Team

1. Amna Clean ‘em

2. Michael Tape ‘em

The tables are very dirty and student needs better grades. Only tape and soap and water and a pair of hands are needed. The students that clean get extra cred. In addition, only one person needs. Every person after that gets the job done faster. Afterward tape the tables so they can’t not dirty ‘em again. We can’t remove and we don’t use so taping is the best. Glue is too sticky. This project can be done today. Once the tables are clean and taped then the success is real.

The before

The after

La Poesía Española

Michael Tran A Banda

Biografía

Jorge Luis Borges nació el veinticuatro de agosto de mil ochocientos noventa y nueve, en Buenos Aires, Argentina donde él aprendió el inglés antes de aprender el español. Como un niño, Jorge Luis Borges lee un montón de libros de biblioteca de su padre. El padre de Jorge Luis Borges era un maestro de literario. Jorge Luis Borges también tenía una hermana llamada Norah.

Jorge Luis Borges más adelante aprende el francés, el alemán y graduado de Collège de Genève. En mil novecientos diecinueve, Jorge Luis Borges une al movimiento ultraísta y en mil novecientos veintiuno, él escribe sus primeros poemas, publicar un libro que contiene una recopilación de poemas, Fervor de Buenos Aires, poemas.

Jorge Luis Borges fue escritor, traductor y poeta. Sus libros notables incluyen El Aleph y Ficciones. Cada libro es una recopilación de historias cortas con temas como religión, sueños, bibliotecas, filosofía, escritores, espejos y laberintos.

En mil novecientos cincuenta y dos, Jorge Luis Borges convierte al director de la biblioteca nacional. Él también convierte a un profesor de inglés en la Universidad de Buenos Aires. En mil novecientos sesenta, Jorge Luis Borges se casó con Elsa Helena Astete Millán. Sin embargo, Jorge Luis Borges también convirtió en ciego él tuvo que dejar de escribir y su madre no gustó Elsa Helena Astete Millán. Después de tres años, el matrimonio rompió y en mil novecientos ochenta y seis, Jorge Luis Borges se casó con María Kodama.

Jorge Luis Borges murió de cáncer de hígado el catorce de junio de mil novecientos ochenta y seis, en Ginebra, Suiza. Después de su muerte, María Kodama se convirtió en el único propietario de sus bienes y el heredero de su ingreso anual.

Autobiografía

Mi familia siempre estaba leyendo. Mis padres estarían en sus computadoras portátiles, leyendo las noticias y mi hermana leer los libros. Cuando ella haya terminado un libro, ella pediría a mis padres para más libros. Yo no soy como ella. Yo soy rara leo los libros. Y no es que yo no odio a la lectura. Está sólo a veces me olvido a leer.

Como un niño, yo no leo mucho. Yo leo en jardín de infantes porque los libros fueron cortas y fáciles de leer. Pero después de segundo grado, los libros eran demasiado grandes y yo dejé de leer. Yo tenía un montón de videojuegos. Por eso nunca yo leo por diversión. Y profesores no dan las asignaciones de lectura hasta que octavo grado. Hubo asignaciones de lectura de verano, Pero yo no tengo a completarlos. Yo no leo hasta que octavo grado. En octavo grado, se entregaron asignaciones de lectura y yo necesito terminarlas.

En octavo grado, yo empecé a leer otra vez. Sin embargo, yo no realmente leo por diversión. Yo leo porque es la tarea. Yo tuve mi música. Yo escuché o reproduje música en mi tiempo libre. Yo no realmente considero leyendo una opción. Yo ni siquiera sabía que yo puede leer por diversión. Yo siempre pensaba que era de lectura para las asignaciones.

Yo nunca aprendí nada útil desde alfabetización hasta noveno grado donde yo realmente tenía a terminar los asignaciones de lectura de verano. En noveno grado, yo hube aprendido un montón de habilidades útiles, como citando fuentes y pruebas de los textos. Aunque yo sólo leí debido a la escuela, yo hacer la mayoría si no toda mi lectura, no en la escuela, pero de mi manera de inicio, ni de mi manera de inicio, o en casa. Ahora yo creo que estoy mucho mejor en recordar a leer. Definitivamente leo mucho más de lo que yo uso para.

El Instante

Reflexión y Temas

Este poema tiene un montón de temas. Los temas principales del poema son los siguientes: consejo, arrepentimiento, vida, riesgos y ansiedad. Este poema es todo acerca qué Jorge Luis Borges lamenta. Si Jorge Luis Borges podía vivir su vida otra vez, él tomaría más riesgos como el que dice en el poema, "Correría más riesgos." Esto es algo muy común que la gente se arrepiente antes de morir. Si Jorge Luis Borges podía vivir su vida otra vez, él también preocuparía mucho menos como el que dice en el poema, “No intentaría ser tan perfecto, me relajaría más.” Preocuparse no soluciona ningún problema. Así que no te preocupes.

