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GARY GARY Captsone

Posted by August Polite in Capstone - Manuel - Wed on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at 4:06 pm

CHAPTER ONE

The letter

The year 1∆6 was a fateful one for the children of Buge. Its early winter months saw my holy pilgrimage to the Buge zone, in the good company of my only two true friends. To provide a better painting of the trek as a whole, I feel obliged to begin my recitation a month before cast off. The first member of the expedition was my good friend Johan, thick-skinned yet manic, an artist relentlessly tormented by existence outside of composing. And, as an aspiring music-man, young Johan wished to test his mettle as a composer through confrontation with the Master Buge. I admired his youthful passion and, as is probably best described in our second round of correspondence, I adored his compositions. The two of us shared a stomping ground and had each witnessed the other in youth, if only in periphery here or there; for in the old boxing town of Lar Grotis, where nothing much happened, it seemed like no one much cared. Despite our hometown’s banality, Johan managed to cross paths and feed each other's cynicism beautifully. We bonded over such issues as passwords, naming conventions, and video. A month into our perverse interactions, he showed me his most beautiful song in the world. That day was wordless. I can only recall our rendezvous in aisle 10 of MarketLand. Golden glory spewed from his tattered ipod and across my delicate eardrums, they thirsted for more. We ceased communication for 20 years after that encounter, rekindled our friendship //

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GAME

BIBLIOGRAPH

WAR DREAM

Posted by August Polite in Reading, Writing And Rising Up - Block - B on Sunday, January 31, 2016 at 10:59 am

Introduction.

Let’s do a story about love. About the coldest war we’ve ever seen and how its outcome changed the world forever. First a little bit about the author. My father was a failed novelist who spent the majority of his days sitting at home behind a plate of mash and the television. Mother was actually a deceptively successful recording artist. She spent her days at the studio toiling away on tracks for musicians from all across the country; always hated discussing her work, the result of either humbling modesty or worn out vocal cords. We lived in a house too big to keep clean, just outside the city of HAM. Though not quite fully submerged in suburbia, it was still an ordeal to get anywhere notable to me as a little one. I began skipping out of school far too young, spending days on end with my good friend Louie Feppo who lived with his mother on the town’s endearingly run-down military base. Under the mother’s disapproving eye Louie and I would rummage through old photos and piece together blueprints. We read accounts from journals and war logs and played out the fantastic fantasies scurrying about the vast empty hanger. There were too many things in those logs we didn’t understand, things nobody could hope to understand at that point. Didn’t care. Later on, we would bring girls over and hook up in the cockpits of dismantled bombers. Some nights, kids from the city would bring their trucks, bottles, red cups onto the landing strip where we would turn on the flood lights and dance and boogie till sunrise. When they played top chart records, I could hear my mother’s voice behind the rest of the clatter and felt funny in my gut.

I moved far away from HAM at age nineteen, went to live on the farm with my uncle and his lover Dean. They had gotten too old to tend to their small orange field so they contacted my father and asked if it wouldn’t be too much trouble to send some help over. At that point father was too apathetic and had gained too much weight to be in any position to lend a hand himself, so he had the smart idea of plucking me out of school and sending my hand along to lend his poor brother. The TV’s had been flooded with some strange new programming in those months before I left, I remember all the kids were feeling how I was feeling. We wanted to get out of wherever we were; the farm would be a welcome change of scene. After what must have been around two weeks of intense farm work I was full of regret and my brain was all spent and my legs were near busted and the sickles had all rusted. Uncle and Dean were very considerate, for they seemed to have already accepted their own fate. The Arnold family farm gobbled up what was left of their orange stock and snatched up their land a heartbeat after they stopped showing up to marketplace. Seeing as that farm was just about everything Uncle and Dean had aside from each other, it starts to make some sense that the day after Arnold’s acquisition they decided to stick a pair of shotguns up their mouths. I was sick to my stomach over the whole ordeal and decided I wasn’t in any mindstate to go home; and, as much as I had started to miss Ma and Pa and Louie, the thing I missed most was dreaming about those airplanes flying. Louie’s old lady gave Yellow Hand Base up for demolition (From the good old grapevine I’ve heard it’s been since converted into an art gallery or something like that) and lastly I didn’t even know what HAM would be like if I came back around. It had been two years. Looking back doesn’t seem like a whole lot considering the hell I’ve gone through since; but to a young boy, two years reaping snatched away with no rewards felt like the worst fate a man could be given. I took what I could from Uncle and Dean’s place and slipped out quietly before anyone from Arnold’s found the place. Set out on a road that I thought would take me to NED Yolk but instead ended up about a hundred miles south in the city of Hillderbrandt. I had grown out a beard by the time I got into town, hated to look like that upon first contact. The morning coming into Hills was the first time I had seen a human who wasn’t looking over the wheel of a tin can in god knows how long. I could feel the age on my skin, and knew that things would be different when I struck real land. I just never imagined how different.

P1. Dream.

During my year on the streets and gutters of Hillderbrandt, I always dreamed of death. I dreamed about slipping away unnoticed by the masses, miles away from family, years away from loved ones. I was blending in with the dimness death even in harsh daylight. I wouldn’t have even put it past pedestrians to simply ignore my passing. My body would have most likely just been viewed as an accessory to the filthy back alleys; the working men and women need not even look. I dreamed these hilariously horrible dreams on the daily. But I never once dreamed that I, this lowly trash of a man, would be blessed by audience with the queen. It was at the point that my career as a vagrant had reached its nadir that I was contacted for to inform me of my visit with the queen in three months.

I hesitate to refer to those next three months as “short months” because we all know that a month is a month and no matter of eagerness or joyfulness can change the cycle of the moon. But I tell you, those months certainly sped by. Nearly the day after the Red Man attendant had shaken some sense into me on the roadside, I dreamed of something different. Even though I still lay in the dirt and shivered as the winter’s harsh jaw bite away at me, my dreams were no longer plagued. I had one particularly pleasant one that recurred quite often. It goes as such:

A soccer field near an old girlfriend’s house. Louie and I would often smoke a cigarette each and sip our sodas while we watched the older kids train for their tournaments or whatnot. The field’s once stadium-grade lights had all puttered out and so kids would climb atop the poles in admittedly dangerous displays of their acrobatic prowess. They would fill the burned out bulbs with bottles of homemade glowing jelly and leave them up there for maybe a week or so, just until they faded out and the ritual repeated itself. No parents were ever surprised when the headlines at breakfast told of local children turned into splats on the ground after attempting to better illuminate their drunken football matches. Eventually they weren’t even honored with headlines, just shoved to the third or fourth page inserts above the bicycle ads. Anyway, in the dream at hand, there were no children plummeting from those towering lampposts. In fact I was alone with Louie, and the field was only lit by moons. There were more trees than usual, and it was quieter than usual, and the buildings were bigger than usual, Louie dressed the usual. He looked very sexy in moonlight, and we were both cold and he wore a scarf and there was a creek that had started to crackle a ways away from the pitch. All of a sudden there was an airliner with a red tail landed in the midfield. It looked at once like it had been ripped from the black and white photos we always poured through, as well as from an image of childhood. Reminded me of the plane with the red tail that my father often described when recounting the fable of Home Sweet. I don’t know if the tail was his own added detail or part of history or part of myth or what. Louie and I climbed in through a series of complex hatches, we spent ages fumbling around under the belly looking for the right dos and don’ts. It was still dark but we both grinned gleefully. The interior, though dusted with healthy a coat of dust, kicked around with some hard kicking boots, still riled me up inside. I ran my hands along the torn stretches of velvet on the seats, and I didn’t care that this creature was a relic. It was romantic.

Louie had managed to pry open the door to the cockpit, colored lights were flipping and flopping around gaily under their own coat of dust. It was still too dim to make out any labels. I pulled a flashlight out of my opposite hand and batteries out of somewhere else. There was a spurt and a sputter, then a warm and gooey stream of golden gold poured out across the control panel. Louie was fascinated by all this stuff, and I was fascinated by him. He pulled out an instruction manual from some sort of glove box and collapsed into the captain’s chair. I sat in the seat behind him and adjusted my seat so we were level with each other. There was a green captain’s hat in my lap and, after a once over to get rid of the dusty film, I slapped that old thing onto Louie’s head. He ignored his head, eyes locked on the diagrams. I wandered back into the main cabin, took off my muddy boots and straightened my socks. The black cotton worked wonders on the cherry wood floorboards. I slide up and down the aisle, propelling myself along with the springy spring seat backs. I was maybe ten years old. Some five minutes had passed and I was still lost in my sliding, I had gotten a really good one going too. All the way from the back of the cabin, around the galley, to the main passenger seating area. I felt like an ice skater as I swerved and spun and then I stopped. By the time I had flung myself halfway up the fuselage, time had stopped and I was still. I whipped my head around to see what was the matter and my eyes were caught by the window to my left. I scurried into the seat closest to it and stared out. The moonlit field was rotating before my eyes. I felt it in my stomach and I thought I was going to be sick. I felt in my head and then my ears and I thought I was going brain explode myself. When I pried them open a moment later the field was gone and I could see moons ten times brighter, I could see clouds and birds and even bigger pelicans flying in place. Flying with us. I rolled out of my seat, wracked with astonishment, and sprinted into the captain’s cabin. Louie turned to me and beamed. I followed his finger, pointing straight ahead, and fainted. We were in clouds together.

