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Pilar Carroll's Capstone

Posted by Pilar Carroll in Capstone - Bey - Wed on Thursday, May 19, 2016 at 3:02 pm
When I thought about what I wanted to do for my capstone, I wanted to impact a wide range of people, and I wanted to focus on something that has impacted me, and something that I find is important. I first decided to do a self awareness class, where girls can come in, talk about their experiences with harassment, and I could share ways that I avoid dangerous and scary situation, but I was worried because I do not have professional experience in self awareness. Fortunately when telling my uncle about my project, he put me in touch with a state trouper who specializes in coming to school, and teaching classes on self awareness. I talked to her multiple times, and we scheduled a day where she would come in and teach a class. 
When talking to the trouper, she made me realize how much learning how to physically defend your self is just as important as learning how to mentally defend yourself. My friend Noah already teaches a self defense class, professionally, so I decided to approach him before I looked for someone else to teach the class. Luckily Noah agreed to do a joint capstone with me, him focusing more on the self defense aspect, and me focusing on self awareness. 
After weeks of planning and advertising, we finally had our first class, the class with the state trouper. About fifteen students showed up to this event, and it was very productive. The students were very respectful and engaged, they asked a lot of questions and I could sense a real connection between the students and the state trooper. 
Unfortunately, the other classes did not thrive. At first few came in, but it ended up that no one would come. We would advertise, and make announcements over the loud speaker, but no one felt like they were in enough danger to continue to come to our classes. We had students that said, they would never be prayed upon, but even if they did, they would not get hurt because they have pepper spray. 
We were not sure what to do after that point, because we could not force people to come to the class, so we turned our capstone virtual. We decided that making an informative website could teach people who want to learn to defend themselves. We included tips of self awareness, videos of self defense moves, and a lot more.
I am Very happy with how our capstone has turned out, we put in a lot of hard work and I hope it effects the community. 

You can find our website here: http://selfarmy.weebly.com

And here is the link to our Annotated Bibliography https://docs.google.com/a/scienceleadership.org/document/d/1YG-wbZ7vhDOU0u-MqS23r5p90wVWbVvzKo0zgFd9Jnc/edit?usp=sharing 
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Senior Art Q3

Posted by Pilar Carroll on Thursday, April 14, 2016 at 10:03 am

For Quarter three in senior art, I was taken back to to middle school where I learned about more advanced art. Though now, my art is much more detailed then when I was twelve.

We did a watercolor, metamorphosis pictures, mosaics, coats of arms drawings, and a wires sculpture, all things that I have done before in previous years.

I would say that my favorite piece of art to make was my water colors because I felt that I made the colors blend and ombre really well.  I made a painting of a close up to waves and sand on a beach, and a campsite on a hill during sunset. Another piece I enjoyed was the coat of Arms Drawing, I got to draw something totally original, I liked the colors I used, and I liked the simple design I picked.

The artwork that was the hardest for me was the wire sculpture. I was really hard to mold the paper clips into what you wanted them to be. People can't even really tell that my sculptures are of a sun and a balloon.


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Senior Art Q2

Posted by Pilar Carroll on Friday, January 29, 2016 at 12:15 pm
This quarter in senior art, I really learned a lot about my artistic ability. I was happy to see that there were tequniques to sketching, and I remembered parts of art that I forgot about. 
In quarter two, we did a lot of art history work, but most of the quarter we did art work. We drew drawing of ferns, mine being in charcoal. We also did Golden ratio pieces. It was interesting to learn all about the golden ratio, I did not know you incorporated math into art. We then focused on block printing. We sketched our block prints, did the negative sketches, then molded them, getting them ready for printing. It was extremely fun, and cool!
My favorite art piece was my fern drawing. I like how I used the charcoal to shade in the fern, and it looked really realistic. I worked hard on, and dedicated time on it. 
My second favorite piece was my golden ratio drawing. I put a lot of work into it, and I was really proud with my detail. I shaded the colors of the snow, and it was very soft looking, rather than hard, and blotchy. 
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College Radio Piece

Posted by Pilar Carroll on Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 9:23 pm
This radio piece is geared towards high school freshman, and sophomores. It focuses on tips for staying on track for your dream schools. I loved the idea of making this because, when I was a freshman, I did not realize how quickly the four years would fly by. I was very ambitious, but did not put the work in for my goals. I want to correct my mistake by helping the future seniors out before it is too late. 
College Radio Piece  - 1_28_16, 10.05 PM
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Quarter 1 Senior Art

