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'Get Out': a Spike Lee joint by Israh and Arielle

Posted by Arielle Moore in Reel Reading · Giknis · B Band on Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 10:15 pm

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For this project we decided to do scene-redo of Get Out with Spike Lee as the director. We chose the scene where Chris is getting a nervous about staying with her family and started to notice a lot of sketchy things going on in the house. The maid seemed programmed and the guests were asking a lot of invasive questions, so Chris asked Rose for the keys to leave the house. This is where the film takes a turn--for the worst.

As one of the most powerful and memorable scenes in the movie, it shows Peele’s masterful storytelling at work: suspense, twists, magical realism; etc. With such a serious and thrilling scene, we thought it would be an interesting choice to reimagine it through Spike Lee’s lens; arguably one of the most iconic faces of the ‘movement’. Lee never hesitates to use his art to shed light on issues under the umbrella of social justice, and Get Out also points the finger at such topics. Spike Lee and Jordan Peele tell very similar stories, just in two very different ways. We thought blending the two styles, both cinematically and theatrically would create a unique body of work that paid homage to both iconic styles of film.

We decided to create a scene redo, but rather than capturing the scene picture by picture, we took short 3-second clips in Spike Lee’s artistic style: bright colors, dramatic camera movements, and the breaking of the fourth wall. We thought it would give a more upbeat vibe to the scene that is usually known for being serious and quite dark. The music is also reminiscent of Spike Lee’s auteur style, because he is known for pairing ‘free jazz’ with many of his most well-known scenes. The element of black culture that he makes a point to have magnified in his films is something that we figured would be a great addition to this scene, where Chris’ ‘blackness’ is being tested to an extent.

Get Out has a dark eerie feel to it, such a stark difference from Spike Lee’s usual style of film. Lee always takes advantage of color, primary colors specifically. His characters are usually dressed in the most vibrant prints that makes you feel more excited watching the film. Compared to Get Out where the characters are dressed in cool tones all the time. The way the film is edited with not a lot of saturation. This is why we incorporated both movies elements in the scene re-do. Get Out is also has a very serious undertone, this is fitting for the horror flick. We thought it funny to include a bit of humor throughout the video. Doing this allowed us to mix horror and comedy together, catering to both of the original movies.  

Throughout this project we were specific in choosing the elements we wanted to include. It was an eye-opening experience to take two different types of film, that have similar undertones, racism, and put them together. We feel as though if a director were to do the same thing we did, it would be a movie worth seeing!

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Arielle Moore Capstone

Posted by Arielle Moore in Capstone · Baird · Wed on Thursday, May 17, 2018 at 3:12 pm
​Abstract

For my capstone, I created a podcast. Having no experience with the medium of radio and audio, you can imagine that starting my own was a definite challenge. First, I considered my target audience: adolescents and young adults. Ultimately, I decided that social awareness, pop-culture, and politics would be the best backdrop for my show. Next, I had to create a name. After polling a few of my peers and searching for inspiration, I stumbled upon the name ‘Get Schooled’. It was short, concise, and not only represented the podcast well but that it was school-based.
Now, I had to find a hosting website for each episode. I learned that SoundCloud lets artists upload their content for free, and it can be streamed from their app. Concluding that this was the most feasible option, I created my SoundCloud page and got to work designing a logo and the content I would use to market my podcast with. 
After collecting all my necessary recording materials, it was time to begin creating each episode. I first made a template for what would be covered in the span of 15-20 minutes, and requested a co-host and ‘student spotlight’ for each week. Coming up with new subject matter on a weekly basis was the most efficient way to ensure a consistent episode schedule. I used Monday & Tuesday to write, Wednesday to record, Thursday to edit, and Friday to upload. This system was time-consuming and hard work, but proved itself to be worth it in the end.

Capstone

https://soundcloud.com/getschooledpodcast 
(All episodes are here and available to be streamed)

Bibliography

 Adams, R.L. “7 Cost-Effective Ways To Market Your Business Online.” Forbes, Forbes Magazine, 31 Dec. 2016, 
This source was really informative regarding the outreach for my podcast. I don’t have a strong background in marketing so this showed me how to effectively and inexpensively get your message on a larger platform, ultimately having your voice heard. I wanted to make sure that SLA students at least knew about my podcast so that I would have an established audience. For the most part, I’m just using my hosting website and some flyers around the school as promotion and this website talked about getting a strong base as being effective. 

‘Code Switch’ Podcast 
This podcast is a bit more structured, but still maintains the format of a natural, fluid conversation, which I plan to use in my own podcast. I also really like that the show has a playlist of current songs that they encourage their listeners to hear. That is a creative touch that I might consider mirroring with my podcast. I do find a bit of their topics to be more geared toward a different demographic, but I appreciate getting inspiration from all areas.

 Geoghegan, Michael W., et al. Podcast academy: the business podcasting book: launching, marketing, and measuring your podcast. Focal Press, 2014.
This book is all about the technical aspect of creating a podcast. Which audio is the best, where to host your podcast, how to record, how to plan your episodes, and so much more. Before knowing how to even begin, I needed a template. This book served as a guide on how to get started and understand the basics of running a podcast. In many instances, I was able to refer to it as a foundation for my new show. A few of its aspects are a bit outdated since this book is almost 4 years old, but its content was very helpful to me nonetheless.

 Martin, Dylan, "Inside the notebook: taking inspiration from a podcast about starting a podcast business" (2015). Maine News Index – MaineBiz. 6260
I gained a lot of vital information from this source, although I’m not planning on making my podcast a business. It provided a lot of points about how to manage and market your podcast strategically and successfully which I find to be quite helpful. I will hopefully be able to expand my podcast beyond the borders of SLA and I think this source will put me on the right track to manage and monitor it by myself. It also gave me a lot of information on how to properly plan and strategize in order to have the most fruitful outcome. 

"NPR One" NPR. Accessed January 25, 2018. 
NPR is a tool to search for and create new podcasts. I find it to be incredibly innovative and interesting when searching for inspiration or needing new information about what kinds of podcasts have a large audience. I like getting other aspects of podcasts I wouldn’t usually listen to or that aren’t geared toward my demographic. It allows me to see more than one perspective and learn how to incorporate themes that are transcendent and cater to a plethora of interests. 

‘The Read’ Podcast
Looking for a podcast that candidly comments on aspects of media, pop culture, politics, and everything in between? It’s The Read. Its two clever hosts continuously keep their fingers on the pulse of what everyone’s talking about and their witty banter sets the perfect scene for a podcast. I’ve been pulling a lot of inspiration from this show due to their fast-paced and consistently interesting episodes. As an avid listener, I closely look for what aspects make this show worth listening to each week. A bit of their topics can be a bit vulgar which I tend to stay away from when making my podcast, but I appreciate their honesty.

 Taylor, Mike. “Start a Podcast Now. Here’s How.” Entrepreneur
This article provides a lot of resources on how to upstart your podcast and how to take initiative with the topics and make a clear decision for your show. This article was from more of an 
entrepreneur standpoint, so the business aspect was clearly displayed as well. Being responsible for just about every aspect of my podcast is quite intense, but with the right guidance, it is bound to be successful. Laying out the surface on which to build your vision requires being disciplined enough to educate yourself on the things you didn’t previously know, and this source showed me the importance in asking for help and searching for the materials you need. 

 “How to Actually Create Podcast Intros That Attract Listeners.” Podcast Motor 
What do the people want to hear? That is the question. This article shows the reader what it is that actually builds an audience. I have gained a lot of knowledge from using this source because even though I have social media as a platform for my outreach, I would also like to know what it is that actually keeps listeners consistently tuned. A large part of what attracts listeners is your intro. When creating mine, I needed a place of reference and I found this source to be incredibly helpful.

 "Using Social Media to Build a Podcast Audience." Podcast Motor
I’m currently finding it a bit difficult to use social media as a way to expand my voice, but this article has been really helpful in labeling the steps I should take. I appreciate that this source takes a realistic and achievable approach to getting your message across through social media. I want to ultimately enlarge my platform and this article breaks down each aspect that is necessary to do so. 

"How to Make a Podcast: Lessons from an NPR Producer." OkDork.com. August 05, 2017.
This website shows the time, effort, and logistics that go into starting and running your own podcast. I have never done this before and have no real point of reference, so being able to read about someone else’s experience and draw inspiration has been helpful and benefitted me and the current state of my podcast. I gained a lot of information about how to turn your writing into something people want to hear, and how to incorporate other creative themes into your final product.
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Arielle Moore Capstone

Posted by Arielle Moore on Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 12:36 am
​Abstract

For my capstone, I created a podcast. Having no experience with the medium of radio and audio, you can imagine that starting my own was a definite challenge. First, I considered my target audience: adolescents and young adults. Ultimately, I decided that social awareness, pop-culture, and politics would be the best backdrop for my show. Next, I had to create a name. After polling a few of my peers and searching for inspiration, I stumbled upon the name ‘Get Schooled’. It was short, concise, and not only represented the podcast well but that it was school-based.
Now, I had to find a hosting website for each episode. I learned that SoundCloud lets artists upload their content for free, and it can be streamed from their app. Concluding that this was the most feasible option, I created my SoundCloud page and got to work designing a logo and the content I would use to market my podcast with. 
After collecting all my necessary recording materials, it was time to begin creating each episode. I first made a template for what would be covered in the span of 15-20 minutes, and requested a co-host and ‘student spotlight’ for each week. Coming up with new subject matter on a weekly basis was the most efficient way to ensure a consistent episode schedule. I used Monday & Tuesday to write, Wednesday to record, Thursday to edit, and Friday to upload. This system was time-consuming and hard work, but proved itself to be worth it in the end.

