4/6: PB and Tea

​When I was younger, and before my family moved, my mom and I would sit in my room and have "high tea" every night. Tonight, my mom and I decided it would be fun to do it again. I made sleepy time tea and mom made peanut butter crackers. It was nice to have that moment. It felt like things were going back to normal

4/6: PB and Tea

When I was younger, and before my family moved, my mom and I would sit in my room and have "high tea" every night. Tonight, my mom and I decided it would be fun to do it again. I made sleepy time tea and mom made peanut butter crackers. It was nice to have that moment. It felt like things were going back to normal

Op Ed

Beginning Defeated

 

 

 In every human being lies the animal like need to be controlled. Lions in a pride that are unsatisfied with or feel as though they can do a better job then the king, attempt to put him out of power. But, they soon figure out that the role they are not ready to take on the role they are fighting for. The Arab nations are going through a very similar situation. The eruption of civil war in the Arab nations is a war between the experienced and those who want new experience.

Tensions between citizens and their governments reached their boiling point when Mohammed Bouazizi lit himself on fire to express his oppression to inaudible government and nation. This eruption flowed into the already boiling surrounding nations and ignited the flame.  At this point there have been multiple protest, riots, and battles between citizens and their own government. War has erupted.  Revolutions have begun.

The youth of these nations have begun to speak up and out. Now that their voices are no longer silenced by repression, the thought would be that there would be widespread rejoicing. This is not the case. In interviews done by the New York Times, citizens spoke their feelings towards the revolutions and events that have been occurring. They spoke on democracy in nations where democracy is not apart of memories. It does not exist in the minds of the people. The rebels are fighting for something the majority of the population they are fighting for does not fully understand. This fight is one that citizens are entering blindly, fighting for a vague idea of freedom. They are fighting in incomplete contemplation.

Essentially, everyone is entitled to certain rights, especially those stated by John Locke in his work, A Letter Concerning Toleration.  This idea is not shared among all.  All people are entitled to the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. But, to pursue these rights the totality of the circumstances and full understanding must be made. Blindly fighting for things not completely understood, is beginning defeated.

 

“Historically an Arab has always lived in a tribal system…When you come up with the idea of a self-governing people, it’s a bit absurd.”

                                                -Ghassan el-Hakim, 26, director, Rabat, Morocco

 

Across the Atlantic and in Europe nations have been trying to decide whether or not it is in their interest to assist the coalitions in the feuding countries. Selfishness. In the U.S President Barack Obama ordered a bombing in Libya.

 

“Where ever people long to be free, they will find a friend in the United States”

-President Barack Obama

 

These words spoken on behalf of the same country that fought for the “no-fly” zone to be issued over Libya, and then detonated a bomb post the issuing. Obama also states that when assisting other countries we must always measure our interest over the need for action. Who are we to determine when some one seriously needs our assistance? Do we wait for our “friends” to be in the most destitute position? Or do we step in regardless of our interest? Selfishness.

Humans are animals that posses the need to be in some way controlled and care for self before others. Unsatisfaction leads to rebellions and revolutions. But, those are only successfully when what is being fought for is fully understood.

Fan Brawl (kind of)

Tonight, I went to a Sixers' game, wearing a New York Knicks jersey.  I didn't get as many mean faces as one cold usually expect when rooting for the visiting team.  Half of the stadium was in blue and orange. In fact, there were sections with signs declaring, "MSG. We in here!" 

The Knicks were winning the entire game, until their defense let up in the last 10 mins of the 4th.  Sixers fans began to lose their minds as the team climbed back from a 18-point deficit.  After Iguadala hit a three, the man beside me proceeded to high-five the man behind me.  He almost slapped me in the face. Secretly, I think he was mad that my team won. 

Mouse pad

​ My mouse pad is currently not working. I am using a plug in mouse for it. If I accidentally hit it my laptop freezes...it has already been restarted 5+ times since I got home at three. Restarting also deleted part of my history benchmark....life is wonderful :/

Words I Never Said

"Complain about the liquor store but what you drinking liquor for?
Complain about the gloom but when’d you pick a broom up?
Just listening to Pac aint gone make it stop
A rebel in your thoughts, aint gon make it halt
If you don’t become an actor you’ll never be a factor"

Many people complain about the problems of the world but never do anything to solve them.

ID

My passport expired. My mom was really worried because tommorow were flying to North Carolina and she thought they would reject my only legit form of ID, which is my passport. I wasn't to concerned because we weren't flying out of the U.S but she got me all worked up and I was freaking out. I called the place all panicked and asked if they wouldn't let me board due to an expired passport and if it was okay if I use my school ID, birth certificate, and social security card. They guy made me feel like an idiot. He gave the blunt response of, "yeah you can", but he said in a tone like duh you can what kind of question is that. So i was like alright thanks asshole I'm just trying to be on top of things here. I didn't actually say that but it's what I was thinking. I kind of wish I had the balls to say that. Anyways, what I learned from this whole situation is that I should have gotten my drivers license because that would have been a legit form of ID and would have not been expired by now.  However, I have no interest in learning how to drive and will just get my passport renewed.

Reflection Post

My character has started her twitter. She really not in to the whole social media business. But she in love and what's to be able tell all her friends at the same time. She doesn't put many updates because she doesn't own a computer and usually does this at her public library. 
Creating this character in real time has been hard. I know she not the social media type so it's hard to "make" her that type. As I'm going along I'm still trying to figure out how to stretch this story out. It's kind of like I have to slowly evolve into this character to make this seem real. Hopefully, I'll be able to do that. 

