evelyn glennie

What struck you?

The thing that struck me was that she played several instruments, and she was deaf, another thing was you could tell she understood the music. Something else that struck we was that she could talk because alot of those people cant.

What did you notice?

I noticed that she loved what she was doing and that she could hear with her touch. I also noticed that she had on braclets, and she didnt have on any shoes.

What did you enjioy about her performance? Please be specfic

I enjoyed when she explained how she played and touched the different instrunemts to understand the sound. I also like when she speed up playing on the xylophone and slowed down.

sustainability visit

What is your name and our role here at the (farmers market, CSA, community garden?
My name is Michelle and my role here at the farmers market is to run my stand.

Why do you choose to shop/garden/support this CSA?
I choose to support this organization because its good for the earth im also a vegetarian so i like to be around all of these things, and i also do this to support the csa.

Did you ever choose to make a garden ? Why or Why not?
I actually tried that once but it didn't work out that well.

When did you begin to shop at farmers markets?
Well my sister introduced this to me about 3 years ago and every since then i shopped there.

What would be your advice to get others to do your job?
I would explain to them how much good were doing for the earth and, how shopping here is very healthy.

Blog Questions:
What struck you about the location you visited ? Was it what you expected or different?
The thing that struck me about the visit was how fresh the foods were and how the people looked so trust worthy of there food. Wat also struck me were the prices of the food, also that they had buckets of other things like bracelets.

Which items were cheaper than you expected? which items were more expensive?
The items that were cheaper than i expected were the fruit like apples, oranges ect.The items that were more expensive were the vegetables and some were sold by dozens.

>Do you think you will start going to a farmers market more often? Or using a community garden? Or supporting a CSA?Well i might start going to the farmers market more if my mom wants to because after all she buys the grocries.But when i get older i will shop there, about the csa's i will also ask my mom about supporting them.

How do these locations fit into our essential questions of "Why Don't People Live More Sustainably?" and "How Can I Convince them to do So?" These locations fit into this category because, everyone cant afford these foods and by the time they finish buying these items the will have little money for there staple foods.Well in a way you cant convince people to buy stuff they going to by what they need and what is reasonable for them the only thing i could do would be to encourage them.

Dialetic Journal

Quote: It isnt fair she said. A stone hit her on the side of her head. Old man warner was saying " Come on come on everyone. " Steve Adams was in front of the crowd of villagers with mrs. Graves beside him.

Response: this story really helped me connect with the author because i always right crazy stories and this was a pretty crazy story. No one ever one any thing and what they did win wasn't a prize.A question i have for the author is why would he make everyone enter for such a horable thing.I also enjoyed the way she didn't want to except her prize.

quote: Mr.Summers consulted his list. " clyde Dunbar."He said."Thats right. He broke his leg,hasnt he .

Response: This is weird the he still has to enter a raffle when his leg is broke i dont think thats fair at all. I also think it isnt fair that kids have to enter also,and the have the kids heating rocks. I think the author wrote this story in a very good manner because every one was interested in wat was gonna happen in the end.

The garden blog

The garden was a great experience for me and my class. I think the 12Th graders did a wonderful job making this garden. some of the questions i asked were
What made you grow this plant- they responded different ideas different people.
What happens to the plants over the summer- the teacher said he wasn't sure and that there trying to find people.
How long did it take to grow all of these crops- they started in October


Questions For Me : What struck you about it - the thing that struck me was how many plants and vegetables they had.

What does the garden look like - the garden is a really pretty place and it looks like a garden and it has like a little pond.

What did you like or not like about the garden - what i liked about the garden was that everything that was growing looked nice and healthy.

Plants that were there -
Strawberry
Greens
Cabbage
Chard
Mint
Flowers
Basil
Oregano
Lettuce
Carrots
Beets
Potatoes
Cilantro

Talking these ideas out

The family member i talked to was my mother. I started of by telling her how harmful are food can be that we buy in the stores, and i also told her how the cow owners would do any thing they could to make the cows stand up so they could slotter them. They will roll them over with machines and lots of other horrible things.My moms reaction to this was she did'nt know any thing about this and she thought twice about eating meat. The thing that struck me the most was when your food says all natural it can just be one ingredient that's all natural. i agree and disagree with these concepts. I agree because i at meat. I disagree because i don't want animals being treated wrong. I can apply these things to the real world by letting people who don't know aware of whats going on.

my ishmael

Quote:
Like most five year old she was thrilled for her imagining that some truly wonderful experience must be awaiting her . It was only several months later that i began to notice her excitement was fading.

