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Misconception of Immigration

Posted by Fionn Hyland in English 3 · Block · B Band on Monday, January 13, 2020 at 7:50 pm

Immigrants leaving their country are often misunderstood by people, especially in America. People often don’t understand immigrant stories due to lack of exposure to people from diverse backgrounds and they don’t believe that immigrants are in danger when they leave their own country. These perceptions lead to the belief that immigrants take jobs from locals and milk the system. Many believe that immigrants don’t work and just claim welfare checks and get SNAP benefits from the government.

We can further understand these misconceptions with the article, “Abandoned Vans of Atlanta” entire communities have been changed by the new Trump administration. The communities are being changed because there is no one to fill jobs that immigrants once took. More importantly immigrants are living in fear of being arrested by ICE. This fear does not only affect the parents but also their children who may be documented Americans. In the town of Atlanta, as the article states, “Once engines of economic opportunity, the vans are now tombstones for the disappeared. In the counties that make up metropolitan Atlanta, immigration-related arrests have spiked over the last two years, as ICE and local law enforcement agencies have moved to vigorously enforce immigration law at the behest of the Trump administration.” In essence the Trump administration has changed the whole make up of the town and with this how the people of Atlanta look at immigrants. The fear that immigrants feel is driven by the average American’s lack of understanding of the immigrant story.

We learn more about the immigrant story in the article “What It is like to be a migrant in the age of Trump.” We can begin to see how the perception of others affect the immigrant experience. A quote from this article is “Rosa’s problem hadn’t started with the gangs, but with her husband. He drank, and when he was drunk enough he liked to beat up Rosa. One night, earlier in the summer, he came home and beat her up again. For Rosa, it was the last straw. She took her two kids and left. He begged her to come home, but she refused. Then, desperate, he swallowed poison, was taken to the hospital and died.” Her brother-in law, who was a gang member blamed her for his death and she had to escape. On the surface people would see this as a woman not leaving to save her life but leaving her husband for selfish reasons and possibly to come to America just for an easier life. What we see on the surface is not always the reality. However, it has become easier for people in America to just look at the surface. People only the headlines or small pieces of social media and don’t really process the real story. Another source called “A Migrant’s Story from a Greek island” verified this idea of people making assumptions about peoples’ stories. This documentary is set in Greece and it has interviews with tourists who visit the island who meet with Syrian refugees and talk about their stories. It is clear that the tourist’s initial ideas about the Syrian refugees is different then their reality. People’s misperception of the immigrant plight appears to not just happen in America.

 In the article “Feds detain nearly 600 in Mis. plant raid” we learn about the largest workplace immgration raid in US history. Over 600 workers who where undocumented were arrested. We see a picture of a crying eleven year old girl who is sobbing for her dad's release. Her hand is tilted she is wearing a pink and white shirt. She is sobbing into her hands and is clearly very distressed. More images in the article show parents being led away in handcuffs by ICE workers. The NPR article further discusses how the town has come together to support these workers and their children left behind, even though it is a town where 60% of the population voted for Trump. Even though many are supportive of the families, there is a divide and  many also believe that immigrants who are undocumented should not be given anything and should not be supported because they should not be in America in the first place. One person said, “There are a lot of people here needing help who are legal.” Those who think this way seem not to understand that these immigrants had jobs, paid bills and had kids being educated in the local schools. This event really shows the divide between what people believe about immigrants and how those beliefs can affect how immigrants are treated. 

A contrast to these stories is a video called “Migration is Beautiful.” We hear about immigrants who give back to their community, the power of activism, the power of art, and the power of media. This is often an overlooked aspect of the benefit of immigrants and what they can do to help this country. It is rare that we hear or read about this side of immigrant story. This leads you to wonder, why? Why don’t we hear about all the good immigrants bring? All the wonder and creativity? It also fails to recognise that America was built by immigrants.

 In conclusion, it is very clear that even though we can live, work and have our kids educated in schools next to immigrant families, we rarely understand the struggles that they have. We do not understand the fear of thinking you might be arrested or being returned to a country where you might have been afraid for your life. It is also clear that many believe that immigrants who come here, documented or not documented, just want to live off the government and not bother learning English, getting educated or working. These misperceptions can be fostered by government policy and these policies can create fear among the people who live in America. 