Haiti Earthquake Infographic (With Josh Berg)

Posted by August Polite in American History - Jonas - X on Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 10:49 am

https://magic.piktochart.com/output/5159629-final-haiti-infographic

Our infographic was decidedly focused on a topic in U.S. foreign relations that did not involve war or any kind of military conflict. We wanted to focus on a chapter in U.S. history where we were lending a helping hand to a country in need. The united States was a big player in the Haiti relief effort, helping the country get back on its feet after the disaster.

George Méliés

Posted by August Polite in American History - Jonas - X on Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 9:47 am

George Méliés: a retrospective?

http://58046112.nhd.weebly.com/

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris

Posted by August Polite in English 3 - Rami - E on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 at 6:40 pm

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

David Sedaris

Dress Your Family is a collection of autobiographical essays and short stories painting a picture of Sedaris’ childhood and documenting his later adventures living in Paris and finding a career with his recognizable wit.

Review:

Although I am relatively new to the work of David Sedaris I can say without a doubt that this particular collection resonated with me on a plethora of levels. Although I can’t yet look back on my own childhood and reflect on it as deeply as Sedaris can, I can relate to at least some part in all of his stories while still finding his signature humor present throughout.

The book opens with a grouping of stories that paint a picture of his childhood and his family dynamic, setting up the context for the rest of his hilarious antics years down the line.

We are introduced to his parents and given a taste of the hardships of life in the south. He delves into early issues with his homosexuality and the dilemmas he found himself in. The attitude towards homosexuality has become increasingly more positive since the years when our narrator was growing up. One of the first stories we hear is about an excruciatingly awkward sleepover Sedaris has with a neighborhood friend. He broaches the topic of his own bullying with such a comedic tone making you almost forget what the subject material is. Although it seems the focus of this particular story is make you laugh, there are layers to it that lay the groundwork for stories to come, driving home the emotional importance. In the sleepover story, titled “Full House”, Sedaris finds himself in the midst of a strip poker game with a group of boys who aren’t very fond of him. Though this may have been a trying experience for any child figuring out their sexuality it must have been crushing to be bullied by these boys as well. Lingering on the impacts left by this possibly traumatic experience is not what the story sets out to do though, soon we are hearing about how our protagonist actually excelled at the poker game and turning the tables in a hilarious resolution.

After the initial chapters he has fostered the beginnings of a relationship with the reader, letting you in on aspects of his life that seem so personal and genuine. He is almost telling the story to you specifically. This is where his writing style exceeds all prior expectations.

Many of his essays and stories are used on his own book tours, read aloud to a live audience. And after listening to a few of these recordings, you come to realize that he is reciting his stories specifically to you. Though his text is autobiographical it never once felt analytical, each story has its own arc and climax; they are crafted to be heard by people and incite laughter and joy. He doesn’t take the topic of autobiography as an exercise in documentation, but as a means to extract the most relatable and genuinely funny story and put it into the readers hands. His stories are lasting and resonant, and as I stated before, many of them go beneath the surface and touch some real emotional areas. He seems to tap into the stories heart as a tool for the comedy, giving each a more legitimate feel.

In his story “Chicken in the henhouse” he illustrates how the attitude towards homosexuality in certain parts of the United States has either changed drastically or is in drastic need of change. He finds himself in an awkward situation with a young boy in his hotel complex shortly after news stories about homosexual pedophillia had been plaguing every available television channel. He describes his feelings toward issues like this with so much personality and articulation that you can’t just ignore what he is saying and read for the jokes. The jokes all come from a place of truth, as every good joke should, and reflect on the bigotry and prejudice he felt in certain situations. The story with the young boy in the hotel is one of the most hilarious for a number of reasons, but it also manages to make itself the most relevant story, tying the undertones from the rest of the book together. He doesn’t do it with a big show, he doesn’t pretend to have some grand realization, he just connects the stories seamlessly and then continues on his way to making you laugh as hard as you possibly can.

Be it “Chicken in the henhouse” where he addresses some more heavy issues with a comedic tone, or “Six to eight black men” where he goes on a complete tangent and discusses Christmas traditions in the Netherlands in surprising amount of detail, each story in this compilation feels polished and perfected. No story felt out of place in any way or even fell flat. I honestly cannot try and poke holes in the logic or the storytelling because at the end of the day this is a book where you can laugh with the author; you can laugh at his mistakes right alongside him. It fulfills its purpose with ease and with flair and I was never once disappointed. I recomend Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim to anyone who wants to laugh.

Title: Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

Author: David Sedaris

Publisher: Little, Brown

Publication Date: June 1, 2004

Page count: 272p

Genre: Autobiographical, Anthology

Final Spanish Reflection

Posted by August Polite in Spanish 3 - Manuel - Y on Friday, June 13, 2014 at 10:47 am

http://deportes.elpais.com/deportes/2014/06/12/mundial_futbol/1402597500_093215.html

Recientemente, he estado aprendiendo más sobre fútbol. Muchos de mis amigos, de sla y mi vieja escuela, jugar o están interesados en el fútbol. He jugado durante muchos años en el pasado, pero nunca por un equipo de fútbol. He descubierto muchas cosas sobre Pelé, uno de los futbolistas más famosos de la historia. Con la Copa del mundo subiendo, mis amigos han estado hablando de fútbol bastante y he empezado a aprender más. Sabía de Pelé y parte de su historia antes, pero ahora he aprendido mucho. La gente pensó que Pelé no fue oportuno para jugar al fútbol cuando era más joven, pero que estaban muy mal hecho. La Copa del mundo Brasil original fue un gran momento para Pelé Mostrar su promesa. Brasil fue importante por otros motivos. La gente llama a la Cup final mundial "Su versión de Waterloo."

Macromolecule Portfolio - reflection

Posted by August Polite in Bio-Chem 10 - Sherif - B on Friday, June 13, 2014 at 9:22 am

Mini-Capstone:

This year was not my finest effort in biochem, I did not apply myself and ended up regretting it in the end. In the final quarter, our group slacked off and sealed our own fate. We were given ample time to recover our grades but never took advantage off it. I came into this year expecting to progress logically from the biochem we took in ninth grade. I was excited at the promise of more fun science and figuring out how to solve problems in a creative way. Although my year was plagued with some bad assignments and missed deadlines, I was fairly proud of my first quarter project with Mia Weathers Fowler. We completed our macromolecules portfolio and slideshow with all checkpoints completed and making all deadlines.

At Sla we learn to work in accordance to the core values. Inquiry, research, collaboration, presentation, and reflection. The macromolecule portfolio, although deviating slightly from the other projects in the class, followed fairly closely to the core values. The values are not only a recommendation or a system designed to get your grades up, in fact they actually influence your experimenting and researching to point of genuine intrigue. By the end of our portfolio I was fully invested in finishing it to the best of my ability. I wanted to finish it correctly.

Inquiry: We were tasked with the assignment to figure out the purposes of various macromolecules. We had a daunting task ahead of us and needed to go at it with the right mindset.
Research: We divided the work up as evenly as possible and set off to work. The key here was to chose the topics we each identified with. Something I think severely affected my performance in the later quarters was my lack of engagement. I never took the time to connect with a project; at least enough to put in a satisfying amount of effort. Without proper research, your project will crumble quickly.
Collaboration: Working with Mia was one of the highlights of the project. She rallied the group to go above and beyond and essentially lead us to make the best project we could. The key to collaboration is not to ever carry anyone’s weight. Once you start vouching for a fellow teammate and taking hits for them, their requirement to contribute lessens and the workload will inevitably become unbalanced. I think that since we were all so invested in project from the get-go collaboration came naturally.
Presentation: Our presentation worked well in adding to the project while never bogging it down. I think it is difficult to strike a balance between a good design and an informative one. I don’t think our presentation ever became an issue and in the end, I would wager it was one of the strongest points of our entire project.
Reflection: I think if I could go back, I would just add a general level of polish to the whole experiment and make up for the time I could have spent more efficiently towards the beginning. I should have been ready to go right out of the gate but instead, I ended up not putting in 100% until we already off the ground. Hopefully my performance in the later stages of the project justified it.

Conclusion: I really wish I had taken advantage of my opportunities this year and really stepped into my own fate. I guess I will learn from this and come into junior year ready to give it my all.

Social change

Posted by August Polite in World History - Block - C on Wednesday, June 11, 2014 at 11:15 am

My History Portfolio:

I remember vividly the first day of the trail, anxiety coursing through my veins. I knew this project was going to be something else the day we learned about it. It was going to magical. This whole class has taught me to march to the beat of my own drum, and take control of my own education. I have experimented with many different projects, each of which had descriptions pliable enough to craft something unique. Every single project was more original and innovative than the last and made me think of ideas in history in expanses of new ways.

Social change is the result of creative minds putting their best work together, rallying the people and just giving it your all. A job worth doing is one worth doing right so you might as well give your 100% every time. The ideas of social change I learned in this class have rocked me to my core, shedding new light on historical instances I had prior knowledge on. The vast amount of freedom allowed in each project really let me run wild with my creativity. Each worksheet and assignment on a topic wove masterfully constructed questions together with insightful commentary on the source material allowing me to really get imaginative with each response. We could always count on Mr. Block to provide the necessary information during pause breaks in movies. They were useful and unobtrusive and really helped me understand some of the trickier topics.