Posted by Pilar Carroll in Senior Art - Hull - D on Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 9:00 am
This quarter in senior art has been extremely fun. I am happy to say that I look forward to this class on days when I have it. Senior art is an outlet to let go of all my stress, and focus on creating something nice. We learn how to mix colors for different shades, to blend and create shadows, and we learn this independently, so it feeds out drive. 
This quarter we had multiple assignments: ceiling tile, drawing/painting, charcoal still life, jack-o-lantern/ bats, and a self portrait. We could do these projects at any time, as long as it was done by the end of the quarter. I started with the ceiling tile, then self portrait, jack-o-lantern, still life, then painting.I had two favorite pieces.  
My first favorite piece is my ceiling tile. In my tile, I painted the Drake Nothing Was The Same album cover on it. I worked the longest on this project, because it was hard for me to mix the skin, and there was a lot of blending with this painting. It took me about a month to finish it, and even though it is not perfect, it am very proud of the effort I put into this project. 
My second favorite piece is my jack-o-lantern. I did this project on the eve of Halloween with my six year old cousin. It was a fun bonding experience, and I think that I made my most interesting, and intricate pumpkin of my life so far. I decided to carve a big pumpkin eating a smaller pumpkin. When hanging out candy, a kid old me it was a pac man eating another pac man. 
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Lucentio in Manhattan

Posted by Pilar Carroll in English 3 - Pahomov - D on Monday, April 20, 2015 at 1:14 pm

Lucentio in Manhattan

The Taming of the Shrew; Maid in Manhattan

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     In english class we read the play The Taming of the Shrew, one of the main characters is Bianca, a beautiful girl that all the men are fond of. By contrast  the play also includes bianca’s sister, Katherine, a mean sour women who men tend to stay away from. Then there are the men of the play, Baptista, the father, Patricio, Katherine's husband, and Bianca's three suitors, Luciano, Grumio, and Hortensio. In the Maid in Manhattan, the main characters name is Marissa, she is a maid at The Beresford Hotel. She has a son named Ty. There is a man at the Hotel named Christopher Marshall, he is running for senator, and helping him is Jerry. Lasty, there is a women also staying at the hotel named Caroline, she is extremely rich.  


     In both this play and the movie, money is a factor. Though almost everyone in The Taming of the Shrew has the same social class, Marissa in Maid in Manhattan, was of a lower class than the rest of the characters in that movie. This could be seen as making the movies have no connection, but that fact that Marissa lied about her social class, is just like Lucentio lying about his identity and profession. These scenarios are very similar. Through out both the movie and the play, The characters act deceitfully when put in strange situations of love.


LUCENTIO

Ah, Tranio, what a cruel father’s he!

But art thou not advised, he took some care

To get her cunning schoolmasters to instruct her?

TRANIO

Ay, marry, am I, sir; and now ’tis plotted!

LUCENTIO

I have it, Tranio!

TRANIO

   You will be schoolmaster

And undertake the teaching of the maid:

That’s your device.

(Act 1, Scene 1, 158-169)


     In this scene of The Taming of the Shrew, Lucentio, a young, handsome man who was sent to Pisa to go to university, sees a young women, named Bianca, accompanied by her undesirable sister, Katherine, and her father, Baptista. Bianca has two suitors following her Grumio, and Hortensio.There is a short spute between Katherine and the suitors, but eventually it is finished and they all go inside. After they leave, Lucentio discussed with his servant, Tranio about love he fell in love with her, at first sight. He knows that he could not court her they way his is now simply because her father with not approve. So he decided that he will disguise himself, to deceive Baptista, and Bianca, eventually to woo her. He dresses up as something Bianca is very familiar with, and fond of, a school teacher.


     This scene of Maid in Manhattan. Marissa is cleaning up the Park suite for a wealth guest. Another maid, Stephanie is helping Marissa clean the suite. While they are cleaning, Stephanie goes into the guests closet, and pulls out a Dolce & Gabbana outfit, begging Marissa to try them on. As she is putting on the clothes. Marissa's nine year old son, Ty, meets Christopher Marshall, a politician, his dog, and his right hand man, Jerry, on the elevator. Ty asks Christopher if he could walk his go with him. He goes upstairs to the park suite to ask Marissa, accompanied by Christopher. As Ty knocks on the door, Stephanie opens it. Stephanie see’s Christopher with Ty, and introduces Marissa as Ms.Carolyn, the name of the women renting the suite. Marissa and Christopher lock eyes, and have an intense moment. Her over ruled by his looks, plays along as being Carolyn.

     In both these scenes, Lucentio, and Marissa found the ones they loved, from love at first sight. They both decided to be in disguise to woo the ones they loved, and admired.


“LUCENTIO

Here’s Lucentio, right son to the right Vincentio,

That have by marriage made thy daughter mine

While counterfeit supposes bleared thine eyne.”

(Act 5, Scene 1, 97-99)


     In this scene of The Taming of the Shrew, the real Lucentio reveals himself to Bianca’s family. Before he reveals himself, everyone thinks that he is a latin teacher. After he shares that he is Lucentio, he explains how he is going to marry Bianca. He has shown that they loved each other, and have disregarded the fact that he lied about who he was in order for her to fall for him.



