Thursday, May 20, 2010
Evelyn Glennie: Shows How to Listen
Just the fact that she was able to play music even though she was death. And it helped me more because you can really do anything you want if you just believe in yourself. That's what Evelyn Glennie did even when the school told her that she can't be in there because she is death, but the she proved them wrong.
Describe what it felt like listening to her play. What factors helped create this moment? You can describe any of the times that she played on either instrument (the Snare drum or Marimba).
It was interesting because at first i didn't know that she was death and that fact that she was made it even more interesting. Her music was really peaceful, and how she used some many part of her body that people usually don't use made it more interesting.
What elements of her performance influenced what the audience heard?
Like I was saying on the answer before how she was playing music with different parts of her body. And then when she told the audience to clap they all clapped with there hands and she pointed that out, but there some many other ways you can clap and make music. And how she was explain all of those.
What did she mean by, "Each person experiences music in their own way"? Think about how you experience music and why everyone doesn't enjoy listening to the same music.
I think what she meant by "Each person experiences music in their own way?", is that different people have different taste in music and there influenced by that and also if you grow up to rock music your most likely to like rock music when you older. Something else that i thought she meant was that people find different ways to play music. Some people hear music, play music, write music, and all those people experience different things with those experiences.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Farmers Market Visit.

1.) What is your name and your role here at the Farmers Market?
"Yes, I would advice people to eat and buy organic foods. Organic is always better other then foods that go through along process because organic foods and fresh foods have a better taste and there are no chemicals in them."
To me I didn't find that there was a certain item that was more expensive or more cheaper. I think all the prices were around the same price at stores.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Dialectic Journal

School Daze.
Quote:
"'You see, it's not only important to keep these fourteen-to-eighteen-year-olds off the job market, it's also essentials to keep them at home as non-wage-earning consumers.'" Page 60
Response:
It was really interesting how he said this. I never thought of school like this, but reading this made me think about more things. I agree on what he is saying, same as what Julie was saying. Because Julie was basically saying that most teenagers learn things and just forget about it the next year in school. So basically teenagers are just in school to stay of the streets, and then when they graduate that's when they are really learning how to survive later on in life. Also in this quote Ishmael talks about to keep them as non-wage-consumers, which causes more jobs for older people and makes parents spend there money on the kids school stuff. so it makes the parents work harder also. The school system just seams really messed up. And how Ishmael was explaining it to Julie mad it a clearer picture and easier to understand.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Zine
Always Their For Family
Through everything, they were always there for each other. When his dad walked out on them he was there for his mom and she was there for him. Ever since he was10 years old he was the man of the house. He wasn’t like most kids; he had matured way earlier then all his friends. He didn’t have a father figure his whole life; neither did his younger brothers or sisters so he felt like he was the father figure to them. His mom would always thank him for everything he’s done for his bother and sisters, for the impact he had on their life, how she wouldn’t know what she would have done if he didn’t help out as much as he did.
When they found out that his mom was sick, and her time was coming. She only told him so that the younger ones wouldn’t worry. That’s when he knew he had to really get his stuff together, no matter what it meant. If he had to give up biking with the Hells Angels and get a real job then that’s what he had to do. His mom would tell him that she’s not that scared about where the kids are going to be, because he was going to get full custody of his younger brother and two sisters but not the other brother because he was already 20 and was on his own. But she knew they were in good hands with him. Which put more responsibility on him, and made him feel like if he doesn’t do it or if he messes up then he’s done and he put his mom down and that’s the last thing he wants to do. All the things his mom done for him, he knows that it’s worth giving up biking even though he doesn’t want to.
“How’s mom feeling?” asked Jasmine as she was walking into her mom’s room.
“She’s okay, not too good though.” Replied Richard sitting next to his mom’s bed holding her hand as she sleeps.
“Richard I’m only nine years old, I can’t lose my mom so soon.”