Jorge Luis Borges también se dice en el poema, "Tendría más problemas reales y menos imaginarios," que significa si tu vida no tiene problemas, entonces usted no realmente vive. Jorge Luis Borges dice que la gente crece para cometer errores y aprender de ellas cuando que él escribe "en la próxima, trataría de cometer más errores." Jorge Luis Borges escribió este poema para dar consejos a personas que están muchos más joven que él. ¡Él no quiere a sus lectores para sobrevivir sino para vivir!

Antes de este proyecto, yo siempre pensaba que los poemas tuvo a riman. Me doy cuenta ahora que un poema es como una combinación de un discurso y una canción. Para este proyecto, yo tengo que escribir un poema. Yo escribí un par de rimas poema antes de espalda en la escuela secundaria. Y ésa es toda la experiencia que yo tengo en escribir un poema.

En cuanto a la pieza de trabajo, yo realmente gusto cómo Jorge Luis Borges fue muy específico. Él dice si él pudiera vivir su vida nuevamente, él iba a tomar más riesgos. Él también específico los riesgos que él iba a tomar. "Si pudiera volver a vivir, viajaría más liviano".

No Cambiaría Nada

Si algo iba a suceder mañana,

¿Qué cambiaría si me preocupo?

Si algo ha sucedido ayer,

¿Qué cambiaría si mi lamento?

No cambiaría nada.

La mayoría de la gente se preocupa acerca de su futuro.

¿Cuánto tiempo me queda?

¿Cómo yo debo pasar mi tiempo?

¿Y yo no tengo tiempo suficiente?

Simplemente no pierda tiempo a preocuparse ni a lamentar.

Pero al final de los tiempos,

personas lamentan la mayoría de los riesgos que ellos no lo tomen.

Seguro, es bueno tomar riesgos,

Pero no asumir riesgos que se preocupe usted

Y no asumir riesgos que lo vas a lamentar.

Preocupa y lamenta tanto darle algo que hacer,

Pero ni te lleva a cualquier lugar que es servicial.

Project Reflection

For this project, I was tasked to create: a biography about my favourite poet from a set list, an autobiography about myself, a reflection of one of my poet’s favourite poem, and a poem about my our about my poet’s morals. Creating a poem was pretty fun. I think I did a good job on this project; however, I wasn't great at time management and was unable to meet any of my deadlines… again.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/131fNuwmnbmgbQ3lrFSNoCXuN95pQSN6vy8m1NAlpuhU/edit

Michael: If you had one wish what would you wish for? Do not wish for more wishes you greedy person!

Zack: If I had one wish I would wish for enough money for myself and my family to live the rest of our lives not having to work. I wish this because I care about my family and I want them to be able to not worry about money and do what they want when they retire. I also wish this because I am lazy.

Michael: Can you describe that time in your life when you have been scared to death?

Zack: There has never been a time in my life where I have been scared to death, but I am scared of heights and I still haven’t really overcome that.

Michael: What is your perfect day?

Zack: My perfect day is sitting at home, not worry about any assignments or projects and being able to relax and be with my family.

Tips for Teenagers

By: Michael, Brandon, Nahja, Diamond, Frank

Based on the I-Search papers that we completed on teenage development, here are some tips for teenagers to help them be happier and to help them develop in positive ways.

1. Try to be honest and magnanimous. Lying leads to more bad stuff. Being mean creates enemies.

2. Don’t be afraid to stand out and be yourself. Always be self-confident because you can gain more respect from others.

3. Do not be easily influenced. Come to your own conclusions and be your own person. Being different is motivational.

4. Since the teenage years are important, getting good grades should be taken seriously.

5. Don’t change who you are and don’t try to be another person.

Electric Art Project

Michael Tran

Artist Statement

Every since I was a little boy, I always like the idea of learning new things about life. This can be anything new or anything I have forgotten. I love knowing more about the things that surround me. I would not be the person I am today if it weren’t for education. This is why I decided to do a binder as a Electric Art. It is the most useful learning tool I can think of.

I truly believe that education is the most powerful tool that can change the world. Education is the key to overcoming big barriers. Once you know it then you can break. When I grow up I want to make a time machine. I want to be a billionaire and the president of the world. I can only do this through many years of learning. And I feel as though a binder is a good symbol of school.

Because of education so many things were invented.  Things like cars and houses. And as I mentioned before, I want to build a time machine. Though this will be hard work, it will be worth it. As the roots of school is terrible but it’s outcome is amazing. My only barrier is laziness. This is a big barrier because I know that I will be learning my entire life. I know that I will never be the master because education never ends. But if I wasn’t lazy, things would be too easy!

Overall I decided to do my electrical art project on a binder because I feel like it represents school. I meant in school, binder is very necessary. Everything else is somewhat optional except for a writing stick. Education is my life. I would be nothing without it. And the binder tells me that I am hardworking student when I am not lazy.

