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Rockband Tournament in Anime Boston

Posted by Brian Renderos at 9:14 am on June 6, 2009

On May 22 – 24 2009, I went to Anime Boston for the first time. Anime Boston is a convention where all Japanese animation lovers come together and buy or interact with one another. There are a lot of things going on in anime Boston. There is a concert and competitions of various different games. I happened to join a Rock band Tournament.…

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How will my school life be different without my senior friends?

Posted by Brian Renderos at 6:46 pm on May 28, 2009

My life in school has been very fun so far. Mainly because my senior friends were around me and hanging out with me. Certainly I have more friends than them but I have more fun when I’m with them. But sadly,…

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Youth Voices: Possible changes to my school

Posted by Brian Renderos at 4:45 pm on April 17, 2009

My school, Lynn Classical High School, is not so good right now. The people who built the school built it on a swamp.

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Brian’s School Life

Posted by Brian Renderos at 12:35 pm on April 3, 2009

Some kids do well in school all their life, others are late bloomers, and some are strange as in they do well, then badly, then well again. I am one of those strange ones. Here’s my story.

~ Enjoy ~

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A day in the life of Brian

Posted by Brian Renderos at 4:46 pm on March 20, 2009

I wake up at 6 am. Then I go take a shower, get dressed, and then my cousin’s mom picks me up at 7 am to take me to school. When I reach my school, I talk to my friends and socialize until 7:45 am, when I go to my first class. School is over by now. School is okay. I like it because my friends are there. If they weren’t there,

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Youth Voices: My father’s story

Posted by Brian Renderos at 5:12 pm on February 27, 2009

I interviewed my father about why he left his country, El Salvador. After I interviewed him, I found the reason why: “I wanted a better future for my sons and there was a civil war going on so it was dangerous to be there.” He also told me he came here to earn money.

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Pintamos Nuestro Mundo

Posted by Brian Renderos at 1:14 am on January 17, 2009

I want to tell you about Pintamos Nuestro Mundo (We Paint Our World), which is the youth group of Centro Presente. …

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Youth Voices: Why I love music video games

Posted by Brian Renderos at 5:24 pm on November 7, 2008

I like to play video games that have to do with music or creating music. Like DDR (Dance Dance Revolution): you play with a mat that has 4 arrows, one pointing up, down, left and right. On the screen, you press the arrows with your feet by dancing along with the music that you’re hearing on the game. That is one music game that I love to play. …

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