Advanced Essay #3-Bystander Effect in Today's World

Violence is what makes the world go around, said no one, but it seems eerily true. You could look anywhere in the world and find terrible things happening. Isis just claimed responsibility for what happened in Sri Lanka, China has started to militarize Pakistan. Myanmar is jailing reporters who opposed the dictatorship in place, it seems as though the Russians just hacked into the US elections system. The US in general is just a political mess, people in Venezuela are trying to escape a ruthless dictator, and the stories just go on and on. Sadly this has almost always been the case in human history, people doing horrible things to each other for personal gain. The violence seems to have no end in site. But there is some light in all of this darkness, documentation. The progress of the digital world has helped us see things that we never would have had a window to before. It has not always stopped the violence from occurring, but it has made people who do these things way more cautious. And maybe one day, will stop all of these events in general.

Our new found use of technology has helped us in many ways. Things that we never could have seen before are now accessible to almost everyone. These crazy events that happen on the other side of the world can still be seen. But sadly this has left us with a new problem, accountability. Since now everyone is seeing everything, it is assumed that the problem is being taken care of. And as long as everyone is assuming that it is someone else's problem, nothing is going to get done. This is called the bystander effect, which according to psychology today is “the presence of others discourages an individual from intervening in an emergency situation”. This was first just seen as an issue with people who are seeing the same even with their own eyes. But now with the internet spreading everything, this effect has spread with it. Leaving society with a problem that very much so needs to be addressed.

A clear example of this effect would be facebook live and things that have been broadcasted on it. An example of this was reported on by Times Magazine, when a 15 year old girl was sexually assaulted on a facebook live video that was viewed according to a source by 40 people. Despite this no one called the police. An example outside of the internet would be when Ilan Halimi was kidnapped in paris by Moroccan “Barbarians” to try and get money from his family because of the fact that he was jewish reported the New York Times. While in captivity several of the neighbors to the place that he was being held in heard the commotion and in some instances actually saw what was happening. Yet again, no one called the authorities or tryed to put an end to what was happening in any way. This is a really big physiological problem that we as humans have yet to be able to fully understand. The list of examples is so long that there is an example of this effect in the bible, when Jesus is telling a lawyer about how everyone is everyone's neighbor. And he gives an example of this happening, were several people pass by a man on the side of a road who has been beaten. And in the only person who stopped to help him was a samaritan. What this story is trying to say is very important, regardless if you are religious or not, it exposes human nature and people who aim to change it and people who just go along with the same old same old.

As I have said many many times this is a problem, but I haven’t really gone in to how to fix it. And that really is the problem, because to fix this we need to do something that humans by nature do not do. And that is accountability, and we can see this in multiple aspects of life. Everything from climate change, to who is responsible for finishing the benchmark. It all comes down to people owning up to their mistakes, and not only doing that but fixing them. Which is something that we don’t typically do, it is part a of our subconscious. This is why we need to start actively thinking about this consciously. Even if people just took a little more initiation when seeing something, the world would be a much better place. Not even what happens on social media, but if you see someone getting called call the police. Or if it is your job to do something actually do it, and don’t just depend on others to get it done. And even if it isn’t your job, and you  just see someone in need, do something about it instead of just leaving it for someone else. I am not at all exempt from this, and I really do think that by fixing the little things it could affect things that I didn’t even expect. If every single person just took on a little more responsibility, we could actually solve some of the worlds problems instead of ignoring them.


Citations-

  • “Bystander Effect.” Psychology Today, Sussex Publishers, www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/bystander-effect.

  • “Chicago Teen Sexually Assaulted on Facebook Live Fears Home.” Time, Time, 22 Mar. 2017, time.com/4710231/chicago-teen-sexual-assault-facebook-live/.

  • Smith, Craig S. “Torture and Death of Jew Deepen Fears in France.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 5 Mar. 2006, www.nytimes.com/2006/03/05/world/europe/torture-and-death-of-jew-deepen-fears-in-france.html.

  • “Who Is Your Neighbor? Well, Who Are You?” Desiring God, 3 May 2019, www.desiringgod.org/articles/who-is-your-neighbor-well-who-are-you.



Advanced Essay #3: Power to Violence

Intro: 
In this essay I ​talk about the tie between people in power and violence. I talk about how people who have power are easily able to inflict violence on to others. It is easy because it doesn't involve them. They aren't the ones being hurt. 

Essay:

Humans are physiological creatures. We think and find a reason for everything we do, even if that reason is not “good.” Everyone does it including the people you wouldn’t expect; people with high authority over others. Those people believe they have more of a right to inflict violence onto other people because of the position they have. They are also more perceptible to violence. This all leads to a world of violence due to the people of power.

In early August of 1971, 24 male college students from the US and Canada were chosen to be part of a social psychological experiment; The Stanford Prison Experiment. The experiment would split the group into two. Half of the group would play the role of prison guards while the other half of the group played the role of  prisoners. These positions were all chosen at random. Instructions were given to the prisoners while the guards were given little to no instructions. It was their house to run. The experiment studied and evaluated both groups. They wanted to see what stripping a person quickly of their identity would do but they also wanted to see what power would do to an everyday citizen. The results were shocking. It took a very short amount of time for the guards to sink into their roles. They created rules for the prisoners to follow. They treated the prisoners like true criminals. They degraded the prisoners by making them wear prison dresses as their uniforms. They punished them by making them do push-ups, similar to how Nazis punished Jewish people in concentration camps. The fact that this happened so quickly is scary to see. These were everyday college students, all with positive backgrounds that just wanted some money (paid for doing the experiment). This shows us that people with authority will do whatever it takes to degrade someone who is below them. They believe that if it is not hurting them that it is alright. Before the experiment started, all 24 men were similar. The one switch changed it all. Power. Power gave them the ability to inflict violence. They had the power and didn’t care how bad it would hurt others who in all reality, were just like them. The master behind the Stanford Prison Experiment, the experiment talked about above, is a man named Philip Zimbardo. After the experiment, he went on to make a TED Talk and write a book about what he calls the Lucifer Effect. He defines the Lucifer effect as,“ Individuals and groups  who usually act humanely can sometimes act otherwise in certain circumstances (TedTalk, Zimbardo). This proves that everyday people are easily able to change their ways of thinking and acting based on a situation. In the case of the SPE, we saw the guards act out because they were put in a non-everyday situation. A situation that gave them power.

People of authority and power also tend to make important decisions without the input of the people the decision will be effect. Look at the case of our government and presidents (past and current). Wars have been waged without the consent of our nation. National emergencies were called with little to no thought of the people. Presidents have skipped the approval of the congress to go to war. There are rules such as the War Power Act, that presidents completely ignore. It seems as though presidents, some of the people with the most power in the US, don’t think about the violence that going to war can bring. The violence doesn’t directly affect them; So why should they care? They are not the ones fighting in the fields. They are not the ones trying to keep them alive. They are not the ones dying for the Nation they should be running. If people have power over others, the chance they wouldn't send those other people into the violence is slim to none. They do what they want. They don't want to be hurt. They would rather have others fight the job so they don't have to.

In conclusion, we can see that through social psychological experiments and with everyday life that people of power use violence to their advantage. We can see a tie between violence and power. When people are given power in situations they are more likely to use it to their advantage and inflict violence on people who they feel are lesser. People who have power do not think about the people the violence will affect. As long as it is not them they don’t care.


Work Cited:

1.) Stanford Prison Experiment https://www.prisonexp.org/the-story

2.) War Power Act https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2001/09/what-war-powers-does-the-president-have.html

Advanced Essay #3 Power to Violence

Intro: 
In this essay I ​talk about the tie between people in power and violence. I talk about how people who have power are easily able to inflict violence on to others. It is easy because it doesn't involve them. They aren't the ones being hurt. 

Essay:

Humans are physiological creatures. We think and find a reason for everything we do, even if that reason is not “good.” Everyone does it including the people you wouldn’t expect; people with high authority over others. Those people believe they have more of a right to inflict violence onto other people because of the position they have. They are also more perceptible to violence. This all leads to a world of violence due to the people of power.

In early August of 1971, 24 male college students from the US and Canada were chosen to be part of a social psychological experiment; The Stanford Prison Experiment. The experiment would split the group into two. Half of the group would play the role of prison guards while the other half of the group played the role of  prisoners. These positions were all chosen at random. Instructions were given to the prisoners while the guards were given little to no instructions. It was their house to run. The experiment studied and evaluated both groups. They wanted to see what stripping a person quickly of their identity would do but they also wanted to see what power would do to an everyday citizen. The results were shocking. It took a very short amount of time for the guards to sink into their roles. They created rules for the prisoners to follow. They treated the prisoners like true criminals. They degraded the prisoners by making them wear prison dresses as their uniforms. They punished them by making them do push-ups, similar to how Nazis punished Jewish people in concentration camps. The fact that this happened so quickly is scary to see. These were everyday college students, all with positive backgrounds that just wanted some money (paid for doing the experiment). This shows us that people with authority will do whatever it takes to degrade someone who is below them. They believe that if it is not hurting them that it is alright. Before the experiment started, all 24 men were similar. The one switch changed it all. Power. Power gave them the ability to inflict violence. They had the power and didn’t care how bad it would hurt others who in all reality, were just like them. The master behind the Stanford Prison Experiment, the experiment talked about above, is a man named Philip Zimbardo. After the experiment, he went on to make a TED Talk and write a book about what he calls the Lucifer Effect. He defines the Lucifer effect as,“ Individuals and groups  who usually act humanely can sometimes act otherwise in certain circumstances (TedTalk, Zimbardo). This proves that everyday people are easily able to change their ways of thinking and acting based on a situation. In the case of the SPE, we saw the guards act out because they were put in a non-everyday situation. A situation that gave them power.

