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Tyrone Grant Q4 Benchmark - Teen Pregnancy

Posted by Tyrone Grant in Biology of the Human Body · Aziz · E on Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 8:02 am
For our PSA, we chose the topic of teen pregnancy because not only is it a common situation in our society, but also my mother experienced this first hand. In the video, my mother explained the struggles of what she had to go through when she first became a mother such losing friends, gaining tons of responsibilities without realizing it, and how her life drastically changed claiming that it got a lot harder for her. The purpose of this video is to show awareness to sex-driven teens, and also people who witnessed others go through this want to help. I believe that I contributed well towards the PSA by interviewing my mother, editing the video, and creating questions for the interview. One thing that I would change differently is that I would utilize my time more efficiently. If I had given myself more time, I could've made the video better by using a different editor. 

Video: https://youtu.be/RjI7456GxRw
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"United Under One Race"

Posted by Tyrone Grant in Art 2 · Hertz · C1 on Monday, May 21, 2018 at 2:07 pm
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For this project, our class had to imitate or create an art piece from a famous artist. The artist that I was studying was Vik Muniz, who is known for making collages that creates an ultimate image for viewers. I decided to create an artwork that is influenced off of Vik Muniz and has a message to give to other viewers. I call this art piece “United Under One Race”.  


The materials that I used for this art piece were sharpie markers, construction paper, and newspapers. With the sharpie marker, I drew an outline of a person with her arms sticking out and cut out a bunch of heads from the newspaper. Then, I glued all all of the heads of colored people within the body, and all of the heads from white people and surrounded the body with them. The technique of using a collage of white people surrounding black people is essential to this art piece because it helps viewers get a better understanding of the message that I want my art piece to share. This art piece doesn’t really relate to my previous work because my focus on this art piece was to send a message to the black community, while on the previous work, I didn’t really focus on a message. The message that I wanted this art piece to display is: “We’re all we have, we’re all we need.” The reason why I wanted to display this message is because in recent history, there are times when we still feel like we’re surrounded by racism. And, I wanted to display this message to remind those people that during those times we need to lookout for each other and speak as one race to bring awareness to racism.


Overall, one thing that I wish that I could improve would be to make the art piece look better, but I’m not beating myself over it because this was my first time making a collage. However, my goal wasn’t really to create a beautiful art piece, but more of a meaningful art piece, and that’s something that I’m proud of because I felt like I made it very meaningful. I hope that one day someone can actually look at my art piece and acknowledge the message that I tried to implement into it.

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Tyrone Grant's Capstone

Posted by Tyrone Grant in Senior Capstone · Epps · ILP/TFI/CAP on Monday, May 21, 2018 at 12:27 pm
The goal for my group's senior capstone was to implement what we've learned in engineering and use it to create something fun and interesting.   So the first thing that came up in our minds was to create a go-kart. The idea was a long-shot, but we believed that it was actually possible to make one in the amount of time given. With the collaboration of our mentor Sal, we've been able to make our goal become reachable. So far, we have created most of the critical pieces needed to make a go-kart by using computer design programs (AutoDesk and SolidWorks) which we've learned in engineering, and bought other pieces such as the engine and clutch. We've also put some of the pieces together to see if they fit and function properly. Even though we've made good progress, we're not done with the overall project unfortunately. We still need to weld all the pieces together such as the frame, and axle. In my own perspective, I believe that this capstone displays the best of my engineering abilities such as using different CADs, collaborating with other people, and using my time proficiently, which are aspects that are needed in life.
Tags: Capstone, Epps, 2018
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Schizophrenia

Posted by Tyrone Grant in Biology of the Human Body · Aziz · E on Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at 11:56 pm
What I've learned through this project is what schizophrenia is, how it works, and how it affects the body. I was pretty surprised by the fact that no one really knows what causes schizophrenia and that there's no cure for it. Although the disorder itself is pretty rare, I still think that the government should take priority by funding organizations to try and find a cure for such a depressing disorder. Another thing that I learned was how it actually affects the brain.
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Q2 Charcoal Drawing

Posted by Tyrone Grant in Art 2 · Hertz · C1 on Monday, January 22, 2018 at 1:51 pm
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For my Q2 project, I decided to make a charcoal drawing. This drawing is supposed to be a man with wings looking into the moonlight.