Capstone

https://soundcloud.com/getschooledpodcast 
(All episodes are here and available to be streamed)

Bibliography

 Adams, R.L. “7 Cost-Effective Ways To Market Your Business Online.” Forbes, Forbes Magazine, 31 Dec. 2016, 
This source was really informative regarding the outreach for my podcast. I don’t have a strong background in marketing so this showed me how to effectively and inexpensively get your message on a larger platform, ultimately having your voice heard. I wanted to make sure that SLA students at least knew about my podcast so that I would have an established audience. For the most part, I’m just using my hosting website and some flyers around the school as promotion and this website talked about getting a strong base as being effective. 

‘Code Switch’ Podcast 
This podcast is a bit more structured, but still maintains the format of a natural, fluid conversation, which I plan to use in my own podcast. I also really like that the show has a playlist of current songs that they encourage their listeners to hear. That is a creative touch that I might consider mirroring with my podcast. I do find a bit of their topics to be more geared toward a different demographic, but I appreciate getting inspiration from all areas.

 Geoghegan, Michael W., et al. Podcast academy: the business podcasting book: launching, marketing, and measuring your podcast. Focal Press, 2014.
This book is all about the technical aspect of creating a podcast. Which audio is the best, where to host your podcast, how to record, how to plan your episodes, and so much more. Before knowing how to even begin, I needed a template. This book served as a guide on how to get started and understand the basics of running a podcast. In many instances, I was able to refer to it as a foundation for my new show. A few of its aspects are a bit outdated since this book is almost 4 years old, but its content was very helpful to me nonetheless.

 Martin, Dylan, "Inside the notebook: taking inspiration from a podcast about starting a podcast business" (2015). Maine News Index – MaineBiz. 6260
I gained a lot of vital information from this source, although I’m not planning on making my podcast a business. It provided a lot of points about how to manage and market your podcast strategically and successfully which I find to be quite helpful. I will hopefully be able to expand my podcast beyond the borders of SLA and I think this source will put me on the right track to manage and monitor it by myself. It also gave me a lot of information on how to properly plan and strategize in order to have the most fruitful outcome. 

"NPR One" NPR. Accessed January 25, 2018. 
NPR is a tool to search for and create new podcasts. I find it to be incredibly innovative and interesting when searching for inspiration or needing new information about what kinds of podcasts have a large audience. I like getting other aspects of podcasts I wouldn’t usually listen to or that aren’t geared toward my demographic. It allows me to see more than one perspective and learn how to incorporate themes that are transcendent and cater to a plethora of interests. 

‘The Read’ Podcast
Looking for a podcast that candidly comments on aspects of media, pop culture, politics, and everything in between? It’s The Read. Its two clever hosts continuously keep their fingers on the pulse of what everyone’s talking about and their witty banter sets the perfect scene for a podcast. I’ve been pulling a lot of inspiration from this show due to their fast-paced and consistently interesting episodes. As an avid listener, I closely look for what aspects make this show worth listening to each week. A bit of their topics can be a bit vulgar which I tend to stay away from when making my podcast, but I appreciate their honesty.

 Taylor, Mike. “Start a Podcast Now. Here’s How.” Entrepreneur
This article provides a lot of resources on how to upstart your podcast and how to take initiative with the topics and make a clear decision for your show. This article was from more of an 
entrepreneur standpoint, so the business aspect was clearly displayed as well. Being responsible for just about every aspect of my podcast is quite intense, but with the right guidance, it is bound to be successful. Laying out the surface on which to build your vision requires being disciplined enough to educate yourself on the things you didn’t previously know, and this source showed me the importance in asking for help and searching for the materials you need. 

 “How to Actually Create Podcast Intros That Attract Listeners.” Podcast Motor 
What do the people want to hear? That is the question. This article shows the reader what it is that actually builds an audience. I have gained a lot of knowledge from using this source because even though I have social media as a platform for my outreach, I would also like to know what it is that actually keeps listeners consistently tuned. A large part of what attracts listeners is your intro. When creating mine, I needed a place of reference and I found this source to be incredibly helpful.

 "Using Social Media to Build a Podcast Audience." Podcast Motor
I’m currently finding it a bit difficult to use social media as a way to expand my voice, but this article has been really helpful in labeling the steps I should take. I appreciate that this source takes a realistic and achievable approach to getting your message across through social media. I want to ultimately enlarge my platform and this article breaks down each aspect that is necessary to do so. 

"How to Make a Podcast: Lessons from an NPR Producer." OkDork.com. August 05, 2017.
This website shows the time, effort, and logistics that go into starting and running your own podcast. I have never done this before and have no real point of reference, so being able to read about someone else’s experience and draw inspiration has been helpful and benefitted me and the current state of my podcast. I gained a lot of information about how to turn your writing into something people want to hear, and how to incorporate other creative themes into your final product.
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Advanced Essay #4

Posted by Arielle Moore in English 3 · Block/Franz/Taylor-Baranik · E Band on Thursday, March 23, 2017 at 8:02 pm
Intro: My goals for this essay were to display the parallels between war and social media, and how the media has normalized violence. We have the capability to be so powerful behind a screen, and the effects that we can have on people are incredibly damaging which is something we rarely take into account since we view it as decent content. 


The Social Media Militia


We’re constantly being tempted to open those colorful little squares and plug into our own little worlds, where we choose to like someone’s picture, or comment on a post. Most of what we witness is just innocent content and continue with our day, but amidst the amusing and humorous lives the rude and malicious. We can’t escape it: the mysterious, snarling beast that disguises itself in 140 black and white characters.

Since the early days of humanity, people have been drawn to the nature of violence. Whether by finding it amusing or simply disgusting, there’s something about a little bloodshed, both physical or verbal, that sparks something within us. Why are we this way? Well, in a study about human brain activity by Dr. Jeanna Bryner, it states: “The reward pathway in the brain becomes engaged in response to an aggressive event and that dopamine is involved." We can’t help but sink our teeth into the sinful indulgence that results in the downfall of others. Activities like boxing, football, action movies, and other forms of violence are some of the most profitable types of entertainment because of that added golden factor. Seeing someone assert their power over another in these ways are possibly one of the most rewarding and satisfying things to witness. Social media however, provides us with an even scarier reality because it gives us that power. We’re given a platform to post and view whatever we desire, which comes at higher a cost than any of us could have imagined.

At first it seems pretty electrifying: the idea of having total control in a world of chaos and creating a cute environment with friends, family, and funny videos. Nice comments appear on your photos and you get lots of likes. You follow more people. More people follow you. Somewhere along the way, you discover a comment that’s not so nice, and soon you discover some not so nice posts. You dislike what you see and you comment back. After a while, you can’t stop seeing mean comments and posts and pictures, and all you can do is witness more and more mean responses. That is how they handled it and so must I, you think. This becomes your reality. This becomes your weaponry. Before you know it, the bad fuses with the good; it camouflages. You don’t realize it, but you have just been subconsciously prepared for Social Media warfare.

These characteristics are strangely similar to those of one who describes their experience of being in actual combat. Haywood T. Kirkland, an author, wrote a collection of memoirs from Vietnam War veterans, entitled Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans. One veteran recalls his experience behind enemy lines after being drafted in 1968: “They told us when you go over in Vietnam, you gonna be face to face with Charlie, the Viet Cong. They were like animals, or something other than human,” he explains. “They ain't have no regard for life. They'd blow up little babies just to kill one GI. They wouldn't allow you to talk about them as if they were people. They told us they're not to be treated with any type of mercy or apprehension. That's what they engraved into you. That killer instinct. Just go away and do destruction.”

The internet is an incredibly powerful resource that has an increasingly strong hold on what we perceive. Author Brittany Bostic explains: “Meta-analyses of the unhealthy effects of media-violence have shown that youth who view media-violence on a regular basis are more likely to exhibit antisocial behavior, ranging from imitative violent behavior with toys to criminal violence, acceptance of violent behavior, increased feelings of hostility, and desensitization toward violent behavior.” Society has conditioned us to normalize the presence of violence, and has created a sort of arena where we can exercise these behaviors at our liking. It’s not a necessity for us to carry high powered rifles or grenades on a daily basis. We are not handed A-K 47s whenever we leave our houses; but glued to our eyes and engraved in our brains is a tool capable of destruction just as powerful.


Bibliography

  • "There Was No Rules At All: Stories from Vietnam | Haywood T. "The Kid" Kirkland." There Was No Rules At All: Stories from Vietnam | Haywood T. "The Kid" Kirkland. Accessed March 23, 2017. http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/kirkbloodsvietnam.html.

  • Bryner, Jeanna. "Humans Crave Violence." LiveScience. January 17, 2008. Accessed March 23, 2017. http://www.livescience.com/2231-humans-crave-violence-sex.html.

  • Milford, Aamir Malik, Megztiniai Internetu, Larue, Online Blogging Sites, Valerie, Augusta, and Godsmission. "Does Social Media Perpetuate Youth Violence?" Michigan Youth Violence Prevention Center. December 14, 2015. Accessed March 23, 2017. http://yvpc.sph.umich.edu/social-media-perpetuate-youth-violence/.


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Arielle's Podcast

Posted by Arielle Moore in English 3 · Block/Franz/Taylor-Baranik · E Band on Friday, February 17, 2017 at 11:28 am
My goal for this podcast was to show that all forms of work are important, but a job title shouldn't be what defines you. A lot of times, a paycheck or economic status is what determines a person's 'worth' or identity within society. I had a conversation with my mom about her ideas, thoughts, and experiences regarding the topic. I think the final result is great, and the process ultimately went well. 

https://www.wevideo.com/hub#view/857709786


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The Immigrant Experience

Posted by Arielle Moore in English 3 · Block/Franz/Taylor-Baranik · E Band on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at 9:20 pm
​Introduction: Immigration is one of the most discussed topics in modern society. We've heard the opinions of political figures, celebrities, writers, and many others who share the public eye, but rarely do we hear from immigrants themselves. I feel that now, more than ever, we must take into account the responsibility we have as Americans to respect the culture and lifestyle of those who leave their homes to take shelter in a completely new place. Learning about their stories will ultimately teach us more about ourselves and American culture as a whole. 

