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David Baker

Mr. Hussey

U.S. History

April 27, 2016

Volunteer Experience

As a student volunteer of the Committee of 70 my group and I walked around the Roxborough area assisting the elderly with the voting process as well as answering questions they did not understand.  Although the process was not fun, I thought it was interesting. My group was assigned ward 21. The four locations we visited were; Cook Wissahickon School, Andorra Branch Library, Houston Recreation Center, and Saul High School. The process was nothing like I expected, I thought that there would be lines of people at each location and that they would know what the questions ment. I was lucky to see maybe four people at each location and I had to read the background information for most of the questions I asked. I did not see anyone less than forty years old. Walker made it sound like were were going to be doing an amazing thing and help the community and meet new people. I am sure the data we gathered was important, but out of the dozen people I asked about five of them said they had time to answer my questions. All the people were trying to do is vote but people would keep giving them flyers trying to sway them to vote for whoever they wanted to win. When they exit the building they are bombarded with questions from other people and when they get to me they are tired of asking questions and they walk away or answer the question without any thought. I know the importance of voting, but it seems like it is more work then it is worth to cast your vote and I think this is why young people do not vote. One question I have is why can't we vote online? It would be more convenient easier to do, and you don't have to go anywhere.  But at the end of the day it was not a bad experience I walked away with a ton of flyers, committee of 70 lanyard, and a sweet Sean Stevens pen.

(Pink election Ballot)

(Andorra Branch Library signs)

(Sweet Sean Stevens Pen)

Lyza Newbern

Mr.Hussey

U.S. History

April 26, 2016

2016 Primary Election

On April 26, 2016 the people of Pennsylvania exercised their right to vote in republican and democratic primary election. The Primary Election is the election when you vote to who you want to see on the ballot for president in November. As a high school member of the Committee of 70 it was my duty to visit as many polling places in the 21st ward of Philadelphia, help voters with any questions they had about the ballot, collect sample ballots and ask voters

(Photo taken at the Andorra Branch Library)

after they voted unbiased questions to help better the government in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. We asked the voters five questions after they casted their ballot, (1) Would you support allowing voters the option to request and submit absentee ballots before Election Day without offering a reason or excuse?; (2) Would you support allowing voters the option to vote for a certain period before Election Day at a select number of early voting locations?; (3) Would you support amending the PA Constitution to create an independent Citizen’s Redistricting Commission's responsible for drawing Congressional and state legislative districts?; (4) Would you support allowing independent and third party voters to vote in primary elections?; (5) Would you support allowing young people aged 16 and 17 the opportunity to pre-register to vote? (Voters must still be 18 or older to cast a ballot)? Something that was interesting to me was when I introduced myself and told a woman what I was there for and asked her if I could ask her questions she asked me what kinds of questions I had. I then told her I was with the Committee of 70 and that it was a non-partisan group, she then answered the questions. I thought this was interesting because she would most likely not have answered biased questions. Something else that I was excited about was that the voters knew how to answer the questions I asked and did not need a background to them. In Ward 21 I went to 4 different voting locations, Cook Wissahickon School, Andorra Branch Library, Houston Recreation Center, and Saul High School. I had the best experience at the Recreation Center because of the people that were also their outside of the polling office. They informed me and my group that there was an African-American male that was furiated with the Proposed Charter Change Question #3, which we decided was worded incorrectly and could be threatening when read by an African-American male but not threatening when someone from a differently ethnicity and/or background is reading it. There were only two people out of 24 would not stop and answer the questions which is a lot less than what I was expecting.

(Photo of the ballot taken at Cook Wissahickon School)

​I created a sign colored in the basic colors of the rainbow (roygbiv)  with the phrase "Hold On Pain Ends" leading across and down the square paper. The meaning of my piece is that even when times are hard and life seems stressful and hopeless, there is always hope around you somewhere. Then, when you dig deeper into the meaning of "hope," you find the idea/theme of the word (can be) hold on, pain ends, and that there is a light in your future, so don't give up. I included the rainbow background behind the phrase because in my opinion, rainbow's can represent opportunities and happiness that can appear in many forms, hence the multi colored patch. This ties together to show that hope is always around, and pops up in many different forms.

I am extremely into music, and I am always writing new song lyrics for myself. About a year ago, I decided to look up "life quotes" on google images to find inspiration for myself for a new song. That was when I came across a picture with the phrase "Hold On Pain Ends" and I immediately wrote it down because I thought it was genius! When Ms. Hertz explained to us what we were going to do for this mini project, I thought about the quote, and made the connection very suddenly to rainbows.

