Día de los Muertos

Cyrus Foster 11/11/15

Spanish 2 benchmark English reflection

My Grandfather

My grandfather passed away when I was younger. I don’t remember the exact day or year but i’m pretty sure it was between 2011 and 2013. Most of my life I lived outside of the city where I never really got a chance to talk to him or know him. Around 2008- 2009 my family moved back to Philadelphia and I still didn’t get to meet him until maybe a year later. When I finally met him he was very happy to see me. I had some very old memories of him from my younger years but it wasn’t anything I would say was important. When I met him we connected a lot because we had many similarities and similar interests. He played a role to create the way I am today.

My grandfather meant a lot to me and still does. I feel like without him I wouldn’t be the person I am today. He is the one who got me interested in technology. When I was younger I liked technology but I never really knew what it could do or how things worked. Whenever I came to his house I always learned something new. He always showed me new things about phones, computers, and other technology. I remember one time he gave me a keyboard piano and I started learning how to play it. I think that really started my interest in music and instruments. He taught me a lot about phones and computers and how they work. After that I have always had an interest in how technology work. Finally, he was a very religious person. He always talked about the bible and church. He taught my family and I to stay positive and what we should and shouldn’t do. Everyone in your life teaches you something and I think he taught me a lot.

I decided to create my sugar skull in remembrance of my grandfather because he’s the only one I was pretty close to that died. I knew him enough to be able to describe him and share my thoughts on him.

My sugar skull reflects my grandfather by using two basic concepts to describe the overall type  of person he was. I used a lot of glitter on the skull and I put a cross on the face. Glitter is very bright and colorful which is how you could describe him. He was a very smart person and it was very obvious even if it was your first time meeting him. He had many interests and was a very curious person. My grandfather used his interests to gain more knowledge and pass it on. I rarely ever saw him in a bad mood. He was the one who the family would always come together to see and he brightened many people's day. I put a yellow cross on the forehead of the skull to represent religion. He was a very religious person. I used yellow because it is a bright and noticeable color. He made it very noticeable that religion was something he followed to the max because he would always talk about it. I remember he had a group of friends that he studied and discussed the bible with. He would always have them over or be on the phone with them. His good spirit and participation in religion is what I tried to show on the sugar skull by using bright colors, glitter, and a cross.

I guess Día de los Muertos has opened my mind up to celebrating the passing of loved ones by making me think about the positive. Most people here in America take death as a bad or scary thing. People think about dead people as just not physically being here anymore but I think we should think about the good they left behind. Everyone leaves something behind whether it’s good or bad and people should remember that. Nothing lasts forever so you should enjoy the time it’s here and celebrate the fact that it lived as long as it did when it goes. I think I've learned to enjoy things why you have them and to never forget the impact that was left on you. If you ever get close to someone that means they’ve put a part of themselves in you. Never forget that and pass it on. There’s a positive in every negative and I've learned that it’s up to me to choose which one I think I should look at.

Cyrus Foster 11/11/15

Spanish 2 benchmark             Eulogy

My Grandfather

Hola mi nombre es Cyrus Foster. Yo soy dieciseis anos. Mi abuelo fui a muy importante persona en mi vida.

Mi abuelo fui de Filadelfia. Él fue de el norte de Filadelfia. Mi abuelo es el padre de mi madre. Él  es el marido de mi abuela. Él nombre fue Michael. Él fue a muy inteligente persona. Mi abuelo fue también a muy calmado persona.

Yo gusto aprendizaje en el tienda de la computadora. Yo soy muy feliz el enseñar me de computadoras.

` Él  enseñar me mucho más de el algos yo soy interesado en. Yo soy orgulloso de lo.

Video:

https://www.wevideo.com/view/510073288

This project was made for Day of the Dead and I celebrated the death of my grandfather. I created a reflection, eulogy, and video for the project. The video also includes pictures of the physical part where we had to design a mask and sugar skull.