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The stories that I chose to tell focused on The Great Depression in relation to the current recession occurring today.


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Production of the 1920s:
https://docs.google.com/a/scienceleadership.org/present/edit?id=0AQyxScUwGPrBZGhzanY4anRfMWRud3Juemdy&hl=en


Effects of 1920s production:
https://docs.google.com/a/scienceleadership.org/present/edit?id=0AQyxScUwGPrBZGhzanY4anRfN2N4ejU5cGht&hl=en

To an author, a character is real. Their life their story their actions are as real as what anyone else does, the only diffrence is that what they do doesn't physically act on our world. It works in a diffrent world that again is just as real as ours.

My 5 Photo Story

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In this story the following images were used:
(Flood)
(Save)
(Car)
(Global)
(Kids)

​Through arts that emerged: 1920's

harlem renaissance jazz bands

the first animated cartoon with sound

Charleston Dance

flapper fashion and dance

1990's to Present: 
Lyrics Excerpt from Grandmaster Flash - The Message
Broken glass everywhere 
People pissing on the stairs, you know they just don't care 
I can't take the smell, I can't take the noise no more 
Got no money to move out, I guess I got no choice 
Rats in the front room, roaches in the back 
Junkies in the alley with the baseball bat 
I tried to get away, but I couldn't get far 
Cause a man with a tow-truck repossessed my car

Lyrics Excerpt from American Idiot
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda
Now everybody do the propaganda
Don't want to be an American idiot
One nation controlled by the media
Information age of hysteria

cover of "The Social Network" movie about society changing now with social networking sites 

Today is Friday, yesterday was Thursday, tomorrow's going to be Saturday, after wards it's Sunday.
​I hate that song.
I'm drinking Mountain Dew.
Today we're going on a field trip to some water treatment plants, yay.
I'm actually really excited.

We're talking about some Mayor.
Interesting...

My roommate is coming down today! I'm so excited to meet her.
<3.

Okay bye(:

Citations:

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"Night of Blues." www.africanartworld.com. Web. 17 Mar 2011. <http://www.africanartworld.com/>.

 

"Langston Hughes." en.wikipedia.org. Web. 17 Mar 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LangstonHughes.jpg>.

 

Miller, Michael. "OBAMA'S PRESIDENTIAL RUN REIGNITES RACE AND IDENTITY DEBATES IN THE ART WORLD." April 17, 2008 n. pag. Web. 17 Mar 2011. <http://www.thenewblackmagazine.com/view.aspx?index=1345.>

 

"In Mid Air." www.africanartworld.com. Web. 17 Mar 2011. <http://www.africanartworld.com/>.

Citation:

Johnstown Area Heritage Association, . "Peopling Pennsylvania." (2005): n. pag. Web. 17 Mar 2011. <http://www.jaha.org/edu/discovery_center/push-pull/peopling_pa01.html>.

 

"Statue of Liberty-New York-1920." www.flickr.com. Web. 17 Mar 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/40726390@N00/15817898/>.

 

"Guide to 1920 US Immigration." www.flickr.com. Web. 17 Mar 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/63778949@N00/3215035314/>.

 

"1920 Depression." www.bearishnews.com. Web. 17 Mar 2011. <http://www.bearishnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/pigs-at-the-trough1.jpg>.

 

"Slums in the USA." www.imagestate.com. Web. 17 Mar 2011. <http://www.imagestate.com/Preview/PreviewPage.aspx?id=1952112>.

The next best thing after acceptance letters are financial aid packages.

You've been dismissed from my life

So today I had the pleasure to go to FACTs Middle School in Chinatown. As soon as I walked in the door, I felt like I was in the middle school version of SLA. It was just so much creativity, and the kids really seemed to love the school. The teachers gave off a family vibe and that they really loved the school just like SLA. When I spoke to some of the teachers they were extremely supportive, and were very welcoming to me. They are very immersed in culture. All the kids even elementary school are learning Mandarin, which is so awesome! I really wished I would have gone to a school like FACTs for middle school, because it was so amazing. Even though, by the end of the meeting I realized I was going to have about a million more things to do, I felt like I would really enjoy working with the staff and kids.

If I could leave this place, with a smile on my face. I'd give up everything, just t make you happy. But we both know that this isn't how life goes. We could build our own world. But every other aspect of my life keeps calling me. 

One thing that I wish I could change, just to see my dad waving at a basketball game. Just to see my dad standing when they say my name. Walk me to the locker room and say, "son good game!"