Citations

“Feds Detain Nearly 600 in Miss. Plant Raid.” NBCNews.com, NBCUniversal News Group, 26 Aug. 2008, http://www.nbcnews.com/id/26410407/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/t/feds-detain-nearly-miss-plant-raid/#.XhfOx0dKjD4.

“Migrants’ Stories From a Greek Island.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 29 Feb. 2016, https://www.nytimes.com/video/multimedia/100000004237409/migrants-stories-from-a-greek-island.html.

Moss, Jesse. “The Abandoned Vans of Atlanta.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 7 May 2019, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/07/opinion/ice-immigration-atlanta.html.

Pulitzercenter. “This Is What It’s Like to Be a Migrant in the Age of Trump.” Pulitzer Center, 26 Oct. 2018, https://pulitzercenter.org/reporting/what-its-be-migrant-age-trump?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=10302018.

Shapiro, Ari, et al. “Months After Massive ICE Raid, Residents Of A Mississippi Town Wait And Worry.” NPR, NPR, 17 Nov. 2019, https://www.npr.org/2019/11/17/778611834/months-after-massive-ice-raid-residents-of-a-mississippi-town-wait-and-worry.

YouTube, YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWE2T8Bx5d8.

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Fear

Posted by Fionn Hyland in English 3 · Block · B Band on Friday, September 20, 2019 at 9:07 am

Introduction: My goals for this essay were to understand fear and for the reader to understnd fear. I am proud of my bigger idea. I think that my bigger idea is very detailed and gives enough of an explantion for the reader to understand. One way I would improve my essay is by formatting better.

Advanced Essay: It is a cold summer morning, in Ireland, the birds are chirping and I can hear the waves as they splash against the rocks. I was with my mom, brother, sister, and some extended family, we are planning on crossing this wooden bridge to get to an island. The bridge was wooden there is rope on each side holding the bridge up. Underneath the bridge is a huge drop in to the ocean and rocks. It was a windy day and the area was packed with tourists. As we wait in line I am thinking. What if the bridge breaks? What if the wind is too strong and I get knocked off? I am so nervous but I pull it together and continue waiting. While I wait I breathe in and out in and out. I can hear my heart rate go down. I finally get to the bridge, I cross slowly being very mindful of my surroundings. When I get to the other side I feel a lot of relief. I look around, I look at the grass,the sky and the ocean everything is so beautiful. The grass is so vast and untouched by any human. The sky was this light blue color. I was so amazed by the view. When me and my family head back we see a family crossing as I look up I see them jumping on the bridge. Suddenly my heart starts to get faster. I start to cry and worry about the worst things that could happen. My thoughts start to race. I say I can’t cross the bridge. I can’t get to the other side. My vision starts to get blurry and then I fall to the ground. Not being able to stand I lay there and start to breath, in out in out. I start to calm down, I get up and start walking. I look down and see my hand shaking as I grab onto the rope. I close my eyes and walk. When I opened my eyes I was back on the other side. In that moment I felt true relief. I felt fear that overwhelming emotion.

Fear is a very overwhelming emotion fear can make you do irrational things. Fear can make you have irrational reactions to situations. My personal experience with fear is one that involves me usually being anxious. When I am anxious I usually have a lot of thoughts racing through my head. Different scenarios that probably won’t happen but I can’t help but think they will.

