https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u 8-326 en-us 2021-10-15 17:37:11 UTC 2026-06-23 20:40:07 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1819698354 In the essay "I couldn't imagine wanting to be blonde", Christina Mendoza was insecure and harassed for having different  features than other people in her conservative community. She had brown hair/eyes, unlike her classmates who had White hair and eyes. Hence, Mendoza thought of herself as a half-breed. Mendoza wanted to have blonde hair so desperately but as time went by, she soon matured and got over her insecurities .Furthermore, Mendoza learned to love herself and embrace other cultures. As she got older she never thought of her self to the point where she had low-self esteem.]]> 2021-10-15 13:58:37 UTC https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1819698354 christophers884 https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1820186932 In the essay " I Couldn't Imagine Wanting To Dye My Hair Blond" by Christina Mendoza. The text talks about how Mendoza was insecure about for being Mexican and how she didn't have the same hair, eye color like how her other classmate's. " Mendoza did not have expresso type of hair and blue eyes”. This evidence shows that Mendoza does not have the same type and hair and eye color as the people in her class. She went home and told her mom what the people was saying about her. As time goes Mendoza  realize she should be proud of her culture and not care what people say about her. Not only Mendoza started to embrace her culture she also embraced other culture's and there heritage. Instead of Mendoza changing her hair color to blond she learned that she has a unique type of hair and culture.]]> 2021-10-15 17:59:05 UTC https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1820186932 gj585601 https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1820187037 In the essay "I couldn't imagine wanting to be blonde", Christina Mendoza is insecure and because of this, she thinks the students bully her because she acts and looks different than her. She gets frustrated and upset and so she wonders why her family doesn't deal with people like her students. Over time she got over it and is now trying to learn more about her culture and to embrace it for life.]]> 2021-10-15 17:59:09 UTC https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1820187037 hadiyayaseen554 https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1820190141 In the text “I Couldn’t Imagine Wanting to Dye My Hair Blonde” by Christina Mendoza.  The text talks about how Mendoza didn’t feel accepted because she was insecure of how she looked like. Since, couldn’t stop comparing herself to other people.  Everyone in her class had blond hair and blue eyes.  Compared to her she had chocolate and espresso hair and eyes.  Mendoza was a mix between her dads Mexican American and her mom who was a Caucasian who grew up in California.  She got bullied and she internalized the bullying by crying because she believed what people said.  Overtime, she learned to accept herself for being Hispanic by embracing her Mexican culture.  She also learned more about her culture.]]> 2021-10-15 18:01:05 UTC https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1820190141 makaylab55 https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1820190177 In the text "I Couldn't Imagine Wanting to Dye My Hair Blonde", Christina Mendoza was bullied for looking different then everyone in her community. Mendoza was insecure about having brown hair and brown eyes.. Her mom, dad, brother, and sister was able to fit in but Mendoza was always bullied and couldn’t fit in. Mendoza's mom was a Caucasian, her dad was a Mexican but he was a doctor. But through time Mendoza learned to love herself the way she was. ]]> 2021-10-15 18:01:06 UTC https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1820190177 angiec56_1_1 https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1820190191 In the text "I Couldn't Imagine Wanting to Dye My Hair Blonde", Christina Mendoza was insecure and got bullied for looking different from others in her community. She had brown hair/eyes unlike her community who had blonde hair/eyes. Mendoza got upset and frustrated that no one could understand how she felt. As time went by she learned to accept herself and embrace her culture. Which leads to her having more confidence and starts to love herself.]]> 2021-10-15 18:01:07 UTC https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1820190191 https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1820190335 In the essay  " I couldn't imagine  wanting to dye my hair blonde" Christina Mendoza. Christina Mendoza was feeling sad because she was mixed with Mexican and Caucasian. She also took in words and then cried at home. Then she was believe that everyone looks different that means something wrong with her. Mendoza later figure out that she should be proud of the fact she is mixed.]]> 2021-10-15 18:01:11 UTC https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1820190335 andyc218 https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1820190733 In the text , "I Couldn't Imagine Wanting to Dye my Hair Blond" written by Christina Mendoza she was bullied for looking different then the rest of her school. Mendoza's family tried to empathize her but they didn't understand how she actually felt. Her family didn't have any trouble fitting in because of their looks. She was feeling like she didn't belong in the community she was in and wasn't sure about her feelings. As Mendoza matured, she gained the confidence to stand up for herself and not shaming herself for being different.]]