Showing posts with label Humanities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Humanities. Show all posts
Monday, May 28, 2018
Petruchio's Revelation, A Time Travel Event for Feminism
In this second action project in our Drama class, we read the play, A Doll's House. This play brought up some interesting themes of power, sexism, and the truth in between. We wanted to portray those themes as best we could, so I and my two partners wrote a script that could bring together characters from A Doll's House and The Taming of the Shrew into our time period to solve the sexism issue. If you would like to see what my Partner's take on this play is please take a look here. ZG CM I thought this unit was very interesting, both plays had something very important to say but this one told a much more personal story and I love to know about characters. This play was important for feminism in Norway when it was first written. We wanted to recreate the importance of the first stages of A Doll's House, so we recorded a video that goes along with our script. I hope you enjoy the time-traveling event for feminism.
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
A Sonnet for Petruchio
In this first unit of the new sophomore class, Drama, we read an absolutely fascinating play written by Shakespeare himself: The Taming of the Shrew. We started this unit with little understanding of what exactly this class was going to deliver, an I believe we were all pleasantly surprised. The Taming of the Shrew is a play about a woman who likes to speak her mind getting pushed into a marriage that will "tame" her. We wanted to peer into the past, in order to observe a woman's place in this play and in Shakespeare's time period. I thought this play was pretty magnificent in all its intricacies. For the action project, we created a sonnet about the characters of the play, I chose Petruchio, a rich man who only wants money. If you haven't, I definitely recommend reading the play. I hope you enjoy.
Covered in greed and sate from head to toe.
Covered in greed and sate from head to toe.
A knack for pulling thorns, much negligence
You couldn’t see that thorns mask elegance
When greed spoiled your heart a long time ago.
Only corrupt men have no consequence
Long ago, You found the world favored the bold
The plan worked, benefiting plus twofold
Badly treating women, this consonance.
The king of all cruel, The king of hurting
You will humor alone six feet below;
Bones covered in jewels, liquor, and knavish know.
You couldn’t see that thorns mask elegance
When greed spoiled your heart a long time ago.
Only corrupt men have no consequence
Long ago, You found the world favored the bold
The plan worked, benefiting plus twofold
Badly treating women, this consonance.
The king of all cruel, The king of hurting
Kate’s thoughts and ideas now on blacklist
“It shall be moon, or star, or what I list,”
We fie your shrewdness, it's disconcerting.
“It shall be moon, or star, or what I list,”
We fie your shrewdness, it's disconcerting.
You will humor alone six feet below;
Bones covered in jewels, liquor, and knavish know.
Monday, March 19, 2018
The Importance of "The Catcher In The Rye"
The interesting and short-term of our Forbidden books class, we focused the banning of books for reasons of Diversity. Books get banned all the time because they interfere with one or more opinions. Though this unit was about diversity in books, this action project was about the reason of banning the books we've been reading throughout the class. I decided to read The Catcher In The Rye by J. D. Salinger, and I think this book is an amazing piece of literature. Throughout this AP you will get to see what The Catcher In The Rye is about, why it's been banned, and exactly why it shouldn't be a banned book. I really enjoyed reading this novel and this class; it's important to know why books are banned in the first place, and what the effects are of banning any book. I hope you enjoy a fruitful argument against the unjust banning of The Catcher In The Rye.
The Importance of The Catcher In The Rye
A book about the pitfalls of a sixteen-year-old, a tour of the world through the eyes of a teenager who struggles with maturity and responsibility has been banned: why? The Catcher In The Rye has been critically acclaimed as one of the best books ever written, and yet it has been banned on several occasions for many reasons. J. D. Salinger’s famous novel revolves around a 16-year-old boy named Holden who is kicked out of his school for failing his classes, so he decides to hit the road and head to New York City, where he gets a cab goes to a hotel to stay at for a couple days while he waits to be back at home with his parents on Wednesday. He travels through New York, meeting up with new and old friends, and finally meets up with his younger sister by sneaking into his house. He tells his sister about getting kicked out of school and later tells her that he needs to leave and never come back. This makes his sister want to go with him, as she meets him with packed bags, but Holden refuses and instead takes her to the zoo to go on a merry-go-round. This novel really explores the inner mind of somebody who is lost in the world and demonstrates the subject of responsibility to the readers. J. D. Salinger wrote a book that is viewed as controversial because it speaks of a minor participating in drinking, drugs, foul language, and sexual activities. This book is themed around the idea of the title of the book, keeping children’s innocence and don’t expose them to things that can ruin their motivation. The theme also speaks a lot on how responsibility hits young adults, and how it’s important to recognize that early on. Despite all the hatred towards this fantastic piece of literature, The Catcher In The Rye shouldn’t be censored or banned in any way.
The Catcher In The Rye is a very vulgar book that can be very offensive to many religions, and a good example is when Holden says, "You take somebody that cries their goddam eyes out over phony stuff in the movies, and nine times of ten they're mean bastards at heart. I'm not kidding" (Salinger 181). This quote clearly demonstrates the book's non-humorous ways of harsh language; The Catcher In The Rye is absolutely littered with quote even more or just as vulgar as this very quote. For many religions, language like this isn't ever accepted and is typically frowned upon. Bad language is not welcomed by most religions such as Jehovah witnesses, Some Christians, Catholics, and Islam. Another quote that many religions find profane is "In the first place, I'm sort of an atheist. I like Jesus and all, but I don't care too much for most of the other stuff in the Bible. Take the Disciples, for instance. They annoy the hell out of me, if you want to know the truth. They were all right after Jesus was dead and all, but while He was alive, they were about as much use to Him as a hole in the head. All they did was keep letting Him down" (Salinger 130). This clearly shows Holden's negative outlook on the Bible. Of course, when something negative is being said about a religious book, many religions wouldn't want to be very accepting of the book. Many were upset that Holden was speaking badly about the Disciples, who are pretty big people for a lot of religions and the Bible in general.
Though many religions would have plenty reasons for motivating the banning of this novel, The Catcher In The Rye should never be banned. The most important reason for this book to never be banned anywhere is, many religions and people who aren't big fans of vulgar language don't ever need to read the book. If a book is banned or determined to be unsuitable for a religion or group, then the book is fine to be banned in that religion. Other outside people shouldn't be restricted access to the novel because of that religion or group. People who are offended by The Catcher In The Rye cannot inflict their opinions upon the vast majority of people. The author, J.D. Salinger has settled multiple lawsuits on account of his own books, including one filmmaker who directed a film loosely based on another popular book of Salinger's, Franny and Zooey (Salingerincontext). Salinger censored things that were clearly unfair for other people to use but hasn't spoken about the banning of his books. Salinger has good reason not to speak on the censorship of his books because books are our freedom of expression, speech, and ideas. A world that has limited restrictions is a free world where people can do what they want, but banning that book is silencing a voice. Banning a book is making someone quieter, then the balance is thrown off. Finally, books should never be banned because reading is subjective, not every person will take a line in a book offensively. The lines written in a book don't apply to everyone, so why enforce the banned on everyone, or even a majority? Overall, banning books isn't fair to everyone, and banning a book isn't freedom.
Throughout history, books have been banned for various reasons, whether they were banned because of harsh language, suggestive themes, themes against religion, or just plain hate against a certain group of people they were banned. The world is pretty cut and dry; if something can be considered offensive in anyway, then it will be considered offensive. When an author writes a book, there will be some people who don’t agree with what the book is saying, it will become hurtful if it is taken to heart. Books are stories and opinions, and if one person doesn’t like what a book is about, they are certainly not being forced to read it. The Catcher In The Rye is a banned book
Works Cited
Angelica. “J.D. Salinger's Lawsuits and Censorship.” Salingerincontextorg, salingerincontext.org/j-d-salinger’s-lawsuits-and-censorship/.
GradeSaver, 30 September 2009 Web. 20 March 2018.
Ross, J.J.. Soman Chainani and Adam Kissel, October 10, 2008 and ed. "The Catcher in the Rye Catcher in the Rye: A History of Censorship".
Salinger, J. D. The CATCHER in the RYE. Little, Brown And Company, 1951.
Bantam. “Catcher-in-the-Rye-Red-Cover.” Wikimedia.commons, 14 Aug. 2014, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Catcher-in-the-rye-red-cover.jpg.