Another experience I have with fear is this. I sit there parylazed with fear holding on to the tree for my life. I look out at the trees and the sky. It is a vast forest full of birds and other creatures. The sky is light blue and there are so many puffy white clouds. I can hear the ocean from a distance. I can hear the waves. I look down not realizing how high up we are. I finally turn around, I hear my mom yelling ,“go go”. I can't move, I start to zone out I hear my moms voice disappear slowly into the distance. I can finally think I can either zip line across or wait for someone to get me down. I wait, I look up then down then at my mom. She tries to get me to go, but I can't. I can't go knowing that I could possibly fall or worse. My thoughts are racing. I look at the line behind me waiting for me to go. I feel so bad for holding up these people. But I insist on still waiting for the person to get me down. Out of know where I see someone headed for me. Zipping through the trees. When he gets to me he tells me to get off the ledge. He switches my hooks and hooks me to the rope. He says he's got me. I push through my fear and let go. My hands are shaking as I step off the ledge. Then he starts to let the rope go and get me down. My eyes are closed the whole way down. When I feel the ground I opened my eyes. I feel so happy. I am so relieved to be on the ground touching the grass and being on a solid surface.

Fear is a very powerful emotion. In my personal experience fear has come up when I am anxious or nervous. Fear can impact your entire day, it makes you worry and overthink situations when there is no need to overthink. But there are coping skills to help you with it. One coping skill would be to breath in and out and to calm your mind down. You can use mindfulness to slow your mind and body down. It slows your body down by making you take a step back from the situation and breathe. This helps you slow your thoughts down and to be able to think clearly making your mindset turn into a more positive one. This helps you realize that this overwhelming emotion your feeling is just in your head and that it is just an emotion. An emotion that everyone experiences and has. Most people don’t realize this but thi powerful emotion is just an emotion and it is just in your head. When you realize this you can start to calm down reassure yourself that your okay, It is essential for others to turn negativity into positivity because it is important to maintain a happy life.

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Betrayal

Posted by Fionn Hyland on Thursday, November 8, 2018 at 2:04 pm
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[character is in bed. Phone buzzes, they look at it.]


OMG. I can’t believe it. Why would someone say I did this with Drake and Josh. I can’t with these rumors.  


[another buzz]


[Reading from phone} “Is this true?”


How could she! I can’t even…


[typing on phone] I can’t believe you are believing this Zoe. You are my best friend if anything I thought you would not believe this. I thought you were better than this believing these rumors. If I did something like this you would be the first to know.


[another buzz]


[Reading from phone} “I am sorry I should have not have believed the rumor. You are right I need to learn how to not believe these petty rumors. I am not sure who started this but I can try to figure out.”


OMG why is Zoe is even questioning me. I mean I am Britney.  


[typing on phone] Ok thank you Zoe. You really are a true friend. I hope that you know I never would do anything with Drake or Josh there both nerds. I have only had like one convo with them.  


[another buzz]


[Reading of off phone} “OFC I know you would never even get near them. This rumor is getting bigger it has hit most of everyone's finsta and snap stories. Idk where it started I am asking around no one knows. Have you read some of these comments.”

 

Omg I am so nervous...


[typing on phone] NO I am above all of that. But if I were to ask would you tell me what some people are saying. So what are Drake and Josh saying oh and Emma. She always hated me.


[another buzz]


[reading of off phone} “Yeah well Emma is certainly not being soft with her words she is saying that I can’t believe Britney would do something like this. Emma also said that you are a major hoe and used some harsh emojis. Drake is not denying that any of this happened and nether is Josh. They are feeding on this drama and it is helping them look cooler.”


Ughh this is awful


[typing on phone] What omg I can't with Emma tbh she has always had it out for me ever since freshman homecoming when her crush Dylan asked me out and not her hahah. Josh and Drake I mean that is not surprising they are guys why would they deny it. Well thanks anyway for reading those comments. I probably should have not asked I am only feeling bad about myself.  


[another buzz]


[reading of off phone} “Omg there is no need to feel bad about yourself block out those haters sister. No one else has commented anyway it is only those thirsty bitches out there looking for attention. I mean who cares what people think your Brittney your the most popular girl in our school.”


Well not anymore


[typing on phone] Yeah your right Zoe but I am not sure about my popularity come Monday. I bet people are going to look at me when I walk down the halls and start to gossip about me when I am there acting like I can’t hear you.


[another buzz]


[reading of off phone} “I've got you if anyone says anything I will stand up for you. But no one will say anything. Ok this might sound like I don't trust you but I do. You can tell me it is just you and me is this rumor actually true”   


Should I? Do I trust her?