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Q2 Benchmark

Posted by Tyrone Grant in Environmental Science · Aziz · E on Friday, January 19, 2018 at 10:58 pm
1. For this project, my group decided to create a PSA to show awareness of mercury poisoning. I was personally interested because I sometimes eat a lot of fish, and when I found out that fish contains mercury, I was shocked and a bit nervous. So I wanted to learn more.
2. I believe I played a significant role in terms of contributing to the project by editing the video as well as coming up with the idea to research mercury poisoning.
3. One thing I believe we did well was gathering the research for the project, but one thing I would like to change would be the video itself. I feel like the video could've been better in terms of quality.
4. The most meaningful part of this project was that I learned more about the harms of mercury poisoning and that anyone who eats fish are at risk of having it regardless even those odds are small.  
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Toxic City Reflection

Posted by Tyrone Grant in Environmental Science · Aziz · E on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at 11:14 pm
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What stood out to me the most in this article is just how Philadelphia leads all cities in lead poisoning. During the Q1 Benchmark, I've seen multiple sources with headlines relating to lead poisoning in Philly, but never really knew the details. According to the article, many victims of the poisoning are children which is the biggest concern about the problem. I wonder how long it will take for the lead poisoning to be taken care of so that people who live in areas of poverty are no longer exposed.
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My Art Piece

Posted by Tyrone Grant in Art 2 · Hertz · C1 on Thursday, November 2, 2017 at 8:34 am
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For my Portfolio project, I decided to make a brain with the emotions that I show the most inside the brain. The way it looks is that the outside is completely black to make the brain stand out more in the portfolio, then inside the brain is various colors. Each color has an emote that describes the emotion. The tools that I used for this drawing is charcoal for the outside because I like how it looks on paper compared to a regular marker or colored pencil, and it’s easier to use and color in the spots unlike a regular pencil. For the various colors inside the brain, I decided to use color pencils because I believe it gives it a nice contrast with the charcoal and it’s not too much for the eyes to take. Lastly, I used a sharpie marker to help bolden the outline of the brain.


The step by step process is pretty simple because the first thing I did was to try and create an outline of the brain. Then, I made little boxes in the brain for each emotion. Once that was done, I realized that it was pretty bland, so I wanted to add color; so I made different color for each box and decided to make the outside color black. Overall I actually liked my picture because I’m not a good artist and it looked pretty good to me. One thing that I would fix if I had another opportunity to do this project would be to make the emotes look better because in the critique, my reviewer said it kind of hard to tell what some of the emotions were, but other than that I believe I did a good job.


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Natural Distasters Project

Posted by Tyrone Grant in Environmental Science · Aziz · E on Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at 9:13 pm
​Essential Questions: 

1. I believe that the earth systems by affect each other because they rely on each other in order to create a sustainable balance in life. For example, The biosphere and the atmosphere rely on the hydrosphere because the hydrosphere transports water to the biosphere which is all life on earth, then the plants would transfer the water vapor as well as carbon dioxide (created by the plants) towards the atmosphere.
2. The understanding of environmental science can help you create your own strategies on how to survive natural disasters whether it may be what you need to do to evacuate, or how to survive within the area of the natural disasters.
3.  The only way I can think of is to reduce the occurrence of climate change. Climate change plays a big role on natural disasters, not to mention that most of the climate change is caused by human activities. I believe that if we can reduce the climate change, then less natural disasters will occur creating a better future.
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Botany Benchmark

Posted by Tyrone Grant in Botany · Aziz · y1 on Saturday, June 10, 2017 at 12:09 am
In this video, Cash'e interviewed a fellow gardener about the importance of Urban Gardening and how it plays a role in our community. We chose this topic because throughout the year we felt like Ms. Aziz was emphasizing on the how important plants are to the economy and how we shouldn't underestimate them at all. So, we wanted to go more in-depth on this topic. 

