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Cyrus Foster Q4 Art Project

Posted by Cyrus Foster in Art 1 · Hertz · d1 on Friday, May 25, 2018 at 12:53 pm

For my quarter 4 project, I studied David Choe. He’s known for his street art and his figure paintings, which explore themes of desire, degradation, and exaltation, are characterized by a raw, frenetic tone that he has termed "dirty style." In my project, I tried to do my own interpretation of his style with a rough, imperfect, graffiti style look using multiple tools and a few of his many characters he’s known for drawing. To create this, I used acrylic paint, oil and acrylic paint markers, spray paint and ink. The spray paint was used for the green overspray while the ink was used to make the drips on the top left corner. Everything else was used for the background and to fill in the characters. Through this project, I learned how to use my resources to their best ability to recreate a specific style or look in my artwork. My tip to anyone trying to do this project would be to observe every small detail about the artist and find similar tools to the ones that the artist used. This project has inspired me to use other styles and techniques of artists to use in my own artwork.


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Charcoal drawing

Posted by Cyrus Foster in Art 1 · Hertz · d1 on Monday, January 22, 2018 at 2:30 pm

For my quarter 2 project, I chose to do a charcoal drawing of a tall thin vase type of object. First, I did my rough draft on a blank sheet of paper. After completing my rough draft and figuring out where all the shading should be I went on to my final copy. I chose to use newspaper to draw on because I wanted to try something different. I used 2 charcoal pencils (1 black and 1 white), 1 regular pencil, 1 kneaded eraser, and 1 smudge stick. I first outlined my drawing and shading with the regular pencil. Next, I used a light shade of black charcoal created by lines going in the same direction. I followed up with more layers going in different directions to create darker shades wherever it was needed. Finally, I used the kneaded eraser to remove black from light spots and went over it with the white pencil. It was very important to wait for everything to be complete to start smearing the charcoal because the drawing could be easily ruined. I used the smudge stick to smoothly combine the different shades. That final step made the drawing come to life and look more realistic which relates to my style of art. I am proud of this because it relates to some of my other artwork but it’s different at the same time. I like using shading to create realistic effects but I never really tried it by trying to draw an actual object. The idea of this actually came from Guy Denning who does charcoal drawings on items such as newspapers and boxes. If I could do this project again I would probably draw more than 1 object to make the paper looks more full. Through this, I got a better understanding of how to use charcoal as a medium to create artwork.

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Video and Reflection

Posted by Cyrus Foster in Environmental Science · Aziz · C on Friday, January 19, 2018 at 9:24 pm
​Philadelphia has been dealing with issues caused by lead poisoning in children. The city still has a lot of old homes, factories, and even water that had lead used in them. Young children being exposed to this is hurting their mental health. I chose this topic because I felt really confident in creating a PSA on it. We created our PSA by recording a breaking news story in the news. I was the news anchor and I introduced most other people along with the topic and some main ideas. I think my role made the whole thing come together as a whole. I did well providing information but I feel like I could’ve made the recordings looks more professional. The most meaningful part has been researching more into the topic. I learned a lot more than we initially learned and it helped me realize how serious this problem actually is.
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Toxic City Infographic

Posted by Cyrus Foster in Environmental Science · Aziz · C on Monday, November 13, 2017 at 11:43 pm
Philadelphia is dealing with a serious problem dealing with lead. It's affecting many kids in poverty stricken areas and it's not really being fixed. We need doctors to test children for lead poisoning before it gets too late. There's a few ways to fix it and it needs to be done as soon as possible!
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Cyrus F Q1: Project

Posted by Cyrus Foster in Art 1 · Hertz · d1 on Thursday, November 2, 2017 at 9:46 am

My artwork is composed of an eye, a nose, and an eyebrow representing a quarter of a face. I chose this because it explains who I am. I am a very visual person. Everything I do is about the visual experience whether it’s learning or having fun. I don’t think there would be any other way to represent this besides an eye. To create this I used a pencil, white-out pen, brown and black color pencils, and a thin sharpie. I used the pencil to sketch everything out. I used the brown and black colored pencils to start coloring and shade. I used the white-out pen for the eyes once I got to that part. The thin sharpie was used last to make the eyebrows, eyelashes, and the pupil of the eye.

