Good ol' RC

     I couldn't think of anything to write about so I looked at some of the options that were on BB.  I decided to research some history on Rancho Cucamonga, California.  Well I pulled up Wikipedia and these are some of the things that I found.  The population of my city from 2000 to 2006 increased by over 50,000 people! The name Cucamonga comes from a Tongva name meaning sandy place.  I didn't really understand why, since they isn't much sand in RC.  But as I kept reading I found that because the surface soil is extremely sandy and rocky because of the water  runoff from the mountains. Interesting.  I also found out that some things I thought were rumor about RC were actually true!  The actor with the funny voice in Malcolm in the Middle lives here, the boy from Disney Channel's Mike's Super Short Show also lives here and the setting and filming of the move Next Friday was filmed in Rancho Cucamonga.  I think that's really cool

     I also went onto urbandictionary.com because I heard that RC is in there and I've always wandered what it said about this place I call home.  I found that it was actually really funny! A little true...maybe but still funny! It said that RC was full of overpriced house with parents who have a lot of money and they let their kids spend all of it.  That isn't entirely true for me.  I work and use my own money for most of my things, but my parents buy me the expensive things.  Urban dictionary also named off a few places with nicknames that everyone in RC knows and it was just funny to me some of the things it said because I could relate.  It said you don't belong in Rancho if you don't know what Harvard on the Hill (Chaffey Community College) is, what VG stands for and what usually happens at the top of Haven Ave.  I found this funny because these are things my friends and I talk about a lot and it was weird reading about it online.

    I learned some new things about my city from this blog and I got a good laugh out of it as well! :)

Where I'm going

I am a first year student at Cal State University San Bernardino and I plan on getting my general education done here. Then I plan on going to the University of La Verne and finishing school there. It is such a beautiful campus, it is small and feels so at home there! I want to become a psychologist. I am still not 100% certain what type of psychology I want to do, but I know I want to work with people and talk with them. I have always loved talking with people about there problems and alot of people tell me how I am such a big help to them. I took a year training class at my high school to learn how to talk people through their problems but not answer their problems for them. I also did Peer Counseling which got me really interested in the field of psychology. I'm pretty sure I want to focus helping and trying to understand how people act the way they do when they are in groups. It interests me how some people can fit in with any group and others can't fit in with any group.
So as of right now, I am going to be focusing on getting my general education finished here at CSUSB and finishing my plans at La Verne in the years to come! Sometimes plans change, and I am okay with that as long as I am doing what makes me happy :)

Where I'm from and where I'm headed!

I'm from Rancho Cucamonga California. I have lived here since I was seven years old and I consider this my home!  Before Rancho, I lived in Colton and I never felt connected with it.  It was ghetto and dangerous and not at all like where I live now. This is my first year at Cal State San Bernardino and I plan to stay here for at least two years,  until I get my general education done.  Then I plan on going to the University of La Verne.  I intend to finish my schooling there.  I want to become a Psychologist and work with people.  I find how people interact in groups very interesting and I plan on studying how and why people act the way they do around other individuals.  Whenever I finish school completely I don't plan on leaving Rancho, and if I do, I don't plan on going too far. Definetely going to still stay in the Inland Empire.   I think this is a great place to start and raise a family. Not anytime soon of course!  The schools here are great and I think it is a great place to live.  Although it is expensive, by the time I have a family I plan on having a good amount of my own money to support myself as well as them.  My plans are to go very far in life, so I guess I will just have to wait and see where life takes me!