In order to understand myself I had to do some deep soul searching. At first, I was unsure about this class, the assignments were vexing on a deep moral level and the near laissez faire setup of the class intimidated me. But by the time we were setting up our play outlines I was raring to go and giddy as ever. The plays really opened my eyes to how social inequality ticks and what the driving forces are. Mr. Block let us go wild with this project and I think it really affected how the plays turned out. The limitations were unobtrusive helping each play find its own footing and really become something else. “I don’t know why I was so excited by this. It didn’t mean anything for sure yet. What was I thinking” This is a quote from play.

I wish had spent less time on drawing in my notebook, I wasted all that paper doodling instead of letting my ideas on the state of the world flow out onto the pages. It is my biggest regret. And, now, at the close of this long spectacular year, I can see what a huge mistake I’ve made. My drawings were mere distractions, roadblocks on my journey to becoming a socially-conscious adult. I should have soaked in every bit of sacred information that was provided for me in this class instead of letting it slip away, dripping through my open hands. This class makes me love history and I walk away a better man because of it.

Links to my work:

https://docs.google.com/a/scienceleadership.org/presentation/d/1PC_eav8ZiLmgQcanaklmUbEqcWa3i4A5_eQS6QREdjA/edit?usp=drive_web

https://drive.google.com/a/scienceleadership.org/#folders/0BzLvODXVI4hdQlJYSEZiVmdMR2s

https://docs.google.com/a/scienceleadership.org/document/d/1-knNkuZalOd0eiH0mkmxUVSwtNdBmnNXUmouklLckS0/edit?usp=drive_web

https://docs.google.com/a/scienceleadership.org/document/d/1uzW-Z3QBQD_Xh0PJWROBf3pyhqViaPPBc3KOA0g3_kI/edit?usp=drive_web

Spanish Q4 reflection #6

Posted by August Polite in Spanish 3 - Manuel - Y on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at 10:35 am

http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2014/05/22/actualidad/1400761576_658036.html

La vida de Seymour Hoffman

Sin embargo - however

sorprendentes - surprising

demostrar - show

actuación - acting

estilo - style

extremadamente - extremely

austero - uncanny, strange

sereno - serene

Probablemente sabes sobre la muerte de Seymour Hoffman, Uno de los mejores actores de nuestro tiempo. No he visto lo suficiente de las películas fue en, pero todavía me inspira respeto. Su muerte fue horrible y extremadamente austero y bastante malo. Su presencia como actor no afecta la triste su muerte. Sin embargo, ha hecho que la gente darse cuenta de lo increíble que era. Me dijo algo que me espera a mí todo el tiempo, sobre todo porque soy un aspirante a actor. Él dice que tiene un público que debe actuar como es el momento más importante de su vida. Incluso si no tienen nada que demostrar a ellos, puede tener un impacto sólo a través del esfuerzo. Se aplica a las cosas además de actuar demasiado. Yo sigo sus palabras en casi todo lo que hago. Si usted se ha comprometido a algo, no hay ningún motivo para no al 100 %. Me han estado más interesados en su estilo de actuación en las últimas semanas, y voy a ir a ver sus películas. Él ha hecho algunas sorprendentes actuaciones en su vida y quiero estudiar a todos.Entrar en el negocio es una de las cosas más difíciles de hacer, y no algún tipo de proyecto. La mayoría de la gente entiende como un proyecto y nunca hacer que todo el camino, las personas que cometen sus vidas para siempre encontrar las partes más interesantes para jugar. Michael Caine, Christian Bale, Robert De Niro, Natalie Portman. Estas personas han venido actuando desde que eran jóvenes y muestra cómo se encuentran. Cuando tomamos el Sr. Kay interino del año pasado clase me inspiró, y que me hizo darme cuenta de que actuar era increíblemente divertido y realmente da miedo. Cada segundo antes de que se encuentran en etapa es el terror, y cada segundo en el escenario es sereno.

Spanish Q4 reflection #5

Posted by August Polite in Spanish 3 - Manuel - Y on Friday, May 16, 2014 at 10:38 am

http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2014/05/15/actualidad/1400164121_639989.html

Godzilla

tráiler - trailer

acción - action

alegoría - allegory

Nunca veía la película original “Godzilla” pero, voy a mirar la nueva versión en este fin de semana. La versión original de Godzilla película fue impactante para muchas personas. Lo que más que un monstruo de película es alegoría. Los cineastas japoneses utiliza la idea de un monstruo para crear una vía de salida para la ira y el miedo a los bombardeos de Hiroshima y Nagasaki. Esta nueva adaptación obtiene buenas críticas así que no sé lo que se trata el cuento. Creo que es más una película de acción (por lo que he visto en el tráiler de la película) y no sé qué pensar sobre ello. Por un lado, creo que es más cool de la época moderna pero, por otro lado, puede que hayan quitado el mensaje original de la película. Parece que esta nueva uno puede tener un gran potencial, el estudio que se ha hecho algunas realmente buenas películas en el pasado. En el artículo se dice que el director no ha hecho nunca una gran película antes, y esto es muy nuevo para él. Creo que es bueno que gente nueva en Hollywood en vez de tener la misma gente películas aburridas.

La película también tiene Bryan Cranston, el actor de mi televisión programa favorita 'Breaking Bad' y un reciente show de Broadway, "todas las vías" que yo veía hace unas semanas. Es muy buen actor y espero que sea buena en esta película.

Spanish Q4 reflection #4

Posted by August Polite in Spanish 3 - Manuel - Y on Friday, May 16, 2014 at 10:37 am

http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2014/05/08/actualidad/1399568279_693474.html

Cocinando con los anteojos de Google

ciencia ficción - science fiction

reloj de pulsera - wristwatch

Recientemente, he estado viendo más gente use el Google anteojos. En un primer momento, lo que parecía un extraño invento, pero ahora creo que son cool. Podría ser Google mente me controle, pero en realidad parece muy útil. Usted puede mirar un mapa, se puede ver el clima, y otras cosas así. Este chef español se ha dado un par de ellos para su restaurante y ha sido muy feliz con ellos. En el artículo, dice que él pone sus recetas sobre ellos. Dijo que realmente le ayuda con su cocina. Esto es muy interesante y es a la ciencia ficción.

Su restaurante es muy exitosa y el nuevo gafas parecen ayudar a los propietarios con tantas cosas. Yo creo que ahora mismo trabaja para él, pero a menos que el precio se reduce mucho, a continuación, no será bueno para la mayoría de las personas. Creo que es más que un iphone es por el precio ahora. La mayoría de las personas no van a comprar en ella a pesar de que parece ser muy útil. Hay más cosas que vienen de vidrio como Google al igual que la "Piedra." El guijarro es un reloj de pulsera que conecta con el teléfono y le avisa cuando está recibiendo llamadas y otras cosas.

Spanish Q4 reflection #3

Posted by August Polite in Spanish 3 - Manuel - Y on Friday, May 16, 2014 at 10:37 am

http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2014/05/08/actualidad/1399551188_827567.html

Jean-Michel Baquist

terminado - completed

mayoría - majority

acabado - finished

garabatos - doodles

Ese hombre es un dibujador muy bueno, pero nunca sabía sobre el hasta ahora. Al parecer, este artista es muy famoso en España y ha sido el interés de muchos artistas nuevos en los últimos meses. Su trabajo es único y diferente de lo que la mayoría de la gente piensa que como "terminado." Este artista arte Virginia Woolf habla de cómo la piezas son tan importantes como su acabado. Ella comparó su trabajo a la más actual artista Paul Klee. Tanto de su arte es simple y es como garabatos. Dijo que se había de Basquiat en su cuaderno garabatos desde que era un niño en la escuela.

Que es muy interesante ya que yo siempre me encuentro a mí mismo hacer garabatos en mis cuadernos escolares. La mayoría de mis profesores dicen que no es una buena cosa, pero quién sabe, este chico se vende su arte por miles de dólares. Quizás yo puedo también. Me gusta mucho su arte, tiene una sensación más natural que incluso algunos artistas muy famosos. Estoy un poco confundido con esto porque me gusta cómo infantil puede ser su arte pero también respeto el tiempo puso en pinturas más realistas. Creo hay valor en todos.

Spanish Q4 reflection #2

Posted by August Polite in Spanish 3 - Manuel - Y on Friday, May 16, 2014 at 10:37 am

http://rollingstone.es/entrevistas/los-black-keys-tambien-sudan

The Black Keys

psicodélico - psychedelic

anterior - previous

habitual - usual

Primero, me gusta esta banda mucha. Pienso ellos estan haciendo algo de la musica mejor hoy. De hecho, estoy escuchando a su nuevo álbum ahora. La semana pasada, he visto a la preforma en Saturday Night Live y fueron fantásticos, que jugó dos canciones de su nuevo álbum 'blue' ambos son geniales. Leer más de este artículo sobre la manera en la que estas canciones, el álbum entero tiene un tono diferente al habitual. Me Gusta eso mas. Hay una canción que se menciona en el artículo, titulado "Peso del Amor", que es muy bueno. He escuchado un par de veces y me encanta. Es bastante extraño y diferente, pero que podría ser buena ya que han tenido muchos álbumes en el pasado que el mismo tipo de música.Este nuevo estilo es similar a su música anterior pero con un nuevo giro. Una gran cantidad de parece que podría ser de la década de los 70 's, debido a que tiene un ambiente psicodélico.Recientemente, he estado practicando un estilo similar de la música con mi buen amigo Josh. Me dice que de la práctica el ritmo y el tono de las canciones me gusta hasta que puedo cambiar yo mismo. Yo soy muy bueno en improvisación en la guitarra, pero no tiene un gran alcance suficiente para reproducir lo que realmente quiero. Pero la práctica hace a la perfección.