       This is the last scene in Maid in Manhattan. Previously, Christopher found out that Marissa was the maid. She was fired from her job. Christopher and Marissa parted ways, but were clearly devastated by their split. One day, Christopher was in town making a speech, and Ty, Marissa's son, knew he was going to be at her hotel. During Christophers speech, he asked for any questions, Ty asked about giving people second chances. Ty the convinced Christopher to go and find Marissa, and confess his love to her. When marissa saw Christopher she expressed how sorry she was, and how she was scared regarding her social class. But he exclaimed that he didn’t care. They confessed their love to each other, and lived “happily ever after”.

     Even though the scenarios were not completely the same in The Taming of the Shrew, and in Maid in Manhattan; both stories have extremely similar introductions into deceitfulness, and outcomes of deceitfulness. Both Lucentio and Marissa saw opportunities to get to the ones they love, and they took their chances. Thankfully, Bianca, and Christopher loved them so much that they did not care about the lies, because love is all that matters.  


Work Cited:
  • Shakespeare, William. The Taming Of The Shrew. New York: Washington Square, 1992. Print.
  • Maid in Manhattan. Perf. Jennifer Lopez and Ralph Fiennes. Columbia Pictures, 2003. Netflix.

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Pilar Analytical and Narrative Essay

Posted by Pilar Carroll in English 3 - Pahomov - D on Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at 7:21 am

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In the book, The Things They Carried, by Tim O’brien, there were a lot of stories about death, and love, and what war was really like. There are multiple changes that happen in the lives of these soldiers. With each change there was a different reaction. But all the changes showed the reaction that, when the world is changing, one can be affected at the same amount when seeing the change happen, and hearing about the change. However, at times people will not acknowledge change to protect themselves.

Jimmy Cross, the Lieutenant is in love with a girl from his college town, Martha. They write each other letters back and forth, but she never asks him about the war, or about anything going on in his life right now. “In those burned letters Martha Had never mentioned the war, except to say, Jimmy, take care of yourself. She wasn’t involved.” (The Things They Carried 23) Martha didn’t want to get involved in the war, because she knows acting about it would put a traumatic picture in her head. It wasn’t how she wanted to see america, and the army. She didn’t want to have a prime source into the gory stories. And the feel the hurt Jimmy feels.

Dave Jensen, a soldier was suppose to kill a vietnamese soldier, but instead he let him go. Later, the soldiers heard that someone else killed the man, and Jensen was relieved. “Later we heard that Strunk died somewhere over Chu Lai, which seemed to relieve Dave Jensen of an enormous weight.” (Friends.13) Dave Jensen was suppose to kill a vietnamese soldier, but did not for some reason. When Jensen heard that the man was dead, he felt relief. Jensen felt relief because the man was dead, and the relief he felt would be the same if he saw in die. All he wanted was the man dead.  

Someone in the platoon died, gilt was being passed."When a man died, there had to be blame.  Jimmy Cross understood this.  You could blame the war… A moment of carelessness or bad judgment or plain stupidity carried consequences that lasted forever." (In the Field.115) When someone dies, everyone has that feeling of regret, though being responsible is deadly. So trying to pin a death on an event or someone else is common, regardless of being in the moment or hearing about it later, there is always something/someone to blame.

Tim O’brien was speaking in an interview, about how things were in the war, talking about behavior and imagination."It's important because the things we imagine determine our behavior in the future. If you're in medical school and you can't imagine putting your hands into pus and gore and blood, I'd say you're not going to finish med school." (Tim O'Brien) People in situations or hearing about situations, have images in their heads when reflecting on the situation. Like reading a non picture book, the reader images the situations, settings, what characters and scenarios look like. So when hearing about changes, or seeing change, there is that same gory image.

The Things they carried shows a clear view on change, and reactions. The book is showing many different scenarios, of change, and many different reactions, from Martha’s neglect, To Jimmy Crosses’ blame. All proving, when the world is changing, one can be affected at the same amount when seeing the change happen, and hearing about the change. However, at times people will not acknowledge change to protect themselves.


Works Cited for Analytical Essay:

O'Brien, Tim. The Things They Carried: A Work of Fiction. New York: Broadway, 1998. Print.


Sawyer, Scott. "In The Name Of Love." Leaderu.com. Mars Hill Review, 1998. Web. 10 Jan. 2015.

http://www.leaderu.com/marshill/mhr04/tim1.html





Narrative Essay:

“Pilar put that down, we don’t have any money.” My mother has a sad look in her eyes. Knowing those words disappointed her more and more. I didn’t notice, I was mad at her. I just wanted my normal life  back. But she couldn’t take her job. Her, not coming home at until nine pm, the long commute to jersey. Her boss is taking credit for every single thing she would do, not even acknowledging she was there. I did the same exact thing. I blocked out every time she would talk to me about her losing her job. That Christmas, I requested a lot. My world is changing, and I refused to let it, or let it seem apparent.

