Friday, November 21, 2008

Turkey Day

This year i am deffinantly thankful for the dynamic of our entire 11th grade enviroment it seems that every single peson coexists and acctually has matured to a level of respect for one another. The community as a whole it flourishing.

its pretty cool.

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Friday, November 7, 2008

H2o Project

H2o Schedule:

The question I have landed on for my H2o project is "What are the effects on humans from being exposed to the amounts of bacteria in our water, and what legal obligations do our government have to protect us form these illnesses?"

The next two weeks of my school career will look something like this:
Nov. 7- research of similar examples of final product. (internet)
Nov. 8- Begin spreadsheet of data collected for biology to support artist statement.
Nov. 9- Examine electron microscope pictures of E-coil bacteria for painting.
Nov. 10/11- Buy art supplies needed for product.
Nov. 12/13/14- Prepare 4 canvases for painting (writers block?)
Nov. 15/16/17- Sketch final E-coli bacteria art thaaang/ Rough draft of artist statement.
Nov. 18/19/20/21/22- paint and continue to revise artist statement

THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!


Dec. 1/2- Final critiques of artist statement
Dec. 3/4- Setup and display artwork for exibition, print and display artist statement.
Dec. 5- Eat In-n-out in class all day.

Resources:
4 canvases
acrylic paint/ brushes
aresol based paints
8.5x11 picture frame

(in addition i will need to setup an interview and question with a lawyer individual)

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Election, and H2o Project

Election reflection:

First of all yesterday night was a very interesting night at my house as my entire family sat in the living room being all Midwestern and annoying, cheering for Barrak Obama as his electoral votes piled up. Needless to say i was in fact very pleased with Barrak Obama winning the presidency, and the feeling that you were apart of history in the making was inescapable. I really hope that Barrack Obama is able to deliver on all of the "change" he sayd he will bring to the country, and with a senate with a majority of democrats i think that that is probably obtainable. I really would like to see resolution with the war in Iraq and have troops start coming home. In addition more locally I would like to abolish propositions that are unfair and un-constitutional like prop eight. Both of these things Barrak Obama has a solution for, and i hope he pulls through.

I have followed this election from the beginning learning in Randy s class about our American history and the way our politics work. In having conversation on election night i realized that i had formed my own opinions about the candidates and understood quite well the entire process, as well as some strategies candidates use and various other knowledge that not even my parents knew. I feel like my civic knowledge went form nothing at the beginning of the year to above average in a short period of time.

Sunday, November 2, 2008

mai topic por la article

How does the lack of water testing effect tourism to San Diego's beaches?
Does the lack of water testing deter beach going in San Diego for non-natives? What information is given to tourists about the cleanliness of our beaches? What is the annual income from tourists for beach community's? What effect has the lack of water testing had on the successfulness of beach community s/ businesses? Is there sufficient rain during tourist season to warrant our water dirty?

http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070808/news_1m8b2briefs.html

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20081031-9999-1m31test.html



How Does dirty water effect the number of babes who come to the beach?
How does the lack of water testing specifically effect the demographic of youth who visit the beach during the tourism season? What impact does the youth demographic have on businesses at the beach? Does the presence of youth during the tourism season have a negative impact on the beach cleanliness?