Nami's Blog

BP Oil Spill

2010-05-31T04:21:00.000-07:00

I didn't know much about the BP oil spill, but today I heard that in Alaska in 30 years ago, they got better at drilling deeper a further into ocean. Now, oil spill keeps happening around the world. The oil spreads everywhere in the ocean and it affects animals. If there are oil in the ocean, animals who live in the ocean will get sick and they will die. It will also affect us because we won't get much fish, and I think because of the smell of oil, some people will get sick. I think we should care more about BP Oil Spill.

All the Invisible Children 1st Story Tanza

2010-05-23T19:34:00.000-07:00

I think the boy is really poor because he is young but the he has to have a gun and kill people everyday. I think the boy is really scared because he might die someday. I think he will be panicked and scared if i he has to plant a bomb and know that he is going to die.

Shop Till You Drop

2010-03-11T06:41:00.000-08:00

How did it feel to have more or less money than other people in the class?
I felt neutral nothing really much cause I am in the middle class which meaning that I don't really have a choice and I don't really have any thing to really compare with. Doesn't really matter to me, cause I am just like most of the people in the world been in the middle class.

How did it feel to see what you could and could not afford at the Global Mall?
As we can see, I am the middle class people which meaning that our money and shopping ideas are most important. Cause we are not poor and we are not that rich so we are just supporting for both of them, we are like the bones for the flash and tendons.

How many of you could not afford education? What would your lives be like if you could not go to school?
I think the life without knowledge is like bubble tea without tea inside. Doesn't make sense. And taste bad.

How would it feel to have to choose between food and health care?
I would choose food, cause you know. To feed a girl like me is really hard, we like to eat lots of things, but because the stereotype so we can't eat that much otherwise we will be real fat, and people won't like us. But I still think food is more important, cause if you eat good food, you will be healthy, u become healthy u don't need health care anymore cause u won't get sick.

How many of you have ever been very sick or gone to a hospital or had friends and family who have? What would your life be like now if you had been unable to get medical care?
It will makes other people feel sad and everyone in this family will be totally down and emotional. It makes the family relationship worse. And because of that, the money they are going to pay will make the family worse and worse. And that will makes the whole family money tight, and enable to do things they actually want to do.

What were the impacts caused by people with fewer Global Mall Dollars, and what were the impacts caused by people with more Global Mall Dollars?
The distance between the billionaire and the non money people will getting longer and longer and breaking a part. And those no money people they won't have education so they will make babies a lot and all like stupid people. But their children won't go to school either so they will be even more stupid and the whole generation is going to be stupid and poor.

Democracy now

2010-03-07T23:57:00.000-08:00

1. Synopsis: what is this interview about?

This interview is about how women and girls affect around the world because they think that they have to please to someone. To be more specific, is that its talking about different ways of girls rights, and how can we improve on it.

2. How is Eve Ensler being a global citizen? What is she doing to make a difference in the world (give examples)?

The story of this, she was a poor girl who got family violence when she was small, and after she grown up, she start to get someone to gather up and face thins problem, and this spirit is what we actually need, is the power of love.

3. Give one example of how girls can end up in harmful situations because of societal pressures "to please" others.

Some girls are in bad relationship. They have to do that others want them to do or telling girls not tell to anyone so some girls will get hurt.

2. What do you think are the connections between The Story of Stuff and Eve Ensler's story about the girl in the factory making Barbie doll heads?

The connection about this post and the STORY OF STUFF, is that we know about that 99% of our stuff is trash, so the time the girl in china sitting there and making the doll in this third world, during that time. And she sit there for tons of hours was for making the Barbie was a totally waste and is just for the other girl in the first world having fun with it.

Haiti

2010-02-07T20:35:00.000-08:00

The earthquake in Haiti occurred on January 12, 2010. It was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0M earthquake. 2000,000 people died and 300,000 injured had been treated. Many people don't have places to live and there are not enough food. Other countries are helping people in Haiti. They bring food and medical teams, engineers and support personnel.

Letter to Mr. Bernard Murdoch

2010-02-07T02:17:00.000-08:00

Dear Mr. Bernard Murdoch,

I learned that Kiribati is a very beautiful country and every one is friendly. They love their country and they don't want to leave their country. I also learned that because the global warming, seal level is rising , so Kiribati is going to be underwater country. People don't have many places to live, and coconuts are dying either because they can't get fresh water or there is no land to hold on to. I think we stop the global warming and save Kiribati and many other countries and islands. Other countries should help and protect Kiribati. I knew how serious the global warming is. We should care more about global warming. I think everybody must try the best to save the country.

Thank you for your presentation!!

Avatar

2010-01-24T01:48:00.000-08:00

1. The story in Avatar is really based on the age old story of colonization. Describe why Jake's colleagues want to destroy the tree the Navi live in. Do they realize that destroying the tree essentially destroys the Navi's habitat? Why or why not?

Jake's colleagues want to destroy the tree because they want to get mineral. If they get the mineral, they will receive lots of money. They realize that destroying the tree essentially destroys the Na'vi's habitat, but they want money and they think that the Na'vi can move to other places.

2. Describe a similar conflict from history.

When Europeans came to the United States, they were not nice to the native americans. Native americans had to go to other place.

