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Globaliz-HATE-tion

Posted by Stephen Holts in Globalization - Herman on Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 11:00 am
Click here to learn about the hate that was borne by the Nation of Islam
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Romero

Posted by Stephen Holts in Spanish 4 - Manuel on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 6:24 pm

Hoy, para la mayoría, somos libres. En una manera, aqui en los EEUU, somos más libres de unos otros porque sabemos nuestros derechos, y el gobierno Americano no violaría ellos. Hay gente que no son tan afortunado y la película Romero es sobre unos de estos gente. Romero, una cura que tiene una pasión para la gente, dedica su vida a ayuda ellos en todas las maneras posibles. Su historia es cante en este película, y con la historia una pintura más grande esta pintada.

Este cuarto, aprendemos sobre los Derechos Humanos. Aprendemos sobre nuestros derechos, y los mismos derechos que no son concedan a otros. Durante la película Romero pantallas muchos derechos, apoyan y de otra manera. Todo de este es para nosotros a apreciar nuestros derechos y las libertades que tenemos en este país. En grupos vemos películas sobre lugares diferentes y la historia con los derechos humanos, y en Romero hay mucho para discutir.

Hay muchas derechas que no fueron apoyen en la película. Uno de los derechos es el decimotercero, el derecho a viajar afuera y adentro de su propio país. El ejemplo mejor en este película es en el principio, cuando un multitud de gente fue van a votar. A un punto en sus viajes, la policía parar la gente en la carretera. La policía dice que fue criminales en la carretera, y no fue seguro para ellos a continuar. Cuando Romero preguntas donde los criminales están, la policía usen sus armas, y disparar a la autobús que la gente fue en. En realidad, no fue cualquier criminales en la calle. La policía no quiere la gente a votar.   

Entonces con un maniobra la policía violada tres derechos. El decimotercero (el derecho a viajar), El XXI (el derecho a votar), y el séptimo (el derecho a tratamiento igual dentro de la ley). La policía de El Salvador fue muy corrupto en la favor de los ricos. Todo de la poder fue en los manos de los ricos que compraron el gobierno. Cuando Alguien tiene más poder de la mejoridad, y el uses esto poder para la mal, es más de un violación de la ley, es una violación de naturaleza humana.

En el final he aprendido que estoy muy afortunado. No pienso sobre otros en otros países y las problemas que ellos puede tener. Este proyecto ha habido mis ojos, y ahora, estoy muy consciente de el mundo alrededor de yo.


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"Splintered Wood" - Stephen Holts

Posted by Stephen Holts in Capstone - Reddy on Friday, May 31, 2013 at 11:29 pm



For my capstone, I made a short film, entitled, Splintered Wood. It’s a drama piece about a boy who tries to bridge the gap between two beloved family members who don’t like each other, while maintaining his own strong relationship with the two of them. The questions the necessity of familial love, and also wrestles with themes of the unit versus the individual. 

I chose this as my capstone because ever since my freshman year, I knew I wanted to make a short film, I just had no idea as to how I was going to pull it off, or what the short would even be about. 

Then  around my junior year, I wrote a script, and took a real liking to it. So much so, that I actually shared it with another breathing person. When I shared my script with others, they seemed to like it too, further solidifying the idea in my head that this was what I wanted to do.

I implemented the core values through spending two years in Digital Video inquiring and researching how short films are made. I had to collaborate with actors, and the presentation was the actual film. 


After preproduction, each step overlapped. After the script was written, I was doing script readings with one actor while shooting with another. Also, the entire time we were shooting I was editing, so production and postproduction were happening all at the same time. 

The biggest obstacle was scheduling. One of the actors had graduated high school, while the other two were still students, one of which was a junior who was always busy. Scheduling was very complicated, but when the stars would align, it turned out alright. 

The process was very stressful, mainly because I was doing this all on my own. I was directing, producing, editing, casting, working with the sound recordings, and scheduling all of the shootings. Sure, I had two years of experience with this, but when you’re truly on your own, it’s a different kind of ball game. 


I’m really proud of the work that was accomplished. Save for the actors, I did this all on my own. I’m really impressed with myself that I was able to do it because there were definitely times where I thought I couldn’t. 

I learned a lot about film production, with the biggest lesson being that a crew is as important to have than a cast. One person cannot do all of the work on the crew side of things. 

I think I would have taken some students from entry-level dig vid to have as a crew so that they could learn what it’s like to be a part of one, because that’s not necessarily something that we practiced all the time in dig vid. 

When I interviewed to become a student at SLA, I promised that I would bring people together, and I think I’ve done that through various projects that I’ve managed to pull off during my time as a student here. There are very view students that currently attend SLA that haven’t seen me do something weird or tell someone else to do something weird in the name of a film project. There are many ways to unify a community. Film was just my way of doing it. 


Enjoy!


Click here for my sources. 

Splintered Wood TRAILER from Stephen Holts on Vimeo.

