Education, what is it?

Hernando High is striving to become at least a C school. With FCAT already finished for the year the outcome of our hard work or lack of hard work, is already set in stone. How much of the school’s grade is directly related to the students? How much of the school’s grade is directly related to the teachers and the school board? In order to achieve a positive grade one must first realize the problems that students and schools in general face on a day to day basis.
A hundred and fifty years ago FCAT was unheard of; children let education engulf their lives in hopes that they would not have to grow up to be a factory worker and could leave slum life behind. Those who had no education strived to obtain some. The school bus was never around, so our grandparents can be found reminiscing about the 5 mile trek to school and back regardless of the weather. A little over a century ago, education was a privilege; in fact some children could end up working on a farm their whole lives.
This is not the case in the United States today. Children must attend some form of formal education whether it is public, private schools, or home based. Children must be educated. How can a modern classroom with students being late to class, uninterested, and unmotivated compare to the school rooms of previous generations where students must sit straight, listen to the teacher, and follow directions or face being punished? Would having to pay for their education make students take pride in their school and classroom?
As the government sends out expectations for schools but limits the funds, schools end up in a crisis. This situation is one that Hernando High knows all too well. In order to become sustainable and to keep up with the prosperous schools, the failing school must perform well on the FCAT and other state or national tests.
We have fallen off the mountain of education, with no net to catch us. For every time we fall, the climb to the elusive “A” school will become more challenging. Hernando High has a few obvious enemies, such as state requirements, lack of funding, student opinion and attitude, and just how much we care to become one of the schools that every student wishes to attend and teachers go beyond the basics to inspire and make an impact upon students.

Awesome video if i do say so myself

02-04-10

It is Thursday the 4th of February, I haven't done a journal entry in longer then I would like to admit. I wish I had never stopped but like I have always been told it is never too late to start again. What has changed since my last journal entry? It's sad that I don't even remember what was in that journal entry, or even for that matter when I wrote it. Life is good though. I am back on track and I am begining to excel. I think I may have reached the part of the puberty stage wherre I wants some muscle. I've been working out, p90x is pretty useful. Is that me? I thought I was that kid whom is grand when it comes to literature but when it comes to sports I fail miserably. All these changes. Hopefully I never lose any talents, and just gain some new ones over time. It is nice to think that after all my effort and pushing my body i will be able to pretect those whom matter most to me. The man of the house needs to be a brick wall ya know. I'll be the literature wall whom will correct your grammar and fill your mind with philosophical thoughts and musical taste. That doesn't sound too bad actually.

"If you have the right person anything can be romantic" Such a great quote, yay ease dropping. My friend in journalism just said it. I love showers, for more than one reason. I can think so clearly during them. Believe it or not but I do believe I've come across one of those rare sparks of creativity and artisticnessessity that always come at the randomest of moments. We'll see how it turns out. Life is grand right now. Sara is amazing and I simply cannot wait to talk to her today. *sigh*

Happy. It is very good.

CGI the better experience.

The movie experience has changed, drastically. Classic movies which used plastic dinosaur toys back in the day got 5 stars just as a multimillion dollar movie with fancy computer graphic imagery and top of the line specifically designed cameras like Avatar used.
The movie experience is simply epic. Actors in the classic age had the set around them, they themselves acted out everything that would be seen on the big screen. In today's world like in the movie Avatar, the actors are surrounded by basic props and wrapped in alien like suits with circuits receiving advanced technology, allowing the actor in the suit to control the animated character in the movie. All this new technology allows for the most realistic fantasies. Avatar lied dormant for years and years as everyone waited for the technology to innovate and become great enough for the needs of the movie. Never before has a completely made up world looked so real with the new 3-D and the computer graphic imagery.

Americans: Fat lazy people who cant get enough cheeseburgers?

The rest of the world, views the United States solely on two factors. One factor is the representatives of The United States and the media being produced in The United States. The rest of the world really can’t know directly how we act or how we are unless being in the country, but what parts of our culture hits other countries close to home like our television shows and political voices allow foreigners to gain a rough view of our nation.
The rough view is much like how Americans view other countries. Through the media we view Britain’s as fancy people whom even do Britain’s got talent with fanciness. The stereotypical accent and clothes make the world view Britain as a culturally mannered society where skateboarding and drive by shootings are never acceptable. In reality, Britain contains those aspects of life too. All the media creates is rough first impressions.
Now that anyone is able to interact with people from another nation in real time via internet or phone one could ask them how they view us, I know for a fact that most of the world sees us as uncultured ignorant fat people who never stop eating fries and cheeseburgers.
In a way that is true, because we created the fast food industry, and our average weight is immensely larger than most other countries, we have an increasingly high dropout rate and that in return increases the unemployed rate.

