aKnight Q4 BM (My Inspiration)

-What did you set out to do?
For this project What I set out to do was to tell a story about two people who have been a strong influence on me and who have changed my life so much in a good way. I wanted to show that family means so much and sometimes just saying I love you or I appreciate you can go a long way.
-How does your work incorporate the art of storytelling?
Everyone has there own special way of telling a story and what makes a story powerful is how unique It is. But I created something that is very personal to me and that makes me really emotional. It also talks about me and how I grew up. I used pictures and music to tell a story. 
-What do you hope your audience gains from your work?
From watching this I hope my audience just learns something new about me and my thoughts why I do what I do, Why they hear me say I cant Im babysitting a lot, why I feel obligated to do certain things and I want people to see how much I care about my niece and nephew and I want them to see that you should really appreciate family because in the end they are all you have. 
-What did you gain from doing this work. 

From this work for one gained a lot of patience being said that I had a lot of technical difficulties, but besides that I also realized that I should appreciate the people in my life because they have such an impact on me and I may not even know it.  

♥ La casa tarea!! ♥

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1) La casa tiene un grande el jardín.
2) Hay veinte dormitorios y cuarenta-dos ventanas.
3) La casa no tiene el baño… pero un cámara de heces.
4) Hay precioso escaleras.
5) La casa tiene grande espejo en el pasillo, en séptimo piso.
6) Hay no le tele pero baile gatos.
7)  La casa tiene yum comida!


El Descripción de una Casa

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​(Foto es "Casa de Cultura Alemã" por Tom Junior)

Esta es una casa grande. Tiene tres pisos y al menos diezisiete ventanas. Hay un ático, y es muy grande. Hay tres acondicionadores de aire en el lado. Esta tambien tiene un jardín. Tiene una techo rojo y paredes bronceado. No tiene un garaje.

Mi Casa es Su Casa

​  (Informacíon falso)

       Este casa is mi casa. Mi casa es muy grande. Tiene tres cuartos pequeño y dos cuartos grande. En los cuartos, hay una cama y tres ventanas. Tiene seis baño, dos salas, y siete teles. Hay un garaje y dos comedores. En la comedores, hay una mesa grande, y seis sillas. En la garaje, hay un carro y útiles de jardín. MI casa tiene un sótano. En la sótano, hay un sofá y una nevera. Mi encanta mi casa.
House for Spanish
House for Spanish

Session #2

Second Stats Podcast
Group Members Present: Robert, Martez Markietra, and Niyala

What your book club discussed:

This session we talked about chapters 2-6

How you discussed it:

Asked questions related to the text and had a discussion about them.

Any points of conflict/disagreement in discussion: We could not agree on how making a study to support an idea is not lying.

Rob-http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/stat3.html

Markierta - http://www.forbes.com/sites/naomirobbins/2012/02/16/misleading-graphs-figures-not-drawn-to-scale/

Una Casa Mediana

       La casa es mediana. La casa tiene un atico y un jardín. La casa no tiene un sótano. Hay una tele en la sala. La casa tiene dos dormitorios pequeña y un dormitorio grande. La cocina tiene un lavaplatos. Hay un guardarropa en el dormitorio grande. La casa tiene nueve ventanas.

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La Casa

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La casa es muy pequeño. La Casa tiene cinco habitación. La Casa tiene no ventanas nada. La Casa tiene cuatro imagenes y dos espejos. Hay una ducha en el baño. La Casa es más para una chica. La Casa tiene no televisión nada. Hay un armario y un reloj en la casa.

Artistic Negative Space

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What is negative space (explain this concept to a fourth grader that has never heard of it)

Negative space is the part of a drawing or photograph that surrounds an object. It helps to highlight the image and draw attention to multiple parts of it, in a way that makes it look simple. Negative spaces lets you see the outline of the  object you are looking at. This way, you can see it from two different perspectives.


Explain how you found negative space in 1. your cut out?, 2. in your stool drawing?

1. In my cutout, I was able to find the negative space by looking at the stencil and identifying the two different colors. Based on those colors, I could see that the white shapes were the negative space and the dark grey areas were the objects. This helped me figure out what I should cut and how it compares/fits in with the other spaces.