Essay: America has has always been the beacon of hope for immigrants who sought a better life across the sea. In the days of Ellis Island, peoples from mainly European countries decided to make their mark in a new land. Their descendants reflect on their grand and great-grandparents’ culture as well as their solemn stories of the struggle to achieve the freedom they longed for and were compelled to find as they used their last scraps of cash for a ferry ticket, or left all their family and friends behind to a foreign land in which they didn’t speak the language. While the tales of pulling themselves up by the bootstraps that they passed down to their grandchildren about their first encounters off the boat are awfully triumphant, they often erase some important concepts about the ‘immigrant experience’ that many know. Those tales have ultimately bled into society and has almost created a standard of what the journey from alien to citizen should be like in this country, generating the utmost patriotic concept of the ‘American Dream.’ The driving force of the American Dream still lingers in patches of modern society, but around the world, this dream is the call to those who still seek the same life of promise those before them were hopeful to find.

I often ask my mother why she emigrated to this country. She was seventeen- a year older than I am. “And a lot shyer,” she jokes. Thinking about the transition to a completely new continent in the budding stages of adulthood seems incredibly hard, at least in my skin. Why she left always puzzled me. She answers, “To have a better life.” That’s funny. When I ask all of my friends or they ask their parents why they came here they answer the same, verbatim; it’s almost as if they were taught to say it, in textbooks or it was a proverb written on billboards. But what scares me the most about this singularity, this uniform belief, is there is still some sort of hope attached to it. In the book Forty-Cent Tip, a book compiled of tales from immigrants in the workforce, a woman states her experience emigrating from the Dominican Republic: “When I came to the United States from the Dominican Republic eight and a half years ago, I thought things were going to be much easier. In my country, I worked as a secretary at a law firm. When I came to this country, I started waiting tables in a restaurant. It was very difficult and tiring, ten or sometimes thirteen hours a day.”

I have heard this song before: the song of America being an escape, the better place for those with a dream to work and rise from their crumbling situation. When I listen and read their stories, I hear this song. It has an untiring melody. It is the pulse of the immigrant experience. This song inhabits the lungs of some: decades neutralized, but it still searches for the guaranteed hope. A Chinese woman shares this dream in her tales of immigrating to this country in 1996. “As I get older and can’t work anymore, I can’t be sure that I can continue to feed him. So now I put all my hopes for that in my daughter, who I finally brought over from China. I work so hard because I don’t want her to bring her own toilet paper to work. I want her life to be more colorful than mine. That will be the happiness I have been looking for.” Oftentimes, people come to this country believing the myth of this being the ‘greatest country in the world’, and coming from a land of severe oppression, this may seem like so. But the American Dream fabricates these ideas of success. Many immigrants work since the day they arrive upon our shores to find their own piece of that dream, but it is too frequently withheld from them, and that is often because of possession.

Americans can be very protective of this dream, and feel as though only a certain type of person deserves to partake of it. Emma Goldman illustrates this idea, stating: “Patriotism assumes that our globe is divided into little spots, each one surrounded by an iron gate. Those who have had the fortune of being born on some particular spot consider themselves nobler, better, grander, more intelligent than those living beings inhabiting any other spot.” As humans, migration is in our blood. Moving upwards and finding the missing variables to better ourselves is what we are always striving for, and it is a concept passed down from generation to generation. Living in a society that is an heirloom from the first immigrants should make us more aware of its importance and how it should be treated with delicacy and respect. Immigration is our culture. It is a song too frequently drowned out by the unpromised hopes of an American future, but we shouldn’t allow others to sing beside deafened ears. Though this is the land of the free, it comes at too high a price. Continuing the falsity will only generate ignorance. We must celebrate the victories, but acknowledge the undeniable struggles. We must celebrate the immigrant experience.

Sources


1. Suárez-Orozco, Marcelo M. Forty-cent Tip: Stories of New York City Immigrant Workers. Providence, RI: Next Generation, 2006. Print.

2. Goldman, Emma. What is Patriotism? San Francisco,1908. Print.


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Advanced Essay #2

Posted by Arielle Moore in English 3 · Block/Franz/Taylor-Baranik · E Band on Thursday, November 3, 2016 at 2:03 pm
Introduction: I loved words for as long as I could remember. Since I could read at a young age, I started school with a pretty sturdy vocabulary. Using this to my advantage, I verbalized almost everything and I did so quite often. This created problems between me and my earliest teachers, which ultimately shaped my experience with school and with words as a whole. This essay shows my evolution with language, words, and even writing and how if affected me as a person and as a student. 

I always loved words. To look at them was to see a page with lovely little specks; a blank canvas peppered with distinct shapes. They played with my eyes. I can remember the first time I recognized my fondness of them. I was three years old and watching a TV show. Colorful words appeared upon the screen and at that moment I had deemed them the most attractive things I had ever seen. I wanted them. I just didn’t know what they were.

“Mommy, I want those blue things,” I said, pointing to the screen. A confused look grew upon her face.

“What blue things?”

I did my best to describe them, but the only thing I could decode was their color.

“Those blue things right there,” I insisted.

She stared hard at the TV for a few moments, then said, “Oh! Arielle, those ‘blue things’ are called words.”

They looked so incredible to me. Never before had I been intrigued by something so much and little did I know it, but this would be the start of my long relationship with words.

On the first day of Kindergarten, I packed my notebook, my pencils, my favorite eighteen-pack of crayons, and of course, my words. They were all tucked away inside

my head and ready to be said. I arranged them to greet people and to introduce my name, and I had also prepared them for my favorite books. Over the summer I read so many; some small some big, some which didn’t make sense, but still, all my favorites. I couldn’t wait to share my words with my new teachers. From the first day to the one-hundredth and so on, I made it a point to unravel all the words I knew. Then came first grade. At first my words would bring front-toothless laughs upon my classmates’ faces and make my teachers proud. Sometimes my words would take me to wonderful places, they opened me up to a new world that only I had the key to. Other times, they would take me to desolate and vacant places...like detention. My favorite things in the whole wide world began to fill my folders and flood my mind but this time they weren’t so sweet. Tiny scraps of neat paper would be crumbled like rubble in the bottom of my backpack. These weren’t the words I wanted; these were bitter ones that made my tongue curl and my eyebrows touch the bridge of my nose. Words like “self-control” and “distracting” covered the pages. I read each one. They didn’t think I could read them. They were the types of notes that were meant for ‘adults only’. My parents saw three of those papers. After that, I began to throw them away.

“Don’t be so talkative in class, Arielle.” I still couldn’t understand these words. I knew they made me feel bad and I knew I was in trouble because every time an adult used these words, they had their serious faces on. They sat me down in quiet rooms with dull, tan lights and humming air conditioning units. They were so loud, they were almost deafening amidst the silence. Then came “those words.” The words from every one of those ‘home notes’ were floating right out of my teacher’s mouth. I tried to drown them out, to keep them away. Her words felt like poison, choking me. They all clogged my throat. They shut off my windpipe and I couldn’t breathe. I gasped. I cried. The kind of cry that makes you breathe all weird and shake, you know? I did my best to cover it up by not speaking, I just shook my head. “Yes.” “No.” I remember how hard I worked that summer to write the word yes. My ‘y’ was always backwards and I could never seem to get the ‘s’ right. I wrote on every scrap of paper I could find to show my mom if I had done it right. “No,” she said. I tried again.

I couldn’t even say the glorious yellow word “yes” because it had left me. All my words had left me. The ones I had packed up so tightly and used each and everyday were gone. From then on I left words alone. For the next few days I looked at books and imagined their pages. I read street signs silently and didn’t raise my hand in class. My teachers knew I knew the answer. They didn’t realise they took my words. I still laughed with my friends; not too much though. I still sang to myself: not too loudly. I still read: not aloud though. Only at home when my homework was finished did I open my favorite book The Big Box by Toni Morrison. It was about three kids who when they didn’t follow the rules would be subject to a big “box.” I had read this book at least fifty times but I didn’t know what it was trying to say. Similarly to mine, Sherman Alexie recalls his childhood experience with reading in Superman & Me: “I read with equal parts joy and desperation.” This perfectly captures what reading meant to me at the time. It was an escape for me. At home I wasn’t in detention. At home I didn’t have to miss recess. At home I didn’t have to read tiny scraps of paper and act like I wasn’t suffering under their weight on my back. At home, I could read my favorite book ever.

“Mommy,” I asked one day. “What does this book mean?” I asked. It was obviously about a cool box but I didn’t get why the kids had to live away from their families.

“Well, it’s about how the kids aren’t able to express themselves. The adults around them are trying to just make them follow the rules and not be who they really are.”

For the first time, words made me anxious. I sat in my room and looked at the pretty pictures for awhile. Then I began to read: “Now Patty used to live with a two-way door, in a little white house quite near us. But she had too much fun in school all day and made the grown-ups nervous.” That line made me think. As I read, ‘Patty’ kept getting in trouble with adults because of the things she did. Why doesn’t she just stop talking in class or singing in school? I would think. What a bad girl.

It wasn’t until I was in third grade that a new idea popped into my head. Maybe it wasn’t about a cool, big box? Maybe it was the type of big box that I was always being kept in: one with windows and bright lights, and loud humming air conditioning units that were deafening in the silence. In Pablo Freire’s ‘Pedagogy of the Oppressed’ he says: “The capability of banking education to minimize or annul the student's creative power and to stimulate their credulity serves the interests of the oppressors, who care neither to have the world revealed nor to see it transformed.” That was exactly what was happening to me. I would sit with my hands folded in that box all throughout lunch and the only thing that broke the screams of my silence were the screams of my friends having fun outside. I tried not to laugh at my friends’ jokes and not sing or talk or write...but there was always a laugh in me. There was always a song that needed to be sung and above all, there were always words. It was at that moment that I finally realized what the book meant. I was ‘Patty’. I was the splash of paint in a gray school. I wasn’t bad, I just couldn’t hide what made me different. I couldn’t ignore the words that I had always kept with me, and people just couldn’t understand it.

