OBSERVATION ASSIGNMENT
For my observation assignment, I observed a photography class that my friend was taking in one of the nearby portables, No. 5. to be exact. When I entered the portable, the first thing that I noticed was that it was very dark. The lights were off and it was very cramped inside. The air conditioner seemed to be working, which was very nice and unexpected. There was a student near the front making his presentation over the different techniques photographers use. The student up front had taken several photos prior to the class, and had organized and labeled them in his presentation, this was the assignment that had been assigned in the previous class. The student was graded on how good of a picture a photo was and how well it encapsulated the photography value currently being shown. I had a hard time finding the teacher; she wasn't sitting at her desk. Instead, she was sitting along with the students, listening to the presentation and making comments on it. The class was very casual, and there weren't any taboos about speaking out of turn or raising your hand. I noticed that the teacher liked the color red more than other colors, and it showed in how the portable was decorated, with red font displaying motivational phrases along the walls. I didn't smell much of anything, which I suppose is a good quality for a class to have, you can not please everybody with some strong perfume, but you can make sure that no one will be uncomfortable due to the smell. The class has a certain relaxed feel to it; it really seems that you would learn something that would actually interest someone, rather than the memorization of trivia some other classes are. They talked about horizontal lines, perspective, patterns and how all of these things made the viewer of the photo feel, and why these unquantifiable qualities were so important to the average amateur photographer. I was almost sorry that I had to leave so soon, and I wished I could be there to see the end of my friend's presentation, but sadly, lunch approached, and I needed to return my notes to my backpack so I could later condense them into this paper. Overall, I highly recommend any aspiring artists that are not very good at painting to go to this class. 8/10
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Friday, September 25, 2015
quiz 3
1. Pope Francis made a speech about the dangers of global warming the other day. He addressed America and called them out on placing money of the environment in terms of importance. This was the first time the leader of the catholic church has defended religious liberty as well as same sex marriage. Congress invited him to make this speech.
2. Some people believe that the football players were right to attack the allegedly racist referee at the football game. Others believe that they shouldn't have even if he did make the racist comment. The two football players will be attending an alternate school until Jan. 15th, where they will be returning. Mack Breed, the assistant coach involved with the incident, will not be returning to the school. The negative attention that the school has been getting sure is breaking Mike Motherol's heart.
3. The movement of a 6th grade teacher to another grade has shifted the amount of students in a class to almost 30. This was done due to there being to many students in the 3rd grade, and they didn't want to pay another teacher any of the limited education funds. The 6th grade has been hurt due to many of the students having gifted and talented and special needs requirements, and it's been very hard for the 6th graders to adjust.
4. The legal opinion over the gun carry law over weapons being banned on school property has been filed to determine if this includes parking lots and the vicinity of the school. This law takes effect Jan. 1. Whitmire is of the opinion that it does include the vicinity of the school. The legal opinion has 180 days to be answered and may not matter anyway due to it being non-binding.
5. A tour bus has crashed with a duck boat bus on the freeway recently, killing four people and injuring several more. The tour bus carried foreign college students, and apparently the duck boat swerved into the bus with intent. The duck boat driver had too much pressure on him, trying to be a driver and entertainer all at once.
6. An obituary is a brief summary of a person's life and death. you will rarely find information that is less than flattering about the deceased. I would totally write all the obituaries, and become death itself, and rule over what people thought of the dead.
2. Some people believe that the football players were right to attack the allegedly racist referee at the football game. Others believe that they shouldn't have even if he did make the racist comment. The two football players will be attending an alternate school until Jan. 15th, where they will be returning. Mack Breed, the assistant coach involved with the incident, will not be returning to the school. The negative attention that the school has been getting sure is breaking Mike Motherol's heart.
3. The movement of a 6th grade teacher to another grade has shifted the amount of students in a class to almost 30. This was done due to there being to many students in the 3rd grade, and they didn't want to pay another teacher any of the limited education funds. The 6th grade has been hurt due to many of the students having gifted and talented and special needs requirements, and it's been very hard for the 6th graders to adjust.