People of authority and power also tend to make important decisions without the input of the people the decision will be effect. Look at the case of our government and presidents (past and current). Wars have been waged without the consent of our nation. National emergencies were called with little to no thought of the people. Presidents have skipped the approval of the congress to go to war. There are rules such as the War Power Act, that presidents completely ignore. It seems as though presidents, some of the people with the most power in the US, don’t think about the violence that going to war can bring. The violence doesn’t directly affect them; So why should they care? They are not the ones fighting in the fields. They are not the ones trying to keep them alive. They are not the ones dying for the Nation they should be running. If people have power over others, the chance they wouldn't send those other people into the violence is slim to none. They do what they want. They don't want to be hurt. They would rather have others fight the job so they don't have to.

In conclusion, we can see that through social psychological experiments and with everyday life that people of power use violence to their advantage. We can see a tie between violence and power. When people are given power in situations they are more likely to use it to their advantage and inflict violence on people who they feel are lesser. People who have power do not think about the people the violence will affect. As long as it is not them they don’t care.                       


Advanced Essay #3: Violence in Life

Introduction:

My goals for this paper is for people to realize that we need to reduce childhood exposure to violence. I'm proud of myself for getting really good sources to support my evidence, that children do get affected for the violence contents around them, and as adults, people should understand and find a way to prevent it from happening. 


Essay:

Our propensity for violence is based on how much brutality we are exposed to when we were young. Whether we experienced or witnessed violence as children, it affects us for the rest of our lives physically and emotionally. When adults see violence in today’s society, they tend to blame the society that they live in, instead of understanding the fact that in order to reduce these violent tendencies, we must first reduce childhood exposure to violence. 

History classes across America focus on one thing for the majority; war, an extremely violent battle between multiple groups around the world. Introduced to kids through different structures for entertainment and education every day knowing that it could be unhealthy for kids to take in the information. According to the InfoRefuge, “While the obvious reason for this is to maintain public morale and support for the life-threatening conflict, American military intervention since that civil war has been projected internationally” (2018). War casualty is there for public morale and support, showing the violence they have experienced in battle. Publishing it so people memorize and understand what those who suffered have been through. Not understanding that these stories would affect someone physically and emotionally, especially younger children because they have not learned nor determined the unnecessary part of the war or how dangerous it could be toward the people and nature itself. Children have been taught that war is a place where people fight against each other for their desires and beliefs. It affects them physically and emotionally, driving them to violence, and, they begin to think that violence is the path for good things to happen. 

Furthermore, entertainment has become one of the biggest factors in kids daily life. According to the CNN reports, children under 9 spend at least two hours each day watching screens for entertainment. Network-wide web is a place that nobody has the right to control, and the media's mention of violence can go viral overnight without delay. CiPHR stated, “Past research has shown that technology-based exposures to and experiences of violence, which includes harassment, bullying, or unwanted sexual exposure, can sometimes be associated with psychosocial challenges”(2017). These reports and news on violent acts will affect the young people who obtain the information and burden the family of the kid. Adults criticize the public for ruining their kid's life; indeed the parent of the children could help solve this problem by helping educate younger folks about these problems in a mature way. Adults can also argue that they have no ability to control the world-wide network, but they do have the ability to lead kids through a better path compared to the research and information kids have found on their own about the problem.

Most importantly, violence cannot be deleted from the mindset nor the things that we have learned. Therefore, people will have to create a better path to help kids learn through when in a situation where violence could occur. In agreement with Jocelyn Kelly, “Even more tragically, these same young men would often struggle to reintegrate peacefully into their communities when hostilities ended” (2018). If someone witnesses a violent action themselves then they will have an underlying recollection of that time and it may be more feasible for them to react with the violence of their own. Adults who have experienced a violent event can become diagnosed with Post-Traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). If adults cannot even handle this, how could a child be expected to deal with it by themselves? Nobody can stop PTSD from happening, but we can take steps towards stopping the cause of PTSD. 

People who have experienced a violent event can sometimes be stuck in a place where things are not the same for them afterward. Depending on the situation, but most likely the images related to the event will be embedded forever. The U.S government encourages those who are in trouble to get therapy but does not want to take the blame for the events that happened. They tend to blame the situation itself by saying that was something out of their control. An example being the Vietnam war, the U.S military blamed the company who created Agent Orange (A herbicide and defoliant chemical) and said that it was their fault by putting in the chemical that affected humans. The truth is the U.S military is the one who pulls the trigger, and they understand that the chemical could kill innocent people, but they keep going and acting like a victim.

We cannot control publicity, but we can control what is under our rights. Controlling the world-wide-web is impossible, but helping our kids understand the real dangers is possible. Every problem can have a solution, we just have to find the best one to solve the issue. Violence is something that we cannot stop, but we can learn how to deal with it in a better way that prevents it from becoming an everyday thing for a child's life.

Works Cited:

 1. Kelly, Jocelyn. “The Ripple Effects of War: How Violence Can Persist after Formal Peace Is Declared.” dev4peace, 29 Aug. 2018, blogs.worldbank.org/dev4peace/ripple-effects-war-how-violence-can-persist-after-formal-peace-declared.

2. “How Does War Child Provide Vital Psychosocial Support to Children?” War Child Holland - How Does War Child Provide Vital Psychosocial Support to Children?, www.warchildholland.org/psychosocial-support/.

3. Inforefuge. “How the U.S. Media Promotes War as Entertainment.” InfoRefuge, 29 Apr. 2010, inforefuge.com/media-promotes-war-as-entertainment.

4. Howard, Jacqueline. “Report: Young Kids Spend over 2 Hours a Day on Screens.” CNN, Cable News Network, 19 Oct. 2017, www.cnn.com/2017/10/19/health/children-smartphone-tablet-use-report/index.html.

Advanced Essay #3: America's Road from Nationalism to Violence

Summary: My essay is all about the way that nationalism is ingrained into American culture, leading to teens and young adults being pressured to join military. This is a product of government manipulation and societal culture as a whole, ultimately resulting in the loss of lives.
America's Road from Nationalism to Violence

America is known for its displays of patriotism and admiration for the military. It is something that many take pride in, but perhaps shouldn’t without thoroughly looking into its background. The ideas of violence and joining the military are ingrained into American culture through nationalism and government manipulation of the media. Through extreme, modern-day nationalism, fuelled in part by paid patriotism, and corrupt recruitment methods, teens are pressured to join the military and manipulated to dehumanize their actions once they join.

The “Star-Spangled Banner” is a prime example of American nationalism in the media; it is played at nearly all major-league sporting events, most recognizably, football and baseball. The song was played at baseball games before it had actually become the United States’ national anthem, dating back to 1897 and being played at significant holidays and events, such as America’s entrance to World War I. In 1931, the “Star-Spangled Banner” became America’s national anthem, and was played more often throughout the first World War. Eventually, it became a tradition. While a song may seem harmless, it is a representation of America’s undying loyalty to itself while simultaneously encouraging war and violence in front of the millions watching. The song is often played as a tribute to America’s veterans, a display of admiration for the violence people have been forced to commit on behalf of our government. These actions of patriotism can be good in small bursts of pride for a home country, but overall lead to manipulation.

While the anthem has been played at baseball games for may decades, it only started being played at football games recently. However, this was not simply because the NFL felt like it; they are paid by the government to play the song before each game. This is an example of paid patriotism in our country. According to the National Public Radio, “the Pentagon spent $6.8 million to pay for patriotic displays during the games of professional sports teams.” The government needs more people to fight in their battles, so they pay the largest televised sports leagues to act patriotic and support their cause. From the time we are young, kids are encouraged to play and watch sports; this applies especially to boys, who are often expected to like baseball and football. When it is ingrained into our society for children to grow up watching these games, thus watching displays of nationalism, the country is ingraining militarism into these kids as well. America is paying millions of dollars of taxpayer money for nationalism and violence to be intrinsic to their youths’ childhoods and futures.

In addition to the government forcing patriotism on citizens, they specifically manipulate young adults in their recruitment methods. At the “Army Experience Center (AEC)” in Philadelphia, they lure young people in with video games and tell them about all of the positives of being in the military, yet none of the negatives. The purpose of the AEC was to “offer young adults a chance to immerse themselves in the hi-tech world of 21st century war craft while discovering well-paid, military career possibilities through touch screen technology.” This statement is a thinly veiled way of saying that they are recruiting young people to fight wars with technology. They, and other army recruitment centers, desensitize the killing of other beings by making it seem like a video game, especially with the future of fighting wars with drones. A person could be sitting in a room far away, safe and sound and able to go home to their family each night, but they are killing other people. By making war the equivalent of a video game young people are paid to play, the government takes away the meaning and horror in taking of others’ lives in order to compel young people to do so. This is a large scale manipulation of America’s young people by making war and violence common and seem like a game.

Overall, it can be concluded that the American government is brainwashing its citizens to make a killing factory based on nationalism. There are few policies regarding dangerous weapons, making violence much more prevalent in the United States than other countries. In addition to this fact, there are large companies being paid to act in “admiration” of their country to make their viewers feel patriotic. This leads to pressure to join the military in the name of serving the country they claim to love so much. These acts of patriotism, once combined with unethical military recruitment strategies, leads to teens joining the military without knowing the weight of their actions until it is too late. This manipulation of teens and young adults by the American government shows a clear path from nationalism to violence, resulting in the loss of not only countless lives, but entire childhoods.