The Importance of The Catcher In The Rye
A book about the pitfalls of a sixteen-year-old, a tour of the world through the eyes of a teenager who struggles with maturity and responsibility has been banned: why? The Catcher In The Rye has been critically acclaimed as one of the best books ever written, and yet it has been banned on several occasions for many reasons. J. D. Salinger’s famous novel revolves around a 16-year-old boy named Holden who is kicked out of his school for failing his classes, so he decides to hit the road and head to New York City, where he gets a cab goes to a hotel to stay at for a couple days while he waits to be back at home with his parents on Wednesday. He travels through New York, meeting up with new and old friends, and finally meets up with his younger sister by sneaking into his house. He tells his sister about getting kicked out of school and later tells her that he needs to leave and never come back. This makes his sister want to go with him, as she meets him with packed bags, but Holden refuses and instead takes her to the zoo to go on a merry-go-round. This novel really explores the inner mind of somebody who is lost in the world and demonstrates the subject of responsibility to the readers. J. D. Salinger wrote a book that is viewed as controversial because it speaks of a minor participating in drinking, drugs, foul language, and sexual activities. This book is themed around the idea of the title of the book, keeping children’s innocence and don’t expose them to things that can ruin their motivation. The theme also speaks a lot on how responsibility hits young adults, and how it’s important to recognize that early on. Despite all the hatred towards this fantastic piece of literature, The Catcher In The Rye shouldn’t be censored or banned in any way.
Interestingly enough, The Catcher In The Rye was identified as a banned book because of the suggestive themes that tell a story about a minor participating in things that minors should not be participating in. Many people weren't happy with how this sixteen-year-old was acting, going as far to ban it from most high schools in the U.S. from 1966-1975. Ten years later more controversy arose about the book when it was assigned by a teacher in a local literature class. Parents objected to the book, and the school board banned the book, swaying parents in New Jersey to complain about to their school board about the book. They labeled the book as "explicitly pornographic" and "immoral".(Sova 2) This caused this New Jersey school board to ban the book for everyone but Advanced Placement students.(Ross) This book was banned in schools all across the U.S. because of its use of vulgar language and sensitive themes, and this hurt people on a religious level. Many people didn't agree with the homosexuality in the book, the harsh language both weren't part of many people's religions and the "godlessness" of the main character, Holden Caulfield. This book was definitely banned for religious reasons.
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The Catcher In The Rye is a very vulgar book that can be very offensive to many religions, and a good example is when Holden says, "You take somebody that cries their goddam eyes out over phony stuff in the movies, and nine times of ten they're mean bastards at heart. I'm not kidding" (Salinger 181). This quote clearly demonstrates the book's non-humorous ways of harsh language; The Catcher In The Rye is absolutely littered with quote even more or just as vulgar as this very quote. For many religions, language like this isn't ever accepted and is typically frowned upon. Bad language is not welcomed by most religions such as Jehovah witnesses, Some Christians, Catholics, and Islam. Another quote that many religions find profane is "In the first place, I'm sort of an atheist. I like Jesus and all, but I don't care too much for most of the other stuff in the Bible. Take the Disciples, for instance. They annoy the hell out of me, if you want to know the truth. They were all right after Jesus was dead and all, but while He was alive, they were about as much use to Him as a hole in the head. All they did was keep letting Him down" (Salinger 130). This clearly shows Holden's negative outlook on the Bible. Of course, when something negative is being said about a religious book, many religions wouldn't want to be very accepting of the book. Many were upset that Holden was speaking badly about the Disciples, who are pretty big people for a lot of religions and the Bible in general.
Though many religions would have plenty reasons for motivating the banning of this novel, The Catcher In The Rye should never be banned. The most important reason for this book to never be banned anywhere is, many religions and people who aren't big fans of vulgar language don't ever need to read the book. If a book is banned or determined to be unsuitable for a religion or group, then the book is fine to be banned in that religion. Other outside people shouldn't be restricted access to the novel because of that religion or group. People who are offended by The Catcher In The Rye cannot inflict their opinions upon the vast majority of people. The author, J.D. Salinger has settled multiple lawsuits on account of his own books, including one filmmaker who directed a film loosely based on another popular book of Salinger's, Franny and Zooey (Salingerincontext). Salinger censored things that were clearly unfair for other people to use but hasn't spoken about the banning of his books. Salinger has good reason not to speak on the censorship of his books because books are our freedom of expression, speech, and ideas. A world that has limited restrictions is a free world where people can do what they want, but banning that book is silencing a voice. Banning a book is making someone quieter, then the balance is thrown off. Finally, books should never be banned because reading is subjective, not every person will take a line in a book offensively. The lines written in a book don't apply to everyone, so why enforce the banned on everyone, or even a majority? Overall, banning books isn't fair to everyone, and banning a book isn't freedom.
Throughout history, books have been banned for various reasons, whether they were banned because of harsh language, suggestive themes, themes against religion, or just plain hate against a certain group of people they were banned. The world is pretty cut and dry; if something can be considered offensive in anyway, then it will be considered offensive. When an author writes a book, there will be some people who don’t agree with what the book is saying, it will become hurtful if it is taken to heart. Books are stories and opinions, and if one person doesn’t like what a book is about, they are certainly not being forced to read it. The Catcher In The Rye is a banned book
Works Cited
Angelica. “J.D. Salinger's Lawsuits and Censorship.” Salingerincontextorg, salingerincontext.org/j-d-salinger’s-lawsuits-and-censorship/.
GradeSaver, 30 September 2009 Web. 20 March 2018.
Ross, J.J.. Soman Chainani and Adam Kissel, October 10, 2008 and ed. "The Catcher in the Rye Catcher in the Rye: A History of Censorship".
Salinger, J. D. The CATCHER in the RYE. Little, Brown And Company, 1951.
Bantam. “Catcher-in-the-Rye-Red-Cover.” Wikimedia.commons, 14 Aug. 2014, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Catcher-in-the-rye-red-cover.jpg.
Friday, February 23, 2018
The Socratic Method with: Elizabeth & Mikeal
In this first unit of our new Winter term class Forbidden Books, we explored politics, censorship, and what it means to be a gadfly. Forbidden Books is a class about knowledge and why knowledge is kept from certain people. While working and learning in this unit we discussed the really focused on the understanding of the Socratic Method, we also happened to demonstrated that within our action projects. The Socratic Method is a system of questioning that can change a person's mindset by pulling up questions and scenarios that could contradict their previous belief. The Socratic Method was previously used in history by Socrates himself, which ultimately got him killed, people don't always like being proven wrong or against their own ideas. The Socratic Method with: Elizabeth & Mikeal is a video demonstration on the proper use of the Socratic Method to get the person with an opinion to question their own way of thinking. Elizabeth is jaywalking and Mikeal has a few questions about why she thinks she can pt her own interest priority over the community. I hope you enjoy learning about our interesting take on the socratic method.
Dialogue Transcript
The Socratic Method with: Elizabeth & Mikeal
Theme - Personal interest vs. Community's interest
Character #1 - Mikeal - Socrates role - IF
Character #2 - Elizabeth - Melatus role -GA
Elizabeth: *jaywalks
E: Hey wassup Mikeal, How are you doing today?
The Socratic Method with: Elizabeth & Mikeal
Theme - Personal interest vs. Community's interest
Character #1 - Mikeal - Socrates role - IF
Character #2 - Elizabeth - Melatus role -GA
Elizabeth: *jaywalks
E: Hey wassup Mikeal, How are you doing today?
Mikeal: Hey wassup, wait…..WHOA, did you just jaywalk to come over and talk to me?
E: Yeaah, what gives haha?
M: YOU JUST BROKE A LAW!!!
E: psssh, oh Mikeal, It’s just jay-walking. It’s a little law, it doesn’t matter that much haha.
M: mmm so, What makes a law less substantial than other laws?
E: Well… I guess some laws are less substantial than others because some laws cause less harm than others, like jaywalking to a felony.
M: Are you allowed to give your own interest priority over the community’s interest?
E: I don’t think so, The community all works as one unit, but I think it’s fine for little slips to occur in our complete agreement. So like, no; but kinda.
M: Yes, but what is stopping me from calling the... police right now, and reporting you as a jaywalker. Jaywalkers are lawbreakers afterall.
E: Because, you are my friend and that is rude.
E: Yeaah, what gives haha?
M: YOU JUST BROKE A LAW!!!
E: psssh, oh Mikeal, It’s just jay-walking. It’s a little law, it doesn’t matter that much haha.
M: mmm so, What makes a law less substantial than other laws?
E: Well… I guess some laws are less substantial than others because some laws cause less harm than others, like jaywalking to a felony.
M: Are you allowed to give your own interest priority over the community’s interest?
E: I don’t think so, The community all works as one unit, but I think it’s fine for little slips to occur in our complete agreement. So like, no; but kinda.
M: Yes, but what is stopping me from calling the... police right now, and reporting you as a jaywalker. Jaywalkers are lawbreakers afterall.
E: Because, you are my friend and that is rude.
M: Isn't it rude to separate from the community’s ideas?
E: Yes, I guess. Nobody is being offended or hurt, so I guess it’s fine.
M: Can you be sure that nobody is getting hurt?
E: No, I suppose not.
M: Tell me, What does being part of a community mean to you?
E: Mmmh coming to think about it being apart of a community means that I work with all my fellow community members to make the place we live a better one.
M: Well, you just jaywalked all over that darned street, what if you had gotten hit by a motor vehicle?
