January 28, 2015

Finish this sentence "10 years from now I will be...."

10 years from now I will be living in Arizona. Hopefully I will be married and have a successful career. I would like to be either a physician's assistant or a nurse practitioner. I plan on staying young and healthy, so I'll be at the gym during the day and hittin' the town at night. I will thoroughly enjoy my twenties while I can, so I have to keep appearances up. I also plan on having at least two large dogs, like a Great Dane or a German Shepard. I hope to be living somewhere warm and sunny because I hate the cold. I think I will still be living in an apartment when I am 28, I will probably still have some bills to pay off from nursing school. If I do not have a boyfriend or not married by then I plan on having roommates because I do not like to live alone.   

January 27, 2015

Yesterday I had you choose a global issue and you wrote about it on your blog. Today on your blog I want you to tell me about two different perspectives of your global issue. Are there people for an against your issue? Do people disagree on your issue? Is it a topic that can cause controversy? Look at the issue for two different perspectives. Tell me about those perspectives.

Stem Cell Research is a very controversial subject. Many people think it goes against religious views, considering the cells come from embryos. On the other hand, stem cells can do amazing things for human injuries and cancer patients. Stem Cell Research is still a relatively new medical topic and new advances appear often. I would say most people are against stem cell research because religion plays a huge role in many people's daily lives.  

Stem Cell Research

Without doing any research, what background do you currently have on this issue?
What do you want to know about this issue?
Why did you choose this issue? Had it effected your life? Is it something you are passionate about? Explain.

I know that Stem Cell Research is a very controversial subject all over the world. I also know that stem cells are taken from fetal tissue. I am interested to know how they get these cells and who allows this to happen. I would also like to know the benefits of stem cell research, who opposes it and why, where these studies are taken place, and who is qualified to do this research. I chose this issue because I am very interested in medicine and I want to have a career in the medical field. I do not know very much about this subject, that is why I chose to do it so I can be more aware of it. I am passionate about medicine and human rights.   

January 26, 2015

January 26, 2015

Last week I asked your to "think differently" and push yourself to be uncommon with your PSA project using Google Slides. Why do you think I asked you to do that? What is the point? Why not just use bullets and headers? Explain.

I think the point of this assignment was to learn how to be creative with a presentation. We already know how to make a normal powerpoint presentation, and this time we learned how to make a presentation without bullet points and headers. I think our PSA project helped me learn how to make a presentation that viewers will actually enjoy watching. I learned how to get my viewers attention by appealing to their emotions with various images. The no click transitions make my presentation flow nicely as well. 

January 23, 2015

Kids these days, can't go anywhere without their phones! All they do is listen to hip hop and tweet nonsense. They all have nice cars and don't even take their education seriously these days. And talking back to their parents, that is ridiculous. Breaking curfew and eating all that Chipotle, and the amount of obesity and teen pregnancy blows my mind.

January 21, 2015

What is a public service announcement (PSA)? What do PSA's do? What makes a good PSA? How can you get someone to take action after watching a PSA? What is you PSA idea? Explain in detail.

Public service announcements are used to get the attention of a large group of people. They are typically images or videos, and I have noticed they usually appeal to a person's emotions. A good PSA will be appealing to look at in order to get the attention of others and make a point that is easy to understand. To get someone to fully acknowledge your PSA and follow through with your intentions, you need to try and go after their subconscious thought process. The best way to do this is to try to evoke emotion through the image. My idea is to try to stop the public (mainly teenagers/young adults) from texting and driving. From my own experience I know how distracting texting and driving is and it can cause dangerous results.  

January 20, 2015

Tell me all about your 3 day weekend. Share photos!

I spent most of my 3 day weekend in Manhattan, Kansas. I had a really good time up there, my boyfriend showed me around campus and we went out to eat in Aggieville a lot. It was really nice on Sunday so we took his dog to the dog park and went on a run. Every time I go to K-State I get even more excited to spend my next 4 years there! Unfortunately we had to put my dog, Falcon, down on Monday. I had Falcon for almost 13 years so it's been pretty hard without him. 

January 16, 2015

Tell me a little bit about yourself and your life here at BVHS. What activities or clubs are you involved in? What year are you in school? What is your favorite class and/or teacher so far this year? What are you looking forward to this school year? Include some original photos from your phone if you can.

I am a senior at Blue Valley High School. This year I am not involved in any activities, but I played volleyball my freshman year. Last semester I really enjoyed my ceramics 2 class. I wasn't very good at ceramics the first time I took it but last semester I greatly improved. I also really like my physics class because Mrs. Toneva is the best teacher I have ever had. She makes the class really fun and interesting, otherwise I probably wouldn't have a good grade in that class. I am really looking forward to spring break because I am going to Florida with my best friends. After spring break I am most excited for graduation and starting my life at college. 

January 14, 2015

January 14, 2015

Accept change.
Be brave.
Care about others.
Dare to be different.
Earn trust in others.
Find something that you love.

January 13, 2015

What are your thoughts on this class so far? Easy? Hard? Informative? Frustrating? What have you learned so far? What do you want to learn? Explain yourself.

So far this class has already been pretty helpful for me. I had no idea how to start a blog and in just a week i made my own. Creating this blog has been helpful because my contemp teacher, Mr. Pittman, has recently told me that we will need to make a blog for his class this semester. I think as long as I stay caught up in the class it won't be difficult, but that doesn't necessarily mean that it is easy. It is very easy to access any classroom information and I think we get very detailed instructions to help us everyday. I like this class because we can work at our own pace and if we do not finish our work in class, it is very accessible at home. 

January 12, 2015

Tell me about your weekend. What did you do? Upload a photo to your Google Drive and then insert the photo (or photos!) to your blog post to show me what all you did.

I had a pretty relaxed weekend. My boyfriend, Morgan, came home from K-State so I spent most of my time hanging out with him. We didn't really do much, we watched a lot of movies and he made me dinner. Morgan plays the bass so I watched him do that a lot too. I am teaching myself how to play the ukulele so I worked on that. 

Friday, January 9th

Playing with my dogs: A
Watching Netflix: A
Drinking any kind of caffeine: A
Going to the gym: A
Socializing: A

Thursday, January 8th

Read this small newspaper clipping and then write a blog post about it. What are your thoughts? How does it make you feel? Do you agree? Disagree? Explain yourself.

I agree with the fact that it is up to you to earn your own living. It is good to be dependent on yourself, not on others. But your teenage years should also be spent having fun and gaining experience. This article makes me feel as if adults expect every teenager to be robotic. Teenagers need down time and socialization to figure out who they really are; which cannot be done washing windows and mowing the lawn. I agree with the fact that at a certain age you need to develop a backbone and try your hardest to get where you want to be. It is important for teenagers to do what they can to reach their full potential.