This week on monday we were given two questions to answer on ur own. The first question was “I empathy valuable?” while the second one was “Is being an empathetic person at odds with american values?”. At first I was really stuck on the second question, but in my essay I related it back to the american dream and how some people lose motivation to reach it. I used a personal connection to one of my family members that is going through this at this moment and I said “I have empathy towards him because I can imagine myself in his shoes and see what I would do differently but I lack empathy towards him because he doesn't seem to want to get better”. The socratic seminar was on friday, I thought that it was kind of boring because everyone agreed with one another and the topic wasn't something that people have different opinions on. That friday morning was our critique from the museum of contemporary art in san diego. I was really excited to receive critique from Louisa and Akiko because they are both well spoken and know what will catch attention from the guest that attend the chula vista zine festival. The zine cover that I created was really significant. I had a snake to represent sexual energy, which i elated back to the male gaze in the media and how that is pushed onto women. The lion represents the predators in the world. The bull represents masculinity and how that is pushed onto men. I feel like I could still work on it so that it is more clear to the audience.
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A memorable moment on the way up to berkeley was waking up on the bus and looking outside the window to see a new place that i've never been to before. When we got to berkeley I really enjoyed the atmosphere created by the students, I thought that the buildings were really nice and I could see myself at this campus. I think my perspective did change a little bit on whether or not I want to go to a four year university. At first I wanted to go to southwestern to get the general education classes out of the way but after talking to Mrs.Nuvia and going on this trip and seeing the people that attend these schools makes me want to experience this right after highschool and exploring more of california instead of going to a community college for two years.If I have to rank the schools that we visited I think UC Santa Cruz would be my first choice. The campus was beautiful and seemed refreshing, it felt like it was in the woods (which is something you don't see in San diego) and was near a beach.The middle two schools on my list would be Cal Poly Slo and UC berkeley. I would want to attend to cal poly because it's like another high tsh and I would be more comfortable with doing the project work since that is what i have been doing since 5th grade, and you get more experience in practicing your major. UC berkeley is the thirst because I think that the campus’s atmosphere was really great but I don't know if I would be able to get used to the campus.My least favorite school was San Jose State. I thought that the tour guide that lead us didn't give enough facts about how campus life was or how it’s like in the classrooms, they only talked about the buildings and about the history about the school, which was also interesting but i want to know more about how classes were. This week for the entire eleventh grade class, each student had to prepare for an interview to gain experience and hopefully, for some students who don't have a set internship for may, receive an internship for the company they had an interview with.I was excited yet nervous because I had an interview with The Museum of contemporary art. For this interview I created my own art portfolio with one rework painting and four original pieces (art work is in the photo). I was happy with ow the interview turned out with Mario and Liz, It felt like I was having a normal conversation about the museums project and about my artwork.This week I was thinking that if I don't receive this interview I wouldn't know what to do for internships but then I discovers another museum that I could possibly contact, The New Children's Museum. My advisor has been helping me draft an email that I could send next week when we get back to school. This week I was felt a type of nervousness that I haven't felt since I the first day of high tech in fifth grade. I was nervous about how I was going to present myself and if I would fidget too much or if I would stutter when I answered a question. But in the end I was able to experience a good interview. During this school week I feel like we did a of of visual note taking in biology.I remember in the beginning of first semester I Always had a hard time to do my visual note taking because of the audio going too fast or being indecisive with what I want to take note of and how i want to draw it. Another thing that held me back in the beginning of the year was how it looks what you take a step back. I would get frustrated when it didn't look neat or if i didn't draw something well enough.But this semester I have seen a lot of improvement with the organization in my visual notetaking skills and I have been taking note of the important things this time around.On wednesday when Dr. Sasha Kauffman’s taught our class it was the first time that i've sat through a biology lecturer like that. I’ve taken an art class that had a thirty minute lecture before the lab but this was foran hour and i feel as if I was able to learn more from this plus using the visual note taking technique. I found it interesting how he explained difficult terms in a way that the whole class can understand.This week I feel like I was really distracted for some reason, I think it had to do with thinking about what I wanted to put on my zine and how I’ll be placed in a group and how my ideas can be shared with them and hopefully taken into consideration for our final zine. |
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