Tags: Reddy, "Capstone, 2013
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"The Big One" - Team Voldemort, Final Podcast

Posted by Stephen Holts in Statistics - Miles on Friday, May 31, 2013 at 2:29 pm
Group members present: Manna, Marley, & Stephen
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"In the End..." - Team Voldemort, Podcast #3

Posted by Stephen Holts in Statistics - Miles on Friday, May 31, 2013 at 8:43 am
Group Members Present: Stephen, Manna, Marley


Topics Discussed: ​Opinions on the book, SLA-style reflection

Specifics: What we liked/didn't like about the book, how the book could have been better, other comments on the book


Questions: How would the book be different if it was written in the 2000's?
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Buying with Statistics - Team Voldemort, Podcast #2

Posted by Stephen Holts in Statistics - Miles on Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 1:48 pm


Group Members Present: Stephen, Manna, Marley



Topics Discussed: ​Lying with Graphics, Biases & and Incomplete Truths, Miscellaneous Advertisements 

Specifics: How graphics are used by advertisements to lie to consumers, and how a party's bias might affect how incomplete their truths are. We also talked a lot about advertisements we've seen and what we thought about the way they displayed their information.


Questions: Who is to blame for a consumer buying an advertisement's incomplete truth? 


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2 Samples and a Lie - Team Voldemort, Podcast #1

Posted by Stephen Holts in Statistics - Miles on Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 12:12 am
Group Members Present: Stephen, Manna, Marley


Discussion Topic: 
Lying with Samples

Specifics: 
The incomplete story that comes about through incomplete samples.

Questions 
Is it possible to attain a solid sample?
Is it possible to make a solid generalization based on a sample?





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"Darth Pinochet" Dark Lord Rising por Sam Fout

Posted by Stephen Holts in Spanish 4 - Manuel on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 11:33 am
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Me llamo es Silvana. Fui socialista pobre hasta fui asesinado en 1973. Viví en una era cuando cosas fue muy tenso. Tensión entre los momios (la clase alta) y las izquierdistas (la clase obrera) había escalado al punto de ruptura. Salvador Allende, que fue el presidente del tiempo, fue derrocado y asesinado por Augusto Pinochet y sus fuerzas en el golpe de estado del 11 de Septiembre. Salvador Allende fue una amenaza a EEUU  porque él fue aleado con Rusia y la partida Comunista. Los dos eran y son enemigos de EEUU, y para eliminar la amenaza, EEUU derrumbaron Allende, y insertaron un presidente que ellos gustaron. Mi muerte fue un producto de medio Americana y la ignorancia de los ricos.

Veo un hombre vestido todo en negro. Una armadura negra, una capa negra, y un casco negro. El casco se parece enojado, y en general, el hombre se parece fuerte y malvado. Es claro que el hombre tiene poder. 

Los soldados blancos se parecen tan malvado como sus lider. Ellos parecen como trabajadores del diablo negro. Sus armas son horrendo, y como los soldados de Pinochet, estos soldados dispararían alguien que sus lider quiere.

Detrás del hombre y los soldados es la una luna, pero, es una luna muy extraña. Este luna es de metal. Porque éste luna está detrás del hombre en negro y sus soldados blancos, pienso que la luna es una parte del mismo sistema que el hombre y los soldados. Me da miedo.

En esta obra de arte, veo Pinochet. El es el hombre en las ropas negras. El general. El líder. El hombre que manda a sus fuerzas para tomar mi patria, y mi vida. En tu puño es el poder para cambiar vida de todo del Chile para el mejor. Pero, en su corazón, es el deseo para romper los pobres. El hombre en la pintura es tan negro como el uno que fue en el pecho en Pinochet. 

Sus fuerzas son los soldados blancas. Los unos que escuchar a todo de los mandas de Pinochet. No tienen un cerebro de los mismos. Todo que están en sus cabezas es odio dado a ellos por Pinochet y sus partidarios.

En la luna de metal, veo la muerte. La muerte para mi, la muerte para las socialistas, la muerte para todo que quiere libertad y posiblemente, la muerte para la libertad sí mismo. 

Elegí esta obra porque supe que la gente de hoy entendería este analogía. La serie de Star Wars es muy popular en todo el mundo, y supe que pude sería fácil para yo a hacer la conexión. 

     La gente hoy necesite saber sobre Pinochet y su reinado sangriento, y sí Star Wars es el camino que yo puedo cantar la historia, entonces que la fuerza esté conmigo.

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Dark Lord Rising por Sam Fout

Posted by Stephen Holts in Spanish 4 - Manuel on Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 10:03 am
Source: http://www.starwarsfineart.com/product/SWOTLTD25/Dark-Lord-Rising.html?cid=739
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Guernica desde el punto de vista de Martin Luther King. Jr

Posted by Stephen Holts in Spanish 4 - Manuel on Monday, April 8, 2013 at 12:05 pm
Si Martin Luther King Jr. viste a la pintura de Guernica, pensaría mucho sobre unos de los simbulos. El pensaría bombilla representa las palabras de Dios, y que el quiere para nosotros. La bebe muerto representa los jóvenes que son perdido. La bandera representa EEUU y el sueño Americano. El mano con la espada representaría la guerra con maldad. La puerta representaría nuestros conexión con Dios.  
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Guernica desde el punto de vista de Martin Luther King. Jr

Posted by Stephen Holts on Monday, April 8, 2013 at 11:46 am
​Si Martin Luther King Jr. viste a la pintura de Guernica, pensaría mucho sobre unos de los simbulos. 

El pensaría bombilla representa las palabras de Dios, y que el quiere para nosotros. 

La bebe muerto representa los jóvenes que son perdido. 

La bandera representa EEUU y el sueño Americano.

El mano con la espada representaría la guerra con maldad. 