“I know, but throughout mom’s whole life she was a strong, single parent with five kids, she did whatever she could to take care of us. Sometimes things in life happen and we have to face it. Maybe heaven would be a better place for her…”
As he continues going on about how his mom might die, his voice sounded different. It sounded like a little kid going up on stage for the first time in front of a lot of people, and when he starts to talk he begins to cry and runs of the stage. But while Richard was feeling so much pain inside of him, he tried to act like it didn’t hurt him that much so his little sister wouldn’t get so sad about it. While they were talking they would both look at their mom sleep then look back at each other. They were holding their tears back.
Seeing how much this was going to affect his sister he was really thinking how much this is going to affect their life.
As time is passing, things are getting worse; his mom has to go to the hospital. Any day now could be the day she leaves. So everybody is using his or her time wisely like if there was no tomorrow. Family is coming to visit, but Richard never leaves the room no matter what. He knows soon enough he’s going to be planning a funeral; he’s already going to start. He made sure he asked his mom what she wants him to do, she’s naming things, he’s writing it down making sure its right so it could be like she wanted.
May 29th 11:59 p.m is the last time he talked to his mom, hugged her, and said good-bye. He wished this never had to happen to him. All his brothers and sister plus him couldn’t stop crying when they saw her eyes close.
The next few weeks were really hard for them. They couldn’t go to school because all they wanted to do was cry. It wasn’t a surprised, how could they just get over their mom’s death like that. Throughout his all Richard is stressing, he doesn’t know what to do. He didn’t know it was going to be this hard, but he promised his mom something and he’s going to be their for his brothers and sisters no matter what.
It’s the day of the funeral; so far everything’s going good. Jasmine is practicing on the speech she’s going to say at the funeral. In Richard’s mind he felt like something was wrong or he missed something, but he doubled checked everything and everything seemed fine.
As Jasmine is doing the speech at the funeral, Richard is standing about five feet away from her, he notice a bike gang. He thinks back to when his bike gang got in a fight with them. Then he looks at the Hells Angels because they were there for support, and then gives a sign to one of them. He tells the other one secretly so all the family and friends wont panic. Within seconds their driving pass the funeral, Richard sees one of them pull out a gun and aim towards his sisters as she’s talking.
For him everything is going slow motion. Thinking to himself “What’s going on? What Am I going to do? Their not going to take my sister, I just lost my mom I can’t let this happen.” He jumps in front of her to save her from the bullet. Everybody runs to him seeing if he’s okay, all the girls are freaking out more then the boys yelling call the ambulance. Jasmine is hugging him tightly crying even more. She’s not worrying about the blood that’s getting all over her dress, she just wants her brother to be okay.
“Richard come one! Stay strong the ambulances are going to be here any moment now. Richard please stay strong, I can’t lose you too! Richard say something!” Jasmine said with much tears coming down here eyes as if a rain drops falling down on a bad stormy day.
By the time the ambulance got their, it was too late. Another death in the family, how can this be happening?
Link to zineWednesday, January 13, 2010
Technology

Carmakers launch their battery powered rides
In this article, it's talking about how 2010 should be the year that electric cars come back to life. GM, Nissan and Fisker are the ones coming out with the cars. They put so much time into making them, over 22,000 people are already in line to get them. The car for GM is plan to come out during winter, the Nissan late this year, and the Fisker would be coming out during this summer. Although the Fisker was origanaly was supposed to come out late laster year, its supposed to meet it 's deadline this year. This article falls under Technology.
The eletric-cars are supposed to help us, and our eviorment so that we don't use so much gas that paluts the air. So hopefully it will help us. These cars aren't just here to look nice, they look nice and are better for the enviorment thats why GM, Nissan, and Fisker put so much work into the cars and hopefully they don't fail.
In 2010 is schedule when the cars are supposed to be coming out. Will see if they work and if alot of people are going to by them. By the looks of it, it does look like alot of people are going to be car owners of these car and their going to be a success.
So stuff that were obstacles for the car to come out was the biggest bankruptcy in American history. Even though this happed, GM really tryed hard to get it done. I think that all the money that they put into it would pay off, after the cars come out.They say alot of electric-car launches have a big history in delays and cancellations, but they think that this year is the year that it would really come out and meet its deadlines. But soemthing that can also affect they buyers because they might have a 2nd thought on how it really is since electric-cars don't have a good backround on them.