Response: I agree 100% with the author because im going through school and i feel the same way. The way Ishmael thinks about life makes me think that the system should be changed into a way that kids always want to attend school.This interest me because i can relate to it. A question i have for the author is do you have a deep understanding of and on the world.

The Nail Incident Ceara Harris
“I’m clipping my nails as I do every night before dinner when my sister comes in the door with the baby, I’m on the last nail when I finish I will get up. “Hey sis, hi baby hello hello.”
“Well she doesn’t like me.”
“Yes she does she’s just tired” ok then”
When I came out from under the house from eating I was stopped by my sister.”
“Will you watch the baby because me and mom want to go out tonight?”
“Well I guess, but don’t think I will have fun watching the little flibbertigibbet thing.”
“Thanks”
“Yeah you better hope she cooperates for your sake.”
“Ok your done lets go take a bath now.”
“No more play”
“No let’s take your clothes off and get in the bath”
“I will let you play with some toys in the bath”
“Well I’m thinking maybe I shouldn’t clip her nails because it can turn ugly.”
“Well sit down I’m going to go get the clippers.”
“Let’s wash up so I can clip your nails”
“No”
“Yes they’ are dirty”
“Why are you screaming I haven’t even touched you?”
“Clip stops moving before you get it. I
I grab her throat as if i’m holding on to the back of a car going 100 mph on the free way I thought I could cajole her into getting her nails clipped but it didn’t work that way no. I held her head under water until the lifeless carcass stopped shaking. Then I clipped away.”
Her sister walked in the bathroom “Oh I forgot my …… oh my gosh! “What happened here?
“I just sat there and stared”
“She wouldn’t cooperate so I had to kill her and use my nail clippers as a panacea for her nails.”
“I told mom this was a bad idea to ask you to watch my baby.”
“Then why did you ask me to watch her then.”
“I’m calling the police I cant believe you would do something like this I thought I could trust you and you betrayed me. “
“You’re not calling anyone ok I’m sorry you just cant do that.”
“Please stop I don’t want to have to kill you to.”
“Mom my sister yelled.”
“I guess ill have to do you like the baby huh?”
“You killed my child and now you want to kill me how low down can you get.”
“Don’t try to make me have any kind of pity on you I will just solve the problem by killing you to.”
“Bang bang bang I shot her then my self.”
Link to zine:http://students.hthma.hightechhigh.org/~charris/1%20and%202%20zine.jpg

Medicine

1. A brief summary of the topic. What is it? What field of research does it fall under?

This article is talking about medicine they are saying that this year will be the year that companies will lose the patent rights to there most top selling medicines.There also saying if the drugs want to start selling then the need to focus on obesity, cancer, and immunological and neurological diseases.

2. What's the big deal with this topic? Why should you care about its developments and any new discoveries that are made?

The big deal with this topic is that companies will start losing lots of money and pills will be sold cheaper.

3. What's going to happen to this topic in 2010?
This year starts the mark of companies loosing there money and a decrease on pills.

4. What obstacles or setbacks are in the way of this topic's success?

The set backs are companies will loose there money and people will face problems with out certain pills that they need.

Technology

1. A brief summary of the topic. What is it? What field of research does it fall under?

This article was basically talking about cars from general moter's, and the cost of the cars and also how they will be built and how technology is coming along.

2. What's the big deal with this topic? Why should you care about its developments and any new discoveries that are made?

The big deal with this topic is that gm is making more economy and gas efficient cars that run on batteries.

3. What's going to happen to this topic in 2010?
This year the world we be able to purchase these cars and help the gas prices and economy system.

4. What obstacles or setbacks are in the way of this topic's success?

The obstacles are that gm survived the biggest bankruptcy in American history and they still will be making cars this winter, another thing in the way is that other car companies can try and sue for saying they are coping there car.

semester academic goals

Goal: Raise my hand to read out loud so i can become a better reader
First step :Don't be afraid to raise my hand

Goal:Let other people share
First step :learn ho to step up and step back

Goal:Come to class on time in order not to loose professionalism points
First step :come back from lunch 10 minutes earlier.

My semester academic goals

Goal: Study for test not just the night before
First step: Take brain book home every day and work out the problems we did for that day in class

Goal: don’t talk in class while the teacher is teaching a lesson
First step: Don’t interrupt other people and ignore when someone tries to talk to me.