2. In my negative space drawing, I found the negative space by looking at the things behind the still life. This made it so that I was able to focus on the outline of the mug and saucer. I shaded in the space that wasn’t part of the main object of the drawing. This is called the negative space.


Why does it help an artist to see in negative space?

It helps an artist to see in negative space because it adds depth to the drawing or photograph. You get to see some parts of the drawing that you wouldn’t usually be looking at.


How is negative space useful in creating art?

When creating art, you can do some very creative techniques with negative space to add depth and interesting aspects to your drawing. One thing that an artist can do is utilize the negative space to make the viewer see multiple images in the drawing.


Shuman, Sarena Capstone

Abstract

My capstone is a club that reshape, and protects girls and women all over the world. I’ve created a club in Science Leadership Academy. Girl up envisions a world where all girls, no matter where they live have the opportunity to become educated,healthy,safe,counted and positioned to be the next generation of leaders. Girl Up is a non profit organization with over 400 clubs. These clubs is made up of girls to support other girls in the 3rd world countries. I’ve created this club in SLA, so we can do several service projects, and grow up as women.


Fundraising projects completed  are:

2 Bake Sales April 28 and April 30 2014

We raised $250 dollars in one week

A SLA Block Party - June 6th, 2014

We raised ?

Water Ice Week was May 21-23 2014

We raised $170




Annotated Bibliography


"50 Fundraising Ideas." 50 Fundraising Ideas. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Jan. 2014. <http://www.signupgenius.com/nonprofit/50-creative-and-easy-fundraising-ideas.cfm>.


The main purpose of the site is to give a person fundraising ideas. The ideas mostly apply to school related activities/kid friendly. The only topic covered is fundraising ideas and quick way to achieve money. The site is a great resource. This source is useful because they help me achieve one of my goals for my club. The source provided a outlet to how to achieve money by fundraising. This source compared to other sources is very different. I'm not saying this source is less important, but I feel others are really key to my project. This source is for ideas that get my brain pumping. But yet this source is still significant because I found several ideas. This source is reliable but was created by someone. It's not a biased site because several ideas for both men and women are introduced.The information used from this source would be the fundraising ideas.


"At a Glance: Guatemala." UNICEF. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2014. <http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/guatemala_60748.html>.


This source discusses the treatment of girls and women in Guatemala. Guatemala is a country that don't look at the rights of women. Often times girls are raped, cheated of education, and physically abused. Gender treatment is key around the world not only Guatemala, and it's difficult for women to succeed if the are treated unfairly. This source is extremely relevant to my capstone and to people in general. This source allows me to know what my club would be fighting for. I have actually factual data, and it makes the cause even more important. This source seems to be different but has equal importance as some of the other sources. This source explains what i'm fighting for, it allows everything i'm doing to have reasoning. This source is the reason.



"Girl Up Homepage| GirlUp | United Nations Foundation | Uniting Girls to Change the World." Girl Up Homepage| GirlUp | United Nations Foundation | Uniting Girls to Change the World. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2014. <http://www.girlup.org/>.


This Girl Up website is the main outlet to my capstone. This site discusses what Girl Up is, the vision, mission, the stories, and how to start a club. The site has all of the clubs around the world. This site is very useful because it's a primary source. This source is one of the most important sources because it is the very outlet to my capstone.


The source has direct facts and key importance. This source is say this source is objective and biased. The source provides a outlet to understanding what Girl Up is but biased because a it talks about is Girl Up, no other organizations really.


Once again this source helped me with my project and starting my club. Since I'm starting a chapter, I used the mission, vision, Girl Up stories, and the blog to understand what Girl Up really means. This source is a excellent source.


"JavaScript Is Not Enabled." Girls Inc. |. Girls Inc., n.d. Web. 31 Jan. 2014. <http://www.girlsinc.org/>.


This source is connected to girl up. They sponsor them because they represent girls everywhere in the world. They benefit me by providing information to be a powerful representation for girls. This source is extremely useful because it helps me understand how to help girls. This source compared to other source seems to be just inspiration and not so many facts. The information is reliable and really inspiring.I use this site for reference on how to inspire girls and women. I love different outlets and maybe out club can write letters to Girl Inc. for supporting Girl Up.