Entertainment

TV on the Go
Watch live TV on any screen, anywhere
The article that I read was about how your not going to need TV anymore to watch football games or anything else on TV. You could watch it on any mobile device, a cell phone, and net book. A mobile device that has a tuner chip would be able to receive signal for free from transmission towers. This falls under Entertainment.The big deal about it is that entertainment is growing more and more year by year. And soon we are going to be able to have TV where ever we go with out having to pay for it, which makes electronic devices take over people because their always on it.
USB dongles that work like TV antennas are going to be on sale for laptops, and by the second half of this year their going to be new TV ready cell phones, and add-on dongles for cell phones we already have.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Semester Academic Goals For Humanities

1st Goal: One of my main goals forT this semester is turning in work on time, and completed. One of the ways that I am planing on working on that is doing my homework when i get it instead on waiting last minute. Also stay focused with my school and make that my first priority when I get home.
2nd Goal: A second goal for me this semester is to us my sources wisely. When I say that I mean using office hours if I need help with something, and taking advantage of my work. Also taking advantage of the people that are around me, asking them to help me.
3rd Goal: My last goal for this semester is using ownership more.Taking my time in doing my work and not just doing it to do get it mark down as i did. Also putting more thought in what I do.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Semester Academic Goals For Mysics
First Step: Ask for help if I'm confused on a work sheet, or go to office hours so I could stay focused on my work, or go to a quiet place so I won't be distracted. Make homework my first priority.
Goal:Be more interactive during class, ask more questions if I'm confused.
First Step: If i want to speak up during class, speak up instead of being shy or ask a question instead of staying confused.
Goal: Make my math/physics DP better.
First Step: If I have extra time during class use it wisely.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Time Travelers Project Reflection.
Project Description:
For the humanities part in the times travelers project we were required to write a research paper and draw pillar based on our civilization. Each civilization had four different pillars. Art & Architecture, Science & Technology, Government, and also Religion & Society. So depending on the pillar you got, that's what you had to write about. For example say your in the Aztecs civilization and you got government as your pillar, then you would right a research paper on the art & architecture from the Aztecs civilization. Same with the pillars design, you had to paint a picture based on your pillar and civilization. For example I painted a temple and sun, the temple was for architecture and the sun was for their art.
Reflection:
Research Paper
The Aztec Civilization
Art & Architecture
What is a civilization? Civilization has many different definitions. A civilization has art & architecture, religion & society, technology & science, and government. All this makes a successful civilization. Sometimes if you have all these things included doesn’t mean that it’s successful. The reason why I say that is because they’re all split up into four different parts. Just because one part is a success doesn’t mean that the whole civilization is a success. Even though the art & architecture was a success for the Aztecs, doesn’t mean that the science & technology was.
By 1325 the Aztecs started building a fine city called Tenochtitlan. The reason why they called it Tenochtitlan was because Aztecs were also known as Tenochcas. It means “Place of The Tenochcas.” Tenochtitlan is a number of small islands in the middle of Lake Texcoco. It took the Aztecs awhile to actually settle down and make their own city because different civilizations in Mexico attacked and pushed the Aztecs out of land that they tried to claim. One thing that is unique about this civilization is their art. The drawings that they made for their Codices books were very colorful. The way that they got colors was dye from fruits and vegetables.
Art was a strength that the Aztecs had. It was unique because you could tell that they took their time. Their art pieces were so colorful and beautiful. Their main strength is the Codices books. One of the main reasons why we know so much about Aztecs today is because of their art. It thought us more about their gods and religions. They also have a strength in architecture. Tenochtitlan was full of magnificent buildings, their temples, and palaces. You can tell they took their time on making their art and temples look nice and beautiful they weren’t just a civilization that worried about attacking people. They made sure that their temples and art looked nice in respect to their gods.
