Things i am proud of

Things I am proud of.
I am very proud of my H2O project. My group and I made a tide calendar, i am very proud of it because we are the ones who took the pictures, wrote the paragraphs and put the whole thing together. we had some troubles and missed some deadlines but in the end, the product is amazing and it is 100% sell worthy.
the first step was to decide what my product was to be, several people were making a calendar and i joined, little did i know it would be more work than i bargained for. then i had to chose a topic to write on, after i chose this i wrote 6 paragraphs. these paragraphs went though at least 7 drafts, but in the end they were not positive enough so i had to re write some of them, but it was fine in the end. some days we had to stay after school so that we could finish the layout and we ran into plenty of little bumps and tedious work. But we finished it and now it looks spectacular.

Another product I am very proud of is my “American icons” project. I am proud of this project because I drew the guitar and I learned about Les Paul the man, I did not really know anything about him and when I did this project I learned about him.
First I chose someone I was interested in. I chose Les Paul, and then I looked for a picture that showed something about him but the picture was too small. I ended up drawing an image and scanning it. And it looked really cool and I am proud of it.

The article "the sea Shepard" is about a man named (Paul Watson), an activist for the Wales, who takes a custom ship with a large I beam on the side so scrape ships hulls. Then he then rams into wailing ships in international waters. These wailers are acting against an act that states that nobody will hunt for Wales. Many wailing countries such as Japan and Norway have largely ignored this act, but Watson uses this as the basis to what he does.
In my opinion what Watson does is wrong. He attacks these vessels with innocent people on them; he does not care if any lives are lost. I do agree that someone should protect the whales because they are endangered and need help. But I think that the way that he goes about it is wrong.
The government should make it so that the act is more enforced, they should make more solid agreements with the wailing countries and use ships that are dedicated to holding up these laws peacefully, not by ramming ships and throwing gas over to the other ship or throwing things in the propeller so it will stop.
So I think both the wailers and Watson are in the wrong. There should also be a limit to how many whales can be killed each year.

Marie Arana article

Arana writes: "Isn't it time for the language to move on?" How do you feel about this? Why?

I think that it is time that we move on from the language. Does Race, ethnicity, background or color ever give us any authority to judge people and essentially call them names? No, but we seem to think so. Language has always put people in boxes, and more specifically names such as black, Asian, etc.

In India, there was a group of people called the Dalits. These people, just because they were born into a family with a certain label or name such as these Dalits, or "untouchables" are treated like dirt, as the name implies. What does this have to do with us here in America? It is so extreme, but what we don’t realize is that we do the same thing, it may not be as common, or obvious. When we label people, we do the same thing, we may treat that person different depending if they are “black”, “Mexican” or “white”. It is not always in a bad way, but we usually do it whether we realize it or not.

On the other side of the argument, some people take pride in the names. many people from Mexican descent, African American, etc. take pride in calling themselves "Black" or "Mexican", or any other title that people may have. But, in my opinion, it also depends on the name that is being used. Some names can be degrading, while others are a symbol of national or personal pride. These names don’t always have to be related to race, ethnicity, or color, but often they do.

I think that if we would just put those physical differences aside, whether it be “black”, “Mexican” or whatever you consider yourself, we are all humans. And under all our physical differences we are all the same.

Senior Citizens

A lot of people voted for Obama, but there was one group that mostly did not vote for him. The Senior Citizens , or people over the age of 65, did not vote for Obama. one of the main issues with voters over 60 was their morals. these people have been raised with old-fashioned morals, they are against gay marriage, abortion and other main issues that America faces today. one other issue that is not that great is race, most of the people that were asked if race was the issue why they were not voting for Obama denied it, but they did say that they thought that it was an issue for other people, such as friends and family. Senior Citizens also like the heath care plans that McCain would have put in place, and when it comes to health, seniors are all for it.

For our product, we are going to make a calendar.
we have 2 ideas for calendars:
1- a full sides normal calendar like the ones you see at all your local stores
- each page will have a picture of a location where we got information on.
- there will be a little box with abour 1 or 2 paragraphs of writing based on our research question.
-the pictures will also be very pleasing to look at and the writing will be enjoyable to read.
- it wont have a very large academic feel, it will be something that you WANT hanging in your house.

2- calendar that is half the size of a full sixed callendar
-very similar to the first calendar. but the differance is taht it will have the tides on it.

THE PLAN!

Recourses:
- camera
- printing co.
- paper and pen
- a car to drive to sites
- the sights

People
- Surfers
- Pedestrians (beach goers)
- life guards
- people to revise writing= dad, team members, etc

CALENDAR
November 7- research important dates/ areas of photography
November 8/9/10/11: Take pictures at assigned locations
November 12: Review Picture and Retake pictures if necessary
November 13: Pick finalized pictures.
November 14/15/16: Begin working on paragraphs. Have rough drafts for all paragraphs by beginning of class on the 17th.
November 17: Begin basic layout/in design spread sheet.
November 18: Insert Pictures into layout/in design sheet
November 19: Insert Calendar with tide information
November 20: Insert paragraphs into layout/in design sheet
November 21: Insert facts/dates/did you know facts. Complete draft of calendar ready for critique.
November 22-30= Thanksgiving Break December 1-2: Critiques for content December 3-4: Critiques for Aesthetic Appeal December 5: Send to Printer

5. Election Reflection (that rhymes..that was unintentional)

Pt. 1
1. I was not very surprised of the turnout of the election. I was fairly sure that Obama was going to win. The reason I was fairly sure that he was going to win, is because I had run some simulations on a website that is dedicated to running simulations. I also noticed that Obama, according with allot of polls and other information, Obama had most of the large “swing” or “battle ground” states, as well as the states with the larger amount of votes were leaning towards him.
2. I hope that we can get out of Iraq, in a way that it is peaceful and that is effective and I hope that we can start resolving issues here at home and when things are good at home, then we can go and get in other people’s business, but only with a really good excuse.
3. What kind of “change” will we go through and how will it take place?


Pt. 2
1. I think I have been growing in the amount of civil knowledge I have. I think that this humanities class has opened my eyes to the world of politics that are around us. I am glad because I can actually carry on a descent conversation about politics. There is still a lot to learn tho.
2. Just talking about issues in general. Having discussions are always good, and the blogs help broaden our scope of what is happening in the world.
3. I think we should have more discussions.
4. I was glad that I could actually talk about politics. A year ago I would have not even cared about who won or anything to do with politics, and now I do.