"The Children." UNICEF Malawi. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2014. <http://www.unicef.org/malawi/children.html>.


This source discusses the treatment of girls and women in Malawi. Malawi is a country in South Africa that don't look at the rights of women. Often times girls are raped, cheated of education, and physically abused. Gender treatment is key around the world not only Malawi, and it's difficult for women to succeed if the are treated unfairly. This source is extremely relevant to my capstone and to people in general. This source allows me to know what my club would be fighting for. I have actually factual data, and it makes the cause even more important. This source seems to be different but has equal importance as some of the other sources. This source explains what i'm fighting for, it allows everything i'm doing to have reasoning. This source is the reason.


"The Status of Women and Girls in Kenya - Center for Rights Education and Awareness (CREAW)." The Status of Women and Girls in Kenya - Center for Rights Education and Awareness (CREAW). N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Jan. 2014. <http://www.creawkenya.org/creaw-publications/the-status-of-women-and-girls-in-kenya.html>.


This source discusses the treatment of girls and women in Kenya. Kenya is a 3rd world country that don't look at the rights of women. Often times girls are raped, cheated of education, and physically abused. Gender treatment is key around the world not only Kenya, and it's difficult for women to succeed if the are treated unfairly. This source is extremely relevant to my capstone and to people in general. This source allows me to know what my club would be fighting for. I have actually factual data, and it makes the cause even more important. This source seems to be different but has equal importance as some of the other sources. This source explains what i'm fighting for, it allows everything i'm doing to have reasoning. This source is the reason.


"The Story of a Girl Activist – Ethiopia | Unicefethiopia." Unicefethiopia. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2014. <http://unicefethiopia.wordpress.com/2013/12/13/the-story-of-a-girl-activist-ethiopia/>.

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This source discusses the treatment of girls and women in Ethiopia. Ethiopia is a country that don't look at the rights of women. Often times girls are raped, cheated of education, and physically abused. Gender treatment is key around the world not only Ethiopia, and it's difficult for women to succeed if the are treated unfairly. This source is extremely relevant to my capstone and to people in general. This source allows me to know what my club would be fighting for. I have actually factual data, and it makes the cause even more important. This source seems to be different but has equal importance as some of the other sources. This source explains what i'm fighting for, it allows everything i'm doing to have reasoning. This source is the reason.




University, Iowa State. "So Your the President..." Extension.iastate. Iowa State University, 1 Oct. 03. Web. 30 Jan. 2014. <http://www.extension.iastate.edu/publications/4H71A.pdf>.


The main arguments of this site is how to be a great president. The article on the site reflects how to make decisions, and be a powerful entity in the club. The article provides a list of guidelines that reflects how a president should run a club, and who should be elected to help them run it. The point of this article is to provide a clear understanding of a great leader, specifically a president. The article discuss how the president is the reflection of the club and is very important.


This source is very important to me and my project because I feel if you are going to lead people you need to know how to first. I want to be successful and that requires great technique an leadership skills. This source is much different from my Girl Up source because it was teaching me about a specific thing and nota idea. This article is a idea and facts about being a president and how to do the job well. I feel this source is reliable because it's a secondary source from a college. The source has facts, and key ideas that's reliable. This story seems to be biased to a certain idea of a president and not different ways to be successful. The article have a structured detail that focus on one way of being president an that's sort of biased.


The information from this source as said before is helpful with me and my project by preparing me to be a leader. The facts and so much don't help me prove anything, it helps me start, create, and be a better thinker. The concepts introduced in the article are very crucial.


Website Link




http://sshuma4.wix.com/girlupofsla

Casa de la Cascada

(Informacíon falso)

La casa de la Cascada tiene muchos cuartos. Hay tres habitaciónes, uno con muchos ventanes, uno con un hogar, y orto con un cascada adentro. Tiene dos baños, ambos grande y cómodo con un tele y un árbol pequeño. iLa casa tiene un cocina increíblemente, la cuarto es grande, moderno, con a nevera chévere, dos mesas, y un enorme, enorme ventana! La sala es impresionante también, y abajo las escalares hay un biblioteca casa pequeño. La sótona es no muy grande, pero que tiene un tele, a mesa piscina, un chévere sofá y un alfombra con muy interesante colores. También, la habitición es súper bien, con un tele, un cama grande, y un puerto a un bálcon con a bonita vista. Finalmente, hay un garaje con a coche caro, un ático con no ventanas y jardín enorme. 

