Showing posts with label Video. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Video. 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.
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Hoarding Disorder: A Simulation
The second unit of Disease was a pretty filled one, focusing on mental disorders this time around. Disease is a class where we learn about diseases that affect people in some way; usually a negative one. I searched for a mental disease that I had interest in researching, and I came across a few that I liked, such as Kleptomania, and Narcolepsy. I ended up deciding on Hoarding disorder; a disorder that is estimated to affect 5% of the U.S population. This unit was very interesting, it brought up a lot of concepts that I didn't think could be a disorder. I created multiple sources to help recognize and understand what Hoarding disorder is and how it feels. The lesson plan is what is being demonstrated in the video, so feel free to replicate my simulation at home. I hope you enjoy.
The International OCD Foundation defines Hoarding Disorder (HD) as a mental health disorder where people have difficulty getting rid of possessions that are no longer useful to them.
Signs of hoarding disorder include:
Ceci was only a child when she had to endure living with her clutter-filled home because of her mother's endless hoarding. She is now the founder and Executive director of Lightening the Load, a ministry that helps people unclutter their homes, and helps keep relationships attached. In 2015 she held a TED talk, where she spoke about her experience with hoarding, the issues of hoarding, and her mission to improve hoarding situations. " My mom's need to save had a bigger meaning. It wasn't about stuff, it was about challenges, fear, grief, problems processing information. Decades passed before I learned that hoarding is not a house problem, it's not a stuff problem; hoarding is a mental health issue." This quote from the TED talk shows impactful hoarding can be on the person with the mental disorder and the people around them. Hoarding disorder can hurt more than one person.
The Affected Brain
The brain is a very complex system that is made up of separate parts that all perform separate functions. The prefrontal cortex is a large part of the human brain that controls executive functions like personality, complex planning, coordinating, and impulse control. When people with Hoarding Disorder go out to collect more items this is their impulse thing to do, much like OCD. The prefrontal cortex is responsible for all of that impulse control, and it tends to be a little less controlled in people with OCD or Hoarding Disorder.
The International OCD Foundation defines Hoarding Disorder (HD) as a mental health disorder where people have difficulty getting rid of possessions that are no longer useful to them.
Signs of hoarding disorder include:
- The persistent difficulty of parting with an item
- Discarding the hoarded items causes significant distress
- The hoarding has accumulated and clutters living areas
- The hoarding causes significant distress
Ceci was only a child when she had to endure living with her clutter-filled home because of her mother's endless hoarding. She is now the founder and Executive director of Lightening the Load, a ministry that helps people unclutter their homes, and helps keep relationships attached. In 2015 she held a TED talk, where she spoke about her experience with hoarding, the issues of hoarding, and her mission to improve hoarding situations. " My mom's need to save had a bigger meaning. It wasn't about stuff, it was about challenges, fear, grief, problems processing information. Decades passed before I learned that hoarding is not a house problem, it's not a stuff problem; hoarding is a mental health issue." This quote from the TED talk shows impactful hoarding can be on the person with the mental disorder and the people around them. Hoarding disorder can hurt more than one person.
The Affected Brain
The brain is a very complex system that is made up of separate parts that all perform separate functions. The prefrontal cortex is a large part of the human brain that controls executive functions like personality, complex planning, coordinating, and impulse control. When people with Hoarding Disorder go out to collect more items this is their impulse thing to do, much like OCD. The prefrontal cortex is responsible for all of that impulse control, and it tends to be a little less controlled in people with OCD or Hoarding Disorder.
Flier
I created a flier about Hoarding Disorder to help readers and others understand what hoarding disorder is and how to help lessen the symptoms of the disorder in a safe way, all references are cited at the bottom of this blog post. The flier also includes a very common myth about people with Hoarding Disorder, why the myth isn't true, and a few statistics about the disorder.
Demonstration Simulation
This video of me putting two of my classmates through a simulation of Hoarding Disorder that I created, is intended to show the difficulties of having Hoarding Disorder. Over time people with Hoarding Disorder collect more and more items that build up while continuing their normal lives. I pass my classmates items as they complete a worksheet to demonstrate the collecting of those items as a hoarder. This is pretty interesting to watch, so enjoy.
