The Magazine Reflection!

This project has been a great project for me to work on my writing skills. Drafting and revision have helped me the most through out this project. I know I probably sound repetitive because I say that so much but I feel that has helped me so much. Each draft I made improved from the previous one. My structure in writing has also noticeably improved from this project. Normally work would be thrown around in different paragraphs but I think this article came out very structured. When I put my writing into Indesign and started working on the layout, I was exactly sure how I wanted it. With the help of Randy and my classmates it came out just how I hoped. I used my photography from my photo essay in my article, I think it looks very nice. I wasn't exactly sure what I wanted to write about but I knew I had to make something new instead of using my photo essay. I chose to write about what it is like preparing for internship and how much it teaches the students. The process of printing the magazine is long. The proofs came back about 3 times and each time there were more mistakes to be found. I never knew what a long process it would be, but its really cool learning what goes on in the process of making a magazine.

I think that the overall experience of internship was amazing. I don't know anyone else that gets the experience in high school. Even if my internship wasn't as enjoyable as I thought, the learning process was great. I really think that this will help me in future jobs and work experiences. I think parts of this magazine will show what our economy is going through, and I'm not positive if it tells it in the magazine but the people who got laid of their internship should share with our audience at exhibition to show what the economy has done even to non paid interns.

What did you learn?
What I learned most would be the long process of writing, drafting, revision and the actual process of making a magazine.

How did you learn in?
I leaned this my going through the actual project and doing so much hands on work to complete this amazing project.

Why is this important?
This is important because everything that we learned is going to be used in the real world, no matter what you will always use writing in the future. Also the experience of making an actual magazine is going to look good on any job and for college as well.

Magazine Reflection Take Two!

1. Overall, when you think about the big picture of your writing, what improved? How did it get better? Why?

Looking at my writing from the first draft and looking at my final draft, it improved drastically. Going through each critique, my structure became so much better. I had no structure in the first draft and everything was just thrown around, each time we had a critique I would get suggestions and go back and fix them. An example of this was that my writing was scattered in all different paragraphs when I could have had the sentences organized together. This improved my writing completely. 

2. Overall, when you think about the big picture of your writing, what still needs work? What do you think will help you improve? Why?

I think my introduction on my article could be stronger. I think one last critique by Randy or a student could help me make my intro as strong as it can be. I feel that critiques help me the most out of anything. 

3. Specifically, show us something that improved and describe the path it took to get better. You can quote your article, your drafts, link to evidence, etc.

My biggest improvement would be my conclusion

draft:

  "The students around High Tech High Media Arts (HTHMA) have been asked if they had enjoyed internship, a good majority of them simply said “no”, But when asked if they gained anything from their internship experience, many said how much they had learned. The internship experience may not always be fun and enjoyable, but at the end of the day what has been gained from the experience is a whole new world of knowledge. Internship does not only prepare students for the "real world" it gives them a chance to experience a field of business that could be considered for a future career or could be decided as a no for a future career."

final:

"Even though not all students have enjoyed internship, they say they have gained a tremendous amount from the experience. The internship experience may not always be fun and enjoyable, but at the end of the day what has been gained from the experience is a whole new world of knowledge. Internship does not only prepare students for the "real world", it gives them a chance to experience a field of business that could be considered for a future career or could be decided as a no for a future career."

4. Describe something specific (or a few things!) that you learned about writing.

The thing that I learned most about writing would probably be that drafting and revision helps me more than anything. At the end of the project, after I had turned my final draft in, I went and got all my drafts and looked through them. I probably had about 15 drafts and each one was so much better as they went along. 

Internship Photo Essay!

Dove Apparel isn’t your average work place. The company is a nursing scrubs retailer; their main stream of business is selling their uniforms to schools such as SDSU for nursing students. About 10 people work in the office daily, making it a fun and relaxed environment in which everybody knows each other. It’s not exactly what you picture when you think of a 9 to 4 job. When I first started this internship I was told I was going to be making a fitting guide video for nursing scrubs. This video would be placed on the Dove website, so that customers can now see the proper way to measure and the company will also not get so many returns because of improper measurements.

