General Questions

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c) Have you challeneged yourself to "get out of your comfort zone"? Explain.
- I think I definently have came out of my comfort zone since the begining of the year. I remember being so shy. And I was like, terrified to come up to the front of the class to present what I wrote or even getting called to read something out loud. And now I talk in front of the class almost once a week, probably more. The biggest time I left my comfort zone was when I first got the acceptance letter to come to High Tech High Chula Vista. I remember I ran up to my room because I really did NOT want to come here. &I remember getting ready for school on the first day thinking 'I don't wanna go...' I thought that it was going to be horrible not being with my 15 best friends every single day. But as the year has passed, I'm thankful that I come here. I met a whole bunch of new friends and they are my new comfort zone. [:

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f) Why do we create drafts? Why do we create multiple drafts?
- To me, drafts are kind of like thoughts. &You have a lot of thoughts, so it just adds more and more and more, creating multiple drafts. We make drafts to refine our ideas ad our words to make it better. Because everything can always be better than before. There is always something more you can do or add. We create multiple drafts to show progress in what we have done from the first draft to the final draft.

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g) How do people learn? What are some ways that you have found that you learn?
- Everyone learns differently. One person can be a visual learner and need a picture. Some people need to just go and do the work and some people need to listen to what is being said. I know that I can't sit for a long period of time and listen to someone talking. It bores me. I found that I learn in groupwork, where I can interact and talk with other people. Sometimes I draw a picture, but it doesnt help all the time for me. I think I am the person that needs to do an activity to learn something instead of a worksheet. Because I can remember what happens in activities.

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d) What are your career interests? Have they changed this year?
- Ever since about, 6th grade I knew that I wanted to be in the medical field when i grew up. It changed from doctor, to pediatritian, to nurse, and now I either want to become a physical therapist or a pediatritian. There's a lot of options and this year I really changed my mind a couple times because I spent some time in advisory thinking about what I wanted to do and how I would go to doing it.

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e) If I was your 10th grade teacher, what you you tell him/her about the way you learn, the way you interact with others, your strengths, the way you self-advocate? Would this be a helpful thing to do? Why or why not?
- I am really shy at first. I don't like speaking in front of others and if you put me in a group, I will barely talk. After I get comfortable, I like saying what's on my mind and I'm pretty outspoken when I want to be. My strengths are mostly in group work [mostly 2 or 3 people] and I learn better and remember things when I do an activity rather than a worksheet. When I need help, I do ask questions, but not at first. I will ask my classmates and friends first before I ask a teacher. I think that this is helpful because then it gives the teacher a better understanding of who I am and how I learn, and it would help me in the class because, for example, if we did an activity, I would remember what I learned there rather than reading a story and answering questions.

Movie Review

Title Of Movie: The Fifth Element

Main Characters: Korben Dallas, Leeloo, Priest Vito Cornelius, &Ruby Rhod

Setting of the Film: Floston Paradise, New York City, Egypt

Brief Plot: In Egypt some aliens tell the preist that in 300 years evil will come and they will come back. So 300 years later, the 'fifth element' named Leeloo is brought human and she is there to make peace throughout the whole world. While escaping she falls into Korben Dallas' taxi and he takes her to the Priest Vito's house. He says that they need the stones of the other 4 elements to stop evil from taking over the world. Korben, Leeloo, and Priest Vito go to Floston Paradise where the stones are and they take them back to Egypt to save the world.

How is this world in the movie different from the wolrd in real life: In this movie, it is really futuristic with flying cars. It's more advanced than our world.

Why do you think this world was created?: I think this world was created to show what it would be like to have evil coming to Earth and with aliens and futuristic technology.

How does this movie question or challenge our ideas about what is ideal?: This movie shows what can happen if you have a paradise and how others can ruin it.

What ideas do you get from the film for your own ideal world movie? : This movie didn't really help with my ideal world because it doesn't really have anything to do with it.

Character Profile

For my character profile I described my brother, Michael.



Age: Michael is 10 years old and going to start his middle school years.

Main Trait: He is a victim at times, and other times can be a bully.

Humanizing Trait: He is sensitive about his feelings, but makes jokes when it's not about him.

Profession: He is a 5th grade student.