Spanish Q4 reflection #1

Posted by August Polite in Spanish 3 - Manuel - Y on Friday, May 16, 2014 at 10:36 am

http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2014/03/10/actualidad/1394491417_489250.html

The Ukraine

península - peninsula

Principalmente - mainly

injustamente - unfairly

zonas - zone

En la clase de Historia (con Maestro Block) fue aprendé sobre que esta haciendo en el Ukraine. Esto es un poco anticuado pero creo que es bastante interesante.

Es posible que no creo que España tuviera una repercusión importante sobre el efecto de Rusia en Ucrania, pero recientemente Obama tuvo una visita a ver Mariano Rajoy (el primer ministro). Obama tomó el tiempo de su muy apretada agenda para visitar al primer ministro y ver lo que pensaba del interés de Rusia en Crimea. El primer ministro también se preocupa por las consecuencias del interés de Rusia en la región ucraniana. Principalmente se discutieron la economía europea y la manera en que la situación en Ucrania puede afectar sus respectivos países.

En la clase, nos habló de cómo la gente injustamente en Ucrania están siendo tratadas, que siguieron la historia a medida. El gobierno se ha venido deteriorando en algunas zonas durante un tiempo antes de que el tema con Rusia. El gobierno, como lo vimos en clase, fue algo corrupto y la gente empezó rebelarse. Muchos de los responsables del estado se vieron obligados a salir de la oficina. Poco después, la Federación de Rusia se interesó en la península Crimea.

Spanish Q3 Reflection #6

Posted by August Polite in Spanish 3 - Manuel - Y on Thursday, March 13, 2014 at 7:33 pm

http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/03/06/eps/1394133801_099349.html

Cartoons in spain

vocab

gancho- hook

caricaturas - cartoons, caricatures

infintil - childish

crecar - grow up

chistes - jokes

Casi todos sabe algo sobre la revista “the New Yorker”, y por yo, el gancho principal esta la caricaturas. Se eso suena infintil, pero la mejor artista Gary Larson (creador de los cómicos Far Side). Yo asumí que las caricaturas del New Yorker fueron saber a través del mundo. Cuando lee este artículo, pensaba fue mal. En España, tiene un artístico muy bien se llama Antonio Forges, o solo Forges por su apodo. El es en sus 70’s y todavía está trabajando en su arte. Aparentemente el es un de los más famosa artísticos de caricaturas en España. No se mas sobre ello antes de leyendo el artículo en “El País” pero pienso que mi tija me dijo sobre este hombre. No se si fue Forge en particular pero, sobre algo con caricaturas. Ese tijo vivo en Barcelona cuando estaba creciendo y probablemente sabe más sobre España.

Ahora que se un poco sobre este gran icono en el industria de arte en España voy a pensar de él y sus caricaturas. Aparentemente, cuando comienzo dibujando él hizo alrededor de trenta dibujos y chistes y ese colección es lo que hizo reconoció. Solamente un noche de dibujando hizo su carrera.

Spanish Q3 reflection #5

Posted by August Polite in Spanish 3 - Manuel - Y on Thursday, March 13, 2014 at 6:53 pm

La Película “Gravity” de Alfonso Cuarón

http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2014/03/03/actualidad/1393878605_270452.html

vocab

definir - define

disfrutar - enjoy (v)

el resto - the rest

casi - almost

tremendamente - wildly

soportar - stand,bear (v)

debido - due

Anoche fue los Oscars, los premios que puede definir una pelicula. Este año fueron muchas entradas fantástica, incluso “12 years a slave” “Dallas Buyers Club” “The wolf of wall street” y my favorita “Her”. Pero, nada de esos ganaba muchos premios que “Gravity” con Sandra Bullock y George Clooney. Este año he estado disfrutando los peliculas gran y esperaba Gravity a ser en con el resto. Despues de escuchar los opiniones bueno, invitaba mis amigos al cine. Todos de nosotros pensamos vamos a ver el mejor pelicula de este año per... estuve decepcionado. Casi todos de la película fue tremendamente improbable aventuras en espacio. Lee un libro de un astronauta, y el dice que necesita dejar al teatro por que no podia soportar como improbable lo fue. Voy a dar crédito donde credito esta debido. El director, Alfonso Cuarón , hizo un buen trabajo de fabricacion el espacio en la película a mirar realista. Probablemente debo dar mi credito a el personel de pantalla verde, ellos que hicieron mayoría del trabajo.

Spanish Q3 reflection #4

Posted by August Polite in Spanish 3 - Manuel - Y on Thursday, March 13, 2014 at 6:39 pm

Stanley Kubrick

http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/03/06/fotorrelato/1394123656_896905.html#1394123656_896905_1394185922

vocab

intrigado - intrigued

homenaje - homage

retratar - portray

trastornado - deranged

Hay quince años de el director famoso, Stanley Kubrick, y sus peliculas. No pienso que veía todos de esos. Tengo más miedo de “The Shining”, cuando fue en séptimo grado mi maestro de espanol me dijo sobre ese película y fue intrigado. No veía “The Shining” pero, escucha que es fantástico. Recentemente, miraba “American Psycho” y me gusta ese. Ese película tomar inspira de la original “Psycho” una película de la famosa, Alfred Hitchcock. Se este es muchos grados de separación, pero Hitchcock y Kubrick compartan muchas cosas. La caráctar de Norman Bates en Psycho (y su homenaje Patrick Bates en American Psycho) tiene similitudes de los carácteres de Kubrick. Jack Nicholson retrata un hombre trastornado similar que Anthony Hopkins en su rol en Psycho. De todos modos, Kubrick hay contribuía mucho a la industria. Mucho esta interesante, mucho esta oscuro, pero todos esta importante.

Spanish Q3 reflection #3

Posted by August Polite in Spanish 3 - Manuel - Y on Thursday, March 13, 2014 at 6:30 pm

http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/03/07/gente/1394224540_169698.html

La historia de Yoko Ono

vocab

bajar- lower

choque - shock

cólera - anger

Me gusta “The Beatles” mucho. Escribí un reflexión sobre esta banda una pocas semanas pasada. Durante la clase de espanol siempre estoy escuchando a música. Quizás, alguien va a venir y me dijo a bajar el volumen. Más del tiempo escucharé a The Beatles. Tengo todos de su recordas, y hay escuchando a ellos desde será un pequeño niño. Reviví sus historia, de sus álbum primero a “Let it Be” (sus álbum final). Mis padres y sus amigos fueron y todavia estan fanáticos de este banda fantastica, y ahora estoy un gran fanatico. Recientemente, he estado escuchando a “Abbey Road” su final trabajo que fue grabado cuando fueron juntos. Tengo nada pero respeto para ellos y me gusta todos de sus música. Cuando se separan muchos personas fueron triste. Un gran parte de la culpa se fue a Yoko Ono, la esposa de John Lennon. Recentemente, ella cumple ochenta años y todavia esta contenta. Despues de “The Beatles” cuando Yoko y John fue vivían juntos, John fue asesinado en Nueva York. El mundo fue en choque y sus cólera se fue lejos. John tenía dos hijos en su vida, Sean y Julian, uno con Yoko y la otra con su esposa primero Cynthia.

Hecho Divertido: En la canción “Hey Jude” Sir McCartney esta cantando sobre Julian Lennon cuyo apodo en el momento fue Jude.

Revolutions Guidebook Video

Posted by August Polite in World History - Block - C on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at 7:03 pm

For this unit on the study of revolutions I decided to try my hand at animating a rough presentation to go along with my voice over. The focus of the topic relied heavily on the impact of revolutions throughout history, from the French and Haitian to the more recent Arab spring. I have been pursuing studying the effects of activism versus pacifism since we completed a study of civil rights last year. That class garnered my interest in the rivaled works of MLK and Malcolm X. That interest permeates through my presentation and remains the backbone for my other research.

Bibliography:

Primary Sources:

http://resistancestudies.org/?p=140

“The overthrow of the dictator Milosevic in Serbia represents a truly interesting case for students of revolution, in that it happened so genuinely peaceful and popular. In a sense it represents what today within revolution studies are called the “new revolutions” (started by the revolutions in Nicaragua and Iran but made clear for everyone during the 1989/1990 wave of revolutions in Eastern Europe and Soviet Union). The film “Bringing Down a Dictator” is a documentary that describes the whole process (more info about how to get it here). I think we all have something to learn from the Serbian experience.”

http://blackstudies.net/malcolm-x-vs-martin-luther-king-3/

“ If there was a Martin Luther King Jr., there had to be a Malcolm X. Martin Luther King, history remembers. Malcolm X, history tries to forget. But each man in his own way dominated the times in which he lived. . .”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gadadhara-pandit-dasa/martin-luther-king-jr-and_3_b_4631610.html

“It was a marvelous thing to see the amazing results of a non-violent campaign. The aftermath of hatred and bitterness that usually follows a violent campaign was found nowhere in India...”