I chose to put my drawing/piece on the wall next to the door to the school store. I chose this location because I know that many students come by that area every day for the school store, as well as just to hang out, so I could be sure that my art would be seen by many.

I have realized that art doesn't have to be a drawing, it can be a phrase, or even a word, that has lots of meaning behind it.

There is much more art around Center City than I really realize.

Campaign Experience

On 4/26/16 I volunteered on election day helping out the Committee of Seventy  for my very first time. I worked with my partner JaVon all morning talking to people and helping them with things they were unsure of. We walked around to four different polling places and collected ballots and took pictures and asked people survey questions.The first polling place we met at was on 50th & Spruce where there were lots of people standing at. Being in involved with helping with the election was a bit overwhelming because we are teenagers and don’t really know much about this stuff. We were around a lot of experienced people and didn’t want them to think that we didn’t know what we were doing. We kept calm and continued to do what we were told to do so at the end of the day we were ok. Beside being overwhelmed I felt like I was being a big help to our community and to the candidates and that was a really great feeling. Most teen don’t get the opportunity to get to put on their resume that they volunteered for an election and that is a very big deal. Even though I wasn’t receiving anything it was still a pleasure to help.  I enjoyed working with my partner because we were very helpful to one another and asked each other questions we were unsure of when helping other people. The only thing we didn’t get a chance to do was take pictures with candidates because we didn’t see any out there. That was what I looked forward to the most but maybe next time. I would like to do this again some other day. The only questions I have based off of my experience today is how do I read the ballot and understand it?  My second question is how do you register to vote once you reach the age of 18? My last question is how do those people get involved with being in charge of each polling place? Do they volunteer or is it an actual paying job?

Pictures During Election Experience

The first picture we took at our first polling place on 50th and Spruce.

We collected our first ballot that we didn’t know how to read at all.

How far we thought we should stand from the polling place. We didn’t want to be so close.

Nombre: Makyle Wyche Banda: A Band

El/La Poeta: Mario Benedetti

Historia de su vida:

Mario Benedetti fue un escritor y poeta. Nació el 14 de septiembre de 1920 en Paso de los Toros, Uruguay. Más tarde se trasladó a Montevideo. Pronto después, el comenzó a perseguir la escritura. Su escritura comenzó con la poesía.

Mario Benedetti’s publicado por primera vez en libro de poesía fue “La víspera indeleble”. Después de comenzar con la poesía, él persiguió otros géneros de escritura. Los otros géneros fueron cuentos y novelas. Más tarde en su vida, él comenzó a escribir ensayos y juegos. Mario Benedetti viajado mucho, y su escritura reflejada en cada lugar que el fue. Después de estar en otros países, regresó a Uruguay en 1983. Mario Benedetti escritura continua, hasta su muerte en 2009.

Mis éxitos y logros:

Yo han tenido tiempos difíciles en mi vida y Yo han tenido el opuesto. En mis 16 años de vida, Yo tengo consumado muchas cosas. Un ejemplo es haciendo un curriculum vitae. Tener un currículum vitae es una parte importante de éxito. Aunque yo tengo logros, yo quiero tener más exitoso.

Yo quiero tener exitoso por unos motivos. Una razón es a hacer mi familia orgullosa. Mis padres trabajaron duro a criarme. Lograr éxito voluntad hacer mis padres feliz. Yo debo que a mis padres.

Un Poema de Mario Benedetti:

No lo creo todavía

estás llegando a mi lado

y la noche es un puñado

de estrellas y de alegría

palpo gusto escucho y veo

tu rostro tu paso largo

tus manos y sin embargo

todavía no lo creo

tu regreso tiene tanto

que ver contigo y conmigo

que por cábala lo digo

y por las dudas lo canto

nadie nunca te reemplaza

y las cosas más triviales

se vuelven fundamentales

porque estás llegando a casa

sin embargo todavía

dudo de esta buena suerte

porque el cielo de tenerte

me parece fantasía

pero venís y es seguro

y venís con tu mirada

y por eso tu llegada

hace mágico el futuro

y aunque no siempre he entendido

mis culpas y mis fracasos

en cambio sé que en tus brazos

el mundo tiene sentido

y si beso la osadía

y el misterio de tus labios

no habrá dudas ni resabios

te querré más

Todavía.

Pensamientos y temas en poesía:

Este poema puede relacionarse con muchas cosas diferentes. Podría ser sobre un amante o pareja. También podría ser sobre un miembro de la familia, aunque algunas líneas referencia romance. Este poema tiene unos temas. Un gran ejemplo es el amor.

