Thursday, January 23, 2014

blog #2 snakes being misunderstood as a dangerous

Humans misunderstand snakes as being dangerous when in reality they are not out to hurt us.  Snakes can and do play an important role in nature.  Most of the time, stories and movies exaggerate the abilities of a snake and create an image of them being evil. 
           
·      How are snakes useful?
·      How can we use their venom to our advantage?
·      Can they really hypnotize you with their stare?
·      What to do if you hear/approach a snake?
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My topic is important because snakes are really not dangerous.  They are not out to try and kill you at all.  When getting close to a snake, they actually freeze and blend with their surroundings in order to avoid contact with humans.  If they are seen, they will try to move away or get in a defense position.  Once in a defensive position, they will strike but only to warn you that it will bite you if it must in order to survive and make you leave and when biting humans, it usually happens when you provoke them.   Snakes venom is also said to be able to cure sickness; possible destroy blood vessels that feed cancerous tumors.  Also, snakes do eat other snakes and because of it keep each other’s population of snakes in check. 
I am researching snakes because I want to find out how snakes can play an important part in nature in order to help readers understand that humans should not kill snakes.

Friday, January 17, 2014

Introducing myself; Job Najera

My name is Job Najera. I was born and raised in El Monte, California and moved to Texas when I turned 16.  I've been singing since I was 5 years old so music has been part of my life since I can remember.  The funny thing is I never did choir until I came to WT; I actually didn't know how to read music or anything related to it until I came here.  All I knew was that I loved to sing and that one day, I could make it a career as a performer.  I have performed in California, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and internationally in all of Southern France and Spain.  This is also my last semester at WT as I will be graduating with a Music Performance and Education degree.  I have three jobs at the moment which are  Men's Wearhouse, Residential Living and the Amarillo Opera company.
My favorite hobbies are singing (obviously haha), power lifting, anything to do outdoors, and a crazy one nobody would think is reptiles.  I have held alligators, cobras, pythons, rattlesnakes, and other kinds.  The only subject I really enjoy besides anything to deal with music, is history.  What I enjoy the most is things like the wars or things to do with the indians specially the holocaust.  These topics are really cool to me and catch my attention.  Anything to do with music is really my passion! Im surrounded by musicians most of the time, I listen to music pretty much all day, its my major, its what I do for a living; music is my life.  When it comes to english though, Im horrible! Im not a great reader so I dont like to read much or enjoy reading either.  So i would like to become better with this english class in all ways possible.