I believe that I contributed extremely well in this project. Unfortunately, I wasn't there with Cash'e for the interview, but other than that I tried to contribute well for the project. We came up with very good questions for the interviewee, which I thought was our strength, but one thing we've could've done better was collaboration. I felt like we were kind of all over the place and had to procrastinate a bit to get back on track. The most meaningful part of this project was the information we received from the interviewee which could be used for future reference for anyone who's interested in gardening. 
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Quarter 4 Benchmark

Posted by Tyrone Grant in Intro to Design and Multmiedia on Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at 8:38 am

Slide 1: Hello, my name is tyrone and I’m going to be talking about the project experience of this class.

Slide 2: For my 1st quarter project, we had to make a website about ourselves which was an interesting experience for me.

Slide 3: My main goal for this project was so that jobs and other colleges could get to know more about me and understand who I am as a person in my community.

Slide 4: I think it was pretty successful making this website because not only did I talk about myself, but I also showed the work that I produced to understand my work ethic.

Slide 5: For my 2nd quarter project, I was one of a few that decided to make a graphic design by making a sign to show a message.

Slide 6: The main goal of the project was to make a street sign that tells you a message without using any words.

Slide 7: Unfortunately, I doesn't think it was a success for me because people didn’t really understand the message of my sign.

Slide 8: For project 3, I was one of the few to make a video about whatever we want, as long as it was short. I chose to make a video about video games.

Slide 9: My main goal for this project was to put my hobby on display so that everyone would get to know more about me.

Slide 10: I think that this project was pretty successful because everything went well and when I watch the video myself, I get fascinated.

Slide 11: As you can see here this my revised project. I chose to revise my project statement for my Q2 project.

Slide 12: I chose to revise this because I feel as though I didn’t do a good job overall on it by not answering all of the questions.

Slide 13: This just shows the differences of what my project used to look like and what it looks like now, but you can’t really see any differences from this point of view.

Slide 14: I believe the high point for me in this class was the fact that I either met or exceeded expectations on projects throughout this year.

Slide 15: I believe a growth for me was that I pretty much adapted to Miss Hertz’ expectations in terms of process because at first it was pretty difficult for me to adapt to how much she wanted done at a certain time which was pretty hard at first but got the hang of it.

Slide 16: All these projects helped my creativity develop outside of school which helped me design more things in an artist-like perspective.

Slide 17: I don’t think there is any need for changes, except for letting people have their own option of doing a project with Miss Hertz’ approval.

Slide 18: Make sure to have a creative mindset for your project because being really creative will help you get a good grade on an assignment.

Slide 19: Work ahead of time because if you slack off, all the checkpoints are going to close before you even know it, and then you’ll have a bad grade.

Slide 20: The last tip is to just have fun because it’s boring if you pick a project that you don’t want to do, and it can make you less eager to complete it.


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Botany Project: Tyrone Grant

Posted by Tyrone Grant in Botany · Aziz · y1 on Thursday, February 2, 2017 at 12:43 pm

Hello, I’m Tyrone Grant, one of the members of Peachy Designs. I am here to talk about and represent a design that my company has made which would bring a better economy into the school. The design we made was to help bring plants into the building, more specifically for our client, Ms. Fanning. This design brings much more life into her small and lifeless room. She requested to have some life put into her room such as plants because she loves plants and want some in her room. This is how we came up with our design. The design that my company made was a planter. We believe that a planter is the most capable for bringing in plants into her room.