In my pillar there weren’t really a lot of weaknesses. The reason why I say that it because the way they got their paint and stuff was from dyes. But maybe a weakness is that if they weren’t attacked as much at the time by other civilizations and tribes around them, they would have been able to have more time to build their temples and make them look nicer without having to worry about people attacking them. And if they were a richer civilization they could have made their art & architecture look better then it already was. Also with the other civilizations taking over their land made them lose materials, and if that didn’t happen they would probably be richer.
The Maya civilization was similar with the Aztec civilization. They were very religious, intelligent, artistic, and had good architecture. Their art pieces represented their gods and the temples to honor the gods. Same with the Aztecs they did that to. I would have to say that the Aztecs and Mayans were both on the same level in art & architecture. Both civilizations took their time honoring their gods with their art & architecture.
The art & architecture for the Aztecs was a success because today they still have some of their art. And since today the main reason why we know so much about the Aztecs was through the art that we found. The architecture was also a success. Since the Aztecs instead of breaking down a whole temple to build a new one, they built it over the old one that made it last longer. So I would say over all the art & architecture pillar for the Aztecs civilization was a success.
The buildings and the art has remained till this day. Over all the Aztec civilization was powerful and a successful civilization, because they used their resources wisely. With building temples instead of re-building a whole new temple, they reused what they already had. Also the color for painting they used what they had to make the different colors. And also with their paintings they used what they already had to get the paints. This made the Aztecs save on materials instead of wasting them, which also helped them be more successful in their art & architecture.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Hero Project Reflection

To me a hero becomes a hero by the way they are with others, how they put their self before others and treat others like they would like to be treated also how they inspire more then one person. For example the reason why my mom is my hero because I really don’t know how I would be with out her, she has a huge impact on me. And she is also my hero because I never met someone that been threw so much and still stayed strong like she did, and because she tells people her mistake and helps hem try not to do the same.
The Hero in My Eyes project was a project for us to choose one person in our life that we taught was a hero. We couldn’t just say “Oh my mom is my hero,” and not have a reason behind it. We had to have a good reason why that person was our hero, and we also had to choose one moment with that person that made them a hero. The reason for that is because in our writings we were only talking about one moment but we had to make sure by the end of our story it told us why that person is your hero.
The whole week that the class had to work on this I wasn’t here because I was sick, and that did effect me because I wasn’t able to get other peoples perspective on my writing. That also put me behind because I was so caught up on doing my other stuff that it put me behind a little bit. Now knowing how that effected my grade I know next time I should try hard to meet the requirements. Because even though it was late I still got half credit but my grade could have went up if I just turned it in.
This project also made me realize more on how good of a mom she is. Like when I interviewed her I learned some new stuff that I didn’t know which made me thinking of her as an even stronger women. A big challenge with me for this project was choosing one moment. Like I couldn’t really just think of one moment that my mom did something, she does it everyday. And another challenge was that I wanted to say so much more about my mom but I knew I just had to talk about a few things my mom does. I think this was a good project, I wouldn’t really say I would want to change something about it. But just on my part to try harder even though I was absent I should have been able to turn in my stuff on time. The way this would help me later is because I used a little bit more sensory detail so that’s a sign that my writing is improving. And that going to help me for more writings that I am going to do in my future.
I would say I used wonder. The reason for that is because when I was writing and interviewing my mom and stuff I would wonder to my self why my mom would do this, why would she do that. What if she never did this how would I be. So it made me wonder a lot. And also when I was writing I would wonder what I should put in my writing since I had so much. So those are the ways that I used wonder in this project.
My Character Sketch
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Character Sketch
“I don’t know how to give up. It’s my kids that keep me standing cause I can’t stand by myself” she said dazing off into space, with her glass of wine in her right hand and the other placed gently on her lap. Trying to avoid making eye contact I asked,
“How do you manage to play the mom roll with three jobs? And is it hard being a single parent?”
She paused as her dark chocolate eyes started to water and replied, “It is hard being a single mom because raising a family isn’t meant to be done by your self. And I manage to play the mom roll by reminding myself that I have the jobs to support my kids. ”
I felt like the only thing that really matters to her was my brothers and sisters and me. There are reasons behind everything she does, the main reason being for her kids. Knowing that she’s always been there for us and always will be there for us, makes me understand more how I should be there for my family too.
