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Thomas Jeffcoat Capstone

Posted by Thomas Jeffcoat in Capstone - Best - Wed on Friday, May 22, 2015 at 12:44 pm
http://www.datpiff.com/mixtapes-detail.php?id=706324

For the past 8 months, I've been hard at work in the recording studio working on an 11 track EP entitled "From The Heart", which I executively produced. While working on the EP, I also started a vlog series on YouTube which chronicles my process from the very beginning. In November, I began partnering with the owner of Platinum Touch Recordings in West Philadelphia. This allowed me to access the recording studio and its equipment whenever necessary. Also, I befriended the studio engineer, Demetrius Hart, who is a student at the Art Institutes of Philadelphia. Meat, as Mr. Hart is commonly referred to, served as my mentor throughout the course of working on my capstone. 

In order to release the EP on its expected date, April 30th, it took countless long nights in the studio, constant bickering, and compromise of artistic views. I believe that working with so many different artists and music producers allowed me to dive deeply into the collaboration aspect of my project. Altogether, I believe that I produced an excellent product that I hope my peers enjoy listening to.
Tags: capstone, Best, 2015
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From The Heart

Posted by Thomas Jeffcoat in Storytelling - Rami - C on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 1:08 pm
In this short vlog, I am attempting to show people the music I am creating and how I'm striving to create something different than what the masses expect.

I think that I accomplished this goal by having the snippets of people talking about the music I've been creating over the past few months.

I hope that they understand how hard I've worked on my music, and that they should expect a new sound to emerge from the project I've created
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Ben Carson: Gifted Hands

Posted by Thomas Jeffcoat in English 3 - Rami - E on Friday, October 25, 2013 at 12:45 pm

Ben Carson: Gifted Hands

The complete autobiography of the famed African American Neurosurgeon. This is his tale of grit and hard work in a time where the odds were in the complete opposite of his favor.


Spanning the from the late 1950’s up to the late 2000’s, Gifted hands covers more than 55 years of Dr. Carson’s life. At a young age, Carson’s mother and father split after the revelation of his father’s second family. Carson’s mother battled with a lack of education, mental disorders, and finance as she struggled to raise her two sons in the city of Detroit at the peak of the civil rights movement. Although today we know Dr. Carson as one of the most talented surgeons in America, he was consistently the bottom of his class throughout his elementary years of schooling. His mother, working under successful caucasian families, drew inspiration from her employers on values to instill within her own children. By the time Carson graduated from the eighth grade, he was the top of his class. Of course, his successes at his all white school were not met with approval from his peers. On top of racial discrimination, Carson struggled with a severe anger management problem. However, he didn’t let these obstacles hinder him. He continued to excel through high school, reaching achievements high enough to earn him acceptance to Yale University. There, Carson met his wife, Candy. Drawing from the values of hard work, integrity, and his strong belief in god Dr. carson has achieved many successes in his career.


This is an autobiography, allowing the reader to feel more of an intimate relationship with the author. Along with relaying the events of his life, Carson also gives us insights on his thoughts throughout each event. Considering the level of education and knowledge Dr. Carson possesses, the book reads very much at a basic level. The book has a very relaxed and informal tone, almost as if you are sitting in your quaint living room having a conversation with a man probably miles away from your home. By doing this, you can vividly see the way the Dr. Carson matures as he ages.  


Whether you believe the book was written well or not,  it has a certain value to society’s youth. Not just African American youth, but to any young person who aspires to do anything great in his or her lifetime. Observing the way that Dr. Carson overcame adversity, not through natural talent, but pure grit and hard work is one of the biggest inspirations a child can receive. It reinforces the hackneyed message that we can achieve anything if we put our minds to it. I believe that actually seeing this played out is extremely valuable.