Ray Gwyn Smith once said: “Who is to say that robbing a people of its language is less violent than war?”. I was constantly at war. My language was always threatened to be taken away, and the attempts made to silence me were like a thousand tiny spears penetrating my brain. I spoke to express the world around me. I used my words to breathe life into my imagination. Despite the constant attacks that faced me and my words, I never stopped using my voice. I will never stay silent.


Bibliography


Morrison, Toni, Slade Morrison, and Giselle Potter. The Big Box. New York: Hyperion for Children/Jump at the Sun, 1999. Print.


Anzaldua, Gloria. How to Tame a Wild Tongue. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print.


Freire, Paulo. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. New York: Continuum, 2000. Print.


19, April. "Superman and Me." Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 1998. Web. 03 Nov. 2016.


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Advanced Essay #1: Driven Out

Posted by Arielle Moore in English 3 · Block/Franz/Taylor-Baranik · E Band on Friday, September 23, 2016 at 8:47 am

Memories come to me at random times, in random places. They play in my head like a flipbook; multiple images creating a familiar scene. Sometimes I want to go back to that scene, and sometimes I just want to leave them alone but my brain makes me think about them over and over despite how many times I wish I could forget. I am taken to some places more than others multiple times. One place I never seem to lose is the home I grew up in; a small apartment in Germantown, top floor, apartment A. There were two front doors: the outside door and the actual front door. Beyond the outside front door led a long stretch of stairs, speckled green and black like a cat’s eyes. They wound to our actual front door. It was a tall, red door; the poppy-colored cover of an old book of an apartment with walls the color of browning pages. A plump sofa and matching loveseat sat invitingly at either side of the living room with satin and knitted pillows. The floors were fuzzy and tan like oatmeal, I used to think. Below us was a small pharmacy where we spent quite a lot of time, when we would get a $1 or $5 if the tooth fairy was generous about front teeth or molars. Out back was a large tree my sister and I used to climb; it’s limbs large arms that bore delicate bunches of pink petals that fell in our hair and pockets.

I can recall a number of pleasant childhood memories in that place, but I can also remember vividly the times I just wanted to leave. I used to feel cramped, sick of the beige walls and the beige carpet and the narrow hallway that felt like a two-way street. I banged my head against the pages of that aging book and filled my pillow with tears silently because I hated being stranded on the top floor and watching the city pass below. Music blared, people shouted and sang at all hours of the night, sirens whirred and cars screamed, but I floated above it all, craving to escape the chaotic scene. I would always ask my parents “When are we going to leave?” but they would never reply. That angered me, but little did I know that they secretly dreamt of leaving too.

One day, my dad came home from work, the same way he always did, but today was different. Today, I sat on the couch with my mom and sister like we always did also, but outside, peculiar streams of auburn and ginger ribboned the evening sky. It was also strangely chilly for springtime and the quilt was pulled up to my neck. “Did you hear what happened?” my dad asked. My mom sat up. “No.” “They bought out Fred’s store,” he began. “Who?” “Some realtor company. They said he has thirty days to pack all his things and leave…and so do we.” My mom and sister gasped. I froze. Hearing those words gave me a nervous rush in my gut. Was this how God was punishing me? For all the times I was angry at him for putting me in this tiny apartment, and for all the times I thought my parents hated me for making me live here: was this how I was being repaid? I didn’t know how to react. For so long I wished to leave this place…but not like this. As we sat in silence, a harsh winter tumbled and raged beneath our roof. It was still cold went to bed that night and it gave me a deep shiver that shook every part of me. I couldn’t eat. I tossed all night. I worried for my parents because for the next few nights, I know they didn’t get any sleep either. The lights would be on for all hours of the night, and from the living room I could hear them shouting and talking, and then I realized: I was no longer above the scene that I longed to flee from, I was right in the middle of it. It had called me to it without calling my name. It knew me, followed me. I had dreamt about it before; what it was like to be in the midst of the frantic city. But here I was: staring it in its red eyes. My sister felt it too. We turned away from it, but it was everywhere we looked. We shut our door tight and covered our ears with pillows but it was always there…until one day, it wasn’t. The chaos inside and out had ceased for just a moment it seemed, maybe two. Either way it was quiet and the lights were off, and I was asleep. The next day we learned that my parents found a house.

Finally, they day had come where we could no longer stay in our apartment. Our chairs and tables and beds were gone, and our lives had been sealed into brown boxes that lined the hallway. I had never seen it that way before. I had never seen the living room without our bookshelf or the glass coffee table. I had never seen the room that my sister and I shared without colorful blinds or toys on our beds. In that moment, I wished I could have it all back: the keyboard in the hallway, the small radio in the kitchen. They were in some box or another, but they weren’t where they belonged. There I stood, in the middle of the silence and it was what I always wanted…but it was too silent. The chaos had been driven out from the street and from inside but I couldn’t recognize my surroundings. I couldn’t place the feeling I had because I never had it before and it startled me. It also saddened me. I was headed to a place I had never been, in a house I had never seen. When I could no longer take the desolate atmosphere of my now empty home, I turned to face my mom. “I think I’m ready to go now,” I concluded. We both headed toward the door, and she too took a final look. “Alright. Let’s go,” she said doing her best to conceal her sadness. With that, she shut the red cover of our ten-year novel.

Sometimes I wish I could go back to my old house. Sometimes I wish I could revisit the room I grew up in and run around the kitchen in footy pajamas because of the sound my feet made against the plastic tile or climb that giant tree with my sister the way we used to do every summer. Looking back on the day I left, it’s easy to recall the hurt and anger my parents and I endured. But with it having been almost eight years since leaving my childhood home I have acquired a bit of wisdom and can actually see it as a positive experience. When I got to my new house, the movers had brought in the couches, tables, lamps, and few other items from the apartment. It didn’t feel the same of course. The floors were wooden, the walls the color of fresh pages rather than weathered ones. To this day, the same couches from my old house remain in my current one, and it gives me a sense of comfort. Even as it took some time for my home to feel like home, I had something that I could recognize which made everything feel grounded. I think of this often, especially when I am trying something new or am not excited about change. This memory tells me that yes, change is a process and it’s always up to you. It can be the chaos of the city street or the quiet atmosphere of a small home. Either way, it’s inevitable and at times frustrating, but it gives you the chance to narrate your story on the fresh pages of a new book. Now, I guess it’s even safe to say, being driven out of our home was actually…a good thing.

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E Band Benchmark, ¡No Mario!: Quran, Zoe, Sopheary, Arielle

Posted by Arielle Moore in Spanish 2 - Bey - E on Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 11:13 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y_TkaPoZ8Y
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How to Make Fried Plantains- Angélica

Posted by Arielle Moore in Spanish 2 - Bey - E on Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 10:14 pm

¡Hola! Soy Angélica y bienvenido a “Comida con Angélica!” Hoy, vamos a hacer plátanos fritos. ¡Ellos son muy simple hacer y único toman diez minutos. ¡Vámonos!


  1. Primero, pela los plátanos y asegúrese ellos son maduro.

  2. Luego, corta el plátano en trozos pequeños. No hagas ellos demasiado pequeño o grande.

  3. Próximo, pon un poco de aceite de oliva en su sartén y prenda su quemador en fuego medio.

  4. Una vez el aceite es en el sartén y es muy caliente, pon los plátanos en uno tras otro. ¡Cuidado¡ Este parte es peligroso porque el aceite puede quemar tú.

  5. Después de ponerse los plátanos en el sartén, freír los plátanos por tres minutos en cada lado. ¡No quemes ellos!

  6. Mientras espera, prepara un plato con una toallita de papel para cuando ellos son terminado. Este es absorber el aceite exceso. ¡No pongas el aceite exceso del sartén en el lavabo!

  7. Toma los plátanos terminados del sartén y pon ellos en el plato.

  8. Por último, añade sal y pimiento para el sabor. ¡No añades mucha sal!

  9. ¡Disfruta!


¡Eso es todo! Ten divertida hace este plato delicioso. ¡Adios!
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You're Evil. We All Are.

Posted by Arielle Moore in English 2 - Pahomov - A on Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at 11:51 am

We are always told that only bad people are capable of doing bad things, and thousands of crimes are unexplained due to this notion. What if humans were instinctively capable of doing evil? Well, the answer is simply that we are; starting from the first people, Adam & Eve, who despite God’s direction and personal morality still partook of the forbidden fruit. As we’ve grown and evolved as a race, we have developed systems to keep us as far away as possible from those urges. Nevertheless, no matter how hard we try, there is no truly escaping the impulses that drive us to do what is wrong.

In Lord of the Flies, William Golding takes us on the journey of young boys being stranded on a desert island after a massive plane crash, leaving them without adult supervision or guidance. Using nothing but their wits and bare strength, they have to develop a system through which to survive the harsh conditions of the wild. When first introduced to each other and the environment they would share for the next few months, they came with their happy, fun loving, excited and juvenile selves. As the book explains, one of the boys, Ralph, was doing cartwheels and swimming in the lagoon (pg. 12), seeing that being stranded was more of a tropical getaway than a vacant wasteland of unknown horrors. So far, the reader is being shown how civilized and kind the boys are to each other; willing to play and get along, free of disputes. After having spent some time on the island, they began to lose their once childlike innocence and subconsciously created new patterns of life that were completely out of their character.  