Address: He lives in a quiet neighboorhood with big houses. Inside are high celings and tile and wood floors. His house is kept clean at all times.

Values: He saves money to get what he wants. He likes to go bike riding and skateboarding.

Foil: He has no major enemies but always has someone that does better than him at everything.


Obsession: He is obsessed with video games and child TV shows.

Goal: Michael has no long-term goals. For now it's just to get better grades.


Idol: He uses his sister as an inspiration to do better in school.

Epitaph: He thinks that he can joke his way out of conflicts in his life.

Internal Conflicts: He's worried about people liking him

Interpersonal Conflicts: He could lose touch with friends if he goes to a different school.

Societal and Environmental Conflicts: He thinks it's really hot and wears shorts all the time.

Best Thing That Could Happen: He gets a cell phone, but has to give it back if he doesn't transfer schools.

Worst Thing That Could Happen: He loses touch with all his friends but makes new friends at his new school.

Why The Audience Will Root For This Character: He is funny and honest. Even if he is mean and selfish sometimes, he apologizes and does the right thing.

Voice: Michael talks with an elementary vocabulary. It's far from professional and it's never profane.

Movie Review

Title of the Movie: I, Robot

Main characters: Dectective Spooner, Dr. Connor, Sonny, robots

Setting: the year 2035

Brief description of the plot: Robots were made to help people but the robots started to not follow the 3 rules and they wanted to take over the world.

How is the world in the movie different from the world in real life? This movie takes place in year 2035 and there are robots that can talk to you. It is preferred not to drive manually, but on an 'autodrive'.

Why do you think this world was created (in the perspective of the people in the film)? This world was created so that humans would do less work and the robots could help the people in doing things like cooking and cleaning.

How does this movie question or challenge our ideas about what is ideal? This movie shows you that if you have robots in your ideal world then they could start to have minds on their own and deliberately disobey you.

What ideas do you get from this film for your own ideal world movie? For my ideal world I don't really like the idea of robots because I don't personally like robots. But I do like the idea of not driving cars manually.

riot or starve?

Its been months now.. I'm incredibly restless and obviously hungry. Today there was a riot. Everyone wants food. The government is being so stupid. If they can't support us with the bare minimum, then they shouldn't even be in charge. I know so many people that can actually do something about this crisis.

I feel like I need to get into those riots though, to get what I deserve. I work too hard and too long to not be getting anything at all. Those riots though, they're so dangerous. There was already 3 deaths just today. And my best friend got caught in the tear gas. He couldnt see where he was going and ran into a metal pole. Then he had a concussion and I don't know where he is now.

I dont want to die, I don't. I have to take care of my family, my children. Man, you should see the looks on their faces when they ask me, "Is it dinner time?" I can't even look at that face anymore. It feels like everytime I do, I feel like they're so dissapointed in me. They used to look at me like I was a hero, and now I don't even know. They're getting skinnier. It's so unhealthy and I'm worried they're going to starve to death.

Now I'm starting to think that I will go and sacrifice myself in a riot so that my children can live another day. Even if it means that I won't be with them.

A day as a hunter-gatherer...

It's been almost a week now. I have seen nothing. No bears, wolves, not even squirrels. Right now it is dark. I have never hunted in the dark before, but I am desperate. Unfortunately, my hearing isn't all that great. It is almost winter. And all the bears will be hibernating. I don't know how long I can last on just berries. My legs are now weak, I can't even run anymore. I hate that my kids can't have what they want. I hate that I can't say that I just can't find any food so they won't see me as a failure. It could be possible that this life just isn't for me. At times I think that I should just give it up to be a farmer. Then I could have lots of food for myself and my family. And during the winter seasons we wouldn't have to suffer because we can just store our food. I hear something..... leaves rustling. This could be it! It could finally happen! A stray wolf? Or maybe a bear if I'm lucky...

Top 5

Color my World

Blue SkiesThrow Your Trash Away
Endless Hall White Petal

Photographs

My photos

Trashcan
Bryanna &Tyler
Lines
Balboa Park
Empty Hall

Good and Bad.

Good and bad pictures. What makes a good picture? What makes a bad one? How do you know one is good, or one is bad? For this assignment I used my little brother to show a good and bad picture.