La puerta representaría nuestros conexión con Dios.  
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¡Soy Chavición!

Posted by Stephen Holts in Spanish 4 - Manuel on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 12:49 pm
Aprendí mucho sobre Hugo Chavez en este unidad. Aprendí cosas muy bien, y cosas muy mal también. Por eso, soy los dos: Una Chavitista y una parte de la Oposición.

Aprendi sobra la devicion en Venezuela. Hay muchas personas que 

Aprendi mas de Chavez. Como el encanta el petroleo. 

Soy Chavitista porque el hice mucho para las pobres en Venezuela y los EE UU también. 


Soy una parte de la Oposición porque Chavez fue amigos con Iran y North Korea, y a un American, este es mal. 
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SHolts Freedom House Project - Russia

Posted by Stephen Holts in Globalization - Herman on Friday, March 8, 2013 at 12:54 pm
Click HERE to view the website and learn tons of cool information about Russia!
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"Los Colores de Germantown" por Stephen Holts

Posted by Stephen Holts in Spanish 4 - Manuel on Monday, February 25, 2013 at 9:51 am

Soy de Filadelfia, pero para la mayoría de mi vida, Germantown ha sido mi barrio. Me encanta Germantown y no querría vivir en otro lugar. Germantown es tranquilo, pero no es aburrido. Es muy bonita, pero las personas que viven allí no son más ricos ni arrogantes. Vivo en la frontera entre la parte bien y la parte mal. Pero, esto es porque me gusta mi barrio. Es muy mezclado.

Para mi, no hay una forma specifico que puede o no puede ser el arte. Todo tiene la potencia de ser el arte, pero todo depende en la persona. Por ejemplo para mi, grafiti es el arte. Grafiti específicamente porque tiene un mensaje. El arte público como grafiti es el arte de las activistas, y las artistas de la calle. Y personalmente es bonita. La diferencia entre el arte clásico y el arte público es que el arte público tiene un mensaje que la gente puede aprender de. Para mi, el arte clásico puede tener un mensaje, pero el no necesite.

Creo que mi mural es el arte, pero es posible que los demás pensarían que no. Creo que es el arte porque el moral tiene un mensaje, y creo que es bonita. En general, algo puede ser arte si es bonita al espectador. No hay una norma para que es o no es arte.

Al principio, mi mural podría parecer simple, sin embargo, no es tan simple. El canta la historia de Germantown en una manera abstracta. Si, el tiene unas figuras y lugares importantes de la comunidad, pero las imágenes de las personas y lugares son negra y blanca. ¿Por qué? Porque yo quise mi mural para tener dos mensajes. El primer mensaje es la historia de Germantown es la parte mayor de nuestros cultura, por lo tanto, los colores detrás las imágenes forman un arco iris. El arco iris representa la cultura que fue influenciado por la historia. El mensaje segundo es que la gente de Germantown no saben la historia. Por eso, las imágenes de la historia en el mural es en blanco y negro. Sabemos la cultura, pero no sabemos la historia. La historia de Germantown esta moribundo, y sí la gente no saben, la historia se va a desaparecer para siempre.

Para concluir, pienso que mi mural es creativo, pero es posible que los mensajes son difícil para encontrar. Creo que mi mural cumple con el papel del arte público porque como yo dije más temprano, el papel del arte público es para enseñar el público con un mensaje, y mi mural hace este.
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Locaciones en Germantown

Posted by Stephen Holts in Spanish 4 - Manuel on Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 8:38 am
1. Stonewall on Wissahickon

2. Huge wall close to north philly 

3. Wissahickon Boys and Girls club 



Hay muchas locaciones en Germantown que tendría un mural. 


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Seeing Our Voices, Signs of Germantown por Michelle Ortiz

Posted by Stephen Holts in Spanish 4 - Manuel on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 10:43 am
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Jovenes 
Languages



2 Objetos
comunicación
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1 razón
El mural monstra diversidad en la comunidad
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Adios Mama (Parody) - Morgan, Amanda, & Stephen

Posted by Stephen Holts in Spanish 4 - Manuel on Friday, January 25, 2013 at 11:40 am

El Scenario by CyndiLynn Sheridan, Jenn Wright & Tenzin Ngawang
El hombre se peina en la fila en el restaurante. 
La camanera ve al hombre y queda sorprendida.
La camanera le cuenta al hombe que se parece asu novio quien salió ella en el día de San Valentines.
La camanera lamenta que nunca tuvo la oportunidad decir te quiero. 
La camanera le pide a hombre que le diga "te quiero" cuando se vaya.
Los dos despiden "Adios, mi querida." "Adios, te quiero."
El hombre se da cuenta de que fue engañado por la vieja porque ella querri su novío ahora tiene cellos.

El Script:
Stephen: Hola
Morgan: Hola.
Stephen: Hoy es el día e San Valentines.
Morgan: Yo se.
Stephen: Nadie ha dicho que se quieren en el día de San Valentines. Nunca tuvo la oportunidad decir te quiero. ¿Se los dices a mi? 
Morgan: Ah... si.
Stephen: Te amo mi amor.
Morgan: Adios mi querida. Adios te quiero.
Amanda: ¿Dijiste te amo a mi novío?

Adios Mama (Parody) from Stephen Holts on Vimeo.

