Semester two blog #8

Compare and contrast Barack Obama and Franklin Delano Roosevelt as presidents. Be sure to cover topics such as their responses to the economy, their interactions with the American public and their relationships with other elements of the US government (feel free to write about more, too!).


FDR:

- Had good inspirational things to say

- Had different views then Hoover and believed the government needed to aid the public

- Suggested that parties work together rather than against each other

- FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)

- Assassination attempt


Obama:

- In favor of 7 million dollar bailout

- Was wildly popular just after the election

- State of the Union (2 parties work together to fix the economy)

- Blames banks "Wall Street"

- The highest 5% of the population received about a third of all personal income.

- Industrial production fell 50%

FDR (cont'd)

- FDR established many reconstruction agencies (incorporated new agencies to help the economy)

- FDR Made Social Security (Set it up)

- Went on the radio a couple times each year so the country would feel comfortable with what he was doing in office and he could present it in a personal way

- Established the FERA (Federal Emergency Relief Administration), which granted $500 million to state agencies for direct relief (That was the part of the New Deal)

- One of the reasons his bills were passed in congress was because FDR was extremely popular and respected

- FDR started the WPA (Works Progress Administration) and the REA (Rural Electrification Administration) which helped finance construction and electric projects (Helped schools, hospitals, etc.)

Semester two blog #7

Predict how companies or industries similar to the one that you worked at during internship would have fared during the Great Depression. Would your company have thrived or sunk? Why?

Companies like SEEDS wouldn't have fared during the Great Depression, because SEEDS is a non-profit organization. There wouldn't have been many companies willing to give out grants meaning to give (or donate) money. SEEDS class sizes would have also decreased due to class fee's and transportation. 

I am not sure that Developmental Disabilities were acknowledged back then and since SEEDS specializes in that sadly my Organization would have been shut down quickly during the Great Depression.

Semester two blog #6

Choose one character from The Grapes of Wrath and list four important quotes said by or written by this character. Explain what you believe these quotes reveal about the character.

Muley

"Everybody's got to get off. Everybody's leavin', goin' out to California. Your folks, my folks, everybody's folks. Everybody except me. I ain't gettin' off."

"Like a damn ol' graveyard ghos'. I been goin' aroun' the places where stuff happened. Like there's a place over by forty; in a gully they's  a bush. Fust time I ever laid down with  a girl was there. Me fourteen an' stampin' an' jerkin' an' snortin' like a buck deer, randy as a billygoat. So I went there an' I laid down on the groun', right now. Mus' be. Nobody never washed it out. An' I put my han' on that groun' where my own pa's blood is part of it." He paused uneasily. "You fellas think I'm touched?" 

These quotes to me show that Muley is a tough character and cannot be taken control of, He is very outspoken and honest. 

Semester two #5

Audrey Le: Some high quality work I found on Audrey's blog is her photo essay, she has amazing high quality photos, the obey a few of Randy's photography suggestions, and it was published organized. It stood out to me because the photos needed a story or caption to explain why they were taken and thats exactly what happened when I was on her blog.


Dani Toscano:
A high quality blogpost I found on this page was the Mentor interview, the layout meet a lot of the article checklist suggestions. I found it difficult to post my mentor interview on blogger but Dani did just that and it turned out great. There is good writing and it stood out to me.


Sai Prasad:
On Sai's blog i felt the photo essay was high quality, I really enjoyed the fact he put a quote before starting the photo essay to give the reader an insight to where he interned, how people reacted to this, and more. This stood out to me of course because the qoute was in bold font.

Semester two #5 (photo essay)

When I first walked into the SEEDS classroom I was overwhelmed with all types of emotions. I wasn't sure if the students were going to accept me or not. I stood in the corner silently until a student came up to me and said "Hi! I'm John, whats your name?" I replied with "My name is Jasmine. Nice to meet you John. I will be interning with you guys for the month." John was then really excited and showed me around making me feel welcomed. This was my first encounter into this new world I was taught to stay out of, to ignore because they are "different".

After this experience I start thinking back to middle school. We had a special classroom for students with cognitive disabilities. We were not allowed to talk to the students because they were different, the students were locked in the classroom all day. They never ate lunch with us, or got to preform with us in dance and choir class. This only made me think that they were meant to be ignored and treated differently, SEEDS quickly changed my mind set about this.


The classes I taught are no different from the ones I attend at HTHMA they get side tracked and text when the teacher is talking too much but they learn different material, although they are older. I have been teaching my class about different relationships and personal space. It is easy for them to get involved in class because they strive to learn the things that "normal" people know and they loved to be heard and praised.
I taught classes on Tuesday nights, I had gotten the chance to learn about these students and know where they struggle most in relationships and their developmental disabilities. These students have taught me to accept people for who they are and to learn patience when I feel I will lose it most. They have also taught me to appreciate the things I can do, the simple things like: Communicate rapidly, process words, understand relationship and boundaries without repetitive lessons and activities. I have enjoyed every second I was with my kids and I am going to miss them.