> 2021-10-15 18:01:27 UTC https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1820190733 https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1820191143 In a text called "I Couldn't Imagine Wanting To Dye My Hair Blond" from Christina Mendoza telling the reader how was she insecure because she wanted to have yellow hair and blue eyes but she has brown hair and brown eyes she also felt not accepted she also find reason why her family member is accepted and not her but then over time she mature she accepted herself and if she gonna get insulted she not gonna cry before she gonna be confidence. She also gonna embrace her culture as well with other cultures]]> 2021-10-15 18:01:41 UTC https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1820191143 rahOnXourt https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1820191335 In the text "I Couldn't imagine Wanting to Dye My Hair Blond" by Christina Mendoza is a essay about a girl name Christina Mendoza is growing up in a small community, but the problem is that she does not look or act like everyone else. Everyone else has blond hair and blue eyes meanwhile she is the only female that has chocolate hair and espresso eyes, eventually she felt left out and cried and did not like her self. According to the essay it states that My last name had a Z in it, and my grandmother called me mija. By the time I was in grade school, the teasing began, and i was hurt and confused. This evidence shows why and how Christina felt left out. Overall through out time she couldn't imagine wanting to dye her hair blond to feel better about her self just because she did not have something somebody else has, that why they say be a leader not a follower. ]]> 2021-10-15 18:01:49 UTC https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1820191335 https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1820192316 ''I Couldn't Imagine Wanting To Dye My Hair Blonde'' Was about A mixed girl growing up in a conservative community, instead of having blonde hair and blue eyes like the other people in the small community, she had brown hair and brown eyes, she never acted like everyone else, and because of that she was bullied once she was in grade school. She tried to seek comfort with her family, but she seemed very disconnected from them, feeling like they never understood what they felt. since her dads ethnicity was well respected in the town, and her mom being caucasian, her brother having beautiful skin and blue eyes, and her sister being the beauty queen. they never had trouble fitting in. Time went by and Mendoza grew and matured, she finally learned how to lover herself, and encouraged other people to research about their culture and do the same as her.]]> 2021-10-15 18:02:26 UTC https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1820192316 https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1820195051 In the text "I Couldn't Imagine wanting to dye my hair blond" Cristina Mendoza was very insecure because she had brown eyes and her appearance wasn't the same as others in the community. Mendoza's mother and brother had blond hair and blue eyes so that made her question why she didn't have her mother's genetics. However Mendoza's dad and sister had the same appearance like her they had brown hair and brown eyes. she was getting bullied at school so that cause her insecurity and lost of interest in herself over time Mendoza learned to accept herself, skin color and her race. She learned to start loving her herself and her appearance. ]]> 2021-10-15 18:04:01 UTC https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1820195051 mimiilol https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1820195196 In the essay "I could imagine wanting to be blonde", Mendoza was insecure about her self because she had brown hair and brown eyes while everyone else had blond hair and blue eyes, and she wanted to be like everyone else.  Mendoza got really insecure to where the point she would go home and cry because people would bully her.  Mendoza's family didn't understand what she was talking about because they got along with everyone, her Mom and Brother had blue eyes and blond hair, and her dad and sister looked the same and got along with everybody. As Mendoza got older she realized being unique is better then looking the same as everyone else, and is proud to be Hispanic and wants to learn more about her culture.]]> 2021-10-15 18:04:05 UTC https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1820195196 https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1820201000 In the text ''I couldn't imagine wanting to dye my hair blond'' Christina Mendoza was insecure of herself. This is because she had a brown eyes and brown hair and her classmate had blonde hair and blue eyes. she goes home and cries and she gets frustrating because no one knows how she feel. As time goes on Mendoza realizes that she's proud to be Hispanic and wants to learn her culture more and starts having conference about herself and loving herself.]]> 2021-10-15 18:07:39 UTC https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1820201000 https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1820592349 In the text “I couldn’t Imagine Wanting to Dye My Hair Blonde” by Christina Mendoza.  The text talks about how Mendoza didn’t feel accepted because she was insecure of how she looked like.  Cause she couldn’t stop comparing       herself to other people.  Everyone in her class had blond hair and blue eyes. She gets sad and mad to the point where she starts crying because she doesn't know what to do. As the days go by she now knows how different and smarter she is against her classmates. ]]> 2021-10-16 01:18:08 UTC https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1820592349 kierah8 https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1821164241 In the text: "I Couldn't Imagine Wanting To Dye My Hair Blonde", Christina Mendoza  speaks about her childhood in her college essay. She explains how she's different from everyone in her community. Everyone has blonde hair and blue eyes, but she has brown hair and doesn't have blue eyes. In her home town, Seymour, Mendoza gets teased and bullied for not fitting in. She claims to be the half-breed daughter due to her mother being Caucasian and her father being Mexican. Her family didn't have trouble fitting in, her father's ethnicity is respected since he's a doctor, her sister is the beauty queen of their town, and her brother has fair skin and blue eyes. Not to mention, Mendoza also states she felt stuck in between two cultures and not respected by either.  