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Reseña Adentro

Posted by Stephen Holts on Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at 6:27 am
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Reseña Adentro


Mar Adentro es una película cargado con muchas emociones complicado y temas controvertidas. Durante la película, el telespectador aprenderá no solamente sobre un hombre, pero sobre ellos mismos también. La película se trata de la vida de Ramón Sampedro, un hombre que fue atlético antes él rompió su cuello en un accidente de buceo a la playa. Después del accidente, él no podía moverse sus brazos ni sus piernas, y por este, Ramón tiene una muerte digna. Todo de su familia no están de acuerdo con Ramón pero ellos apoyan él. Como su familia, Rosa, su vecino, esta en contra de Ramón y quiere él para vivir. Julia, la abogada de Ramón, respeta los deseos de Ramón. La película cuenta la historia de su vida después del accidente, y su lucha con su familia, y el Gobierno de España, que dice es un crimen para ayudar Ramón a morir.
Hay muchas temas en esta película, pero hay tres que son más grande del resto. El primero es la tema de amor. Ramón tiene muchas personas en su vida que dicen que ellos encantan él, pero solamente una persona en la película lo ama. Rosa fue enamorado con Ramón para toda la película, pero ella no quería Ramón a morir porque ella no podría vivir sin él. Al final, Rosa muestra que le quería Ramón desinteresadamente porque ella ayudó Ramón a morir. Ella lo hizo porque ella amaba él más de ella amaba su mismo. Este es un amor desinteresadamente. No fue importante que ella estaba de acuerdo. Ella estaba de acuerdo con el derecho a morir para su amor.
El segundo tema es sobre que es digna. Ramón pensó que la vida de un tetrapléjico no fue digna, y porque de su pensamientos sobre la vida de un tetrapléjico, él quiso a morir. Es muy difícil para decir que es digna o no, y estoy contento con el hecho que hay no respuesta correcta o incorrecta. Pienso que es muy difícil para decir.

La última tema es la tema de la tolerancia personal para la vida. Hay personas en la vida de Ramón que dijeron que la muerte de Ramón sería un asesinato porque el no puede quitarse su propio vida, pero es difícil para decir si Ramón puede morir o no. Que nadie parece entender es para Ramón, la vida es deprimente.

Para mi, con amor, soy conflicto. Por un lado, querría mis seres queridos para ser feliz porque cuando ellos son felices, estoy feliz. Por otro lado, si felicidad significa muerte, es posible que haría que la familia de Ramón hicieron. Yo no se que si puedo amar alguien tan desinteresadamente. Yo amo con un corazón egoísta.

Las temas otras son similar para mi. Una vida es digna si tú vives de esa manera. Todo depende de la actitud de la persona. La actitud de Ramón no fue positivo, y cuando no tienes una actitud positiva sobre tu vida, tú pierdes lo. Cuando se trata de tolerancia para la vida, yo puedo hablar para mi mismo. Para mi, hay nada que puede pasar en mi vida que podría mátame como Ramón. Nada. Entiendo que las opiniones de Ramón, pero no quiero morir como esto. Siempre hay algo positivo. Algo que dice que la vida es digna.

Por lo general, la película fue una maravilla. El reparto fue la vida de la película, especialmente Javier Bardem. Javier Bardem fue fantástico porque él mostré todo del mundo de una person usando solamente su palabras. Fue muy potente. El resto de la reseña fue bien también. Mostraron muchas emociones complicados, y este es algo yo no puedo hacer en vida real. La película, el reparto, y las temas crean una maravilla de una película.
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No Puede Confinar Todo

Posted by Stephen Holts in Spanish 4 - Manuel on Monday, December 3, 2012 at 10:10 am
Si fue Pedro, sería agradecido. Es algo que muy importante para aprender. No puede confinar en todo de las personas que tú sabe.



​¿Qué harías tú si estuvieras en esta situación?¿Cómo te sentirías?

Tomaría un photo, y enviar eso a Pedro. Sería triste para Pedro, y enojado a Susana.

 ¿Le dirías algo a su novia?

No diría nada. Simplemente hablaría con Pedro.

¿Qué le dirías a Pedro?

Diría que el no puede confia estas mujeres. 

¿Tratarías de ayudar?

Si yo dijera algo, es ayudar.

¿Qué le recomendarías a Pedro?

Superarlo muchacho.

Yo, en su lugar, no sería hacer nada sin hablando con la novia.

Si viera a la novia de mi mejor amigo besando a su primo, tomaría un photo.

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​Si Hombres Podrían Tener Bebes

Posted by Stephen Holts in Spanish 4 - Manuel on Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 6:55 am
Si hombres podrían tener bebes,
el mundo no tendría muchas personas,
pero todo la gente pensarían que fuimos embarazada,
porque comeríamos las comidas mismas como ahora.

Si hombres podrían tener bebes,
carros deportivos serían mas seguro,
y Breaking Bad serían adecuado para niños,
así que veríamos en frente de nuestros hijos.

Si hombres podrían tener bebes, 
apreciaríamos mujeres mas.
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Mis Cicatrices Felices

Posted by Stephen Holts in Spanish 4 - Manuel on Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 9:56 am
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Mi nombre es Stephen (o Stefán en Español). Mis padres querían mi nombre ser Justin o Christopher, pero cuando mi padre vio a mi, el dio a mi su nombre. No me gusta mi nombre segundo, o su nombre segundo. Es Kyle. Yo no se por que. Simplemente no me gusta el. Tengo diecisiete años, mi color favorita es azul, y creo que Jazz es la leche. Y esta es todo. Tú sabes mi ahora. Pero, obviamente no lo hace.