E: Yes, that would have sucked but I like to beat the odds. As long as I remember look both ways Elizabeth i’m sure ill be fine Mikeal.
M: But what if everybody in the neighborhood started to do that darned jaywalking? Would the community still be a safe place? Would we need sidewalks at all?
E: I guess a lot more people would be getting hit by cars. But I can't speak for the whole community I think you’re over exaggerating Mikeal. that would never happen to me.
E: Yes, I guess. Nobody is being offended or hurt, so I guess it’s fine.
M: Can you be sure that nobody is getting hurt?
E: No, I suppose not.
M: Tell me, What does being part of a community mean to you?
E: Mmmh coming to think about it being apart of a community means that I work with all my fellow community members to make the place we live a better one.
M: Well, you just jaywalked all over that darned street, what if you had gotten hit by a motor vehicle?
E: Yes, that would have sucked but I like to beat the odds. As long as I remember look both ways Elizabeth i’m sure ill be fine Mikeal.
M: But what if everybody in the neighborhood started to do that darned jaywalking? Would the community still be a safe place? Would we need sidewalks at all?
E: I guess a lot more people would be getting hit by cars. But I can't speak for the whole community I think you’re over exaggerating Mikeal. that would never happen to me.
M: *I ask again, can you be sure that you won’t get hit? What if somebody decides to jaywalk and that causes a car to swerve in front of you and you happen to get hit? You might be careful while jaywalking, but you can’t guarantee that everyone will be.
E: You know what, your right Mikeal indeed I am selfish for prioritizing my own interest and not the overall safeness of the community. Boy o boy I sure learned my lesson Mikeal. HAHA
M: So you won’t be jaywalking anymore right?
E: tsk tsk tsk si
M: So what now?
E: You wanna play futbol?
E: You know what, your right Mikeal indeed I am selfish for prioritizing my own interest and not the overall safeness of the community. Boy o boy I sure learned my lesson Mikeal. HAHA
M: So you won’t be jaywalking anymore right?
E: tsk tsk tsk si
M: So what now?
E: You wanna play futbol?
End
Monday, January 22, 2018
Mapping Chicago's Homeless
For our First and only action Project in our mapping class - Thin Red Lines, we set out to create maps about problems and issues around Chicago. I decided to focus on the issue of homelessness around Chicago. Each student in the class created three maps that would map the past(what homelessness was like in the past) the present (what homelessness should look like today) and the future(what homelessness would look like in the future for the demand of abolishing it). Throughout the class we learned what it was like to map an area, what issues come along with mapping certain areas, and how to obtain data sets from sources. I really enjoyed this class though we did learn a lot about TIFs and how they can easily be corrupted, besides that I really enjoyed learning about the good and bad of mapping things, places, and subjects. I hope you enjoy learning about my endeavors of mapping homelessness in Chicago.
Homeless rate legend
Yellow - 0% - 1%
Pink - 1.1% - 2.5%
Brown - 2.6% - 4%
Black - 4% - 5.4%
Green - 5.5% -7%
Blue - 7.1% - 8.5%
Orange - 8.5% - 10%
Past Map 1st Layer
To view this map - open and view Layer one (Past Map 1)
This first map is the map that maps how the past looks for homeless neighborhoods around Chicago. The Maps each have a corresponding homeless rate along with the count of homeless people in Chicago. They Key besides the map shows what each color represents for the data in 2016. Pink is 1% - 2.5% of the population being homeless and brown is 2.6% - 4% of the population in that area being without a home. Something that really stuck out to me was Yellow and where it it existed the most. Yellow is 0% - 1% of the population being homeless and it mainly exists all throughout the south side of Chicago. From Englewood to Archer heights to Woodlawn they all have a homeless rate under 1%. The rest of Chicago is all mixed varieties of homeless people with the Loop having the largest homeless population in the city of 75 homeless people and a 9.7% homeless rate in 2016 and even worse in 2017.
I also decided to note where some homeless shelters and homeless services are for the people living on the streets. I think it’s important to focus on the goal of pointing out where good places are for helping these people and in the other maps point out where more places like this could exist. The map highlights a few key places in each neighborhood area that could be beneficial for people without a home. The future map will highlight so more beneficiary places that could exist for people living like this.
Present Map 2nd Layer
To view this map - open and view Layers one and two (Past Map 1) (Present Map 2)
There is not many homeless shelters in the southern of Chicago, there isn’t as much of a demand for homeless shelter because the homeless rate in southern Chicago is very low. Because of the low rates of homeless people in Chicago there is no need for me to put hypothetical homeless shelter place possibilities. I really tried to place Shelters and resources where people needed them most; where there seemed to be a lack of homeless shelters. This map marks some of the largest vacant spaces in these neighborhoods. I only marked vacant lots around Chicago, so nothing major would be destroyed. The community should still be maintained so only unused lots will be used to create and solve the homeless issue of Chicago.
Future Map 3rd Layer
To view this map - open and view Layers two and three (Present Map 2) (Future Map 3)
This Final map shows off possibilities for the future that I based off from my first two maps.I included the places where homes shelters and resources are going to best utilized. From the community demand based off the the data, the map works as a plan to put those homeless shelters down making the future map look how it looks. The map also includes the previous homeless shelters around Chicago because those will not be going down for any reason. The future map also includes new homeless rates for each neighborhood area. I adjusted each of the homeless rates by 1% to show if we were all working to complete on total goal to work on homelessness. I wanted to predict and show how the community could be better with more shelters so, I decided to lower the rates if the shelters and resources were built and provided. Every color on the map still applies to the key below the map.
As you can see, southern Chicago hasn’t really changed due to its low homeless rates all throughout. The Southern side of Chicago remains a yellow color, with most of the south side having a 0% homeless rate. The rest of Chicago still has pretty high homeless rates including the Loop. The Loop is in danger because it has the highest homeless rate in the city as of now, but very little space to build homeless shelters that could help the surplus of people living downtown.
Citations
Voorhees Center for Neighborhood & Community Improvement. “2017 HOMELESS Point-In-Time Count & Survey Report.” Cityofchicago.org, University of Illinois at Chicago,
Homeless rate legend
Yellow - 0% - 1%
Pink - 1.1% - 2.5%
Brown - 2.6% - 4%
Black - 4% - 5.4%
Green - 5.5% -7%
Blue - 7.1% - 8.5%
Orange - 8.5% - 10%
Past Map 1st Layer
To view this map - open and view Layer one (Past Map 1)
This first map is the map that maps how the past looks for homeless neighborhoods around Chicago. The Maps each have a corresponding homeless rate along with the count of homeless people in Chicago. They Key besides the map shows what each color represents for the data in 2016. Pink is 1% - 2.5% of the population being homeless and brown is 2.6% - 4% of the population in that area being without a home. Something that really stuck out to me was Yellow and where it it existed the most. Yellow is 0% - 1% of the population being homeless and it mainly exists all throughout the south side of Chicago. From Englewood to Archer heights to Woodlawn they all have a homeless rate under 1%. The rest of Chicago is all mixed varieties of homeless people with the Loop having the largest homeless population in the city of 75 homeless people and a 9.7% homeless rate in 2016 and even worse in 2017.
I also decided to note where some homeless shelters and homeless services are for the people living on the streets. I think it’s important to focus on the goal of pointing out where good places are for helping these people and in the other maps point out where more places like this could exist. The map highlights a few key places in each neighborhood area that could be beneficial for people without a home. The future map will highlight so more beneficiary places that could exist for people living like this.
Present Map 2nd Layer
To view this map - open and view Layers one and two (Past Map 1) (Present Map 2)
There is not many homeless shelters in the southern of Chicago, there isn’t as much of a demand for homeless shelter because the homeless rate in southern Chicago is very low. Because of the low rates of homeless people in Chicago there is no need for me to put hypothetical homeless shelter place possibilities. I really tried to place Shelters and resources where people needed them most; where there seemed to be a lack of homeless shelters. This map marks some of the largest vacant spaces in these neighborhoods. I only marked vacant lots around Chicago, so nothing major would be destroyed. The community should still be maintained so only unused lots will be used to create and solve the homeless issue of Chicago.
Future Map 3rd Layer
To view this map - open and view Layers two and three (Present Map 2) (Future Map 3)
This Final map shows off possibilities for the future that I based off from my first two maps.I included the places where homes shelters and resources are going to best utilized. From the community demand based off the the data, the map works as a plan to put those homeless shelters down making the future map look how it looks. The map also includes the previous homeless shelters around Chicago because those will not be going down for any reason. The future map also includes new homeless rates for each neighborhood area. I adjusted each of the homeless rates by 1% to show if we were all working to complete on total goal to work on homelessness. I wanted to predict and show how the community could be better with more shelters so, I decided to lower the rates if the shelters and resources were built and provided. Every color on the map still applies to the key below the map.
