Patrick Padilla's student profile

Patrick Padilla

Springtown High School Class of 2010

SPRINGTOWN, TX

www.zinch.com/patrick-padilla

It took awhile, but I think I finally have something that fits here. Politics is a passion of mine, a thing that gets me excited yet keeps me calm. I find it distasteful when people lie or change information to make a point. I am overambitious, and I have trouble finding free time. I overschedule my day in hopes that in some way my own pure ability will be able to finish everything needed, yet it usually doesn't. I find history to be fascinating, from Carthage religious sacrifice to the ignorance of the 1920s, and I suppose that's it... That's me.

Extracurricular

Extemporaneous Informative Speaking

Extemporaneous Informative Speaking is an event in the Texas University Interscholastic League competitions. What the event entails is a thirty minute time period in which the contestants get to research, write, and memorize a seven minute speech for a ju

Social Studies team

Social Studies is a competiton in the yearly Texas UIL academic competitions. The Social Studies competition is a test, much like one would find in a school over whatever the annual topic is. The test consists of a multiple choice test that is divided int

Art Club

Basically, the club is a mash of the best and/or most passionate students from the art classes. Once in a while, we will get together after school and work on our art, having pizza or another take-out food after an hour. Most of the Art Club know each oth

Senior Citizen's Christmas Banquet

An annual event in which senior citizens from around town will attend a lunch in the high school cafeteria, and the students get to serve them a Christmas themed meal, as if they were in a restaurant.

Teacher's aide at chuch school

Assists teachers in the application of a class for younger children at the church. Activities include the building of puppets, some work, and basic understanding questions.

Teacher for a special class at retreat

Tought second grade children a class at a second grade retreat for the young members of the community.

Worked at Texas Motor Speedway to raise money for church

To help raise money for the church to pay its bills, every six months the Men's Club asks for volunteers to join them in working as waiters for NASCAR drivers in their tents.

New York City Tour

During the summer of 2007, some of the art students took a trip to New York City. While there, we visited such places as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Guggenheim. In addition, we had the chance to see two Broadway plays

Education

High School

Springtown High School

Honors & Awards

98 1281 Gold Medal- UIL district, Social Studies team

Specialties & Skills

District level academic competition for University Interscholastic League in Texas. Advanced to Regionals.

Info

Basic

Last Update:
November 3, 2010
Birthday:
May 14

Background

First Gen Student:
Yes
Hometown:
SPRINGTOWN

Favorites

Movies:
By far, my favorite movies would be musicals, including: Les Miserables, Hairspray, Sweeney Todd, Mamma Mia!, RENT, Chicago, and Velvet Goldmine (not quite a musical, but close).I also enjoy drama, including: Descent and Clean. Finally, I enjoy watching i
TV Shows:
Let me think. My favorite TV shows would be:
Anderson Cooper 360, Glenn Beck, Project Runway, Cold Case, Weeds, Top Chef, Dancing with the Stars, Big Brother, Top Design, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D List, Solitary, The Good Wife, and the Amazing Race
Music:
Hmm... The music I've most been listening to over the past year have been:
EuroPop (Lily Allen, Kate Nash),
Musical Soundtracks (Hairspray, RENT, Mamma Mia!),
J-Rock (Malice Mizer, Miyavi)
Websites:
These would be (in order of importance to me):
gaiaonline.com,
newsweek.com,
fastweb.com,
Quotes:
"Everybody thinks of changing the world, but nobody thinks of changing himself." - Count Leo Tolstoy, author of War and Peace.
Books:
Recently, I've been addicted to reading books that are nonfiction but are presented, at least at times, like they are fiction. For example, King Leopold's Ghost and The Hot Zone.
As for fiction, I found great enjoyment in The Color Purple, Who's Afraid o