Soy alto. Tan alto que muchas personas que me ven a mi piensan que yo juego basketball. Es porque soy alto y negro. Soy mas o menos atlético. Jugaba basketball en la escuela intermedia, por no fui bueno. Tuve dos puntos en dos años. Mi deporte es tenis. He estado jugando a intervalos por más o menos toda mi vida.


Cuando yo tuve dieciséis años, personas en mi trabaja piensan que yo tuve veinte porque yo tengo mucho pelo en mi cara y soy alto. Ellos eran muy sorprendidos cuando aprendan mi edad. Tengo un cara gorda, y cuando yo afeitarse yo parezco como un bebé. Es por eso que me gusta mi pelo facial. Me parezco un hombre con esto.

La gente dicen que soy delgado, pero yo no creo. Sin embargo, mis dedos son muy largos y flacos, que es una cosa muy buena tener cuando estoy jugando el saxófono y clarinete. Yo he escuchado que yo tengo manos para el piano, pero yo no puedo tocar. Mis dedos son una cosa que es una broma para muchas personas. He oído nombres como Slender Man y Edward Scissorhands.

Los demás dicen que soy modesto. Es más o menos la verdad. Soy modesto cuando es sobre mis filmes cortos. De hecho, me molesta cuando personas me dicen que soy talentoso. Yo no veo que los demás ven porque soy muy autoritario con mis películas. No me gusta mucho alabanza para mis videos. Por otro lado, me encanta alabanza para mis guiones. Yo trabajo mucho con estos, y soy muy orgulloso de estos.

Soy gracioso. Los demás dicen que si. Yo necesito ser. Es mi manera asegurar que nada es triste o deprimente. También, es mi manera para conocer personas nuevas. Nada es complicado o extraño cuando estoy siendo gracioso.

Tengo miedo del futuro. Ahora, soy muy agobiado con mi compromiso con un grupo de liderazgo afuero de escuela, cosas de los universidades, y escuela, especialmente mi proyecto de Capstone. Quiero dirigir tres películas para el. También, con todo de esto, voy a mi trabajo a Target en Diciembre. Tengo mucho para hacer, pero no tengo mucho tiempo. Es muy estresante.
Aquí es donde soy complicado. Los demás dicen que soy expresivo y extrovertido, y yo soy, al tiempo mismo, yo no soy. Soy expresivo y extrovertido con cosas fáciles. Como actuaciones cómicos, o la música nueva. Pero con cosas que son difíciles para mi, soy introvertido. Con los años, he aprendido disimular todo de mis sentimientos negativos o personales para mi mismo. Los problemas con mi familia, con mis relaciones, y con mi mismo son las cosas que yo guardo para mi mismo.
Mi relación con mis padres es no bueno. Nos llevamos más o menos bien, pero la relación no es real. Nosotros bromeamos mucho, pero no hablamos sobre algo más. Mucho del tiempo estoy en mi cuarto, y no tienen un problema con esto. El tiempo último que tenemos una conversación real es cuando nosotros discutimos.  
Mis relaciones románticas son muy cómicas. Tuve solamente una novia real y la relación fue cuatro meses. Actualmente, todos de mis relaciones no son más de cuatro meses. La mayoría de ellos fueren no oficial, o el amor no correspondido. Es cómica en una manera triste.
Mi problema peor es que soy inseguro. Yo pienso muchas cosas negativas sobre mi mismo. Es un problema muy grande, pero todos de nosotros tener nuestros cicatrices.
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Stephen 10%

Posted by Stephen Holts in Physics - Echols on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at 8:02 am
I put dried fruits in undried drinks. 
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Cowardice Component

Posted by Stephen Holts in Digital Video - Herman on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at 7:57 am
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Novel Recomendation - Kindred

Posted by Stephen Holts in English 3 - Rami on Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 8:42 am
​This book is one that's very familiar to SLA students because we all read it in our freshman year. Like most students, I read it, and loved it. To a person who is very interested in America's dark past, Kindred gives you the chance to feel experience something you wouldn't get from any other book or movie. 
As I read, I imagined Kindred on the big screen. I thought that if someone (preferably myself) could turn Kindred into a film, it would be one unlike any other. 
I could ramble about Kindred for a long time, but I guess this is supposed to be short. In the breifest of summaries, any movie can make you see and hear slavery, but Kindred makes you feel it. Somehow, author Octavia Butler captures the brutality of slavery, and squeezes it into words for us to experience. 
This book is beyond fantastic, and if you haven't read it stop what you're doing, and run, don't walk, to the nearest book store and do not leave until you've finished reading it. 
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Spanglish Blog Post - Racial Understanding

Posted by Stephen Holts in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Monday, May 21, 2012 at 8:11 pm
​I'm not going to lie, this doesn't have a lot do do with the spanish language, but read it anyway. 

This blog post is about a person who passes, or can be mistaken for another race. Who is this person?

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Martin Sheen, or Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez, is an actor who is known for playing many famous roles. One role he played, has a very personal connection to me. In 1993, he portrayed confederate general Robert E. Lee in the war film Gettysburg. 

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I was confused. If Sheen is Spanish (he's a first generation American, with his mother being from Spain), why is he playing the leader of the Confederate Army? Why also, did he not look Spanish?


