My first day, my first day on the job. I tried to open the black, chipped door, but I couldn't. I was way too nervous to open the door without frightening anybody. Working at Monsters Inc. was to relieve children of nightmares, not give them any. Well it used to be giving them nightmares, but I feel that you understand that whole story and if not go, watch the movie. Its basically a documentary on the company on how two employees changed the whole business from scaring kids to helping them. At every new employee orientation we are forced to watch it, though being one of the most popular movies of all time, we've all seen it. Well back to my current issue, I must have reached for the knob ten times before I actually grasped onto the cold, golden surface. I finally worked up the courage to turn it. The sound of the creaking made me cringe. I started to push open the door and put my right foot in first. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I couldn't believe what I was about to do. I had both feet planted into the room. All I had to do was wake up the kid by being funny. Now I had everything planned, but I just had to go through with it. I had the pies in my bag, hoping they wouldn't get squashed. My plan was to throw the pies at my own face, I know it is kind of pathetic but it was the best thing I could think of in the amount of time I had. I switched on the lights and began to throw the pies. I was shocked to see the kid starting to laugh. I didn't think it was that funny, but apparently she did and that's all that counts. Basically, how the rest of it went was me throwing pies at myself and her laughing, then she fell back to sleep. It was all worth it to see the smile on her face as she began to drift off. I didn't want to awake her as I left her room so I tried to tip-toe out as sneakily as I could. I turned the knob and stepped out the once frightening doorway. As I stepped back into the hallway I felt a sense of pride that I made the child smile. I couldn't wait until my next shift, which wouldn't be until tomorrow because I'm a newbie. I was about to check out of work for today but everything started to blur. I didn't understand what was happening. All of a sudden everything went black.
"Steph, Steph, get down stairs already!!" I felt no reason to respond to my mother as I was already on my way down the steps. Once I sat down for breakfast I approached my mom. "Hey mom, I had the strangest dream last night...."
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Thursday, May 30, 2013
The Giver Controversy
In my opinion at the end of The Giver Jonas died. At the end of the book he saw a sled and a village with music. I think the sled was his "pathway to heaven" and the village was his old community. The last sentence of the book, "But perhaps it was only an echo", is talking about music. I think when it says an echo it means that the music was coming from his community and not to where he was going.I also believe that he died at the end because he saw all of the things from memories the Giver had given him and they say that before you die your life flashes before you.
In one interview Lois Lowry was asked by a student "My teachers argue over the ending of The Giver! How does it really end?" and Lois Lowry responded saying "It ends with Jonas and Gabriel going downhill in a sled toward a house with welcoming lights. Ho ho ho. Aren’t I a mean author, not to be more specific? I like it when you argue. It makes you think." So by this response the author doesn't want you to know exactly what happened and rather think for yourself. I honestly do not like it when an author leaves a book hanging like that because then there isn't a definite answer.
In another interview Lois Lowry said "Many kids want a more specific ending to The Giver. Some write, or ask me when they see me, to spell it out exactly. And I don't do that. And the reason is because The Giver is many things to many different people. People bring to it their own complicated sense of beliefs and hopes and dreams and fears and all of that. So I don't want to put my own feelings into it, my own beliefs, and ruin that for people who create their own endings in their minds. I will say that I find it an optimistic ending. How could it not be an optimistic ending, a happy ending, when that house is there with its lights on and music is playing? So I'm always kind of surprised and disappointed when some people tell me that they think that the boy and the baby just die. I don't think they die. What form their new life takes is something I like people to figure out for themselves. And each person will give it a different ending. "
From this response Lois Lowry says that she wants people to believe whatever they want to believe. She does say that she doesn't want it to be a sad ending but people make it out to be, like I do. Even though she says that she doesn't like it when people make it out to be like that, I still hold my ground in saying that Jonas did die at the end. From these interviews I see that I never will know what actually happened because nothing ever did actually happen. She wanted people to believe what they wanted to believe and no set answer, so I still believe in the morbid ending that Jonas died at the end and was on his way to heaven.
In one interview Lois Lowry was asked by a student "My teachers argue over the ending of The Giver! How does it really end?" and Lois Lowry responded saying "It ends with Jonas and Gabriel going downhill in a sled toward a house with welcoming lights. Ho ho ho. Aren’t I a mean author, not to be more specific? I like it when you argue. It makes you think." So by this response the author doesn't want you to know exactly what happened and rather think for yourself. I honestly do not like it when an author leaves a book hanging like that because then there isn't a definite answer.