As you can see, southern Chicago hasn’t really changed due to its low homeless rates all throughout. The Southern side of Chicago remains a yellow color, with most of the south side having a 0% homeless rate. The rest of Chicago still has pretty high homeless rates including the Loop. The Loop is in danger because it has the highest homeless rate in the city as of now, but very little space to build homeless shelters that could help the surplus of people living downtown.
Citations
Voorhees Center for Neighborhood & Community Improvement. “2017 HOMELESS Point-In-Time Count & Survey Report.” Cityofchicago.org, University of Illinois at Chicago,
Saturday, October 28, 2017
Luke Skywalker and Malcolm X: Their Journey
The last action project for our Stories class we focused on explaining the stories and journeys behind fictional and real heroes. I decided to pick some very important heroes with one being a knight that needs to save a princess and gets involved in intergalactic warfare and a civil rights activist and leader that has had conflict filled history. I chose Luke Skywalker and Malcolm X's journeys to show what each journey looks like as heroes.
Luke Skywalker and Malcolm X are without a doubt very different people with very different views and stories but in a way can be looked in the same light. Luke goes on a journey of self discovery and fights for people who are being oppressed by the Empire. In a way Malcolm X did the same; Malcolm X wanted people to fight against an oppressing force. This is the main thing that makes these two people some similar and makes them like many heroes. Heroes typically fight against something that is unjust and is for other people. I hope you can recognize the similarities between not just Malcolm and Luke but all heroes in general. I also hope you enjoy reading about Luke and Malcolm's journeys as heroes.
Citations
Ford, Ed. “Malcolm_X_NYWTS_2a.” Commons.wikimedia.org, 7 Feb. 2008,
Luke Skywalker and Malcolm X are without a doubt very different people with very different views and stories but in a way can be looked in the same light. Luke goes on a journey of self discovery and fights for people who are being oppressed by the Empire. In a way Malcolm X did the same; Malcolm X wanted people to fight against an oppressing force. This is the main thing that makes these two people some similar and makes them like many heroes. Heroes typically fight against something that is unjust and is for other people. I hope you can recognize the similarities between not just Malcolm and Luke but all heroes in general. I also hope you enjoy reading about Luke and Malcolm's journeys as heroes.
Citations
Ford, Ed. “Malcolm_X_NYWTS_2a.” Commons.wikimedia.org, 7 Feb. 2008,
Hiller, Herman. “Malcolm X NYWTS 4.” Commons.wikimedia.org, 23 Oct. 2006,
Shabazz, Malik. “Malcolmxm1carbine3gr.” Commons.wikimedia.org, 14 Oct. 2011,
Kloske, Tim. “Dueling lightsabers.” Commons.wikimedia.org, 3 Feb. 2010,
Lemos, Manoel. “R2-D2 & Luke Skywalker.” Flickr.com, 21 June 2007,
“Malcolm X.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 27 Oct. 2017,
Lemos, Manoel. “R2-D2 & Luke Skywalker.” Flickr.com, 21 June 2007,
“Malcolm X.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 27 Oct. 2017,
Shabazz, Malik. “Malcolmxm1carbine3gr.” Commons.wikimedia.org, 14 Oct. 2011,
Trikosko, Marion S. “Malcolm X March 26 1964 cropped retouched.” Commons.wikimedia.org, 12 Feb. 2016,
Wolfson, Stanley. “Elijah Muhammad NYWTS-2.” Commons.wikimedia.org, 4 Nov. 2014,Tuesday, October 17, 2017
A Fox to a Cub
In this second unit of our Stories class we focused on what it takes to make Fable. I really enjoyed this unit because it was very interesting. We discussed the characters and traits of those characters in common and less-common fables out there. This unit and action project allowed us to explore a lot of creative options within our writing. In my action project I decided to write about the small dangerous adventure of a brown bear cub. The cub learns a very important lesson along the way but the cub's brothers learn a more important lesson. I hope you enjoy the Fable and maybe even learn a lesson along the way.
A Fox to a Cub
Once there was a small bear cub, his name was Pelo. Pelo was very small, very cute, and very curious. Pelo lived with his brothers and sisters. His two brothers didn’t like him very much because he got the most attention from his parents because he was so young and small. His two sisters loved to play with Pelo; they especially loved to play a game called Far. To play Far one person traveled into the forest to pick up items and bring them back to meeting place. The first bear to bring all the objects back would win. Mama and Papa bear didn’t like when the cubs played this game because they feared that the cubs would get lost in the dangerous forest.
One day the oldest cub suggested, “How about we try something new, maybe something more challenging.”
“Like what?” replied the other sister cub.
A Fox to a Cub
Once there was a small bear cub, his name was Pelo. Pelo was very small, very cute, and very curious. Pelo lived with his brothers and sisters. His two brothers didn’t like him very much because he got the most attention from his parents because he was so young and small. His two sisters loved to play with Pelo; they especially loved to play a game called Far. To play Far one person traveled into the forest to pick up items and bring them back to meeting place. The first bear to bring all the objects back would win. Mama and Papa bear didn’t like when the cubs played this game because they feared that the cubs would get lost in the dangerous forest.
One day the oldest cub suggested, “How about we try something new, maybe something more challenging.”
“Like what?” replied the other sister cub.
Pelo was waiting impatiently for his older sisters to decide what special object they would need to find. He really wanted to play, so he tried to pick something for the sisters to speed up the process. Pelo looked around impatiently to get an idea of what to find. Out of the corner of his dark brown eyes, he focused on the center of daisy and he immediately thought of the soft color of cheese.
“What about cheese?” Pelo softly asked.
“ I don’t know, doesn’t that seem too hard.” replied the older sister.
“Seems pretty simple to me.” said the younger sister .
“Okay, I guess” replied the older sister.
Pelo smiled with joy, and started hopping in excitement on his small paws.
“3, 2, 1, GO!” said the younger sister.
Immediately the cubs darted into the forest to find cheese, bring it back, and be crowned the winner of this special game of Far. Pelo eventually got tired of running and decided to walk. He walked for 9 minutes. Pelo eventually started to smell a familiar smell. It was CHEESE! Cheese was stuck in the cub’s mind, he ran deep into the forest to find the source of the scent. All of a sudden Pelo saw a small piece of cheese sitting on a rock.
“I found it! I win!” Pelo yelled out loud.
After Pelo yelled he noticed a large fox standing by the cheese that he didn’t see before. This terrified Pelo but he was too scared to move. The fox saw Pelo standing in fear and saw this as the perfect opportunity to upgrade his lunch from a single piece of cheese.
“Well hello there small bear”, the fox said. “ What is a small cub like you doing in the middle of the forest all by yourself?” Pelo couldn’t respond. He was frozen in shock.
“Well the darn thing must be broken, it won’t even talk nor will it move”, the fox said. “ Would be a shame for such a beautiful cub to go to waste. I guess I should use it myself, maybe as lunch.”
Pelo didn’t like the idea of being the fox’s lunch so he responded and backed up from the fox.
“I’m not sure that’s a good idea, I have a family who will do the same to you if you eat me.”
“Where are they now, I don’t see any hungry bears around,” replied the fox.
“They will come.” Pelo snapped back.
“ You are very brave for such a young cub.” replied the fox in a humble voice.
“ I must get it from my Papa, who you’ll be meeting very soon.” Pelo said in a stern voice.
“What about cheese?” Pelo softly asked.
“ I don’t know, doesn’t that seem too hard.” replied the older sister.
“Seems pretty simple to me.” said the younger sister .
“Okay, I guess” replied the older sister.
Pelo smiled with joy, and started hopping in excitement on his small paws.
“3, 2, 1, GO!” said the younger sister.
Immediately the cubs darted into the forest to find cheese, bring it back, and be crowned the winner of this special game of Far. Pelo eventually got tired of running and decided to walk. He walked for 9 minutes. Pelo eventually started to smell a familiar smell. It was CHEESE! Cheese was stuck in the cub’s mind, he ran deep into the forest to find the source of the scent. All of a sudden Pelo saw a small piece of cheese sitting on a rock.
“I found it! I win!” Pelo yelled out loud.
After Pelo yelled he noticed a large fox standing by the cheese that he didn’t see before. This terrified Pelo but he was too scared to move. The fox saw Pelo standing in fear and saw this as the perfect opportunity to upgrade his lunch from a single piece of cheese.
“Well hello there small bear”, the fox said. “ What is a small cub like you doing in the middle of the forest all by yourself?” Pelo couldn’t respond. He was frozen in shock.
“Well the darn thing must be broken, it won’t even talk nor will it move”, the fox said. “ Would be a shame for such a beautiful cub to go to waste. I guess I should use it myself, maybe as lunch.”
Pelo didn’t like the idea of being the fox’s lunch so he responded and backed up from the fox.
“I’m not sure that’s a good idea, I have a family who will do the same to you if you eat me.”
“Where are they now, I don’t see any hungry bears around,” replied the fox.
