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. 

March 23, 2015

March 23, 2015

Welcome back! Go ahead. Tell me all about your Spring Break. Include photos!

I spent my spring break in Kansas this year. I couldn't go to Mexico with the rest of my friends because my parents wouldn't let me. I mostly just worked at Sunset Grill and I made a lot of money. I spent my first weekend on break with my boyfriend who I had not seen in awhile. I turned 18 on my first day of break and I celebrated with my family at the Cheesecake Factory. The most exciting thing I did over break was getting my first tattoo. I got a diamond on the side of my ribs because I believe that our past shapes us into who we are today and I could not be any happier with who I have become. 

March 4, 2015

In order to have a good presentation:

1. Know the material you are presenting
2. Make eye contact, do not look at the screen the whole time
3. Make your presentation eye appealing
4. No more than 5-7 words on each slide
5. Tell the crowd more information than is on the slide
6. Have examples of your topic
7. Clearly define your topic
8. Make your presentation easy to follow
9. Speak clearly
10. No spelling/ grammar mistakes

March 3, 2015

March 2, 2015

Tell me about your weekend.

Unfortunately I was sick all weekend so I didn't do much. I had to work Saturday and Sunday at Sunset Grill. When I wasn't at work I watched a lot of Friends on Netflix and my mom brought me Panera a couple of times. I missed 3 days of school last week so I will have a lot of make up work to catch up on. 

February 24, 2015

Use the internet to find an infographic about infographics. Place it in to your blog post. Read it and then give me the top 5 things you learned from it that will help you make a better infographic.

1. All types of businesses can benefit from using an infograph
2. Infographic production increases by 1% every day
3. They help visualize relationships/ statistics easily
4. 40% of people respond better to visual information rather than plain text
5. 90% of the information that comes to the brain is visual

February 18, 2015

My favorite food: Sushi and anything Chinese
Foods I'd like to avoid: Red meat
My favorite things to learn: things about other cultures, anything art related, anything medical related
My favorite color: Red
My best friends are: Kendra LaRoche and Alyssa Hanna
My favorite games to play: Zummey Zummey
My favorite books: The Lords of Discipline, Harry Potter Series, Hunger Games Series, Divergent Series
My favorite movies or TV shows: Modern Family, Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, The Office, The Walking Dead
My favorite holiday: The Fourth of July
Things I do well: Ceramics
Things I need to practice more: Drawing and the ukulele
My favorite place to go: Manhattan
My favorite family activities: haha
My favorite thing to do outside: Exercise or tan
My favorite chore: cleaning
My least favorite chore: laundry
What I want to be when I grow up: Physician's Assistant
A place I want to visit: Rome, Mexico, Hawaii
My favorite part of the year: Summer
My favorite part of each day: Bed time

February 17, 2015

Tell me what you believe this cartoon is trying to say. Do you agree or disagree with this idea? Try and look at this from two different perspectives. What is your perspective? What would be an adult/teacher's perspective?

I think this cartoon is saying that students in the United States do not spend nearly as much time studying as other students in other countries.I think this cartoon may be true for some students, but a lot of students work very hard to get into college or are just satisfied with themselves when they make good grades. Students in the United States do have more down time than other students from various countries, but that does not mean all students in the Unite States do nothing all day. A major stereotype of Chinese students is that studying is their life, which may or may not be true, but another stereotype is that students of the United States are lazy. A teacher here at Blue Valley High School might actually agree with this considering we all like to listen to music during school and talk to our friends constantly, but they also could be forgetting the fact that we are one of the best districts in the state of Kansas. 

February 10, 2015

   

Think about the quote above. What does this mean to you? How could this apply to your life? How could this apply to your school work? I would love to give you less work in class if it meant you were going to focus harder on the work. Do you think you would get more out of it? Would that work for you? Why or why not?

I think that this image means put all of your effort into one thing, rather than doing not so great work on a group of things. This mostly applies to my school life. I tend to get over whelmed with my school work because I put it off until the last minute, when in reality I should do my best work in a reasonable amount of time. Outside of school I am a very organized person and I really don't have very much to do during the school year, school is supposed to be my only job. I think this class would be more beneficial if we had a little less work load to do in class, some days I feel rushed to wrap something up before the bell rings. I think I would comprehend what exactly it is that we are supposed to be learning that day if we did not have such large work loads to do. I also noticed that we only have 3 assignments graded in the grade book, so what is the point in doing all this other work if it is not what is actually being graded?

February 9, 2015

Tell me all about your weekend! I sure hope you have photos to share.

Friday after school I drove to Manhattan to visit my boyfriend. We made pizza and watched Pitch Perfect. Then I drove home on Saturday and went to the gym. Recently I have been going to the gym more often to get ready for spring break and prom. My friend Kendra had a little get together Saturday night which was very fun. Unfortunately I did not get any pictures to share. Sunday was very relaxed, I went to Jimmy John's to visit my friend Kaelen at work. Then I watched That 70's Show on Netflix for a few hours and worked on some school work. To wrap up my night I went to the gym and got a good work out in. 

February 4, 2015

You haven't had a chance to tell me about your Sweetheart weekend yet - tell me about it now! Include photos if you have them. Even if you just laid around on the couch and watched Netflix, tell me all about it.

Unfortunately I did not go to the dance, but I did go to the after party. The after party was a pretty good time and it was at my good friend Jennifer's house. This after party was especially memorable because it was Mexico themed! Friday night I drove up to Manhattan to see some friends and I went out to eat at Fuzzy's and just chilled with some Netflix.   

February 2, 2015

What is email? When do you use email in your own personal life? List reasons and ways that people use email. What do you know about "email etiquette"? EXPLAIN.

Email is mail sent through the web. Personally, I do not email very often. Sometimes I email my teachers to make plans to make up work or for extra help. I check my email when I order clothes to see if they are being shipped. I think adults and college students use email more often than teenagers. In the business world, emails are used for making appointments and sharing information. I do not know very much about email etiquette and how an email should be formatted, I usually just type whatever I have to say and then send it. 

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.