Day one of immersion starts, I was kind of nervous to start filming considering I’m not that great with editing videos. We defiantly thought that we were prepared for the filming but it didn’t seem to be turning out so well. We decided to meet at HTHMA. We reserved the conference room because we thought it would be cool to have our own space to film. We realized that we didn’t have any models that day to do the measuring, so of course my mentor Lindy had Amanda and I be the actors. We played back the video when we were done filming and the lighting was not good. We decided we needed to relocate.

Dance Place San Diego was our next destination for the filming, so we used my mom’s ballet studio as a recording spot, the lighting got better so we decided to try re-fliming, this time we used Lindys husband Mike for our model. He did very well. We went back to watch our video and again the lighting was terrible. Lindy, Amanda and I were stuck and had know more ideas for shooting. Then we all realized there was the perfect filming site, and that was right at our internship.

All of us defiantly didn’t even think about the one small room in Dove that has all the equipment needed for a video; it has proper lighting, reflectors, a video camera, and a blank white back drop. It was perfect. We started the filming using many different variations of lighting. We tried the blinds open, blinds closed, being closer, than farther away from the light. Also, a big difference was the color of the clothes we wore. We ended up getting the perfect lighting and came out with a great video.

At the end of immersion, I realized how extremely beneficial it was to have this time to film our video. At the beginning of internship I thought this video would be finished so fast, but it is a lot harder than I would have ever thought. Even though some days went by slow, it was worth it. I have learned what it is like to be working in the real world and I think every high school student should be able to do this. I have gained so much experience, not only making films, but with retail, clothing and what it is like to be at a 9 to 4 job.

What are you bringing to the Magazine?!

1. What article(s) would you like to write for the magazine? What photography could you contribute? Art? List three different ideas for your major contribution.

I think I would like to write an article about how students benefit from having an internship and why it is such a great experience to have. It would also be cool to involve photography with the article as well, but I'm not sure exactly how I plan to do that yet.

2. Suggest at least one (or more) possible title for the magazine. This could be a title with or without a subtitle. For example, I work for UnBoxed: a Journal of Adult Learning in Schools.

High School students of the real world


3. Suggest a topic for an article that you were personally like to read in a magazine inspired by the internship semester.

I would like to read an article of a students actual experience of their own internship, and how it helped them with learning and even getting a better idea of what they want to do for a career.

Immersion!

As you prepare for your internship immersion, please answer the following questions:

1. What are you most excited about in regards to your immersion experience? Why do you feel this way?
I am really excited to benefit the organization I am interning for by making a video for promotional reasons. I feel this way because the video we are making is going to help make more profit for the organization.

2. What are you most concerned about (what causes the most stress) regarding immersion? Why do you feel this way?
I am most stressed about not being able to find a high enough quality camera to do the filming. I feel this way because if we don't get a good enough camera our whole project isn't going to go as well as planned.

Please answer each in as much depth as you can--I am so very interested in learning about how you'll be doing out in the "real world"!

How Progressive was the Progressive Era?

How progressive was the Progressive Era in American history?
Here is a good website with alottttt of information

http://home.netcom.com/~wandaron/prog.html#suffrage

Things to consider (choose some, not all!):

* Constitutional Amendments?

* Workers & Working Conditions?

* Imperialism?

* Civil Liberties?

* Conservation?

* Democracy?

* Freedom?

Outstanding Blogz

What blogs are out there with outstanding examples of:

1. Economic advice to Barack Obama?
http://chandlermhood.blogspot.com/
I picked Chandlers blog because he had very specific statistics that made the blog clear and straight to the point. He also used many quotes that related to his advice. "America's unemployment rate has rose from 7.2% to 7.6%, as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistic's, January 2009 Employment Situation Summary."

2. Literary Analysis?
http://sydneyhumanities.blogspot.com/
The main symbol used through out the novel is the reference to the green light. The green light represents Gatsby's hopes and dreams for the future. Gatsby reaches towards his goal with a guiding light. Gatsby's quest for daisy is similar to the American Dream, the ideal situation. "I realized by some unmistakable sign that an intimate revelation was quivering on the horizon," the green light.

This is a paragraph from Sydney's blog. She is very specific and detailed when witting about the literary devices. She uses quotes from the book to show exact examp0les of literary devices.

3. Historical Writing?
http://dianabarlow10.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2009-01-30T11%3A32%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=7
I used Diana's blog from historical writing. The blog that I thought was very good was the "Kennedy and Obama's Connection" blog. She uses a lot of information that is very detailed and she doesn't ramble off to different subjects. She compares Kennedy and Obama's inauguration speech, "John F. Kennedy’s inauguration speech is relevant in modern society because it was abundant with hope, motivation, and change, which continue to inspire even today's generations."

4. Anything else that makes blogs great?
I think what makes a blog GREAT is the effort that the blogger puts into their blog. You can tell who trys and doesn't try. The ones that have images are so much more interesting than the bland ones that are just full of text. Also blogs that have evidence make it a lot more interesting to read because your hearing it straight from the source to make it factual.

Happy Birthday Charles Darwin!

What responsibility do we have for the understanding of science?
I don't necessarily think that we have a responsibility for the understanding of science, but we have individuals willing to take on the task of understanding science to discover new and useful things.

What role should scientific inquiry and scientific knowledge play in our own society?
I think that scientific inquiry and scientific knowledge play a role of never ending discovers such as curing disease like cancer. People who have this knowledge could help out a lot in our society to develop new and useful things.

How should science influence our decisions, laws, and culture?
I think science should influence our decisions, laws, and culture because there will never be an end to science. Scientists discover endless things daily which contribute to our society.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/opinion/12judson.html?_r=2

New If you were Obama's economics advisor...

I am being given time to speak now by Mr. President Obama. I will be covering the issue that our economy is facing at this very moment. Millions of jobs and homes are being lost everyday; families are loosing everything they have. In order to stop this huge mess, Mr. Obama we are going to have to come together as Americans and as a family. Energy efficient homes, schools and businesses need to be built; this will help us save money for other things that are needed. "Our children still study in schools that put them at a disadvantage”, says Mr. Obama, so now our teachers need to be trained to give our children the education they deserve. We look back on the Gilded age and see the rich are getting richer and the poor getting poorer. “The period was glittering on the surface but corrupt underneath.” Says Mark Twain.

Now we need to create jobs, and fix the small things that will put us back up on our feet. We dont want to face anything near the Great Depression and we can see the way we struggled as Americans in that period of time. We look back at the wars our country has faced and we realize that is not what we want to see any longer. We will not now or never hope to see those days again. By making our economy stronger, and more efficient in more than one way, we can pull ourselves out of this mess.

Mark Twain

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/modules/gilded_age/index.cfm

If you were Obama's economics advisor...

I am being given time to speak now by Mr. President Obama. I will be covering the issue that are economy is facing at this very moment. Millions of jobs and homes are being lost everyday; families are loosing everything they have. In order to stop this huge mess, Mr. Obama we are going to have to come together as Americans and as a family. Energy efficient homes, schools and businesses need to be built; this will help us save money for other things that are needed. "Our children still study in schools that put them at a disadvantage”, says Mr. Obama, so now our teachers need to be trained to give our children the education they deserve. Now we need to create jobs, and fix the small things that will put us back up on our feet. We dont want to face anything near the Great Depression and we can see the way we struggled as Americans in that period of time. We look back at the wars our country has faced and we realize that is not what we want to see any longer. We will not now or never hope to see those days again. By making our economy stronger, and more efficient in more than one way, we can pull ourselves out of this mess.



Mark Twain
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/modules/gilded_age/index.cfm

Part 2:

Interview time: Feb 10th,1:30 pm

Location: Dove Apparel

Technology: camera for voice recording

What makes a great interview?