“They will come.” Pelo snapped back.
“ You are very brave for such a young cub.” replied the fox in a humble voice.
“ I must get it from my Papa, who you’ll be meeting very soon.” Pelo said in a stern voice.
Out of nowhere there was loud thumping coming towards the fox and the cub.
“That must be them now” said Pelo in a worried voice. He couldn’t be sure if it actually was his family there to rescue him from the fox.
Out of the leaves Pelo’s two older brothers popped out of the leaves to help Pelo.
"What is going on here?!”, yelled the oldest brother.
“We were just having a friendly conversation about my cheese” the fox worriedly replied.
“HE IS TRYING TO MAKE ME HIS LUNCH!” screamed Pelo as he cried and stumbled towards his brothers.
Pelo’s brothers grew angry at the fox and wanted to attack him.
“ Look, How about I take the cub, and you two can have all the cheese, berries, and fruit you would like.”
The brothers like the sound of having an unlimited amount of food. The two brothers talked and turned away from the fox to discuss the offer. Pelo was now
more frightened than comforted at the presence of his brothers.
Though the brothers were jealous and didn’t really like all the attention that Pelo got from his parents, they decided that their little brother was worth more than unlimited food. They rejected the fox’s offer and scared him away. The Brothers all walked and talked back home. Before they left, Pelo took a good look at the cheese that the fox left. He decided to leave it for the next cub to come by. They talked about how important family is and why it was so important to be safe in a dangerous world.
“That must be them now” said Pelo in a worried voice. He couldn’t be sure if it actually was his family there to rescue him from the fox.
Out of the leaves Pelo’s two older brothers popped out of the leaves to help Pelo.
"What is going on here?!”, yelled the oldest brother.
“We were just having a friendly conversation about my cheese” the fox worriedly replied.
“HE IS TRYING TO MAKE ME HIS LUNCH!” screamed Pelo as he cried and stumbled towards his brothers.
Pelo’s brothers grew angry at the fox and wanted to attack him.
“ Look, How about I take the cub, and you two can have all the cheese, berries, and fruit you would like.”
The brothers like the sound of having an unlimited amount of food. The two brothers talked and turned away from the fox to discuss the offer. Pelo was now
more frightened than comforted at the presence of his brothers.
Though the brothers were jealous and didn’t really like all the attention that Pelo got from his parents, they decided that their little brother was worth more than unlimited food. They rejected the fox’s offer and scared him away. The Brothers all walked and talked back home. Before they left, Pelo took a good look at the cheese that the fox left. He decided to leave it for the next cub to come by. They talked about how important family is and why it was so important to be safe in a dangerous world.
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| IF "Fox and cub" 2017 |
Family always comes first, and needs will be more helpful than wants.
Thursday, September 28, 2017
The Creation of Aleph
In this this first unit of our new class Stories we discussed what made a story interesting and engaging. We talked about how it was necessary to include a lot of detail/ descriptive words to show off the world you are creating. We had two field experiences in this unit, one was inviting a storyteller over and tell us stories while explaining the important elements of one. This really helped me create my story because it gave so many examples. My job in this unit as to create a story that would demonstrate the creation of a world. I decided to name my world Aleph. Aleph isn't like a lot of other religions and creation stories out there, this story starts with an element and how this element created a world like our today. I hope you enjoy.
The Creation of Aleph
The air and the water got into an argument about what they wanted to call this world. The Water wanted to call their world Aleph, while the air wanted to call the world Dependence. Naming the world Dependence made Air feel powerful. The Water wanted to name the world Aleph because she believed that the world would be ever expanding in the universe she created, and the sentient beings would create their own infinite pathways. Aleph comes from the math term of the same name that shows sets of infinite. The Air wanted to name the world dependence after the their relationship with the beings on the world. The beings depended on the Water and the Air to support them. The Air and the Water turned to a hostile relationship.This tension and frustration between the Air and the Water caused rows of mountains to pop up and stab through the land like spearheads. The mountains were giant rocks that towered over the trees and plants. The mountains had massive hills that gave off the appearance of the giants kneeling down. These great mountains were new to the humans; they fearlessly and without caution explored the mountains.
One day, Shamun visited the mountains, he wanted to know why they were shaped as giants. Little did Shamun know that these mountains had come from conflict between his creators. The mountains were the home for air and water’s anger. Shamun came to the mountains while Air and Water were arguing. This arguing caused a windstorm in the mountains that caused Shamun to fall to his death. This was the first time that a human had died because of the two creators. The people eventually found out about the death of their friend. The town fell into a deep depression; people walked slowly with their heads down in mourning. The town ha an eerie sense of quiet and emptiness. People sadly did their duties to keep the town running in a town of sadness. Plenty of people have died since the creation of humans, but the death of Shamun was special because the people usually get words from Water and Air about their life and the individuals afterlife while Shamun didn’t receive any words from Water and Air. They felt like Water and Air had forgotten about the world and the people they created.
This depression caught the eyes of Air and Water. Air and Water discussed for 3 days about how they wanted to repay the village for their terrible mistake. They were so concerned that about the morale of the village they stopped bickering. Water told the people of the village of their terrible mistake and told the people about Shamun’s afterlife. Air came to realize that the world they created wasn’t about dominance and that it was instead about love for each-other. Water an Air discussed about adding a temple for Shamun into the world, this temple would represent the similarities between man and their creators. We argue and make mistakes, none of us are greater than the other. They built the temple on the mountain where Shamun had fell. The temple was positioned right on the mountain's backbone; this clearly showed that Water and Air were the support for the people and that the people were their creators support. The temple smelled like roses and baked goods that Water and Air delivered everyday. The temple was a haven for people to connect with one-another and their creators. Air told Water that the world should be named Aleph instead of Dependence, Water agreed. This world would be named after the countless mistakes, corrections, questions and possibilities that the world would endure throughout time. This world would be named Aleph.
Trail for travelling
I took this photo to show where the village's trail which would allow the people to reach the temple.
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| "Trail leading to temple" IF 2017 |
Artist's statement
This action project wasn't very difficult; I found out to be pretty simple to write a creation story with a lot of creative involvement. The most difficult part was trying to implement my creative input into the story without getting in the way of the necessary elements like the last feature. I really enjoyed writing this story, I couldn't begin to describe how happy I was when I had put everything together like a puzzle. I enjoyed learning about these new concepts and genre of literature.
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
To Review Some Steaks
In this final unit of our third humanities course Food For Thought we discovered and some of he creation an destruction of what it takes to get food to us. So we created a food review to explore some home-cooked food and restaurant made food. I decided to compare steak, review steak, eat steak, and determine steak. I hope you enjoy.
Steak is a common food that is sometimes considered a high delicacy food and can other times be considered a pretty commonly eaten food for the general community. Steak is usually served as a whole slab that includes fat and can be also be ordered to the buyers preference whether its medium rare, super rare, well done, or charred. Though I don't eat steak much at all I prefer eating it a over well-done.
Home-cooked steak:
I first decided to cook and analyze the home-cooked meal of this review. I got these ingredients from a food service that sells the ingredients and provides instructions on how to cook them. I absolutely loved both the experience of cooking the food and of-course eating the food. The stake was only gently peppered and salted to the perfect amount which brought out the most and best flavors or the large steak. When I first platted the steak it was still searing, which was a already a good sign. The aroma of the steak was amazing, you could smell the dripping fried crispy outside of the steak and the peppercorn sauce that I had made to compliment the thick and firm inside. When I cut into the steak it was still very hot but it was bursting with a pungent smell of seared meat. first tasting was the best experience; I put the steak in my mouth and it felt pretty tough but juicy. The sliver of steak that I ate was well complimented by the sauce that made it taste sweet but still a bitter juicy steak. The feeling that the steak had in my mouth was also pretty fantastic because it felt chewy and smooth. The meat was well done with a crispy outside and a smooth melting away inside.
Restaurant cooked steak:
The restaurant cooked steak was also pretty amazing in many ways. I got this steak from Mariano's, which sells cooked meals that are typically pretty great. This steak was served in a piece about the same size as the home-cooked meal which was the perfect size for everyone. This steak was also sauteed the same way as the home-cooked, I had asked for well done and it was a little less done than the home-cooked meal also which I was actually quite excited for. The steak smelled crispy and an almost sweet smell to it. The smell of the sweetness was making me really hungry because it had blended so well with the fresh aroma of the potatoes that had been served along with the steak. When I first cut into the steak, my serrated knife cut through the steak with little effort. First tasting it stake was quite nice when I first tasted the juice and charred meat. I found this steak to be less juicy and filling than the home-cooked steak. The steak felt smooth and coarse as it falls apart in my mouth. Overall I was a pretty great steak that was complimented well with the potatoes it had been served with. It was an absolute adventure from the sweet smell to the dry almost tangy aftertaste; I had never had steak quite like this one.