[tying on phone] Ok I am going to be honest but only because I trust you completely and you are my best friend. The rumor is true I don't know how people found out though. It might be because Drake and Josh told people.


[another buzz]


[reading of off phone} “What omg why did you not tell me this is major tea I can't believe it. Only thought you would do it with someone different.”


I thought so to.


[typing on phone] Yeah it is major I just did not want you to judge me.


[another buzz]


[reading of off phone} “I would never judge you”


Really???


[left on read]


[the next morning phone buzzes an alert from instagram about the rumor Britney picks up the phone]


[typing on phone] Oh could you and I now assume that your the one who spread the rumor. You took a screenshot of are messages and posted them. You bitch. I thought we were best friends.


[another buzz]


[reading of off phone} “I thought we were to until you decided to start dating my crush Chad you knew how much I liked him yet you decided to hook up with him under the bleachers like some common whore. So I decided to spread a rumor that could be true knowing your history you whore. Turns out it was true. I also did not know the info until Drake told me.”


What omg Drake told her...


[typing on phone] Wow you want to go there. You are just a petty bitch cause you and I both knew that Chad did not want your ugly ass. So let’s not lie about that. What you did crossed the line.

[another buzz]


[reading of off phone} “Well what is done is done I hope you know that the whole thing was a rumor nothing to get dramatic about like you did. But you did so I started to wonder could this be true. I asked you and it was a rumor it is just a rumor till it is confirmed and you did that for me. So know the whole school will know that you has a threesome with Drake and Josh the ugliest boys in school.  HAHAHA”


[left on read]


OMG I am done...


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Fionn Emulation Handbook

Posted by Fionn Hyland in English 2 · Pahomov/Rhymer · D Band on Thursday, October 25, 2018 at 9:28 am
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Vertigo

Posted by Fionn Hyland in English 2 · Pahomov/Rhymer · D Band on Friday, September 21, 2018 at 1:43 pm

Ever since I can remember I have been afraid of heights, this fear is also known as vertigo. I have never liked heights and always had anxiety over it. But what happened in Northern Ireland was a first. Nothing like this had ever happened to me before. This was my first time having a panic attack and it was a complete shock.


While walking down the green path I was thinking to myself, “Should I cross this bridge or not? I am going to see it and then decide if I should.” I thought that seeing the bridge would help me get a better picture of it and how high of the ground it was. Decision time came. The bridge was a wooden rope bridge and I knew it was safe, but my head was too distracted by how high up it was. My family were looking at me and I could feel them pressuring me to cross. I did not want to disappoint my family. So I crossed the bridge. I did this with extreme caution and vigilance. When I got across, I felt very dizzy. Things were spinning and my breathing was irregular. I lay down and waited till the feeling passed. When I got up I was surrounded by amazing scenery. The grass on the island was freshly cut and I could hear the sound of the waves and  everything smelled so fresh. I looked at my family and they were so proud of me. I thought to myself that seeing this view was worth crossing the bridge.


Then came the way back and there was a line before you crossed the bridge. I thought I was going to be in this line forever. Only a certain amount of people could get on the bridge at one time. This helped me with my fear. I was waiting in line and then I saw this ignorant family crossing the bridge. The family started to jump on the bridge. I saw the bridge move up and down. It rattled and shook. The waves were crashing underneath. This immediately made me afraid and I started  overthinking. I was starting to regret crossing the bridge to begin with. I started to say things in my head, “I am not going to make it across”. I knew that none of this was true but I could not get it out of my head. Once the fear started, it took control of me. I got to the bridge and I was shaking. I stood at the bridge for 15 seconds thinking and trying to get myself to cross. I was so scared I could not get myself to do it. Suddenly everything started to get louder,the waves, the people in line, everything and  I could not focus. I started to get dizzy and things were starting to spin. I could feel my heart rate increase. I was having trouble breathing. I felt tears coming down my face.


