reflection

Recently in english, we have been studying the earthquake in haiti. At first I thought that Haiti already had a robust government. I also had not realized all the negative influences/history that has helped to ruin this country. When I started watching videos on democracy now, thats when I realized that haiti has been raped and pillaged for its resources and I quote from one of the videos "has been used like a plantation". I know that many people feel that america has nothing to do with this and that they are just helping out and on top of that, they are the good guys in this. The truth is that they aren't, they are the ones that invaded the country, overthrew the government. On top of all of this, barack obama and bush and those guys are only giving money and trying to help out to show that they are interested in the country. I will quote from one of the videos again" its powerball money".

There is nothing in the way of my writing except maybe a bit of rambling from some of the other kids but that is normal. I can write a well thought out essay today. I have a bit of an issue that I am currently dealing with but that is not an impediment.

I know that i still Have A lot to write about regarding my topic and I am still trying to find some more answers cause my topic is collosal. I am trying to figure out where the human begins mentally and where he or she ends. We call ourselves human but.....what is the actual universal definition? This ties into existentialism as well as all other types of human philosophy.

Existentialism

Throughout my work, I feel as if I have advanced. Not particularly in the taking of photos but rather in editing them and making them seem more interesting. I also have learned how to use photoshop and how to edit my photos in them which allows me to create a whole other image from my original image sometimes. I have more fun now that I can do creative things with my photos beyond just taking them. My theme is graffiti, and I find this theme fun, interesting and easy, but not as a shortcut but rather Graffiti is the most art that I see daily throughout the city. I am able to understand graffiti better because some of my friends that are into it explain it really well to me and I feel as if I understand the art more. Maybe people don't think of Graffiti as art but I believe it is, just a different more realistic kind of art. It is not the type of art you will see in the MoMa but it makes the art seem more alive being on the streets and part of everyday life.

Overall, i feel that i am doing good with my work.  I am taking many pictures and exploring many aspects of my theme (nature).  I feel that my photos have changed in appearence since the first day in this class.  In the begining of the year, my photos were really plain and 'lifeless', now they are striking and more clear.  Now my photos actually show my theme in a more clear way.  I feel that as the year goes on my photos will be even more better than they are today because I will learn more techniques to make them look even more striking!  

I feel that my photos can relate to many other photographers pictures.  I think this because as i browsed through Flickr and Youth Voices group i came across many photographers that took striking photos. 

Being the winter season is just around the corner, I think that my photographs taken in this time will depict another side of nature in New York City.  

How am I doing?

Well it has to be deep and substatial, you definitely cannot just have one sentence posts. That does not even remotely make sense. It definitely has to be something I care about. I am very interested in high order thinking and unconventional thought so that has to be incorporated into the following post. The post really has to stand out for me, i mean usually i can respond to the most banal of posts but a post that I really like has to have the criteria of being different. I honestly could care less if there is to much writing, as a matter of fact..the more the merrier. It benefits them cause then that means a longer comment and i know people love getting comments..i know i do.

I am exploring reflections. I am interested in this because I took a picture of a doors window one day and the effect that it produced intrigued me. It looked like an overlap and somewhat confusing almost as if you couldn't tell what was real and what was merely a reflection.

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My daughter is going to college. I asked her to write about how she feels about this time. I did the same.

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   I think what makes for a really good post on Youth Voices is something that has a good title and catches people's attention.

To be honest, even as much as I hate writing and posting them on my blog, I had improve my writing skill.

I thought that thinking about personal projects was good but the idea of putting on the website wasnt too good.

I dont like youth voices.

What i liked about youthvoices were the comments.  This is basically the same as myspace and facebook.   You are able to sometimes have conversations with others.  Some of the a

My experiece with YouthVoices this year has been pleasant.

My experience on Youth Voices for this year was not really a good one. I'm not good at communicating with others through the Internet.

    Youth Voices has been a good experience.  I got to explore different topics and issues, particularly curre

    I learned a lot while studying teen suicide. I learned that there is a lot I can do to help people who are suffering.

After doing these assignments about swine flu I learned about somethings I didn't know about it and also it made me have some further thoughts.

             I learned alot from the articles and pictures I have seen and read.

the personal project exhibition was pretty interesting. some projects gave interesting new ideas about school life etc. and others were boring.

I'm starting a new topic but it also relates to the topic that I was doing before. I have found good information and I'm happy with my topic.

He stands silently, watching the wind blow through the trees on it's blustery path down the valley.

The story "Will I Survive" is what I would say is the best work of writing I have ever written. It contains scenes of my imagination, cleverness, and things that I love. In this story I wanted to be as specific as possible, call everything by its’ exact name, but still raise some questions, spark some curiosity, and show some of my insane fantasies.