I think Ellen Cooper makes similar work to what I made. It’s a portrait that is not too realistic but not too unrealistic. To get this style I think shading was the most important step. Your level of shading makes drawings more realistic. During this drawing I learned how draw eyebrows using single lines. If I could change something I would just make everything closer to the edge. Hopefully I can go back and revise my project in the future.


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Earthquakes- Natural Disasters and Earth System Research

Posted by Cyrus Foster in Environmental Science · Aziz · C on Monday, September 18, 2017 at 2:54 pm
There are a few different earth systems but they are all connected in some way. Whenever something happens to 1, the others are also affected. Natural disasters usually makes this very obvious. For example, Earthquakes start out by a disruption in the Geosphere. This usually directly affects the atmosphere by releasing methane into the air and the hydrosphere by causing huge waves. A tsunami would form and hit the nearest city. This causes pollution in the water and the biosphere is directly affected by this. We will able to find way to stop this with more studying and research. We may be able to predict events that would affect our systems and prepare for them. In order to be prepared for the future we must learn more about this stuff. It would save a lot of lives and it may even allow the natural systems of the earth to last longer.

I think this project turned out pretty good. I wish we didn't use so may words but our information was there. It turned out much better than I expected. Next time we should try to limit the amount of words we use to make it more interesting to read. 
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Q4 Art Project

Posted by Cyrus Foster in Art 2 · Hertz · d1 on Thursday, June 1, 2017 at 10:05 pm
New York City by Cyrus Foster
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Media and Design

Posted by Cyrus Foster in Intro to Design and Multmiedia on Friday, May 26, 2017 at 11:10 am

Slide 1:

Hi, my name is Cyrus. This is my project.

 

Slide 2:

This is my quarter 1 project that I used to create a website. This project was successful because because I was able to finish and I got a good grade and a successful start on a portfolio.

 

 Slide 3:

This website was made to show who I am, my resume, and portfolio.

 

 Slide 4:

There are many pages that can have much more added on to as I do more in life to be presented.

 

 Slide 5:

This is my quarter 2 programming project

 

Slide 6:

My goal was to learn programming using this program names Karel.

 

Slide 7:

This project was successful because I finished everything correctly.

 

Slide 8:

My third project was basically programming.

 

Slide 9:

I used Notepad++ to code and make changes to the website.

 

Slide 10:

This was successful because I was able to make the website look more visually appealing.

 

Slide 11:

I chose to change the homepage to make it look better

 

Slide 12:

This was my last project which was basically revising a project I did in middle school. I thought there was more that could be changed so I did it.

 

Slide 13:

I made the home page look less hectic and I think it now looks better

 

Slide 14:

I think I learned the most when learning how to code using codeHS

 

Slide 15:

During this course I became better at coding

 

Slide 16:

I could use these skills if I ever decide to make my own website in the future

 

Slide 17:

Next year we should try to code our own website and learn how to code

 

Slide 18:

Tips: Do all of your checkpoints. If you miss them your grade will drop.

 

Slide 19:

Tip #2: Submit your work on time. Losing points for lateness is not worth it.