Goal: Ask more questions in class when I need to.
First step: come to office hours when I don’t understand the lesson

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It’s Just a Way of Life

“A person who in the opinion of others, has her heroic qualities or has performed a heroic act and is regarded as a model or ideal.

When people think hero the automatically think Batman, Superman, Robin, a police man, you get the point right? Just someone fictional. But not me, my hero is Marti Harris (my mom). She is African American and, she is about 5’2.

The first thing I want to say about my mom is she is a very nice person, and I love her. I think everything my mom went through made her the strong person she is today. We were sitting in my mom’s warm room on the edge of the bed I could smell incents burning and candle wax when I started to ask her some questions about our life and how she felt about it. “Is it hard being a single mother, having to raise your children by your self?” She looked at me with a sad, long face just searching for the right answer. “Of course it is always easier when you have two incomes and its hard when you can’t get your kids what they want and sometimes what they need, also I think there should always be two parents in the home so that your child can have equal share of each parent.”

I can understand where she is coming from because I have experienced not being able to go certain places because I didn’t have enough money, or feeling left out because I don’t have two parents to raise me. “What is your motivation to keep going?” “Love was my motivating factor and the fact that you are my kids. I feel it is my job to meet all your needs.” “What was your overall drive? “My children and wanting them to have a better life than I did, I also want them to grow up and be strong, smart people.”

Hero project reflection

how does a hero become a hero?

A hero becomes a hero by doing something you cant do or by . Doing something they don't have to do and they do it any way also putting that person before there self at all time even when they cant or shouldn't.

What was the Hero in My Eyes project?

In this project you had to pick someone who you looked at as a hero . You had to write a paper why they were a hero and what they did to become your hero (heroic moment). You also had to bring in a picture of your hero.

What steps did you take to get to the final product?

The steps i took to get to the final product were writing lots of different papers. The peer editing helped me allot. I also had to get help from the teacher and some class mates i needed them to read my paper and show me where i could improve more.

What did you learn? What challenges did you encounter? What would you do the same or different? How will this help you later?

I learned that my mother was my real hero all along and that hers are not just fictional. I went through alot of challenges because the first time i wrote my whole paper wrong and i had to do it all over. The thing that i would do the same is pick my mom as my hero.This will help me later because now i will always know my mom is my hero.

Pick one of the six HOMs (Habits of Mind) and describe how you used it in this project. The six HOMs are: Innovation, Wonder, Ownership, Mindfulness, Perspective, and Evidence.

The thing i think i used in my paper is evdience because i showed lots of evidence on how and why my mom is a hero .

Link to the blog post where you posted your final hero character sketch. Make sure it is a working link.

http://ceeceebolo.blogspot.com/2009/11/normal-0-false-false-false.html

Orgin of zero

I thought this was very striking because people all around the world have different ways to write zero.

Who ever buys it the archaeologists who study that kind of stuff determined which concept was older which I think is very interesting beacuse there are many differnt signs and symbols they found.

Because there are people who migrate to different places and from that they take on the concept of zero to where ever they go and where they are they adapt in the concept of zero and create their own zero.

Art Eletric

Project description

The project was to use a box to show a character trait. You had to use at least five lights,you also needed an extra flair for example makes your box move, and a working button or switch to trigger all your lights and or motor.

Process

For my box i picked the word joy ! I used this word because it let me have freedom to work with my box. The way i represented this word was to add things that people liked and be happy and free with the box. My lights were set up in series circuit two row wired all inside of my box.I also have a button on my box and it turns on all my lights .

I made a battery holder out of Popsicle sticks, and i hot glued the ends of the wires to the battery so that the button would be able to activate all the lights. Then i connected some wires to the battery so that it would light my box up.

Recap/reflection

When I got my drafts peer edited it helped me understand what i was doing wrong

Some times it messed up my thought of thinking

I learned a lot of new things while doing this project. I learned how to set up parallel, and series circuits, strip wire, and a lot more.

I would pick a different trait to portray, because somethings didn't work out how i planned they would go.