4. The legal opinion over the gun carry law over weapons being banned on school property has been filed to determine if this includes parking lots and the vicinity of the school. This law takes effect Jan. 1. Whitmire is of the opinion that it does include the vicinity of the school. The legal opinion has 180 days to be answered and may not matter anyway due to it being non-binding.
5. A tour bus has crashed with a duck boat bus on the freeway recently, killing four people and injuring several more. The tour bus carried foreign college students, and apparently the duck boat swerved into the bus with intent. The duck boat driver had too much pressure on him, trying to be a driver and entertainer all at once.
6. An obituary is a brief summary of a person's life and death. you will rarely find information that is less than flattering about the deceased. I would totally write all the obituaries, and become death itself, and rule over what people thought of the dead.
Quote of oak
"I am not a fan of the American media, however, Japanese media, such as anime, greatly interests me"
-Oak Ward
2015
-Oak Ward
2015
Thursday, September 17, 2015
Current Events QuiZZZ
1B. Yesterday's presidential debate included four second tier republican candidates who didn't quite make the cut in terms of being seriously considered for the presidency. This helped them get an opinion out to the media. Donald Trump was a very pivotal part of the discussion, and took priority over the others even though he was not on stage for the event.
2. The current director of the CIA was at U.T. this Wednesday in order to release 2500 daily briefs addressing national security concerns belonging to Lyndon B. Johnson and John F. Kennedy to the general public. The saddening trend of the government repeatedly doing shady dealings and not releasing them to the American people is what John Brennan is attempting to address with this new openness. You can access the documents on the CIA's official website. A PDB is an acronym for presidents daily brief, a document for classified information only sent to the presidents most trusted officials.
3. Hungary's law enforcement recently turned high pressure water cannons on asylum seekers who broke down a fence into Hungary. Alternate routes for the refugees go through active minefields, and are not safe at all.
4. Ahmed Mohamed was recently detained for building a homemade clock because a teacher thought it was a bomb. The authorities have defended their actions, stating that the reaction to the clock would've been the same, regardless of race. Half a million people, including Barack Obama, have rushed to the boy's defense, exclaiming that this kind of racial profiling is unacceptable in this day and age.
2. The current director of the CIA was at U.T. this Wednesday in order to release 2500 daily briefs addressing national security concerns belonging to Lyndon B. Johnson and John F. Kennedy to the general public. The saddening trend of the government repeatedly doing shady dealings and not releasing them to the American people is what John Brennan is attempting to address with this new openness. You can access the documents on the CIA's official website. A PDB is an acronym for presidents daily brief, a document for classified information only sent to the presidents most trusted officials.
3. Hungary's law enforcement recently turned high pressure water cannons on asylum seekers who broke down a fence into Hungary. Alternate routes for the refugees go through active minefields, and are not safe at all.
4. Ahmed Mohamed was recently detained for building a homemade clock because a teacher thought it was a bomb. The authorities have defended their actions, stating that the reaction to the clock would've been the same, regardless of race. Half a million people, including Barack Obama, have rushed to the boy's defense, exclaiming that this kind of racial profiling is unacceptable in this day and age.
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Current Eventz Quis
Current Events Quiz #1
1. In 2012, the University of Texas hired Darren Gay, a man convicted of a hate crime against a gay man along with his brother Glen back in 2005, as a teaching assistant. Glen was also hired as an unpaid volunteer worker. UT officials said that federal laws concerning student information prevent the school from releasing the information concerning the two men and how they ended up having jobs at an esteemed university, but last February, Darren Gay is not listed as a teaching assistant anymore. I believe that some corrupt higher-up in the school's system wanted these men and their opinions in the school to perpetuate said higher-up's similar homophobic opinion.