La Casa

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La casa tiene ocho habitaciones y dos ventanas. Hay una televisión en la sala. La cocina tiene una nevera y una estufa. Hay una computador en el sótano. La casa tiene dos guardarropas en el cuarto. Hay una ducha y un espejo en el bano.

Negative Space Reflection

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​A. What is negative space (explain this concept to a fourth grader that has never heard of it)

Negative space is the background of the image that is drawn. It is what's behind the image.


B. Explain how you found negative space in 1. your cut out?, 2. in your stool drawing?

The cut out showed negative and positive space as different perspectives. The blue on the black switched to the other side and changed to a different perspective. When I drew the stool drawing ( hair pik drawing) I drew the outline of the hair pik and shaded the background a dark color to show the shape of the hair pik.


C. Why does it help an artist to see in negative space?

It helps an artist to see in negative space because it helps them see the negative side of things. Also, it changes their views of seeing pictures.


D. How is negative space useful in creating art?

Negative space is useful in creating art because it helps you really see the artwork. It focuses it in away.


Gigante Mansion

        El mansión es de gran grande y tiene noventa gente vivo aquí. Hay tiene veinticuatro comedores. El también tiene treinta baños. Hay es también cuartocinco sofás y once comidas. El mansión tiene de gran garaje. Hay es ochenta teles y cinco el jardínes eso también nove cientos pulgadas cada. Eston mansión es el más grande de todo tiempo. Eso es uno gigante mansión.

Karly Bornstein Q4 Storytelling BM~ Friendships

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrwBFk3bquo&feature=youtu.be <---Project here


  • What did you set out to do?
I was inspired by several videos to make my own video with the topic of friendship. This topic caught my interest from seeing different types of best friends around school, and friendship is also an important aspect of our lives. My idea was to talk to several best friends and do a short video on it based off of the questions I ask them. 
  • How does your work incorporate the art of storytelling?
Best friends spend a lot of time together, and stories will definitely be created from that. By making this movie, it tells a story of different kinds of friends and experiences they've had together. I think my video really demonstrates the diversity of students who have had a really close friendship for a while. 
  • What do you hope your audience gains from your work?
I want my audience to see how great friendships are and how much they shape our lives. I hope they now go to their best friend and share stories. 
  • What did you gain from doing this work?
I gained some more interviewing and editing skills. I really enjoyed interviewing all of the best friends. It was really interesting seeing how each of them interpreted the questions. I learned that you can't force answers out of people, and if they only want to give you short responses, you just have to work with that and make the best out of it.

My BM post and questions.

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  • What did you set out to do?
I set out to inform the people of C band Storytelling about a coincidence that I noticed after watching the NFL draft two weeks ago.  I noticed that the inspection of the players and their showcasing was extremely similar to the auction block selling of slaves. I felt as though it would prove intriguing and beneficial to enlighten people of this revelation. 

  • How does your work incorporate the art of storytelling?
My collage allows for me to express my true creativity, while giving the viewers a chance to use their brains. 

  • What do you hope your audience gains from your work?
I hope they understand the infrastructure that is older than our grandparents, yet still in play. I wanted people to see that even though they are being compensated, their treatment is still relatively the same.  

  • What did you gain from doing this work. 
I've gained better confidence for explaining the struggles of my people as we've struggled to maintain relevance in this world. I've also gained a sense of understanding; no matter how hard Blacks try in this country, we will never be considered equal. 

Q4 Benchmark "Origins: Part One"

Chapter 1

“Before I got here, I came from there. A planet far from this one. This planet is lush and green. Such beautiful flora and fauna. A species called “humans” dominate this planet. They have such interesting civilization with governments, economies, religions, and free will. This is far different from my home world. I come from the planet called Dracon. It has deserts, mountains, dangerous creatures… you would think it would be like Earth, but there’s one difference between this place and Dracon. Constant war. All over the planet, war was everywhere. It prevented us Draconians from having a proper civilization. All that ever happened was war. All that was ever discussed was ever. All we were ever taught was war. War was the end for us, and it would seal our fate.”