The only income we had was from my father working and he was working every day, not even taking sick days. But I still payed no attention. I was so used to the lifestyle of getting what I wanted. I was never appreciative. And on Christmas when I opened my presents. I gave a noticeable fake smile when I only got a $100 and a few gifts. My cousin ,got a camera, a kindle. Why couldn’t I have what she had? My mother told me it was only temporary, so I treated it as such. My birthday rolled around, still no job, instead of being sympathetic I was mad. My mother was so wrapped up in this business, and volunteering, it wasn’t bringing home the bacon.

I started to accept that this is forever. I still hated it. I refused to act like we had less money. I flaunted how big my house was, how many cars we have, making and my grandparents taking me to Bermuda for the summer was just the icing on the cake to my “lie”. To me I was poor. We couldn’t afford the food I wanted, or the clothes, So I started working for my neighbors, anything I could do. I started thrifting, but not telling anyone. I needed my image. Friends would ask,”Where did you get that?”, when claiming I didn’t remember, I would feel mad at my family for making my life “hard” making me feel embarrassed because we are “poor”.

At the end of my 10th grade year, I turned 16. Finally! I was old enough to get a real job. I was so convinced, my mother was just lazy, not really trying for a job, when over and over again she would get rejected. I only applied to one job: Chill on the Hill Frozen Yogurt in Chestnut Hill. Mother was telling me to apply to more, but why listen to her? Look at her success rate. After a month they called me back, telling me there were no spots. My mom told me but I still refused to get the picture.

In World history class, we were shown a video that has the percentage of people in The United States, and the average income of that group of people. 1% of the USA has more more money than everyone else combined. When I got home I showed my family the video, and my father showed me where we landed on the graphs. I was finally hit with the reality that we were “poor” and when I said that, in utter disappointment, my mother said,” We are not poor.” Look at the children in Africa, And even some kids who live in Philly. Some kids who went to Wissahickon Charter, some were homeless. You live in a house, with heat, and you never miss a meal, you have parents who love you, and will do everything to protect you,” she started to cry,” We are much richer the most people in the US! So when you would pout and scream because you didn’t get the jacket you wanted, that wasn’t us being poor, that was you being spoiled. I busted my ass to give you children everything you wanted, and you just wanted more. The fact I couldn’t take the work anymore was just icing on the cake to teach you all a lesson about what you want and what you need. Most of these kids with the new phones, new clothes, most of their parents can’t even pay the electric bill, so you need to get your priorities straight.”

After that, I finally got it. If I would have stopped to hear what she was saying, and stop being scared about the idea of being poor, I would have realized that we weren't. I would have realized I was being judgmental and selfish to my mother. She was trying as hard as she could to get a job but she realizes that we don’t need that the things we want. And I needed to realize that too, If only I had listened sooner.  


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Revised 2fer

Posted by Pilar Carroll in English 3 - Pahomov - D on Monday, November 10, 2014 at 9:23 am

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American Apparel, a basic clothing company, has become a more well known business from their advertising strategy. They advertise sex through clothing , that makes their company talked about. Though their profits went down for a short period of time due to the economy, they still got a lot of publicity from the way that they advertised their clothing. If American Apparel stopped to think about it, they would realize that advertising sex is not just about having sex, but about celebrating sex through clothes.

According to a press report from the Chicago Flame, American Apparel’s main strategy for selling their products is advertising sex. The article states that American Apparel advertisements  often have models or even store clerks that are wearing one article of clothing, usually a tee shirt or a pair of socks. The age group American Apparel is approaching are young adults. American Apparel as a business’ main concern is to sell clothes. If advertising sex sells, why not help a business while drifting on that topic? There is nothing that states they treat their workers and models unfairly. They are payed well living wages for the services that they do, and they are not forced to work, unlike other major clothing brand factories. Since no one at the factory is forced to work, they freely make the clothes, and the models freely shoot the scandalous advertisments.

One memorable statement American Apparel made that is advertising sex, is when the company made their mannequins have pubic hair, and nipples. The New York Daily News shared that the store posted a picture of the mannequins on instagram, a social media site with the caption,” Au natural is best but our lingerie is a close second. Stop by and get some V-day inspiration! #lingerie #AAlace #vday.”  American Apparel says they are a company that celebrates natural beauty. They created their window off the idea of changing how people think of sexy. And how women should be called sexy by their natural selves. American Apparels post on instagram got 1,180 likes. This scandal made American Apparel the talk of the town. Though not all the comments about the mannequins were good, when someone would say or write American Apparel, they were promoting the company. By posting comments on social media, one follower more knows about American Apparel. So in the long run, there is more publicity on the company, and it will be more known around the world.