Just by watching her face expressions made me realize how good of a mom she is. It made me want to try harder and not give up. It reminded me of the time where we were struggling the most but she still managed to get us through that stage. It really is amazing how she does the stuff she does. I never met someone as strong as her, and I am very thankful she’s my mom.
She sat their with her long brown hair waving down her shoulder, the light glared off her face making her freckles pop out more. Staring at her made me realize how life is hard and how you need to work for what you want in order to be successful. She’s always encouraging me not to make the same mistakes she made.
Thinking back on the time where I was having problems with my dad, my mom was the only person that I was able to talk to that would understand the situation since she had the same problems with him. She was always the person to ameliorate the situation, the person that I could always rely on to help me with my problems.
I would constantly ask myself this question that I often thought of.
“So mom, who’s your inspiration?”
“In everybody close to me there is a part of them that inspires me to do the right thing, to be a good person. But I can’t really say that there is one person that is my inspiration.” I notice it took her longer to answer this question, then the other ones I asked her, like if this was something she didn’t really think about.
Hearing that made me wonder more. It made me think about how she became the person she is. With everything she been through I would think that she would have already given up. But she proved me wrong. She showed me that you don’t need money to be happy, that all you need is a family or friends to love you and be there for you. That also taught me that I need be their for family and friends when they need somebody too.
I could honestly say that with out my mom I don’t know what I would have done. She is one of the main reasons why I’m not giving up on life. I am who I am because of her. She taught me wrong from right. Even though I grew up in a bad neighbor hood she still was able to keep me off the streets.
Monday, November 2, 2009
"Hi Chris." You could tell by the tone in her voice that she was nervous.
"Hey, are you okay?"
She didn't know what to say. Because in reality their was something wrong, but she just didn't know how to say it.
"No, I'm fine"
She wanted to get it over with and just wanted to tell him that she liked him and that she wanted to go out with him, but if she told him she thought that she would sound desperate. So she was hoping that he would just get the idea but he didn't. At this point she just wanted to leave cause all they were doing was standing their in silence and she didn't know what to do.
Acting like she received a text Jeanette said "I have to go my mom just text me, I'll see you tomorrow kay"
"Okay, but can I call you tonight I wanna ask you something important?" he asked her.
"Yeah, but can you call around 7:30 cause i have cheer practice today" she said with a smile.
"Okay, well yeah bye" he said giving her a hug.
She walked to the car waiving bye to Adriana with a big smile. As soon as she got in the car she started thinking about what he was going to ask her. What if he asked me out tonight, she was thinking with a big smile on her face. That was the only thing she could think of during practice.
After practice she was sitting their like a calm cheerleader looking at her cell phone waiting for a phone call from a boy she really liked. Right when he asked her if she wanted to go out. Her heart dropped. Said yes super fast. And now it was official Chris was her boyfriend. she was the happiest girl in school the next day
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Sometimes you have to learn the hard way.
Through out my life I either had people getting locked up, or passing away once a year. Last year one of my dad’s friends who were really close and friendly died. I still remember when we had gone to the hospital, and as soon as I walked in I felt this pain in my heart. But this year having two deaths in my family was even harder. My great grandma passed away in March, then my cousin passed away three months after that, I wasn’t ready for all that. Then, at the beginning of this year my cousin went to jail, and my uncle also going to jail right after my cousin’s death, and my other uncle went to jail this year. I still can’t believe that all this stuff happened within half a year. As I was thinking about all this stuff in the car and asking god “Why did this have to happen to me? I'm only 13.” Looking out the window and seeing families all happy, and at the kids walking down the street with smiles on their faces. Then looking at my reflection on the side window, it was the opposite. I still remember everything like it was yesterday and just thinking about it makes me feel like a part of me was gone.
