1/29/2015

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

10 years from now I will be a successful electrical engineer, who owns my own business for installing cables and wires for big businesses.  I will have a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering and will be married to a beautiful woman.  I will still be Catholic and will try to attend church weekly, but will probably only end up going on Christmas and Easter.  My sister will still be close to me and our kids will be friends.  Everybody I know in high school will be gone, but all of my college buddies will go out and drink with me on Friday nights.

1/27/2015

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.

Animal experimentation is a very controversial topic.  Many people think that the benefits outweigh any negatives it causes, while others think it is animal cruelty.  Many people are for animal experimentation because it can create new, safe medicines.  By testing new medicines on animals, any serious side effects can be determined and prevented from happening to humans.  The other side of the issue is the undue harm it causes to animals.  There are other methods of testing medicines, but they are slower and can be less reliable.  Overall, the government does not step into this issue very often if ever.  There are guidelines set by the government as to the treatment of the animals, but once the experimenting begins, those guidelines aren't necessarily enforced by anybody.

Animal Experimentation

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.

Animal experimentation is interesting because it is beneficial at the cost of animal's lives.  There is widespread controversy over the issue of whether or not it should be allowed.  Many experts believe that animals are a viable method of testing, but the way in which the animal is treated while it is still alive is important.  So the question that people ask is to what extent should animals be used in testing?

What are animals primarily tested for?

How are they treated during experimentation?

What kinds of tests are used on animals?

I chose this issue because I care about the welfare of animals.  I have a dog, who I love, and would never want to see get hurt.  I want to know more about the conditions that animal experimentation causes for animals.  Is it lethal experimentation?

1/26/2015

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.

If your PSA is uncommon, then people will be more likely to pay attention to it because it is unique.  If every PSA was similar, people would stop paying attention to them.  The point of a PSA is to capture a chosen audience's attention and warn them about the dangers of something.  If your PSA fails to capture the audience's attention, then the meaning of it is also lost.  Bullets and headers are boring whereas an unconventional presentation is more exciting and will help draw attention to the issue.

1/23/2015

Those darn kids these days always speaking such gibberish about technology this and technology that.  Why can't they just write a good letter or read a good book.  They always be thinking they so high and mighty because their parents can do this and that, but what can they do?  They just sit around indoors.  It's nice outside, go outside for heaven's sake.  Back when I was a boy, you knew to be respectful to your grand-pappy.  I wish things would go back to the good 'ol days.

Underage Drinking

1/22/2015

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.

A public service announcement is something that brings awareness to an issue that is harmful to society.  It is supposed to invoke emotion from the viewers while bringing attention to the harmful effects of the topic.  A good PSA should not be in the form of a presentation, but should connect with a target audience.  A good PSA can move or sway the audience's opinion on the topic through the use of emotion and factual evidence.  After watching a PSA, ask somebody's opinion on what they thought and what they will do to prevent the issues. My idea is to bring attention to underage drinking and how harmful it is.  It has no benefits in the long run, but has the potential to ruin your life.  

1/20/2015

It was a great relief to have a 3 day weekend because I finally had a long enough break to relax and forget about school.  Because the weather was great, I went for a jog every day and even took my dog on a couple of them.  I enjoyed the warm weather and being outside.  I also began working on my scholarship essay for the University of Tulsa.  The February 1st deadline is soon approaching and I still have too many things to do beforehand.  I relaxed most of the weekend and went to go see a couple movies with family and friends.  Overall, the weekend was splendid and I was sad to see it end.

1/16/2015

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 play Varsity soccer at BVHS and I am also a part of National Honors Society (NHS). I am a senior this year.  My favorite teacher is Mr. Barikmo because he is a really sociable, likable, funny person.  I enrolled in his AP Gov't class first semester and AP Macroeconomics second semester.  He is a great teacher who makes class more interesting.  This year I look forward to going on to college.  Coming up in the next two weeks, I look forward to being done with college applications.  I also look forward to going to prom this year.

Who am I?

1/15/2015

Always try

Believe in yourself

Can't isn't a word

Drive safely

Entertain others

Fix broken relationships
Go with no regrets
Have faith
Invoke creativity
Joke around
Killing is bad
Life is important
Motivation is key
Never back down
Open doorways to new places
Put others first
Quality above quantity
Respect your elders
Secrets can be hurtful
Tell the truth
Understand others
Vocalize your emotions
Welcome new people
eXemplify Jesus
You choose what you want to do
Zebras are white with black stripes

1/13/2015

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.

The content of the class is very straight-forward and simple.  I do think it has good information considering it has already become useful to me in my English class this year.  I have learned how to create a blog and maintain one.  It does seem that a lot of the information learned so far is more background info that we will build off of.  I look forward to learning about new, helpful technologies that may benefit me later because I will already know how to use them.  This class will most likely continue to be easy because the teacher walks through everything with you rather than letting you do it on your own.

1/12/2015

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.

This weekend was interesting because on Saturday my family received tickets to the KU basketball game against Texas Tech.  My uncle, who has season tickets to all of the games, was out of town for the weekend so he gave us his tickets.  Overall, the game was uninteresting because Texas Tech was a weak opponent who KU beat with ease.  After arriving at my seat, I saw my AP Macroeconomics teacher, Mr. Barikmo, a couple seats down from me.  We exchanged greetings and I enjoyed watching the game.  This was my highlight of the weekend because I don't often get to go to the KU basketball games.  Later that evening, my grandmother came over for dinner, but didn't stay long because she wasn't hungry, but was tired.

1/9/2015

Driving:  A
Skyping with Friends:  A
Playing Video Games:  A
Doing Soccer Workouts:  A
Attending School:  A
Listening to Music:  A
Checking Stocks on my Phone:  A
Reading Books:  A
Pretending to Pay Attention:  A
Walking my Dog:  A

1/8/2015

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.

The world does not owe anybody anything.  Every material possession in the world is obtained through work not play.  But youths do not possess many material possessions because they are in a period of learning and growth.  The difficulties of youth are offset by the many fun activities youth participate in.  Although i agree that there are many things that teenagers may engage in, but I do not agree that the youth owe the world their time, energy, talent until after they have fully developed and grown.  Someday does not necessarily mean today.  There will be a time and a place for every teenager to become a responsible living active human being, but someday is a general term that should not signify now.  Somebody can be anybody.  Each and every youth will have a day when they are ready to step up and take responsibility.  This responsibility can not be forced upon them without resistance which is why you must wait for them to make the decision to become responsible.  If it is forced upon them, whose decision would it be to make them responsible.  It is not possible to force someone to be responsible, they must make that decision on their own because they feel that they are ready to become responsible.