<--This is my "good" picture. It is good because it shows a happy emotion and it has good lighting. You can see the person's face and the light source is not behind him blocking view of his face. There is also a good contrast with the colors and it's not boring. The emotion is very happy and kind of looks as if he is excited. It also looks like he is in mid-laugh.

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This is my "bad" picture. This picture has an uneven amount of light causing causing a glare in a lot of places in the photograph. This picture is also very blurry and it makes it look like one of the glares in the backround is on his face. There is also a glare on his glasses. The flash makes the lighting bad and the color contrast is mostly white. The flash also makes shadows and makes it look like the picture has a lot of sunlight, when it doesn't.

A new art.

All right, so our blg for today was to find a picture from the link on Kay's DP, where there was people getting on and off a subway. And there was a lot of pictures but I picked a guy with headphones on.

So I chose the guy on the first page that was listening to his headphones. He is wearing a blue with white lines collared shirt. His shirt is tucked into his grey/charcoal pants. He is also wearing a black belt with a silver belt buckle. His eyes are closed and he has a black messenger bag. His hands look like he's snapping to the music. You can kind of tell that his hair is pulled back because there is a distinct hair line and hair pulled back kind of tight. His head is shaped like a potato. His eyes look like he has black eye shadow on, but it looks like a 4 year old did his "makeup". His head is too small for his body. His nose kind of looks too big for his face. And also, his lips aren't proportional. His collar on his shirt is messed up and his arms look too small for his body. His torso and his legs look like they're not on straight. This man also looks pretty tall. And he looks like a nerd and he doesn't look like he's in a hurry like everyone else does.

When I see this picture I think of the people at the airport who always happens to be relaxed and sleeping on the plane even though there is turbulence. And when I look at his face, he reminds me of Mr. Potato Head. It kind of makes me want to Photoshop the big eyes, hat, nose, and cool smile on him. He almost looks calm and serene and relaxed. But maybe he could be in a hurry and stressed or something, but his eyes closed give the "relaxed" look. But if he opened his eyes, he could give off a different vibe.

This picture of this man makes me think of a story that I just made up right now. He is on a business trip, but can't afford to take a plane. Before he left to go to the subway station, he said goodbye to his wife named Marsha and his daughter named Sally. Sally gave him new headphones for the trip to LA where he would have his business trip. He liked the new headphones because he broke his old ones. He has an old school CD player in his messenger bag playing Britney Spears' "Gimme More". He likes this song because he met his wife in the club and this song was playing. Then this man went onto the subway and sat down in a seat and he accidentally sat on a little kids Ritz crackers and cheese. The little kid was so sad because he really loved his Ritz crackers and he also loved his cheese. The man said he was sorry but the little boy cried and stomped on the man’s foot and then kicked him in the shin and said "YOU MONSTER! HOW COULD YOU SIT ON MY RITZ CRACKERS AND MY CHEESE? YOU'RE HORRIBLE!" The man felt guilty and went to the subway food station and bought some saltine crackers to give to the little boy. He went back and found the little boy and said, "Here, I'm sorry for sitting on your Ritz crackers and cheese." But then the little boy's mom shouted, "GET AWAY FROM MY CHILD! YOU COULD BE PUTTING DRUGS IN THERE!" The little boy was so alarmed he shouted, "STRANGER DANGER! STANGER DANGER!" And everyone suddenly looked. The man turned red and then just got of the subway and went into the bathroom to curl up in a little corner and cry.

I <3 Disney Movies (:

Sooo.... In class we watched some parts of Mulan. And while we were watching, Kay told us to find some Chinese values that we saw in the movie, and there were A LOT. For example family honor, poise, punctuality, responsibility, religion, ancestors, luck, pets, looking nice, obidient, tiny waist, serenity, balance, beauty, loyalty, country, trande, self dicipline, perfection, against self expression, guardians, tea, and dignity.



Ithink that the movie Mulan is both true and false. It showed that women were treated as trophies. But I kind of don't think that Chinese women would actually go out to war and fight. However, the culture showed in the movie was real and accurate except that they left out the binding of the feet of women.

Overall, I loved Mulan. And I love all Disney movies. (: