May 13, 2015

Transcripts and email draft: Here are my interview transcripts and my email draft. I interviewed my mother and my father because my extended family is a little hard to reach. I asked my parents the same questions, such as where were you born, what was your favorite family vacation, and if they were involved in any sports/activities when they were younger. I emailed my Aunt Mary Margaret to see if she would send me any pictures or information of my grandfather because he passed away before I was born.


Family Tree: This is my family tree of my entire extended family. My entire family lives in Texas so I only get to see them over the holidays. Making this family tree on echo made me realize just how big my family actually is.


Story Board

April 28, 2015

In this article, a teacher explains what school is really about. To him, academics is not what school is all about, it is about pushing through obstacles and staying on track of what is really important. I agree with this article 100% and I think many teachers need to read this article as well. The "main event" is to overcome difficulties when life gets hard. Many students (including myself) tend to quit when school gets hard. I very well know the feeling of walking into school and already deciding not to try to get anything done because I have "more important" things going on in my life. I have learned a lot from my four years at Blue Valley High School, and not one of those things is due to the curriculum. I have learned that not doing anything in school because I just don't feel like it will not get me anywhere. Being rude to my teachers because I do not do anything in their class will not get me a better grade. I have learned that my actions have consequences and if the amount of effort I put in will affect how successful I am in the future.

April 6, 2015

Tell me all about your weekend and please share photos!

I spent this weekend with my boyfriend because he came home for Easter. We just hung out with some friends and he took me to lunch at Noodles and Company. On Saturday we took my dog, Rocky, to the dog park; he had so much fun! I stayed home Saturday night to catch up on some school work because I missed a lot of school last week. I had to work at Sunset Grill on Easter morning. It was pretty crowded but work was not as bad as I thought it would be. I got home around 2:00 pm and headed over to Planet Fitness for a quick work out. When I got home from the gym my mom had dinner ready and I spent the rest of my evening with my family.

April 1, 2015

April 1, 2015

What do you love most about this time of year? Explain why you love it.

I am so happy winter is finally over! I love when it starts to get warm and the trees start to bud. Birds are chirping and the sun is shining brighter! The trees that bud do kind of smell like cat pee which is unfortunate. I love wearing shopping for summer clothes and bringing all of my shorts out from the back of my closet. My mom likes to buy flowers to go in the flower pots on our deck and I think they look beautiful. I also love to take my dog, Rocky, to the dog park when it warms up. The only downside to warm weather is the dress code at school. I have no problem following the code, I like to stay comfy in school, but I know a lot of my friends get unwanted  comments from our teachers. I understand that we need to wear appropriate clothes but no one should be distracted because you can see shoulders. 

March 30, 2015

Did you complete the photo scavenger hunt? What kind of fun pictures were you able to capture? Did you do all your photos at school or did you do some at home over the weekend? Share one of your favorites.

I finished my photo scavenger hunt last Friday. I got all of my photos in the halls of Blue Valley. I got some pretty good photos of daily scenes of school. The list was relatively easy so it was not very hard to complete in school. I have a few pictures of various posters hung up in the hallways, signs, and students.  

March 27, 2015

What do you know about photography and/or photo editing? Do you take photos? How do you take photos? Do you edit photos before posting them on social media? How do you edit them? Explain any background or knowledge you have about photography and photo editing. Do you like it? Do you have any interest?

I do not have that much background with photography. I really don't take many photos, other than the occasional pic with my friends at a party. Sometimes I take selfies with my friends or I have someone else snap a pic of me. If I am posting pictures on instagram I will most likely put a filter on it. Instagram filters are pretty rad and they increase your number of likes for sure. I've taken a lot of art classes throughout my time here at Blue Valley High School, at least one every semester, and I have taken photography. It was a cool class but it wasn't really my thing. It can be pretty challenging to develop pictures from film exactly the way you want to and it is time consuming to take your pictures everyday after school. I like taking pictures but I wouldn't say I do it as often as other girls do. I just don't really have much of an interest in photography and I don't think about taking a quick picture when I could.