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Q4 Benchmark - Lex Martinez

Posted by Lex Martinez in Anatomy and Physiology · Aziz · D on
​The content of our video is a reenactment of Lex’s interview with Wendy Burke, a nurse who works at Jefferson Hospital in Abington. This video is a reenactment because I was unable to record her voice or video record during my time in the hospital, the staff there felt uncomfortable. Instead, I wrote a transcript and tried to think of a creative way to show the interview which involved Olamide and Jame. It was a very interesting interview because I learned a lot on how people are fighting the battle of addiction and I learned how she deals with people that suffer from an opioid addiction that enters into her hospital. We also chose this because it was very different than advocating for cigarettes which I am very used to after my experience. 


I think we edited the video very well, used our time very well, and attempted to tell a meaningful story. I think we could have portrayed the characters in the interview much better and their performance could have been much better...but looking at the cards dealt, we produced the best work we could have. 


The most meaningful part of the creating a PSA is trying to tell a story and the call to action that you want the millions of people to take after watching your PSA. Trying to tell that story is the best part for me. 


There are many factors that contribute to public health but some of the major determinants would be income, employment, housing, education, and social support.
These play a major role in the healthcare system because these are the major categories in which our determinants of health fall under. There are so many determinants we need categories to seek what we can do politically and how we can change our economy and social elements.
The process of research has a focus on a set end goal which we actually didn’t do. Instead, we used the research to invoke emotion and to tell a meaningful story by creating our PSA.
There are many careers which apply to both fields, you could be a researcher that seeks to find the effect on public health situations on the body and etc. 

Imagine. Create. Entertain. Productions - Lex Martinez & Jason Perez

Posted by Lex Martinez in Capstone on
During our capstone project, Jason Perez and I realized that we have the same interests in a field of work that was very special to us. That field of work was Film and Video, digital media in broader terms. This field of work was special to us because it allowed us to connect to many different types of people not just locally but nationally as well. The field rooted from hard work, collaboration, execution, and passion qualities that developed during our four years at Science Leadership Academy @ Beeber.

With those qualities in mind, we developed the idea of creating a Film Production studio on a small scale, similar to what we have today at SLA's rough cut studios and SLA@B's media lab. We crafted a name, a logo, a mission statement, almost anything and everything you could think of when establishing something as big as a studio.

But life hit us very hard, it was difficult to get funding as teachers didn't support after-school jobs, teachers and students didn't support monetary donations or spreading for awareness, many doubted us, many didn't see what we envisioned for our capstone. It would have been studio that would have taught students that learning is more than textbooks and being at a desk in the classroom. Learning is getting out into the field and expressing and embracing your creative vision, a quality that is suppressed by current  practices. 
This was developed on the fact that there is a handful of schools that find the funding to create these programs, both SLA's as an example.
Imagine. Create. Entertain. Productions (I.C.E) would have been a program for any and all students within the Philadelphia school district to learn new skills and develop new media to be seen by millions of people in the world. 

Today, I.C.E Productions stands as a long term goal between Jason Perez and I as we work towards building a credible portfolio to be seen by thousands of people. We hope to inspire, entertain, and more importantly teach through the videos we've created utilizing the programs provided by WHYY, SLA@B media lab, and the on-the-fly skills we've developed through experience.

Video Links:
Sugar my Balls - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w1PdWlETk8

The Pen and Prejudice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppw69wJFYfA

Storm 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVXdLKH_e90

Infidelity - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms_EFJ3CIuc

It's alwways sunny in Philadelphia - 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yTQx7HAby0

It's bigger than TX - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IItnfx_Am68

Film Reel attached

Bibliography:
https://docs.google.com/a/slabeeber.org/document/d/1YkWoROgmAJVAITPF5Ox2mUOaDkfSPP8LpVO_VOfqZwA/edit?usp=sharing

Earth Day

Posted by Lex Martinez in Anatomy and Physiology · Aziz · D on
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Election Day