As a result, Mendoza is insecure and doesn't focus on being herself.]]> 2021-10-16 14:35:32 UTC https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1821164241 https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1823994578 In the text, "I couldn't imagine dying my hair Blonde", Christina Mendoza was an insecure person. She had Brown eyes and brown hair while her classmates had blonde hair and blue eyes. She thought she wouldn't be able to fit in with anyone, Like her mom, her dad, even her sister. Overtime, however, She starts to feel better about herself. She embraces her heritage because she doesn't have to take the same path as everyone else.]]> 2021-10-18 12:48:14 UTC https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1823994578 mak1232 https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1824015279 In the essay "I Couldn't Imagine Wanting to Dye My Hair Blonde", Christina Mendoza talks about how she was bullied when she was younger because she looked different from all of her Czech classmates and how it affected her. Her mother was Caucasian, her father was Mexican, and she was a mix of both. Her father was the only doctor within a fifty-mile radius who speaks Spanish, her sister was a Mexican beauty queen, and her brother looked like everyone else around her. As time went by she became more matured and learned to speak up for herself more often and embrace who she is. Now she looks back at her past and realizes that she didn't need to change the way she looked to fit into her community, so she worked on gaining more self-confidence.]]> 2021-10-18 12:56:09 UTC https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1824015279 https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1824018761   In the text "I Couldn't Imagine Wanting to Dye My Hair Blond," Christina Mendoza talks about being bullied and insecure for being a different race, having different features, and fully accepting herself for who she is. In the text, it talks about how Mendoza described how she had different features and looks, for example having brown hair and eyes and a grandmother that called her "mija," and being half of a different ethnicity. Whilst her classmates had blonde hair and blue eyes, and no ones grandmother called their daughters "mija." Mendoza also talks about how her siblings were able to fit in, but she couldn't, and how it took a long time for her to accept herself being a mixed race. In the end she spoke about how she finally learned to accept herself and be proud of who she is, she learned to be proud of who she is. In conclusion, in the text "I Couldn't Imagine Wanting to Dye My Hair Blond," it talks about how Christina Mendoza, a person who is different from her peers, learns to accept and embrace herself for who she is after being bullied.]]> 2021-10-18 12:57:27 UTC https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1824018761 Barbecue_Bacon_Burger https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1824022878 In the text “I Couldn’t Imagine Wanting To Dye My Hair Blonde” by Christina Mendoza.  Christina is a insecure person, she states that she's different from others in school because she have brown eyes and brown hair and her classmates have blond hair and blue eyes, at first she was disappointed and confused, she thinks she cannot fit in with people like her family, but the word "time" in the essay shows that time passed, and she gained some confidence in herself. She realized that she doesn't need blond hair and blue eyes just to look better when she already is, because everyone is fine the way they are. She just don't embrace her culture, she embraces all of them.]]> 2021-10-18 12:59:04 UTC https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1824022878 https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1824037201 In the text "I couldn't imagine wanting to be blonde" Christina Mendoza doesn't feel accepted in her school due to her being different, She thinks that everything about her is bad when it's unique. Christina Mendoza kept on comparing herself to others and started feeling more insecure about the way she looks, She thought that not have blonde hair and blue eyes we're bad. But overtime she starts to accept herself for who she is and embraced her culture in the end.]]> 2021-10-18 13:04:20 UTC https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1824037201 https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1824049000 In the story I Couldn't Imagine Dye My Hair Blonde was about a young girl was different from other people. She was different because instead of having  blonde hair she has chocolate espresso hair and her I eyes were a different color she felt different from others in her school and she was very insecure .She was a half breed her  mother was a Caucasian who grow up in California and her father was a Mexican American who grew up in the majority in San Antonio. She got bulled in school it a while put she started to love her and you she was . She started to be proud to be Hispanic and she was embracing her Mexican heritage . She started learning more about her culture . And now she loves herself and doesn't take to heart mean comments they may tell her.]]> 2021-10-18 13:08:32 UTC https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1824049000 https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1824050294 In the text "I couldn't Imagine wanting To Dye My Hair Blond" the Author Christina Mendoza was different from everyone else in her community, she was confused. She got bullied for this and went home crying, her parents did not understand because they fit in. her father did not look like everyone else and so did her sister but they fit in but not her she thought she was bad due to being mixed she was sad not being like everyone else. In the future she is proud to be Hispanic and respects her culture, instead of crying she has learned to be more confident in herself and speak up, she no longer cry's and does nothing about it.]]> 2021-10-18 13:09:01 UTC https://padlet.com/brizard4/q8cmmmsfowpabf7u/wish/1824050294