Lesson Plan
View this lesson plan in order to endure the same simulation that I performed in class. The lesson plan should produce the same results as shown in the video.
Graph and A Piecewise function
In this unit, we also explored math concepts that related to the presentation/simulation of out mental disease. The first photo shows a graph of brain waves that a student would go through while participating in the simulation. The brain waves only range in the Beta and Gamma range. This is good because of Gamma and Beta waves mean they are attentive to the simulation and not near to or asleep. The second photo shows a piecewise function of this graph.
Conclusion
This was a very enjoyable unit as well as an informative one. The action project was also very enjoyable and included a lot of pieces that seemed to fit well together. Though I struggled with the completion of this action project, it did help me get a good grasp of the content learned in this class. We did have one field experience in this class, where we able to speak with a medical student who helped us understand what diagnosing and helping a person is like in the medical field. I found this to be a very neat and productive conversation, that was, once again, useful and relevant to the class. I'm glad that I had this class, and the amazing experience it brings with it.
Citations
“How to Help a Loved One with HD.” Hoarding, 21 Apr. 2017, hoarding.iocdf.org/for-families/how-to-help-a-loved-one-with-hd/.
Parekh, Ranna. “What Is Hoarding Disorder?” What Is Hoarding Disorder?, July 2017, www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/hoarding-disorder/what-is-hoarding-disorder.
“Prefrontal Cortex.” GoodTherapy.org Therapy Blog, 18 Aug. 2015, www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychpedia/prefrontal-cortex.
TEDxTalks. YouTube, YouTube, 24 Nov. 2015, www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0c33pemjLw.
I created a flier about Hoarding Disorder to help readers and others understand what hoarding disorder is and how to help lessen the symptoms of the disorder in a safe way, all references are cited at the bottom of this blog post. The flier also includes a very common myth about people with Hoarding Disorder, why the myth isn't true, and a few statistics about the disorder.
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| "Hoarding Disorder flier" IF 2018 |
This video of me putting two of my classmates through a simulation of Hoarding Disorder that I created, is intended to show the difficulties of having Hoarding Disorder. Over time people with Hoarding Disorder collect more and more items that build up while continuing their normal lives. I pass my classmates items as they complete a worksheet to demonstrate the collecting of those items as a hoarder. This is pretty interesting to watch, so enjoy.
Lesson Plan
View this lesson plan in order to endure the same simulation that I performed in class. The lesson plan should produce the same results as shown in the video.
Graph and A Piecewise function
In this unit, we also explored math concepts that related to the presentation/simulation of out mental disease. The first photo shows a graph of brain waves that a student would go through while participating in the simulation. The brain waves only range in the Beta and Gamma range. This is good because of Gamma and Beta waves mean they are attentive to the simulation and not near to or asleep. The second photo shows a piecewise function of this graph.
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| "Lesson graph" IF 2018 |
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| "Piecewise work" IF 2018 |
Conclusion
This was a very enjoyable unit as well as an informative one. The action project was also very enjoyable and included a lot of pieces that seemed to fit well together. Though I struggled with the completion of this action project, it did help me get a good grasp of the content learned in this class. We did have one field experience in this class, where we able to speak with a medical student who helped us understand what diagnosing and helping a person is like in the medical field. I found this to be a very neat and productive conversation, that was, once again, useful and relevant to the class. I'm glad that I had this class, and the amazing experience it brings with it.
Citations
“How to Help a Loved One with HD.” Hoarding, 21 Apr. 2017, hoarding.iocdf.org/for-families/how-to-help-a-loved-one-with-hd/.
Parekh, Ranna. “What Is Hoarding Disorder?” What Is Hoarding Disorder?, July 2017, www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/hoarding-disorder/what-is-hoarding-disorder.
“Prefrontal Cortex.” GoodTherapy.org Therapy Blog, 18 Aug. 2015, www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychpedia/prefrontal-cortex.
TEDxTalks. YouTube, YouTube, 24 Nov. 2015, www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0c33pemjLw.
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.
"Primary History - Indus Valley - The end of the Indus." BBC. BBC, 2014. Web. 23 May 2017.
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