Thoughtful Questions: The first thing you need to have when interviewing someone is questions. If you want to have a very good interview you need to create thoughtful questions, by leaving the person your interviewing thinking about the question. Also asking questions that would lead to another question.
"You were a model before you became a photographer. Do you feel you are able to express yourself more as a photographer than a model?"

Background information: When you start an interview its good to have background information about the person your interviewing because you will know other questions to ask if you come across " the awkward silence" in the interview, with Nigel Barker and David Radadi there are three paragraphs describing a little bit about Nigel's biography.

"I notice you at the shows and realized that as soon as the first model walks out until the last model ends the show, your eyes light up like a light bulb and you give your undivided attention and really focus on each model. What are you thinking?"

Good sense of humor: When your going to interview someone you need to have a good sense of humor, that way the person your interviewing can feel comfortable and open with you.

David: "Is there nything that you have never revealed and would like to share with the readers?"

Nigel: " (with a smile) I have been waiting for Slash Magazine"

David: " You have great sense of humor. Thank you for your time."


Interview with Nigel Barker and David Radadi: http://www.lasplash.com/publish/cat_index_Style_and_Fashion/Fall_2008_Fashion_Week_Q_A_Nigel_Barker.php

Mentor Interviews

Post 20 interview questions that you could ask of your mentor (or other suitably interesting and relevant person at your internship).

1. What was your original idea when you were a kid of your career?
2. Did it end up different?
3. If you attended college, where did you go?
4. Did you enjoy college? why?
5. What made you interested in this business?
6. Is it how you originally pictured your working life?
7. Was high school enjoyable for you?
8. Did you ever have an internship?
9. If so when and where?
10. Have you ever had an intern?
11. What degree did you earn in college?
12. What was your first job?
13. How long have you been with this company?
14. How has the economy effected the business?
15. Have you applied things you have learned in college to what you do today?
16. Is this what you plan to do for the rest of your career?
17. Do you enjoy coming to work everyday?
18. How did you get hired?
19. Did you grow up in sd?
20. If not why did you come here?

First day of internship

What happened today?????
I went to internship and my mentor was out of town. I had to park like a mile away. The windows and doors had barssssssssssssssssss. :[. I looked up cute cleaning outfits for the cleaners.

How did you get to internship????
I drove

What did you do for lunch???
I ate with Jade and her mom at Sammys

How did you get home??
I drove home
How did everything go?
I thought i was going to die it was so scary. and i criedddd but other than that it was GREAT :[



I am excited to read about your first day at your internship and I hope you'll check out each other's entries. Please post your blog entry before 11:59:59 on Tuesday, Jan. 27. Come to school ready to discuss and directly refer to entries from our class.

John F. Kennedy vs. Obama

I choose John F. Kennedy's and Barack Obama's inauguration speech and articles to compare. The importance of J.F.K's speech is the issue of foreign policy, Obama talks about this in many of his speeches as well.

As Obama has recently become President of the United States he has many large roles to take on. One of the things he has proposed to do is slowly take troops out of Iraq and move them somewhere else or come back home, on the Obama presidential website it says, "iimmediately upon taking office, Obama will give his Secretary of Defense and military commanders a new mission in Iraq: successfully ending the war. The removal of our troops will be responsible and phased." The goal I think Obama has to end the war peacefully and successfully. Kennedy wanted the same, in his inaugural speech he states "let the oppressed go free." They each share similarities on the ways they go out to be president.

I think that Kennedy had the potential of being one of the best presidents because of the goals he had set out to accomplish, but unfortunately enough he was not able to pursue his goals. The new president Obama now I think has the potential to change the world for the better and has already made history of being the first African American President of all time.

In Kennedy's speech he states "let the oppressed go free". They each have there own similarities.