Advanced Essay #3: War vs. Story

​Introduction: The goal of this essay is to show how war is always romanized rather than what war is. The reasoning for this can vary. I'm really proud of how I was able to make my essay flow and usage of my sources. One thing I wish to improve on is my time management. 


                                             War Vs. Story

In my living room, my siblings and I sat on the couch with tired eyes, trying to stifle our yawns for the fifth time. My father was sitting in his favorite chair. Our Uncle Fro came over that day, going on about a time where their great-uncle went to France in WWI; A time that I honestly did not care for. They fought. Someone won and someone lost; that’s war. As our uncle went on, we became exasperated. My dad interrupts my uncle.

“That’s not how the story goes,” my dad spoke up.

“Oh really? Then how does it goes?” replied my uncle with an annoyed expression.

“You forgot to tell them about his tail.”

I raised my head in interest. I see from the side that he also got my siblings’ attention.

“What tail?” I asked curiously.

“The tail he got in France,” he replied, “listen and I’ll tell you.” My siblings and I sat up straight and focused our attention to our father as he told the story about his great-uncle’s tail. As focused as I was, I could notice my uncle shaking his head.

“Fables,” he muttered.

Many stories of war are heard out throughout life. What we receive can depend on how it’s told, and it can be told in many ways. But it’s never the straight truth. There’s always a different way of hearing the story. It’s always romanticized. War is often told without the horrific parts rather than straight truth to give it a meaning.

War stories are often changed and shaped into propaganda. In one video called The Army Experience Center by Roger Stahl, it showed a building controlled by the military who “merged the imaginary and actual worlds of military life” (April 2nd, 2015) through video games. It goes on to say that the young people that usually come by can play video games and seek staff if they’re interested in joining the army. When creating a video game, there must be a plot to it, and a plot is a story. With these video games, users are interacting with the war stories  created through video games. Thus, some users see war through a lens created by the army, who wants them to see something other that what war really is.

With war, it’s hard for soldiers to connect with people who haven’t had the experience for themselves. Stories are ways for people to connect with each other, and war stories are no different. With the book, The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien, one chapter called Good Form tells of how he has made up many stories within the book. What was his reasoning? He goes on to say “I want you to feel what I felt. I want you to know why story-truth is truer sometimes than happening-truth” (171). When saying “story-truth” and “happening-truth,” he simply means a story versus the truth. In the book, he tells of the detailed story of how he killed a man versus how he watched the man get killed. When telling the event the way it is, it most of the time draws people away from the story, especially if it’s a story similar to others. To avoid it, there’s a twist to the truth that keeps people’s attention, just as O’Brien did in his book. He knew it would be hard to understand where he comes from when it comes to war, especially when you never experience it. It can be hard to tell all the details without hurting, as shown in the chapter entitled Courage To Speak. Instead, rather than explaining the truth to people, it’s made into stories that people can relate to in some way.

In this world, countless countries try to make themselves appealing and greater than what they really are. A way they do this is the way their history is told. In America, when learning of the history of wars we’ve been in, we focus on the wars that we’ve won. It shows the victories and achievements that were made during these wars. Never looking at the losses we’ve had. As Chris Ryder said in his article entitled (Partial) History: Why 'History Is Written By The Victors' Couldn't Be More True, “we tend to assume what we are reading is true.” (2016) It’s showing we tend to make their perspective of history the true history, and unable to connect when real history is presented. With this, countries continue to write their history in the perspective they saw it as. After all, history is written by the victors.

Why is it easier to accept fictional stories rather than truth? We translate war to stories that have morals and meaning because we can't deal with meaninglessness. If it doesn’t have meaning, then don’t know how to relate to it. However, is it ok to believe in a story of the truth rather than the real truth?

Citations

The Things They Carried: A Work Of Fiction. New York: Broadway Books, 1998. Print. O'Brien, Tim.

Ryder, Chris. (Partial) History: Why 'History Is Written By The Victors' Couldn't Be More True. Odyssey. Last modified May 3, 2016. https://www.theodyssesyonline.com/partial-history.

Stahl, Roger. The Army Experience Center. The Vision Machine. Last modified April 2, 2015. https://thevisionmachine.com/2015/04/the-army-experience-center/.

Advanced Essay #3: Mindscape of sorrow by Ivan JR

​introduction 

the meaning of this essay is to dive into the idea mindset of people who go the hardship of war. Not much else to say but hopefully you enjoy my essay.


War and violence are things that can drastically change a person for better or worse. Thought usually it’s for the worse and that leads to a multitude of other problems. It teaches us who’s hiding something deep within that they themself didn’t even know existed. Violence Teaches us how to react when attacked and how will you respond when they point fingers to figure out who to blame. War teaches us how one tiny battle can blow up to the point it drags everyone and thing till there's nothing left but an empty hollow of what was. In the classic lyrics of ‘’War’’ by Edwin Starr ‘’War...huh….what is it good for? Absolutely Nothin’’.

Some people stay haunted by their past decisions and it can become a life wrecker. Whether or not it’s from guilt, or some suppressed memory they’ve kept locked away for a long time finally coming back to light. These haunting memories can lead to depression, suicide or a long life of self loth and hate towards one’s self. Like Norman Bowker, a man who felt like there was nothing left for him. In the book of ‘’The things they carried’’ by Tim O'brien, he committed suicide at a YMCA and had left a seventeen page hand written letter saying how he couldn’t find meaning. When Bowker was writing ‘’If I die in a combat zone’’ it brought back a lot of memories of his time in vietnam and one of the biggest being the death of his best friend Kiowa. He would constantly blame himself for his death, believing that he caused it with his flashlight looking at a picture of his (Ex) girlfriend during the time. Leading to a mortar hitting the mud, water and shit feld their crew were camped in and Kiowa being sucked into the ground beneath.

Going back into the idea that war changes a person is a very interesting topic and a quite difficult one. The difficult part of it is the question of ‘’were they always like this?’’ or was it the environment that shaped what they would become? Then that's where the interest comes in because your hooked and now you just need to know or you won’t get sleep or even rest. If we say environment then the conditions are what come to mind. Could it be the weather of the area that stings the mind from overbearing heat or bone freezing cold? or maybe it’s the constant annoying animals and insects that never shut up day and night keeping your mind in neverending noise? But if we go by the war itself then it’s easier to figure and understand (from an outside view). A close death encounter could change your view on the world like you take it easy or try to find that thrill again. That or being on the front line of the fighting and seeing the many horrors war can bring to you in one place.

It’s all this that cause people to change from good people to just death wanting husks of their former selves. These horrible and disturbing moments truly twist the way you view the world and make you realize that life isn’t as peaceful as you once thought. So whenever you see a homeless vet or a vet with PTSD think twice before you immediately demonize them. Because they seen and done things that still haunt them to this day and did things you would never do. Respect to the VETs and thank god for your service.       

 

Sources: ‘’The things they carried’’ by Tim O'brien


Advanced Essay #3

Introduction

This paper discusses the issues that women face in a world of photoshopped advertisements and the true violence of forcing women to live up to impossible standards. In this essay, I describe lots of different reasons why photoshopping women in advertisements can have life-threatening effects on consumers.


Essay

There’s nothing wrong with being inspired by others. It’s only human nature to look at someone you think is beautiful and desire to look like them - I go through this thought process every day and most of the time it serves to deepen my sense of style and self-image in a positive way. A problem arises when we as women are being presented with examples that are physically impossible to achieve. It’s dangerous for a young girl to desire a biologically impossible waist size after seeing a photoshopped woman in a magazine or on social media. This is how women start to become angry with themselves for not being able to achieve certain criteria. They ask themselves, “Why can’t I look like that? Why don’t I look like that? What’s wrong with me?” as opposed to asking themselves what’s wrong with companies who produce and stamp in these standards. Women have started to take desperate and dangerous measures in order to achieve the beauty standards they see advertised to them every day.

This phenomenon is in part because women, especially young women, often aren’t aware that the women they see in advertising every day have been photoshopped. They think that it’s possible to attain these features. “The more and more we use this editing, the higher and higher the bar goes. They’re creating things that are physically impossible,” says Henry Farid, professor of computer science who specializes in photo manipulation. Most of these standards such as teeny waists and thigh gaps are only achievable with surgery and photoshop for the vast majority of women, who are blaming themselves for not being able to achieve them with exercise, dieting, or simply just inhabiting a certain body type.

In 2011, the American Medical Association released a statement about the connections between photoshopped advertisements and eating disorders in young women, “A large body of literature links exposure to media-propagated images of unrealistic body image to eating disorders and other child and adolescent health problems.” More and more magazine editors and social media influencers are broadcasting an unattainable archetype for impressionable young girls to see without presenting them as fake. To present women with impossible standards of beauty and claim that it’s natural and something they can achieve is only bound to cause seriously dangerous methods of reaching that goal. It’s no wonder that women have begun to venture into unsafe methods of dieting, and it’s an act of violence to let women keep believing that’s their only option.

The pumping out of airbrushed and tampered-with images of female bodies has also caused women to undergo dangerous illegal cosmetic surgeries in order to attain certain standards. In 2018, popular rapper Cardi B admitted to getting silicon injections back when she was a stripper by a surgeon without a license. According to licensed plastic surgeon, Dr. Wright A. Jones, the non-medical grade silicone she was injected with could have entered the bloodstream and travel throughout the body, causing infection, loss of limbs, stroke, kidney failure, respiratory failure, heart failure, and in extreme cases, death. Professional and safe cosmetic surgery is way out of range for most women in terms of cost, which is the main reason why women book appointments with “freelance” cosmetic surgeons. Some women feel as though going under the knife by someone who doesn’t necessarily know what they’re doing is one of their only options to feel confident about their appearances.