2. This Tuesday, a deal was made between the city of Baltimore and the family of Freddie Gray for 6.4 million dollars. Around five months ago, Freddie Gray was fatally injured while in police custody, inciting riots all around the city of Baltimore. The mayor, Stephanie Rawlings, has full support of this settlement, saying "It is in the best interest of the city, and will avoid costly litigation.", to say nothing of the racial qualities of the mistreatment. This settlement is not a verdict, as the trial of the police department and officers involved is still pending.
3. Yesterday, Vice Chancellor Sig-mar Gabriel announced that he would allow half a million refugees into Germany each year for severTal more years to come. Critics have denounced this policy as enticing more migrants into making the dangerous journey to Western Europe. Sig-Mar has replied to these concerns, saying that the crisis of war refugees has not been adequately addressed by major countries such as France and Germany, as well as reducing the amount of cash handouts given to refugees, instead giving them food-stamps and first aid.
4. Donald Trump was recently invited to an anti-Iran nuclear deal rally by Ted Cruz in Atlanta. This is very unusual, seeing that most of the GOP conservatives hate Trump for his extremist values and immigration policies. Cruz explains that inviting such a controversial figure will bring the media with him, increasing the much needed coverage for Cruz.
5. Hillary Clinton recently apologized over the use of a private email account as secretary of state. In order to try and incriminate her, two high ranking republican senate chairmen have contacted Bryan Pagliano, who was paid to keep the personal server running. This story was commingled with a previous story from 2008, where Hillary claimed to have accidentally voted for invading Iraq.
6. Two John Jay high school football players attacked a referee at a game recently for allegedly using a racial slur. The assistant coach was also suspended, due to people involved saying that he may have said something to incite the two players against the referee.
1. In 2012, the University of Texas hired Darren Gay, a man convicted of a hate crime against a gay man along with his brother Glen back in 2005, as a teaching assistant. Glen was also hired as an unpaid volunteer worker. UT officials said that federal laws concerning student information prevent the school from releasing the information concerning the two men and how they ended up having jobs at an esteemed university, but last February, Darren Gay is not listed as a teaching assistant anymore. I believe that some corrupt higher-up in the school's system wanted these men and their opinions in the school to perpetuate said higher-up's similar homophobic opinion.
2. This Tuesday, a deal was made between the city of Baltimore and the family of Freddie Gray for 6.4 million dollars. Around five months ago, Freddie Gray was fatally injured while in police custody, inciting riots all around the city of Baltimore. The mayor, Stephanie Rawlings, has full support of this settlement, saying "It is in the best interest of the city, and will avoid costly litigation.", to say nothing of the racial qualities of the mistreatment. This settlement is not a verdict, as the trial of the police department and officers involved is still pending.
3. Yesterday, Vice Chancellor Sig-mar Gabriel announced that he would allow half a million refugees into Germany each year for severTal more years to come. Critics have denounced this policy as enticing more migrants into making the dangerous journey to Western Europe. Sig-Mar has replied to these concerns, saying that the crisis of war refugees has not been adequately addressed by major countries such as France and Germany, as well as reducing the amount of cash handouts given to refugees, instead giving them food-stamps and first aid.
4. Donald Trump was recently invited to an anti-Iran nuclear deal rally by Ted Cruz in Atlanta. This is very unusual, seeing that most of the GOP conservatives hate Trump for his extremist values and immigration policies. Cruz explains that inviting such a controversial figure will bring the media with him, increasing the much needed coverage for Cruz.
5. Hillary Clinton recently apologized over the use of a private email account as secretary of state. In order to try and incriminate her, two high ranking republican senate chairmen have contacted Bryan Pagliano, who was paid to keep the personal server running. This story was commingled with a previous story from 2008, where Hillary claimed to have accidentally voted for invading Iraq.
6. Two John Jay high school football players attacked a referee at a game recently for allegedly using a racial slur. The assistant coach was also suspended, due to people involved saying that he may have said something to incite the two players against the referee.
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
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