John F. Kennedy speech

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jfkinaugural.htm

video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLmiOEk59n8

article(s)
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/jfkennedy.html

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080721/dreyfuss

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1695803,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics

http://origin.barackobama.com/issues/iraq/

Inauguration!!!!!!!!!

"Homes have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shuttered. Our health care is too costly; our schools fail too many; and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet."


1. Why did you choose this section?
I choose this section because I think that he clearly says what the state of our country is in. He's giving examples of our bad economy and how people have lost so much and how we are wasteful of our planets resources. He's understanding of people from lower class and unlike Bush, he shows interest in saving the planet from the effects of global warming. For that reason, that is why this statement stood out to me.

2. How do Obama's words relate to the everyday life that you know and understand?

Obama's words relate to everyday life for me and most Americans because what he says is reality. Americans see and feel the changing of our climate and notice the extreme down to our economy. People have been loosing jobs left and right and Obama knows he needs to fix these problems. "These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics

Revise Outline

Thesis:
Edie Sedgwick started at the top of the socialite train and then met Andy Warhol which turned her life around and came to Bob Dylan not much longer her short life ended.

2. Body Paragraphs: Everything you write in your paragraphs should be one of the following things: A topic sentence; A piece of evidence; a statement of analysis; bonus: Transition to the next paragraph. Make sure you select a wide range of evidence, perspectives and sources!

1. The history of Edie Sedgwick
2. About Bob Dylan, Edie and a little on Andy Warhol
3. The relationship between Edie and Bob

3. Conclusion: Looks to the future, leaves us thinking, refers to the thesis but keeps us moving beyond so our experience in the real world now includes your perspective.

As Edie Sedgwick started her life as an heiress and socialite she went down hill really quickly by getting into the wrong scene of people. Her short life of 28 years could have been so much longer and filled with great fame.

Artist's Statement Outline

In your blog entry, please post:
1. Your thesis statement. This should communicate something original (and hopefully, interesting) about the connection you have established between your icons.

Edie Sedgwick at one point had an extravagant life witch suddenly went down hill, she met Bob Dylan with lyrics that put her down extremely.

2. Body Paragraphs: Topic sentence. Evidence. Analysis. Bonus: Transition to the next paragraph.
1. The history of Edie Sedgwick
2. About Bob Dylan, Edie and a little on Andy Warhol
3. The relationship between Edie and Bob

3. Conclusion: Looks to the future, leaves us thinking, refers to the thesis but keeps us moving beyond so our experience in the real world now includes your perspective.

I honestly dont know what to put here yettt! :[

GWB & the Environment

The first article is stating how Bush has "protected more ocean than any person in history." While he has been protecting large portions of the ocean he has also been putting no effort in stopping global warming. On Salon.com it shows "Bushes seven evironmental deadly sins", so he is both helping the environment but at the same time letting it suffer by global warming. After each "deadly sin" of Bush it states Obama's mission of helping save the earth.

I think that Bush is just trying to get America to like him right before he leaves office, so he's trying to save as much as possible in a small amount of time.

Bush Sin 1: Blew hot air on global warming
Bush Sin 2: Failed to regulate greenhouse gases at home
Bush Sin 3: Failed to develop clean energy sources
Bush Sin 4: Abandoned endangered species
Bush Sin 5: Carved up the American West for oil and gas excavation
Bush Sin 6: Not seeing the forest or the trees
Bush Sin 7: Choked our clean-air standards

My Internship

1. What do you hope to learn or discover about the "adult" world of work while you are at your internship?

I hope to learn what it will be like to work full time when immersion week comes. I currently work in retail so I know how it is working a short shift, but I'm excited to know what its like to work a full day.

2. What do you hope to learn or discover about yourself and your identity while you are at your internship this semester?

I hope to discover that I enjoy working, because if I don't I'm going to hate life if I ever have a full time job later on. I also hope to learn new concepts in whatever field I'm placed in for my Internship.

3. What goals do you have for yourself for your internship experience?

The biggest goal I have for internship is to finish a project that contributes to my organization as well as contributes to my learning.