After a long time of reading and thought, I've come to an important and personal conclusion. There's nothing wrong with Martin Sheen. There's something wrong with me. I simply don't know what Spanish people look like. 

So what did I do? What any person would do. I googled "people from Spain" and found pictures of these people: 

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I was confused. If someone told me these people were American, I would believe them. But if someone told me these people were Spanish, I wouldn't. That's because before now, I thought Spanish people looked like this:
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I've come to the realization that no mater how true you may think it is, a generalization is bad. Assuming a person looks, dresses, or sounds a certain way just because they speak a certain language is wrong. 

Again, I apologize for this post having nothing to do with the Spanish language, but I felt that this was important nonetheless. 
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SLA Superbowl Commercial - Ballzies

Posted by Stephen Holts in Digital Video - Herman on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 10:17 am
Ballzies - 1 Minute
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Stephen Holts & Ryan Harris - "Evolution of The American Dream: Pop Culture"

Posted by Stephen Holts in American History - Laufenberg on Friday, May 4, 2012 at 9:52 am
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Getting los Numeros - Spanish Flirtation

Posted by Stephen Holts in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Monday, April 30, 2012 at 7:53 pm
​Spanish flirting and English flirting are extremely similar. Everything begins with small talk, but you can begin small talk without getting the person's attention first, can you? 
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These are things that one might yell across the street to a person they find attractive. If the person takes the bait, you can move on to the next step, which is making small talk. 


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Once small talk has been initiated, and a conversation is going, the next step in Spanish is the same as it is in English. Set a date. Ask them out. 


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Alright, you've obtained her attention, and free time, now you have to get her number. It's time to seal the deal. 

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Here is an iChat of a boy (right) asking out a girl (left) using the terms we just learned. 
Getting Their Attention & Making Small Talk
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Asking Them Out
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Getting the Digits
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That's all the time I have for this week! Check out the next blog post where we're going to discuss Spanish Insults!
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MMarton and SHolts - Weather

Posted by Stephen Holts in Physics - Echols on Monday, April 16, 2012 at 9:46 am
Weather You're Ready or not, You're About to Learn!

Here is our blog post that should help you with learning the basics of the weather world. Here you'll learn some key terms, what influences change in weather, and how to read a weather map! Enjoy, and we hope you'll learn a lot!



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The Love Canal Disaster - Stephen H, Winston W, and Ryan H

Posted by Stephen Holts in American History - Laufenberg on Monday, March 26, 2012 at 1:09 pm

What went well?
- Our collaboration and process went well, as we all collaborated to present different data in the inforgraphic. It was also very easy to decide on how we were going to present the information. There were really no conflicts with any of the group members.
~I do believe that our infographic is an effective one. It shows all of the horrible things that happened to real people because fo the disaster.   

What did not?
- Our infographic could have had a better design, our picture got across but we could have expand the infographic with additional picture and text.
~One thing I think we should have done better was include more information about the destruction. We focused more on the things that happened to the people, but some information about the disaster probably would have made this better.

What would you do differently next time?
- Try to focus on a different aspect of the Love Canal Accident.
~Include some information about

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1 Minute Emotion - Chelsea S, Aja W, and Stephen H

Posted by Stephen Holts in Digital Video - Herman on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 11:45 am
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Sucio Springer

Posted by Stephen Holts in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Friday, March 9, 2012 at 12:19 pm
By Stephen H, Abe M, Taahir H, and Isabella T. 
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Stephen Holts and Ruben Burenstein - "Peanut Butter and Assembly Lines"

Posted by Stephen Holts in American History - Laufenberg on Friday, March 9, 2012 at 9:26 am
We chose to make a documentary about the Model T because we believe that the assembly line “modelled” mass production today. We don’t think we would live in the society we do had it not been for Henry Ford’s revolutionary tweak on an older production method. We tried to imagine a world without the assembly line as Ford designed it, and we agreed that it wasn’t a very happy place. We imagined a time where no one had what they needed because they people that were in charge of making those things were behind due to making everything the “old fashioned way”. A world without mass production isn’t a very American one.

Enjoy!


Click here to see our title page, process paper, and our annotative bibliography!



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State of the Union Assignment 2012

Posted by Stephen Holts in American History - Laufenberg on Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 6:29 pm
This video describes what some SLA students were doing during the State of the Union address back in January. The students in this video were given the assignment of making connections between the president's plans for the future and the policies of former presidents. 
These are the thoughts of those SLA students.
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"Heist" by Stephen H, Michael S, Matt R, Michelle T, and Jesse W.

Posted by Stephen Holts in Digital Video - Herman on Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 6:24 pm
This is our first quarter digital video project. Our assignment was to create a four to five minute film about anything we wanted, and my group decided to create a film about some foolish bank robbers. I hope you enjoy it!
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La Basuracabra

Posted by Stephen Holts in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Friday, January 20, 2012 at 1:31 pm
  • Hicimos un PSA sobre los botellas en Filadelfia. 
  • Es un asusnto importante a nosotros porque las personas de Filedelphia recogan las bottellas in una caja de recogar.
  • Esperamos que el público de Filadelfia nuestros recogamos. Si todo de Filadelphia recoga, nuestros cuidad puede ser bonita. 
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"Khai" by Stephen Holts

Posted by Stephen Holts in English 3 - Rami on Friday, January 13, 2012 at 12:52 pm
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Prologue



Rain was falling lightly in a mixture of mist and drizzle. Even still, there was enough of it for there to be a white tent hanging over the funeral. Wayman watched the rain collect, and then drop from the edge of the tent to the puddle in the grass next to him. He had stopped listening to the funeral a long time ago and was instead watching the rain.

