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I really enjoyed this art because it gave off a certain light to the beauty behind art. The hair is what really got me because it was simplified in a way that the focus wasn't on how detailed the hair was so we focused more on the figure it's self. I also enjoyed and was captivated by how there seemed to be an invisible gust of wind that caused the hair to curl and sway in an unusual way. It was interesting to find that this particular art style happened around the same time but in different parts of the country like Europe and Japan.

Semester 2 Blog 12

Dear President Obama,

I wish to address you about your American Foreign policy, in the Middle East and in North Africa. In the Middle East we attempted to use the Marshall which obviously failed not only among part of our alliance in the middle east but also among our people since the Marshall plan was never fully carried out. Many things might have been different if we had cared all the way through, like the rebellion of Osama Bin Laden. When carrying out a policy like the Marshall Plan we must see it through or face the consequences. I hope that learning from our mistakes we can better our future and prevent further mistakes from happening. I thank you for your time that you gave up to read this.

Sincerely,
A Student Of America

Semester 2 Blog 11

If you were President, how would you confront the multiple issues surrounding the Geneva Conventions that we have discussed in class over the past week?

If I was president I would make it so that parts of the convention like the topic of what to do with Guantamino Bay. I would keep it in Cuba because one it would be a waste of our good American dollars, and two the UN should decide because the problems we get are almost all international. There is also a lot of money troubles that I could fix too but I have to focus on this topic.

Honors Blog

June 14, 1940
Dear Rachel,
How are you fairing in San Diego? Are Marcus and Abigail doing well? Have you heard any news from James? I am doing well, the new house here in Buffalo, New York is very beautiful. Matthew is a wonderful man and I can't wait for him to come back home. I have a very special surprise for him! I am expecting! I didn't find out until a week after he had left. I am currently on leave from the Red Cross. I wish I could help but the other women are such hard workers I don't worry too much. There are 17 other girls also pregnant, and some of the older women are calling it a Baby Boom. I think it's funny that they are calling these coincidental pregnancy's the Baby Boom, but I am excited about it. I am writing to you to ask for support while my husband Matthew isn't here. He probably won't be here for the birth so I want you here. About work, I was hearing that you have been working on your own victory garden when you aren't doing your paper and aluminum drives. My neighbor Stacy is also making one and she wanted to send some squash seeds over for your garden. I hope that you can come over soon I am missing my best friend more and more every day.

Sincerely,
Katie Reede

Semester 2 Blog 10

1. Great Grandma Steyer (Margaret Steyer)Married to a German imagrant. Married to the enemy.
2. farmers, soldiers of the home frontiers- how my family fought to feed america.
3. paper drive- Shirley Woolett
victory garden- Betty Steyer
Half way across the world

World War two Imagery

WW2 propaganda


2.This is an early war poster posted to inspire americans to keep the battle over seas instead of having it be brought to where our families were. I was one of the many that inspired out soldiers to fight.
3. I was creeped out to see this because it portrays how dangerous the war was and that they could invade and harm our children at any time.

WW2 war photography


2. This photo was taken in September of 1944, though the exact date is unknown. Parachuter's shadows are coming from the sky's as waves of paratroops land in Holland during operations by the 1st Allied Airborne Army.
3. This picture gave me chills as I saw how many people were coming down it was sort of like a dark cloud accending into the skies, sending a plauged of uneasyness and fear everywhere.

The Axis powers


2. This picture is by Herbert A. Friedman, It is a picture of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Emperor Hirohito, who represent the Axis powers.
3. This picture tells us that these people are only good for killing hense the head under Germany's foot. Their scowls and the glares we recived gives us the sense that we might just be next on the lists of these killers.


This is a little something extra. It's from a japanese show with human versions of countries, who were involved in WW1 and WW2. The show it Axis Powers Hetalia. The photo is of Japan (left), Italy(middle), and Germany(right).

Semester 2 Blog 8

1977 Paris Review interview with Kurt Vonnegut

1. What stands out about this interview is how Vonnegut throws in dark humor every once and while.
2. Vonnegut's experience of surviving the bombing of Dresden inspired him to write slaughter house 5.
3. Would you have ever written a war story if you had not experienced this.

Honors

Choice #3) In a well developed, thoughtful piece of writing that uses direct quotes, explain the use of symbols to develop a theme in your novel.