In the future this internship experience has opened my eyes to new career possibilities, going in to this internship I was not thinking of working with people with cognitive disabilities, I had my mind set on becoming a therapist. After seeing Stacy deal with private clients, I started thinking that I could further my future major into developmental disabilities and phycology. When I told Stacy this she began quizzing me about the different types of disabilities. Like Autism, Asbergers, Down Syndrome, etc. I am sad to leave SEEDS and I would love to keep working and volunteering for them. This new world has exposed me to some of the nicest people, and I loved working with them.

Semester two #4

I am really excited for this book to become a well polished final product. I know that it will take a lot of work for it to meet the standards that the companies, and organizations will except when they purchase the Volume Two book of Ampersand. This is obviously fall into place will strict and reasonable goals. I have set some goals for myself when I write my personal pieces that will be published in Ampersand. These goals will hopefully be followed through comepltely and help me to become motivated throughout this entire project.

My goals are:
-Get at least two critiques or more, daily (these critiques have to be by different staff member or peers)
-Write two or three new pieces that have a chance to be published in Ampersand (My ideas are the poem, the survival guide, and a fictional piece of writing)
- Use as many of the"Writing Tips" as possible to create an amazing piece of writing.
-Analyze the first Ampersand book and read as many articles to get a flow of the certain styles or writing that was used, that could help me develop a great article.
-To critique as many of my classmates articles or pieces of writing to exercise my writing tips skills. (Eliminating "ing's" punctuate with purpose, concerts not pancakes, activate sentences, and make meaning early.)
-Be as helpful as I can possibly be to my peers.
-MAKE RANDY PROUD!

Semester two #3

Would you like to see my Mentor Interview?

Semester two #2

Late one morning in December, a blond woman in a perfectly matching black suit and leather high heeled boots walked from behind her desk to greet her two new high-school interns that sit anxiously in the cold waiting room near a plug-in portable heater that makes a low hum surrounding the quite office. She introduces herself as Stacy Everson, and invites the two young girls into her office, which is an organized mess. Papers and a large 12-month calendar cover the entirety of the desk where she works. Stacy seems to know exactly where everything is placed as she reaches for a pen underneath a pile of papers while she mumbles comments under her breath. The high-school students nervously laugh. They then hand their résumés to their new, stiff postured mentor who immediately places them on her desk and starts jotting down notes about what they will be doing during the next few weeks. Stacy starts with a brief intro about SEEDS and the students she teaches. She adds, “My students do not know the difference between friends and strangers, we at SEEDS teach them how to be safe in the community. Some of my students have personal space issues, some have been trialed as sexual offenders, and some have brain injuries from car accidents.” The interns nod their heads in understanding.

If someone was told to sum up Stacy Everson in one word, Motivated would be an understatement. A day in the office with Stacy is a experience one will never forget, from private meetings with screaming and frustrated clients to the phone ringing five times in an hour. Stacy Everson should be titled "Super Woman" she takes no breaks, travels all over San Diego, Northcounty, to the boarder, and in between for her work.

At first glance one might wonder what motivated Stacy to open up SEEDS. As a nurse she came across a woman in her 30's. She had been raped but no one believed her. Stacy explained, "I was the Sex Ed teacher\nurse and was sent out to deal with it. She was angry and breaking things in the house she lived in. After talking with her, I realized this was not made up. I then got angry and went to administration and said nothing was out there service wise and we should drop it or I should do something. The young woman asked if believed her and when I said yes, and I would make others believe too. I have carried her story everytime I speak on the subject. Others have to believe and help expose abuse if abuse is going to decrease. Abuse thrives when good people do nothing. My job is to educate and put my students stories and their faces to abuse statistics.”

Semester two #1

I think what makes a high quality interview is a beginning short story like a rolling stones on I read it described the person being interviewed from head to toe. Although that might be a little too awkward to do for our mentor interviews. I know when I read interviews I enjoy reading ones that use energetic language and that make the interview subject really interesting and a down to earth person, unless they are some diva.
I feel that interviews that are more like a story or a brief bio of the interview subject are the best written instead of interviews that are written like:
I walked into the room and saw Beyonce I was thrilled. She told me to have a seat and I asked her, her favorite song. Beyonce replied "The wheels on the bus go round and round". And so on. A challenge I am sure to face is making my interview like a story about my mentor but I am excited to get started.
Link to interviews that I think are High-quality:
Alicia Keys interview/bio
Lady GaGa interview