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/foreign-affairs-defense/egypt-in-crisis/timeline-whats-happened-since-egypts-revolution/

Protesters storm Tahrir square

http://www.academia.edu/4332788/The_EDSA_Revolution_in_the_Philippines_and_the_Prologue_to_the_Peaceful_Revolution_in_Taiwan

http://www.history.co.uk/shows/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-berlin-wall

http://www.history.com/topics/mahatma-gandhi

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/feb/27/tunisian-prime-minister-ghannouchi-resigns

“Tunisia's revolution was sparked by the death of a young street vendor, Mohammed Bouazizi, in December. In an act of desperation which sparked unrest in several other Arab countries in the region, Bouazizi set fire to himself after officials stopped him selling vegetables without permission.”

http://thesquarefilm.com/about

history animation (Converted) from August Polite on Vimeo.

Spanish Q3 reflection #1

Posted by August Polite in Spanish 3 - Manuel - Y on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at 9:51 am

The Tonight Show

El Pais

http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2014/02/18/television/1392741877_918549.html

vocab

casi - almost

audicionar - audition

desde - since

Casi diez años hace, un hombre joven fue a nueva york para poder audicionar en sábado noche vivo. Esta revista es sobre el nueva programa de que hombre. Jimmy Fallon trabajaba en SNL por pocos años y organizaba Late Night por cerca cinco años. Fue mucho popular cuando tiene la 12:00 raruna de tiempo. Recientemente, se mudó al “Tonight Show” y obtuvo la 11:00 raruna. Quizás, piensas esta cambia no está importante, pero, desde su transición de Late Night, está ganado mucho más espectadores. En su primera semana tenía muchos invitados famosos (incluso Jerry Seinfeld, Michelle Obama, y Will Smith). Ahora, estan en su segunda semana y haciendo muy bien.

Spanish Q3 reflection #2

Posted by August Polite in Spanish 3 - Manuel - Y on Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at 6:41 pm

Los revistas de Himmler

El Pais

http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2014/01/24/actualidad/1390591463_754626.html

vocab

tema - topic

investigación - research

raza - race

se han descubierto - have been discovered

que contiene - containing

Por la clase de ingles nosotros estamos estudiando el holocausto en Alemania durante y antes de el segundo guerra mundial. Leímos un libro se llama “the book thief” lo escribía tres o cuatro años pasado de el autor Markus Zusak. Sabía algo sobre el Holocausto antes de leyendo ese libro pero después de terminando puedo ver esa tragedia en una manera nueva. Antes de llegar a este artículo tengo que hablar sobre el museo del holocausto en dc. Hace un rato nuestros clase fuimos a ese museo y nunca realmente he entendí como fuerte esta experiencia sería. Había tres exposiciones y cada fue muy profunda y la mayor del tiempo, mas triste.

Esta bien, ahora que sabes sobre mi interés en ese tema, voy a hablar sobre las letras de Himmler. Himmler fue un hombre más mal, trabajaba con Hitler en el investigación de la raza aria. Hay muchos libros y biografías sobre Himmler que explican los crímenes contra la humanidad. Ahora, nuevas letras se han descubierto que contiene información sobre su vida. En algunas maneras lo esta bien que ellos tienen esas letras porque sabrán más sobre sus actos horribles.

Spanish journal Q2 #4

Posted by August Polite in Spanish 3 - Manuel - Y on Tuesday, January 7, 2014 at 10:06 am

Autodifisia en México 2013

El Pais

vocab

suceder - happen (v)

cuestión - issue

fabricacion - production

atemorizante - scary

En otra noticias sobre violencia de pistolas, la guerra con los narcos en méxico y todavía está sucediendo y está más sangriento que nunca. Algunos quizás deciria que la guerra es más violento por hay razón pero las historias sobre los narcos va a hacer que te pensar algo diferente. Lee un artículo sobre ese cuestión (en “El País”) y lo fue más peor que yo pensaba. Solamente el Sábado pasado dos cien personas caminaban a el ciudad de Paracuaro con muchas armas y ellos confrontaron la policía. Muchos ciudades en México son centros de fabricación para los industrias de metanfetamina y marihuana. La industria de drugos en México es muy atemorizante, y los narcos pueden ser muy violento. En el artículo leo sobre un incidente cuando un grupo de mercenarios fuimos a un bar y cayeron cinco cabezas sobre la mesa. Esto era un cosa horrible y ojala algo va a hacer a esperar estos asesinatos terribles. La industria está en el control de algunas de las grandes ciudades y cosas esta se salga de control. Algunos de los oficiales del ejército fueron incluso asesinados en los últimos meses.

Spanish journal Q2 #3

Posted by August Polite in Spanish 3 - Manuel - Y on Monday, January 6, 2014 at 11:19 am

armas en El salvador

El Pais

vocab

Informe - reports

disgustado - upset, disgruntled

aflojar - loosen (v)

guerra - war

Envíos - shipments

recientemente estudios he mostrar que más de los pistolas en el país de El Salvador eran de los estados unidos. En los años pasados, profesionales pensaban que casi todos de los armas en ese país estaba de los estados unidos. Informes sobre crimen mostra que todos de los armas usadas en el crimen son de el U.S. No sabemos donde se hicieron pero sabemos que fueron comprar aqui en los estados unidos. Cuando lee eso yo fui un poco disgustado porque se que El Salvador es el segundo más alto en el mundo para homicidio. Cómo puede esto no abrir los ojos de las personas que quieren mantener nuestras leyes de armas actuales? Si permitimos nuestros leyes de armas afloja, cosas malas que va pasar. En El Salvador y Honduras, 70% de los asesinatos son causados por armas. Muchas personas en los Estados encuentra formas para pedir los pistolas a países en América de sur. Despues de algunos guerras muchos armas todavia esta en los cuidados y los envíos de los Estados no esta ayudando. El gobierno de El Salvador constantemente esta tratando a destruir más de los pistolas y armas, pero nosotros en el Estados necesitamos a ayudar porque somos un parte de la problema.

Spanish journal Q2 #2

Posted by August Polite in Spanish 3 - Manuel - Y on Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at 11:47 am

Nelson Mandela

El Pais

vocab

logros - accomplishments

racismo - racism

en todo el mundo - around the world

ídolo - idol

esfuerzo - effort (n)

en lugar de - instead of

líder - leader

funcionario - official

lucha - struggle

enviar - send

no sé más sobre el presidente de Sudáfrica, solamente que él fue un hombre muy bien. Fue una inspiración a todos nosotros, y estoy triste que nunca aprendía más sobre su vida y logros. Voy a alabarle para trabajando fuerte por sus pasiones. Por lo que he oído, cuando él fue joven estaba trabajando que terminar apartheid y racismo. Eventualmente se convirtió a el primer negro presidente de Sudáfrica. Respeto ese hombre mucho por todos, él se ayuda el mundo con muchos problemas. Hablamos sobre el vida de señor mandela en el clase de Inglés la semana pasada. Personas en todo el mundo hablaron sobre ese ídolo y sus esfuerzos en su país y en el mundo. En Inglés nosotros hablamos sobre su tiempo en prisión y como él usio paz y respeto en lugar de venganza. Fue en prison por muchos años en su vida, cuando fue un joven, y todavía no estaba enojado a el gobierno. El es el definición de un líder y más personas en el gobierno aquí deben aprender de el acciones de Nelson Mandela. Si solamente un poco de nuestros funcionarios podria actuar similar que Mandela, este pais funcionaria (trabaja? va a trabajar?) más mejor. Anteayer, mire algo en facebook sobre un funcionario del g.o.p (pienso que era Rick Santorum), él comparó su lucha con “obamacare” al batalla de Neslon Mandela y apartheid.

1. Esto es ridículo porque cuidado de salud no está enviando alguien a prison.

2. Sudáfrica tiene cuidado de salud universal.

Spanish Q2 Journal #1

Posted by August Polite in Spanish 3 - Manuel - Y on Friday, November 8, 2013 at 10:03 am

Cómics en Spain

vocab

de todos modos - anyway

interés - interest

Por lo que he oído - from what ive heard

mezclar - mix

poesía - poetry

alabanza - praise

anadir - to add (v)

pulido - polished

demasiado - too much

la semana pasada el escritor Miguelanxo Prado ganó una premmio para su cómic “Ardalén”. No lo lee, pero quisiera leerlo después de estaba mirando ese artículo. Me gusta leyendo cómics, pero no he comprando un libro en casi un año. Cuando fui joven, y estaba en escuela primaria, yo y mis amigos estábamos yendo al tiendo de cómics y compré muchos libros, incluso spider man(araña hombre) , the walking dead (los muertos caminandos), y the spirit (el espíritu). Me gusta todos de esos libros, pero no he leyendo esos en un tiempo largo. De todos modos, pienso que eso cómic de señor Prado va a ser un cosa buena para mi interés en el mundo de cómics. Despues de leyendo sobre “Arladén”, quizás voy a leerlo. Aparentemente su trabajo he sido sobre mágica y sueños. Por lo que he oído Prado mezcla ficción y emoción en una manera de poesía, recibió alabanza de personas similar que Steven Spielberg y otras personas famosas con muchos premios de cómics. El mejor parte de sus trabajos estan su arte, añade mucho amor a cada ilustración y le usa muchos estilos y utensilios para un producto final mucho interesante y pulido. Quizás sabes que estoy mejorando mi dibujar porque cuando estoy más viejo quiero a trabajar en una empresa como cartoon network o si no allí, alguna donde puedo trabajar con arte o música. Cartoon Network esta mas interesante a yo porque, aprenderé a animar en mi ILP en drexel. Necesito a practica, y tengo más a aprender.