Sometimes you have to realize stuff the hard way. That moment when I was thinking about all this stuff, I realized that life is hard. People will pass away, and you have to stay strong, and those people would rather have you living happy than be sad for the rest of your life because they passed away. And you’re just going to have to overcome that. You have to be grateful for everything you have. Be grateful that you have people that love you, because some people don’t have that. Now I realize what they really meant by saying live everyday like it was your last. You have to be grateful that you’re living another day, because some people aren’t able to. This whole time I was realizing all this stuff I was starting at the clouds, thinking about everybody that I lost through out my life.
This period in my life was hard, but it made me realized a lot of things. And while I was in the car I notice my mom looked at me and I could tell that she knew what I was thinking of, because she keep telling me that ill be okay, and everything is going to work out. All this stuff made me stronger, it showed me how to be more grateful, and it showed me how to be there for people like I would want them to be there for me. I’m thankful for everything I got, I’m thankful for my family that was there for me, and I’m also thankful for my friends that were there for me. It showed me that they were true friends.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
The Locker Proble
1 4 9 16
1o 1o 1o 1o
2c 3c 2c
4o 9o 4o
8c
16o
In my group we figured out that the lockers that are going to be opened are the perfect squared numbers. The reason that is because every perfect squared has an odd amount of factors (See the example on the bottom if you don’t understand why they have an odd amount of factors). It's like a pattern opened, closed, opened, closed, etc. If there is a even amount of factors then its going to land on a closed, and if theirs a odd amount of factors it's going to land on a open. Like the example above those are perfect squared numbers, and the o and c stand for open and closed. As you could see all of them land on open. For example after 16 it's not going to be touch anymore because the 17th student would skip it, so that means it wouldn't be touched anymore, and then 18 would skip it to, and so on. At the end of this all we came out to 31 lockers being open because that it the last perfect squared number that doesn't equal more then 1,000. And if we if it was 32 squared then the sum would end up being more then 1,000
The number 16 has an odd amount of factors and 15 have an even amount. The factors for 16 are 1, 2, 4,8,16 and the factors for 15 are 1, 3,5,15. As you could see for 15 the factors each have a pair, 1x15 & 3x5. But if you look at 16s factors they don’t each have a pair. It’s 1x16, 2x8, but what about the 4. The four doesn’t have a pair. That is the reason why perfect squares have an odd amount of factors
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
T-Ray
T-Ray said out of anger, not knowing what to do. Ha was so mad that he couldn't find her so he started throwing stuff around. Then he goes to Lily's room one more time and re-reads the note, he got even more mad and saw the jar by her window and throws it at the wall. starting out the window he started thinking to himself "What am I gonna do now?, her dumb ass probably left because what I said about her mom leaving her. She going to have to come back, she don't got nobody but me"
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Monday, September 7, 2009
My Favorite Fictional Hero
Friday, September 4, 2009
What does Math & Physics mean to you?
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
30 Things You Didn't Know About Me
- I been cheer leading for 5 years
- I speak Spanish
- I have 2 Brothers & 2 Sisters
- I went to High Tech Middle Media Arts since the middle of 6th grade
- My birthday is on the 4th of July
- I was Born in San Diego
- My favorite number is 07
- I was Raise in South East San Diego
- I used to play Base Ball & Boxing
- My Favorite color is Blue & Green & Purple
- I'm going to be a aunt
- I'm 14 years old
- My other favorite number is 13
- Im taken by Aaron
- I like hanging out with friends
- I like hanging out with my family too
- Favorite shoes are Nike's & Converse
- Favorite type of music is Hip Hop & R&B & Oldies & Rap
- Favorite sport to watch is Football
- Favorite NFL team Is Oakland Raiders ever since i was a kid
- I'm Short 5'2
- Loves Jamba Juice
- The 2nd Youngest Out Of 5 siblings
- I went to Language Academy from Kinder to Half of 6th grade
- Got braces in March of 09
- I used to dance BalletFolklorico & Hip Hop
- I'm the 2nd oldest out of my cousins on my mom side
- I have a different mom then my 2 oldest siblings
- I was in a car crash with my older sister
- Loves Money$$$