 

Slide 20:

Tip #3: Meet all of the requirements for your checkpoints


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Carbon Cycle

Posted by Cyrus Foster in Bio-Chem 11 · Aziz · B on Thursday, May 18, 2017 at 8:39 pm
Cycles of Matter in the Food System - Carbon
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Food Matters

Posted by Cyrus Foster in Bio-Chem 11 · Aziz · B on Thursday, May 11, 2017 at 8:27 pm
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Linoleum Cut

Posted by Cyrus Foster in Art 2 · Hertz · d1 on Monday, March 27, 2017 at 3:47 pm

Cyrus Foster

Artist Statement Art 2



For my project I chose to do the Linoleum Cut. I chose to create this to help me out with my personal art. I was interested in printing stickers and thought this would be a good way to start. I remember learning a little about this in 9th grade but I never got a chance to make something of my choice. I wanted to basically create a stencil of the half faced character I use for street art which is shown below. The artist that i’m inspired by is myself because I am an artist. My work isn’t meant to communicate with viewers but the product of it does. It creates cartoon like characters that any people enjoy finding and seeing outside. Through the creation of this work I was able to complete my goal of creating the stencil. I will now be able to create more artwork at a faster rate. This adds on to all of my previous artwork and builds on to many different methods of  artwork. Street art in general is contemporary art and I am one of the many artists who contribute to it. Creating the stencil on the linoleum block isn’t hard at all. There’s only a few steps to follow. First, I drew my design on paper with a pencil. Next, I used transfer paper to transfer the design onto the linoleum block by placing the transfer paper on the block and tracing my drawing. This will place the material from the transfer paper onto the block in the places that were traced. Then, I traced my design on the block with a marker so my drawing doesn’t disappear while i’m working. Finally, I used the cutting tools to cut out my design. The tools have different blades and I had to carve away the linoleum in all of the negative parts so my drawing can be the only part sticking up. I made a few prints to test my cut and make sure everything is fine.I learned that it’s very important to cut deep and have sharp solid lines. I am planning to have a future in art and this project is helping me improve my craft. I learned that I do can create the same piece of art using many different techniques.


My personal artwork
My personal artwork
My project
My project
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CR Math Coding Project

Posted by Cyrus Foster in Intro to Design and Multmiedia on Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at 8:20 pm
Video Link: https://youtu.be/rTG8tzXjeiA 
Website: http://crmath.site44.com/index.html

My project was basically computer science and I worked with Rymir. I chose to use a website we made in middle school and improve it. So far we didn’t get too much done but we started. We will be working on this until next year and we have a lot to do. My part is to change code. I am changing some of the code to make things easier by using functions and creating separate stylesheets to have more control over every little element. We are keeping the same format of the website but we want to make it more visually appealing. I used an app named Notepad++ to code and dropbox to update the website since all of the files are saved into dropbox. I am learning how to do things that I couldn’t figure out in middle school such as creating better backgrounds and making more broad functions so I don’t have to rewrite the same code multiple times. We encountered a lot of failures and completely changed our goal halfway through. I think this fill successfully be finished by the time we need it to be done. We are collecting information from other people to find out what they may like to see in a website and we are listing all of the changes we need to make. To make these changes we go into Notepad ++ and find the code of the element we want to change. For example if we have text that reads “Hello” with yellow text it would look like this…
<a style="color: yellow;">Hello</a>.
If I wanted to change the color of the text to blue to match the background and make it say “Hello World” I would change the code to look like this…
 <a style="color: blue;">Hello World</a>.
All we are doing is taking the basic outline we have and adding to or changing the existing elements by changing the code.
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Q2 Art Project

Posted by Cyrus Foster in Art 2 · Hertz · d1 on Thursday, January 19, 2017 at 10:01 am
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We wanted to do something that is similar to the project choices mixed with something we really like to do.  Our overall vision for the work is to mix and older style of artwork with a newer style of art. Henna is an older cultural art and it is very detailed. Graffiti style lettering is a very new form of art. When you put these two together it creates something new that you rarely see. The message that we are trying to send is that nothing should be stuck in it’s category and trying new combinations can turn out well. We made a unique artwork and that is not seen a lot. Practicing on the henna designs and also the lettering help us a lot. I like working with 3-D art and street art and this is mixed with a little of both. Our artwork is similar to  ZADIE XA because the  work is very detailed. First we sketched out where we would do my henna designs and then I started with a little flower into a big henna designs over all the buildings. I make a sketch in my book then I drew it on the canvas. I colored it in with acrylic markers and went over it again with another layer of acrylic paint. Our work shows Philadelphia which is the city we live in.  It could make different artists get together and collaborate to make new ideas. Without shading the lettering wouldn’t look the same. The shading makes the letters 3-D. It it was all white it would be very hard to read and look very flat and basic. I learned to go back over my paintings with layers of paint which is something I didn’t do before. I hope everyone likes our art work.