When you think about what plants need to survive such as water, soil, and sunlight, these needs are important information when we made our design. So, We made our planter deep so that there would be an abundance amount of soil so that Ms. Fanning could have a diverse selection of plants, made sure that the planter was open so that the plants could get plenty of sunlight, and we closed up the cracks and and laminated the wood so that the water wouldn’t negatively affect the wood or her room in general. It was crucial for us to improve our design because plants can be affected by so many things like: if there were a lack of water or sunlight for the plants, it would most likely kill the plant, or if there’s a lack of soil, the plant wouldn’t be able to obtain enough nutrients from the dirt which would make the plant die as well.


Most of the plants that Ms. Fanning chose can usually be grown inside of a building which beneficial for us because we would then have to create a design that was built for more of the outside. That’s why the design of the plants and our own design are so similar, because they were both made for the inside. When we made our design, we’ve used different types of technology to come up with our calculations and produce our object. At first, I always thought that technology and nature don’t mix with each other, they just try to cancel out each other. But after doing this, I realized that technology can enhance and improve our nature because we used technology to make something economic and beneficial to our economy.


Overall, I believe that all members of the Peachy Designs have come together to make a wonderful design that has potential to brighten up this building, but there were a couple of problems that our company did bump into. For example, some workers contributed more than others. I want all of the members to contribute an equal amount of work so that it would be fair to call it our design. The second thing is that if my company had more time, the overall design would probably be more “polished” than what it is now. Beside those two things, the design was a success, and our client was happy with the overall design.


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Media Design Project

Posted by Tyrone Grant in Intro to Design and Multmiedia on Sunday, November 6, 2016 at 10:05 am
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The object of this project was to make a portfolio-like website that represents you, but while doing this, I realized that my goal is to let colleges and jobs see this so they can learn more about me and hopefully help get me accepted or at least be qualified for colleges/jobs. Even though I don't want them to look at this particular website, I think this is a big step for me so I can make a website in the future so colleges and jobs I apply to can really look at. It was really hard to make this website, but it took awhile to understand the mechanics of Wix so I know what to do because at first I didn't know what to do, then people were giving me advice and showing me how to do thing little by little, I eventually learned how to do the basics (I probably would've never learned if I never did the project). The only thing I learned during this project is that there are pictures of me on google, and if I were to do this project again, I would make my website more professional and better overall so I can show other colleges and jobs. Advice that I would give out to future students of this class is to make sure you know all the mechanics when using a website builder so it can be a lot easier for you to do.


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Las Noticias

Posted by Tyrone Grant in SPANISH 2 - Moran - C on Monday, February 1, 2016 at 12:46 pm

Saludo


Hola, me llamo Kierra Hailey y yo soy la presento.

Hoy es Lunes, diecisiete de enero. Primera a punta es tiempo con Markeera.


Weather


Hoy

Lunes

Martes

Miércoles

Jueves

Viernes

Sábado

Nublado


High: 36

Low: 28


10% Chance of rain


Parcialmente nublado


High: 33

Low: 24


0% chance of rain

Parcialmente soleado


HIgh: 35

Low 23


0% Chance of

parcialmente

soleado


High: 33

Low: 24


10% chance of rain

soleado


High: 39

Low:30


0% chance of rain

Parcialmente nublado


High: 42

Low: 39


20%chance of rain

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lluvioso


High:45

Low:


60% chance of rain








Markeera

Sunday jan 17.: Cloudy 36/ 28 10% chance of rain WNW 10 mph

Monday jan. 18.: Partly Cloudy 33/24 0% chance of rain WNW 19 mph

Tuesday jan. 19:Mostly Sunny 35/23 0% chance of rain WNW 14 mph

Wednesday jan. 20: Mostly Sunny 33/24 10% chance of rain NW 16 mph

Thursday jan. 21: 39/30 Sunny 0% chance of rain NNW 11 mph

Friday jan. 22: 42/34 Partly cloudy 20% chance of rain NE 5 mph

Saturday jan.23: 45/32 showers 60% chance of rain

Hola! Me llamo Markeera. Hoy es domingo. El tiempo hoy es Nubalo. El fuerte temperatura para dia es Treinta y seis grado. El bajo temperatura es viente y ocho. El tiempo manana es esta bien. Manana es parcialmente nublado. El fuerte temperatura es treinta y tres. El bajo es viente y cuarto. El tiempo para Martes es parcialmente soleado. El fuerte temperatura es treinta y cinco. El bajo temperatura es viente y tres. El tiempo para Miércoles es parcialmente soleado. El bajo temperatura treinta y cuarto. El alto temperatura es treinta y tres. El clima para Jueves es Soleado. Jueves es el mejor dia esta semana. Asegurarse de que tu tiene Gafas de sol es. El bajo temperatura para Jueves es treinta. El fuerte temperature es treinta y nueve. El tiempo para viernes es parcialmente. El temperatura fuerte alto para viernes es cuarenta y dos. Nosotros tenemos un lluvioso sabado. El tiempo para Sabado es lluvioso. El fuerte temperature es cuarenta y cinco. El bajo temperature para sabado es treinta y dos. la esperanza todos ha una buena semana. De vuelta a tu kierra.






Kierra Anchor Transition: Siguiente es salud actualizar con Tyrone.  



Health

Tyrone: Gracias Kierra, ahora salud en Manhattan es una problema. El Nueva York Gobierno sólo indicó que más de la mitad de los residentes de adultos con sobrepeso u obesidad, por ciento cincuenta y seis para ser más preciso. Una de las razones es debido a lo popular de comida rápida en Manhattan. Nueva York recibe un ingreso estable de Manhattan solos, recibiendo millones de dólares cada año a partir de comida rápida. Esto no debe continuar para el porcentaje sólo subir más de este punto. Echemos un vistazo a McDonald's como un ejemplo, hay setenta y cinco de McDonald's situado en Manhattan... ahora que es una locura! Además, mientras estamos en el tema de la comida rápida, Chick-Fil-A que se encuentra en la 37 calle y Sexta Avenida, está cerrado aún debido a las violaciones de salud, debido a moscas de la fruta dentro de la construcción y los alimentos se ponen en la temperatura incorrecto. Hay nada que decir de cuando Chick-Fil-A se abrirá otra vez, pero te aseguro le mantendremos fijado. Eso es todo lo que ocurre, ahora mismo para la salud en Manhattan, ahora a ti Kierra.


Kierra Anchor Transition: Actualmente nosotros tene Ben paro moda.


Fashion


Kierra anchor Transition: escuchar de cerca a Nueva York  rompiendo noticias.

Hola, Mi nombre es Ben, Yo estoy aquí caer las tendencias en el mundo de la moda. Más de las tendencias viene de celebridades. Nosotros estaremos hablando los celebridades los tendencias vino de. Un tendencia nosotros vemos es los scooters eléctricos. Que parece como los personas son perezoso tan los personas no caminar. Una mas tendencia es los jeans rasgas. Yo rasgo mis jeans naturalmente de andando en patineta. Yo adivino es fresco hoy. El último tendencia es los botas de “uggs”. Yo veo muchas personas en mi escuela llevando puesto

las. Yo estoy creendo de comprando un par yo mismo. Gracias por tu tiempo, ve tu  en la siguiente semana.