3. Describe a similar conflict that is happening in the world today.

Many people don't care about the global warming. We are producing CO2 and cutting down many trees. Global warming is a bad thing for humans, animals, and all of the living things.

What Does a Good Citizen Look Like?

2010-01-20T22:18:00.000-08:00

A citizen is a member of a state, country,entire word and many other places. A good citizen is someone who respects others and their property. To be a good citizen, first we have to be a good person. We have to help other people and to care about them.

To be a good citizen of one's personal community, for example school. We have to be nice to everyone equally. We might have a person that we don't like much or sometimes we will judge people by stereotypes. A stereotype is an exaggerated belief, imagined or distorted truth about a person or group. Even if we have know a person that we don't like much or they seem to fit a stereotype, they are a good person too and everyone is not the same person. Another thing to being a good citizen in school, there will be five outcomes. Those five outcomes are personal character, community contributor, active learner, effective communicator, critical thinker, and problem solver. To share your time and skills to the community to make it better, cleaner and safer.

We can be a good citizen of one's nation too. We have to follow laws and rules of city and country. A good citizen will always follow rules, and give their voices to the government by voting. For example, a good citizen will always stop when there is a red light and cross when it is green light. Another example, learn the basics of the language of the country that yo live in. We should study the language because we got a chance to stay in that country so we should learn about that country's culture and people.

To be a good citizen of one's world, we have to care about global warming. Global warming is not a problem just for a country, so everyone in the world should care about global warming especially countries that produce lots of CO2. We can't throw trash anywhere outside the trash can. We should conserve resources by practicing the three R's; Reduce, Re-use, and Recycle. For example, when we finish drinking drinks, we should recycle cans and bottles. Also, we can try nit to consume too much things. We can bring our own bottle and try not to use paper cups often. And because of that, they will cut down trees less. We should turn off the lights, TV, water, and many other things when we are not using them.

This information above is important to improving and becoming a better citizens of our schools, countries, and even in the whole world; the earth. These are important rules that people should know about, and it is always better to learn more things and improve and update ways to help our world.

Fernando Sor and Francisco Tarrega

2009-12-09T06:50:00.000-08:00

General Statement

Fernando Sor was a Spanish guitarist and composer. He is best known for his guitar compositions, but he also composed music for opera and ballet, earning acclaim for his ballet titled Cendrillon.

Francisco Tarrega was an influential Spanish guitarist and composer. Tárrega was born on 21 November 1852, in Villarreal, Castellón, Spain. It is said that Francisco's father played flamenco and several other music styles on his guitar

Essential Questions
1. What is Romanticism? (It has many definitions, and is many things.)
Romanticism is a complex artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Western Europe, and gained strength in reaction to the Industrial Revolution.

2. How does your subject fit into the world of Romanticism (their work, their life)
Francisco Tárrega played romantic music and mixed Spanish ethnic music to his romantic music.

1. One of these guitarists had a handicap. What was it?
Francisco Tárrega had a handicap. When he was little he fell down into an Aqueduct, and he almost been blind.

2. How are their styles different?
Fernando Sor composed music for opera and ballet. Francisco Tarrega played romantic music, ethnic music, and classical music.

3. Is the music of Sor related to another time period? Which one?
He was born when classical music was famous, but he was still alive when there was romantic music too.

Edgard Varèse

2009-12-07T06:20:00.000-08:00

Edgard Varèse was a French-born composer, who moved to the United States in 1915, and took American citizenship in 1926. He spent the first few years in the United States meeting important contributors to American music, promoting his vision of new electronic music instruments, conducting orchestras, and founding the New Symphony Orchestra.
In 1928, Varèse returned to Paris to alter one of the parts in Amériques to include the recently constructed Ondes Martenot, and wrote his Ecuatorial for two fingerboard Theremins, bass singer, winds and percussion in the early 1930s.

General Questions:
1.How deeply rooted into society was this music or person at the time it was created (or when the person was alive and producing?)
He was a famous person and many people are still listening his song.

2.How important or relevant is this music now in 2009? Who listens to it?
Lots of people are listening to his music in 2009.

3.Is this music universal in appeal or is it very specific to a particular time, place, and culture, or audience?
His use of new instruments and electronic resources led to his being known as the "Father of Electronic Music" so he was a famous composer.

Is it easy to hear that this music is directly related to music that came before it, or is it difficult to find a connection to the past?
It is difficult to find a connection to the past.

a.What was his most important contribution to music? Explain.
Varèse followed Amériques by composing his most famous non-electronic piece in 1930 entitled Ionization, the first piece to feature solely percussion instruments.

b.Why was his approach to music composition so different?
He was different because he went to different countries and learn about different kind of music.

c.How influential was he? Who were some of the people he influenced?
Varèse's emphasis on timbre, rhythm, and new technologies was an inspiration to a whole generation of musicians who came of age during the 1960s and 1970s. One of Varèse's biggest fans was the American guitarist and composer Frank Zappa, who, upon hearing a copy of The Complete Works of Edgard Varèse, Vol. 1, which included Intégrales, Density 21.5, Ionization, and Octandre, became obsessed with the composer's music.