Group Artist Statement:

Throughout this project our group learned many things, whether it was as a group or individually. We found out that when we work together as a group we can do anything and that when we are alone we learn to be ourselves.

For the first marking period that we have been a group, we bonded in many ways and managed to get projects done while having fun doing it. We learned many things that we can look back upon and have nothing but good memories. We learned a lot about each other through this project, for example our hobbies, culture, personalities, and many other things.

However, for the whole marking period we got all our projects done and got good grades on MOST of them while having fun. We each had a chance to try out each others hobbies, we had the chance to bond and become friends, and many more things.

From the makings of these videos, we discovered that we don't need to hide behind a mask because of our differences. We made these videos where we all told each other about our different hobbies, interests, culture, etc. We did not judge anyone based on any of the following qualities; instead we tried each other’s traits out. While doing this, we had a fun time doing the things that we knew nothing about. So what we learned while doing this project is that there is no need to hide behind a mask because if you come out and no one judges, you can have fun and learn things about someone that you never knew before.

Michael’s Artist Statement:

Why do we express ourselves? We express ourselves for many reasons. The first reason is that people express themselves is to get attention and to be notice by others. The second reason is to communicate. We have complex communication and languages for social reason and we express these things through art, music, writing, etc.

Technology has change over the past hundred years. People also change with technology to adapt with newer types of devices. Technology affects the way we connect with others by distracting ourselves from personal interactions. People now use technology because it is a easier and faster way to express ourselves. Unlike in person, through technology, you can know express your thoughts and emotions in a more efficient way to almost everyone you know at once, and maybe too people you have never meet.
I have expressed myself as a person of a person who likes school and spends most of his time there. I have also express myself as a person who loves dance music as showed in the audio of the music. In addition to that, I have express myself as a builder, as you may see in the video, I build a lot of cool things. I then farther in the video, express myself as a people who loves to watch anime. Last but not least, I express myself as a person who loves selfies, as shown in the video, it is about 65% of my video! Thought the video I show may look a bit easy to make for some people. I find it an amazing accomplishment and a wonderful experience, for the reason that it is the first video I ever made.

The idea of who I really am, and how I choose to express myself is a pretty new one for

me.  Since we began this project in class, I have learned a lot of interesting things about people expressing themselves as human beings and how I would like to express myself,  I have realized that self-expression is complicated, but important.

I learned that a lot of people need to express themselves to the world because it helps them to be an individual.  If they did not express themselves as an individual, many people would feel lost or alone. Since we made a video of how we choose to express ourselves, I decided to express myself based on my family, friends, and my hobbies. These are the three key things in my life. These things describe who I am perfectly.

I think that people forming a first impression of my by looking at my video would think that I am a pretty simple person.  But in reality, after doing this project, I have realized that who I am is much more complicated than that.  I think that I am only just beginning to learn how to express myself.

My video is inspired from my from my instagram. I use my instagram to express myself a lot. I took a few videos and picture from my instagram, mainly the ones that have a meaning or represent me. I don’t post just anything on my instagram. I only upload things that i’m into and I think is worth saving or worth everyone else seeing.

I express myself for people to get an understanding of me. I express myself in many different ways. I do this because I want people to know me as a very diverse person. For example, my instagram. You mainly see skateboarding because that’s what i’m interested in the most. You also see art, photography, music, fashion and many other things. This leads to the next question. How does technology affect the way we express ourselves and connect with others? As I previously said, I only upload things that I think is worth other people seeing. People could honestly express themselves as much as they want through technology. For example, look at anyone facebook. You can tell what type of person they are just by what they post. In this video I used a few things that describe me the most. It’s a mix of everything that mean something to me or play the biggest role in my life. I think I expressed my complexity by using many different types of topics. I don’t have a video full of picture of myself. I mixed it up with old pictures of myself, new pics of myself, skateboarding, art, family, and photography. I showed the things that I would personally use to describe myself.

This video is basically a quick summary of how I would describe myself and how I express myself. I am artistic, athletic, and I love my family. This is how I want other is see me. This is how I express myself.

Jordon’s Artist Statement:

In my video I expressed my hobbies a lot. I learned that finding who I am and what I like to do is very important. I feel like the saying “I know you better than you know yourself” is very important. That should not be the case, you should find things you love and look back into your memories and find you who you are. The thing is I don’t take good photos of myself, I don’t think I look right. So I take pictures of places I visit, things I do that are fun, and just things in my life period. Getting to know yourself and defining yourself should be a life goal. I never really thought about finding who I am or defining who I am before this project. I just thought of taking pictures was just to make memories, but that's just part of it. They remind you who you are and what makes you different from everyone else. Knowing who you are lets you reveal that you are not the same as one person in this world. Many people want to fit in but they don’t want to be exactly the same as everyone. I am one of those people. I sometimes pick a trend that is going on right now but a lot of the time I pick my own style.