Gifted Hands
By: Ben Carson
Published: Review and Herald 1990
Pages:224
This is a photo biography of Ben Carson's life. The music playing in the background is Fur Elise written by Beethoven which represents Dr. Carson's fondness of classical music.

https://drive.google.com/a/scienceleadership.org/file/d/0B6Cc-ylOZ3jzejAwQjJGVlBKVjQ/edit?usp=sharing
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Othello Journals

Posted by Thomas Jeffcoat in English 2 - Pahomov on Sunday, May 5, 2013 at 9:26 pm

Journal #1

 

Bade him anon return and here speak with me,

The which he promised. Do but encave yourself,

And mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable scorns

That dwell in every region of his face.

(Look out onto the audience) For I will make him tell the tale anew

Where, how, how oft, how long ago, and when

He hath, and is again to cope your wife.

I say (whisper low to Othello), but mark his gesture. Marry, patience,

Or I shall say you are all in all in spleen,

And nothing of a man.

 

This whole soliloquy will be spoken somewhat to Othello. Iago should speak this in a low and devious voice, almost whispering to him.

 

 

Journal #2

Barbantio

In the beginning sequences of the play, Barbantio is told by Roderigo and Iago that The moor is having sex with his daughter. This makes Barbantio angry and causes him to send out a search party for his daughter and Othello. Once he finds them, Othello is taken to the duke where Barbantio expresses his disgust and anger. It may have been different had he been told that the moor “fell in love with Desdemona”.

 

Journal #3

 

My Role: Othello

Othello is a Moor. The word "moor" is a word for the black people that inhabited Europe during that time period. The Moors brought over a lot of new cultures and ideas, including warfare techniques. This is was allowed Othello to serve as a general in Venice. Before, Othello was a slave of the Persian’s. The army of Venice and the Persian’s were at war, with the Persian’s losing severely. Othello was one of the last men standing, with no intentions of holding back. Barbantio took notice of this. With Othello’s blade staring down the face of one his soldiers, Barbantio commanded him to stop. He then asked Othello to stop killing his men. Barbantio offered to make him a general in the Venetian army. That was the birth of his new life in Venice.

 

Journal #4

 

The way I perceive Othello is nothing like myself. I’ll try to overcome this by standing up very tall and straight, to show his masculinity and firm build. Also, My voice is not as low as I imagine Othello’s to be, so I’m going to make my voice a little deeper. As a prop, I’m going to try and find a turban or a kufi. More than any of the props, I hope that our understanding of the lines will make our scene stand out from the others.

 

Top of Form

 

Bottom of Form

Journal #5

 

“Why, why is this? Think’st thou I’ld make a lie of jealousy, to follow still the changes of the moon with fresh suspicions? No, Iago; I’ll see before I doubt; when I doubt, prove, and on the proof, there is no more but this,-- away at once with love or jealousy!”

 

 I said this line as if I was telling Iago he was jumping the gun. He was making too many assumptions. Our scene went exactly as planned. We all played our parts as we rehearsed. If I had more time, I’d have memorized my lines so that I could make contact with the other actors. The language in the book is a little hard to read so, acting it out gave me a sense of what the characters’ words actually meant.

 

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El Triangulo De Amor

Posted by Thomas Jeffcoat in Spanish 2 - Bey on Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 9:45 pm
Tómas Jeffcoat, Lola Spells, Octavio White, Lupe Birkmire
El Triangulo de Amor
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El Oso y Mi Familia

Posted by Thomas Jeffcoat in Spanish 2 - Bey on Friday, April 5, 2013 at 8:27 am
https://docs.google.com/a/scienceleadership.org/file/d/0B6Cc-ylOZ3jzVmpuZElTVmNMSU0/edit?usp=sharing
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Fornication

Posted by Thomas Jeffcoat in English 2 - Pahomov on Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 5:32 pm
This Is the story of how my aunt, who holds a very prestigious position in the church, became pregnant out of marriage.
Crossing Boundaries Podcast

When I heard that this project was going to be about crossing boundaries, I wasn't sure who I'd interview. So I began to think about people who had a set a boundaries placed around them. Immediately, I thought of people who belong to a religion. Most of my family is apart of the Christian religion, but then I had to think of someone who'd broken a rule. My aunt came to mind. Fornication is a big sin amongst Christians,  and that was a sin that she'd committed. 