Tuve un poco problemo cuando estaba escribiendo eso reflexion, estaba trabajando cuando de repente realice que he sido usando google translate demasiado. Me gusta que escribir en espanol pero no se si estoy escribiendo más bien. Si puedes corregir los errores en mi escritura, lo sería más útil. Gracias

August.

Spanish journal #8

Posted by August Polite in Spanish 3 - Manuel - Y on Thursday, October 24, 2013 at 12:41 pm

Obama después de el crisis

El pais 10/18/2013

vocab

cierre - shutdown

por suerte- luckily

negar - deny (v)

proyecto de ley

rechazar - reject (v)

miembros - members

esperanza - hope

El mundo sabe sobre el cierre de nuestro gobierno. Personas en todo del mundo saben que el presidente y los republicanos en congress no realmente estan amigos. Este desacuerdo fue un parte de el cierre. Por suerte, el cierre terminó y lo ve que Obama está ganando.Después del lío que los republicanos hicieron, Obama hice dos cosas importantes, primero fijaba las problemas con su healthcare universal. Muchos de los estados le niegan ese proyecto de ley, y ahora hablador Boehner no esta teniendo la culpa para las problemas con el sito de Obama. Segunda, Obama va a hacer un nuevo proyecto de ley sobre reforma inmigración, Y después del debacle sobre atención de la salud. Pienso que los republicanos van a tratar rechazar todos de sus proyectos. Pienso que nuestro presidente está tratando a hacer un trabajo bueno, y fijar este país pero Boehner y los miembros del Tea Party solamente quieran a hacer más problemas por Obama. Escuché a las entrevistas de Boehner y incluso Bill O'reilly. Si ellos estan los iconos de los republicanos, tengo poco esperanza para ellos.

Spanish journal #7

Posted by August Polite in Spanish 3 - Manuel - Y on Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at 10:42 am

El Pais, La historia de Malala

10/10/13

vocab

episodio - episode

controlar - control (v)

sobreviver - survive (v)

mundial - global

Ayer, estaba mirando “the daily show” con Jon Stewart. Veía muchos episodios mientras trabajé en mi tarea. En un episodio Stewart tuvé un invitado se llama Malala. Ella tiene 16 años y recientemente escribió un libro sobre su vida con los talibanes. Ella Hablaba con Stewart sobre cómo los talibanes no quieren mujeres y chicas a tener un educación, y cómo Malala pienses que todos de las mujeres tienen el derecho a un escuela buena. En su hogar de Pakistán, los talibanes controlan casi todos de las escuelas en los ciudades mejores, y lo obviamente no está bien.

ayer, estaba leyendo el sito “El Pais” , y veia un articulo sobre la historia de Malala. Hoy sé más sobre está joven inspiradora pero, algunas de sus historias no esta mas feliz. Cuando los talibanes escuchaba que esa chica estaba protestando, ellos le atacaron y tratar a matar ella.
Ellos dispararon ella. Malala sobrevivió y ahora quizás recibe una “nobel peace prize” para sus acciones. Esta historia difundió a los estados unidos y otra países, y ahora es una historia mundial. Despues de su experiencia en “the daily show” muchas personas estan conscientes de la historia de Malala.

spanish journal #6

Posted by August Polite in Spanish 3 - Manuel - Y on Monday, October 7, 2013 at 8:51 am

El Pais 10/4/13

“Grand Theft Auto V”

vocab

lanzar - release/launch

ficticia - fictional

tamaño - size

amplitud - scope/scale

revelador - developer

incluir - include (irregular?)

recreativo - recreational

dos semanas atrás, el estudio “Rockstar” lanzó un juego pequeño se llama “grand theft auto v”. Ellos estaba trabajando en ese juego por cinco (o más) años, y ahora cuando que su juego está en las tiendas, tienen mucho a decir sobre lo. No me lo he jugado eso, pero lo ve bueno. Normalmente no me gusta juegos que tiene más violencia pero siento que tengo que jugar este por que lo es su obra maestra. Lo es un juego sobre vida en california y las historias de tres caracteres y sus tiempos cuando eran criminales. La historia está en el ciudad ficticia de “los santos” su versión de Los Ángeles, y está muy fantástico en su tamaño y amplitud. El ciudad en el juego tiene más a hacer aparte de robando carros, tiendas y bancos; el revelador,

Rockstar, estaba tratando a hacer Los Santos sentir que un ciudad reales. Ellos incluyen cosas recreativas como al golf, y al tenis. Es un experiencia sobre los males de vida, y también los partes divertidos; el jugador puede hacer todo en el mundo del juego, y eso está una cosa muy peligroso. Esta idea, para tener un mundo realito, está una manera buena a mirar personas y como actuamos cuando podemos hacer todos. Esa estaba el objetivo del revelador, y lo estuve muy exitoso. El juego hizo un billón dolares en su tres días primeras.

Keystone Pipeline monologues

Posted by August Polite in World History - Block - C on Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at 9:02 pm

Introduction

The Keystone Pipeline is a surprisingly unknown current event that is threatening to change the oil industry in the U.S and Canada. This change in industry can be construed in many different lights due to the many different forces that are trying to shift the tides of it’s fate. On the more conservative side you will find people arguing that this oil pipeline will be the necessary boost to job generation that the U.S needs, limiting our dependencies on our oil supply from non allied countries. However, like any project that impacts the environment, there are swathes of citizens (both American and Canadian) who are opposing and appealing this project, trying to hold Obama to his word about trying to find more carbon friendly energy options. This oil pipeline would be transporting crude (unrefined) oil from canadian “tar sands” down through the middle of the United states to the gulf of mexico. Since so much of the project relies on the cooperation of the U.S. the final decision is left to the president, what he chooses to do with this choice is at the forefront of many peoples’ minds as the deadline for this pipeline looms nearer.

Part Two

1. The keystone pipeline will only create temporary unsustainable jobs.

2. The oil the pipeline transports is just has crude as other imported oil.

3. Obama has been chosen to make the final decision about the continuation of the pipeline.

4. The pipeline will cross over hundreds of water sources through the u.s.

5. The pipeline will limit our dependencies on oil from our supposed "enemies" in middle eastern countries.

Part Three

“ok” - august polite

Ok, yeah I have to go now,

yes... Ok this is the end this conversation

Oh my god, goodbye

yeah, ugh,

bye

...

hey

no, i’m not hungry; I mean, like, I already ate

yeah, I didn’t know when you would be back.

I know you had interviews, it’s ok, are there any new things that have opened up?

yeah, sorry I know

I am gonna go do homework or something...

yeah or something

[music starts playing loudly]

Homework

[music volume lowers and gets muffled]

what? No, I’m fine I just hate being patronized by this retarded school

Oh my god, I know! Ok, I don’t mean ‘retarded’ I’m just mad ok; because, I mean look at this, am I in fucking first grade?

Ok, I’m sorry, yeah

Well you look at this, look at this

No I don’t wanna move; all of my friends are here and every other school is terrible

I wish I could go to one of those schools out in the suburbs

I imagine that they actually learn stuff

yeah, ok, ok, ok, ok, I know that dad. Shit is expensive

Well did you find anything new?

What?!

I want to know, do you think I deserve to know?

cause I kind of want to know ok? I mean you said we could go on vacation

ok, well I don’t even really care what you do

a month? Really? I doubt that so much, you want me to believe that that thing will be ready to give anyone who lines up a well paying job.

so the freaking canadians are just gonna march down here are set up shop and we will be all set?

forever? you want me to be proud of you for finding this piece of crap ‘opportunity’?

I’m just mad

yeah I’m ok

I’m fine

that doesn’t really sound all that good for the environment

I said that I don’t think it will be good for the environment

and you are the one telling me to turn off the lights every freaking minute

to save like half a watt of power

I don’t know! Well if you get paid I guess it’s better than nothing

well I’m sorry ok?

yeah I’m ok

I’m ok

“cough” - August Polite

wow!

*cough*

Hey dude

*cough*

hey yeah, what time is it?

damn it’s like midnight why are you even awake?

...