By a click of a button an article can be posted out to the world. American Apparel makes sure their article eye catching. They are scandalous, because of what they make themselves known for selling. Is it bad that they advertise sex? Not for them.  Through advertising sex, they gain publicity. And rather than showing sex in a negative light, American Apparel makes it a beautiful thing. If American Apparel stopped to think about it, they would realize that advertising sex is not just about having sex, but about celebrating sex through clothes.





citations:

Source #1

Fosses, Michaelia. "Questionable American Apparel CEO Pits Crude Background against Positive Business Ethics - Chicago Flame - American Apparel." Questionable American Apparel CEO Pits Crude Background against Positive Business Ethics - Chicago Flame - American Apparel. N.p., 9 Jan. 2006. Web. 26 Sept. 2014.




Source #2

Miller, Tracy. "A Hair Too Far? American Apparel Debuts Pubic Hair on Mannequins ." NY Daily News. N.p., 17 Jan. 2014. Web. 26 Sept. 2014.



Changes:

To revise this paper, I mostly worked on, my spelling, remembering words (not forgetting words), And add more thoughts. I had multiple spelling errors, and punctuation. I also forgot to write in words in sentences such as, the, a, and. Lastly, I didn't go in debt with my thoughts, so I had to write more. I now feel my 2fer is complete. 


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Final Portfolio

Posted by Pilar Carroll in World History - Block - B on Wednesday, June 11, 2014 at 12:04 pm

No Opinion is a bad one, they are only great if they are thought through. My portfolio is full of my thoughtful opinions that can raise questions, and arise debates.

“I think that it's only acceptable to criticize a culture when the culture is really cruel to the people, and everyone knows. But other then that, it's just judging people for how they want to live.” Journal #3. Though my writing skills were much poorer in the beginning of the year then now. I was explaining how it isn’t right to judge the way one lives, unless it is negatively affecting you, or is clearly is wrong. Something that I feel is not acceptable is judging muslim women because they wear the hijab and cover. Thats not effecting anyone. It’s their choice of living. Something that I consider an appropriate time to judge is the holocaust. What Hitler was doing was immoral, and it didn’t affect people negatively.

“Religion is a practice of belief in a higher power. Learning, and worshiping or something even accepting that there is a higher power.” Journal #10. Not in the sense of saying that no religion is bad, but in my belief, if you don’t believe in a higher power, you don’t practice a religion. Not even saying that you have to “practice” your religion, but the simple act of believing is “practicing”.

“A revolution is a significant change in a place that the change has never been done. Not a random change, usually a system change.” Journal #29. I picked this definition because I think there are many things a revolution can be. There is not only revolutions in fighting against different countries like  the U.S. revolution against Britain. There could be technology revolutions such as the first computer, the cell phone.

Good research makes a good story. But also a good story can’t be made without explanations to facts. Our last benchmark was to make an exhibit on colonialism. This was my 1st artifact,”This is a painting of the taino indians. As you can see, they don’t wear many clothes. This is their native style of clothes. To other countries , such as spain this might make them look undeveloped. Making “helping” them seem like an okay thing. Though the way they dressed, their style of life was important to them.” Colonization in Puerto Rico. I thought this was a significant artifact because it shows how the Taino indians could easily be used by the spanish, they were taken off guard but people with god like clothing, while they only wore small skirts, just like in Africa. It makes it easier for the spanish to take over Puerto Rico too, they seemed to have such little judging them by their appearance. It was obvious to “help” them.

This is my 6th artifact,”This artifact shows how puerto rico is a “territory” of the U.S.

Though they celebrate puerto rican holidays, they also have to celebrate U.S. Holidays. The visitors can pick which holidays they think are american or puerto rican. And descriptions of each holiday. The people of puerto rico have to act as if they are american, though they aren't considered americans.” Colonization in Puerto Rico. I would say this was my most important artifact in my whole exhibit. This really shows how puerto rico is still colonized. They have to have our holidays , that are irrelevant to them, on their calendar. But they aren't americans. Having a territory is colonization.

All these things I am putting in this portfolio are the things that I am truly most proud of, though, what I think  I am most proud of is all the work I have done this year In world history. Though I had spinal surgery, I was successful in turning in my work and getting what I need to get done. I am truly proud of myself.





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How Do Governments Respond to Revolutions?

Posted by Pilar Carroll in World History - Block - B on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at 8:31 pm
In our revolution unit, we learned explored a lot about the definition of a revolution. I learned that revolutions can be more then just fighting for a cause, it can be new technology, or a new language. We also learned about certain revolutions, such as the french revolution, and the revolution that just happened in Egypt. 
Here are my Citations: 

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1753072/Jasmine-Revolution

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/14/AR2011011405084.html

http://tunisiaweekly.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/the-jasmine-revolution-a-timeline/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHw_auqod6Y

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12591445

http://www.syrianrevolutiondigest.com/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14703995

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/syria-revolution-revolt-against-bashar-al--assads-regime/2011/03/15/ABrwNEX_blog.html


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Keystone XL pipeline

Posted by Pilar Carroll in World History - Block - B on Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at 12:13 pm
The unit we were are learning about in class is about the keystone XL pipeline. We researched facts about the pipe line, and we saw video's about the two different sides to this pipeline. Pro and con. This unit really helped me understand the pro's and cons on two different opinions, and to not judge peoples opinions before really listening, and thinking about their perspective.