Breaking news

Noticia De Ultima Hora


Las últimas Noticias. Buenas Noches Aqui habla Tania Crowell con las noticias de la noche. Esta noche un grande fuego pasó en un adefesio en la esquina de Locust y Vanpelt. El fuego iluminando el cielo naranja y rojo. El departamento de bombero creen que el fuego comenzó en el sótano y el viento eso el fuego más peor. Parece que no hay evidencia que el fuego fue entenceloan. Las calles cerca de  Locust y Vanpelt estan cerrada por que van a demoler por razones de seguridad. La noche pasada el tiempo era frígido y hace difícil para el Departamento de bomberos porque el agwa se formaba en hielo.En la mañana veintiuno (21) apartamentos se habían ido. las personas que vivían allí serán reubicados. Dos bombero están con problemas pulmonares debido a el humo.Las personas no pueden obtener sus pertenencias y todo lo que tienen es de la ropa de el cuerpo. Todos estan treseten.


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Kierra anchor Farewell: Gracias para escuchas para Nueva York excelente noticias presentar.



For this project, my group and other groups had to make a news report that is 10 minutes long and it must contain the following topics: Health, Weather, Breaking News, and Fashion. My topic was health and I was talking about how obesity is becoming a problem in Manhattan and what's causing it and how can we solve it.
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Interview: Thomas Grant

Posted by Tyrone Grant in AFRICAN AM HISTORY - Roy - X on Friday, May 29, 2015 at 11:52 am
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                                                  Abstract          

In this interview, I’m asking Thomas Grant, the interviewee who was born and raised in Philadelphia, questions about the Civil Rights Movement, his childhood, his education, and things that were happening in his neighborhood. A couple of questions he doesn't know, but his answers to other questions were things I never knew about. This 67 year-old man witnessed a lot of things during work, school, or even when is at home, but he never participated during that time. When you read and/or listen to the interview, you might learn new things that you never would've guessed.

During the interview, Thomas brought up the Million-Man march. He said that he seen a couple people from his job who went down to Washington D.C. When I researched that event, it said that it happened 20 years ago (October 16, 1995) at Washington D.C. and the website Million Man March says: “The Million Man March was one of the most historic organizing and mobilizing events in the history of Black people in the United States.” The person that led the march was Minister Louis Farrakhan who is the leader for Nation of Islam, but besides that he was a black religious and social leader.


      Interview Part 1


Tyrone: Okay, hello, um..my name is Tyrone Grant. What is yours?


Thomas: Uh...Thomas Grant.


Tyrone: Okay, so...do you remember your parents?


Thomas: (chuckled) Yes.


Tyrone: Okay, so what were your parents like when you were a kid?


Thomas: Um...my parents were...giving, but demanding. They were religious and um...they made sure we had everything we needed. As children growing up, we were fed, clothed, sheltered, they were good and it was a good time.


Tyrone Okay, okay, so where were you living when you were a kid? Outside the state or…


Thomas: I was living in Philadelphia.


Tyrone: So, when you were younger, did you see any role of race in society?


Thomas: Yes, on the news for one, just with the police department how blacks were treated compared to the whites. Certain neighborhoods if you went into them, they would stop you, and harass you. It was...a time where when you stayed in your neighborhood, you were fine.


Tyrone: Oh wow, so how about your parents? Did they see any types of discrimination?


Thomas: Uh yeah, well my dad fought in World War II, and he was born in the South and he had to leave the South and came North because of racism.


Tyrone: Alright, so that’s pretty interesting. So what was it like being you know...a son of a man who fought in the war?


Thomas: He didn’t talk about the war much. He was more into providing, so he spent his time trying to make a...make it so we can survive. At one time, I was told he was making $0.76 an hour, so money was not there like it is today. I’m blessed because I’m able to make a lot more. (giggling)


Tyrone: So that’s pretty interesting. So have you witnessed or involved, or were involved (correcting myself) in anything about the Civil Rights Movement?


Thomas: I’ve witnessed...well basically what you saw on the news; police brutality in Philadelphia. We had riots back in the 60’s because of prejudice and racism. Martin Luther King as you know, being on the news and seeing what he was fighting for. Knowing and heard of the...people talk about it; athletes who’ve played basketball, saying that they couldn’t go in the front door of a restaurant where they was going to go to eat. The Boston Celtics, the center for them talked about it, people talked about it, but coming up when we were coming up, it wasn’t too much we could really do.