I don’t know

yo, I asked first!

yeah oh that sucks man

bro I hate to break it to you but your dad is kind of an ass

...

you’re welcome

but no! You have have to tell him not to work there man

haven’t you been friends with me for like 5 years?

yeah and the pipeline is no freaking worse

*cough*

dude, guess what

yeah

it’s hilarious! my dad is locked up for, like, the next few days

man calm down, it’s no big deal

of course he was at the protest, he is like a huge hippie

no, I’m actually kind of proud of him

he usually just f’s around all day

no she’s probably just passed out upstairs

yeah she got so drunk I doubt she gives a shit

anyway

yeah, yeah ditch that guy

come see one these protests though, it’s some pretty inspiring junk

*cough*

yeah! And it’s happening right here! You’re gonna be missing out!

yeah I nearly got arrested at the last one, it was epic

ah, whatever it’s the same thing dude

you’re such a f-

oh let me have my fun

sorry yeah I’m just tired

ok yeah

but I’m serious, do you even know what this pipeline thing is all about?

it’s some messed up stuff

they are just taking this dirty freaking oil out of the earth

no, but this is different

this is, it’s like, dirtier

than normal

*cough*

whatever

head home if you're so worried about it

I’m just gonna chill here and think about

...

life

I don’t know

later

“yes?” - august polite

wow that’s very interesting

yes

oh yes

well actually I do have a son

yes, we get along quite well

oh wow isn’t that something...

yes 14, it’s a tricky age

...

well right to business,

ok great,

so as you probably know jobs here have been quite... difficult to come by

and, having the experience that I do, architectural design, some contracting,

I thought that it might be nice if you thought about using some of the past employees

including myself

to work with the canadian company on managing their oil route

through the city

...

yes, that’s right

well I just thought

since I have the experience and

yes

yes sir

alright

that’s great

well I can assure you that choosing me for this job, if it were to become available, would be the right choice

yes, and to reiterate, I think that my knowledge of the area could benefit th-

great!

so hopefully I will be hearing from you shortly?

well, oh, ok

so maybe I might hear from you over the next few months?

alright,

next year?

that ... sounds great

I really appreciate what you are doing -

might do

for us

thanks again

yes

thank you for your time

...

yes

history monologue from August Polite on Vimeo.

Spanish Journal #5

Posted by August Polite in Spanish 3 - Manuel - Y on Tuesday, October 1, 2013 at 10:07 am

Breaking Bad finale

August Polite

vocab:

intrigante - intriguing

temporada - season (tv)

química - chemistry

obra maestra - masterpiece

era, época - era

retratar - portray

rendimiento - performance

El domingo pasado mi programa favorita terminó, y lo estuvo el final de una era. La programa es "Breaking Bad"; una historia sobre la vida de Walter White y sus decisiones malas. Él estaba un maestro que tenía cáncer, comenzó a hacer drogas con su estudiante Jesse. Fue un maestro de ciencias y sabe mucho sobre química. Jesse sabía el mercado y Walter Sabía las químicas, su idea fue bueno pero ellos tenían muchos problemas. Walter White estaba retratar de el actor Bryan Cranston, y Jesse fue Aaron Paul. Pienso lo estaba el debut de Aaron Paul y estaba muy bueno para él porque ganó muchos premios por su rendimiento. Fue cinco temporadas y todos fue muy bueno, cada temporada tenía algo que fue muy interesante. Los escritores están inteligente y ellos saben como a hacer un historia intrigante. El creador de el serie (se llama Vince Gilligan) escribía el episodio final y lo escribió bien. Breaking Bad es una programa que será amado por muchos años en el futuro. El año pasado mi tio me introdujo a breaking bad, y cuando estaba en california con él y su familia nosotros lo mirábamos cada dia. Estoy triste que no puedo ver más de este programa, pero estoy emocionado a ver que Vince Gilligan y su escritores van a hacer después de su obra maestra, Breaking Bad, Ese es el final de una época.

spanish journal #4

Posted by August Polite in Spanish 3 - Manuel - Y on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at 10:41 am

Spanish Journal #3

Posted by August Polite in Spanish 3 - Manuel - Y on Friday, September 20, 2013 at 8:20 am

spanish journal #2

Posted by August Polite in Spanish 3 - Manuel - Y on Monday, September 16, 2013 at 8:40 pm

spanish journal #1

Posted by August Polite in Spanish 3 - Manuel - Y on Thursday, September 12, 2013 at 6:56 pm

Vanadium print (August Polite)

Posted by August Polite in Art - Freshman - Hull on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 8:13 pm

inquiry
I researched a little bit about my element (vanadium) and its properties. The most interesting thing I found was an image of a small bit of vanadium in a strange circular interlacing pattern, which was the inspiration for my print.
research
I did some minor research on the topic, learning about the purpose and uses of vanadium. I eventually just settled with the image I had found before, since vanadium's practical uses were not that interesting.
collaboration
I helped my friends decide on their final designs, learning about their element, while they gave me input on my design.
presentation
I tried to make my design look as nice as possible while keeping it simple. I lost a large part of the aesthetic in the printing process, underestimating how difficult it would be to convey shading on the linoleum.
Reflection
I am fairly happy with the end result I obtained, however in the future (since I now have a better understanding of the medium) I will try to take a more reasonable approach.

This side of Paradise (F. Scott Fitzgerald)

Posted by August Polite in English 1 - Dunn on Friday, June 7, 2013 at 10:45 pm

This Side of Paradise
F. Scott Fitzgerald
a review by August Polite

The story of Amory Blaine is an interesting one; though not an immediately gripping dialogue, it does not fail to interest the reader in a way that most books simply cannot accomplish. The story of Amory is relatable, but mysteriously captivating, and funny at times. The story is an American classic and it holds up surprisingly well, offering a different style of writing that isn’t really used much today. The story doesn’t begin with a proper exposition of the characters, instead it starts by dropping you right into the story of this peculiar character, letting you get a feel for what is happening in the world. Throughout the first sections of Amory’s life it feels more like a biography instead of a novel. The character seems so real and is described in such a realistic and detailed manner that at times, you forget that he is in fact a piece of fiction. He comes across as a conventional advantageous and affluent young man in the twenties, striving to get ahead in life; a very relatable format, although some may find lulls at points in the story.
Many have claimed that “This side of Paradise” is not one of Fitzgerald prize works, but that it was a necessary step for him to find his rhythm. I have only read some fragmented sections of “the Great Gatsby” (one of Fitzgerald’s most prestigious works) and somewhat agree with the book’s critics, however “This Side of Paradise” has a different appeal. It feels more like a window into Fitzgerald’s past and offers a look at his climb to fame.

Philadelphia - homelessness & hunger

Posted by August Polite in English 1 - Dunn on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 5:52 pm

blog #3 hunger/homeless canned food campaign

I was at quite a standstill on my “you and the world” project for the majority of this year. I was at a loss for what I should do to advance my campaign, and where I should go with it in the last quarter. I had not really been sure of what I would do to assist my cause on a local basis, everything I planned on doing did not seem to work out. my inclination to come up with a viable option was draining quickly, when I remembered something.

The school I attended for middle school would always run a canned food drive and I was always interested in the process. An administrator and I exchanged a few emails, and within a day I knew how I could help my cause. The cans and non-perishable foods would always go the food pantry at saint mark’s church, and the best way I could help was to donate more cans. It was fairly late in the game to be starting my project, but I had high expectations and threw together some signs and boxes. I thought that I could help out the food pantry for at least the last few months of school, just by donating what cans we could accumulate in the short time period.

In hindsight I should have advertised more adamantly for my project, seeing as no one really payed any attention to it. I gained enthusiasm for the project as time progressed, but never acted properly or at the right time. Seeing as my project slightly fell flat (in terms of actually causing a change) I plan on continuing to run my canned food drive for as long as I can (haha, “can”). I will do my best to run a proper advertising campaign, including announcements in the newsletter, signs around school, and going around to alert different advisories about the drive. I would like to really make an impact on the homeless and hungry people in my community and am disappointed that I could not do as much as I would have liked for this project. Saint Mark’s church has been around for over 20 years, helping out hungry people and spreading happiness to the less fortunate. I would like to continue my canned food drive at SLA and hopefully begin something that could change lives.

Bibliography: http://bit.ly/12yK1st

Historias de inmigración- Wynn y August

Posted by August Polite in Spanish 2 - Bey on Monday, May 13, 2013 at 3:13 pm

http://www.pbs.org/destinationamerica/ps_ctn_06.html

~Summary~

Manuel fue un inmigrante ilícito, y el habla sobre sus historias de cuando ellos cruzaron la frontera a los Estados Unidos. Habla sobre trabajar en Illinios y ganaba dinero por sus hijos y esposa. Cuando él cruzó atrás la frontera de Chicago a Mexico, no tuve problemos y estaba feliz porque estaba con sus hijos y esposa. Estaba importante a trabajar en los estados unidos porque Manuel podria ganar mucho dinero, por cinco meses en Illinios ganó más dinero que ganó por tres años en México.

~Questions~
1) What border did Manuel cross to/from?
2) Why did Manuell illegally cross the border from Mexico to the U.S.?
3) Why is it so dangerous to cross the U.S. border?
4) What are some reasons that Manuel might not have been able to cross legally?
5) 5 months salary in the U.S. Is equivalent to how many years salary in Mexico?
6) Where was Manuel’s family when he went to the U.S.?
7) Where in the U.S. did manuel go when he immigrated?
8) How did Manuel physically get across the border? I.E. on foot? by car? by plane? by boat?
9) How long did he live in the U.S.?
10) Who did he live with in Chicago?/.,jhg

August Polite- negative space

Posted by August Polite in Art - Freshman - Hull on Friday, May 3, 2013 at 9:08 am

A. What is negative space
Negative space is the area around an object, opposed to the area within the object.

B. Explain how you found negative space in 1. your cut out?, 2. in your still life drawing?

I drew the area around the chair by filling in that space with pencil strokes. I symbolized the actual space by leaving it blank.