Posted by Lex Martinez in AMERICAN HISTORY - Hussey - E on

Lex Martinez

Mr.Hussey

U.S. History

27 April 2016

Primary Election Volunteer Reflection

For my experience on Election day, this past Tuesday, was an experience that I will not forget. Being outside on election day felt like I was already eighteen years of age going out and voting for the first time, meeting new and old individuals that also are voting, and on the front lines making sure the voting process goes smoothly without any violations or errors in the process. Within four hours I learned a lot about what it takes to set up voting stations, monitor, and secure the stations. Walking from station to station was a bit of a hassle but thinking of it as a bit of summer exercise made it all the better! With my partner Jason, we took the time to view the area where the stations are located, some stations where a local church, a recreational center, and the back of a library. These three stations seem relatively popular and in areas where it will attract plenty of individuals, this was key to make people vote without forcing them instead to influence them indirectly. Jason and I didn’t get to meet any of the candidates, such a bummer, but did get to meet some of the volunteers to see their perspective on working at the poll booths and we did get some of their perspectives on who they wanted to see in office. Many felt like they should go with the “wave” according to the popular opinion but some people had reasonable evidence on why they chose their respectable candidate. I had only one questions about the election process regarding the paper ballots handed out to the public and why they didn’t allow all candidates to have their name on those ballots, Mr.Hussey enlightened me on the fact that the candidates pay tons of the big bucks for their name to be placed and bold on the sheets. I felt that this would be unfair because it led the public to believe that on the democratic side only Hilary C. was running when Bernie S. was also running as well.

Overall, the experience as a doosy. Waking up smelling the fresh polluted air and working at the poll booths. It was a great day!


Eulogy

Posted by Lex Martinez in SPANISH 2 - Moran - D on
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Lex Martinez

English Piece/Spanish Eulogy

10/10/14


Día de los Muertos, day of the dead, has really opened my mind up. Not just by learning about the celebration of the person that is close to you passing away but wanting to be apart of the culture. The culture of this holiday is everything. The atmosphere, the environment, the costumes and the activities. Everything Día de los Muertos is astonishing. Even down to the facial art that is done to honor others. Learning about Día de los Muertos makes me want to celebrate my passed away loved ones as well. I don’t have many loved ones who passed away but now on, I’ll try to make día de los muertos apart of my families tradition.

Now about my sugar skull and mask. Since my sixteen years of living, I have never had a human being that I loved one past away, but I had my family dog, Howard, pass away last year during the school year. I was devastated. Hearing the news coming home from school, broke my heart, even more hurtful seeing my younger sister mourn over him. Howard died from a deadly disease that only affects dogs and wasn’t curable. It wasn’t as devastating as a human but devastating none the less. Our family dog ment the world to me. We had him since he was a tiny puppy. He was a bundle of joy. He was just like a little adolescent, keeping you up at night, always wanting to play and always starving for amusement. He was a pest but he was our pest, he kept us happy, he kept us active and he kept us content. Howard was our happiness. Howard was so cheerful, he looked at life in the best way possible. Howard looked at life with his eyes wide open, looking around every corner finding happiness. Seeing the good in everyone. Howard would greet everyone with open paws and a big, wet lick on the cheek.

Knowing that dogs can only see colors of yellow, blue and gray, I modeled my sugar skull to show off these bright colors so my little puppy could enjoy it in the afterlife. Almost 70-80% of my sugar skull is blue, the eyes yellow; with hints of red, green, orange lined around the skull and silver glitter. Hopefully, he can enjoy the sugar skull in peace. Knowing about the dogs eyesight, I modeled my skull around that. If it wasn’t modeled around his eyesight, he would just view the skull as black and white. I wanted to make this día de los muertos sugar skull modeled around Howard, and him enjoying everything that día de los muertos has to give. I wanted to make the experience for him as enjoyable as possible; just how he made my life enjoyable with him still around with us. That is how I modeled my sugar skull in remembrance of my dog, Howard.









Spanish Eulogy:


Hola, mi nombre es Lex Martinez. Mi día de los muertos calaverita de azúcar (A-SU-CAR) es modelada después (DE-SPUES) de mi perro. El perro nombre es Howard. Howard fue de un centro de adopción en Allentown. Howard tenía varios hermanos y hermanas que se la parecía (PAR DE CERA)

Howard fue blanco con muchas manchas marrones. Howard fue muy pequeño. Howard fue alegre todo el tiempo. Howard fue excitado todo el tiempo. Mantenimiento (MAAN-TE-MEN-TO) Howard fue cerca de nosotros, lo enterramos en nuestro patio trasero. Actualmente, estoy allí en mi patio trasero con Howard. Yo estoy triste. Adios clase.



This is my eulogy. I had a lot of fun!