Tyrone: Okay, so you’ve mentioned riots and stuff in Philadelphia, correct?


Thomas: Yea.


Tyrone: Okay, so were you involved in those riots?


Thomas: No I wasn’t involved in them, but...they were basically in our neighborhood. Police...attacked a boy and before anybody realized or knew what was going on, people gotten together and four or five blocks away from where I was living, Columbia Avenue and Susquehanna Avenue, they were tearing up, destroying stuff, breaking into the stores, and they brought out the National Guard. So yea I’ve seen it, I didn’t get involved in it.


Tyrone: That’s interesting, umm so have you ever witnessed any other types of segregation against others?


Thomas: Yea, uh it hasn’t been as I got older; I kind of stayed away, but yea I’ve seen where people wouldn’t allow you to do things. You couldn’t go into certain neighborhoods like I said before. I was less of a “out on the streets” type of person, I was more home and when I travel, I travel to a place and came back. I didn’t really hangout.


Tyrone: Oh I see, now I know where I got my laziness from. (laughing)

                                     

   Interview Part 2


Tyrone: Alright, so did you know anybody that participated in the Civil Rights Movement?


Thomas: Yea, I people-I knew some not a lot, but I knew a couple of people during the Civil Rights time with Martin Luther King. They went to Washington, the million-man march. Not personally, but knowing them from maybe working with them or their parents, not working but...parents who went on the march.


Tyrone: Alright, so you said working, so what job were you working for?


Thomas: Well, I worked for Septa and I wasn’t working during the Martin Luther King march because I was still in school, but I’ve been where they had other marches, so yea I knew a couple of people, but not many.


Tyrone: So um, did you ever attend a school that had segregation?


Thomas: Segregation (whispering), No, because basically the schools I’ve went to were basically black.


Tyrone: So how was it like going to an all-black school?


Thomas: Well you don’t know any difference because it is all black and nobody is being treated any differently. You know, it’s not like going to a school that’s half and half, you can see things, but when you to a school that’s basically all black, you don’t get that.


Tyrone: So, in the all-black schools, did you have like cheaper supplies and like...what I mean by supplies, I mean like books and stuff than the white schools?


Thomas: I can’t answer that because we didn’t know. All we knew was that we had books and we did have books, and we had the pencils, and the paper and all that. Let’s say another school had more than our school, it wasn’t put out there because the media today is so much more, and information is passed around so much easier. Back then, you’ve got your books, and we didn’t have basically what you have today: computers, and calculators, and everything we did had to be done by hand and by memory.


Tyrone: So was it tough in school for you?


Thomas: Well you don’t know because you don’t know the difference...we had nothing to measure one from another.


Tyrone: I meant like..just like...you know. Like right now, it’s tough for me in school so I’m saying on a daily basis doing work and everything...so was it tough?


Thomas: I mean, I made it through if that’s what you’re asking. I graduated, but when you  saying tough, I guess all schools had their bullies, but listening to the news today, it was nowhere near as bad as it is today.


Tyrone: I have a quick question, so it’s a little bit off topic. How many brothers and sisters do you have?


Thomas: One sister, two brothers.


Tyrone: What were their names?


Thomas: Joyce, Troy, and David.


Tyrone: Okay I know Joyce, but tell me about Troy and David.


Thomas: What do you want to know?


Tyrone: What were they like?


Thomas: Oh, well we got along fine, everybody was good. When I went to high school, my sister was married, so she was gone. My brother went to the military, my oldest brother went to the military. My youngest brother, when he got out of school, he went to the military.


Tyrone: That’s interesting. Did you lose anybody that you knew personally like a family member because of discrimination and segregation out there?


Thomas: Did I what?


Tyrone: Did you lose anybody?