C. Why does it help an artist to see in negative space?

Because the object floating in the air can seem disjointed, it is good to include an environment.

D. Does seeing in negative space enhance drawings, why or why not?

It can in the right time/place.

Final Perspective drawing-Polite

Posted by August Polite in Art - Freshman - Hull on Saturday, April 20, 2013 at 12:03 pm

a. What is one thing that your learned specifically that you did not know before.

I learned how to draw with lots of detail, as well as how to carefully observe my environment.

b. How did leaning this thing make your drawings better.

I was able to create a mental presence of the room in my drawing. Without observing your
drawing might not convey anything.

c. If you did this assignment again, what would you do differently?

I would probably remember to upload it on time.

d. What is your advice to someone who has never drawn a one point perspective drawing before?

I would recommend doing your measurements carefully, check to see what is commensurate and what the proportions are.

e. What resource helped you the most and why?

I didn't use many of the sources, with enough trial and error you can create a pretty good representation of something.

Macbeth creative portion-August Polite

Posted by August Polite in English 1 - Dunn on Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 8:37 pm

Project: www.dropbox.com/macbeth-augustpolite

Description:

This diagram/poster displays the similarities between the stories of AMC's Breaking Bad and Shakespeare's Macbeth. Although the two stories are not directly related in many aspects, general themes are transferable between them. I flushed out the majority of these within the chart by illustrating them in a simplified form. I tried to incorporate my quotes into the illustrations by having each of the relations correlate to one or more of the quotes I chose.

Questions:

a. My project was about relating the themes that Shakespeare created in Macbeth and seeing how they relate to media in modern times. The ideas and story telling devices in Macbeth are still very viable options for writers to use today.

b. I tried to make an easy-to-understand chart that displayed the similarities and story sections/themes.

c. At first it was difficult to draw all of the characters in a consistent style, but after a few drafts I got the hang of it and started on the final. I am not that good with photoshop, but this was a good learning experience for future projects.

d. I am most proud about the style I used to draw all of the characters. I think they turned out really well. I used the Macbeth charter designs from the Patrick Stuart version, and those characters worked very well along side the Breaking Bad characters.

e. I would find a way to incorpate the quotes better into the actual art; I think that flaw might be the downfall of my project.

f. I learned about making a good vocal presentation to the audience.

g.I learned that when you are really invested in part of the project and you put your best work into it, it becomes less of a chore. I really wanted this project to reflect some of my skills, and not to be sloppy.

August's Q3 reflection

Posted by August Polite in Geometry - Thompson on Monday, March 18, 2013 at 11:37 am

Homelessness Rates

Posted by August Polite in English 1 - Dunn on Monday, January 21, 2013 at 1:52 pm

blog #2 Bibliography: http://tinyurl.com/b23aj24

Writing about a topic like homelessness can be fairly tricky, it is hard for a student to get solid first hand information. This may just be because I am not that talented at talking to people, let alone strangers. The difficult part is differentiating the people who have just been exposed to series of unfortunate events and are still hurting, or the people who have sunk into their own failure and ended up victims of their own collapse.
Much of what makes these victims fall into this spiral is based on how people think of them. There are many people who will judge a person on the street at first glance. This may be unjust due to the fact that there are many homeless people that could potentially be dangerous or mentally unsound. Four thousand, that may not seem like an amount to warrant any infatuation, this is the number (approximately) of people who do not legally have homes. This is a number that should be lowered, drastically. One way to help is, instead of giving charity and walking away feeling like a great person as many people seem to have done, http://tinyurl.com/candf82,) going to a shelter to help out. The shelters need assistance to stay sustained, most of the shelters seem to close during the summer causing many homeless people to relinquish their constant source of nourishment, shelter, and home. Going to a shelter is not a thing that everyone is obliged to partake in, there are many other ways to try and mend this cause. Many local establishments offer food drives, sandwich making, and other things that can really help. Homelessness has been on a steady rise in cities like Philadelphia, much of this is due to the scarcity of reasonable health plans. Many people who need health care plans will run out of money on insurance that should ease worrying, not cause more. In the past year the rate of homelessness has been up and down; generally falling steadily, there is no way of predicting where we will be in a few years.
Good ways to help out include, helping shelters with supplies or even making food to send on the weekends. I have seen many schools and other public locations offer food drives and things of that nature, and frankly these things are exactly what we need more of in this city (Philadelphia).

Paper Towns-John Green

Posted by August Polite on Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at 9:56 am

My Opinion on Paper Towns (John Green)
-August Polite

Not many books, or any pieces of art for that matter, will change your opinion (unless that was the intended purpose). Paper Towns carelessly delves into a memorable teenage adventure that knows where and when to take itself seriously. I enjoy the story’s evolution as well as the evolution of the characters. The main character “Q” progresses from a scared child to a young adult sinking into a cold depression while in search of the mysterious girl he doesn’t quite understand. This girl (Margo) is the focus of the novel, and her actions reel the reader in as much they reel in her fellow characters. She decides to fall out of line and do something drastic and shake up her entire life.

What makes this book special is its dedication to its point. I never found myself questioning the author and at some moments I completely forgot that there even was a person in control of these children’s lives all along. The ideas the book brings up are very poignant and thoughtful topics, from both parts of story. On one side there is the confused boy, he is enthralled and excited by Margo’s sudden disappearance but is soon flooded by a whole other slew of emotions, when he questions her motives and begins to lose sight of his goal. Without spoiling too much of the story, Margo’s deep thoughts of life provide a moving adventure timed with near precision and timing to keep a brilliant and engaging pace.

I greatly enjoyed this book for its deep undertones and quirky exterior, no other book has kept itself in my mind even while I had finished the last page. It questions our system, how we will eventually just follow our designated paths even if we become successful won’t we always be in the shadow of something else. Margo’s logic is what really drives this book, her craving to rebel almost makes me want to rebel as well. The book makes you want to do something different with your life.

August Polite keynote

Posted by August Polite in Technology- Freshmen - Hull on Monday, December 3, 2012 at 9:38 am

I have been drawing things for years, and just recently made a tumblr for my art.
I put a lot of digital art there and it is starting to expand rapidly. This is an important part of my life because I hope to use this as a mean to bridge out to the professional art world. I just added the visual art portion of my life, but I also am trying to branch out to the musical strata in the form of an E.P I am working on.
I like the show “Adventure Time” and draw things about it as well as
the art for the ipad app:“Sword and Sworcery”.
The art I do is not exactly for the game but I have come into contact with the creator and he has commented on my art and added it to his blog.

blog #1

Posted by August Polite in English 1 - Dunn on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 9:56 am

blog post #1

I think that music is an important thing and should be appreciated by all but sadly is not. I can do literally nothing to change that, people have different tastes and move along on different paths. I like to think that I will make music in the future, however all of my failed attempts linger in my head and almost prevent me from progressing because I never think what I have is good. I am constantly belittled by friends who can see with a fresh slate and just do whatever they want to do. I would like to help kids out with music at my old school where there is a very strong after school program.

I walk through Rittenhouse square quite often and have met some pretty interesting people that deserve some recognition. Not to be pessimistic but there is really nothing I can do to enact the individual success or happiness of each of these people. If I were trying to make money playing music, I would not rely on the assistance of a high school student for my revenue.

The main focus of my idea was to help homeless people make some money. I will expand on that before getting into my current idea; I see homeless musicians much better than myself on the street all the time and most people don’t even turn to look. I know some good samaritans would stop and donate a dollar or so, but most people walk blindly by. I think that some of these musicians deserve better. I researched the laws and regulations on what I could do in a public space and many of them are restricting to my plan which was to busk with the musicians in a more organized way. After toying with this idea I found two main flaws: The first being, I could insult some performers by offering my “help” when they believe that it is not needed, secondly I could get in trouble for creating a commotion or the like.

I think that I will do more behind the scenes work such as raising awareness in the form of videos that I will find/compile and using the after school club with the little kids, because maybe they will be able to offer more to society when they are my age are older. I will be teaching the kids about music and it’s affect and hopefully get a few of them excited to help these musicians on the streets.

here is my bibliography: https://docs.google.com/a/scienceleadership.org/document/d/1PG3YRX7pf-LDZ2HLbvLdg7pQuYr5SO13nnaA2amtkVg/edit
http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/news-and-opinion/cover-story/Meet-Phillys-Street-Musicians.html

TKAM Scout Editorial

Posted by August Polite in English 1 - Dunn on Monday, November 5, 2012 at 8:12 am

August Polite

August's Home Network

Posted by August Polite in Technology- Freshmen - Hull on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 12:11 pm

Polite, August, home network

-This is a diagram of my L.A.N. network (local area network) is provided by verizon, but not FIOS. The internet signal is channeled through my router and my wireless apple airport extreme. From there it is broadcasted to the rest of my computers including our main Imac. The Imac has a port mapping software on it that can direct data from the minecraft server to other people.