The Stanford Prison Experiment was one of the most controversial psychological experiments of the twentieth century. Led by Dr. Philip Zimbardo, twenty-four participants were chosen at random to either play the role of prisoner or prison guard. At first, the men were simply acting, complying with the description given to them and none of their actions had any effect on their character or mindsets. Over the course of a week though, the men  had begun to physically embody the roles they had been given and ignored all sense of morality. This experiment displayed how instinctively, authority satisfies something within us and when given the chance to power or be powered over by someone. This is a representation of how the boys’ environment changed their ethical thinking dramatically since the plane crash.

In the book when the boys had become accustomed to life on the island, new fears and behaviors started to manifest among the small group. At night, some would complain of hearing sounds of  an unidentifiable “beast”, with many more reports of sighting its presence. When faced with this creature, or so they thought, they had acted in the most groundless of ways. The young boys began clawing at it, chanting “Kill the beast, cut his throat, spill his blood” (pg. 152), an impromptu warcry that they had manipulated into a ritualistic proverb. While taking turns maiming the monster, its cries were identified as being that of one of the boys, Simon. Ignoring his painful shrieks, they continued to partake of the murderous game until they had left no sign of life in the beast a.k.a Simon. The whole time, they knew that the creature was in fact Simon, saying: “It was an accident. That’s what it was. An accident. Coming in the dark--he hadn’t no business crawling like that out of the dark. He was batty.” (pg. 157). Now, of course they didn’t want to, when in their right minds of course, to kill anyone out of pure urge. However, when isolated from the polished luxuries of the society one is used to, the ethics that one has been instilled with start to dwindle considerably. This is a notable change from the children frolicking on the island and playing carelessly with each other at the beginning of the book.

During World War II, the Japanese bombed an American Military base, Pearl Harbor, in an attempt to weaken its forces. Having been devastated by this surprise ambush, the United States figured the only way to repel Japanese military powers was to fire back at them and show the extent of their true power and influence. The “Manhattan Project” had been in effect for a while before the actual attack, so they figured why not send an even more dangerous message. After the creation of the first atomic bomb in 1945, America decided that its purpose was best served claiming the lives of those behind enemy lines. On August 6, 1945, more than 100,000 lives were claimed due to the detonation of that bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Now, the U.S. only wanted to finish what Japan started, right? It was only fair for them to fire back...or so the idea was at the time. They only meant to “send a message” per say, but they knew the significant difference between blowing up a few ships and annihilating two entire cities. Similarly to the boys on the island, their hunting for the beast was a simple game until when actually confronted with it, their craving to kill and thirst for control had been triggered and began going absolutely riotous with the thought of tearing the innocent child to shreds.

Merriam-Webster defines civilized as: “characterized by taste, refinement, or restraint.” Humans have tried to create the most civilized society possible. From childhood we are taught how to be functioning members of society; right from wrong, how to share, and being kind to everyone. Today’s social systems, functions, and processes have all been formulated to accommodate the ever-changing state of humanity and how we as humans want to live collectively. However, we are naturally wired with the need for power, influence, control, along with many other undeniable impulses. These traits thrive within all of us, no matter how “civilized” humans have been conditioned to behave.


Works Cited

  1. Golding, William, Lord of the Flies. New York: Penguin Group, 2003

  2. History.com Staff. "Pearl Harbor." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 01 Jan. 2009. Web. 05 Apr. 2016.

  3. "The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki." About.com Education. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Apr. 2016.

4. "The Real Lesson of the Stanford Prison Experiment - The New Yorker." The New Yorker. N.p., 12 June 2015. Web. 06 Apr. 2016.
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ILP Semester 2

Posted by Arielle Moore in Ilp - 10Th Grade - Baird - Wed on Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 10:43 pm
My ILP has taught me a lot about the adult world, and also the early education field. The teachers are kind and the students are also very pleasant. My internship has also given me an opportunity to be hands on in classrooms and to be able to see the kind of education the young children are receiving. I also learned the components that are required in the growth, development, and care of a child. 
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El Diseñador- Jesús, Maria, y Angélica

Posted by Arielle Moore in Spanish 2 - Bey - E on Thursday, February 4, 2016 at 11:51 am
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fvZCxpwZDi2nS1I_PdvZywN3j4jR9dSEM4dmW5OYv84/edit#slide=id.p
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la Entrevista: Angélica, Roberto, y Diego

Posted by Arielle Moore in Spanish 2 - Bey - E on Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 10:30 pm

La Entrevista

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Q2 Spanish Benchmark

Posted by Arielle Moore in Spanish 2 - Bey - E on Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 7:40 pm
Aventura de Iris
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Outgrown

Posted by Arielle Moore in English 2 - Pahomov - A on Sunday, November 22, 2015 at 8:29 pm

Well, tomorrow’s picture day for your freshman year of high school. The choice for ensemble seems almost as if there’s really no competition for-um...what are you doing. Ha, I think there’s a mistake…That? You’re choosing that? Over me? But it doesn’t even go with what you’re wearing, and besides, that’s not even your favorite!

I guess I should’ve taken you not wearing me in the past five months as a warning that you wouldn’t have use for me anymore. But why? We had three amazing years together. It seems like yesterday when you first saw me hanging right there on the clearance rack. I was the perfect match for you, just the right blend of chic and casual but still quirky with a great splash of vintage.  When I caught your eye, it was like a match made in thrift-store heaven...well, your mom didn’t think so since I reminded her of the top she wore to her senior breakfast in 1987, but we were able to convince her to buy me. The first 15 times you wore me, you got compliments every time, and not even just from old people! When people asked where you got me, you would proudly explain that I was a one-of-a-kind vintage original and that they’d be lucky if they even find it from an eBay seller. In only a few short weeks I was promoted from just a mere occasional conversation starter to being worn almost everyday, sometimes without trips to the washer & dryer.

Remember when you won your first spelling bee, or got an 100 on that test? I was right there! I mean...I wouldn’t consider myself lucky or anything, but you can’t ignore coincidence. Besides, who else had your back (literally) when those bullies were talking badly about your fashion choices? Oh don’t go flaunting off that cheap department store top in the mirror like it’s a 30+ year old 100% silk designer authentic. It doesn’t flatter your skintone in the slightest. Teal? Never a good choice for photos, especially with khakis. Oh, a scarf? That doesn’t make that disaster of an outfit better one bit. Wait...you’re putting it back in the closet. Oh, okay...maybe you’ll make a good choice this time. [isn’t chosen] A sweater? You’re wearing a sweater? You might as well wear a beanie and an eyebrow piercing! How dare you even think that a flimsy sweater will suffice as a decent garment for one of the biggest days of your high school career? Don’t tell me...you’re actually reaching for a beanie aren’t you.

Okay, what is going on here? You treat me like your favorite outfit one day and then the next you decide that you’re too good for me? You used to be this girl who didn’t care what people thought of her, who was just shamelessly unspoken and proud to stand out. I remember when you bought me, you just had to have me to wear with those amazing sapphire blue bell bottoms that were stunningly authentic and every bit antique. For three years I was the literal garb of your personality; bright and unique but still subtle and light. There was no special event that you went to without me as a plus one and I was your go-to for birthday parties. So what exactly happened? Did you...outgrow me?



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Updated ILP

Posted by Arielle Moore in Ilp - 10Th Grade - Baird - Wed on Monday, November 16, 2015 at 2:40 pm
As of now, I am volunteering at Arch Street Preschool. It is going well, i like the environment, the students, and the teachers. I worked there for the past two weeks and I really enjoy it. 
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The Growth of Tongue

Posted by Arielle Moore in English 2 - Pahomov - A on Sunday, November 8, 2015 at 5:14 pm


“Arielle you speak too fast.”

I panted lightly having laughed for about forty-five seconds at a joke between me and my sister. I held onto the seat belt, bracing myself for what I was about to hear.

“Slow down! I remember you used to speak very slowly and clearly, I miss that.”

I didn’t want to be mad because my grandmother was only telling me this because she loved me, but I couldn’t escape the fact that she soiled a perfectly good joke.

“I will,” I nodded.

Nyla looked at me. I looked at Nyla. Quite frankly, neither of us really cared about the critique given because our cheeks were too rosy to take our minds off of bursting out laughing. I was silent for the rest of the ride home, because an unmovable lump had grown in my throat. This was not a rare series of events though. My grandmother kept a close eye on us since we’re her only grandchildren and she had so many insecurities about how we grew up, I guess because we’re the first American children she ever had part in raising. Speech is one thing that she payed a lot of attention to because we were city bred, raised around people who had a constant relaxed dialect. It bothered her when she heard someone mashing words together or speaking quickly. Of course, through the eyes of a child I took it was an insult to my handle on the English language.

She wasn’t the only one who noticed the change way I spoke. The older people at my church would always remind me of the me they ‘remember’, the me they miss. I remember that me fondly, the one who went to school with white socks and came home with brown ones; the one whose pigtails were always loose at the ends and who smiled cheekily through missing front teeth. The one who wrote a letter and displayed it in front of the whole church.

The same people would always remind me how when I was younger I would pronounce my words very clearly, but I don’t anymore. I just laugh at their remarks. I always laugh.

I’ve only grown about two feet since I was in first grade, therefore it’s always completely understandable to be quickly reminded of my younger self and the way I once behaved. Little do they know I’ve changed so much. Little do they know that since the letter I moved out of the small two-bedroom apartment I and had started public school and morphed into an inner-city kid who knew a lot more slang since my Christian school days. I’m sure they don’t even realize that I won two spelling bees, gained a plethora of new words and phrases and opinions, and had even seen the seven hardest years of her life.