Henna Design by Shirin Akhter

Graffiti Lettering by Cyrus Foster



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Computer Science Project

Posted by Cyrus Foster in Intro to Design and Multmiedia on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at 10:40 pm
I chose to do the computer science project. I hoped to learn how to program using Karel. During this project I was required to go through many different challenges using different skill types. The challenge problems were very hard to do. It was hard to find a way to code using the right techniques that will work in multiple situation. I found that it was very easy to do the lessons. The tutorial videos were very easy to understand and they taught you how to complete the lessons. I learned how to solve problems using coding. Usually I would code for a specific problem but I had to learn how to use one code to solve multiple problems.This project taught me that I can learn how to do things that I’m not used to doing. If I were to do this project again I wouldn’t change anything. I learned a lot of new things from doing this project. If anyone else were to try doing this I would tell them to have fun and make sure they aren’t distracted so they can think about the problems.
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Website Project

Posted by Cyrus Foster in Intro to Design and Multmiedia on Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at 11:55 pm

I created my project using Wix. We were supposed to design a website with 4 pages. My goal for this project was to meet all the requirements but make the website easy to look through. From my own experience on the internet I know that I hate seeing pages filled with words. It’s very unattractive and makes me not want to read. Throughout this project I kept that in mind. To make this a little easier the project was completed using checkpoints. With checkpoints no pages are rushed and you have about the same amount of time to finish each page. When I first started I was going to use weebly. Weebly didn’t allow me to make everything I wanted the way I wanted it to be. After that I moved over to Wix and I liked it a lot. I learned through this project that it takes many errors to get your final product because i’m the type of person who likes to do everything 1 time and 1 time only. If I were to do this again I would know to use wix which would save a lot of time I wasted trying to find a site to use. I think i’m going to continue editing and updating this site as I work on my resume.

http://cfoster24.wixsite.com/cyrusresume
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Color wheel project

Posted by Cyrus Foster in Art 2 · Hertz · d1 on Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at 8:10 pm

Cyrus Foster

Art

       Artist Statement


I chose to draw what I did after looking through a few examples. I was going to draw a circle at first but I wanted to do something more complicated. I have a dog/wolf character I draw and I thought the many colors of the color wheel would look nice with it. The character is drawn in 3-D so I planned to color the main parts with the color wheel and color the shaded parts black. I made it in a way that you wouldn’t exactly relate the coloring to the color wheel unless you’re really thinking about it. I wanted the drawing to look like it’s naturally colored so the color wheel won't be forced into the picture.

My current work is very similar to all of my other work. I am well known in the local street art community for my character that I drew. I notice that in the current times street art is becoming very recognized and well known. The type of street art I focus on tends to take a basic character and exaggerated it with emotions, actions, and colors in many different ways. The color wheel was made and used to help artists with colors. Many of my pieces consists of the same character in different settings showing different emotions and colors. I was basically inspired by myself to draw this picture the way I did.

The main focus was to color the character in with the color wheel and leave the 3-D parts for the black. I bolded the outline to make it stand out and I did the background red and black and left the middle white to contrast.  


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Poetry project

Posted by Cyrus Foster on Friday, April 22, 2016 at 2:06 pm
Copy of La Poesía Española_Q3 Individual Project #1
Summary: In this project we were required to choose a poet from a list and find the English and Spanish versions of one of their poems. We had to create our own poems that's similar to the poem we chose in the first part. 

