Page 4 ~ THE VILLAGER/December 21, 2018 YOUTH BRIGADE www.theaustinvillager.com Youth of Today Hope of Tomorrow Ronald McDonald House Armadillo Christmas Bazaar “Creed II” Review 78704. The tickets are $10.00 being challenged to a boxing rectly improve the health and for adults and children age match by Ivan Drago’s son, well-being of children and twelve and under are free. Viktor. Ivan Drago is the man their families. There is a Parking is available for $8.00. who killed Apollo in the Ronald McDonald House in The Armadillo Christ- fourth “Rocky” movie. Adonis Austin, TX. It has been open mas Bazaar will have twelve feels it is his duty to beat the 24 hours a day and 7 days a days of giving to give back to men who took his father week since 1985. nonprofit organizations in away from him. Trained by Later this month, I will Austin. Here are the twelve former boxer, Rocky Balboa, be volunteering at our local selected nonprofit organiza- Creed accepts a challenge Ronal McDonald House. My tions: Health Alliance for Aus- that will define his legacy. Girl Scout Troop #1587 will tin Musicians (HAAM), Art Al- prepare and cook lunch for “Creed II” is the sequel Joshua Moore liance Austin, ADAPT of the families. I am looking for- Texas, South Austin Museum to the original 2015 movie. Manor New Tech M.S. The film did a good job of ward to giving back and feel- of Popular Culture continuing the story from the Ava Roberts ing good about helping oth- The Armadillo Christ- (SouthPop), Big Medium, Ira “T.J.” Williams ers. Cedar Ridge H. S. first “Creed” while reintro- Pflugerville M. S. mas Bazaar is a place where Zachary Scott Theatre Center ducing concepts from Rocky Over the years, I have you can shop for the holidays. (ZACH Theatre), Sun Radio On Wednesday, No- IV. I’m excited for future in- The Ronald McDonald donated money to and volun- There are mostly art pieces Foundation, Black Fret, Al- vember 21st, 2018, the film stallments of the “Creed” House Charities (RMHC) is a teered at RMHC Austin. If and live music. This event is most Real Things, Housing “Creed II” opened in theaters movies and how they incor- nonprofit organization lo- you would like to donate or held on December 13-24, Opportunities for Musicians everywhere. The sequel stars porate various elements from cated in 64 countries. Its mis- volunteer, go to http:// 2018. The location is at the and Entertainers (HOME), Michael B. Jordan as Adonis the previous films into the sion is to create, find, and www.rmhc-austin.org/ for Palmer Event Center, 900 Chula League, and Swan Creed and Sylvester Stallone story. support programs that di- more information. Barton Springs Rd, Austin, TX Songs. as Rocky Balboa. Co-stars in- “Creed II” is rated PG- clude Tessa Thompson as 13. I would recommend SACOT 3rd Annual Conference Bianca and Dolph Lundgren watching this movie with an getting kids in poor and/or Midterms as Ivan Drago. adult because it does have rural areas access to the “Creed II” is about the some harsh language and in- did okay. This year though, internet. Since then, legisla- son of Apollo Creed, Adonis, tense scenes. my midterms have been tion has been passed to pro- stressing me out. I guess vide broadband connectivity when you are a freshman One Act Play Competition to every public schooler in things aren’t as challenging. the state. Now, the focus is on The midterms I am Westview, Park crest, Cele, actually getting kids elec- worried about the most are Pflugerville and Kelly lane tronic devices so they can Algebra 2, AP World History, middle school. Each middle make use of this internet ac- and Chemistry. The ones I school performs an One act cess and hiring teachers that have for Band, French, En- play for the UIL competition, are qualified to instruct the glish, and Health should be however, for the middle kids on how to use them. very easy for me. In most school students the compe- Devices cost a lot, so we dis- classes, we have been review- tition is to allow them to get cussed ways to cut down on ing for the past few days and a taste of what high school Quinn Langford spending in public schools so we have lengthy review theater. Cedar Ridge H. S. Kennedy George they have money left over to sheets to do on our own. Since I’m in advance Weiss High School On Saturday, Decem- purchase them. One huge I should do fine on my theater I had the opportunity ber 8th, the third annual consumer of money is text- I have recently been midterms, but just