Thomas: Oh, no. Not that I...no. I can say no. To my knowledge, I don’t know anybody in my family that died because of segregation.


Tyrone: Okay, well that’s good, that’s good. Have you ever faced any types of segregation like you personally?


Thomas: Personally, I’ll say no cause I don’t...I..no no, personally no.


Tyrone: Okay, well that’s it. Thank you for your time.


Thomas: My pleasure.


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Unit 6 Project

Posted by Tyrone Grant in AFRICAN AM HISTORY - Roy - X on Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at 7:21 pm
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SLA Interview With My Mother

Posted by Tyrone Grant in ENGLISH 1 - Zeller - A on Monday, April 20, 2015 at 8:46 am



​Q: While going through life, how's life going so far with you?
A: Life is good

Q: What was it like when you came to America for the first time?
A: It felt weird, like I was somewhere I didn't belong because I was new, I didn't speak the language, and I was like an outsider.

Q: If the world was ending and you could save one person, who would it be and why?
A: I don't really know because I would want to save multiple people, not only one.

Q: If you could change one thing in you past what would it be?
A: I would take high school more seriously because I would be so much further in life and high school is the turn point of everyone's life. Their future depends on high school.

Q: Did you do anything that you were proud of, if so what?
A: Yes, having children because they're well behaved, they listen to me, and I've guided them through the path of life.

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Interview with Salina

Posted by Tyrone Grant in ENGLISH 1 - Zeller - A on Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 2:45 pm
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Q: How do you see the world?

A: I see the world as a judgmental society as everyone is being judged and that we can also make your own decisions.

Q: Why do you see the world as that?

A: Because we can’t last long in a society without being judged or commented on who we are or how we look.

Q: How do you see others?

A: See everyone equal, as a community, that everyone has different character traits,  and that everyone is special in their own way.

Q: If the world was ending and you could save one person, would it be, why, and would they do the same?

A: My grandmother because she has done a lot for me throughout my life, and I believe so.

Q: If you could change one thing in your past, what would it be?

A: Would change my behavior, because I was a really bad kid when I was younger and that caused stress to my grandmother.

Q: Of all the things in the past, why this one?

A: Because it caused stress to my family, and I was a foster child because my mom had so many kids to the point she couldn't take care of, so I lived with my grandmother. I was getting in a lot of trouble in school, but the reason I did that was so I could see my mother again because I thought that the principal would call her to pick me up and stuff, but that wasn't the case.  




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Basketball Championships

Posted by Tyrone Grant in TECH 1 - Hertz - e2 on Friday, January 23, 2015 at 2:05 pm
I have always been watching basketball ever since I was little because it's one of my favorite sports. Basketball has been a part of me, my dad help me get into basketball and I play basketball also. Basketball is life!
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Tyrone and Ashley's Project

Posted by Tyrone Grant in PHYSICS 1 - Gray - D on Monday, January 12, 2015 at 1:11 pm
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The wire layout we used was supposed to be in a straight line from top to bottom.  We used the wires connected to the bulb to connect the bulbs to each other instead of cutting pieces of wire. We used the battery and wires to connect the bulbs in a series. Our project has electrical tape on it to help keep the bulbs in a straight line. Three of the bulbs are dimmer than the other three. I chose series circuit diagram because it's slightly easier to calculate the resistance and current.
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A Picture Is Worth Thousand a Words

Posted by Tyrone Grant in TECH 1 - Hertz - e2 on Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at 9:35 am
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I picked this picture because gossip is just as bad as cyber bullying. People think that it's okay to tell others their friend's secret to have a good laugh and think it's okay even though it's not. You wouldn't want people to expose your secret to others so don't expose their secrets. You don't know what people go through on a daily basis so just stop. Don't be a victim of gossip and don't make others victims also.
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Un sueno mexicano

Posted by Tyrone Grant in SPANISH 1 - Rosen-Long - B on Monday, October 27, 2014 at 10:27 am
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