1.The Keystone Pipeline starts in Canada and goes all the way down to the golf of Mexico,

2) 2,157 miles. 

3)Some people think that the pipeline is good, next to the other alternative, using trucks the transport the oil. They think that transporting the oil in trucks i way more dangerous, because of accidents. 

4)Other people think that the Pipeline is bad, because there will be more leaks. 



Monologues: 

1) 

(at the dinner table)

My day was good...Mom, tell him what I did.

(pause)Yeah, I wrote it. Okay (stands up)

Dear dad, I think that the Keystone pipelines are very bad for the environ….( Pronounce wrong) (pause) Environment. To get the oil people have to drill holes into the floor and that is bad for our earth and makes us have a holie earth. Then,

(starts speaking frantic) the pipes will have could leak, like the ceiling, when it rains. And it could get into the water that the animals drink. And If the animals drink that they will get sick. And If the animals get sick, then you couldn’t have your meat

(holds up chicken) and I couldn’t have my ruby (points to dog with chicken). But not just Us, no one will have their meat of their ruby’s. But also, it could mess up plants, because, well, Mommy told me, that when it gets hot, the water goes up in the air, and it goes into the clouds, then the clouds move and it rains. But what if the dirty water from the pipes go up into the air, and turn into clouds and it rains over Mr.Humphrey's Farm? Then won’t have any plants either, and Mommy can’t eat her salad. And soon enough all anyone could say at dinner is (yells)”Pass the salt!” because that is all we will have. So please daddy, vote against the pipeline. And save your dinner! *whisper* And ruby.

 

2) 

(In the front of the cop car)

What was happening back there? But it is important; Well I mean it looked important... Well then why did you taze him? (looks to the back seat) I heard them talking on about some pipeline, and Tar sand oil? (small pause)yeah tar sand Oil.

(Pause)well what’s wrong with the oil? (change of tone) Because I wanna know, the people sounded mad! Just tell me what happened.

(long pause) So…..this pipeline …...will destroy the Ozone? (talks faster) But a pipe is better than trucks that can get into accidents.

(pauses) Well yeah…. there could be leaks, BUT they could get people to fix it, we could have people for that. More jobs right?  It sounds to me that the pipeline isn’t the issue. It’s the tar sand oil, that’s what you people should be yelling about ( looks back seat) Whether we use truck or pipes.  We still have to drill in the ground, so the pipeline shouldn’t be what you protest about, it should be the sand

(pauses & looks looks forward) Yeah I guess it will destroy the farms and the grounds...why did you protest? you could have sent a letter, it’s not that serious. I mean, going to jail for that. Is it really that worth it? Personally I wouldn’t want to go to jail, and I don’t think you would want to either. I mean. Would I?



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Okay, so we need to have something that won't get easy leaks. Since the press wants to worry about leaks. I wonder…..If we put rubber in the pipe if it will leak, or if It will fall off and mess up the oil.

(picks up phone* *dial tone)Kristen I need a test ran on  how the oil reacts with rubber inside the pipe. Thanks, call when your done, Bye bye. (hangs up phone)

(sigh) hopefully thats taken care of. Now, daren. (dial tone)hey Darren, I need you to find out all the farmland on our rout for the pipeline. Oh, you already have the map? well can you fax it to me? yeah thanks. Okay. bye. (hangs up phone.)

(sips coffee and taps pen* * paper comes out* *Look at paper) Okay, so it looks like we have to get some curves over near the Robinson's ranch.

(dial tone) Hello? Yes Darren, I need you to call the Robinson ranch to see what parts of their farm they don’t really use, and ask if it’s okay to put the pipeline their. We have to try to make this pipeline as eco friendly as possible. (hangs up the phone)

Well, Good things about the pipeline (pause and taps pen ) A Pipe would be more eco friendly than driving trust with oil, and It would be much safer than having flammable oil near other peoples cars. Plus the exhaust from the trucks.  

(phone rings)This is Braden. (pause) Oh you ran the test? ( pause) Great! I’ll come down now! thats wonderful. Okay, Bye bye. (hangs up phone) Yes!

 

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Element Project

Posted by Pilar Carroll in Art - Freshman - Hull on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 9:12 pm
Inquiry: I used Inquiry while looking up things about my Element. Not just things about Lithium, but unknown things about lithium to get a good Idea for the print.


