Blog Feed

My partner (Jakobi) and I decided that we would try to express our project in a format that we don't have a ton of experience with. That would be Prezi. Learning how to navigate the website took a little bit of time, but we knew that the overall presentation was worth the five minutes of figuring out how to operate it. We chose to have a visual theme in a way that showed the process of not only decision-making, but the way ideas circulate and expand before reaching its full potential. We also showed the challenges to both individual and systematic change. We used examples from Teddy Roosevelt and Barack Obama as a basis to show that regardless of the time, the same general concepts and process remain the same.

As a unit, we brainstormed about systematic change first through the basic mindset of fact. Meaning, in general, nothing happens without thought. As a person develops those thoughts, they begin to present them to other people, but there's a confidence and faith in personal opinion that allows a lucid flow of systematic change. In our project, we said, "The judicial, legislative, and executive branches of government embody the means of the people. The executive branch cannot make change alone, but with the agreement of other branches, they create the policies, and shape of America."

Some further questions I have on Business in America are:

-What is the balance between business and government besides financial agreements? In reference to things such as health care and how far the government should intervene in personal life. How do the business respond and manage that type of pressure in those fields?

I interview my dad about somethings he had in mind, Some things were goals and others were things he thought about

Persona: Padre McEnroe
Mural: Diego Rivera La Era de 1904 por Diego Rivera

                   En los momentos políticos de nuestra época, todos tenemos ideas diferentes. Algunos somos comunistas,  socialistas o de diferentes clases pero todos tenemos algo en común. Nuestra fe en el señor. Soy el Padre McEnroe y soy un sacerdote. Creo en dios y dios solamente. No soy de la clase alta o la clase media. Soy de la clase obrera para superar nuestra patria. Soy el principal de la parroquia y algunos de mis estudiantes son de la pocos recursos y los otros son de la clase alta. A veces ay tensión entre los estudiantes pero con una charla, tenemos nuestra solución. En nuestra época , estamos viviendo en Guerra.
Los comunistas y los socialistas están formando manifestaciones y nuestra  comunidad Cristiana esta tratando de traer mas Amistad en nuestro pueblo. Cuando los momios quieren algo lo consiguen si los izquierdistas no se oponen. Los privilegios que tienen los momios so mejores por que son de una clase mayor. El padre conoce A Machuca y a Gonzalo. Machuca venia de una familia muy pobre. No tenían una criada y tampoco. Al final de todo, el se tenia que rendir. Al contrario Machuca venia de una familia de muchos recursos tenían una criada y le gustaban la presidencia en el momento por que tienen mejores oportunidades que los pobres no tenían. Los colores al principio eran bien felices. Oseas tenían símbolos y mucha significación. Después cuando el presidente Pinochet tomo poder, los colores eran gris.

Cuando escuchamos de nuestro presidente, pensamos en el por que, como paso y por que paso. El presidente Allende fue derrocado de su presidencia y Pinochet se puso en cargo. Las ideas de la gente cambiaron por que los socialistas se desaparecieron. Miles de personas,  se desaparecieron. Los comunistas se quedaron con todo el poder. En mi escuela perdí a todo los estudiantes que eran de la familia socialista. Me pena mucho que perdí a estos muchachos importantes que estaban en esta escuela. La parroquia no es de cristo por que perdió a muchas personas que influyan a la comunidad positivamente. Con mucha tensión en la familia, no se sabe como la parroquia va a terminar. Con esta comunidad comunista, pienso que  no va a ver un país mejor. Dios nuestro Señor estaba en una situación similar en que estaba este país. Nuestro país quería mas que esto. Obviamente, querían una familia perfecta y no la tenemos. Con el presidente Pinochet perdimos esto. Nunca vamos a recuperarnos de este momento si no tenemos a dios nuestro señor en nuestro corazón. Este país pensaba que estaban en buenas manos con Pinochet, pero sorprendentemente, esta comunidad no vivió con el presidente con mas de 50 años. Los socialistas no tenían ningún tipo de seguridad ni tampoco la comunidad Chilena sabían de esos muchachos. El estaba seguro de su decisión de desaparecer a una comunidad socialista por que quería que la comunidad este unida por ser tan orgulloso. Le hacia caso a las nececidades de los comunistas pero no le gusta mantenerse en contacto con los socialistas. Despues de años, disimulaba con otros paises que todo estaba normal en Chile. El estaba impresionando a los otros paises que eran comunistas por que el lo que queria era poder! No tenia corazon. ¿ El no se recordaba de lo que hizo. No tenia sentimientos. Cuando murio del corazon, la comunidad Chileana se alegro. La comunidad Catolica querian su puesto en la iglesia. Educaron a los estudiantes, tenian muchas ganas. Pero lo que paso en este pais por decadas nunca se puede superar.