My cousin started to help me regulate my breathing. She said, “Breathe in your  nose and out through your mouth to get your heart rate back at a normal pace.” I started to do this and it was working. I was not dizzy and I could breathe better. My heart was starting to get back to a regular pace. It took me some time but I got up. I started to walk to the bridge. I stared at it and I was completely frightened.  I decided not look down to see how high up I was. I was breathing in my nose and out through my mouth. This was really helping me zone out and not think about what was happening in the moment or the fear I was feeling. I finally got across and immediately tears started to come down my face. I could not stop myself from crying. The fear overwhelmed me and the relief that it was over made me cry.


I finally stopped and started to head back to the car. On the way back to the car my mind was blank. I was in shock. I could not believe what happened. I think I need to stop letting my family pressure me and worry less about other people’s expectations for me. To this day, when I look back on that time, I still get nervous and start to get anxious. I can't shake the feeling. I can’t shake the fear.


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Agent of change blog post

Posted by Fionn Hyland on Friday, May 18, 2018 at 10:07 pm

I have worked hard in trying to help fix the problem of social media and body image. I researched and wrote an essay about my research. In my research I found some shocking things about eating disorders and what magazines do to make there models look good. Then I did some of my own research, I watched this documentary called Straight/curve Redefining body image and I interviewed the creator of the documentary. I thought that it was eye opening to see how kids are influenced today and what the media can do.


Throughout my research I found only a few organizations that were helping to fix this problem. People are not just having fundraisers, I also saw tha some organizations were having ted talks. I watched one of the ted talks and it was wonderful, the person speaking talked about her own experiences and what she went through as a kid. She talked about loving to swim when she was younger just not loving the way her body looked in the swim suit. I also found this new organization that is dedicated to help people with eating disorders and people with body image issues in general. I believe that these are good ways to start change and that maybe there are other ways. I do think that having a ted talk was a good idea. I believe that this is affecting the kids the most and that if it is a video it is going to be on the internet so kids are bound to find it. So a ted talk is a good way to get the word out to the kids.


For my agent of change I decided to pick four magazines and write four different letters to the editors of the magazines. I decided to write letters to Teen vogue, Allure, Seventeen, and GQ. In these letters I wanted to talk about what I thought was a good way to show body image and what I thought they could have done better with. I decided to do this because I thought that is would be a good way to get the word out. I decided that instead of doing something big I could target four magazines. I thought this would make an impact on the problem. My experience was a good one while writing the letters I tried to look at the magazines closely and see what really needed to be changed and what I thought was something they needed to be complimented on. I was not that effective in making a change when I sent the letters out I only got one response.


GQ is a men’s magazine and I picked that magazine because I do not think that men and body image are talked enough about. Through all my research I saw nothing about men and body image and it just shows that people associate body image problems with girls when sometimes that is not the case. While I was looking through the magazines I only had good things to say about the GQ. This was the only letter I wrote that had all good things. The whole magazine was diverse and had a different range of models. Some models were plus sized and some were not most of the models ranged from different ages. I really enjoyed looking through there magazine and seeing the diversity between models.

I felt really good about doing this project I liked picking a problem and trying to help to fix the problem. While researching this problem I read some articles that discussed what some people say about themselves and I noticed that I do this all the time. I judge myself on the way I look. I feel like I could have picked a better thing to do for my agent of change. I thought that what I did was good I just was upset about the outcome. There is plenty left for others to do to help improve this problem. Over all I am glad I decided to work on this issue.


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Letter to teen vogue

Letter to Allure

Letter to Seventeen

Letter to GQ    


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Original research

Posted by Fionn Hyland in English 1 · Giknis · Y Band on Sunday, March 18, 2018 at 1:40 pm

    In my first blog post I talked about social media and how it can affect what people think about themselves. I also talked about photoshopped pictures and non photoshopped pictures and how people today want to be something else but there not. For my original research I did an interview I interviewed Jenny Mcquaile. She directed and produced the documentary straight/curve redefining body image.  For my research I also watched the documentary.


In the documentary they talked about a lot of things that I mentioned in my last post. The documentary focused on a lot of things like teenagers and body image and there self esteem how it affects them today. It talks about what people are seeing on social media and in magazines and how people remember pictures faster than anything else. How that affects people thought process about how they look. In the documentary they use a diverse number of models to speak and model so people can see that you can look good in anything and it does not matter how much you weigh and how you look.   