He watched as the heavier rain drops splashed into the puddle every minute or so, while the mist constantly sank in, sending tiny ripples running all around the puddle. The wind would blow every now and then, allowing mist to kiss Wayman’s face and hands, giving him a chill that ran through his body. Rain was always present at a Sierian funeral.

Wayman wondered if it was in fact the wind rain that gave him chills, or the fact that this was his ninth funeral this year and it was mid February. He stared at the banner with the dead boy’s face on it and sighed as guilt settled in like the mist on the tent.






Wayman settled into his favorite chair in his study. It croaked with age as he settled in, reminding him that he needed to replace it. He smiled. For years he’d been telling himself to replace that chair, but everyday he forgets until he settles into it again at the end of each day.

He felt something underneath him. When he pulled the folded piece of paper out from under him, he instantly began to cry. It was the program from the funeral he had been to the previous weekend. He was so young.

He sucked it up, buried his feelings, and chalked the death up to part of his job.

Keep it together, Wayman. He willed himself. There will be a new one tomorrow.

He was wrong. It was another week until Wayman met Khai. He seemed extremely young; no more than 14. His silence intimidated Wayman. He seemed like a rock, in face and in manner. Never speaking or showing any emotion. He knows why he’s here, Wayman thought.

Wayman sighed. That was just his life.

Wayman’s father was an engineer and to keep Wayman safe, he taught him everything he knew. Engineers are specialties, and specialties are safe from both of the treacherous fields that are forced upon those who aren’t: soldier, or slave.

Wayman’s training was nothing passed the creation of lasers. When his father died, the only thing he inherited was a pack of blue prints. Guns. That was the business. He didn't realize it until after his father died, but now he knew that they weren't engineers innovating new technologies, but simple workers assembling weapons; and his father left Wayman the most dangerous one.

When Wayman had first seen it, he instantly knew that the blue prints were nothing but parts of a weapon that made even the most elaborate war machine look like a water gun. That's why he had me learn lasers. He had thought.

Somehow, Wayman's father had figured out how to turn the very sun into a weapon. Using mirrors and lasers, he managed to capture sunlight, focus it tint a beam, and fire it out of a cannon. 
Knowing that if the Sierrian government had discovered this, Wayman stowed it in his quarters and hoped he could save it for a possible rebellion when ever someone had the courage to start one. Until recently, they stayed hidden while Wayman did his job.
His job wasn't much worse than the plans under his floor. 
But something happened. Somehow the Sierrians had discovered the plans, and had killed him lab partner to punish Wayman. 
Since then, he's been ordered to test the new weapon on humans. With the plans, his father left him front row tickets to ten funerals. 
He looked at his new young "partner".
What's your name, boy?
The young boy looked back at Wayman, and in his eyes Wayman saw his entire life in the labor fields. "Khai, sir. Just Khai."
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SHolts RHarris PSA #3

Posted by Stephen Holts in Physics - Echols on Saturday, January 7, 2012 at 6:23 am
This is our third and final PSA, and it's for people who turn around to talk to people in the backseat of the car. 
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SHolts RHarris PSA #2

Posted by Stephen Holts in Physics - Echols on Friday, January 6, 2012 at 11:19 pm
This is our second PSA, and it is for people who think it's cool to drink and drive.
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SHolts RHarris PSA #1

Posted by Stephen Holts in Physics - Echols on Friday, January 6, 2012 at 10:44 pm
We made three one-minute PSA's this is number one and it deals with texting and social networking while driving. 
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Where I'm From

Posted by Stephen Holts in English 3 - Rami on Friday, September 9, 2011 at 1:46 pm
​Where I’m From

I’m from tree to tree
home before the street lights
wash your hands before dinner
elbows off the table
From Mr. Magic
Morning Dance
Mrs. Jones
What You Won’t Do For Love
I’m from calling shotgun
but still sitting in the back
From Secane
To Germantown
Willow Grove Ave
To Arch Street
Clarinet to Sax
Back to Clarinet
Back to Sax
I’m from discontinued Teddy Grams
Breakfast for dinner
Chicken flavor ramen
I’m from 130.
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La Routina Diaro

Posted by Stephen Holts in Spanish 2 - Gierke on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at 7:59 am
The purpose of this project was to describe our daily routines in Spanish. Enjoy! :)
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"I Love College" by Stephen Holts

Posted by Stephen Holts in English 2 - Pahomov on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 8:32 am
This is a podcast of a son interviewing his mother about her humble beginnings and how she still went to a great college and led a successful life.
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Oreos Are Just Cookies - Stephen Holts

Posted by Stephen Holts in English 2 - Pahomov on Friday, January 14, 2011 at 12:21 pm

Stephen Holts

“Oreos Are Just Cookies”

 

            “You’re so white!” One student would always say.

            “Yeah! Why don’t you act black?” Another would always chime in.

            “Or at least sound black!” Ever since fifth grade I’ve been subject to insulting remarks like those. But around sixth or seventh grade people started getting original.