I learned that my aunt is very devoted to her faith and her religion, but her love and devotion for her children is even more powerful. Although she may have been ashamed at first to be carrying a bastard child, she was no longer ashamed once the children arrived. Not because she didn't want the child to feel unwanted, but because she was genuinely happy to have brought them into this world.

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Cómo ser un "Hipster"

Posted by Thomas Jeffcoat in Spanish 2 - Bey on Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 7:09 am

How To Be A Hipster from Thomas Jeffcoat on Vimeo.

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Daddy?

Posted by Thomas Jeffcoat in English 2 - Pahomov on Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 6:49 pm

“That’s some skittle-cake!” I shouted in a room full of relatives, grandparents to the newly born girl sitting with her mother in the corner of the room. According to my mother, my teammate was making too many gestures as she gave the clues. “We should get those points!” I argued. I was always very competitive when it came to playing Taboo, but no one was worried about the score at that moment. They wanted to know what I’d even meant by shouting ‘skittle-cake’.

 

“Skittle-cake? Is that some new word ya’ll using?” My aunt asked. I would’ve said yes, but honestly, no one I knew used the word besides me. Which was a good thing. That word was the first way I discovered how to separate myself from crowds and trends.

 

            When I think of the people who speak the “better” English, those are the people who use it in a clear and educated way. When you’re educated in the English language, it gives you a bigger canvas to express yourself. You can’t play a Jimi Hendrix song on guitar if you only know three notes. However, becoming an English Linguistics major isn’t the only way a person can become better equipped to express themselves through language. As a teenager, I’m beginning to form my own self- image. Part of that is trying to be different than everyone else in every way possible. One of the ways I’ve found effective in doing so is with the way I speak. “I like dem shoes! They tough daddy!”. The usual response I get after I say something like this is, “ ‘Daddy’? What Thomas?”. While some may use loud clothing or wild hairstyles to stand out, I use language to express who I am to the world.

           

            In, If Black English Isn’t A Language Tell Me, What Is?, James Baldwin states, “Language incontestably reveals the speaker.” Different patterns and dialects can automatically be pinned to certain people. With your eyes closed, you could tell your listening to Obama speak just by the deep, calming tone he speaks in. With accents we can tell where a person is from. If actors are using words like jive and right on, you know you’re watching an American 70’s movie. Before even using any words to describe ourselves, people can tell something about us from whatever uniqueness you have to your diction.  The less unique, the less we stand out.

 

            . Slang is something that we all use, which sort of accompanies regional accents. We, here in Philadelphia, have our own set of words and phrases that we also use. However, one thing that I value is being unique. I was never one to follow trends or become too involved in pop-culture. One thing that makes me distinct is the language I use. I’ve transformed what some may call a Philadelphian accent into my own distinguishable speech. I may use the word daddy to represent something I think is cool or nice, or just use it as the suffix to a word due to my goofy nature.

 

            “It’s nip-daddy! I should’ve wore my coat this morning”. My friend stare at me, puzzled by the jibberish I’d just spoken.

 

“Nip-daddy? What, Thomas?” asked Ashley. Once the confusion passed, a burst of laughter erupted from everyone who’d heard me say it, the reaction I was hoping for. That’s the kind of laughter I like. Not the kind that’s ridiculing and harsh, but the kind that gives you a sense of belonging in your community.

 

“I guess we can add that to the bank with scrumptious” replied my friend Pierce. Scrumptious, as the average English speaker knows it, means to taste delicious. For me, the meaning is slightly different. I’ve transformed it into a phrase used to describe something attractive, from people to inanimate objects. Though this word currently exist in the English language, I’ve compromised it’s formality to create my own slang.