In another interview Lois Lowry said "Many kids want a more specific ending to The Giver. Some write, or ask me when they see me, to spell it out exactly. And I don't do that. And the reason is because The Giver is many things to many different people. People bring to it their own complicated sense of beliefs and hopes and dreams and fears and all of that. So I don't want to put my own feelings into it, my own beliefs, and ruin that for people who create their own endings in their minds. I will say that I find it an optimistic ending. How could it not be an optimistic ending, a happy ending, when that house is there with its lights on and music is playing? So I'm always kind of surprised and disappointed when some people tell me that they think that the boy and the baby just die. I don't think they die. What form their new life takes is something I like people to figure out for themselves. And each person will give it a different ending. "
From this response Lois Lowry says that she wants people to believe whatever they want to believe. She does say that she doesn't want it to be a sad ending but people make it out to be, like I do. Even though she says that she doesn't like it when people make it out to be like that, I still hold my ground in saying that Jonas did die at the end. From these interviews I see that I never will know what actually happened because nothing ever did actually happen. She wanted people to believe what they wanted to believe and no set answer, so I still believe in the morbid ending that Jonas died at the end and was on his way to heaven.
Friday, January 11, 2013
20% Project
I would like to learn how to draw realistic people. I have always loved to draw. I am pretty good at drawing just terrible at people.
Materials:
paper
pencil
ruler
netbook
Problems anticipated:
pencil might smudge
eraser may erase too much
People whom I can consult:
Christina
Charles
my friend Nikki
Materials:
paper
pencil
ruler
netbook
Problems anticipated:
pencil might smudge
eraser may erase too much
People whom I can consult:
Christina
Charles
my friend Nikki
Monday, January 7, 2013
Advertising influences teens
http://www.squidoo.com/influence-of-advertising
In Rogate we have been learning about advertising and teen culture. I personally
think advertising influences teens and children. When teens see their favorite actor/actress/artist/singer/musician saying they wear/do/like something the teens are going to want it. Advertising and the media also effects the way teens think about themselves, especially teen girls.
Many times when a teen girl sees fashion magazines with models who are more than likely photoshopped, they want to look like them. They think they have to be photoshopped skinny to be pretty. If companies didn't put girls who were always really skinny in their advertisments, then teen girls may not think this way. When they think this way, they may start to starve themselves. This is an example proving that advertisments influence the way teens act.
If a teen sees their favorite celebrity say/do something, they will probably want to do it too. If their favorite celebrity dresses a certain way, then they may dress that way too. This is a way the media influences teen culture. Lets just say saay your favorite singer is Katy Perry, and you see her on the Proactive commercial, you would probably think, hey I like Katy Perry and her skin is perfectly clear, so I'll do what she does!!! Well...maybe not exactlyl like that but I think you get the point.
As you can see advertising affects teens. It doesn't always just affect teens though. "More and more children spend time online as well. This Marketing to Children paper discusses the fact that marketers are targeting children as young as 4 years old via the internet, often with the parents being unaware." that was a quote from the aticle above. Advertising affects everybody, especially teens.
In Rogate we have been learning about advertising and teen culture. I personally
think advertising influences teens and children. When teens see their favorite actor/actress/artist/singer/musician saying they wear/do/like something the teens are going to want it. Advertising and the media also effects the way teens think about themselves, especially teen girls.
Many times when a teen girl sees fashion magazines with models who are more than likely photoshopped, they want to look like them. They think they have to be photoshopped skinny to be pretty. If companies didn't put girls who were always really skinny in their advertisments, then teen girls may not think this way. When they think this way, they may start to starve themselves. This is an example proving that advertisments influence the way teens act.
If a teen sees their favorite celebrity say/do something, they will probably want to do it too. If their favorite celebrity dresses a certain way, then they may dress that way too. This is a way the media influences teen culture. Lets just say saay your favorite singer is Katy Perry, and you see her on the Proactive commercial, you would probably think, hey I like Katy Perry and her skin is perfectly clear, so I'll do what she does!!! Well...maybe not exactlyl like that but I think you get the point.
As you can see advertising affects teens. It doesn't always just affect teens though. "More and more children spend time online as well. This Marketing to Children paper discusses the fact that marketers are targeting children as young as 4 years old via the internet, often with the parents being unaware." that was a quote from the aticle above. Advertising affects everybody, especially teens.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
What I learned in the past year
2012 this is what you taught me...I learned that people are not what they seem. They may look like they "belong with a certain group of people" when they are completly different. I learned that you can find good in everyone, even the worst of people. I learned that a comment on Instagram can create an entertaining argument. I also learned that Ashna saying "Lets all just chill and love Nutella" will break up an internet argument. I learned many more things in the past year, but this is what stuck with me.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Two Colorful Tests
Yes, we did take two colorful tests. One was green and one was blue. Those colors have nothing to do with anything, as far as I am aware of. The tests we took were the Gregorc (the green one) and the Gardner (the blue one). They are both learning style tests.