April Woodburn's Blog on Perspective

         This quarter in art class has been all about perspective. We did small practice drawings to get us started, and then we moved onto our project. The project was a drawing of one of the walls in art class in detail.

            The first drawing that we practiced with is the box drawing. Following the rules of perspective, we drew squares and turned them into three dimensional cubes around the picture, showing the tops of those below the horizon line, the bottoms of those that are below it, the left of those to the right of the line and the right of those on the left.
            Then we drew our names in boxes to give them the right structure and drew lines to the vanishing point show the three dimensions.
            I drew the long wall in the back of the classroom. The one facing west, I think. I started by marking the vanishing point in the center of the page and drawing a box around it, whose dimensions were based on the number of ceiling tiles there were along the wall. Then, I drew the pillar in the corner by coming out onto the sidewall a bit and following the guidelines of the ceiling and letting it come back to the wall.  The tables were a bit tricky at first, especially the underneath.

            I think the hardest part of my drawing was making sure my lines were completely straight. I wanted to go by the edges of the paper to make it easier, but the paper was not edged straight so I couldn’t.

            The artwork that represented this project well was Alisha's drawing. She included clear detail and she showed perspective correctly. She even included what she could see outside the window.

April Woodburn's Blog on Perspective

This quarter in art class has been all about perspective. We did small practice drawings to get us started, and then we moved onto our project. The project was a drawing of one of the walls in art class in detail.
The first drawing that we practiced with is the box drawing. following the rules of perspective, we drew squares and turned them into three dimensional cubes around the picture, showing the tops of those below the horizon line, the bottoms of those that are below it, the left of those to the right of the line and the right of those on the left.
Then we drew our names in boxes to give them the right structure and drew lines to the vanishing point show the three dimensions.
I drew the long wall in the back of the classroom. The one facing west, i think. I started by marking the vanishing point in the center of the page and drawing a box around it, whose dimensions were based on the number of ceiling tiles there were along the wall. Then, i drew the pillar in the corner by coming out onto the side wall a bit and following the guidlines of the ceiling and letting it come back to the wall. 

Jessica Hinton Art History - Artist Focus

​For this mini project, I did the Artist Focus. The artist that I chose to do was Andy Warhol. I am fond of the different pieces that he created, so I tried my best to recreate them. I am proud of my Mickey Mouse drawing, because I was really focused when I was doing it, so I think it turned out well. 

Original Pieces by Andy Warhol:

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Jessica Hinton Marking Period Three

​I think that the reason these were so hard, was because I felt overwhelmed with work. With there being a project a week, I didn't feel that I had enough time to work on each assignment. I think that maybe I could have used more time to complete the projects. I enjoyed doing the small self portrait, because I did one a few years ago, so I was familiar with making sure I took my time with making it look correct. I also enjoyed doing the large still life, because I took my time, and tried to make sure that every part of the scene I could see was drawn on the paper. I didn't enjoy doing the full figure, because I feel that I could have used more time to enhance the physical features. I feel that if we went over how to do some of the drawings as a class, I would feel a little bit more confident in some of my art pieces. I feel that next time, I should focus, and pace myself to achieve the right finishing product I want.


1. Hands Small
2. Self Portrait Small
3. Self Portrait Large
4. Figure Drawing Life Size
5.Still Life Large
6. Clear Bottle Small
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Today Was a Good Day...

​Today was good real mellow started off rough but, turned out good. I woke up late this morning, lost tranpass, stepped on this woman's foot plus hit her with my book bag. After finally getting to my seat texted the bestie with a mini prayer plus I got some coffee in me. All my teachers well first three teacher wasn't there great day. After school had some best friend time lunch & the nail saloon was great.

Diario para 4/6/11

Todas las personas tienen una obligación moral de denunciar los crimenes porque es la cosa derecha hacen. Muchas personas tienen miedo cuando ellos vistan los crimenes entonces, ellos no ayuda. No creo la mamá de Pablo fue criminal tanto como fue criminal su papá porque ella tiene miedo de la papá y ella no quiero rompe su familia. La evidencia es la herida.

Average Day of Venezuelan Boy

After completing this assignment, I realized that the average life of a 12 year old boy in Venezuela is much different from what my life was like when I was 12. For one most 12 year olds in Venezuela work in order to help provide for their family. When I was 12, working was the last thing on my mind. I also was surprised that in Venezuela, most schools began session at noon and ended around 6:00pm. I thought that this was interesting because the high kidnapping rate should have enforced school officials to change school hours. I expected to find that the kids would have some sort of labor once in throughout their day because I normally read about child labor in South America. I think that when a Venezuelan Boy is 40, he would have more work ethic because he began working at such a young age. That's the only thing that I believe will remain the same. 70% of college students in Venezuela will become the most wealthiest people in their country. 


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Citations
Reim, Jason. "Worst Forms of Child Labour Data ."Global March. Global March, 10 Feb 2008. Web. 12 Apr 2011. <http://www.globalmarch.org/worstformsreport/world/venezuela.html>.

"At a glance: Venezuela, The Bolivarian Republic of."Unite For Children. Unicef, 19 Jul 2010. Web. 12 Apr 2011. <http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/venezuela_27098.html>.

Spain , Exchange. "The Education System in Venezuela ." Venezuela. Spain Exchange, 21 Dec 2006. Web. 12 Apr 2011. <http://www.spainexchange.com/guide/VE-education.htm>.

Bush, Elizibeth. "Venezuela Schools and Education ."Escape Artist. Spain Exchange, 3 Apr 2007. Web. 12 Apr 2011. <http://www.escapeartist.com/venezuela2/school.htm>.