We’ve still got a very long way to go before corporations start representing the most common body types in women and stop advertising impossible ideas of what women should try to look like. Regardless, some companies such as Dove, Aerie, and CVS have begun to rule out photoshopping women in their advertisements. About the subject, the Marketing Director of Dove says, "As a beauty brand, Dove has always celebrated real women and their beauty -- we believe the No Digital Distortion Mark will help women identify reality in what can be a confusing, digital world and relieve some of the pressure to look a certain way." We can only hope as women and allies alike that more and more companies will make this decision, but until then, we can only try to fight back to the beauty standards being imposed upon us and keep one another safe from the corporations that profit off of our insecurity.

Works Cited

- https://beautyredefined.org/photoshopping-altering-images-and-our-minds/

- https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/body-evidence/201106/whats-photoshop-got-do-it

- https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cardi-b-butt-injections-could-have-killed-her-says-plastic-surgeon-110111



Majo Bostani Capstone

Airlines are scrambling to train and hire young aviation professionals, and will be almost indefinitely. Aircraft manufacturers, Boeing and Airbus are projecting the industry to need 1.3 million aviation professionals, such as pilots, mechanics, and dispatchers within the next twenty years. With aviation being one of the world’s favorite forms of transportation, with 48% of American vacationers flying in airplanes for travel, it is important to sustain the industry.

Aside from transportation, aviation is used to power global commerce giants, to protect our pipelines, fight wildfires, among numerous purposes. With aviation having an employment disparity of this level, it is important to engage the next generation to fill the important needs aviation solves. Thus, aviation needs to be promoted as the welcoming field and community it is.

Unfortunately, it is hard to decide on pursuing aviation with a lack of exposure to it. It is hard to know if you enjoy flying an airplane if you don’t know what’s involved in it. The Philadelphia Youth Aviation Fair is a gathering of aviators, current and future to promote careers in aviation to the next generation. Participants in the fair will receive a complimentary flight in an airplane, a tour of the airport facilities, and access to numerous career-oriented opportunities.

Five high school students, from Science Leadership Academy experienced aviation first-hand. With the partnership of the Experimental Aviation Association, all participants are now enrolled in an online ground school and will be eligible to apply for the prestigious Ray Aviation Scholarship.

Bibliography:

Airplane Owners’ and Pilots’ Organization. “High Schools.” Be a Pilot, More Fun, Lower Cost - You Can Fly. July 11, 2016. Accessed January 25, 2019. https://youcanfly.aopa.org/high-school. This source provides information on another aviation nonprofit organization’s efforts to attract youth to aviation. This organization admits that attracting young aviation professionals isn’t a competition, it is a collective effort by the aviation industry. This organization is working with educators to promote aviation topics to youth, by developing a STEM curriculum.

Camera, Lauren. “A Push for Aviation to Take Flight in Schools.” U.S. News & World Report. November 9, 2015. Accessed January 25, 2019. https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/11/09/new-push-to-get-kids-interested-in-aviation-jobs. Lauren Camera wrote this article to promote how important youth exposure is to the future of aviation. Camera states that clubs like the Future Farmers of America are successful in their purposes, and that there is an importance for a nationwide club that grants the youth of America to aviation, and promotes aviation as a realistic, prosperous career choice.

Experimental Aviation Association, comp. “Entire Publication.” EAA Pilot Update, November 26, 2018, 1. November 26, 2018. Accessed January 25, 2019. http://pages.eaa.org/index.php/email/emailWebview?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWWpFM01HRXdNMkptT0daaiIsInQiOiI2RHBYa3pnYUZFZ0RDb1hacklYeXJJQVlWUmM5eURvb2VyUDc1d1lPeUN3bW43NGVMRTBrb2FOc0JnV0ZYQmgwdGtubmdwUC8wd3NQYzRhQm9pSzMzWFBFeUdhUnlwa2ZwOG5qWGFpenBHbGZhMEZFUUY5Y05oRUg4cVg2V0dCLyJ9. This source is a sample of a newsletter that the Experimental Aviation Association publishes, and sends to its volunteers for events of similar nature to my capstone. I need to subscribe to this publication in order to remain up to date in order to have the latest and greatest of regulation information, so no one gets in trouble.

Experimental Aviation Association. “ICE (In Case of Emergency).” Experimental Aviation Association. Accessed January 25, 2019. https://www.eaa.org/-/media/Files/EAA/EducationResources/YouthEducation/YoungEagles/1507-ICE-v2-PDF.ashx. This source basically provides guidance for what to do if something unfortunate happens at an aviation event. There is a risk at my capstone being exercised, just like any other activity. Basically, this document tells its readers not to talk to the media, call the Federal Aviation Administration, and first aid. Media will push things out of proportion, in order to get people to watch it, so you have to be careful when the media tries to interview you.

Experimental Aviation Association. Young Eagles Pilot Guidelines. Oshkosh, WI: Experimental Aviation Association, 2018. https://www.eaa.org/-/media/Files/EAA/EducationResources/YouthEducation/YoungEagles/1602REV-YE-Pilot-Guidelines.ashx This 2-page brochure provides the basic guidelines that the volunteers at my event must follow in order for my event to be successful, and so that no one gets in trouble. This document is very short, yet it is all that is necessary, which is really beneficial for me, considering the simplicity of everything. The main ground rules for me is to make sure everyone passes a Youth Protection Check, that the pilots’ are safe and proficient, and to make sure parents sign off on the flight. All in all, this resource is going to be the document that rules the world for my event.

Garcia, Marisa. “A ‘Perfect Storm’ Pilot Shortage Threatens Global Aviation.” Forbes. July 29, 2018. Accessed January 22, 2019. https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisagarcia/2018/07/27/a-perfect-storm-pilot-shortage-threat ens-global-aviation-even-private-jets/#3163cc1b1549. Marisa Garcia, a retired professional in the aircraft manufacturing industry provides thoughts on the impending pilot shortage. Garcia claims that airline incentives are not enough to alleviate the blow the pilot shortage will have on the commercial aviation industry. Garcia openly supports greater incentives, including a loosening of hour restrictions for airline pilots, citing 250 hours as adequate to operate a commuter aircraft. Reasoning for the removal of the 250 hour requirement is provided, considering a Colgan Air accident that occured in the year of 2009. Garcia uses this to weigh insights on how to attract young pilots to aviation.

Gear 74. “Worldwide Pilot Shortage [2019] Is the Pilot Shortage Real?” YouTube. October 03, 2018. Accessed January 24, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5aE97LGgOw. A high-ranking Boeing 747 pilot shares his opinion on the pilot shortage on YouTube. He claims that the pilot shortage is caused by young pilots being underpaid about five years ago, which was misleading, considering the training requirements needed to become a professional pilots are so high. The pilot suggested that entry-level airlines have increased first-year salaries, and have increased signing bonuses tremendously, in order to attract younger pilots, and encourage them to continue throughout their training.

Kotwicki, Jon. “Solving the Pilot Shortage…” YouTube. January 03, 2019. Accessed January 23, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90ksy53JJ84. Jon Kotwicki: a world-renowned flight instructor, flight instructor, and successful entrepreneur details his experience at Lufthansa Aviation Training, in Goodyear, Arizona. While this video touches on solving the pilot shortage, its main purposes seems to be advertising for Lufthansa. Kotwicki himself said that he went to apply for a job there in the video. However, Kotwicki did detail that Lufthansa hires people off of the streets, and gives them a full scholarship so they can fly for Lufthansa to alleviate the pilot shortage in Germany. This reminds me of the U.S. Naval Academy. If I were to grow my capstone organization out, I might consider giving a scholarship to young pilots who are legitimately interested in aviation.

Nickerson, Dana. “Can Grassroots Flying Solve The Pilot Shortage?” AVweb. January 03, 2019. Accessed January 24, 2019. https://www.avweb.com/blogs/insider/Can-Grass-Roots-Flying-Solve-the-Pilot-Shortage-232078-1.html. Dana Nickerson, a recreational pilot recalls the differences of what it meant to learn to fly back then, and how it’s different now. Nickerson stated that pre-9/11, students would gather at local grassroots airports and fly ultralight aircraft, such as hang gliders and airplanes with very small engines. It used to be accessible to anyone whom wanted to learn, and was willing to help the operation. Nowadays, flight training is being controlled by expensive flight schools, that sit behind the fences and gates, that prevent people from feeling welcome to an airport.

Tulis, David. “Boeing Forecasts ‘unprecedented’ Pilot Demand.” Senate Addresses Maintenance Tech Shortage - AOPA. July 24, 2018. Accessed January 23, 2019. https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2018/july/24/boeing-forecasts-unprecede ed-pilot-demand. David Tulis, an independent, vintage aircraft pilot discusses Boeing’s efforts to help alleviate the effect the pilot shortage has on the industry. What Boeing highlights in their activities is that there is not only going to be a pilot shortage, but also a technician shortage, and that the industry needs both. This narrows the scope of my capstone to include discussion on more of the technical sector of aviation. What I disagree with is the venue of their efforts; an event known as EAA Airventure, the world’s largest aviation convention. The reason why young people attend Airventure is because they already are interested in aviation. Some inner city child won’t attend Airventure, considering they don’t have the interest in aviation (at least yet).