 

            Although English is something we all speak, it is spoken in different ways for each person. For me, I use my language to define my uniqueness. I bend and twist words into unorthodox patterns. With my clothes, music, and food choices I’d be an outcast. With language I’ve become a trend on my own.

 

 

 

Language Biography from Thomas Jeffcoat on Vimeo.

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The Blessing

Posted by Thomas Jeffcoat in English 2 - Pahomov on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at 9:27 am

Well, I usually start by telling him how much I like his Burlington Coat Factory necktie, or how delicious the cornbread is that his wife made. Honestly, that’s what I want to tell him. It’s what I’m used to, quick and easy, but I get the feeling that it won’t be a loaf of cornbread sitting on his living room table and his necktie will probably be Ralph Lauren or Nautica. We’re standing on this porch two inches from the rest of our lives and the only thing I want to say is… Is this outfit okay? (chuckles) Yea, that’s a question the girl would usually ask. I wasn’t even this nervous when I introduced you to my parents. My mom used to always say “If she can’t use a comb, don’t bring her home” (chuckles). I was surprised at how okay she was with you. All throughout high school I was so afraid to bring home anybody who wasn’t black. I knew my mom would smile in her face, but as soon as we were alone she’d call the whole family and complain about how all the good black men never want a black woman. One day I asked her, Did she ever think that women aren’t categorized by race? Did she ever think that the same human traits aren’t subject to race? I guess her reaction to you today was some type of new understanding she has. Have you ever been with a black guy? I mean I know my family has some issues with race, but you guys get the most hell about having problems with another race. I used to think that women like you were only nice to us black guys in order to stay on societies good side. I thought that, because of my skin color, I was only limited to a certain selection of females. I don’t know if you can understand this,  but when I met you it was one of the lowest points in my life. I knew I loved you immediately, and I hated myself. I hated myself because I felt that my skin color was keeping us apart, and at that moment I would’ve done anything to shed my skin so that you might be able to see me for the person I truly was. Amazingly enough, you did. Maybe you get it from your father. (Knocks on the door)

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Thomas Jeffcoat Film Review

Posted by Thomas Jeffcoat in Digital Video - Herman on Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 12:16 pm
https://docs.google.com/document/d/170ySQKVe6mVzV2BSwDKeFVQM3X-ku_X1Hwbt8YT8rBI/edit
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Quien eres Tu?

Posted by Thomas Jeffcoat in Spanish 2 - Bey on Monday, October 1, 2012 at 3:55 pm
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/44542188/%C2%BFquien%20eres%20tu%3F.m4v
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House Description

Posted by Thomas Jeffcoat in Spanish 1 - Manuel on Monday, May 14, 2012 at 7:03 pm
1) La casa tiene un habitacion
2) Hay dos teles
3) No hay satono
4) No hay jardin o garaje
5) La cocina es verde
6) La sala es amarilla
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cartoon-house-hi
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¡Perú es increíble! (Thomas y Traevon aka T.T.)

Posted by Thomas Jeffcoat in Spanish 1 - Manuel on Monday, April 16, 2012 at 9:57 am
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Thomas Jeffcoat

Posted by Thomas Jeffcoat in Spanish 1 - Manuel on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 11:53 am
Soy Tómas Jeffcoat. Tengo 14 años. Soy bastante talentoso. Es por eso que, cuando tengo tiempo libre, toco la guitarra. Mis amigos y yo tenemos hambre siempre, así que comemos todos los días. Me encanta language, es por eso que escribo poemas a veces. Me gusta mi salud, así que no como la carne nunca
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¡Mis Clases Favoritas!