            “Yo, you a Oreo. Black on the outside, but white on the inside.”

            I didn’t understand. How did I go from a person to a cookie? Asking questions like that led me to the most important one I’d ever ask. What exactly makes me white? It surely wasn’t my skin. Not to say that I’m especially dark skinned, but I’m dark enough to be incontestably African American, but I digress.

            My peers’ reaction to the question were all the same.

            “You just act and sound white. You’re black. You’re supposed to act and sound black.”

            After hearing this, I asked myself a question that I regretted not asking anyone. What does black sound and act like? What does white act and sound like? Maybe if I asked people this question, they’d realize how stupid they were being. I answered my own question. By observing my white peers and my black peers, I managed to compile a list of qualifications to be black, white, or an Oreo.

            If you’re black, you’re loud. You have a compulsive need to be the center of attention. You’re obnoxious, and if someone doesn’t agree with what you’re saying or doing, you’ll get in their face and scream at them. That’s what black sounds like. If you’re black and male, you’re good at sports. You’re at home with hip-hop. You know every word to every song on the last Lil’ Wayne mixtape, and you yourself can rap like no one’s business. You’re muscular and know how to fight. And because you know how to fight, you won’t back down from one. If someone gives you the faintest reason to, you’ll fight. You don’t need words. Violence are your words. Your words are for bragging after you’ve won the fight. Blacks don’t read. Blacks don’t play tennis. blacks don’t go to prep schools.

            If you’re white, you speak English like you came up with the language yourself. If you’re white you use big words. If you’re white you have the power of calling on any word in the English language and using them to impress whoever you want. Nothing means more to you than education. You’ll ask questions when in class, you’ll listen attentively, and do whatever your teacher tells you too. Rock and Pop are the only genres on your iPod. If you do have a rap song, you white it up by rapping in your high-pitched non-threatening white voice. Fighting isn’t for you if you’re white. You’ll avoid any confrontation that has the slightest possibility of leading to violence. However, you are undefeated in fights, because you use your words to either talk your way out of a fight, or you simply confuse your opponent, leading them to think you’re not worth it. You possess the power of manipulation, and can get what you want without doing anything yourself. You just stand back and watch your puppets do your bidding.

            Oreos are the scum of the Earth. They look one way, but they don’t act the way they look. They’re hypocrites who can’t accept that they’re born one way, and must stay true to that way until they die. They’re hated because they don’t follow the rules of society. Oreos don’t follow the rules blacks must follow. Instead, they follow the rules that whites are made to follow. Oreos speak proper English, don’t have a strict preference for rap, and avoid fights if at all possible. When pressed into a fight, like whites, they’ll talk their way out. They have very vast vocabularies and aren’t afraid to show it. Oreos love reading, and nothing pleases an Oreo more than discussing theories of books with people. Oreos aren’t the only skin traitors, there is also such a thing as an Uh-Oh Oreo.

Uh-Oh Oreos are white on the outside and black on the inside Uh-oh Oreos listen to rap, wear baggy clothes and speak fluent slang. Even though they’re white, they will call other people white if they act like it. They think like blacks and nothing disgusts them more than a traitor that acts different than they look. Which is funny, because they themselves are traitors. Uh-Oh Oreos follow all the rules that blacks are supposed to. They listen to the “right” music, they’re aggressive, and they’re “ignorant”. Any type of Oreo is a traitor because they don’t follow society’s rules of skin.

After defining society’s rules of skin, I realized why I was hated. I was different. Many people followed the rules of race, but I wasn’t one of those followers. I disturbed the racial balance everywhere I went, and to get everything back in balance, the followers of society’s rules had to make me feel bad about myself. They had to make me hate myself enough to change myself.

Through all of the pressure to change myself, I learned two important lessons. The first was that I am who I am, and no one is going to change that. The second is that society’s rules and expectancies of race are only real to the people that follow them. Giona Auzaldúa once said, “I am my language. Until I can take pride in my language I cannot take pride in myself.” I couldn’t agree more. Oreos are just cookies.

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Verano Pasado

Posted by Stephen Holts in Spanish 2 - Gierke on Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 7:55 am
​Verano Pasado
By
Matt Ferry, Cecelia Baez, Candace Blocker, and Stephen Holts

View our video:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5521605/Holts%20Ferry%20Blocker%20Biaz%20Benchmark.mov



Reflection

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Our main goal is to help Noah to speak spanish. And we’re going to help him by teaching him how to talk about his interest and hobbies , What he did over the summer and also be able to talk about things that are happening right now. So by the end of this he will know how to say it all!!

The goals of our tutorial is to teach Noah how to use past tense and present tense and what he did over his summer.

Well.. Of course we started with a sketch ideas of what we wanted to do, and made a script but what we THOUGHT could match the goals. Trying to teach Noah about the ways of simple Spanish doings, and summer times. Past tense speaking. After time, we fixed our scripts and molded it to truly match our goals. Or to the best ability. knowing that it might not be perfect. but just good enough.

We’re proud of our creativity. The ideas we came up with to display our Spanish knowledge. The fact that we purposely mispronounced and mis-conjugated words and then corrected ourselves shows that we’re skilled when it comes to correctly using Spanish verbs

Questions For Noah
~Do you feel that you've learned more about pass tense verbs?
~What should we have changed?
~Was our video easy to understand?
~Did you enjoy it?
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