I learned a lot from the interview that I did with Jenny Mcquaile. I learned that clothing sites are actually listening and that they pay people to read the comments. In the beginning I was not focused on eating disorders but when I did the interview I learned about eating disorders. Like how people associate that larger people are not healthy when it really is that people need fat to be healthy. Jenny also mentioned in the interview that social media was a cause for this problem but she also said that social media can be used for good. For example she said that social media can be used as a voice and we can know tell people what we want out there on the internet. In my last post I never really said that social media could be used for good but know that I am thinking about this it can be used for good. You can use social media to get your opinion out there and to make sure that people here you.   



The documentary is not focused on one thing it talks about eating disorders, and teens and how self conscious they are. I think the main thing though that they were trying to get across was that beauty can come in all shapes and sizes. To do this they used different models that were different ages and races and they model to show this. The models also got to tell their experiences like what it is like to be a model today. They talked about what the requirements are to be a model today.


I watched a ted talk and it is a lady who runs a non profit which is dedicated to redefining body image and beauty. In the ted talk she talks about her experiences and what she had to deal with growing up. Something that she said that stood out to me was my body is an instrument not an ornament. I think she meant that once we stop looking at ourselves and trying to fix all the things that is wrong we can move on and become something better. I think that this quote helped me expand on the issue more.

After doing all this research I am starting to notice things that are affecting people self esteem and the way they look at themselves. Like on social media or billboards I am also starting to catch myself and notice when I judge myself because of the way I look. I believe that all these things are wrong and if people stop seeing just their body and the way they look then I think people can move on and stop focusing on the way they look. One thing I wish I focused on more is eating disorders. I believe that eating disorder are a major issue with this topic. I wish I looked into this problem more and discussed it more.


For my agent of change I think I might write letters to all the clothing companies that give the image that looking skinny is the right way to look. I believe that the interview I had with Jenny Mcquaile informed me on a lot of things I did not know before. I also believe that it helped me further my research on this topic and expand my thinking.   


   


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Media and Body Image

Posted by Fionn Hyland in English 1 · Giknis · Y Band on Friday, February 23, 2018 at 11:31 am

 Media is a means of mass communication and it can include print media, TV/Movies and online. Social media is way that we can share our lives and ideas with others. Our body image is how we see our body and ourselves, Growing up in the modern age most kids have phones and they see certain things, like pictures that might be photoshopped. The media and how we feel about ourselves, and our body image are very important things, especially to teenagers. Social media can make it even more complicated because teenagers on on social media sites constantly.  


Social platforms can be both positive and negative. For example, social media can help us raise money for causes but it can also increase bullying, give teens a negative sense of how they look and so on. We grow up looking at  pictures of how models look  and so we want to look exactly like models. People associate this problem with girls but that is not correct and boys can struggle with it too. Body image is connected to social media and we are shown in social media and all media images that can cause dieting problems because of the pictures the teenagers are looking at images This needs to be fixed.


   I am interested in this topic because it is a problem that affects teenagers and the way they think about themselves. My cousin recently directed and produced a documentary called “ Straight Curve” documentary and she worked on it and talked about this topic for years. This got me interested in the media and body image. I think that this topic can affect most teengagers and for  some it is worse than others. For me, I can look at some unrealistic pictures and become self conscious about the way I look. I also have some friends that do the same thing. This matters to me because I want to try to help people understand  that if they look a certain way they are not better or worse than other people. I think this topic is important for others to know about because this is a serious problem. If you get the information out there maybe people can try to stop it or help people they know with this problem.