Quotes, My Social Interest

A social interest, filled with insight, creativity, and unending knowledge is all consistent in the world of a quote. I am definitely interested in quotes and find them to be extremely enlightening and inspiring. Every individual will look at a quote differently, and in that way the quote will hit close to home. One quote I really like is: “You can’t hang me for what I don’t say” quotes are simply words that people say, that usual can be interpreted differently by different people. “The hardest part about being lied too is knowing you weren’t worth the truth” Another great and moving quote is, “With power strength and ability you can accomplish anything”
They inspire me, as they can inspire other people. People go through whole life experiences and what they learned from the experience can simply be turned into a few words. To be shared with one another; Sharing knowledge, in its purest of forms. That is what a quote is.
Quotes help me grow to understand people, and myself easier than ever before. My ethics and ideals change and are tested by quotes, and some change for the better.
Other people have realized the power and simple greatness of quotes and have started up groups that revolve around the concept. Post Secret is a blog where people mail in post cards with their secrets written down creatively and artistically to the creator of post secret, then it is posted on the Post Secret blog for others to see. It is completely anonymous but through other people’s experiences and secrets an individual may feel more at peace with their secret, or become inspired or touched. It just goes to show just how much power words can hold; the power to change lives, to change words.
Again, it is up to the individual, just like with art, to give the quote meaning, and that I feel gives quotes a very personal touch. This is exactly why I love quotes. I know this isn’t your average 10th graders favorite social interest been at the end of the day, all you have is your experience, so why not share it.

Consumerism and you.

Have you heard!? Buying pig crap is the cool thing to do these days! Everyone is buying pig crap!? I wouldn’t get caught dead without my pig crap out in public!!

Chances are, if an individual watched a commercial advertising pig crap, they may actually consider purchasing pig crap. This is what is well known as Marketing. Businesses with a product are looking for larger products and economic growth. Using commercial ideas and paying largely influencing celebrities Businesses can create a media trend and thus make the consumer want to purchase the product. This is consumerism, how much of things a person buys, how many people buy them, why they buy them, how they buy them, these are all branches of consumerism. Consumerism is the study of the consumer, and through study, there are strategies in how to sway the consumers purchasing habits.

Sadly enough, this puppetering strategy is effective, and widely used. It is simply the best way for consumers to be informed of the product and persuade them. Simply surround them, and make it appealing in ways that have nothing to do with why the product was even created and there will be an undying need for that specific product in the mind of the consumer.

How has technology effected how we receive information?

Back in the old days, the good old American family sat down to breakfast, with the mother in the kitchen, and the father sipping on some black coffee with a hint of sugar reading the news around town and around the world.

Information, was passed way back in The United State's history mainly by newspaper. The newspaper, is where everyone would find out the latest happening in the world around them, whether it be something short and sweet like a girlscout bakesale or something as catastrophic as the bombing of pearl harbor, where as soon as the press unleashed the next issue, men hoarded the copies craving to know what is really is happening on such a terrible day.

As people and technology grew over the years, so did the speed in which technology is transported and shared. In the present day, one could easily gain access to the World Wide Web and uncover any bit of knowledge one could ever desire, including the latest world and local news. Before the World Wide Web, came the television and before that, the radio, both in whitch transfer information extremely faster than the classic newspaper. It is obvious, that the popularity of the All American Newspaper is diminishing, sure there are still the elderly, and the literate minded whom still read the newspaper, but with innovation, comes the death of old innovations and the death of proffesions and the rebirth of newer, proffesions much like the old.

The way technology is excelling forward, the whole of The United States is adapting. Causing the old businesses that back in the old days held the greatest of prestige to lose more and more money, employees, and overall business. For it all, is being moved to the World Wide Web, as it had with the radio and television. Only to a greater extent due to the mass of people that are always connected. Employees in the newspaper business are taking their carreer to the Web and adjusting accordingly.

Short Story, ch.1

When I came too I remember first feeling a drop of water drip down onto my sore nose. Quickly all the pain that had built up during my terrifying sleep raided my body. With nothing to see and my ankles and wrists bound on a cold metal table, all i could do was wish for the sandman to visit me once more before the repetitive drops of ice water drove me mad.
I have no memory to report what had ravaged me to the point of unconsciousness, nor do I want any now. It's as if my life had started anew in this damp restrictive black hole. My main focus was to control the pain that was speeding through my veins.
I had no sight; the light in the darkness has flickered out. I remember thinking, "Maybe my life is really starting over, am I entering hell for some terrible crime that i have committed?" It didn't take long before i started breathing hard and darting my eyes everywhere. In the dead darkness I heard a doorknob twist and a heavy door slowly open. My eyes stung from the light, as my world became brighter and brighter. A man walked in slowly leaving the door slightly open so i could only see his ears or part of his clothes but never his face.
"So, are you aware that our patience is growing thin?" said the dark figure of a man. A few moments passed before he whispered "If you don't cooperate then i am sure that i can find someone else who will, but if I have to interrogate someone else then we'll need this space."
Quickly I searched for something to say, but just like my memories, I'd lost my voice. All of this was happening while drops of water continuously dripped onto my nose.
"Tell me why they did what they did!" roared the man. All that crept out of my throat was a weak "who?"
"Well, it seems like you've become even more unreliable. Cars don't explode in the middle of a parking lot by themselves!" He struck me me in the forehead before continuing, "Your explosion took out the entire parking lot and nearby businesses, the cars became a domino effect of explosions."
Flashes of exploding cars skewered through my mind along with devilish laughter of men. I hope i did not share their humor. I couldn't help but dig deeper into the flashes of memory, maybe i could of used it to find more information.
"You better hope that you are rewarded on the other side. You'll never be happy again as long as you're here." He scooted the table so the water started to drip right in the middle of my forehead. "Tell me who you worked with, for, and why!"
My heart beat faster as the tears poured forth. I pried desperately into my memories only to be blocked by blankness and deep pain that singed with every beat across my body. "I...."