Capstone - Ashton Reigner

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I wrote four essays about death, fear, love, and life. These things can be defined in many different ways but I wrote about the ways I have tried to understand these concepts. I wanted to write about these things because I believe they have a big part in all of our lives. I always knew I was going to write something for my capstone but I decided to do this because I think it could help a lot of people struggling with the things I write about. The past year has taught me so much and these essays are proof. These essays got rewritten and edited more than 10 times. I wanted to make sure these essays were something I could be proud to share. Writing about these themes helped me deal with them and I think it can help others too. That’s what I care about, helping others. I want to go into psychology and social work when I’m older. I want my life to be about making the lives of others easier. So many people struggle their whole lives because of things they don’t understand, I thought that if I could just make one person happier by sharing the things I learned, it would make me happier also.

Capstone Brendan Barnes

For my capstone I chose to host a wiffle ball game, I wanted to focus on collaboration and how teamwork will led to a better performance in the game. To kick off my capstone I began by doing a ton of research on what it means to collaborate and how team work, enhances the teams play versus everyone just doing their own thing. After I got done with the research on that I then had to learn all of the wiffle balls rules and regulations. I learned the history behind wiffle ball and how it came to be. After gathering up all the information I needed I then made a google form, in the google form I simply asked “would you be interested in playing wiffle ball?” I only had two options for the answer and they were yes or no. I didn’t send the form out to every single student, I just sent it to people who I thought would actually want to play the sport. I only needed 11 other players, I wanted to have 6 players to a team. I felt like with more people the game would become more difficult to manage, also with less people there is less chances of conflict. We played the official game at Chew playground which is located 18th and Washington Ave. The game turned really well, every player from both teams were already friends and had already formed bonds with one another. I invited two friends of mine from outside of school to play in the game, and as the game went on they began to fit right in and they became friends with everyone else.





“A Brief History of Wiffle Ball.” Mental Floss, Mental Floss, 29 June 2014, mentalfloss.com/article/24609/it-curves-brief-history-wiffle-ball.



This source addresses the origins about how wiffle ball came to be and why it is played. I chose this because through my capstone I would like to also inform the players about some of the history that comes from wiffle ball. I feel as though if they knew about how the game started it would give them a better grasp of the game, with hopes that it will make them play harder.


“NWLA Tournament.” NWLA Tournament, nwlatournament.com/.


This source is the professional wiffle ball league, this will help me with planning the tournament and creating teams. I will use their league as a reference to structure my tournament. Hopefully this source will prove to be very helpful.


Rossmann, Jenn Stroud. “The Contentious Physics of Wiffle Ball.” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 17 Jan. 2018, www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/09/wiffle-ball-physics/539982/.


This source talks about some of the physics and math behind wiffle ball, this is a way to make my capstone educative, I can hold a meeting before the game and inform the players


Santora, Marc. What's 50, Curvy And Full of Air?; It's the Wiffle Ball, Still Popular, Holes and All. www.nytimes.com/2003/08/14/nyregion/what-s-50-curvy-and-full-of-air-it-s-the-wiffle-ball-still-popular-holes-and-all.html.


This source talks about how wiffle ball stayed relevant through the years, I feel like this relates to my capstone because if wiffle ball didn’t stay popular I wouldn’t even be able to do this as my capstone. This link also points out a few places that you can get wiffle balls and bats from which I found helpful because I will need to go out and buy at least two bats and maybe a couple balls just in case anything happens.






The Wiffle Ball, Inc. - A Brief History, www.wiffle.com/pages/game_rules.asp?page=game_rules.


This source provides information about the wiffle ball rules and regulations. I chose this because while running a wiffle ball tournament it is essential to know how the game is played. I need to have a grasp of all the rules to ensure that we will have fun and fair play.





“UGA SBDC | The Importance of Collaboration.” University of Georgia Small Business Development Center, The University of Georgia Small Business Development Center, 31 Aug. 2015, www.georgiasbdc.org/terry-the-importance-of-collaboration/.



This source points out the importance of collaboration, this is the centerpiece of my capstone. That is one of the reasons why I chose this source, I need to have a deep understanding about the whole concept of collaboration before I do a whole capstone with it at the core. After I read this article I can definitely say that I have a way better understanding of what collaboration should look like and what it should be




Wehbe, Shada. “5 Important Reasons Why Teamwork Matters.” The Online Learning Platform, 17 Apr. 2018, www.potential.com/articles/5-important-reasons-why-teamwork-matters/.


This source gives us information about why teamwork is so important. Wiffle ball is a team sport in which each team will have to work together in order to succeed. Through my capstone I would like make the players understand the importance of teamwork and collaboration and how it will affect the performance of the teams. I want them to understand that teamwork could be the difference between winning and losing.


“What Collaboration Really Means.” ThoughtFarmer, 14 Jan. 2019, www.thoughtfarmer.com/blog/what-collaboration-really-means/.


This is another source that details the importance of collaboration it also gives a few different definitions for the term “collaboration.” I chose this source to even further  my knowledge and understanding of collaboration. I will have to know as much information about it, to prove that collaboration is one of SLA’s most important core values. It also highlights different ways people can collab with one another.


“Which of Your Friends Needs to Learn This Term?” BusinessDictionary.com, www.businessdictionary.com/definition/collaboration.html.


This source gives different definitions for the word collaboration, while watching and reviewing the wiffle ball games it would be very important for me to be able to use different angles to analyze and view the collaboration of the teams. This will eventually make my capstone even stronger, because this can let me explain our core value in different ways.


Payne, Marissa. “Adult Wiffle Ball Is a Thing, and This Play Is Perhaps the Greatest Wiffle Ball Play Ever.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 14 Aug. 2015, www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2015/08/14/adult-wiffle-ball-is-a-thing-and-this-play-is-perhaps-the-greatest-wiffle-ball-play-ever/?utm_term=.7bbf1c11e27c.


This source is about the best adult wiffle ball game play ever. This is important to my capstone because this shows that people are still interested in wiffleball. So that means I have an audience for my capstone. So all the hard work that I will put on the capstone will have value to those who have love for wiffle ball.


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Dayanna Hughes Capstone

​For my capstone, I wanted to incorporate the photo skills that I have been taught my last three years of high school. This would be the time to show my art, and what I value as a photographer. Everyone’s interpretation of their world around them is different. Honestly, in the beginning, my thought process was all over the place, not knowing how I would put everything together. At first, I wanted to explore homelessness in Philadelphia. I felt as though bringing awareness to the problems that we ignore every day would be refreshing and different. In the end, I finalized my capstone to be “The people of Philadelphia.” I focused on the major hotspots in our city and took pictures of people whom I feel like we're set apart and made our city unique. With my overall question being, “How does living in an urban setting affect the lives of the citizens and how they interact with one another?” I was nervous about how I would show this effectively. I didn’t just want to tell a story, I wanted my photos to be “Philadelphia.” It was hard at first because I had to get all of the places I wanted to go to. There were some people that didn't want to take photos, and even the weather was out of place. But in the end, it all worked out and I am proud of my final product. Below, are some of the photos I took, but not all due to my final presentation. 

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“5 Photography Editing Tools To Make Your Photos More Striking And Dramatic.” Hand   Luggage Only, 26 Nov. 2018                 handluggageonly.co.uk/2016/03/14/5-photography-editing-tools-to-make-your-photos-more-striking-and-dramatic/. 

This source gives me insight on how editing can make or break a photo. You can take a photo of anything, and make it more dramatic or have more depth. My goal is to tell a story, and I want it to be deep. This editing technique is called ading “drama.” I want to capture different aspect and views of the people that make the city the way it is. Perhaps different backgrounds can have different effects and edits. There are a lot of misunderstandings when it comes down to the idea of dramatics, like it having to be “dark,” or “sad,” when that isn’t necessarily the case. Now I have a deeper understanding of things that happen and don’t happen. 

Formhals, Bryan. “Interview With Photojournalism Legend David Burnett.” About B&H | B&H 
Photo Video, B&H Photo Video, 4 Dec. 2013, 
www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/content/interview-photojournalism-legend-david-burnett. 

David Burnett is an extremely famous photojournalist. He has been named 100 most important people in photography. His photographic opinion matters in the industry. He’s took photos of people like bob marley. This source gives me a view on what higher ups like him do to capture the eyes of the people. For example, he says his photos are not in any way shape or form strategic, he experiments and it works for him every time. It makes the photo more fluid and feels more natural. With portraits as well you want people to be comfortable or it shows in your art. 

Maher, James. “What Is Street Photography? - An Introductory, How-To Guide for Beginners.”
 New York Fine Art Photography and Portraiture Services, James Maher Photography, 2 
Nov. 2018,
www.jamesmaherphotography.com/street_photography/what-is-street-photography/. 

This source differentiated what a candid, and other means of photography are. Candids are more fluent and smooth. They seem more natural, and are meant to capture the moment. The author of this described it as poetry. Street photography is up to the photographer as far as what they want to portray. This style isn’t as strict and done a certain way. Like I said before it is up to what the person wants to convey.

Masoner, Liz. “What Is Photojournalism?” The Spruce Crafts, TheSpruceCrafts,   www.thesprucecrafts.com/an-introduction-to-photojournalism-2688644. 

This source tells me what exactly is photojournalism. I didn’t know it was a specific means  of journalism but it does make sense as to why it is like that. This website told me in specific what I need to do to capture the moment and what I need to do if I interview people. Not only does the photo tell the story but what you say behind it.“This doesn't mean simply taking an action photo. Communicating the verb is much more than that. Stories are captured in slices while photojournalism strives to convey what is happening in one shot.” 

McCurry, Steve. “Home.” Steve McCurry, 6 Aug. 2018, stevemccurry.com/. ``  

This source is a website from famous photographer Steve McCurry who is noted as one of the greatest photographers of his time. This is his personal website where his galleries are put out there for the world to see. I really want to have my photos to look like his, because even though he downplays his art, you can really see the work that is put into telling the story. This website is direct links to interviews and “behind the scenes” where you can see the steps he took. He travels all around the world, where sometimes english is hard to understand. It’s amazing to me how even though there are barriers his work is universal. 