Poemas Proyecto por: Skylar James

No te quedes inmóvil

al borde del camino

no congeles el júbilo

no quieras con desgana

no te salves ahora

ni nunca

 no te salves

no te llenes de calma

no reserves del mundo

sólo un rincón tranquilo

no dejes caer los párpados

pesados como juicios  

no te quedes sin labios

no te duermas sin sueño

no te pienses sin sangre

no te juzgues sin tiempo

pero si

pese a todo

no puedes evitarlo

y congelas el júbilo

y quieres con desgana

y te salvas ahora

y te llenas de calma

y reservas del mundo

sólo un rincón tranquilo

y dejas caer los párpados

pesados como juicios

y te secas sin labios

y te duermes sin sueño

y te piensas sin sangre

y te juzgas sin tiempo

y te quedas inmóvil

al borde del camino

y te salves

entonces

no te quedes conmigo.

Fue conmovedor el poema y es relatable. Aunque no relacionable a un público general. Era relacionable a mí personalmente y fue conmovedor sobre cómo habla de dejar las cosas ir si quiere continuar y prosperar con cualquier sueños o la vida que desea vivir con. El poema fue algo que realmente podría motivar a la corte que una cosa que se atrofia su crecimiento. Por ejemplo en mi poema abajo me hablar sobre la liberación de recuerdos/cosas malas de mi vida y metaphorize como el diablo. Me gusta mucho el hecho de que fui capaz de encontrar un poeta y un poema que no sólo escribe sobre cosas similares a mí, pero también es muy parecido a mí en el patrón de pensamiento. Elegiría una cierta línea que sacó a mi más, pero me gusta literalmente la cosa entera. Va circulando mi poema sobre el tema "Liberación cosas negativas de tu vida para prosperar".

http://www.literaberinto.com/vueltamundo/notesalvesbenedetti.htm

Mario Benedetti nació el 14 de septiembre de 1920 y murió el 17 de mayo de 2009 además de haber publicado más de 80 libros en 20 idiomas diferentes no era conocida en el mundo de habla inglesa. Esto explicaría por qué no un montón de norteamericanos no sé de él. Nació en "Pasa de los toros" en el Departamento de "Tacuarembo" Brenne Benedetti y Matilde Benedetti. Hizo 6 años de escuela primaria y luego transferido a otra escuela y me alojé allí por 2 años. Para high School secundaria él no asistió a un edificio institucional, en mi opinión como la mayoría de artista/escritor

http://www.fundacionmariobenedetti.org/mario_benedetti/vida/

Mi Biografia

Skylar James nació irónicamente 17 de mayo de 2000 que es la misma fecha murió Benedetti. Skylar ha movido en sus lugares de infancia incluyen California, Nueva York y Filadelfia. Alrededor de la adolescencia es cuando comenzó su carrera musical. Al principio comenzó como una banda de punk rock que pronto te flop y continuar como solista de Skylar criticar mordazmente carrera como "Cosmix Junkii" planea lanzar su primer EP en el verano de 2016. (Autopromoción descarada). Skylar es ahora vivo en pennsylvania a la edad de 15 con el foco principal y sólo en su música. También tienen interés en la psicología y anatomía humana pero no da las clases en su corriente secundaria igual que un estudio independiente privado sobre la anatomía y las funciones del cerebro humano. También tienen un amor por la fotografía y comúnmente toma fotos sobre todo de su "campana" o barrio en sus más hermosos Estados como lunas llenas, amaneceres, puestas de sol, edificios, etc. de la luz. Continúan en utilizar estas fotos para portadas y muestras de diseño gráfico. A donde Skylar hace encargo ropa generalmente debajo de un auto hace marca. Para ser honesto Skylar es el óptimo de la creatividad

El Poema

Cámara de luces social acción una batalla contra mi mente que no es una batalla que yo quiero coincidir con in

mi mente se desvaneció y negro estoy pulsando en blanco pastoso como papas puré pulg.

como la cordura de un atracador de bancos que es cobrado en.

Mi mente está trippy y psicodélico quiero actuar como las palabras que le dije me refería a lo

como el ADN error con Bruce Banner o Danny Fenton la ilusión de la sociabilidad y la ilusión y el robo de mi amor propio y la creatividad me siento robado.

El diablo fue después de que su alma practicando fantasías correcto mentir siempre me actuando como cosmix no está obsesionado con honestidad y honestamente veo a través de su engaño y si quieres tener éxito te no puede dejar de mí. Como el apretado agarre su mano se apoderó de todo mi alma dejando mi único objetivo es un plan de escape, como si el aspecto de escapar es imposible y algo ilógico reflexionar yo mismo a por qué he visto como posible mientras que la posibilidad es el contrario de ilimitado no digo a pero una vez en cautiverio no sólo mentalmente sino espiritualmente usted debe dejar ir para prosperar.