A battle has commenced in a great desert. Soldiers coming from the mountains, running and screaming onto the desert land. They threw their punches and kicks landed into each other’s faces, and each blow caused quite a boom. The ground rumbled, the mountains shook, and soldiers flew. It was quite the battle. In the end, after the dust cleared, there were soldiers walking off into the sunset, while hundreds lie on the desert floor, beaten and killed. 

“It was one of the deadliest battles in Draconian history. The soldiers of the Federation were badly defeated by the Uprising,” said Mr. Jahn as showed his students an old wall painting of the battle. Every student seemed interested in this fascinating history. Well, everyone except for Dar - Ol. Dar - Ol was an unusual Draconian. The reason for that is because he doesn’t talk about fights or war, he talks about peace on the planet. He says one day, he will save his race. Until that day comes, he has suffer being bullied by his classmates, and receive harsh criticism from his parents about growing up to be a warrior. His thoughts were interrupted as Mr. Jahn continued with his history lesson.

“This marked a crucial point in history for the Federation. They were down many men, and the Uprising could easily attack the capital. In which case, they did.” He stuck his hand out to show another old wall painting.

“The Uprising took the final battle to the capital, where it was a slaughterhouse. The Uprising took it to everyone, killing anyone who got in their way. The men, the women, and the children. It seemed like lost cause. The battle was over before it begun. It looked like the Federation would fall.” continued Mr. Jahn. At this point, Dar was almost completely out of it. He couldn’t pay attention to this lesson. He was about to leave until…

“When suddenly, a hero emerged from the destruction.” This surprisingly caught Dar’s attention.

“A hero,” asked a fellow classmate. 

“Yes, a hero. One with vast incredible power. He defended the capital and everyone within it. The generals of the Uprising were stunned. This one being trumped every soldier in the Uprising. Many reports said he could move like a blur, some said his strength topple even the strongest of us, some even said he jump from side of the city to the other with a single locomotion. Whoever this being was he was unstoppable.” This put Dar in a daydream so deep, he believe that taking the role of the hero.

“What happened in the end,” asked a fellow classmate.

“In the end, the generals themselves challenged this being to fight them. The generals were the best of the best. They were ones who could move fast, jump far, and have the most strength.”

“Was it enough,” asked a classmate in the back of the group.

“It wasn’t even close. Even the generals speed, power, and agility were trumped by this being. They had never seen anything like it. They forced the hero’s hand, and they surrendered. What seemed like a day that the Uprising would win turned into a victory for the Federation, and the government maintained itself from then until now.”

After the little daydream finished, Dar spoke up to ask a question.

“Mr. Jahn, what happened to the hero?”

“Well…” said Mr. Jahn with a long pause. “I don’t know. In fact, no one does. There has never been recorded information about the hero. The generals couldn’t see his face because he moved so fast, and he never came out in public.”

“Someone had to know,” said a classmate. “I mean, there had to have been one person that knew about him.”

“If there were, I’m sure they wouldn’t give away his identity. For all we know, the hero is probably dead,” finished Mr. Jahn.

This sunk Dar’s heart a bit. Some students noticed it, and decided to start making fun of him for it.

“Aww, Dar’s gonna cry now. His hero went croak.”

“That’s probably his granddad.”

“You want to be a hero, wimp? Grow up strong and big like us, not weak and pathetic.”

Luckily, Mr. Jahn heard their little whispers and called them out.

“Gon, Sram, Wel! When we get back to school, all three of you stay for extra training.” This breathed a sigh of relief for Dar. The three of them have picked on him since he came to the school. He’s wanted to take them so badly, but unfortunately, he knows he couldn’t. All three of them were about half a foot taller than him, and had about 20 to 30 pounds on him, and they were very good fighters. No doubt, Dar was actually a great fighter. Trainers have compliment his progress, especially Mr. Jahn, one of the most experienced fighters in the school. However, speed doesn’t always trump power, especially if three of them who have more power than him.