Posted by Thomas Jeffcoat in Spanish 1 - Manuel on Monday, February 13, 2012 at 2:48 pm
Clase: Inglés

Profesor: El Señor Kay

Actividades en la clase: Hablamos sobre de los libros y escribimos los cuentos

Responsibilidades: tenemos que tomar apuntes, somos respetuoso, y participar

Materiales: la computadora, el libro, y una pluma

Opinión: Me encanta la clase de ingles porque es divertido



Clase: Geometria

Profesora: La Señora Thompson

Actividades en la clase: Resolver los problemos de matematicas

Responsibilidades: Hacer la tarea, prestar atención, y trabajar duro

Materiales: una regla, la carpeta, unos lapices, y la computadora

Opinión: Me gusta la clase de geometria mas o menos porque es facil y abburida
La clase de geomtria
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Tags: Royer Pernia, E1 U4
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Describe SLA

Posted by Thomas Jeffcoat in Spanish 1 - Manuel on Monday, January 30, 2012 at 8:50 am
Mi escuela es SLA. SLA es pequeña y mas o menos alta. Tenemos un biblioteca, una cafeteria, y much mas. Hay mas o menos quinientos estudiantes y veinte profesores. SLA esta en centro de la ciudad. Me encanta SLA. Es muy divertida
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2nd Slide

Posted by Thomas Jeffcoat in Technology - Hull on Friday, January 27, 2012 at 9:54 am
This is my new slide. In the slide I focused on depth and contrast. The most basic contrasting colors are black and white. On the white background I had all my images in black, and on the black background I had everything in white. The way the images get larger from left to right is the way I used the concept of depth.
Graphic design
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!Mis Seres Queridos!

Posted by Thomas Jeffcoat in Spanish 1 - Manuel on Friday, January 6, 2012 at 11:49 am
E1U3 Spanish
Tags: royerpernia, E13U
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Erykah Badu

Posted by Thomas Jeffcoat in Spanish 1 - Manuel on Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 11:52 am
él pelo: ​tienes el pelo corto y rizado.

Los ojos: tiene los ojos marrones


familia: tiene tres niños

edad: tiene cuarenta años
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Graphic Design

Posted by Thomas Jeffcoat in Technology - Hull on Friday, December 2, 2011 at 9:46 am
Graphic design
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¡Hola Royer!

Posted by Thomas Jeffcoat in Spanish 1 - Manuel on Monday, November 28, 2011 at 8:29 am
¡Hola!

Saludos desde Fíladelfia. Mi nombre es Tómas ("Thomas" en ingles). Tengo catorce años. Mi cumpleaños es en dieciocho de octubre. ¿Cuando es tú cumpleaños?¿Cuantos años tienes tu? Soy de Fíladelfia. En Filadelfia, hace calor en estos días. Esta lloviendo un poco. 

Soy pocquito alto y delgado. Yo toco la guitarra, es por eso que soy muy talentoso. Yo soy también increiblemente simpatico, moreno, y hablador. Me gusta ver la tele todos las días, pero me gusta correr todos sábado. No me gusta nada estudiar, nadar, y cantar. Mi favorita colora es negro. ¿y tu? ¿Como eres tu?

Lo siento, tengo voy comer. ¡Adios!
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Tags: royerpernia, Venezuela
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¿Qué tiempo hace hoy?

Posted by Thomas Jeffcoat in Spanish 1 - Manuel on Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at 1:12 pm
Movie on 10-27-11 at 11.13 AM
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Alphebeto

Posted by Thomas Jeffcoat in Spanish 1 - Manuel on Monday, October 31, 2011 at 11:34 am
Knowing how to spell something can be very useful learning a new language. Also, pronunciation is a big factor in learning a language. Here is the alphabet...
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Here is a video of a real life situation...
Here are my pareja's (Bryanna) three lessons:
1) Días de la Semana
2) ¿Qué tiempo hace hoy?
3)La Fecha
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¿Qué hora es?

Posted by Thomas Jeffcoat in Spanish 1 - Manuel on Monday, October 31, 2011 at 11:34 am
In spanish, one of the most basic, but important, things is knowing how to ask and tell the time. Below is a diagram of how to do so...
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As for telling time, it is very simple...
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