Monday, May 3, 2010

REal Women Have Curves.


My coworker "Chase" has been telling me to see this movie that he and his girlfriend had seen a long time ago, it's called " Real Women Have Curves". He mentioned to me that he enjoyed the movie very much and recommends me to see it immediately. I managed to see a glimpse of the movie and I did not like it, only because the parents of the main character are idiots. They don't want their daughter to go to college but to work in a factory. The main character "Anita" is a marvelous student who managed to go to Beverly high school and graduate from there, being from a poor family, and a poor neighborhood. I was impressed by how much the girl had achieved but not about the parent part. Every child should have the guidance and support in everything the child wants to achieve. It makes me so angry when parents do not let their children try to become better people. There was something that absolutely bothered me about the movie, there was a part where the father was finally thinking about letting their daughter go to college but the mother protested that Anita should work and work and only work because that's all she ever did when she was a little girl. She had also added that a women should only need to know how to cook, clean and bear children. The mother obviously was miserable through out the whole movie I saw part of. Why would you want your child to live the same life when the opportunities of living a better life was right in your face. Well I'm not going to see the rest of the movie because I do not want to see the unreasonable type of parents Anita has. They make me angry. Anita's mother had also said that it is unfair that Anita could live a better life than she had lived. ANITA'S MOTHER IS A HORRIBLE PERSON!!!!!! UGHHH
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connection #10 5.03.10



Being able to express yourself is an awesome feeling because everyone wants to be heard. That is why I think children the more they get the opportunity to be creative and use their own thoughts, the more they are open to other things as well. For example in psychology class Mr. Maggi advised us that this week we have to present a poster about what motivates us. I of course am very excited to have the opportunity to be able to tell others about me. This so called poster is going to be digitally made on the computer. This website that Mr. Maggie said we had to use to make our posters is called "Glogster", I think this website is pretty cool. I can change my back round, put music on it, make things move, and add pictures of myself. Not only am I getting the opportunity to express myself but also learn about new things like using the tools on the website, learning about others, and contain different points of views. I'm also excited to hear what others have to say about themselves. Projects like these make me more open minded to different thoughts and ideas.
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Field Trip # 10 5.3.10


I left early from school and started my journey to the middle school. I can tell you right away that it was hot! Good thing I had two water bottles and I could feel a little breeze as I was power walking to the middle school. As I walked in Ms. Carney's classroom every child had a laptop. They were writing in "TodaysMeet" which is a website similar to texting. It's pretty cool that when Ms. Carney writes a question every student receives it, and who even answers back, everyone can also see it. Today I guess they took the NJ ASK test. I noticed most of the messages Ms. Carney asked were about the questions and the writing part of the test. Most of the children did not remember but some did. The ones who remembered mentioned that they wrote an essay and only had 30 minutes. Also that Shakyra(student) had used simile in her writing. Shakyra added that the language arts part of the test was less difficult for her but the other students had more difficulty with the material who did not have Ms. Carney. I thought it was awesome that this student sees the difference between her and the other students on tests and in Ms. Carney's teaching. I already knew that Ms. Carney's teaching was very effective and very attention grabbing. Ms. Carney once again let technology come into the classroom. She used the smartboard like last time so that the students could make the arrow spin on the graph. One graph had "explanatory topics" and the other "writing techniques". The explanatory pie had topics like person you admire, experience with peer pressure, your favorite place to eat, etc...The writing techniques pie consisted of create a hyperbole, create an alliterative title, create an idiom,etc... This time the students had to write about themselves. Ms. Carney had mentioned that the student would be writing an essay about themselves. I think it's a great idea when you ask the students to write about themselves because it gives them the opportunity to express themselves and let others know who they are. Every student loves to tell everyone what they like and who they love, things they want to achieve,and who they want to be in the future. Ms. Carney is an excellent teacher who makes learning so much more enjoyable and in a modern way. Keep up the good work Ms. Carney I'm glad your my sponsor.
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

i love my family 4.28.10


As I was reading through some quotes from quotation garden I found a quote that caught my attention. The quote I found said "Families are like fudge mostly sweet with a few nuts". I thought it was hilarious because my family who mostly consist of my mother and sister. They are the sweetest people you could ever meet, but they are nuts when the front door of my house closes. My family is so important to me and they make me who I am. Sasha(my little sister) thinks I'm funny and she laughs at all my jokes. Everybody else thinks my jokes are lame but Sasha believes my jokes are hilarious. My mother always kills me with her deadly hugs. She's always yelling at Sasha and I as soon as we walk through the door. When we're out she seems like an angel and so does my sister. If only people would hear and see these nuts when it's just us in the house. Every time Sasha and I fight my mother takes my sister's side which is definitely unfair. Apart from that she serves my sister first when we sit at the table to eat. It's cool though because they love me and I love them.


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Connection # 9 4.28.10


I'm pretty jealous that when I was in fifth grade I did not have the opportunity to be taught with technology as much as they do now. Although I was not offered the digital type of learning I was still able to learn in a good and effective way. My teachers through my middle and elementary school life were awesome and taught me with text books, movies, and worksheet games. The only type of presenting I did in middle school was just reading short stories that I would write in language arts. I never ever made a PowerPoint to present in a class before I arrived to high school. I had a computer class at the Middle School which helped me to use excel, power point and Microsoft. I was able to make PowerPoint's but I never introduced them in that class or any other class. When I arrived to high school a lot of things changed. I made PowerPoint mostly everyday and I presented like crazy. Now I'm a senior at the High school and technology is overflowing at the middle school. Fifth graders are learning to present PowerPoint's, blogging, video taping, making digital art, looking for information on the computer, looking up homework on school sites, taking tests online, e-mailing etc. When I was at the middle school I looked for information in books, I'd write my homework on my agenda, take paper tests, lab tops were not offered to me at the middle school when I was in fifth grade. I'm glad that the middle school has changed for the better and I hope it will keep developing into a more enhanced school for the type of generation we are now teach and of course for the future students we will soon be teaching.
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Field Trip # 9 4.26.10



Yesterday I went to see Ms. Carney at the middle school. Although I was late I came just in time to see the students writing. At first I had no idea what they were writing about but soon I knew when Ms. Carney told each row to go up to the smartboard. On the smartboard there were two pie graphs, one pie had topics and the other pie consisted of types of writing. After the child tapped each pie graph an arrow started to spin. The arrow stopped on each pie graph and each child had to write down what the arrow had stopped on. One by one each student went up for their turn. I noticed that one child had to write about a mean bully in figurative language. Another student had to write about a field trip and a line of dialogue. After they were done writing. Ms. Carney asked them to go up again and choose another topic and type of writing. After they were done Ms. Carney asked me to hand out lab tops to the students. After I finished handing them out she asked children to go to a website which was similar to blogging. Each student had to choose one out of the three writings they had made and write it in a box and submit it. Each student would have to check the other students writing and give feedback on what they thought about their topics. Ms. Carney is definitely a teacher who knows that technology is a great tool to use for teaching students. Her way of using technology is very creative and it makes it more enjoyable to the students.
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Heal the world by making it alive. 4.21.10


A quote that I absolutely think is very inspiring is “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” This quote is true to me and I believe that many people should live their lives rather than become walking sticks. Usually there are people who live the same thing over and over again. They're just breathing,eating, walking and not actually living a life full purpose. People who care about their life will end up doing something that will help the world become more moving. Humans make this world up and it exists only because we do. If humans did not exists no one would give the world appreciate and existence. Therefore, people should not worry about what the world needs because what it truly needs is people who make it come alive.
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