The day continued on in the museum, but all Dar could think about was being the hero, and using that power to save his people. Maybe, get some revenge while he was at it. They board the vessel to return to the school, and when they got back to school, everyone (with exception of Gon, Sram, and Wel) went on home. Dar could’t wait to tell his parents about his day, and the history lesson he learned.

Chapter 2

“… And this guy was a huge legend,” exclaimed Dar to his parents. He was saving the hype for his parents, but sad to say, that hype was wasted when his parents didn’t really show the enthusiasm that he expressed.

“Dar, that’s nice to hear,” said his mom, Kare, with no emotion while doing her chores. His dad, Don, still training in the holo room, didn’t even say one word when Dar was home. This was the basic routine for Dar. He would always come home from school, and see his parents (who were soldiers of the Federation) would be either training or doing chores around the foundation. They never spent too much time with Dar. They expected him to go school, learn to fight, come home and train with them, eventually turning him into a soldier for the Federation. 

“Honey, let’s stop with the silly stories, and show us what you learned today,” said Kare. This caught Dar by surprise. He thought his parents would think this was a big thing he learned, that his parents would be interested.

“It’s not a silly story! It’s amazing! This is something that should be considered an inspiration for soldiers,” exclaimed Dar in confident voice, only to have it short-lived by Don after coming out of the holo-room.

“Please, that old legend? That’s a myth. You said it yourself, that it was used as an inspiration. After the Federation took back the city, they believe that the Uprising started to hallucinate and imagined the so-called super soldier. There was no one in the Federation army that had enhanced abilities, and we would know. During training, we have the trainees under surveillance. It’s protocol,” explained Don.

“Maybe he had to break protocol…,” continued Dar before he interrupted by Don.

“That would be impossible. The holo-room has surveillance cameras, motion sensors, sonar, detection plates, you name it. The reason for that is so the fighter can see how he fights from every angle.” Dar was decimated. 

“Why would the museum lie about the legendary super Draconian,” he asked. “There has to be an explanation.” 

“Well, the only reason I think they would tell about the super Draconian is because of the overwhelming reports of seeing the being. So many from the Uprising and still plenty of reports from the Federation,” Don responded.

Dar’s confidence is at an all time low. He was so excited about the legend, only to be told that it was a myth. 

“Come on, Dar. It’s a myth. It can be true or it is false. Let’s just go training. Show me what fighting techniques you learned, not legends and stories,” said Don with reassurance. Dar walked with Don into the holo-room. He still pondered the myth. He decided to go on, figure out the legend by himself. He still thinks it’s true, and he wasn’t going to stop until he proved that.

Chapter 3

So Dar set out on his long journey to find out about the legendary myth. He went to his friends, and went to the collection halls were they store data of old historical events. Some of the really old and secretive data was kept in the old chamber room. Dar came to the main desk, and there was a young female collector there. She was on the computer processing the data throughout the collection halls. Dar thought she was kind of cute, even though she was way past his league. He knocks on the desk to get her attention, and succeeds. 

“Excuse me, hello. I was wondering if you could give us access to the old chamber.” The female smiled at him. For a moment, it looked like Dar would get a yes easily. However…

“Why would I do that? You’re like 10 years old. Only special people get privileges like that,” she said with such attitude. Dar felt offended. 

“Excuse me,” he responded. “But I’m actually 13, and what do you by ‘special’?” 

“Well ‘I’m actually 13’, but by special, I mean the staff, business, scientists, teachers, etc. You, young man, are those kind of people.” Dar was really aggravated. He hated how she kept referring to him as little. She was really cocky. So he decided to be cocky right back at her.

“Look, I don’t know what your problem is with me, but I really need to see the old data from the Uprising era. Now you could do that with no problem at all, or I could go your boss and complain that I’ve been given false data, which I’m pretty sure is not beneficial for you at all since you, you know, you run all the data in the halls.” He crossed his arms, and tap his foot on the ground. The collector wanted to say something back, but was actually afraid that Dar would go tell the manager. All collection halls were built the same way, so it was easy where to find the collectors and the manager. So she decided to carefully sneak Dar into the old chamber. 

“Thank you,” he said relieved. 