Vonnegut explains how no one really talks about what has happened after a battle. they are all quiet, but the bird sing with enthusiasm like nothings happened. "And what do the birds say? All there is to say about a massacre, things like "Poo-tee-weet"" pg 19. This could mean the media and Hollywood and other big money makers glorify war. The birds are those who don't understand the gravity of which war brings.
"And Lot's wife, of course, was told not to look back where all those people and their homes had been. But she did look back, and I love her for that, because it was so human...This one is a failure, and had to be, since it was written by a pillar of salt. It begins like this," pg 22. This shows that Vonnegut looks back on this war not to glorify it but to lay the truth down to us even if it fails at striking us deeply. He looks back not with guilt or remorse but because he is human an is drawn to what effects us most in our lives.

Semester 2 Blog 7

For a teacher to teach in my parents time when they were my age, which is around 1984, there might not have been much of a difference at all except that the gov. might not have had requirements or sufficient standards on what to teach. The only similarities between then and now is the subjects we learn. Lately teachers are the ones being cut from their jobs which I don't find sufficient and wise because we need to be taught about the world and about life and politics. the teaches would be concerned about us repeating history and how we would not learn from this if we didn't get the proper education. My grandparents time in 1948 wasn't much different but people weren't as serious about education as they are now.

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Link to three outstanding Ampersand article pitches that you have seen on other students' blogs.

What makes each one stand out to you? What makes you believe these pitches would lead to great articles? Write a paragraph for each.

http://seriousnoyes.blogspot.com/

I find that I may want to make my article humorous like in the last pitch given because it may obtain and hold on to the readers attention.


http://humanities-tosti.blogspot.com/
Both the first and last pitches interest me because I could write my article in a story format or in a comic format. I may want to avoid it though because it could take up a lot of my time and I may never finish it.


http://lorena-chuco.blogspot.com/
I chose Lorenas because it supports my ideas and makes me fell that I may be able to blend a couple of story ideas.

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Write out three "pitches" for three different Ampersand articles that you might write for this year's publication.

1st: Reliving the school life but as a teacher.

2nd: Knowing and experiencing the feeling of the students and how they depend on you.

3rd: How not only the students me, myself grew through this experience.

Challenge: What did you dream last night?

Last night I dreamt that I was in this orphanage, though I have no clue why. I remember though that the walls were a light blue and the kids that were also in the orphanage would give me weird looks. I had the weirdest feeling that this wasn’t the first time that I had been here. After one of the kinder caretakers had shown me to my room, I decided to explore my new home. My feet carried themselves to a pair of old brown doors that clashed against the light blue walls of the orphanage. Opening them I saw a short flight of stairs that lead to a dimly lit underground basement with a low ceiling. As I enter the eerie abyss. I remember the kids that were playing little games with abilities that they each had. I remembered that I had seen this place in other dreams, it was a safe haven for those whose parents had abandon them because of their abilities. I also had abilities yet I couldn’t remember what they were. I suddenly asked if a character whom I was quite fond of was there. With sad looks they said he had died. (this character whom I believe was named either Chris or Paul resembles a look a lot like Chris Colfer from Glee.) Heartbroken I sat in my room with despair. After several days I re-entered the basement with the sudden feeling that he wasn’t really dead but there was only one way to make sure. One of the kids has this ability to make an object, if desired, send out sonic waves that can do everything from making earthquakes to picking up the position of even the smallest objects. Using that object I found this character who was about the size of the tip of my pinky and was a violent purple color. He confirmed my suspicions because in a pervious dream he was a frightening enemy whom I killed in the end. After questioning him, I discovered that not only was he a good guy now he knew what had happed to Chris. Suddenly a nun whom worked at the orphanage had brought the father of Chris who said he would help bring Chris back. In the end the father died saving Chris form this parallel universe. It was days until Chris finally came back home. He was notably a foot taller than me and his hair was now in a pony tail. After we hugged in pure joy of seeing each other, I woke up.

My challenge for all you who read this article, is to write about a dream either recent or that you remember well and then to challenge other readers to do the same.

Quote Attack!!

"Hope lies not in the words on paper but in the hearts of people."

Semester 2 Blog 4

https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0By0BP1hDLB5EY2U0MTVlN2QtZWQ0Ny00MzQxLWIzNDEtYzI3ZTBkMTc5MzAy&hl=en

This is a good example of how I can write my article and how I should form it. This article mainly focuses on what it feels like to go back to the classroom experience of elementary school yet showing the teachers side. This article also connects a lot with my mentor interview and how the life of a teacher is just as stressful as the students.

https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0By0BP1hDLB5ENTFjZDc5YTEtYjg5MC00NDE0LWFmM2YtZmYzN2VhMWQ5MzA2&hl=en

This article is about how not only the kids grew but the author grew from the teaching experiences. It showed that even the teacher can learn with the student. My picture essay focused on that detail of grow from the teaching experience.