Reflection: I think I did pretty well. The project wasn't too complicated and it didn't take long to do. I made a poem about myself and the type of person I am because that's what the poet I chose did.
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Las Noticas

Posted by Cyrus Foster in SPANISH 2 - Moran - C on Monday, February 1, 2016 at 12:10 pm
Video:
​https://www.wevideo.com/view/574583519

Script: 

Roles:

Anchor - Cyrus

Breaking News - Slay “Suavemente”

Meteorologist - Dess

Fashion Expert - Alicia.

Health News - Mikayla


Anchor Dialogue

Hola ciudad de México y bienvenido a noticias del canal siete! Yo espero todos es tener un buena día. Hoy tenemos nuestro meteorólogo experto de moda y noticias de salud. Se siente caliente exterior que permite comprobar el tiempo de hoy

Por favor, permítame presentarle nuestro meteorólogo Dess.


Meteorologist Dialogue

Gracias Cyrus

Para esta semana nosotros tengamos a mucho (adj.) predicción.

Para lunes tu debes esperar a (adj.) dia de (degrees)

Para martes tu debes esperar a (adj.) dia de (degrees)

Para miercoles tú debes esperar a (adj.) dia de (degrees)

Para Jueves tu debes esperar a (adj.) dia de (degrees)

Ayer fue a (adj.) dia de (degrees)

Para Sábado será a (adj.) dia de (degrees)

Para Domingo será(adj.) dia de (degrees)

Esta semana tu esperaras ropas de

No como la semana pasada/ como la semana pasada se fue nosotros donde nosotros tuvimos (adj.)clima

Vamos esperanzas para menos/mas de es clima

Siguiente Suavemente con noticia de última hora


Breaking News Dialogue

“Suavemente”

¿Donde esta El Chapo? Un pregunta eso nosotros pedimos para años de El jefe, El Chapo.  Pero, El jefe de droga es encarceló y es en prisión Altiplano. Su entrevista con Actor Sean Penn fui noticias más importante. Porque ahora él es en el noticia para su entrevista. Recien,

abogado de el chapo dicho eso declaracion de sean penn fui falso y eso él fui un mentiando. Ese fui noticia de última hora y yo soy Slay Hadi. De vuelta a tu Cyrus.



Anchor Dialogue

Gracias por el informe del tiempo y las noticias de última hora. Estamos encantados de escuchar cogieron ese criminal "El Chapo". Ahora es el momento para Alicia con nuestras noticias de moda.




Fashion Expert Dialogue


"FRATTINA" es una de las tiendas más populares de la ciudad de México. Fue introducido en el mundo de la moda en 1979. Se colocó en Avenida Masaryk y Alejandro Dumas en Polanco. "FRATTINA" consiguió su nombre de una calle en Roma, Italia en 1982. "FRATTINA" fue la primera tienda de moda en la Avenida de México. “ FRATTINA” fue allí mirar primero en el mundo de la alta moda. “FRATTINA” fue introducido a México para que no tengan que viajar por el mundo para conseguir las mejores marcas. "FRATTINA" lleva marcas como "Escada", "Badgley Mishka", "Ángel Sánchez", "La Perla", "Clase Cavalli", "Gustavo Cadille" y "Monique Lhuillier". Definitivamente, me gustaría viajar por todo el mundo para ver lo que tienen que ofrecer.


http://www.frattina.com.mx/

http://www.deltaskymag.com/Destinations/Mexico-City/Shopping/Frattina.aspx


Anchor Dialogue

Gracias por la historia de la moda! Dirigiremos a Frattina yo mismo para comprobar hacia fuera sus cosas. Último pero no menos importante tenemos nuestras noticias de salud. Vamos a ver lo que está sucediendo.


