, it's me 

I kinda gotta figure out 

what I need"

2. "Billionaire" by Bruno Mars
When I hear this song it reminds me of my high school friends.  Since my school had an open campus for seniors we would always go out during lunch and on the way to places we would all sing this song. 

3. "Nothing on you" by B.O.B 
I like this song because I love what it says.  I think that today in society there are a lot of girls that worry a lot because of how they look.  They think that they have to be perfect for someone to like them.  This song could help many girls get confidence.

"Beautiful girls 

are all over the world, 

I could be chasing 

But my time would be 

wasted, they got

nothing on you, baby

Nothing on you, baby

4. "Take a bow" by Rihanna
I like this song because I like  the story behind the song.  I mean there are so many girls that get cheated on and they stay with their boyfriends.  Girls should listen to this song and learn how to move on.

"Don't tell me

you're sorry cause 

you're not

Baby when I 

know you're 

only sorry you got

caught"

5. "If I were a boy" by Beyonce
The lyrics to this song are really strong.  I feel that if a guy that cheats on his wife listens to this song he could change or at least regret what he has done to her.

"I'd listen to her 

'cause I know how it 

hurts

when you lose the one you

wanted

'cause he's taking you got

granted

and everything you had 

got destroyed"

6. "California Girls" by Kary Perry
This song is like a summer song.  It is fresh and it talks about people in California.

7. "Best I ever had" by Drake
My best friend loves Drake.  I really never paid much attention to him until I heard the this particular song.  This song got my attention because it talks about how a guy really liked the girl he was with.


8. "With you" by Chris Brown
When this song first came out it was one of my favorites.  After a while it got me annoyed because we would always sing it.  My cousins, sister and me would always sing it.  When I hear this song it reminds me of them.

9. "Stand by me" by Prince Royce
I love this song I thought it was really interesting how someone from the 50's originally sang it.  This is a different version.  Part of it is in Spanish.

LISTEN TO IT =]

10. "I wished you loved me" by Tynisha Keli
I like this song because I think this story is true for a lot of us.  A lot of the times 2 friends are with partners and they both see what they go through.  They are always there supporting each other and at the end, they end together.

Angela's Study Tip # 2

A second tip on how to succeed in college is to attend all of your classes.  It is important because when you go to class you get all the important information from your teachers.  It's useful for tests because even if you don't take notes during the lessons you could still remember points the teacher made.  You are still in the classroom listening to what the teacher is saying.

My Music History

In my opinion I think that the type of music I listen to has changed all throughout my life.  When I was five I remember listening to music my parents would listen to.  I don't have any older brothers or sisters therefore I didn't have anyone that listened to music around me other then my parents.  I was little so I can't exacly remember the artist or the name of the songs.  I do remember dancing to some of their songs.  I would just run around in circles.  When I was ten I remember listening to a Mexican pop band.  They were really famous in latin America and even in the United States and other countries.  The name of the band was RBD.  They would sing love songs.  I think the reason why they were so popular was because they had a show on T.V.  When I was 15, I remember listening to Chris Brown.  I was in love with the song "Say Goodbye".  I remember singing this song everyday with my sister in our room.  As you could see my music taste has changed a lot.  I feel that up until 10 years old I was more influenced by my parents.  What I mean is that I would listen to their music.  As I grew up I started listening to other types of music.  I still like spanish music but now I feel that I listen to a little of everything.  I love music and enjoy listening to new songs.

"All Shook Up" Chapter #2

I found this chapter really interesting.  Like I mention it on the previous summary segregation was a real problem during the 50's.  One event that really caught my attention was how Rosa Parks was not afraid to refuse to give her sit to a white passenger on a bus.  As a result she got arrested.  Even though I have learned about Martin Luther King Jr in the past I really never paid much attention to it.  Now that I read about him on this book I admire him.  He is a role model to follow.  I mean just his whole idea of working and fighting until getting justice is inspiring to people.  People stopped using transportation and would walk, hitchhike etc. to get to places.  A year later laws were passed that allowed segregation to stop on public transportation.  I think that since a lot of colored people would use this service when they stopped the company got affected.  Even though they did not like colored people they still wanted their money.  

There were some other events that really caught my eye.  For example, black children were not allowed in white schools.  Furthermore white students had more job opportunities than the blacks.  The black students had faith and wanted to study.  They were hoping for things to get better after obtaining their degree.  Segregation was mostly on the south.  While reading all this I got mad and sad at the same time.  I mean why weren't the black people superior? is it because of the color?.  In my opinion whites and colored people are capable of doing the same thing.  We are all human.

GOOGLE THIS.. ANGELA LOPEZ =]

I found it very difficult to find myself on Google.  There are a lot of people who have my name as well.  If someone who doesn't know how I look like is trying to find me on a particular page on Google that would give them a hard time.  While trying to find myself on Google I noticed that the girls who appeared the most were the ones that have other types of pages.  For example, those who have public pictures for everyone to look at.  The first and only thing I saw that related to me was my facebook.  Since my profile is private all I was able to see was my default picture.  In my opinion an employer would get a good impression of me because my default is not wild.  I'm not smoking, drinking, have any tattoos etc.  I mean this is not bad but people today in society put people in certain groups based on their looks.  Now that I looked at all those girls who have pages and are more known than me I don't regret not having one.  Most of those girls would not give a good impression.  I think one should be more private and only share information with people you know for one's own security.  . 

"All Shook Up" Chapter #1

As I was reading "All Shook Up" I thought it was interesting how white people liked black music but yet they would always discriminate against them.  It is amazing how some stores would not even carry their music but yet white youth were willing to consume them.  The markets did not care about the money; they had their pride before it.  People from the white areas could have opened night clubs and made money but they chose not to. Instead white people would go to the black neighborhoods to go to the clubs.  I think it is amazing how music little by little brought both the blacks and the whites together.  Even in this era teenagers are more open minded than their parents.  For example, teenagers see homosexuals as something normal when on the other hand we have the parents not accepting it as good.

"Between 1940 and 1960, three million blacks left the states of the Old Confederacy.  The percentage of blacks living on farms dropped from 35 to 8; the percentage living in cities grew from 49 to 73.  Most of the migrants were young" (11).  This proves to me that even if discrimination was happening during this time the youth were more open minded and wanted to succeed.  This is why they left to the cities looking for a better life.  This actually worked.  A lot of black radio stations were opened, giving the blacks an opportunity. 
By the mid-50s, 21 radio stations were all black.