Research:I had to research a lot of information about Lithium, such as who founded it, to what it's used in.


Collaboration:I Collaborated with my friends and Ms.Hull on this project to ask if things could be improved of to ask if my print looked okay.


Presentation: I printed the Drawings I made of Lithium, and we're going to put the prints up in the hall way. I guess that's sort of like presenting.


Reflection: As I was making my print I realized things that I did wrong, and could Have done better on and I Improved them. 

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Negative Space Project

Posted by Pilar Carroll in Art - Freshman - Hull on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 9:04 pm
1. ​What is negative space? 

Negative Space is the space where there is no detail in a picture. 


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

Seeing Negative Space helps a artist see what people don't usually see.
 

4. Does negative space enhance your drawings?

Sometimes Negative space can enhance your drawings, when you have a drawing that is suppose to Impact people, Negative space is awesome. 

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E1U9

Posted by Pilar Carroll in Spanish 1 - Manuel on Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at 12:20 pm
​Client description 
El señor Keith tiene cuarenta y siete. Sus color favorita es verde. Tiene un perro, una lagarto, dos coches, una bicicleta, y tres niños. Le gusta ciclismo, pescar. Cuando tiene tiempo libre, cocina, lee, y hacer música.
House description 
La casa esta en Ecuador, en la playa. La casa es enorme, sofisticada, con jardín japonés, y con una piscina. Que tiene tres mesas con paraguas.  Cerca de la casa, hay un parque, un supermercado, una escuelas, un transporte público, un centro comercial.  Lejos de la cas, hay una ciudad. Es pintado café. En cocina tiene un lavaplatos y dos ventana, un horno, un mesa, y un estofa. En cocina tiene un lavaplatos y dos ventana, un horno, un mesa, y un estofa. En cocina tiene un lavaplatos y dos ventana, un horno, un mesa, y un estofa. En el dormitorio principal tiene un grande cama, un grande tele, y un hogar.

Tres ninos dormitorios tiene un mesa, un ventana, un espejo, y un tele. Sala de música tiene tres guitarras, un batería, y un teclado. En la comedor tiene dos mesas, dos lámparas, un ventanas, y seis sillas. En cueva de hombre tiene un tele, un bar, y una meas billar. En la sala tiene dos sofás, un tele, tres ventanas, y una mesa.

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One point perstective Ms.hull room

Posted by Pilar Carroll in Art - Freshman - Hull on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 10:47 am
a. What is one thing that your learned specifically that you did not know before.

I learned that I can actually draw, and I learned how easy one point perspective is. 

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

Now I'm able to draw rooms, and Im a better artest. My art now looks correct. 

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


I would be quicker, I took a lot of time on little details, so I didn't finish on time. 
d. What is your advice to someone who has never drawn a one point perspective drawing before?
My advice is to just listen to What Ms.Hull says, and you will understand what she's saying.
e. What resource helped you the most and why?
Ms.Hull help me the most, also the website she gave us. 
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I , Yo

Posted by Pilar Carroll in Spanish 1 - Manuel on Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 11:44 am
I dance in English 
Yo ayado en casa en español 
I go shopping in english 
Yo estadio en español 
I hang out with friends in english 
Yo leo en español 
I talk on the phone in english 
Yo corro en español 
I sleep in english 
Yo escribo en españiol 
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Nuestras actividades

Posted by Pilar Carroll in Spanish 1 - Manuel on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 1:00 pm
Mi nombre es Pilar Carroll.Tango catorce anos. Soy bastante activa. Soy super sociable y habladora. Soy bailo y paso in rato con amigos. No me gusta nada correr. 
Su nombre es Kenneth Carroll. Tiene 11 anos. Tu bastante activo.Tu alto y deportista El practica deportes y juga videojuenos. Le no me gusta nada ayada en case. 
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E1 U4 Mi Escuela

Posted by Pilar Carroll in Spanish 1 - Manuel on Monday, February 11, 2013 at 8:35 am
Me llamo Pilar Carroll. Tengo 14 anos. Soy estudiante de Science Leadership Academy. Science Leadership Academy esta cerca de filadelfia. Esta cerca de la estación de tren también de tiendas de pizza. También es cerca de la calle Market, y el Comcast center. Science Leadership Academy es Comico y estresado. Hay 5 floors and 25 procesadoras, 500 students. Tenemos, Sports and Extracurricular groups. Ingles, Espanol, Mathematics, Historia, Drama, Tech, And Engineering. Tenemos, Acapella, Soccer, Basketball, Track, Flashmob club, Pep Squad, Straight Gay Alliance, Ex. Participa en Flash Mob club.
Mis clases son Ingles, espanol, geometría, arte, drama,biochemica , y historia. Mis clases favoritas son historia y drama. Historia es importante, y drama es fácil. No me gusta biochemica.biochemical difícil y aburrida. Para tener éxito en inglés necesitamos una computadora,  libro,el lápiz, y la hoja de papel. La computadora es importante en muchas  de mis classes. En drama el estudiante es muy importante, y la mochila. En arte, La hoja de papel y lapiz es requerido. En la clase de ingles, nosotros leemos y escribimos. En la clase de historia, nosotros trabajamos y, estudiamos.
Tengo cuatro perforadoras. Senora Tompson, Senorita Manuel, Senor Kay, Senorita Jonas. La Senora Tompson ensena geometria. Senorita Manuel ensena espanol. Senor Kay Enseña A ingles, y señorita Jonas enseña historia. Senora Tompson es la baja, trabajadora, y a veces cómica. Señorita Manuel es increiblemente comoda y artística. Senor kay es el sociable y siempre deportista. Señorita Jonas es la timida, pero divertida.