I was always being given a mirror to compare myself with the girl looking back at me, always told how a young me was a better and how ‘I grew up too fast’, even if it wasn’t always directly. My sarcasm baffles my aunts and uncles who last saw me in diapers and I surprise them when I talk about the media or politics. I outgrew the same hand-me-downs from my older sister the same way I outgrew my old tongue. I was once an optimistic brat who always had too much to say with words spilling over the brim but was also too smart for her own good. It was a short time ago that I realized that my language was a party trick, the one thing people noticed about me because it was always unpredictable. I think that’s what adults love about kids, seeing what kind of madness they’re going to crank out of their juvenile brains before they even realize what they’re doing. I walked head-first into a lot of those situations when I was young, clumsily stumbling into my own language that would finally reach its final stage of evolution. Unfortunately, it was a language that people could no longer recognize. I was older, mindful and had a lot to say. It was hard for people to identify the me I had become.

Ghandi once said: “Language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.” I consider speech as a significant sign of growth because it is one of how much it changes. Environment, experiences, and even people are large contributors to the elements of one’s language, and just as children grow, so does one’s tongue.


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My ILP

Posted by Arielle Moore in Ilp - 10Th Grade - Baird - Wed on Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 3:36 pm
I'm currently in the process of getting adjusted with my ILP, which is the Social Media Innovator position at Imagine Leaders LLC. I haven't started yet, but essentially I would be able to decide what content is displayed on the company's social media platforms. I'm able to work from home and the work times are extremely flexible. I'm looking forward to bringing my ideas to the tale, and also to get leadership training along the way. 
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Glows and Grows

Posted by Arielle Moore in English 1 - Giknis - X on Friday, June 5, 2015 at 11:36 am

Glows and Grows


For my You and the World project, I dived into a topic that I wouldn’t have otherwise, which was Women’s Rights in the workforce. It was a topic that I really hadn’t put much thought into before since I didn’t think that it affected me. I knew that my family was made up of strong and independent working women so me joining the workforce was just expected but now I realize what actually takes place behind the scenes and how serious the whole situation really is.

The original research part of the project was probably the most successful, since not only did I collect actual facts and statistics, but also personal opinions and experiences. I learned about how much of a difference gender actually does make when in the workplace which hadn’t occurred to me before. Equal pay, gender stereotypes, low percentages of women, and inadequate benefits are just a few of the issues I touched on and also spread awareness of through numbers and facts, but I mainly got personal accounts from issues such as lack of confidence, lack of self-belief, and also lack of self-application. I think that was another successful part of this project, reaching out to people. I was able to conduct a survey with the help of a senior and her feminist blog, which got twenty-two results, and I also led two interviews with Buzzfeed workers which was a huge accomplishment. Aside from that, I heard numerous personal accounts from people which added greatly to my final product. One thing I would have changed are the types of questions I asked because they seemed a bit redundant and at times a bit irrelevant.

For my agent of change, I created a presentation where I summarized the information I collected and taught my classmates about the injustices that afflict the female working world and also how things are getting better in this day and age. Most of my peers partook of social media trends and school-wide protests but I decided to take a different route, one that I knew couldn’t end women’s issues as a whole but would at least educate my classmates on a topic I’m very passionate about. The result was great and I was successful in bringing this issue through to light, not only through my blog posts but through my Agent of Change. I almost wish I had started a petition or a strike or something a bit bigger that would have a larger impact, but I feel that education is the strongest form of change and taking that information, I went forth and made my presentation. One thing I would change though, is the amount of time I put into the initial rehearsal, since I was pretty much winging the whole thing, which most times I’m good at but this time a bit of practice wouldn’t hurt.

In conclusion, this was a great project that exposed me to the secrets and also public issues that affect women in the working world. I expected to there to be a lot less complications that were involved with the whole situation but it is one that has been intertwined into our society for time. For many of my peers and also for me, this was an eye-opening experience. I never realized how much this actually affected me and also my family members. I hope to do more work with this in the future and hopefully make an impactful change in society with the efforts I make.

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Nuestra Casa Perfecta

Posted by Arielle Moore in Spanish 1 - Manuel - C on Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 8:45 am

Nuestra Casa Perfecta : Diseñado por Ajanae Mills y Arielle Moore y Shawn Durkin


Nuestra casa perfecta es en Filadelfia, PA y es una mansión. La casa es muy grande y fuera tiene un piscina, un patio trasero, un jardín, y una pista de tenis también. En el primer piso es la sala, la cocina, y la sala de juegos. La sala tiene un televisor, una sofá, y muchas ventanas para la luz del sol. Es muy bonita. En la cocina, tenemos nuevos electrodomésticos y encimeras de mármol. Hay un comedor con una mesa y seis sillas para los huéspedes. En la sala de juegos tenemos los nuevos juegos y consolas.  Hay baños en cada piso y hay dos baños en total.

En el segundo piso son dos cuartos. El primer cuarto es grande y tiene una cama del rey, un pupitre, pisos de madera, y una computadora. La cama es bien diseñada por profesionales y es muy elegante. En el segundo cuarto tiene un similar diseña pero con diferentes colores y patrones. Cada cuarto es muy grande y amueblado bien. Hay dos más baños en el segundo piso y un gimnasio. El gimnasio tiene una trotadora y otras suministradores para el mejor la sesión de entrenamiento. Finalmente, hay un garaje para los carros. Tenemos una lavadora y secadora para nuestra ropa. Con cada parte, nosotros encontramos nuestra casa.


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2D Version :


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Este es el segundo piso de la casa, que incluye un balcón ( 3D Version )


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3D Version
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Image Makes All the Difference

Posted by Arielle Moore in English 1 - Giknis - X on Friday, May 29, 2015 at 10:30 pm

So here we are, almost twenty years into the 21st century. We have touch screen cell phones that double as GPSs and even 3D printers. With this boom in technology and information, you would think that most of the issues we faced in the past would be far behind us, right? Well no. Despite all the problems facing our world today, women’s rights may be one of the most ongoing movements in the past decades. I’ve given a lot of information on this topic and its impact on society, but I struggled a bit with how to tackle it in the real world for my "You and the World" agent of change. How does one girl change an issue that is so huge within a short amount of time? Well if I had Obama’s number maybe I’d only have 98 problems, but I don’t. Even though the internet is a vast plethora of information and discovery, I only had so many resources. Since this is such a general and widespread issue, I figured the best way to create change was to spread awareness. The best weapon against wrong-doing is education. Educating those who have no use of gaining this knowledge otherwise is a more powerful tool that I had to use to my advantage, so I took that and ran with it, resulting in a presentation! I presented a small slideshow in front of my stream mates and it went pretty well...besides me sounding like Porky pig with all the stuttering I did. Other than that, I spread awareness on a topic that I’m very passionate about and hope to do more work to change it in the future. It surprised me how many people were also aware of what was going on in our society as well, because it’s not usually a topic brought up amongst kids and teens. I received great feedback from my very active audience and couldn’t be happier with the turnout. Even Ms. Giknis was inclusive in the discussion and added some really great points. I also referred to some topics I covered in my blog posts 1 and 2 which helped me explain the issue of women's issues even further. I gave some of the statistics about the low numbers of women in certain fields and educational programs, talked about equal pay, and also shared some of the results I collected from the survey I took in my second blog post. One point that I brought up was the issue of the images we

re given about a certain issue or topic within our society. The example I gave was how when women enter the workforce, they are constantly making decisions between family and career, as if there’s no in between. Either you’re a loving mother who would rather stay home and shake formula all day or a hard-working businesswoman who has no time for marriage or children. Why should we have to choose? Why can’t both worlds be blended into one to create a world of working mothers with supportive benefits and stable households? It’s all about image. If the image that society places on what a breadwinner looks is that of a male than that’s what will occur. Women feel that the world isn’t ready for our takeover as presidents, CEOs, astronauts, and even receptionists or painters. We should all be proud of what field we are in and not let gender stereotypes or misogynists hinder us from pursuing our careers, and we also shouldn’t be ashamed if we are making more money than our husbands/partners.

I would use social media as a source of delivery for all this research and information I’ve collected, but it was an idea a lot of people partook of and I wanted to do something slightly original. Even though presentations are somewhat mainstream, I figured it would be the best form of spreading the word.

Currently, there are numerous organizations that run specifically to target the issue that face the female working community. One I found was this website, which spreads awareness on women’s issues and also donates to a number of different causes that support the fight for women’s rights. So far, I think I’ve created a significant change in the women’s rights movement because of my blog posts and also my agent of change. I hope to have my message spread globally, but I would also like to partner with some organizations to create a change that has a huge impact on society and is original in its planning and design. Here is my annotated bibliography.
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The New Face of the Workforce

Posted by Arielle Moore in English 1 - Giknis - X on Monday, May 11, 2015 at 7:28 pm

The issue I’ve decided to tackle for my You and the World project was women’s rights within the workforce, as seen in my first post, Women make up almost 50% of the working population worldwide, and even still aren’t being given adequate pay or benefits. There’s no excuse for this injustice in the 21st century, considering that less than 100 years ago we were fighting for voting rights. What is the reason for this? Why are women still on the lesser playing field than men?

The first reason I think is the lack of education on this topic. Some women don’t realize their difference in pay between men until entering the workforce, and that discovery continues once they get pregnant and require maternity leave. I feel that education is one the biggest ways to combat this issue because women are still blinded by the fact that there is still imbalance amongst the sexes.