https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0By0BP1hDLB5ENTc5MjgwMDEtZTc1OS00MTc1LWEwMzEtN2ZhNjBhNWQ2NDM2&hl=en

This is a good example of positive things you feel when teaching. You get a grasp of how much the students depend on you when your teaching. I feel that I would like my article to be on this subject because i want to interest my readers on the rewarding benefits of the teaching job.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/7928784/Bill-Withers-interview.html

The author starts off the interview with telling it like a story, bringing it to an interview, then having it go back to being a story. Some writing techniques that were displayed in this story were quotes, information shared about not only the one character who was being interviewed but about others as well. The overall piece was the perfect example of a concert or a loop. The introduction is very abrupt and to the point about the idea behind the article, even on the very first sentence.

http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/steve-jobs-in-1994-the-rolling-stone-interview-20110117

The author begins with looking at the dark moments in the characters life. the writing becomes a biography on Job's and Apple and how they have both grown throughout the years. There were a lot of numbers, dates, ages, and facts thrown around. While that can be a good thing we want to maintain the readers attention and this article got me bored very quickly. The set up was very much like an interview and while I want to get my facts out with some times and dates I want to maintain my readers attention a part of this article which will not be seen in my interview.

The Knot In The Buisness Industry

The Knot In The Business Industry or 'The Noose' as I like to call it is this representation of how money in the business industry flows. We spend so much of our money by putting companies over seas and paying workers minimal wage that we don't even realize we aren't getting our money back at an even flow. This is because we get more of what we paid for and most of our money stays circulating in foreign countries instead of circulating back to us. So eventually we will be so broke we will basically be the ones working for china making ipods.

Semester 2 blog 2

What have you read lately (say, since last semester), that you found interesting?
Why did it catch your attention?

I am reading Eragon and it really caught my attention not only because it was 25 cents, but because it caught me the moment I read the first page of the first chapter. I wasn't bored with reading it 5 minutes in and wanted to read it more. For me it is very rare to find a book like that and so I really like this book.

Semester 2 blog 1

What are the big ideas that you are taking from internship into the next steps in your life?

I am taking the experience of a career as a teacher and as a parent because this job has prepared me for the crazy, wild, wacky things that kids will throw at me.

What are your plans for the coming semester?

For this coming semester I am planning to look at a lot of colleges, study like crazy, and maybe find a second job for the weekends.

Internship Blog Week 3 part 2

6. What are you thankful for in your internship experience?

I am most thankful for the experience of what it is like to be a teacher, because I got not only got to experience what it is like to be an art teacher but as a regular teacher too. I am also thankful to both teachers for accepting me as their intern and showing me the ropes of being a teacher. I have seen how both run their classes and they both have unique ways to get things done. I am utterly thankful to have this experience for the future.

Internship Blog Week 3 part 1

3. You are half-way through your project. How is it going? What challenges have you faced? What have you learned? What are you doing to ensure a successful completion of your internship project?

Well now that I am halfway through my internship I feel very excited to finish with a bang. The kids love me and I just love working with them. I have to admit though I am very sore and very tired. I have faced challenges like missing files, paint spills, the nervousness to succeed in my lessons. I have learned to overcome these challenges with hard work, determination, and a never ending supply of coffee. I will ensurfe my successful completion of my internship but finishing everything that is needed to be finished and making my POL the best!

Internship Blog Week 2 part 2

3. How do you see yourself growing or changing over the course of your internship?

I see myself growing throughout the course of this internship, in how I teach things. Before I couldn't even teach a lesson let alone plan and teach one. So this internship has given me more confidence as a teacher and as a person. I also have have grown in learning new ways to teach kids how to read. One way is to have a child read two pages and then tell me what has happened so far. I feel very accomplished with this internship.

Internship Blog Week 2 part 1

2. What is the biggest challenge face at your internship?

I find that the biggest challenge in my internship is keeping up with the kids and keeping them under control. The reason for this being that they have so much energy that I get tired just fro standing on my feet all day. I am facing this challenge by sleeping more and drinking more coffee (yes it's very unhealthy for someone of my age and size.)

The First Week of Internship part 2

6. Describe the company culture at your internship, including how people interact, communicate and work together.

The company culture at my internship is very scheduled and organized. Students are seated accordingly and know what is expected of themselves and their attitudes. When a student has a problem they raise their hand and silently wait until help comes. Students are very positive to each other and work together sharing art supplies and work space.

First Week of Internship part 1

1. What are you excited about, nervous about and wondering about?

I am excited to learn some skills for being a teacher. I am nervous about how the students will see me and treat me. I wonder what I will get out of this experience.I wonder the most about how well I will do in teaching the kids Because they may or may not listen to me and that makes me a bit nervous.