Me gusta que Science leadership es extraño y trabajador y creativo. Lo que más me gusta de Science Leadership Academy es divertido. No me gusta nada que Science Leadership Academy es de costumbre serio tampoco un poquito loco. me nomber gusta nada porque yo soy boba y sociable.   

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Los Seres Queridos en Mi Vida

Posted by Pilar Carroll on Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 12:41 pm

Hola! Los seres queridos en mi vida 


Yo: 

me llamo Pilar Carroll, soy guapa y socibal. Tengo el pelo cafe y los ojos cafe. Me gusta ir de compras y salir con mi novio. 


El: 

Su nombre es Gary. Tu eres deportista y trabajour. Tiene el pelo negro y los ojos cafe. Le gusta ayudar en casa Tambien salir con el novia.


Ellos: 

Ellos nombres es Tysheem y verland y jordan. Ellos son perezoso y un poquito gordo. Tienen el pelos negro y los ojos  negro. Le Encanta practicar deportes tambien jugar videojuegos.


Ellas: Su nombres es Tyra, Cobyn, y amber. Ellas muy bonita pero baja. Tienen la pelos negro sin embargo las ojos cafe. Le gusta escutchar musica y comer. 


Nosotros: Su nombre es Quentin y Pilar. Quentin es mi hermano.  Somos increiblemente lindo y algo loco. Tenemos el pelos cafe pero los ojos cafe. Le gusta ver la tele y dormir. 


Adios !!! Hasta Luego !

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My slide

Posted by Pilar Carroll in Technology- Freshmen - Hull on Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 10:05 am

I chose to put my pictures in this way because, they all clump together, In a way that works with the eye. So you can look at any picture you want, and it would explain me. I put my name isolated on the side, so people could automatically see that. 

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Quien es ?

Posted by Pilar Carroll in Spanish 1 - Manuel on Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 12:49 pm
Tiene el pelo negro y lo ojos cafe. 
Le gusta cantar y bailar. No le gusta comer, y ir a la escuela.
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Una Carta para Ti

Posted by Pilar Carroll in Spanish 1 - Manuel on Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 8:01 pm
Pilar’s letter
Querid@________,
Buenos Dias!  Me llamo Pilar Carroll. Me gusta Baliar y cantar. Me fascina salir con mi novio. Me novio su nombre es Gary Carter. Le gusta didujar también practicar deportes. Tango dos hermanos y Madre y padre. Tango catorace anos. Soy de Filadelfia, una ciudad de nueva york y la capital. Es una ciudad grande. Se conoce como “ La Ciudad de Amor Fraternal”,Y tu ? ¿Como estas? ¿Como te llamas ? ¿De donde eres? ¿Qué Tal ? Responde cuando puedas.

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Mis favoritos

Posted by Pilar Carroll in Spanish 1 - Manuel on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at 12:10 pm
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My network

Posted by Pilar Carroll in Technology- Freshmen - Hull on Thursday, November 1, 2012 at 12:17 pm
My Local Area Network is comcast, and all the devices on it are , All of our cell phones with Wifi, My laptop & My mother and fathers. Our Desktop, and our x-box. Something that I Learned about networks is that everything your put on the internet can be seen. i actually watched A OMG moment on the movie Cyberbull. The movie was about a girl who got her first computer, and how she created a " Clicksters" (facebook) Page, and how she got bullyed. But her mom could see everything she was doing on her page. 
  One thing that i would tel people about there networks is to get a hard password on them. Other wise people could hack into your network and run up your bill.
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¡Hola! Cómo estás?: Greetings

Posted by Pilar Carroll in Spanish 1 - Manuel on Friday, October 26, 2012 at 8:23 am
This is a chart of all the ways to greet people in Español : )

click here for a video of two friends meeting up, who use spanish greetings 


Click HERE for a video

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What's The Weather ?

Posted by Pilar Carroll in Spanish 1 - Manuel on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 12:50 pm
This grid shows how to tell the weather In Español.
Click HERE for a video of a weather report

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