SummerProject

My Global Citizen

Changes

The major changes that will occur in our world over the next 50 years will be concerning technology, and the way of living. There will be different types of technology, and they will be more advanced than the modern technology available today. Our lifestyle will also change, as seen in the article from the 1950s. What is considered "modern living" will be extremely different compared to today, because of the way society develops over the years.

Digital Story

My digital story tells the story of my life, using pictures mainly, and music. The story reflects me as a person.

Rubric

My reflection of my digital story:

Making this digital story was actually pretty fun. I was able to learn how to use new programs,  and they were very easy to operate. What was hard about this project was projecting the image in my head onto iMovie. While creating a movie is easy, it takes a lot of work. I knew what I wanted it to look like in my head, but I couldn't create it virtually. I'm happy with how my project came out, though. Another thing that was hard was formatting my pictures, and finding the right ones for my project. Because I didn't use voice, I used text which meant I had to properly describe my pictures. The experience of making this video was something I enjoyed. I used multiple new programs, which can only help me in the future. Now I can use my lovely new video to project the image of I have of myself. Overall, making this project was very fun, and my project came out the way I like it.

Family Story

For my cousin's sweet 16 in March, because she lives in Albany, my entire family had to drive all the way upstate in time for her party. My family who was attending and driving up was my grandma, mom, dad, sisters, and brother, and my cousin. My parents and siblings planned to drive up alone, my grandma would drive with other extended family, and my sister and I would drive with our cousin. But my parents and siblings were all sick the week before the party, so it was a bit obvious they weren't able to drive upstate for her party. So my cousin, sister and, I drove up and had to suffer at her party alone, and then got lost coming home. Needless to say, my cousin does not like upstate New York anymore.

We can feel the pressure, it's getting closer now.

Health officials are taking this years flu season extremely serious. Well, more than usual. Ever since the outbreak of H1N1 last year, everyone is becoming a little more health obsessed and hygienic. Health officials are saying that if you're sick you should "stay home, cover your cough, wash your hands and don't touch your face". However, the majority of the public didn't listen. Most people still go about their day as normal. Officials are trying to wean teachers off such high expectations of their students, so that sickly children will stay home, and not be pressured to come into school, and infect more people. The same is happening with business places. Most of the time, the only thing keeping people from staying home sick is the amount of work that will loom over them when they return.

I have to agree, mostly, with this article. I mean, come on. It's common sense if you're too ill to get up and go about your day normally, you should stay home. Most people I know get up and go to school or work with a common cold. In school, I constantly hear sniffles, sneezes, and coughs. I even have a cold, and I'm going to school regularly. As fun as the idea of staying home all day in bed is, we have to be realistic. School is chop full of tests, notes, quizzes, and work, work, work. Our health is constantly put in jeopardy because of the pressures of our school/business environments. Officials that are attempting to have teachers/bosses wean the workload off the people who are being pressured to work while sick have the right idea. Less pressure on the average Joe will help us as a society overall.

Baby steps, Barack. Baby steps.

President Barack Obama made a speech directed toward public schools. The speech included how the youth of America should be spending more time in schools, and I quote, "if they're going to have any chance of competing for jobs and paychecks against foreign kids." He insists that grades are dropping across the country, and that more hours in school is the solution.

In my opinion, Obama has the right idea in mind. He is trying to help our country succeed, and while trying to compete with other countries isn't exactly the best idea, he's attempting to raise our grades in general, and help make our country better for the future generations. The only thing is that he's going about it the wrong way. In his speech, he mentions how the idea of more time in school is not appealing in most families, including his. He's right about that, but it's not just that kids don't want to spend more time in school. It's about how our nation has been struggling with this idea for years. Obama's attempts at changing our nation are pure in essence, but change isn't going to happen so quickly and smoothly. More time in school should mean longer vacation time. It's also not a secret kids skip classes. By increasing school hours for unnecessary reasons, it's going to cause for a more public student protest, and even the teachers are going to join in. It's not possible that teachers are going to receive enough pay or work benefits once the school hours are extended. Basically, Obama has the right idea, but he's not thinking realistically. Our country is large, and we're not just going to change right away. Baby steps, Barack. Baby steps.