 Meyerson, Arthur, et al. “The Stories That Can Be Told Through Photography.” Nikon Df |    Classic Nikon DSLR with Modern Features Inside,            www.nikonusa.com/en/learn-and-explore/a/ideas-and-inspiration/the-stories-that-can-be-told-through-photography.html. 

This source is a professional giving his knowledge about photography. He tells his specific strategies on how to convey different things. Like previously mentioned he switches it up, his style always changes and he said to keep that in mind when doing photo projects. This helps me because I can see through the eyes of a professional what to do and what not to do. He picks different locations based on who he is interviewing because not every person he is taking portraits are all the same.


sivak, cathy. “Interview with Lisa Schreiber, Photojournalist - JournalismSchools.com - Directory   of Journalism Schools and List of Journalism Programs.” JournalismSchools.com,     journalismschools.com/resources/interview-with-lisa-schreiber-photojournalist. 

This source is an interview with Cathy Sivak who is a photojournalist. She has been doing it for majority of her life. She is an award winning photographer and currently works for the post tribune. She mentions trends in photography and how that can help more people to see what you are doing. Which makes sense, because trends are what people are currently interested in. When capturing my art, I think it would be good to edit based on what editing tools are in. For example, bookah or color which are specific trends now could help me win over some of the people that come to my viewing connect more. It seems to be a common thing among professionals to pay attention to what specific things your people are giving them to properly tell your story.

 Stanford, anna. “Photography Storytelling = Portrait Project 365.” Design Bridge, 19 Sept. 2016,    www.designbridge.com/photography-storytelling-portrait-project-365/. 
This source is another interview of a person who has a whole business around teaching journalism and photography. He mentions common struggles that his students face. For example, not having a relationship with their photographer. Often times they look angry or you can see the frustration that the photographer had while trying to take the photo. He warns of things to pay attention to and once again how to make people feel safe enough to put their business out there publically for the world to see. 


strayhem, vanessa. “The Best Photos From TIME Photographers in 2017.” Time, Time,   time.com/time-best-photojournalism-of-2017/. 

This source helps me by giving me specific names of people who do what I want to convey in this project. I don’t want to copy them, but from seeing their art I can base my project to be overall better. I want these photos to tell a story, and if I can study the greats I can make my photos great. These people have different styles that are being acknowledged, and like other sources I have noted it teaches me what not to do. 

Swift, Paula Ferazzi. Storytelling Portrait Photography: How to Document the Lives of Children 
 and Families. Amherst Media, 2017.
 
This source is a book that explains how to make your models comfortable. Along with different strategies to make them that way. For example, she incorporates a lot of toys and childlike mannerisms to make toddlers and babies more relaxed. She also includes analysis of why she does do that, for example childrens photos always include them smiling. That’s why during the shoot she does this childlike things to get that out of them. She has different sections for different ages, of like I said what she has noticed and picked up on. For older people she makes sure where she has them is comfortable, and she may have a brighter background or overall setting due to things like shadows. 




Eric Gorski Capstone

For my Capstone I chose to design a solar powered electric bicycle. The design Is different from a normal bicycle. This is because the seat has a back to it to help with posture. Also to work the bike there are accelerate and brake pedals. However, due to the fact that my bike is designed for people with physical disabilities, instead of having the pedals be used like a car by the rider moving their ankle my design has it so the rider uses their entire leg to push the whole pedal forward.
I started with drawings of my design, then I built a small scale model out of Legos. After that I started building a full scale model out of wood. However, I was unable to finish this in time for this deadline because I was only taking pictures of the finished product at each stage I do not have any proof that I did the full scale model at this time. While doing my Capstone I learned that designing something that someone would not think is that complicated, like a bicycle, is actually very hard to do.

Raymond Rochester Capstone

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Ashley De La Cruz Capstone

Throughout my whole life, I grew up with my parents struggling and working their hardest to give my siblings and I a better life filled with more opportunities than they could've given us back in their hometown in Mexico. Therefore, I knew that immigration was something that played a big role in our country, especially with undocumented immigrants. I knew that a lot of these members of the Hispanic community weren't aware of their rights or that they could have access to things such as health care even though they didn't have insurance. I knew that in order to educate more people, I would need to give them easy resources that they could reach and contact and just find out more information about. Therefore, I made 100 brochures in both Spanish and English, which included some basic rights that people should be aware of and also of places where they can go to get health care, dental care, and immigration help. With permission from some clinics and offices, I left some brochures with them so that people could take it home and become informed. I want people to know that just because they’re in a country that might not be their native country, they still have the same rights as everyone else. I want people to be aware that just because they have less it doesn’t mean that they can’t have the same as others.
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Frazee, Gretchen. "What Constitutional Rights Do Undocumented Immigrants Have?" PBS. June 25, 2018. Accessed January 25, 2019. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-constitutional-rights-do-undocumented-immigrants-have.


This source is listing out what rights any undocumented immigrant has in this country, even though they might have not been born here. Some of the examples that I might include are, “Right to due process,” “The right to legal counsel,” “The right to be with your family,” and “The right to education.” I want to list these rights out because a lot of people live in fear and when they are placed in certain situations they aren’t aware that there are still rights that pertain to them. I want to show these communities that they can have the same opportunities as others.


"How Immigrants Are Getting Health Coverage." Healthinsurance.org. December 08, 2018. Accessed January 25, 2019. https://www.healthinsurance.org/obamacare/how-immigrants-are-getting-health-coverage/.


This source is going to be used to show how you don’t have to be a citizen in order to obtain health care access like those natural born citizens. This source lists key points, how the cost and what you can cover are changed based on your situations. This source also talks about how many of the people living here are uninsured, which is important to include as an important statistic. I want to use this to show how they are verified and their status. I think it’s important that people understand that they are getting health insurance and even though they are paying, without having a social security number, they are still doing it through a legal way.


"Low Cost Dental Clinic | Low Cost Dental Clinic." Penn Dental Medicine. March 23, 2018. Accessed January 25, 2019. https://www.penndentalmedicine.org/low-cost-dental-clinic/.


I am going to be including this source because I want to recommend this location. Personally, my parents have been going here for a while and they have told me that the fees that this dental clinic charges are not expensive. They have told me that they think it’s a very professional place and that everyone there is very kind and that it’s very cheap, considering that they don’t have any insurance.


Nolo. "Is An Immigration Lawyer Worth The Cost?" AllLaw.com. March 24, 2016. Accessed January 25, 2019. https://www.alllaw.com/articles/nolo/us-immigration/lawyer-worth-cost.html.


This source is very important to include because it talks about the different types of cases that may pertain to the cost for having to want a lawyer. I want to include this source because it’s talking about how, even though they may seem expensive, some of them are very helpful, especially in the case of undocumented people being detained. My main importance is that I want to focus on the Hispanic community, especially the undocumented, since it’s something that I can relate to because of family members. There’s a section on here that directly talks about how these lawyers work in order to determine if there’s a legitimate reason for their stay.


"Nonprofit-Health-Wellness-Latino Immigrant-Philadelphia." Puentes De Salud. Accessed January 24, 2019. http://www.puentesdesalud.org/


The reason why I chose to use this source is because in order to create my handbook, I need to include clinics where people without health insurance are accepted. I was recommended this place by my mother because a lot of people that she knows have been to this place and they don’t charge as much. This place is mainly for the Hispanic community, since the volunteers are trained to speak Spanish. The clinics main purpose is to challenge “embedded social inequalities and injustices.” From what I’ve heard, a lot of people say that everyone here is very kind and they don’t discriminate.


"Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Immigration Legal Aid & Pro Bono Services." Justia. Accessed January 25, 2019. https://www.justia.com/lawyers/immigration-law/pennsylvania/philadelphia/legal-aid-and-pro-bono-services.


This is a website that I’m going to include possibly in my handbook. There are locations that are on here and I plan on going to show up to each of these locations. I want to possibly hand them hypothetical situations and see how much they would charge someone who is undocumented. I want to use this source to include places that might be willing to reduce costs for these people. I also want to understand why it is that these practices are willing to help others, especially the less fortunate. I want to understand the different costs and then compare them in the end.


"Sliding Scale Fees." Wikipedia. August 21, 2018. Accessed January 25, 2019. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sliding_scale_fees.


When I was reading the majority of the articles were listing how in order to figure out how much the people that are undocumented should be charged, they base it off of a sliding fee scale. I was confused when reading what it is and how it is based on income because I don’t understand how this whole system works.


"U.S. Citizen Children Impacted by Immigration Enforcement." American Immigration Council. November 27, 2018. Accessed January 25, 2019. https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/us-citizen-children-impacted-immigration-enforcement.


What people don’t realize is that the reason why I’m focusing on this capstone is because I want to inform people that if they don’t know their rights, then they might be deported. Therefore, I want to educate people of the negative outcomes/results if families were deported. This source talks about statistics that I can include on my potential website, about how many children have been left without a family member. This source is talking about previous studies have been conducted and their results that have occured. I want to use this source to provide as many current examples so that people can understand why this is important to support these communities.


"What Legal Rights Do Undocumented Immigrants Have? (With Lesson Plan)." KQED. March 29, 2017. Accessed January 25, 2019. https://www.kqed.org/lowdown/26358/what-legal-rights-do-undocumented-immigrants-have-with-lesson-plan.


