GPA College Blog 2

I was calculating my grade and found shocking results. I found out that my grades were not up to my standers, that they were behind and I need to make them up. My grade is at a 2.67 and that’s a C+, I look at the collages that I want to go to. I really need to set up my game in these last months of 9^th grade and do really good in the rest of my years in high school. 

One of my collages that I looked at was M.I.T. [Massachusetts Institute of Technology] It’s is one of the best schools in world and the best school in engineering. I looked at the standard G.P.A that you need to get in and it was at a 3.5 or higher also you need to score 2120 minimum in the S.A.T.  My advisor that luckily was the collage advisor helped me to figure this out.

My next step when I am in 10^th grade is will to be organize myself so I can turn my homework in time and also to listen to the question my teacher is giving me so I can answer them and not have to ask so many questions.  I will take honors so that I can get better than a 4.0 so I defiantly can get in to M.I.T

Internship Talks

In the conversations that we had with the 11^th grade was exciting and it taught me a few things about life and about internship. The idea that real stood out to me was mentors.  Mentors are supposed to be strict and knowledgeable but what if you did have a mentor that was funny and entertaining.  This idea made me question what I want in a mentor and what I want in an internship. In my internship I am looking for a great mentor one who he knows what he is doing and has a lot of passion in what he is doing. I am also looking for a internship that does not see kids as a waste of time one that will teach me the knowledge I need to know. The sad thing is that half of the people do care about money and say that why would we get an intern that we have to train and they only be here a week instead higher someone.  The time passing poem was the only one that painted a picture in my head .It was about time and when you are sitting down doing work your brain sometime shuts off you cant hear you cant think and the only thing you see is time mocking you in the face. The picture in my head was a man sitting in a little desk with a computer turn on and he was on word about to type a easy but he was frozen and the only thing that I saw in his computer was one word THE. The other poems were really good but that was the one I saw a picture come to life in my head.

Suheir Hammad & Marjane Satrapi on War

“I know that beat it is lifeless.” One of the quotes that Suheir Hammad said in her poem. This is a great connection to Majane in Persepolis, it shows the war that happened in Iran when they started bombing. Majane said that the bombs were natural and even though we knew the bombs could kill us we did not go to the basement any more. Another great quote was “I will not lend my rhythm or my beat I will dance and resist.” This connection to all of the times Marjane rebelled against the veil, the war, the Shaw and or all of the people that wasn’t fair with women’s rights. These quotes were the first ones that I saw as a great example to relate to the book Persepolis. They stood out not only for that reason but for the reason that they were a inspiration to a revolution.

“I will not forget where I come from. I will make my own drum!” This is a huge connection to Persepolis. This is where Marjane mom, dad, and grandma told her it does not matter where you are never forget yourself and were you come from. In my opinion this is the root and the key inspiration of the book. “Do not fear what has blown up. Fear the un exploded.”  This quote is very strong and poetic it has so much meaning. In my opinion the meaning is let go of the past there is nothing there the future is still to come. That was the one quote that stood out to me the most and I think this is the best line in her poem very power full words with a great meaning.

Islam Dress Code

Men and Women both have different dress code but some are the same. The women are stricter on how they dress then the man’s dress code. For the women they has to wear the following

Ø  They have to were a dress that’s called the veil from head to toe only showing their feet hands and eyes.

Ø  Veil must not be see threw so that no body parts are showing even the hair can’t show.

Ø  Veil can’t have designs that appear to men very interesting

Ø  Women can’t imitate men’s clothing

The men have to wear the following

Ø  Must not were see threw clothing

Ø  Men can’t imitate women’s clothing

Ø  Men can’t were garments below their ankles

Ø  It’s a option to wear white clothing it shows good respect

STREET ART

 The street art had many different qualities and different point of views. Each with a unique design and a strong meaning. I can transfer this knowledge into my art work by thinking out side of the box. To show a good stand point of my consumption in other words, let the picture tell it self.

In this documentary something really stood out to me, something about the artist work. It was how simple the art was but yet it told a strong message if you realy took the time to look at it. Another thing that stood out to me was some artist had painting that will connect together to form another painting. For example space invader all over Los Angelis put little alien and if you connect all the path of the space invader you will get one huge space invader.

I saw a lot of deep messages in the painting of the art. As I said it so simple but with a huge message. One art work there was little girl patting down a soldier, it was weird but the message finely hit me. It stood for peace in a way, how every time a police officer arrested a guy he would pat them down to check for guns. In this case the girl was patting down the soldier and was still looking for guns but it was to show that no one had right of power, every one is equal.