Concluding:
After tasting both the home-cooked and restaurant steaks I picked a favorite between the both of them. My favorite steak was the home-cooked steak because it presented a lot more interesting flavors and was cooked to my perfect preference; home-cooking steak is definitely recommended. One of the most defining differences between the two steaks was the difference in texture and taste. I really enjoyed the taste of both steaks, with the home-cooked steak tasting more charred and bitter and the restaurant steak tasting more sweet.
When I analyzed the home-cooked steak from the ingredient service they included steak, potatoes, and green beans that are all organic. So the ingredients are coming from certified farmers to give us healthy not-modified ingredients. I also wanted to see if I could use the home-cooked meal in one of Michael Pollan’s five food transformations so we could recognize the quality of the food. I found that the home-cooked steak connected really well to the quality of over quantity transformation because you can get your specific quality while cooking your steaks. If you prefer well done over charred and you cook it that way that would be your high quality food. You don’t need a lot of this one steak to be satisfied, you just need your preferred high quality steak.
Steak is a common food that is sometimes considered a high delicacy food and can other times be considered a pretty commonly eaten food for the general community. Steak is usually served as a whole slab that includes fat and can be also be ordered to the buyers preference whether its medium rare, super rare, well done, or charred. Though I don't eat steak much at all I prefer eating it a over well-done.
Home-cooked steak:
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| "Home-cooked steak" IF 2017 |
I first decided to cook and analyze the home-cooked meal of this review. I got these ingredients from a food service that sells the ingredients and provides instructions on how to cook them. I absolutely loved both the experience of cooking the food and of-course eating the food. The stake was only gently peppered and salted to the perfect amount which brought out the most and best flavors or the large steak. When I first platted the steak it was still searing, which was a already a good sign. The aroma of the steak was amazing, you could smell the dripping fried crispy outside of the steak and the peppercorn sauce that I had made to compliment the thick and firm inside. When I cut into the steak it was still very hot but it was bursting with a pungent smell of seared meat. first tasting was the best experience; I put the steak in my mouth and it felt pretty tough but juicy. The sliver of steak that I ate was well complimented by the sauce that made it taste sweet but still a bitter juicy steak. The feeling that the steak had in my mouth was also pretty fantastic because it felt chewy and smooth. The meat was well done with a crispy outside and a smooth melting away inside.
Restaurant cooked steak:
The restaurant cooked steak was also pretty amazing in many ways. I got this steak from Mariano's, which sells cooked meals that are typically pretty great. This steak was served in a piece about the same size as the home-cooked meal which was the perfect size for everyone. This steak was also sauteed the same way as the home-cooked, I had asked for well done and it was a little less done than the home-cooked meal also which I was actually quite excited for. The steak smelled crispy and an almost sweet smell to it. The smell of the sweetness was making me really hungry because it had blended so well with the fresh aroma of the potatoes that had been served along with the steak. When I first cut into the steak, my serrated knife cut through the steak with little effort. First tasting it stake was quite nice when I first tasted the juice and charred meat. I found this steak to be less juicy and filling than the home-cooked steak. The steak felt smooth and coarse as it falls apart in my mouth. Overall I was a pretty great steak that was complimented well with the potatoes it had been served with. It was an absolute adventure from the sweet smell to the dry almost tangy aftertaste; I had never had steak quite like this one.
Concluding:
After tasting both the home-cooked and restaurant steaks I picked a favorite between the both of them. My favorite steak was the home-cooked steak because it presented a lot more interesting flavors and was cooked to my perfect preference; home-cooking steak is definitely recommended. One of the most defining differences between the two steaks was the difference in texture and taste. I really enjoyed the taste of both steaks, with the home-cooked steak tasting more charred and bitter and the restaurant steak tasting more sweet.
When I analyzed the home-cooked steak from the ingredient service they included steak, potatoes, and green beans that are all organic. So the ingredients are coming from certified farmers to give us healthy not-modified ingredients. I also wanted to see if I could use the home-cooked meal in one of Michael Pollan’s five food transformations so we could recognize the quality of the food. I found that the home-cooked steak connected really well to the quality of over quantity transformation because you can get your specific quality while cooking your steaks. If you prefer well done over charred and you cook it that way that would be your high quality food. You don’t need a lot of this one steak to be satisfied, you just need your preferred high quality steak.
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Food and Climate Change
In this second unit for our Food For Thought class we learned and discussed about death, greed, and how those topics relate to food. My writing was about how our global food system is being threaten by political instability. I discuss how this can effect the world, look at past examples and see how this went wrong, and analyze solutions to this problem.
Climate change is a global threat that has the world hanging by a string when it comes to environmental changes, political arguments, and most importantly global food. The global food system is the system put in place by all countries that has us all constantly trading food for money and all our efforts are put in to keep the world sustained. I believe that climate change is one of the threatening subjects to our global food systems and I plan to explain why this is, analyze historical consequences, and possible solutions to climate change.
Climate change is a very large issue in our global food system because it can mess up food transportation, food growth, and wipe out species. Climate change is one of the largest threats to our global food system because it can cause storms that can wipe out cities and food transportation methods. Climate change is the changing weather and climate patterns across the world. These climate patterns can be drastic storms like tornadoes and hurricanes. Tornadoes and hurricanes can also both wipe out growing fields and ruin transportation methods for food. This is especially a threat in the 21st century with the incline on CO2 output. Climate change also directly affect the growing process of food with more extreme changing climate such as droughts. Droughts are dry periods of time that don’t have any rain/moisture that usually results in water shortages. Droughts are clearly not wanted for growing food, that’s why we need to do something about this now. Lastly climate change is one of the largest threats to fisheries says Duncan Clark from the guardian, because some fish are already adapting to the climate change by migrating to higher altitudes but arctic fish have nowhere to go. This could be detrimental to our global food system because fish are half the world’s population source for protein.
Climate change is not new, it has taken down many civilizations before, let's not have it take down us. One civilization that had suffered the dangerous effects of climate change is the Indus civilization. The Indus civilization existed from 2600 B.C.E - 1800 B.C.E and was in what is now modern day Pakistan and Iran. The civilization was doing great until some sudden environmental changes occurred like floods, salinization, and changing rivers courses. These environmental changes had left the Indus in a really weakened place which was perfect for Central Asian raiders to come finish the civilization off. The Indus weren’t able to adapt to these drastic environmental changes. The climate change had ruined their agriculture, which had made it a struggle for existence for the Indus. Another quote that supports my research is from Empires of Food by Evan Fraser and Andrew Rimas; " Climate change, too, is a catastrophe we hold in common with our forebears, instead of blaming sunspots and volcanoes, we have to blame our fossil fuel habit."
The Indus civilization ended due to climate change, but that doesn’t mean we need to. Unfortunately the Indus had fallen and were not able to address the situation that led to their demise. Some of the reason the Indus had fallen had been because of their own farming mistakes and methods like moving large amounts of soil. The best way for all the 21st century countries to learn from the Indus is to recognize and analyze that some methods we are doing will result to our downfall.
The best was to help climate change is to put out less greenhouse gases, which is causing climate change. The best way reduce the output of CO2 into the atmosphere is to plant more trees, create laws that can significantly reduce the CO2 output, and spreading awareness about climate change. Plants are the largest consumers of CO2, so planting more would only help us take in more CO2 to balance out our outputs. Creating laws helps us enforce and limit our carbon output, this could just be enforced to large companies that dispense a lot of CO2. spreading awareness is one of the most helpful ways to solving the climate change problem. When spreading awareness it also helps to make the consequences of climate change aware so there is more of a motivation.
Overall it’s really important that we focus on having a working global food system that won’t need the threatened by climate change. Climate change changes global climate and weather patterns and can cause storms that could ruin our food transportation system. Climate change affects fish which supply 50% of the world’s population protein intake. Climate change can also cause droughts that leave areas completely terrible for farming. My recommendations include planting more trees, enforcing CO2 reduction laws, and spreading awareness. These three solutions could also help solve two sustainable development goals, life below water and zero hunger. There will no longer be trouble with fisheries because fish will no longer need to migrate and fish near the arctic will be able to stay put. Solving climate change helping keep our global food system alive so everyone who has been eating won’t need to go hungry. Now, will we solve climate change to keep our global food system alive?
Clark, Duncan. "How will climate change affect food production?" The Guardian. Guardian News and Media, 19 Sept. 2012. Web. 23 May 2017.
Fraser, E. D., & Rimas, A. (2011). Empires of food: feast, famine and the rise and fall of civilizations. London: Arrow Books.
"Primary History - Indus Valley - The end of the Indus." BBC. BBC, 2014. Web. 23 May 2017.