   A psychologist found that the media’s portrayal of women and girls especially causes body image  issues and can cause dieting, wanting to be thin, and body surveillance. Body surveillance is when someone is constantly looking at the way there body appears and not always feeling comfortable with it.  Social media like Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram images and reports can  cause this. I read this article and it was about a girl getting bullied for the way she looked. She even got rid of most of her social media friends because she was afraid of being made fun of. This is not just a teenage problem and this affects the adults. The article said that about 60% of the public feel ashamed about the way they look. Studies  show that girls are more vulnerable to what they see on social media. There are alot of statistics like 35% of them are worried about being tagged in a picture that is not attractive. There are 27% feel stressed about how they look in a picture that is already posted. There are 22% who feel bad about themselves if there picture is ignored. This needs to stop. Look at these 2 images and notice how one is photoshopped and one is not. His teeth are whiter and many of his face lines are gone. The media uses photoshopping a lot and Aerie is one of the few companies that has a promise to show people as they really are.


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Image from facetune
Before and After of Actress Scarlett Johansson
Before and After of Actress Scarlett Johansson

I am not saying that social media is a bad thing but I do think people but teenagers in general need to stop comparing themselves to other people or being worried about if  you looked good in that picture. I hope to learn a lot about this topic and also I hope to teach other people about this topic. I am curious about why there is not more research on how men and boys are shown in the media. I also want to learn about we can use the media for good. I am looking forward to helping the community.    



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Macbeth Playbill

Posted by Fionn Hyland on Thursday, January 25, 2018 at 9:31 pm
     Ash and I made a playbill. Ash and I seperated jobs into twos and did one together. My job was to pick actors and create costumes. I picked the actors by nationality or facial characteristic. I picked the costumes based off of the time period of Macbeth and the roles they played in society. Ash did the summary and the advertisements. The summary is a brief description of the Macbeth play. 
     The advertisements are not based off of anything accept payed exposure. The scene we picked together was a scene that shows how much of a dynamic character Macbeth is. This scene is when Macbeth goes meet the witches for the second time. This scene represents act 4 scene one. When Macbeth goes to the three witches to receive three more prophecies. The three witches and the three prophecies are a recurring motif throughout the play. The number three is very significant in Macbeth. The rain sets the mood for the scene making a dark and spooky mood while the dialogue between the witches and Macbeth occurs. This is an explanation for the greatness used in our Playbill.


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Tech Slide

Posted by Fionn Hyland in Technology - Freshman · Hull · e1 Band on Thursday, December 7, 2017 at 1:04 pm
What I learned from the people who critiqued my slide was that before the map I had did not show every country I was listing so I got a different map. Another thing I learned was that I should fix the font so the country's I am listing actual fit were there supposed to fit. Finally I decided to add the stars to make things stand out  more.

I learned a few things while making my slide. One of them was how to research and use the things that I found and put them into my slide. The one other thing I learned was design. I learned about design and what was good to do and what was not good to do.    

The site I researched and used to create my slide was presentation zen. The author said that people won't stop and look at something that will take a while to read so I decided to use something that was short. He also said that there should be some color so I wrote the country's out in different color so it will stand out. The last thing I did was add the stars to make the whole thing stand out more.



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Tech One Slide

Posted by Fionn Hyland in Technology - Freshman · Hull · e1 Band on Friday, November 17, 2017 at 8:46 am

Fionn Hyland

11/16/17

Red Stream

The slide


    I made my slide the way it is because I put thought and research into it. In my slide there is a map in the background I decided to put the map in the background because people can look at the map just by looking at it it does not take time to look at it. I decided to say places I have been as the title was because I thought it was short and to the point but I also decided to do that because of my research. In the article presentation zen in the section glance media they mentioned that people will not slow down to look at something that takes time to read they will not slow down to read something that does not take forever to read. I decided to put the country’s I have been to in different colors because I thought that it made the country’s pop but I also did it because of my research. I research I used was presentation zen and it was in the same section of the article glance media in that section it said when people slow down they notice a few things but one of them was color so I put some color in there.


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Home Network

Posted by Fionn Hyland in Technology - Freshman · Hull · e1 Band on Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at 9:14 am
​1. When the wifi comes down it goes through the fiberoptic wire. Everything is connected the the fiberoptic wire.  
2. I did not know there were so many wires that connected to so many things. I also did not know that so many different wires had so many different names and purposes. 
3. People need to know about having a home network because when they are older they will be able to research and find the best network and not get ripped off.
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