This includes a video that I wasn’t sure how to cite but I also wanted to include the writing in it because it lists more rights that these undocumented people have. I think that this source is important to include because it will list out what people need to know when placed in this situation so that they can speak up for themselves.


"Why We Need Social Security." Princeton University. Accessed January 25, 2019. https://www.princeton.edu/~starr/articles/articles05/Starr-SocSec-2-05.htm.


The reason why I chose to use this source is because I want to know some background information in order to understand why it is that some clinics don’t accept people who don’t have any social security. I don’t understand why it is that some clinics enforce it very harshly, understanding that some people, for example those who are undocumented, don’t have the ability to apply for this. This source mainly talks about the background of how this system came to be and was created. This source is talking about the pros in having the social security, so I can include this to show how people see this as such a positive but there are those that don’t have the opportunity to get one.


Antonio DeRock Capstone

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The project began with research. I had researched other graphing programs such as Desmos and Geogebra. It didn’t stop there with the research because I researched other programming languages that I didn’t use before and the opinions my peers on the graphing calculators they use. My software will be presented in a similar way as graphing calculators/software, however, I want to make it more customizable and unique so that students here can graph for their projects and not have to edit the graph on google drawings. It was difficult to fully map out my project because things can go downhill and not go as planned. Everything was labeled as to be determined because the research can lead to me having to learn a completely new programming language, which can take an extensive amount of the time of the project. After the program has been made, there are sure to be bugs/glitches as well as issues throughout the coding process. The process of troubleshooting is the way of reflection throughout this project. I experienced all of these things throughout my capstone. I worked through HTML which we are now learning in Advanced Computer Science. Things didn’t fully go my way when I wanted more customization features and better axis, but I am sure if I was to continue this project I could make that happen.

Gregory Tasik Capstone

Music has been a huge part of my life. Going into the Capstone project, seniors are encouraged to pursue a question of inquiry that “will guide our work.” My original idea was to take broken trumpets and upcycle them into lamps. It was a solid idea but lacked impact. A major part of the Capstone project is how it impacts our communities around us. Why is music so prevalent in society anyways? I broadened my thinking and came across the question of “Why and how is music so important to one’s life?” I decided on restoring used trumpets and donating them to kids in my local Indonesian community. I presented my plan to Braskem in which I got full funding to restore 3 trumpets.

I came to a realization that the tools used for instrument repair were quite advanced and expensive. My knowledge was also not up to par. However, as in Capstone fashion, I learned as I went. Through different articles, forums, and YouTube videos I was able to learn different repair methods and created my own cheaper version. Using two aluminium rods I was able to smooth out the dents of the trumpet bells. I could disassemble and reassemble a trumpet by heart and learned how to solder trumpet joints and slides. I gained a better understanding of the intricacies of trumpets and the beauty in its creation. In the end, I was able to have 3 finished restored trumpets to give to kids in the community.


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Rolling out a dented bell
Rolling out a dented bell
Soldering a loose joint
Soldering a loose joint
Two finished trumpets!
Two finished trumpets!

Barone, Joshua. “A Symphony Breathes Life Into 400 Broken School Instruments.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 4 Dec. 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/12/04/arts/music/philadelphia-david-lang-symphony-for-a-broken-orchestra.html.

One initiative that was brought up by the School District in partnership with Temple was the Symphony of a Broken Orchestra. The idea behind the initiative was that the School District has a room/rooms full of broken instruments. To fix these instruments, the initiative asks donors to “sponsor” an instrument to pay for its repairs fees and to be able to give them back to the community. This source talks about an event they did, where they assembled an orchestra ranging from ages from 9 to 82 to perform. I will use this source to show progress done in the community, and I have considered talking to this organization. As it is written by the New York Times, I trust this source.


Gill, Charlotte C. “Music Education Is Now Only for the White and the Wealthy | Charlotte C Gill.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 27 Mar. 2017, www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/27/music-lessons-children-white-wealthy.

Much of the problem of musical education is the high costs. Lessons can run up to a dollar a minute and instruments are very expensive. The barrier to entry scares off many families and kids. This articles details the problems of viewing music as an elite luxury. The subject needs diversity and more people need to understand there are ways of learning without shelling big dollars. I will use this source to show how important it is in giving kids the opportunity to play an instrument for free and how I can hopefully spark a musical interest in kids lives.


Graham, Kristen A. “Some Philly Schools Have Rich Arts Programs, and Others Have None. How Do You Fix It?” Philly.com, Philly.com, 17 Oct. 2017, www.philly.com/philly/education/why-do-some-philly-schools-have-rich-arts-programs-and-others-none-at-all-arts-mapping-cultural-education-instrumental-music-orchestra-art-20171017.html.

Since 2013, the School District has been trying to build its music program. However, much like the District’s others problems, the programs are disparate throughout all the schools. There are schools in the district like GAMP and CAPA which have amazing music programs, while there are other schools who have no music programs. I will use this source to prove the stats amongst different schools to see who receives funding and to prove the disparity amongst schools and the decision to give them to kids who necessarily aren’t exposed to music education in their public schools. As it is written by the Philadelphia Inquirer, the source is pretty reliable.




Holcomb, Mac. Girard Academic Music Program, gamp.philasd.org/faculty-and-staff/.

This source details personal relationships I have formed throughout my years of schooling. I went to GAMP for middle school. Here I met many teachers like Mr.Holcomb who excelled in musical repairs had extensive knowledge on all types of musical instruments. I know that I will come across roadblocks in my repairs and it is my hope that I will have people like Mr.Holcomb who I can hit up and ask for help. I also know a number of music teachers throughout the district. As my cited source, I used the school’s directory which lists him as the school’s band director.


“How To Clean A Trumpet.” TrumpetHub, www.trumpethub.com/how-to-clean-a-trumpet/.

This source details a step-by-step process on how to properly clean a trumpet. When starting with the restoration process, the first step is to clean the instrument and assessing the damage. The point of this source is to gain a better understanding of this process so I can start off the restoration with a great start. This should be a fairly simple as not many specialty tools are needed to clean the trumpet, hence why am I starting off with the trumpet. In regards to the source, TrumpetHub is a blog about trumpets and has a knowledgeable community on all things trumpet.


Instructables. “Giving a New Life to an Old Cornet/Trumpet.” Instructables.com, Instructables, 15 Nov. 2018, www.instructables.com/id/Giving-a-new-life-to-an-old-CornetTrumpet/.

This source is an Instructables step-by-step process of a person restoring his trumpet/cornet. In this situation, the restoration job wasn’t as complex/difficult as the trumpet did not have too many problems with it. The man, known as “hobbyman,” includes videos and detailed photos throughout his process. I will use this process as a baseline as I want to start off restoring an instrument with not too many problems. I figure that I should start off simpler, and then go more complex if I feel like I can. Although Instructables is not the most credible source, it is not necessarily needed for my project.


McKinstry, Aileen. Why America Needs to Continue Funding Music Education in Public Schools. pp. 1–10, Why America Needs to Continue Funding Music Education in Public Schools.

This source is a journal published by Penn State University. It makes the argument for keeping music in public education. In contrast to others, the source is backed by an institution like Penn State and is very fact based. It includes good graphics and a number of great statistics to further prove the impact of musical education in schools. I will use this source as the academic journal to fulfill the requirement of a reputable source. Furthemore, the source provides a real world example of the lack of funding and the writer brings a personal story into her argument.


Muse, Queen. “Silencing the Music at Philly Schools.” NBC 10 Philadelphia, NBC 10 Philadelphia, 21 June 2013, www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Philly-Students-Face-Uncertainties-School-Cutbacks-Music-212290071.html.

The Philadelphia School District is no stranger to budget cuts. Ever since middle school, the topic at the beginning of every school year was the possibility of losing this, that, or the next thing. This source is an NBC news article on one of the major budgets cuts in 2013. At this time, a lot of music programs were cut out, and the students were the ones that had to suffer. I plan to use this source to explain the lack of musical education in Philadelphia schools and why it needs to change. This will provide my capstone some background information for others to see.


The United States Army Field Band. “What Not To Do: Trumpet Instrument Repair.” YouTube, YouTube, 19 June 2012, www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n6wAtZz3wA.

This source is a YouTube video provided by the United States Army Field Band. Going into this project, I believe it is advantageous for me to watch as much content on these repairs as I can while working. However, what is different about this source is that it details the common mistakes of trumpet repairs, instead of the step-by-step process of how to fix trumpets. I will use this source as a way to strengthen my knowledge and avoid common mistakes during this process. This source is pretty credible as it was posted by a YouTube verified U.S. Army channel.


Tom Barnes. “The Scientific Reasons We Should Teach Music to Kids in School.” Mic, Mic Network Inc., 25 Oct. 2015, mic.com/articles/94992/the-scientific-reasons-we-should-teach-music-to-kids-in-school#.WghkcCfzY.

This source details the scientific proof of the benefits of musical education in schools. While the NBC article focuses on the issues of the Philadelphia School District, this source looks at the issue at a much larger scale as it describes the other issues from school districts around the country. It details the cognitive benefits of musical education and mentions various studies on students benefiting from musical education. I will use this source to further strengthen my argument on the reason for musical education and the reason why I believe in my capstone’s importance. Although I am not that familiar with the source, the writer does cite all of his information and provides direct links to his sources.