The second reason this issue is still prevalent in society is the ambiguity of women entering the workforce and not tapping into their full potential, which I covered a bit in my first post.  I recently interviewed reporter and journalist Ema O’connor of the popular media website Buzzfeed , and she responded to this question with: “It is not all men's responsibility to pay women more, a huge part of it is women being timid in pursuing their career, not feeling their self-worth and therefore not trying. This is a deeply ingrained societal problem that parents (future and current), schools, and employers need to work together to change for the next generation.” Gender stereotypes grow from the absence of education and also lack of female confidence, but also the ignorance of those who therefore buy into gender stereotypes. 0bc0292.jpg

The third reason for this problem is cultural and religious views. Like I mentioned in my previous post, women are only seen as providers for the household which in some cultures is a huge part of a woman’s life. In the survey I conducted over the course of last week, I found that out of the twenty-one girls that answered, two said that women are not seen with importance in their households and cultures. Screenshot 2015-05-12 at 12.07.47 PM.png



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Though the number is quite small, this is a sad reality that many face, which leads to the mindset that girls adapt which holds them back from pursuing their dreams which may involve work. We need to place the image of the modern working world of women into the minds of our young girls, thus creating a generation of fearless and powerful individuals who can undertake any career they wish to pursue. I also spoke with Buzzfeed video producer Ashly Perez who spoke a bit about how women are seen in her family and culture. “My parents are both from very male-dominated cultures (Cuban / Filipino) but my family is full of strong women, particularly on the Cuban side. Men might be in charge, but women are feared and respected.” This is the mindset we must enforce into our future generations because even though people may come from societies where women aren’t valued, girls can still believe in their potential and be brave enough to take on whatever they choose. hqdefault.jpg

The fourth and final contributor to this topic is the beliefs that have stained our society for generations. There are still large amounts of men who believe that women have no place in the workforce, which weakens the populations of female workers. I feel as if this generation is doing a good job eliminating the issues we encountered with sexism in the past, but we have a long way to go. Both men and women need to collaborate to end this issue, so that our future workforce can be fully integrated and equally diverse. Some further questions I have about this issue are how long has equal pay affected women and what kind of sexism and gender stereotypes are still experienced in the workplace amongst women today? Below are some charts that show the participation and pay in the workplace between race and gender in the last year. Screenshot 2015-05-11 at 7.24.15 PM.png

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Annotated Bibliography




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Menu

Posted by Arielle Moore in Spanish 1 - Manuel - C on Friday, May 1, 2015 at 12:04 pm

Plan one meal a day

Which meal: desayuno, almuerzo, cena

Comida

Bebida

lunes

desayuno

el gofre

el jugo de naranja


martes

almuerzo

la hamburguesa

el agua


miércoles

cena

chuletas de cerdo

el té


jueves

desayuno

huevos y tocino

el batido de frutas


viernes

almuerzo

ensalada

el té


sábado

cena

pollo el curry y arroz

el jugo de manzana


domingo

postre

tartas

leche

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Menu

Posted by Arielle Moore in Spanish 1 - Manuel - C on Friday, May 1, 2015 at 12:02 pm

Plan one meal a day

Which meal: desayuno, almuerzo, cena

Comida

Bebida

lunes

desayuno

el gofre

el jugo de naranja


martes

almuerzo

la hamburguesa

el agua


miércoles

cena

chuletas de cerdo

el té


jueves

desayuno

huevos y tocino

el batido de frutas


viernes

almuerzo

ensalada

el té


sábado

cena

pollo el curry y arroz

el jugo de manzana


domingo

postre

tartas

leche

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Script U6

Posted by Arielle Moore in Spanish 1 - Manuel - C on Friday, May 1, 2015 at 10:28 am

Arielle: ¡Estoy emocionada por el prom!

Kay: Yo tambien.

Aissatou: Yo tambien!

Arielle: ¿Con quien vas?

Kay: Nadie me invito.

Aissatou: A mi tampoco.

Arielle: Tal vez pronto


*The next day*

Taytiana (Tim): *To Kay* ¿Te gustaría ir al prom conmigo?

Kay: ¡Claro que sí!


*later that day*

Taytiana: ¿Te gustaría ir al prom conmigo?

Arielle: ¡Claro que sí!


Taytiana: ¿Bonita, te gustaría ir al prom conmigo?

Aissatou: ¡Sí!

**later that day**


Kay: ¿Todavia vas al prom?

Arielle: Sí, con Tim

Aissatou: ¿Tim?

Kay: No, él va conmigo.

Arielle: ¡Él me invitò!

Aissatou: ¡Pero él mi invitò a mi!


*yells at each other*


Taytiana: Ay díos mio... calmanse niñas..  **shakes head**


Kay: Estúpido

Aissatou: payaso

Arielle: ¡pendejo!

Tim: Nenás nosotros ir prom comigo

Aissatou: Tu eres feo. Estupido

Tim: Nosotros deberíamos ir al prom juntos *points to all the girls*

Arielle: No, nosotros deberíamos ir al prom juntos *points to Aissatou and Kay*


We exit, then Tim does.


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You Mean, You're not a Housewife?

Posted by Arielle Moore in English 1 - Giknis - X on Friday, April 24, 2015 at 7:12 pm
  1. For my project, I would like to research the relevance of women’s rights in our society. Throughout the decades, women have made great strides trying to maintain the same social and economic status as men but have failed due to the society we live in. Even today, women are paid 70 cents to every dollar a man makes for the same job, and if you’re a female of a minority the pay is even less. As a female growing up in this time and am very interested in joining the workforce as a young adult, I would like to spread awareness on the topic of unfair pay amongst genders. Another issue that affects women today is education. Women make up ⅔ of illiterate people in the world and it’s because the lack of being given formal schooling. Because of this, there are still a multitude of male-dominated fields within the workforce such as engineering, science, math, and even literature.












    There are still people that believe the only title a woman needs is “Mrs.” Because of this mentality, young girls are afraid to unlock their potential because they only trust in their ability to walk down the aisle. In certain cultures, marriage is the most important aspect of a woman’s life, and because of this we need to stress the relevance of education especially today. Even in the U.S., over 1200 schools provide single-sex studies. Since this is the case in our society and even the media, the a lot of the misogyny and sexism sprouts from these sources. Because of this gap of females in certain fields, most of the homeless population across the globe contains women and children. It is incredibly important for people to know about this issue because there are still a significant amount of people that believe that women are given all the basic rights that are required. Thoguh I’ve labeled prominent issues that affect women in our country, there’s an immensely greater amount of issues that women face around the world, even some that aren’t socially visible. Sexual abuse, dehumanization, and sexism on a much larger scale just to name a few. What can we do to combat these problems and give women the equality we deserve? I often wonder if this issue will even be relevant in the future and if women will ever be considered equals, socially and economically. I plan on interviewing women on their experiences with inequality whether in the workforce, as a mother, in school, or any other possible situation. I also hope to observe in certain fields how women are treated and if they are being treated visibly different than their male counterparts.

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Art Q3 Reflection

Posted by Arielle Moore in Art - Freshman - Hull - b2 on Friday, April 10, 2015 at 9:08 am
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In art this quarter, I was very proud of my skills and how I reflected them in the final drawing. I drew the walls, windows, doors, floor, and even a table and chairs. All in all I think I did well drawing the art room and making it look realistic with the one point perspective. If I could do this project again I would make the lines darker and more precise. I would also add more detail to the drawing itself. I think Emily's drawing was successful because it was clean, had dark lines, and contained the orthagonal, horizontal, and vertical lines that were required. I learned that one-point perspective is NOT easy, but it is required when making realistic art and architecture. 
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Siani Davis y la Familia de Ella: Jessica y Arielle

Posted by Arielle Moore in Spanish 1 - Manuel - C on Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 8:06 pm

Para este proyecto, mi pareja Jessica y yo hablamos con nuestra amiga y preguntado sobre sus cosas favoritas. El nombre de ella es Siani Davis. Siani vive en Filadelfia con la mamá de ella y hermanos. Ella tiene catorce años y es una muy inteligente y estudiosa estudiante en su primer año de Science Leadership Academy. Ella es bilingüe y habla con fluidez español y ingles. Siani obtiene buenas notas cada trimestre. Las favoritas clases de ella son español y ingles, con su maestra favorita Señora Giknis. Ella es una muy cómica, bonita, simpatica, amistosa, y fabulosa amiga. Le gusta pasar un rato con amigos, va a la escuela (a veces), lee, corre, come, va de compras, escucha música, juega ajedrez, dibuja, y pasa tiempo con su familia. No le gusta canta, baila, nada, y cocina. Ella especialmente encanta diseña ropas. En la futura, Siani quiere ser diseñador de moda. Es un sueño de suyo.

Ella pasa la mayor parte de su tiempo con la familia de ella. En la familia de Siani, ellos reúne cada viernes de cada semana para ponerse al día sobre los últimos acontecimientos en sus vidas. Su familia es muy grande con muchos tíos, abuelos, abuelas, padrinos, primos, y muchos otras parientes. Ellos viven en Filadelfia y Puerto Rico. Sus miembros de familia son divertidos, entretenidos, amables, bondadosos y amorosos. Familia es un grande parte de la vida para Siani.photo (3).PNG

Para resumirlo todo, Siani es una persona increíble y le encanta estar con su familia. Ella es muy amable y muy agradable. Siani tiene su set sueño y está haciendo lo que pueda para lograrlo. Siani le gusta estar involucrado en un montón de actividades en la escuela y fuera de la escuela. Ella hace su mejor esfuerzo en la escuela y la gente como ella por lo que ella es.
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Equipo Moreno

Posted by Arielle Moore in Spanish 1 - Manuel - C on Saturday, February 14, 2015 at 1:55 pm

Equipo Moreno Pelo

Arielle, Jessica, and Christian


¡Hola! Nosotros somos Christian, Arielle, y Jessica. Bienvenidos a Science Leadership Academy. Nuestra escuela está en Filadelfia. SLA es muy creativa, aplicada, y un poco extraña, pero es por eso que nos encanta nuestra escuela. SLA es muy pequeña y tenemos muy pocos estudiantes. En la escuela, tenemos que usar nuestras computadoras en todas las clases. Este es muy diferente de muchas escuelas en el ciudad. Ofrecemos muchas actividades y clubes. Son americano y internacional fútbol, béisbol, ultimate frisbee, debate, robótica, poesía, glee y mas.  

