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For the benchmark, we were to either make a podcast or a movie speaking about relationships. 

What did your group decide to do and why?

-My group made a podcast, because we felt that it would be better to record our voices than make a video. 

What did you learn from doing this project?  

I think that I learned more vocab words. There were only a few words that I knew before this, and now I feel that I learned a few more. I also think I learned a little more about the use of subjunctives. 

How do you feel about your final product?

I like our final product. I think that putting the script together wasn't too bad. We were able to come up with an idea pretty quickly, so putting the script together wasn't all that bad. And, we were able to effectively record the podcast. 

If you could do your project all over again, what would you do differently/the same?

I think if we could do it all over again, I would want to probably record again, and maybe do a video instead of a radio show. 

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What was the assignment?  What did your group decide to do and why?

For the project, we had to use what we knew about the past perfect tense and the use of ser and estar in order to create a podcast or a video involving relationships. For our group, we've decided to do a little parody of The Bachelorette because it would allow us to describe ourselves using ser and estar, as well as letting use the past perfect tense.

What did you learn from doing this project? 

I learned how to use ser and estar better in conversation. I even learned that I was using ser wrong a lot in the past, so it helped me fix that. I also grew a bit more comfortable speaking in Spanish for extended lengths of time, even if it was all scripted. I felt more natural, basically.

How do you feel about your final product?

Given my initial feelings about parodying a show I've never nor will ever watch, I think I did well, but I think we could've done better. For instance, instead of having a video recording of us actually having a conversation, we just taped us pretending to talk, and then put a separate audio recording of us actually talking over it. Stuff like that is always obvious to see, and I think we could've done an actual recording if we had enough time and practice.

If you could do your project all over again, what would you do differently/the same?

I think I'd sharpen the dialogue so that it sounded more natural and flowing, as well as give a bit more emotion behind my character. Since the final recordings took place right before it was due, I sort of rushed through it.

Describe the Q3BM: what was the assignment?  

What did your group decide to do and why?

How do you feel about your final product?

If you could do your project all over again, what would you do differently/the same?

What did you learn from doing this project?  

How do you feel about your final product?

If you could do your project all over again, what would you do differently/the same?

Todas de las películas tienen un tema subrayado, todas se tratan de problemas familiares y mujeres fuertes. Por ejemplo en la película Yo soy la Juani, una chica, Juani, fue la protagonista. Ella tiene una madre que no se defendía contra su esposo. El padre de Juani era un borracho. Por su pobresa, toda la familia está descontenta con su situación. Aunque Juani tuvo que luchar con problemas emocionales, ella era todavía capaz de soñar con convertirse en una actriz. Luego ella se fue a Madrid para perseguir su sueño, haciendo de ella una mujer fuerte.

La segunda película se llama Todo sobre mi madre, fue una película sobre un hombre joven que fue golpeado por un coche y matado enfrente de su madre. Él trataba de conseguir un autógrafo de uno de sus actrices favoritas. Pero fue matado por su coche antes de que él pudiera obtenerlo. Por eso, su madre decidió perseguir la actriz a la locación de su próxima interpretación. Ellas se convertieron amigas y su madre le dice la historia de su hijo que fue asesinado. Ella es un caractér fuerte porque ella dicidió seguir la actriz, ganar su confianza, y obtener un autógrafo para su hijo.

La tercera película fue Volver, una película estraña pero muy bien hecha. Vemos la película desde la perspectiva de una feminista. Esta película en particular enseña muchas caratéres femininas fuertes. Todas las caratéres tienen un problema familiar que intentan esconder de las otras protagonistas. 

“What causes systematic and individual change”?

-      What causes systematic and individual change is depending on how passionate someone is about a certain topic or idea. Systematic change comes from a group that can agree on something that will either be better or worsen the community. Individual change comes from a person that is willing to take that extra step to change something about them that will help their community.

 What questions do you still have about “Business in America”?

 - How can the value of money in America be compared throughout history?

 - During different time period, how have the lower class adapted to different changes?