On the Gregorc test you could be any of the four following catagories. Concrete Sequential, Abstract Random, Concrete Random, and Abstract Sequential. In whatever catagory you score the highest in, that is your learning style. I scored highest in Concrete Random. Apperantley, if you are Concrete Random you are independent, creative, a risk-taker, unusual, an experimenter, inventive, a problem-solver, curious, investigative, and intuitive. I would have to agree with most of these. One thing I would not agree with is risk-taker, but you don't have agree with everything on the list. I would have to agree with mostly everything else though.
On the Gardner test you could score a zero through five on sections A-E. I scored highest on section C which is musical. This means I am a musical learner. I think the name explains what type of learner I am, but just in case I will explain to you what a musical learner is. A musical learner thinks via rhythms and melodies. I haven't noticed it before but now I have that I can remember things better when put into a song and that I can complete work more quickly when listening to music. I also do enjoy listening to music in my free time. Mostly Taylor Swift and One Direction. I scored second highest in logical-mathematical and spatial. Logical-mathematical means that I think by reasoning and love to figure out puzzles and experimenting. My favorite subject in school besides ROGATE is math. A spatial learner is someone who thinks in images and pictures and loves to design and draw. I think this fits me very well that I was in Gifted and Talented art for two years and that I remember things better through pictures then through actual text. This could help me in school if we have vocabulary I could draw pictures next to it with the word inside. My fifth grade teacher had us do this and it did help me.
Okay three people that I admire. Now this is a tough one. That list is huge full of wonderful people, though I can only choose three. One person I would have to say that I admire is my brother, James. My brother is a sophomore at NBC High School and I really look up to him. I am not saying that I admire him because he is smart and he can help me with my homework (partially because whenever I ask him for help on homework he gives me some complicated explanation then tells me what it was), but mostly I admire him because he is just a good person. If I had to guess on what type of learner he is I would have to say he is musical, liguistic, and logical-mathematical on the Gardner test. On the Gregorc test I would have to say he is Abstract Sequential. Another person I admire is Taylor Swift, in case if you don't know who she is, she is a country pop singer. I would have to think she is a musical, ligiustic, and a Concrete Random learner. Another person I admire is Ariana Grande. Ariana Grande is a pop singer and actress. I think that she would be a musical, liguistic, and Concrete Random. Have an awesome day!!!!!!!
By the way I commented on Nick's and Aarif's blogs!!
On the Gregorc test you could be any of the four following catagories. Concrete Sequential, Abstract Random, Concrete Random, and Abstract Sequential. In whatever catagory you score the highest in, that is your learning style. I scored highest in Concrete Random. Apperantley, if you are Concrete Random you are independent, creative, a risk-taker, unusual, an experimenter, inventive, a problem-solver, curious, investigative, and intuitive. I would have to agree with most of these. One thing I would not agree with is risk-taker, but you don't have agree with everything on the list. I would have to agree with mostly everything else though.
On the Gardner test you could score a zero through five on sections A-E. I scored highest on section C which is musical. This means I am a musical learner. I think the name explains what type of learner I am, but just in case I will explain to you what a musical learner is. A musical learner thinks via rhythms and melodies. I haven't noticed it before but now I have that I can remember things better when put into a song and that I can complete work more quickly when listening to music. I also do enjoy listening to music in my free time. Mostly Taylor Swift and One Direction. I scored second highest in logical-mathematical and spatial. Logical-mathematical means that I think by reasoning and love to figure out puzzles and experimenting. My favorite subject in school besides ROGATE is math. A spatial learner is someone who thinks in images and pictures and loves to design and draw. I think this fits me very well that I was in Gifted and Talented art for two years and that I remember things better through pictures then through actual text. This could help me in school if we have vocabulary I could draw pictures next to it with the word inside. My fifth grade teacher had us do this and it did help me.
Okay three people that I admire. Now this is a tough one. That list is huge full of wonderful people, though I can only choose three. One person I would have to say that I admire is my brother, James. My brother is a sophomore at NBC High School and I really look up to him. I am not saying that I admire him because he is smart and he can help me with my homework (partially because whenever I ask him for help on homework he gives me some complicated explanation then tells me what it was), but mostly I admire him because he is just a good person. If I had to guess on what type of learner he is I would have to say he is musical, liguistic, and logical-mathematical on the Gardner test. On the Gregorc test I would have to say he is Abstract Sequential. Another person I admire is Taylor Swift, in case if you don't know who she is, she is a country pop singer. I would have to think she is a musical, ligiustic, and a Concrete Random learner. Another person I admire is Ariana Grande. Ariana Grande is a pop singer and actress. I think that she would be a musical, liguistic, and Concrete Random. Have an awesome day!!!!!!!
By the way I commented on Nick's and Aarif's blogs!!
Friday, September 21, 2012
Just a blog about a girl who loves One Direction.
Cupcakes that I made (I didn't know how to make the pictures smaller).
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