“You’re welcome,” she said sarcastically, and returned to her desk. Dar went through the data, looking into the old reports of the Uprising era. He needed to look for evidence of legend besides the big city battle. He looked throughout the data. He couldn’t see anything. He spent 4 hours in the chamber, and triple checked all the data. He didn’t find anything. This made him frustrated and sad. He walked out the old chamber, and started walking out the collection hall. He passed the collection desk, and the collector resist to comment.

“Couldn’t find what you wanted to find,” she said with a fake enthusiasm. 

“No. I didn’t. Ok? That a good answer for you? Should put that in your data,” he replied with anger. She jumped a bit from the reaction. He walked out the collection hall and into the night. 

He kept thinking to himself, “How could I’ve been that foolish?” He walked throughout the city towards his foundation when suddenly a black vehicle made a screeching halt in front of him. Two guys stepped out the car and attempt to grab him. Luckily, his training makes him a formidable opponent for these two. He started to do the “duck and knuck” strategy, one his Dad taught him. He would duck under opponents’ strikes and punch them in the pressure point located in the abdomen. It would knock his opponents down in two to three attempts. It seemed like an easy fight, until he realized something. He was a bit sluggish, and noticed why. He was tranquilized. The two lunkheads actually got to him because of the severe decrease in his speed. They knock clubbed him. He fell to ground with a hard thud. He lied there, vision blurry and hearing muffled. The last thing he saw were what seemed like a black militia suit. He heard talking, but he too far out of before he fell unconscious.

 

For this benchmark, I decided to base my story off of a fighter I made for capstone. I thought I would give people a little insight of what my character was before he became a fighter as I will portray him to be in the game. I tried to find a way to incorporate how I could be the role of the protagonist as I wrote my story. It didn't seem hard actually. It was pretty easy, to be honest. Most of the situations in the story are situations we've been in before. You, know, like that mythical legend. It was like how I believe Santa Claus was real for a while only to told that he wasn't real. I don't know what my audience to take from my story. It's only half of it, but a really good half. I think I just want them to be interested in how creative I can be with my writing. What did I gain from my work? The fact that I did a damn fine.

Session #2

Group Members Present: Jalen S. Robbie M. Sarybel M. Rose K.


What your book club discussed:

This session we talked about chapters 4,5&6

How you discussed it:

In the last session we realized how important it was to right done things that stuck out to us so that we would have things to distinctly talk about. We also followed the same format as we did previously of talking chapter by chapter so that we could easily follow. This time we also tied in outside articles as examples of what the book had been talking about.

Any points of conflict/disagreement in discussion:

Even though some points that were made were more controversial than last time, there was still overall agreement. We all talked about while creating misleading graphs is clever and all for the business it is tough for the consumers. The point was made that it seems to be worse for it to be made for government than for food or toothpaste advertisements. This point could have been disagreed on but overall everyone was on the same page. 

Questions that came up as a result of the discussion:

At one point Jalen brought up a good questions about whether or not it was ok to change the y-axis on the graph and fabricating statements by adding adjectives was really a situation that no one could pin something on you and have that be ok. 

* We will add the links to the articles once we have them all. 

Iphone Sales:  http://qz.com/122921/the-chart-tim-cook-doesnt-want-you-to-see/

Colgate:  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1539715/Colgate-gets-the-brush-off-for-misleading-ads.html

Jalen: http://www.statisticshowto.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/new-haven-ct.jpg

Session #2-Mp3

Ecoliteracy Gold Table 3 - Jackie, Felix, Imani, Govinda

The purpose for this project is to inquire a certain topic about ecology. Our principle of ecology to explore is climate change. Climate change is the change of weather patterns over a period of time. As a group, we studied climate change, watched and critiqued videos pertaining to climate change, and producing a documentary of our own about the situation. The purpose of the following project is to inform you on what climate change is, and what the impacts it has had on our world.

Here's the link to our wiki:

La Casa de Logan

Spanish proyecto
Spanish proyecto
La casa tiene tres habitaciones y uno baño. Hay el carro en el garaje. La habitaciones tiene un grande guardarropa y una flor . La baño tiene un espejo y una ducha. La sala un sofá y una silla y una mesa. La casa tiene no una tele y un lavaplatos.