Literary device blog

Catching the signal from one of her friends, Angela brushed her skirt, took a deep breath and walked towards where he was sitting. " Is this really happening am i going to the coolest guy in school to ask about the dance on Friday? " Here it goes , hey Seth i was wondering if you would like to go to the dace with me ?" "I'm not sure ill see whats going on with my schedule and i will get back to you on that." I hope he will say yes well maybe not because i have scratches all over my body so he thinks i am an ugly person. Well every since mom died things haven't been the same. Dad has been beating me , but don't get me wrong it hurts but that's the only way he can get his anger out. Its just like a bee getting nectar from a flower he just has to have it.He yells ,he screams he curses ,he does it all i just sit and take it because he says it because of my mother yea its crazy i know. Peter piper pickles .I just don't know what to do about this. "Well here it goes again " do you have an answer for me ??? " oh yea of course i would love to go with you."yeah" I am so happy see you on Friday .

one moment in time

Ceara Harris
One moment in time

As I am sitting on this big red cart I stop and think is this really what I want or is this just an easy way out. Feeling like a piece of chocolate surrounded by sand I feel quite uncomfortable. All these new faces looking around at me like a fish out of water. I sit by a huge old man that smells like sour but and toes, I didn’t move because there was no were else to sit.
Screaming babies, tiered moaning people, nasty scents, and the whole situation just makes me want to roll over and die. Wow does any one else feel this horable? Buzz buzz buzz goes my phone feels like a bee stinging me. No no its mom again, one missed call.
Rain drops start to hit my checks but wind shields just wipe them away. I feel gum on the bottom of the little red seats I jus take my hands away. I can hear the director saying 25 and commercial next stop. Every time I hear her talk it just gets louder and louder.
People getting on and off on and off left right open close open close. It just made me go even crazier. By the time we closer to the place i'm trying to go every body has mostly gotten off. The only people that were left were people going back across the line to get home from a long day of work. So I hear my stop san ysidro next stop.

I stop and think to my self again am I really doing this what are people going to think of me after this . Will I be loved or out casted who know. Now’s my time to get off I’m shaking crying and scared,
I find a near by bench and just take a seat. Buzz buzz, buzz my phone goes again. Dozens of missed calls from my mom, uncle, brother, and sister, I decide to answer my moms call for the first time. Hello’’ ceara were are you please let me come and get you I want you to come home.
No thanks I don’t want to get in trouble id rather just stay away and avoid the trouble. Let’s just rationalize please act your age.

baby

The nice sounds of cooing , warms my heart like a cake in the oven. Various memories of caring for kids warms my heart. This sounds like little sounds crying out for attention, love care maybe a diaper change, or just simply a hug.

These sounds make me think of a puppy trying to get its moms attention so it can simply drink milk.I also think of times when i just want something from my mom and i make cute noises.

Then i make her give in to my ridiculous demands.Gurgles, giggles, drool, you have to love it all. Why because it coming from a beautiful little baby which really is a beautiful music box. http://margaretnoble.net/blog/24-hours-old/

Locker problem

Locker problem
Ceara harris

How many lockers are open? Me and my classmates figured out that there are 31 lockers open. This was very hard to figure out because there are so many ways to get answers to this problem. But once you get at least one equation it is very easy to follow the pattern. This also had to do with figuring out the perfect squares or you wouldn’t be able to figure out the lockers that were open. Which lockers are open? This was the really hard part to figure out in the problem. We all worked together and figured it out. I used square roots to figure out which lockers were open. Which lockers are perfect squares? We came to a conclusion that the perfect squares are (1*1), (2*2),(3*3). So you use perfect squares to figure it out. They have an odd amount of factors they will change there state to opposite (o, c, c ) These lockers were open because the students came through and opened and closed them, so some lockers were never touched again.

line across= closed

no line =open

Secret Life Of Bees

Hi this is me Rosaleen i am Lily's nanny/stepmother . This week has been very interesting and i have just ran away from the kings nest with his chick . Oz been beaten locked up, liesed to and Oz starvin to. Lily iz alls i got and she isn't treated very well by that boy of a father. I just feel like rolling over and dying sometimes, but i cant just do that. It all started when Oz going out to vote and buy lily some new girl stuff.

I had stolen some fans from the cheech and, i ran into some white men and they tried to get in my buisness so i spitted on his shoe after his harsh words to me. They've locked me in this hospitah jail and, lily has come to rescue me. Lily has came up with this half way layed out plan to leave to Tiburon. This here night me and lily get into a lil argument and we sleplt on the opposites side oda river. I leaved and lily came looking fo meh. weheaded out to town to buy some grub and found a little restaurant on the side of the road. We got our food to go, i don't know why lily was so fascinated buy the black Mary on da honey jah .

She asked were he had purchased the honey and he said from august she stay right down the road and she makes honey and, he said she was a real nice cat. We went to the house, and lily started to tell a few white lies on how ised been beaten , and they were a little suspicus but they let us stay. until next time- rosaleen.