Project Icarus

Journal 1:

Well my passion that I thought I felt that I accomplished something was when I filmed and edited a video all by myself. Which I usually need help. I wanted to challenge myself and push through the things I most needed help on. I also wanted to show people that I could do it so I self taught myself.

The resources I going to use for this project is , Final cut pro, the video I made, and the people that watched it.

The question that I was wondering about and wanted to be answered was, what other skills is there in final cut pro thats benificial for my learning. Fix my mistakes and learn from them so I can do better.

The action I wanted to take was show someone that is really good at final cut pro so they can tell me what I am missing and fix my mistakes. 

Protest Math deparment

Next monday come to Mene Square were we will protest the lack of materials and curriculum in the Math department.  Bring tents, toiletries, and sleeping materials for we will be planning to stay as long as it takes for them to change the math department.  Research from the NCLB shows that our math scores are not meeting with only 51% proficiency.  We will be letting our voices ring through the school and let the math department and Mr. Galera know that we want CHANGE!  Please come down and let your voices be heard.  Do not remain silent in this time of need.

Allusive Poem FINAL

I am an inventor
Interesting, and unique
Quick, fast as lighting roaring through the football fields
Looks, that stumble upon women
His jokes, too funny to be a jokester
His games, too good to be a gamer
His stories, too real to be true


Through hard times makes best of friends
His new inventions shock the world
Funny and lovable heart that no one can miss
The wings greater then a god that flies way beyond dreams
Its all because I am one of a kind
I am thee fastest of them all

I am Hermes

Allusive Poem DRAFT

I am an inventor
Interesting, and unique
Quick, fast as lighting roaring through the dark clouds
Looks, that stumble upon women
His jokes, too funny to be a jokester
His games, too good to be a gamer
His stories, too real to be true


Through hard times makes best of friends
His new inventions shock the world
Funny and lovable heart that no one can miss
The wings greater then a god that flies way beyond dreams
It is because I am one of a kind
And I am an inventor

Portfolio reflection:

Parents part:
What piece of writing did you like best in my portfolio and why? 
For Branson's portfolio I really liked his Come Of Age essay because it reflected on how he grew up and matured. 
What did you like about my portfolio and sharing and what would you like to see me improve on?
I liked the different sections of his portfolio and how he had his work that he was proud of and what needs some improvement. The writing expectations that I thought he needed help on was the sentence fluency and his word choice because I thought he needed to expand his vocabulary. Also he could also make his portfolio a little bit more presentable.
Which of the writing traits (ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency) do you feel was most successful for me?
Branson's voice trait was good because it described his personality and what his hobbies were.
Which of the traits of writing would you like me to improve on in the coming semester?
I would want my son to improve on his sentence fluency and his word choice.

Angry letter DRAFT

Branson Monico                                                                                                           

Honolulu, HI 96819

November 21, 2011

LN Hair Styling     

1284 Kalani St

Honolulu, HI 96817

Dear LN Owner,

My Family have been customers of yours for about 6 months. Your service and prices are competitive, and you offer a wide array of stylish haircuts and customize service that other companies don’t offer. 

However, I would like to bring to your attention my disappointment at your business on my last visit. I had arrived with my Father at around 5:30pm with about 10 people ahead of me, many of whom were outside your store sitting on chairs provided by you due to the overflow. I understand that you have 8 hairstylists and each have their own patrons that are regulars. But, I am upset because it appears as though I was about the 6^th one in line. As the hours ticked by, more people arrive who weren’t there when I came in. I assumed they may have been there before but came back instead of waiting.

I am terribly upset because I had to wait till around 8:30pm past your closing time before it was my turn. I kept thinking that it is not good business to keep your customers guessing when is it their turn in line. After waiting almost 3 hours for a haircut, I was finally done when my Father came in to pay with a bank card only to be told the credit card reader is closed at 9pm. He had to go to 7-11 to get more cash.

Through all this, I am very satisfied with the haircut I receive from you. One of your workers even apologized about the bank card machine being closed.  Your prices are reasonable for the customized hairstyling service.

I recommend a ticket counter with tickets for your customers so they would know their turn in line. This way they could make a decision to wait or to come back another time.

Sincerely,

Branson D. Monico

Risky Business DRAFT essay

Depression could become an everyday problem in teen's, adult's, and even children's lives. Depression described as a mood disorder or feeling such as sadness, anger, frustration, miserable or just down in the dumps. Some type of depression runs in families and also can occur if you have no family history of this illness. No one knows the exact cause but researchers believe is that it is caused by chemical changes in the brain, genes or triggered by certain stressful events, but its more likely to be a combination of both. Still other things play a role in depression such as alcohol or drug abuse, certain medical conditions, break ups with relationships and many more. One of the biggest problems would be the media influence because certain TV shows promote aggressive violent behavior, drug usage and sexual initiations to teens. 15 new studies link exposure to media images with a broad range of negative health, behavior and lifestyle issues in children and teens causing obesity and social isolation. Overall, those who watched more than two hours of television a day were 35 percent more likely to have had sex. But this much television had much greater effects on some kids.

When the researchers looked at kids who said their parents strongly disapproved of them having sex, those who watched more than two hours of television a day were 70 percent more likely to have sex. And if sex-disapproving parents didn't monitor their teens' TV viewing, more than two hours a day of TV upped a teen's odds of sexual initiation by 250 percent. The question people are looking for would be how could the government stop the media from promoting these types of things. The government and parents should control the amount of TV usage between kids and teens. The media also should block TV shows that view bad behavior and other things that can cause corruption the teens minds. The public could even help by educating others of having a better understanding the nature of depression. By having these understandings should increase the tolerance and could decrease the ordinary feelings of unhappiness. The public could play a major role in someone's ability to carry on with their enjoyable  lives. In other words if these procedures it would decrease the percentages to zero and help people to have a better life style.