Tenemos más de cinco clases. Son inglés, bioquímica, historia, español, y álgebra. Clase favorita de Arielle es bioquímica porque es muy interesante y divertida y hacemos experimentos. La clase favorita de Jessica es español porque nosotros aprendemos y cantamos canciones en español. Clase favorita de los Christian es el inglés porque es muy interesante, tranquilo, y porque le gusta leer. Utilizamos lápices, computadoras y cargadores para muchas clases. Necesita dormir y estudiar para tener éxito.

Nuestras favorita profesoras en SLA a Srta. Manuel, Srta. Giknis, Srta. Sessa. La Srta. Manuel enseña Español Uno. La Srta. Giknis enseña Inglés Uno. La Srta. Sessa enseña Bioquímica. Me gusta Srta. Manuel porque ella personalidad es simpática, cómica, inteligente y boba. Yo también, me gusta Srta. Giknis y Srta. Sessa porque son amable, tranquila y trabajadora. Sus clases es divertida, chévere y interesante. Él estudiantes a SLA ser amable, artístico, talentoso y creativo.

En conclusión, SLA es una de la mejor escuelas en Filadelfia. Nosotros somos dado un excelente educación y el estudiantes respetar la comunidad. Nos encanta la atención de profesores en la escuela, y todas las oportunidades la escuela tiene. Lo que más nos gusta de SLA es todas las divertidas actividades que tienen para nosotros. Creo que también nos gusta cómo SLA es muy tranquilo y libre.
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Equipo Moreno (Christian, Arielle, Jessica)

Posted by Arielle Moore in Spanish 1 - Manuel - C on Thursday, February 5, 2015 at 7:26 am

¡Hola! Nosotros somos Christian, Arielle, y Jessica. Bienvenidos a Science Leadership Academy. Nuestra escuela está en Filadelfia. SLA es muy creativa, aplicada, y un poco extraña, pero es por eso que nos encanta nuestra escuela. SLA es muy pequeña y tenemos muy pocos estudiantes. En la escuela, tenemos que usar nuestras computadoras en todas las clases. Este es muy diferente de muchas escuelas en el ciudad. Ofrecemos muchas actividades y clubes. Son americano y internacional fútbol, béisbol, ultimate frisbee, debate, robótica, poesía, glee y mas.  

Tenemos más de cinco clases. Son inglés, bioquímica, historia, español, y álgebra. Clase favorita de Arielle es bioquímica porque es muy interesante y divertida y hacemos experimentos. La clase favorita de Jessica es español porque nosotros aprendemos y cantamos canciones en español. Clase favorita de los Christian es el inglés porque es muy interesante, tranquilo, y porque le gusta leer. Utilizamos lápices, computadoras y cargadores para muchas clases. Necesita dormir y estudiar para tener éxito.

Nuestras favorita profesoras en SLA a Srta. Manuel, Srta. Giknis, Srta. Sessa. La Srta. Manuel enseña Español Uno. La Srta. Giknis enseña Inglés Uno. La Srta. Sessa enseña Bioquímica. Me gusta Srta. Manuel porque ella personalidad es simpática, cómica, inteligente y boba. Yo también, me gusta Srta. Giknis y Srta. Sessa porque son amable, tranquila y trabajadora. Sus clases es divertida, chévere y interesante. Él estudiantes a SLA ser amable, artístico, talentoso y creativo.

En conclusión, SLA es una de la mejor escuelas en Filadelfia. Nosotros somos dado un excelente educación y el estudiantes respetar la comunidad. Nos encanta la atención de profesores en la escuela, y todas las oportunidades la escuela tiene. Lo que más nos gusta de SLA es todas las divertidas actividades que tienen para nosotros. Creo que también nos gusta cómo SLA es muy tranquilo y libre.
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Lady Macbeth's Diary

Posted by Arielle Moore in English 1 - Giknis - X on Friday, January 23, 2015 at 10:58 am
For my Macbeth Creative Project, I created a mock-diary of Lady Macbeth's deepest thoughts and feelings. The book doesn't go very far into her mental realm so I wanted to create my own version of what she would think. It also shows the change that took place in her life which led to her downfall. I used Shakespearean-style wording which was very hard and took a lot of work. I created a total of thirteen journal entries written as her with a somewhat intimidating preface. One thing that I want people to notice about my work is that it was all hand-written, and I put quite a lot of time and effort into it. 
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Los Seres Queridos en mi Vida

Posted by Arielle Moore in Spanish 1 - Manuel - C on Monday, January 5, 2015 at 8:33 pm
Los seres queridos en mi vida

Intro:

¡Hola! Te presento a los seres queridos en mi vida


Yo:

Me llamo Arielle Moore. Yo tengo catorce años. Soy de Filadelfia y vivo en Filadelfia. Soy baja, sociable, cómica, y artística. Me gusta ir de compras, cantar, y escribir. Además, me gusta dibujar a veces. Asisto a SLA y me encanta la escuela.


Él:

Su nombre es Ansel Elgort de “The Fault in our Stars”. Él es muyyyyyyyyyyy guapo, lindo, y talentoso. Él tiene veinte años. Ansel tiene los ojos cafés y el pelo café claro. Él es mi favorita actor y Él es bae.


Ella:

Ella es mi hermana. Su nombre es Nyla Moore. Ella es algo baja, loca, inteligente, bonita, y un poco mañosa (ja ja). !Es una broma! Nyla tiene dieciséis años. Lo que me encanta es muy simpática y me da risa.


Ellos:

Ellos son mis amigos. Asisten a SLA conmigo. Casi siempre, les gusta pasar un rato con juntos. Somos amigos por tres meses.


Ellas:

Ellas son Siani y Sopheary. Ellas asisten a SLA y ellas tienen catorce años. Ellas son súper fabulosas, simpáticas, y divertidas. Nos conocimos en escuela y somos amigos por cuatro meses. ¡Ellas son mis mejor amigas!


Nosotros:

Nosotros somos mi amiga y yo. Su nombre es Emily.  Asistimos a SLA tambien. Nos encanta ir de compras, ir al cine, y Starbucks. Nosotros somos muy locos, sin embargo nosotros somos muy seria a menudo.


Last:

Eso es todo. ¡Gracias por tú attencion!
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Net Neutrality

Posted by Arielle Moore in Technology- Freshmen - Hull - b1 on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at 10:04 pm
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Net neutrality is the concept of having equal internet access for all users. As consumers of the internet, we all want it to be unfiltered, untampered exposure to the web, right? Well, the answer to that question for most is a yes. Especially as teens, the internet is probably the biggest things in our lives right now. With links to schoolwork, information, articles, social interaction, shopping and much more, the world wide web has taken over our lives the most. Because of our relationship with it, we must make sure that we’re very aware of what is going on. ISPs (internet service providers) are planning on making those unlimited waves of web into specific content that they want us to see. Why is this? Well, ISPs main goal is to make money, so the more internet you use, the more of your money they earn. With being able to control how much internet we actually intake, they’re wiping our wallets clean and cheating more people out of the access that they paid for. Of course we’re not that concerned with the initial issue now because it doesn’t affect us just yet...but that doesn’t mean it won’t. We teenagers must be aware of the issues that concern us and what we use daily. I feel that it is important for us to know so that we can be prepared for the situation head on and not be ignorant to this issue as is faces us.


Sources:

  • https://www.aclu.org/net-neutrality

  • http://www.savetheinternet.com/net-neutrality

https://www.eff.org/issues/net-neutrality
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Media Fluency

Posted by Arielle Moore in Technology- Freshmen - Hull - b1 on Monday, December 22, 2014 at 9:10 am

This is a slide that depicts my nature in a limited amount of space and items. I took information from the websites provided and used that to help me design and add character to my slide.I used contrast, bleeding, and I made the slide straight to the point. I like the image of some geometric figures because it adds a cool element to the simplicity of the slide. All three of these items make up a simple yet intricate display of who I am, plus it adds a simple message that adds character and color to the slide. I pulled inspiration from websites like Tumblr and Pinterest where this type of look is used quite a lot. I wanted to use these different image styles to reflect the vision I had prior to the creation of this slide. Also, the videos and examples of different billboards helped me to design the slide. My classmates helped me out by giving me suggestions on how to make the font bigger and to add a picture that tied in more with the quote.  


photo: http://webdesign.tutsplus.com/articles/design-a-stylish-timeline-portfolio-page-using-photoshop--webdesign-17055
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Media Fluency

Posted by Arielle Moore in Technology- Freshmen - Hull - b1 on Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at 12:11 pm

Why does your slide look the way it does?


This is a slide that depicts my nature in a limited amount of space and items. I took information from the websites provided and used that to help me design and add character to my slide.I used contrast, bleeding, and I made the slide straight to the point. I like the image of some geometric figures because it adds a cool element to the simplicity of the slide. All three of these items make up a simple yet intricate display of who I am, plus it adds a simple message that adds character and color to the slide.


What influenced your decision making?


Well, I pulled inspiration from websites like Tumblr and Pinterest where this type of look is used quite a lot. I wanted to use these different image styles to reflect the vision I had prior to the creation of this slide. Also, the videos and examples of different billboards helped me to design the slide.


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Home Network, Moore

Posted by Arielle Moore in Technology- Freshmen - Hull - b1 on Friday, October 3, 2014 at 8:42 pm
My home network starts with internet coming into my home through our ISP, which is Xfinity. The internet comes in through coaxil cables into the modem-router. Through the WIFI, my PC, laptop, phone, ipad, TV, and home phone are connected. What I learned that was new to me was how all of these parts work together to create a functioning home system. To people with a home network, I would definitely recommend getting to know how it works. You don't have to know the specific implications of everything, because that's what technicians are for. I would just say to take a look at how each of the pieces work because it's useful information so when people ask you, you don't just stand there drooling! Aside from that highly unlikely scenario, knowing your home's system is actually quite important. Below, you can see a model of mine:
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