being busy to help volunteer at the SACOT (STEM [Science, Tech- books. Nowadays, most text- studying for my midterms. all the time and having lim- event. My job was to chap- nology, Engineering, and books have an online version, Last year I did not study and ited study time doesn’t help. erones the middle school stu- Sarah Robertson Math] Advocacy Conference and most courses don’t even dents. As a chaperone, I Connally H. S. of Texas) conference con- use the textbooks at all, yet Young & Unapologetically Black-Part 3 watched and assisted stu- vened at Westlake High schools are still buying a text- Pflugerville Indepen- dents to make their experi- setting enough, and pressure School in Austin. SACOT was book for every single kid in dent School District’s middle ence as smooth as possible. made it worse. I received founded in 2016 by the every course. It may be be- schools held their UIL compe- I got to watch amazing plays stares from within the class, Westlake High School FIRST cause the textbook compa- tition for theater at my high from the middle schools and and questions after. My class- (For Inspiration and Recogni- nies refuse to relinquish this school John B Connally High see how great these young mates made me feel obli- tion of Science and Technol- source of revenue, even School on December 8th. actors are. I can’t wait to see gated to cry. I felt that to ogy) Robotics team, Team Ap- though their products are Pflugerville District has them grow and see the the- show them how important preciate. Its members are obsolete. Textbooks are un- middle schools; Dessau, ater program flourish. and serious the topic was, I high schoolers from the reasonably expensive, and if had to cry throughout each Westlake team and other schools only bought text- lesson. I now realize that was FIRST teams, and its goal is to books for the few classes that something that was unneces- Tromp H.S. advocate for greater govern- need them, schools could sary. My presence itself ment support for STEM ac- start doing things like giving SaNaya White about a Donald Trump High showed how serious slavery tivities in Texas public every student a Chromebook School? He said there is LBJ Ann Richards was, how upsetting it is, but schools. This year’s confer- that they can take home. As High School and Barbara Jor- Continued, "As a young most importantly, how far ence was live streamed via for the lack of qualified teach- dan. child, there were things in life we’ve come as a black com- Twitch, so anyone in Texas ers, I think the low pay teach- There are schools that I didn't quite under- munity. could watch and join the con- ers receive is to blame. If named after famous gener- stand. Traveling to the toy Reflecting on my past versation. SACOT members someone is talented in a als, noted educators, politi- store, I didn’t see any Barbie to now, I have many years to from Houston and San Anto- STEM field, they will work for cians ex-presidents and a lot dolls that looked like me. come. I was raised in a nio met at central locations in a company, where they can of other things. Every name Traveling to the bookstore, I church, a church that loves their respective cities and live make a starting salary that is I came up with he told me didn’t see any books that each and every member, and streamed their events as well, nearly $50,000 higher than about their personal life. consisted of the main charac- each member loves each but the main focus was on the starting salary for a Then he said a lot of people ter that had the same skin like other. My church is my sec- the Austin node, where spe- teacher. This leaves a lot of like John Kennedy, Michael my own. These are things I ond family, I give them credit cial guests Donna Howard, a STEM teachers that are left- Jordan, even Elvis. I had to tell noticed, but things I didn’t because they helped raise me Tyler Allen Texas House Representative overs who aren’t talented or him that everybody has done understand. My mama made as well. I am constantly told for District 48, and Caroline knowledgeable enough to Gus Garcia YMLA bad things. Then I told him sure I was an active child, she that I can do whatever I want Joiner, the CEO of TechNet, a get a job elsewhere. Of Why riding to school I most people my age don't didn’t want me to have tal- in the world as long as I work network of technology pro- course, there are a lot of good had one of those discussion nothing about where these ents for no reason.