Health Person Dialogue

¡Paren! Es este autentica? México tiene mosquitos cuál llevar enfermedades? Hola ustedes chicos! En salud noticias, dieciocho personas han sido infectadas con la Zika enfermedad.  El salud informe de los funcionarios de salud que quince de los dieciocho casos de Zika registrados son más comunes en la población indígena. tres casos de Zika fueron importados. Yo soy esperando que no fuera importado de los Estados Unidos. (Alicia off camera says): Seriamente? (Mikayla) Si, no estoy tratando a conseguir enferma. (Alicia) La Zika enfermedad no te mata, Kay. (Mikayla) ¿Es el segmento tus o mío?  Si usted experimenta o un la fiebre, dolores articulares, dolor muscular o un dolor de cabeza, con a su médico o cabeza tho el hospital inmediatamente! Yo soy Mikayla y esto ha sido la salud noticias. Hasta la próxima, reloj que tú en contacto con, y mantenerse a salvo.


http://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/authorities-say-18-zika-cases-identified/

Anchor closing

Bueno eso es todo por ahora. Estaremos de vuelta en diez esta noche con más noticias para usted. Todo el mundo ser seguro y tener una buena tarde.Estaremos detrás esta noche con la noticia de la noche.


In this project we had to create a news cast including 5 roles. The roles were Anchor, Breaking News, Meteorologist, Fashion Expert, and Health News. After creating a script we had to record our video and edit it.



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Conversational PowerPoint

Posted by Cyrus Foster in SPANISH 2 - Moran - C on Friday, January 22, 2016 at 1:49 pm
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zIQuXwm2yYzJqT0ro_H2mln8QKyax_Psk-til6xyAvc/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=60000

We had to create a powerpoint and describe ser vs estar and include video representations.
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College Interview

Posted by Cyrus Foster in SPANISH 2 - Moran - C on Friday, January 22, 2016 at 12:49 pm

https://www.wevideo.com/view/496844948

Script

Scene 1: Outside of office

Cyrus- Hola mucho gusto. Me llama es Señor Foster. Como se llama?

Ja’Von- Hola Señor Foster el gusto placer es mio. Me llama JaVon Michaels

Cyrus- Como Esta usted hoy?

Ja’Von- Yo soy bueno, Y used?

Cyrus- Yo soy bueno tambien.

Cyrus-Tu eres Esta ?

JaVon- Si, yo soy entusiasmado

Cyrus- Gran, por favor entrar mi oficina

JaVon - Muy bien


Scene 2: In the office

Cyrus- Habla sobre tu mismo

JaVon- Yo soy a afroamericano chica de filadelfia y yo soy extrovertida y energetica persona

Cyrus- Que va, Yo soy de filadelfia también, Que parte

JaVon- Yo soy de el oeste de filadelfia

Cyrus- Que chulo Yo soy de el norte de filadelfia, yo gusto que el campus es similar a patria y allí es muchos actividads para el estudiantes

JaVon- Que chulo, actividads tal como?

Cyrus- Nosotros tenemos deportes tal como baloncesto, y fútbol

JaVon- Perfecto, Yo amor futbol. Yo tengo jeugo futbol para cinco anos en escuela. Mi hermana es la motivo yo amor futbol, ella aprendido mi

Cyrus- Usted deber amor nuestro equipo

Cyrus- Usted deber comer comida saludable?

JaVon- Si. Yo gusto comprendo fruta y verdura porque ayudan mi pasar saludable.

Cyrus- Nosotros tenemos un “Giant” cerca. Usted poder comprar comida de alli. Yo gusto accion de comer saludable. Yo soy pequeno y en bueno forma y mentalmente sano.

Cyrus- Nosotros también tenemos nuestro ropa para estudiantes a comprar ropas . Nosotros tenemos camisas, sueters, accesorios y mucho mas.

Javon- Gran Yo amor compras. Mi favorita cosa a comprar eres pantalones y carteras pero yo soy no gusto sueters porque que pica .

Cyrus- Yo no tengo trajes pero yo gusto formal ropa.

Cyrus-Lo siento, Yo volvere pronto.

Javon- Muy bien.

Lo siento Yo odio interrupciones.