Poeta Proyecto

Posted by Lex Martinez in SPANISH 2 - Moran - D on
​Nombre: Lex Martinez. Clase: D Banda

El/La Poeta: Federico García Lorca. 1. Escribe (mínimo) ocho oraciones completas en español sobre el/la poeta: Por 

ejemplo; su vida personal o profesional, su éxito...

Federico García Lorca nació el cinco de Junio, mil ochocientos noventa y ocho en 

Fuente Vaqueros, pueblo pequeño en España.

Federico empezó a escribir cuando él tenía veintidós años. Escribió la obra, el 

maleficio de la mariposa. 

El maleficio de la mariposa fue muy mal. Federico creó un libro de sus poemas, 

publicó en el año mil noveciento veintiuno. 

Federico publicó múltiple libros de poems. Lorca libro, Romancero Gitano, trajo su la 

fama a través de España. Romancero Gitano es Lorca máximo libro de poema. 

Federico creó su segundo obra, Mariana Pineda, estuvo muy exitoso! Federico reclamó 

que Mariana Pineda fue su orba primero.

Federico fue muy orgulloso de su escrito obra.

2. Escribe (mínimo) ocho oraciones completas en español sobre tu vida personal o 

académica, tu éxito...

Soy muy inteligente. Ser inteligente abrió la puerta para mi. Yo trabajé con 

profesores de colegio.

El Universidad de el arte es mi colegio favorito. Estoy pensando en ir allí. 

Cuándo yo fui muy pequeño, yo quería ser un astronauta. Yo renuncié en ser un 

astronauta. 

Ahora quiero ser un músico, ahora yo tomo clases de música, es muy divertido.

A lo largo de mi vida, yo tome muchos oportunidades que extendió mi la educación. 

Sin que, yo no sería quien soy hoy. Yo doy esfuerzo a mi educación! Esforzarse para 

cuadro de honor!

3. Incluye un poema escrito de la/el poeta en español:

Gacela de la muerte oscura

Quiero dormir el sueńo de las manzanas

alejarme del tumulto de los cementerios.

Quiero dormir el sueńo de aquel nińo

que quería cortarse el corazón en alta mar.

No quiero que me repitan que los muertos no pierden la sangre;

que la boca podrida sigue pidiendo agua.

No quiero enterarme de los martirios que da la hierba,

ni de la luna con boca de serpiente

que trabaja antes del amanecer.

Quiero dormir un rato,

un rato, un minuto, un siglo;

pero que todos sepan que no he muerto;

que haya un establo de oro en mis labios;

que soy un pequeńo amigo del viento Oeste;

que soy la sombra inmensa de mis lágrimas.

Cúbreme por la aurora con un velo,

porque me arrojará puńados de hormigas,

y moja con agua dura mis zapatos

para que resbale la pinza de su alacrán.

Porque quiero dormir el sueńo de las manzanas

para aprender un llanto que me limpie de tierra;

porque quiero vivir con aquel nińo oscuro

que quería cortarse el corazón en alta mar.

http://www.poetasandaluces.com/poema.asp?idPoema=2109

4. Escribe (mínimo) ocho oraciones completas en español del poema. ¿Cuales son 

tus reflexiones del poema? Los temas?:

Lorca’s poemas tiene un sentimiento sombrío. Lorca habla sobre dormir, el 

cementerio, y un el niño que quiere a ser un el buque de vela.

Lorca da la idea para la muerte por habla sobre dormir.

Lorca hablo, “Quiero dormir el sueńo de aquel nińo que quería cortarse el corazón en 

alta mar.”

Yo entiendo porqué Lorca habla sobre un cementerio y la gente que murieron. Lorca 

quiso a mostrar que es ser libre.

 Lorca hablo, “Quiero dormir el sueńo de las manzanas alejarme del tumulto de los 

cementerios.”

Lorca quiere estar lejos de cementerios. Lorca quiere la paz! 

Gacela de la muerte oscura es un muy oscura pero pacífico.
My poem project. I had a lot of fun.

Oral History: Lex Martinez

Posted by Lex Martinez in African American History - Roy - A on
​Abstract: 

In this interview, my grandmother remembered a few things about her life with discrimination in Puerto Rico because she didn't experience much discrimination in her life. What she did remember, she based it off her mother’s experience with discrimination. My grandmother spoke on how racism played a huge part in Puerto Rican society and the way of living and also how she always viewed people throughout her life and how her parents always taught her to view people “not by the color of their skin but by their character.”