Climate change is a very large issue in our global food system because it can mess up food transportation, food growth, and wipe out species. Climate change is one of the largest threats to our global food system because it can cause storms that can wipe out cities and food transportation methods. Climate change is the changing weather and climate patterns across the world. These climate patterns can be drastic storms like tornadoes and hurricanes. Tornadoes and hurricanes can also both wipe out growing fields and ruin transportation methods for food. This is especially a threat in the 21st century with the incline on CO2 output. Climate change also directly affect the growing process of food with more extreme changing climate such as droughts. Droughts are dry periods of time that don’t have any rain/moisture that usually results in water shortages. Droughts are clearly not wanted for growing food, that’s why we need to do something about this now. Lastly climate change is one of the largest threats to fisheries says Duncan Clark from the guardian, because some fish are already adapting to the climate change by migrating to higher altitudes but arctic fish have nowhere to go. This could be detrimental to our global food system because fish are half the world’s population source for protein.
Climate change is not new, it has taken down many civilizations before, let's not have it take down us. One civilization that had suffered the dangerous effects of climate change is the Indus civilization. The Indus civilization existed from 2600 B.C.E - 1800 B.C.E and was in what is now modern day Pakistan and Iran. The civilization was doing great until some sudden environmental changes occurred like floods, salinization, and changing rivers courses. These environmental changes had left the Indus in a really weakened place which was perfect for Central Asian raiders to come finish the civilization off. The Indus weren’t able to adapt to these drastic environmental changes. The climate change had ruined their agriculture, which had made it a struggle for existence for the Indus. Another quote that supports my research is from Empires of Food by Evan Fraser and Andrew Rimas; " Climate change, too, is a catastrophe we hold in common with our forebears, instead of blaming sunspots and volcanoes, we have to blame our fossil fuel habit."
The Indus civilization ended due to climate change, but that doesn’t mean we need to. Unfortunately the Indus had fallen and were not able to address the situation that led to their demise. Some of the reason the Indus had fallen had been because of their own farming mistakes and methods like moving large amounts of soil. The best way for all the 21st century countries to learn from the Indus is to recognize and analyze that some methods we are doing will result to our downfall.
The best was to help climate change is to put out less greenhouse gases, which is causing climate change. The best way reduce the output of CO2 into the atmosphere is to plant more trees, create laws that can significantly reduce the CO2 output, and spreading awareness about climate change. Plants are the largest consumers of CO2, so planting more would only help us take in more CO2 to balance out our outputs. Creating laws helps us enforce and limit our carbon output, this could just be enforced to large companies that dispense a lot of CO2. spreading awareness is one of the most helpful ways to solving the climate change problem. When spreading awareness it also helps to make the consequences of climate change aware so there is more of a motivation.
Overall it’s really important that we focus on having a working global food system that won’t need the threatened by climate change. Climate change changes global climate and weather patterns and can cause storms that could ruin our food transportation system. Climate change affects fish which supply 50% of the world’s population protein intake. Climate change can also cause droughts that leave areas completely terrible for farming. My recommendations include planting more trees, enforcing CO2 reduction laws, and spreading awareness. These three solutions could also help solve two sustainable development goals, life below water and zero hunger. There will no longer be trouble with fisheries because fish will no longer need to migrate and fish near the arctic will be able to stay put. Solving climate change helping keep our global food system alive so everyone who has been eating won’t need to go hungry. Now, will we solve climate change to keep our global food system alive?
Sources:
Clark, Duncan. "How will climate change affect food production?" The Guardian. Guardian News and Media, 19 Sept. 2012. Web. 23 May 2017.
Fraser, E. D., & Rimas, A. (2011). Empires of food: feast, famine and the rise and fall of civilizations. London: Arrow Books.
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Wednesday, April 26, 2017
The Journey of Wheat
In our first unit of our new humanities class Food For Thought we learned about the ingredients of food and the journey it takes to get to us. Throughout this unit we focused on the energy, the work, the history of food, how food has shaped our society, and how we've changed food throughout it's journey. I learned that this very important ingredient impacted myself, my family, and my ancestors. For my action project I worked on researching about wheat and where it originates from. I hope you enjoy.While working on this unit I discovered that corn is in almost everything.
I started out as a vegetable that was sometimes picked and eaten by hunters and gatherers. Soon these hunters and gatherers realized my potential to help them thrive along with me. I am wheat. I first started to get farmed in 8000 B.C.E in Ancient Mesopotamia , back then I grew in smaller stalks than I do now. I don’t remember exactly where I had started to be grown but I’m sure it was around the Karacadag mountain range in what is now modern day Turkey. Starting in Mesopotamia in the Fertile crescent which is now countries like Iraq, Iran, Syria, Turkey, and Jordan I started as both emmer and einkorn which were both younger versions of me that I later decided to change/ evolve into what is now called wheat.
About 1500 years later in 6500 B.C.E I started to spread to more countries and regions close to ancient Mesopotamia like India, Cyprus, and Greece. This started because Mesopotamia was expanding and innovation was occurring with development of stamp seals and cylinder seals. These seals were created to put drawings, and forms of written communication on. Because of this large expansion to Cypress, India, and Greece I traveled and kept more civilizations alive for longer.
Between 6500 B.C.E and 6000 B.C.E I managed to also travel to Egypt where one of the biggest discoveries was made that had me in the spotlight. In Egypt in 6000 B.C.E I was used to make baked bread. Bread is one of the world’s biggest food milestones because of how much more foods it is mixed with, how many food were made from it, and how relevant it still is.
About 3000 years later in 3000 B.C.E I traveled to the British Isles and Scandinavia. This was still the result of local expansion from Greece. The British Isles were very enjoyable to be planted there because they used me in both the making of foods but I was also able to help build and sustain houses on the shingles of their roofs.
In 2000 B.C.E I was still being grown and being produced more all across India, which allowed a lot of travelers to spread their civilizations along with me over large pieces of land. I was able to travel in 2000 B.C.E to China where I was also grown to help later civilizations like the Huang Ho.
About 1500 years later in 6500 B.C.E I started to spread to more countries and regions close to ancient Mesopotamia like India, Cyprus, and Greece. This started because Mesopotamia was expanding and innovation was occurring with development of stamp seals and cylinder seals. These seals were created to put drawings, and forms of written communication on. Because of this large expansion to Cypress, India, and Greece I traveled and kept more civilizations alive for longer.
Between 6500 B.C.E and 6000 B.C.E I managed to also travel to Egypt where one of the biggest discoveries was made that had me in the spotlight. In Egypt in 6000 B.C.E I was used to make baked bread. Bread is one of the world’s biggest food milestones because of how much more foods it is mixed with, how many food were made from it, and how relevant it still is.
About 3000 years later in 3000 B.C.E I traveled to the British Isles and Scandinavia. This was still the result of local expansion from Greece. The British Isles were very enjoyable to be planted there because they used me in both the making of foods but I was also able to help build and sustain houses on the shingles of their roofs.
In 2000 B.C.E I was still being grown and being produced more all across India, which allowed a lot of travelers to spread their civilizations along with me over large pieces of land. I was able to travel in 2000 B.C.E to China where I was also grown to help later civilizations like the Huang Ho.
From China I traveled to places all over the world; going to newly developed countries and continents that have been around for a long time in places like the Americas, Africa, and the rest of Europe.
Now in the 20th century I am used in all kinds of dishes that include the main ingredient flour in foods like, pies, crackers, and still bread. I am also being used a very important ingredient for a family in Chicago IL, they make beignets. A family member quoted saying “ Beignets help bring our family together in a way of joy and strength because it helps us all understand who we are.”I’m very glad I could be part of something so important to a family’s life, and I couldn’t have gotten there without the journey.
Now in the 20th century I am used in all kinds of dishes that include the main ingredient flour in foods like, pies, crackers, and still bread. I am also being used a very important ingredient for a family in Chicago IL, they make beignets. A family member quoted saying “ Beignets help bring our family together in a way of joy and strength because it helps us all understand who we are.”I’m very glad I could be part of something so important to a family’s life, and I couldn’t have gotten there without the journey.
Thursday, February 23, 2017
My Creator
In this final unit of my class Who am I? we focused on Doubt and dream. In this last Action project we were assigned to make a dream catcher and explain what it represents to us. I really enjoyed how in this unit we had many discussions about what our own experiences with dreams were like and how that impacted our lives. I was assigned any essay/reflection to write so we could completely evaluate what what me us ourselves an what is our Creator.
The center of a dream catcher represents somebody’s creator or bliss. In the center of my dream catcher I have a piece of one of my favorite photographs, this is somewhat my creator because I like to do photography and it makes me who I am. Therefore photography is the creator of who I am. I chose to put my favorite photo in because it represents what I want in the future- my best photo will lead to even more good photos. I want my future to be photos as a hobby, and a side job that I don’t want to get paid for, this is why this photo is so important to me. I want for the catcher to take away some of the unfortunate and negative thoughts that have been happening to me lately. I want it to take that away so I can focus on things that I want in the future like better cameras and taking better photos. When I was younger I was always worried about the future, so I held this down with a lot of repression that wen to the unconscious.