JaVon- Esta bien.

Cyrus- Nosotros tenemos muchos carreras aquí. Nosotros tenemos carreras tal como direccion, diseño, periodismo y arquitectura. Que eres usted aquí a hacer?

JaVon- Yo quiero a estudiar negocio.

Cyrus- Nosotros ofrecer clases en direccion, finanzas, marketing,y mucho mas. Tu tener muchos clases a elegir de entre.

JaVon- Gran, su ofrecer tutoría porque yo soy no buena en matematica y no gusto realizacion mal.

Cyrus- Si, nosotros ofrecer tutoria.

JaVon- Magnífico aunque yo soy no buena en matematica yo soy creer que yo soy como debería ser porque yo soy no uno otro, Yo soy persevero y no asustada a pregunto para ayudo y amor util demás particularmente hijos, Yo soy voluntaria en a algunos guarderías mientras en bachlerito.

Cyrus- Usted deber estas un muy provechosa persona.

JaVon- Si ,Yo soy amor until mi familia y amigos.

Cyrus- Yo soy tambien un muy provechosa persona.




In this project we had to find a college to and create an interview based on the college. I posed as the college recruiter while my partner was and interested student who was being interviewed. 

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Día de los Muertos

Posted by Cyrus Foster in SPANISH 2 - Moran - C on Friday, January 22, 2016 at 9:19 am



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.



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Humans of SLA Beeber: Brandon M

Posted by Cyrus Foster in ENGLISH 1 - Zeller - D on Friday, April 17, 2015 at 1:47 pm



What's your favorite thing to do?

"Umm.... Eat... (Laugh) Eat.. (Laugh)"

Where do you see yourself 10 years from now?

"10 years from nowww... Umm.. I'll be 25"

What will you be doing when you're 25?

"Uhhh... umm.. (slience)... A Marine (laughing)"

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Humans of SLA Beeber: My Mom

Posted by Cyrus Foster in ENGLISH 1 - Zeller - D on Friday, April 17, 2015 at 1:24 pm
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Do you think that affected your life in any type of way?


Yea. If I payed attention in school as I child I wouldn’t be in the position i’m in now. I think not going to school and being careless about my education destroyed my chances of achieving my goals and dreams.


How do you feel about my position as far as education?


As I always tell you, i’m proud of you. I am happy to see you doing something I wish I could’ve done. The stuff I hear you are learning and doing is stuff i’ve never done before. You are on the right track in life.


Is there any messages you would like to say?


Umm, education is your life. To anyone who is playing and not taking school seriously, you should. I didn’t do good in school and now I wish I could go back to do it over again. Life is more than fun and games. Education will take you anywhere you want in life.


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Cool Facts Infographic

Posted by Cyrus Foster in TECH 1 - Hertz - e1 on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 7:33 am
I enjoy finding cool facts and learning things I didn't know before. I collected some facts that I though was pretty cool to share with everyone else. Now you know 5  new things that you probably didn't know!
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Cyrus and Siradji phone case

Posted by Cyrus Foster in PHYSICS 1 - Gray - A on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 8:36 am
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We chose to use a phone case because we had to find something in common to work on. We both have phones and cases on our phones so we decided to use the lights on the case. We wanted it to look cool so we used a lot of lights and colors. Everyone like phone cases but they are usually plain and boring. We thought lights would make it look less boring. A phone case is important to us because phones are important to our life. We would always be bored without phones. Without a case your phone can break and we won't be able to use it.


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Think Before You Post

Posted by Cyrus Foster in TECH 1 - Hertz - e1 on Thursday, December 18, 2014 at 12:30 pm
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Everyone should think before they post. People do a lot of things online that get them into trouble. For example the girl posted the video about Asians expecting it to be funny but it really wasn't. If she thought about it and everything she said in the video she would have noticed that it isn't funny. When people think before they post they can ensure their post is respectful and responsible. 

-Cyrus Foster
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