RevolutionaryJane

My Mission Statement I am at my best when I answer to myself not others.. I will try to prevent times when I have to take orders from someone who does not understand me.. I will enjoy my work by finding employment where I can Achieve things, help others, make friends.. I will find enjoyment in my personal life through Fight for social justice. I will find opportunities to use my natural talents and gifts such as Being confident and independent, listening to others, being aware.. I can do anything I set my mind to. I will Change the world. My life's journey is to achieve justice for those who deserve it or need it. I will be a person who My closest friends. She was successful and helped a lot of people.. My most important future contribution to others will be Making changes through activism. . I will stop procrastinating and start working on: No. I will strive to incorporate the following attributes into my life: Uniqueness Awesomeness Brilliance I will const...

I interviewed Bliss Brown, the Program Coordinator for OU’s Gender and Equality Center. Bliss is someone I truly admire, a strong, feminist leader who has caused a lot of change. Bliss Brown was born in Texas, but moved to Jenks, Oklahoma when she was 5. She went to Jenks Public Schools. She grew up surrounded by those with a right-side-way of thinking. Her parents were conservative but more open-minded socially. When Bliss was in High School, she was a member of the show choir. She would volunteer with the show choir every year. One year’s service project was creating recordings of the choir members reading children’s books and donating the recordings to Tulsa’s domestic violence center. This was when she was first introduced to women’s issues. She also had many gay friends in high school, and was in the process of understanding her own sexual orientation. She then became familiar with LGBTQ based discrimination. This led to her gaining empathy for other people experiencing differ...

Recently in class, we learned about "problem turned into a challenge" which is where we had to solve a problem by being focused and collaborative with others. Real life is filled with problems that we turn into challenges. Basically, a problem is bad, but a challenge can be positive. Challenges are problems we can solve and learn from. One example of a problem-turned-challenge experience I've had had to do with my French class. My teacher always assigns lots (and lots) of homework, and one week I got sick. I fell behind on my homework and got really stressed out. I was 20 assignments behind! I didn't think I'd ever catch up, it seemed impossible with my busy schedule. Luckily, I have a strong support system that encouraged me to take it slow and not stress out so much. By taking it one assignment at a time, and not panicking, I managed to get it all done. At first it seemed like a huge problem, I didn't think I could catch up and was sure I was going to fail t...

        Dear AHS class of 2018, Knowing what our school was like in the past, and having heard that matters have only been getting worse rather than improving, I must first offer my sincere condolences to you all. It is a shame to our state, to allow schools to be run like our was. The majority of our school's finances were spent on athletic equipment and drug catching tests or dogs. It was so bad that we didn't have enough teachers and had to be taught by permanent subs or coaches who didn't care. I can count on one hand the number of teachers I had that I liked, respected, and appreciated. I know that they have put the absolute worse people they could have picked in charge of everything. I know many of you are probably being bullied by your teachers, or picked on by your administrators. I know other kids are mean and immature. I know that our town is an awful place. I wish I could help. What I can do is offer some advice, seen below. 1.Be assertive and proac...

I have too often been a bystander to bullying. I am not afraid to speak up when I see something wrong happening, but often, it occurs so quickly that I find myself not speaking up in time. Surely we've all been in situations where we have witnessed something happen and had the thought to speak, but before we could the moment was over. Those moments are incredibly frustrating to me. I think it comes down to improving my skills at reading people and recognizing situations. This is something we all could work on. One time I wish a bystander would have stepped in is when a coach at my school brutally yelled at my boyfriend and I. It went on for a while and it wasn't just that he yelled at us, but nothing we did could please him. If I smiled, I was laughing at him. If I frowned, I was being disrespectful. He was being a bully because that was the kind of coach he was. I tried to appease him to no avail. For someone with anxiety issues, situations like this can quickly become unbear...

Today I will be sharing my priorities. I like to separate my priorities into two main categories: Big and Little. Priorities that fall under the Big category tend to remain the same over the years, though new ones can be added or old ones can become irrelevant. These priorities are also usually more important to me. Little priorities are important too, but usually have less of an overall effect on my life. However, all of my priorities are priorities for a reason. They matter to me! For me, Big priorities are things like, Family, Relationships, Mental Health, School, and Money. ***To clarify, I believe physical health is important too, it just doesn't need as much attention (in my case) as mental health does. Some of my Little priorities are, homework, my social life, going to the gym, studying, etc. My little priorities have changed slightly since high school, because in school homework was never that important, and I worked out twice daily at school. I rarely studie...