For the threads making up the loop I used dark blue thread to represent what I don’t know and how I don’t know. I wanted this to be the base color of the hoop because I feel as if I wanted to represent the good future letting things in as dreams (hence I don’t know the future) while bad things in the future could be held back into the hoop to burn in sunlight. I made the bottom hanging thread out of brown thread because to me brown represents strength and determination, I wanted a good future in photography leaded by strength and determination. I made four with one bead on each to represent a strong stable future because that’s how I want my future in photography to be. Some good things that I want the dream catcher to let through would be to own a clothes business and do photography as a background. I made the inside purple thread because purple is my favorite color so I want something I like to be the barrier between my good hopes and dreams between things I don’t want. Otherwise it’s like hiring a security guard that looks super shady. I had accidentally made the center of my dream catcher look like a crucifix, I'm not religious so it doesn't line up with me. I am agnostic so I don't know if I want to believe in a god.
I had a dream only a couple of weeks ago that displayed a lot of good fortune and hope for things that I want. My dream had me and my brother walking on the underpass of a bridge where two people wearing my favorite clothing brand we loading some of that brand’s clothes into a black van. I was super excited and I asked one of them if that was what I had really been seeing, then the person tossed me a hat without saying anything but gave me a cheery smile. Then the other person got in the car and said we could have the rest of clothes they left behind. I hope more dreams like this happen so I could more focus on what I want. Around the time I had this dream I had been just staring at things that I had wanted.
The center of a dream catcher represents somebody’s creator or bliss. In the center of my dream catcher I have a piece of one of my favorite photographs, this is somewhat my creator because I like to do photography and it makes me who I am. Therefore photography is the creator of who I am. I chose to put my favorite photo in because it represents what I want in the future- my best photo will lead to even more good photos. I want my future to be photos as a hobby, and a side job that I don’t want to get paid for, this is why this photo is so important to me. I want for the catcher to take away some of the unfortunate and negative thoughts that have been happening to me lately. I want it to take that away so I can focus on things that I want in the future like better cameras and taking better photos. When I was younger I was always worried about the future, so I held this down with a lot of repression that wen to the unconscious.
For the threads making up the loop I used dark blue thread to represent what I don’t know and how I don’t know. I wanted this to be the base color of the hoop because I feel as if I wanted to represent the good future letting things in as dreams (hence I don’t know the future) while bad things in the future could be held back into the hoop to burn in sunlight. I made the bottom hanging thread out of brown thread because to me brown represents strength and determination, I wanted a good future in photography leaded by strength and determination. I made four with one bead on each to represent a strong stable future because that’s how I want my future in photography to be. Some good things that I want the dream catcher to let through would be to own a clothes business and do photography as a background. I made the inside purple thread because purple is my favorite color so I want something I like to be the barrier between my good hopes and dreams between things I don’t want. Otherwise it’s like hiring a security guard that looks super shady. I had accidentally made the center of my dream catcher look like a crucifix, I'm not religious so it doesn't line up with me. I am agnostic so I don't know if I want to believe in a god.
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I had a dream only a couple of weeks ago that displayed a lot of good fortune and hope for things that I want. My dream had me and my brother walking on the underpass of a bridge where two people wearing my favorite clothing brand we loading some of that brand’s clothes into a black van. I was super excited and I asked one of them if that was what I had really been seeing, then the person tossed me a hat without saying anything but gave me a cheery smile. Then the other person got in the car and said we could have the rest of clothes they left behind. I hope more dreams like this happen so I could more focus on what I want. Around the time I had this dream I had been just staring at things that I had wanted.
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Sunday, January 29, 2017
An Uncompromising World
In this our first unit of Who am I? we focused on what we believe in, others believe in, and how that effects our lives. Throughout this unit we focused on truth and memory and how that makes a person who they are. I really enjoyed this unit while we learned about philosophers and learning about people's experiences with their truth and memory. This unit made me really reflect on who I am and how I like to interact with people. I was assigned an AP where I needed to talk about what was my truth and how that effected my identity.
Hello, I’m IF and we’ll be talking about what is true to me and how it affects my life. I also hope to make you think about what beliefs and truths guide you and help you make your decisions. While I was contemplating about my beliefs and which I wanted to present, I came up with the question “How do your beliefs change throughout your life? And what do those beliefs change about your personality?” This thought led me to my answer, which might seem quite dark and sad at first, but I hope you can see my reasoning and how it has positively affected my life. I believe that the world is uncompromising and you can only make life as easy as you want it to by doing what you want.
I believe that the world is a very uncompromising place, nobody cares about how about you feel or your perspective. This is very true to me because this is what I was taught, have experienced, and probably will experience again. When I was younger my dad told me that the world wasn’t going to give me anything and that you need to work for as much as you want. I took that very seriously and figured out that people hold me back from what I want to achieve. When I was in 5th and 6th grade I focused a lot on schoolwork instead of things that I liked such as drawing and gaming.. I remember my teacher saying “well done ,” after turning in a series of my projects that I had all gotten all A’s on. She asked me, “How does feel being such a hard worker” she said with a cheery smile on her face. I responded with a sly grin and baggy eyes that had clearly shown discomfort while saying, “Tired mostly and I could go for a break.” After turning in a large amount of projects that I had gotten A’s on I didn’t feel any reward out of it. From the numerous times this happened this led me to my conclusion of making decisions that I wanted to do, That was how I was going to get the most out of life. This is why most of the important decisions in my life only involve me.
Throughout my life I’ve had many experiences where it was very necessary to focus on what I want and be independent with my decisions. When I was growing up, I experienced massive amounts of issues with my personality and ideas. I hated myself and didn’t want anything to do with myself, which I’m sure that every person deals with sometime in their life.I came to the conclusion that I wanted to talk to somebody, a parent or teacher about how I was feeling. But, I decided not to do that and instead analyze myself on a deeper level, which was both hard and pleasing. I still don’t know exactly who I am. I saw that I really didn’t care about other people that much, not to the point where I’m a sociopath but just not as much as I thought I did. This led to me being very independent.
Because this belief makes me such an independent person I can’t really relate it to my family or other people. But by being more independent, I feel like I’m more destined for greatness. I don’t need to worry about others dragging me down. It sounds super ignorant and self-centered but it helps me think of what I want first instead of other people. It’s still interesting that I work so well in groups. This mindset is separating me from my family and culture in a way to where it is bringing me closer to them. When I decided to start being more independent, I started to be a more observational person and look at what made people how they are , which played a key part in understanding myself and what I did.
Podcast Script
I believe that the world is a very uncompromising place, nobody cares about how about you feel or your perspective. This is very true to me because this is what I was taught, have experienced, and probably will experience again. When I was younger my dad told me that the world wasn’t going to give me anything and that you need to work for as much as you want. I took that very seriously and figured out that people hold me back from what I want to achieve. When I was in 5th and 6th grade I focused a lot on schoolwork instead of things that I liked such as drawing and gaming.. I remember my teacher saying “well done ,” after turning in a series of my projects that I had all gotten all A’s on. She asked me, “How does feel being such a hard worker” she said with a cheery smile on her face. I responded with a sly grin and baggy eyes that had clearly shown discomfort while saying, “Tired mostly and I could go for a break.” After turning in a large amount of projects that I had gotten A’s on I didn’t feel any reward out of it. From the numerous times this happened this led me to my conclusion of making decisions that I wanted to do, That was how I was going to get the most out of life. This is why most of the important decisions in my life only involve me.
Throughout my life I’ve had many experiences where it was very necessary to focus on what I want and be independent with my decisions. When I was growing up, I experienced massive amounts of issues with my personality and ideas. I hated myself and didn’t want anything to do with myself, which I’m sure that every person deals with sometime in their life.I came to the conclusion that I wanted to talk to somebody, a parent or teacher about how I was feeling. But, I decided not to do that and instead analyze myself on a deeper level, which was both hard and pleasing. I still don’t know exactly who I am. I saw that I really didn’t care about other people that much, not to the point where I’m a sociopath but just not as much as I thought I did. This led to me being very independent.
Because this belief makes me such an independent person I can’t really relate it to my family or other people. But by being more independent, I feel like I’m more destined for greatness. I don’t need to worry about others dragging me down. It sounds super ignorant and self-centered but it helps me think of what I want first instead of other people. It’s still interesting that I work so well in groups. This mindset is separating me from my family and culture in a way to where it is bringing me closer to them. When I decided to start being more independent, I started to be a more observational person and look at what made people how they are , which played a key part in understanding myself and what I did.
All in all I really focus on bettering my life by being alone in my decisions. Overall this belief has caused me to explore my feelings, preferences, and ideas more to see my potential.Truth is something to follow and believe that will guide your decisions. So I’ll leave you to think about this question- What truths and beliefs guide your decisions? And how do those decisions affect your feelings, preferences, and ideas?
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