Tai Bailey Capstone

For my capstone I did a book club. I’ve always loved to read. Growing up, I’ve been in many book clubs at school where we had to read an assigned book and do activities based on that book.I felt like we were forced to read books that aren't that interesting and in result it wasn’t an enjoyable experience for my peers and I.  Nevertheless for my capstone I did research to see what types of books people enjoyed, once I did that I then created a survey for the people in my book to see which types of books they would enjoy reading. Once I compared everyone's responses I then chose my favorite book “Lessons From a Dead Girl”. The people in my bookclub wanted books that they could relate too, with characters like themselves. They love teen drama and suspense books, which describes “Lessons From a Dead Girl” all the way. My book club lasted for 5 weeks, 2 meetings per week. Each book club meeting consisted of us reading 2 chapters and discussing and analyzing what we read. In our second to last book club meeting we finished the book and I created an activity where we would say which part of the book we would alter to conclude a better ending, since the main character in the book faced numerous adversities. It was interesting because each person had a very different outlooks on the book. I can conclude that everyone really had a great time reading "Lessons From a Dead Girl" and most importantly I had fun being able to read and analyze a book that I love.
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1)Thesaurus.com

This source will help me with writing my novel because it’s basically a website that helps you figure out better word choices . In my novel i can use this website to find words that will fit my dialogue and the tone of story. Also it will help me use better vocab. Some of the characters in my book will need an advance vocab and that will help me.


2)https://authority.pub/steps-to-writing-a-book/

This source is basically a guide to writing and completing a book.  It will give me

Ideas on how to write it and  give me writing strategies to finish the book efficiently and make it actually good .


3) Figment.com

This source is basically a way for people to read what i written and give me honest feedback on it .they can rate each parts of my novel as i continue writing. It’s safe and efficient.


4) Wattpad.com

This source will help me because it’s basically another way for readers internationally to read each part of my

Novel that i have written and give me honest feedback on it.  


5) writingprompts.com

This source is helpful to me and my novel . It’s helpful because whenever i get writers block or stuck on any piece of my writing i can use this site for ideas or whenever i'm unsure about an idea or feel like changing it.


6) https://www.infoplease.com/popular-kids-names

This source will help me decide names for the characters in my story. Since i have to focus on the actual writing part i don’t have time for the names and minor parts such as that . The source will easily give me names and help me not stress .


7)https://www.bookbrowse.com/bookclubs/advice/index.cfm/fuseaction/moderating_meetings


This source basically gives me tips and advice on how to have a productive book club. Sometimes book clubs can get boring or people don’t comfortable enough to share at first but there are so many things I can do to prevent that.


8) https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/teen-book-club

This source helps me because it gives me a million different books that I could use for my book club. Each book they have is very different, which expands my variety on books I can pick for my book club. It gives me the overview and genre of the book and tells me what age groups would best fit this book.


9)https://www.janefriedman.com/writing-ya/

This source helped me figure out which types of books fits best for each age group. Since my book club is going to be sophomores in high school, who are mature for their age I needed to find a balance for them to enjoy and be really interested in.


10)https://www.bookshopsantacruz.com/advice-book-groups

This source gives me fun activities to do in my book club. Since just reading for the entire book club meeting could be boring or too tiring, this source gives me fun ideas and activities to do during breaks to wake up the readers in my book club and keep them refreshed and attentive.


Tyreek Speedwell: My Youtube Channel

For my capstone, my goal is to expand my passion of having fun with sports across social platforms/media. I made a Youtube channel and will be uploading videos. In each video, my peers and I will play sports games/challenge. The challenges will definitely showcase our humorous personalities as we perform theses games/challenges. They also help me make the edits to ensure that the videos are even more entertaining. Also, I will use social media such as my instagram account and informing others to post shoutouts on their social media accounts in order to promote the Youtube channel to get more viewers to watch my content. I’ve learned from this experience especially that it takes practice to get the videos the way I want to please the viewers who will like them. I’m very hopeful that the process of expanding this Youtube is a huge success for me in the long run since it is something I want to personally do even after high school.

WIDE RECEIVERS BE LIKE PT. 2 (W/DOCKERY). April 10,2019 Deestroying https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syJaheh9MPM

This source features a humorous impersonation among two friends who play football. They are impersonating how football wide receivers stereotypically act on the field when they play a game of football. They act out things like spitting on their gloves, getting in position, and other things , but at random times which makes the video funny. Each person shows how common it is for a wide receiver to do these things. The video’s purpose is to be entertaining. This video is really good for my capstone because it gives me ideas in which I can get creative with my videos.

THEY GOT EXPOSED!! WR VS DB 1 ON 1’S. February 12, 2018 Deestroying https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB-r7Z4WFWM&list=PLgNLjf4v-4NjlJqwhG70-FzPd5VG4_IWD&index=15

This video shows how four friends who play football want to play a game on video. The rules are that it is a two versus two game. Each team will have opportunities to to score. They can only score by catching a pass that their teammate throws. The other team defending has to stop them from catching it. If the other team ends up catching the ball instead, then that is a point for their team. The four friends are shown having fun doing this despites being very competitive with each other. The video’s purpose is to be entertaining. This is good for my capstone because it gives me ideas in which I can get creative with my videos.

BIRD BOX BASKETBALL 1v1!! COMPLETELY BLIND-FOLDED. January 2, 2019 Marcelas Howard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTs091gusz4

This shows two a few friends involved in a game of one on one basketball. The only rule is that the two players play the entire game blindfolded. The ball is rolled in every each made basket. The two players have to feel around to find the basketball and score it, but if not then try to prevent the other person from scoring. This was inspired by the movie called “Bird Box”. The video ends up being very humorous due to certain contents in the video. This is good for my capstone because it gives me ideas in which I can get creative with my videos.

Kyrie Be Like.. . April 7, 2016 Marcelas Howard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oXK1PVvilw&list=PLg1XMjQapwIwUm-e6x3kskgYIqGqz7Al7&index=1

This source features a humorous impersonation among friends who play basketball. They are impersonating how NBA all star Kyrie Irving stereotypically plays on a basketball court when he plays in a game. They act out things like his nasty crossovers, crazy layups, and other things , but they make the video funny. They show how common it is for Kyrie Irving to these things on numerous occasions which in which he is famous for . The video’s purpose is to be entertaining.This is good for my capstone because it gives me ideas in which I can get creative with my videos.

A Day At SKY ZONE With 2HYPE. March 9, 2019 Tristan Jass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z8Re-r_7ig&list=PLh6LJ2eht_DYoszfhHBEJvmyMsC0oz7vn&index=7

This video shows a few friends playing numerous games of basketball at Skyzone. The first game is basically a shootout. Each person takes a shot on a court and it’s the one person to make it to 3 points wins. The second game is D.U.N.K. This game is basically a game where people take turns dunking the ball and each made dunk is worth a letter in the word itself if you miss. The overall objective of this game is to not miss enough dunks ro spell out the word D.U.N.K. This is good for my capstone because it gives me ideas in which I can get creative with my videos.

Spiderman Basketball Episode 2. August 27, 2013 Professor Live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6EtRWdsdbI&list=PLIQmmo64PhpbbsXKyGVmeX3oNPBARuGQB&index=2

This source features a humorous impersonation of man who is great at playing basketball. He impersonates spiderman being an elite basketball player on the streets. He goes to multiple basketball courts to play random people in basketball and beating them while keeping spider man’s actual timeline as a part of the video. He acts out things like his crazy ball handling, crazy layups, and overall just how quick and agile spiderman would be if he played basketball in real life. The video’s purpose is to be entertaining. This is also good for my capstone because it gives me ideas in which I can get creative with my videos.

How to Motivate Kids in Sports. Accessed January 25, 2019 Kaylynn Bardolph https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/sports/youth-coaching/motivate-kids-in-sports.htm

This source is about how to motivate kids in sports. It starts off telling that how much fun kids can have playing. There are reasons behind it. They love playing because they get to play with their friends and build bonds. Also, they love to wear the uniforms because they think it is cool. They can get influenced by a popular athlete and idolize them following into their footsteps to become great as well. It goes on with tips to help them continue the path and not give up on it. This source is useful for my capstone because it provides information on how to help the youth stay on the right track with being motivated by videos and look up to me as a role model.

Nike Dream Crazy. Accessed January 25, 2019 Nike https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq2CvmgoO7I

This is a Nike commercial about dreams. It involves some of the top athletes of today. They all want to be the best ever. They demonstrate all of the obstacles that they face. The purpose of the video is that whatever your dream is, you just have to aim higher than just that. Hard work has to be done in order to get closer and closer to that goal. Your dream has to be something that you are willing to put effort into. In conclusion, the people in the video all exceeded expectations that others who didn’t believe in that said. This is useful for my capstone because it provides a perspective of not just the causes and effects of setting a goal and doing something to achieve it, which is why I’m doing videos involving my interest in sports .

Nike OBJ Don’t Stop. Accessed January 25, 2019 Nike https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqyjKK371vs

This is a Nike commercial about an NFL player named Odell Beckham Jr. The commercial follows each step in OBJ’s football career and all the hard work he put in to get to each step. It starts out with his high school games and how good he would play there. It transitions to his college football career where he continues to play at a high level. Then, it transitions to his pro career in the NFL. It shows how great he has become. It also shows how much fun he has doing what he loves which is football. This is useful for my capstone because it provides an example of someone who achieved their goals and what he had to go through to get there to do it his own way.

The Professor vs Pro Competition at Venice Beach.. DESTROYS 6’3” hooper. October 24, 2018 Professor Live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KBzT4WLmWM

This video shows a numerous clips of a famous basketball player playing one on one basketball. He goes to a basketball court to play random people in basketball and beating them like crazy. He uses moves like his amazing ability to dribble the ball, shoot crazy shots, and even overall just display how good of a player he is. No one is able to stop him and just end up looking silly doing so in the first place. The video’s purpose is to be entertaining. This is also good for my capstone because it gives me ideas in which I can get creative with my videos.

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