Se dice que la comunidad esta en buenas manos con Pinochet y yo opino diferente. Creo que la comunidad estaba en mejores manos con el presidente Allende. No estaba de acuerdo con todas las decisiones que estos presidentes tomaron pero lo que se es que el Presidente Allende era un lider mejor en los ojos de nuestro señor. Nuestro comunidad Chilena estaba en mucha tension, discuciones y hasta en guerras. En mis ojos, nunca nos vamos a superar de este incidente trajico.

I interviewed my father about his personal boundaries and how he sets boundaries for himself at certain moments. 

​ Michelle and I chose to do a video explaining the views about the essential question of “What causes systematic and individual change” and by providing a video is how we felt would be a creative and fun way to provide our expressions and answers relating to the question. In the video Michelle and I placed the question into a discussion between the current president and the government and relating it to past historical presidents and their policies in relations with the government to make change for the future.

“What causes systematic and individual change”?

-       - Systematic change is an opportunity to enact change on a situation that needs to be taken into consideration to enable change for the better. Individual change the hold out for the president to insure these problems and react to their actions by making change to better the economy and providing stability.

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

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

I interviewed my grandmother about different boundaries in her life. The most interesting boundaries that came up in her life were cultural and racial ones. She told me a few stories about those boundaries and what part they took in her life.

​This is an interview of Lynne Penn-Harley, my mother. She talks about crossing the boundary of education in her life and some of the struggles. Enjoy!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12821442/Interview-LynnePennHarley.m4a

This is the third part of the podcast Childhood Challenges. In this part of the podcast you will stories from my family and friends who have stories of times when they have crossed boundaries.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12932373/Crossing%20Boundries%20Interview.mp3

My podcast focuses on the relationship between best friends. I deeply explain what a best friend means, and how they impact your life. I interviewed many people, and talked to them about their best friends.

Link to podcast: https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Public/Interveiw.m4a?w=7da15ba7 ​

For this project, Mr. Block asked us to interview someone for forty-five minutes about boundaries and specifically crossing boundaries. He left the project pretty open so that we could interpret it anyway we wanted.

I interviewed my eighty-four year old grandmother, Baci. I chose her because she is always telling me stories that I think other people should hear.

Everyone started out with forty-five minutes of rough interview, but as the project process continued, we were cutting it down to the nitty gritty. 

In the end, we all found ourselves with eight to ten minutes of interview. Here is my final individual product. 

In this podcast you'll be listening to a story of a person named Aubrey. Aubrey tells about her life and boundaries in her life. How she went from male to female.

In this interview, I interviewed two Asian-American females on how education is a boundary in their life. I interviewed my two cousins, because they had a lot of experience in the family with their education. They are both in college, so they had experience from when they were young until now.

This interview is of Sammanah Foster, my grandfather. He talks about dealing with racism in the Air Force and how people should deal with that now. 

This is an interview of Sandy Kirby, my Grandmother, who lived during one of the most eventful times in American History. In this interview, she talks about these events from her perspective, and how she saw they affected America and the World.