Harrison Bergeron Political Cartoon

My political cartoon has a lot to say, it describes the political government of the story “Harrison Bergeron”. It shows Diana podium and she is d ressed like a dictator, she has all of the citizens chained and she is mine controlling all of them. On the left she has the constitution in flames. The constitution stands for freedom and to be able to free speak, the constitution is our life and its on flames. My message to my cartoon is to reveal the truth about how communist community works by Diana burning the constitution and mine controlling the people to thinking this is equal. I am relating my political cartoon to the story by showing my view on how Diana is really controlling the people and how she handicaps them from there natural abilities.

Political Cartoon

Political Cartoon is a picture to describe a event that occurred in that time frame and its also to prove a point to the readers weather its negative or positive point for example.
 
This is a political cartoon of Obama. If you take a look a the picture you can see that Obama has a huge dollar bill on his face and it has twenty five million righting on it. This represents the the money that Obama paid for health insurance. On the bottom there are words that say, NO I don't think it makes you look presidential! This means that she disagrees with the judgment that Obama made with the health plan and this is tyring to prove a point that Obama's plane wasn't the best thing for this country.

"The Metamorphosis" Chapter 3

            The story Metamorphosis is very deep in the writing and is a great short story to read, to make you think of how your family works. I think the author [Kafka] made Gregor a bug for a purpose or to prove a point. The idea of turning the protagonist into a bug, I think was to find the true meaning of the limits of a family. To make you extend your understanding how far one will you go for his/her own family and realize the patience needed to save a struggling family member. Not only to make you realize but to make you improve how you act towards your family and how you impact your family.

            It is very weird that he chose a cockroach for Gregor’s transformation and still I wonder what made him came up with this absurd idea. I believe he used a cockroach instead of a monkey or a frog to have a better impact on the readers than the impact he could get from a frog or a monkey. In a fairy tail every person knows there is going to be a happy ending and the cute little animals of a fairy tail will lead to the happy ending where a cockroach is a nasty bug that no one likes and I think the author wanted the reader to have deeper reflections about the story than a fairy tail where everyone knows how the story will conclude. At the end of the story you still feel sorry for Gregor that went through all this trouble and after all his limitations he ended shameful.

"The Metamorphosis" Chapter 2

Samsa family in my perspective had the benefits as a family before Gregor transformed into a bug. This is because Gregor was the only one to support the family while the sister was spoiled.  The dad didn’t have to work and the mom could relax in peace. The family was just so used to the normal routine that every one was happy and every body was benefiting. “Those had been beautiful days, Gregor later earned so much money that he was in a position to bear the expenses of the entire family.” Pg. 10

            After the transformation of Gregor the family started to fall apart and case harm to each other. Each of them had to work to keep up with Gergor salary that he used to make. “Now, although his father was old, he was healthy man who had not worked at all for five years and thus could not be counted on for very much. His own Mother now perhaps worked for money, a woman suffered from asthma. Should his sister earn money? the girl who was only 17 years old, a child whose earlier life style had been so very delightful.” Pg.10 Working was a major part of the harm that was causing them to fall apart. Another part that is causing harm to the family is Gregor him self. He is too much trouble to take care of and the Mom keeps fainting when Gregor escaped from his room making the sister mad at him and also making her cry and that made the dad want to kill Gregor to be able to live peacefully and to stop all the pain that the family was going through. “She caught sight of the enormous brown splotch on the flowered wallpaper. She screamed out in a high pitched raw voice “Oh God, Oh God” and fell with outstretched arms.” “Gregor you….” “Cried out his sister with a raised fist.” Pg.13 “Father filled his pockets. Throwing apples after apple.” Pg.14

Rules of a healthy family

1. Respecting boundaries

2. Support the family members that are struggling.

3. Open communication

4. Encouragement

5. Quality time

Grade

C I give them a C becuase even though they had some struggles when Gregor transformend they still been a great family and had a great comunicatiaon before the transfermation. 

"The Metamorphosis" Chapter 1

Gregory has too much to do that there is no break for him that makes him feel dehumanized. In the beginning of the story, [part one] Gregory was turn into a bug! Rather than to worry of what he has just become he thinks about what the people at work will have to say when he gets to work late. The character develops so the reader feels like he is spending all of his life working and not enjoying the time. He had seen the character as being dehumanized. Gregory still complains about his boss’ demands and is trying to understand what will happen if he does miss his work for a day?

            Running around and around selling things door to door saying the same lines over and over again gets tiring. Doing that same rutine every day and every year till you die sounds like a robot. A robot that has no purpose and that has no meaning to its life is very dehumanizing.