I don't even really know what to say. All I know is, a day that I didn't really see feasible has come and I'm just happy... and excited. My friend from Oklahoma is finally in Philly. We're finally in the same place together. I honestly don't even know what to write. I just hope my mom doesn't do anything to mess this up for me.   

​For Wednesday

Have you ever had to go through the school day holding back tears and trying to avoid collapsing with every step you take? Not many people can attest to that. This was my wednesday, but still I went with my friend to the Emergency room so that she wouldn't be by herself. 

*Monday*
​​I keep forgetting to post these damn stories. So I'm gonna post them all in one post. 
That was for Monday. 


For Tuesday
I pride myself in being able to undoubtedly say that I have found and have practiced the epitome of the word cope. I used to hate that word when it was mentioned by my therapist. I used to think that "coping" was impossible when the my surrounding environment was constantly changing, but always negative. But over the past few weeks, maybe even months, I've been completely peaceful at mind. No matter what situation I found myself sitting in, while watching my friends fret and become emotional over the smallest events, I realized that I am hardly affected. At home, an environment that used to overwhelm me each and every day has become home. Anything and everything that my mother has said or constantly says, has done or constantly does to me does not anger or depress me anymore. I've realized that she is human. She controls her actions, decisions, and wahtsoever. And it is not my responsibility to control her, and it never has been. Understanding that: 1) I can't control her (or any other human for that matter), and 2) that its not my job to has taken a burden off of me. I'm at ease now. 

            Yo pensé sobre como el amigo de mi mamá, Roberto Ochagavía, siempre me daba muchas cosas.  Las cosas no quiero de él porque mí papa compra cosas para mi. Mi mama daña mi papa sobre su relación con Roberto. Quiero mi familia esta feliz con el un el otro. Valoro mi familia mucho y a escondo el secreto de mi mama se me daño. Encontré un amigo nueve se llamo Pedro Machuca. El esta en la clase obrera y yo en la clase alta en primero lo hace no diferencia, despusés lo hace.

            Mirando a la pintura, yo veo cosas de todos tipos. Veo muñecas y de nieve, guitarra y otros elementos musicales. También veo una tabla con más artículos y una ventana. Los colores en la pintura son apagados salvo azul, este color es brillante. Pienso que el azul pone la tristeza en la pintura. El tono de obra es triste porque los articulos están colocados en la habitacíon sin nadie. Ese lo que siento cuando Roberto me daba cosas. Mi mamá y Roberto piensan se puede tener todo y estan feliz, yo pienso el enfrente,  que se puede tener todo lo que quieras y aún así no estarás feliz. Mi solo amigo fue llevó de mi cuando Pinochet tomo poder, aunque yo tengo todo mi gusto yo soy feliz cuando tengo un amigo la mayoría. El mensaje esta que se puede tener todo lo que quieras pero en la final solo cosa tu necesitas para a soy feliz es un amigo y la amistad.
            Las memorias que surgen desde la pintura son memorias triste y feliz la mayoría de ellos son con Pedro y Silvana. Los memorias de mi y Pedro cuando vine a  mi casa y yo dejé el a saca mi zapatos Addidas porque el no tiene. La memoria cuando el se durmío en mi casa y en la mañana leamos el Lone Ranger y cuando montamos mi bici juntos. Los memorias son muy feliz para mi. Pero los memorias triste surgen desde la pintura son cuando Silvana, Pedro y yo nos metimos en una pelea y ellos casí tomaron mi bici. Este memoria yo no gusto nada porque perdido mis amigos, antes de Pinochet.            

Los objectos en el cuadro representan cosas y como ellos hacen sentir. Aviso cosas en el cuadro tengo y los memorias que vienen con ellos. El mensaje que trae la obra esta que se puede tener todo lo que quieras pero en la final solo cosa tu necesitas para a ser feliz es un amigo. Yo elegí esto pinto porque como un niño pequeño yo puedo  relacionar con algo en la pintura. También yo puede intrepretar el pinto en alguien manera quiero. Las conexiones pueden hacer en mi vida desde los cosas en la pintura cuando yo tengo mi mejor amigo Pedro Machuca y mi mamá con su amigo Roberto. Me siento muy triste cuando miro esté pintura por las memorias. 

            Mi opinion sobre la pintura es que el pintor Joan Miró hizo un buen trabajo. Estoy de acuerdo con él porque los significados sobre el son interminables.