Junior English

   The book presented was called Same, Same but Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw. The piece was engaging, although the gym may not have been the best location for that group. The lighting reflecting off the book wasn't as appealing, especially being an e-Comm student I would know lighting can make a world of a difference. The buzzing/humming of the lights wasn't very exciting or appealing to hear. Otherwise it was creative and effective.   If I was an elementary student, I wouldn't be choosing this book. That being because elementary me seemed to feel like a grade or more ahead of myself and liked reading chapter books from younger elementary age. Challenged my vocabulary to eventually make 2nd place in an elementary school spelling bee, and as well as in 2nd grade jumped grades ahead of myself on vocabulary, I believe to a 5th grade level almost/at most.

 This blogpost is going to be an analysis of the Wasteland Documentary I watched for english class. In this blogpost the objectives are to describe the context of the piece, talk about the artist's purpose for the art, and analyze the story and the work.    This is an artist from New York, who goes to Brazil and collects recyclables from scavengers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and turns them into art. He does this in effort to "change the lives of the people, with the same material that they deal with everyday," (Vik Muniz). His next plans include working with garbage. The idea is to " [take] people away... from where they are, {to show} them another world, another place," and to see how it affects them and changes them. The landfill they go to,  "Jardim Gramacho (Gramacho Gardens)," is the biggest landfill in the sense of square footage, and of intake of trash per day. The garbage that goes there is a mix of garbage of a millionaire and a low-end neig...

   I feel as though child soldiers would be the more pressing issue. There are valid reasons and reasonable arguments for both sides; however, I choose child soldiers for the following reasons.   Being an immigrant means you are getting a fresh start, and a new life in a different country. Escaping a harsh reality and finding a better one to reside in. Immigrants come from countries under dictators, kings or rulers of that manner that, in the opinion of the immigrants, are making life hard for them to actually survive. Immigration is essentially like if I were to leave one school because of the way the administration handled situations and went to another school because the way they handled situations was seen as "more fit" for an environment I'd like to be in.   Child soldiers on the other hand, aren't going from one way of life to another for the purpose of escaping their existing life to find and make a better life somewhere that will encourage and support the...

 

    My position on what it means to be an American I feel follows along with the idea behind I Hear America Singing by Walt Whitman and America, I Sing Back by Allison Adelle Hedge Coke. They both talk about how America was built on the work and dedication to making a better life for those who first start migrating to the U.S.     The United States to me is a wonderful place to be, while we don't have some freedoms like the freedom Germany has to have Autobahns, we should consider ourselves lucky to be where we live. Our country was built on hard work and dedication to making a better life for ourselves and those after us. Unfortunately it was also built on a lot of unfortunate and in today's standards, disgraceful ways of living and being towards others. It was built on hatred, disrespect and mistreatment of many people. Our ancestors all Immigrated in at some point in time and were all risking what they had to hopefully make a better life for the future ge...

The reason I chose this as my picture to represent America is one that requires good explanation. Film is an open world for creative minds to be free and develop, such as America in the beginning was a place where everyone was "free" to come and develop their life into something better than it was. Film is not a place for everyone, such as America seemed to turn out for many who immigrated in during the creation of the United States. 

Damien Fraser Ms. Foushee Eng. 3, Hr. 5 30 August 2017 What does it mean to be an American? To me being an American means being respectful and responsible while having freedom. America is the land of the free, but obviously with some responsibility. We have to work to have the things we have the freedom to call ours. We have to understand that everyone does not share the same views/opinions as we do, and we have to respect them for that. But in the end of the day, we have more freedom than people in other countries. Overall we have it good here, but many can and possibly do take it for granted.   Summarize: we take freedom for granted and that we should be respecting and taking full advantage of the freedom given to us and thankful for the opportunities that other countries don’t. Paraphrase: don’t take our freedom that other countries don’t have for granted. You must responsible and respectful of it. Name: Jordin Blackwell