Research:
One of the topics me and my grandmother discussed was racial discrimination throughout her life. As she didn't know or experience any discrimination throughout her time in Puerto Rico, I decided this was a good topic to research and find more about. I found that slavery wasn't in just Puerto Rico. Blacks were also placed in Puerto Rico, enslaved to harvest sugar. “Therefore, sugar in Puerto Rico meant slavery.” Also, racism wasn't just towards Whites and Blacks. Racial tensions also appeared between Blacks and Latinos, this problem goes unnoticed. But also to mention, there are racial tensions between Whites and Latinos by the color of their skin. Latinos can be literally any skin color, too light you can be considered as white, too dark you can be considered as black. There isn't a clear dividing line in skin color. If you don’t look Puerto Rican, you aren't Puerto Rican.

Sources:
#1. http://ipoaa.com/africa_puertorico.htm 
#2. http://www.counterpunch.org/2008/05/29/puerto-rico-obama-and-the-politics-of-race/
#3. http://theracecardproject.com/but-you-dont-look-puerto-rican-2/ 

Transcript:
Interviewee: Rosalia Santiago Interviewer: Lex Martinez Date written: May 18, 2014 Time started: 9:47 L.M - Hello, my name is Lex Martinez. My interviewee is Rosa- Rosalia Santiago; my father’s mother. Um, the time is 9:20 and the date it May 14, 2014. Our first question will be “Your experience with racial discrimination throughout your life. R.S- I can’t speak too much about racism because my time in puerto rico there wasn’t as much racism but I can remember the incidents my mom told me while she was growing up. But I can remember the experience my mother had with racism as far as the white people got to do certain things the darker people couldn’t do. And also darker colored people had to do the more labor intensive work for less pay, couldn’t go to school, also no benefits. Also she told me it was very difficult for her and her parents to grow up during these times. L.M - Alright, our second question is “what do you remember about the iconic members of the civil rights movement, or anytime of movement in Puerto Rico?” R.S - That I cannot speak on because I don’t remember anything about that. L.M - Okay, our third question is “How has people view of race changed or has it changed?” R.S - Racism in Puerto Rico has changed dramatically, it is very rare to hear about any racism incident in Puerto Rico now; because now the whites and the blacks have equal rights, now there are all types of races living in Puerto Rico. Now that the country is more diverse, racism isn’t completely gone, people may still experience something but it isn’t like back then. L.M - Okay, um “What role did racism play in Puerto Rican society?” R.S - Racism played a big part in Puerto Rico because the colored people like my parents had it rough. They were unable to get high paying jobs, go to school, get a proper education, and due to those events it was very difficult for them to live a normal life, the way racism played a part in Puerto Rican society. L.M - The next question is “What were some experiences on how you overcome racial discrimination?” R.S - The experience like I had explained earlier, and now we can be together in the same place no matter the color of our skin nor our race. We can go to the same churches, apply to better paying jobs, go to better schools, get a higher education, have your own business, and racism has declined as we move forward. L.M - Our next question is, “How was your education and how fair was it?” R.S - In my time growing up, I went to good schools and was well educated, also there were no different races attending different schools, the time I was growing up was pretty good, there wasn’t as much racism as told by my mother. L.M - The next question is “what is your view on race and racism?” R.S - To me i don’t look at racism, I see everyone as the same, black or white, it doesn’t matter to me i see them all the same. As growing up my parents told me to look at everyone equal, not to judge them by the color of their skin. And by my parents teaching me that, i taught my children not to judge by the color of their skin but by their character. L.M - Our last and final question is “How old were you in 1960 and how was it like?” R.S - In 1960 I was “Took her some time to figure it out how old she was” 20 years old, it was good during that time, I was already married, ready to start my family, and I was able to get a job and start working, and at the same time go to school. During that time I was every excited happy! L.M - And that’s the end of our interview the final time is 9:26. Um, thank you grandma and I love you a lot, thank you for all your time (I give her a hug here) R.S - Okay ! You’re welcome anytime i am able to help you just let me know and I hope everything works out for you. L.M - Okay. Bye ! R.S - Bye !
2nd Final Take

Lex's Weirdo Mohawk Hat

Posted by Lex Martinez in Physics - Gray - B on
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I chose my hat with a lit Mohawk because I left that it shown a weird type of style and a new twist on a current style of Mohawk hats but lit! In the picture the dim bulbs appear dim but those two are actually bright
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