The Magazine Reflection

During the course of this project I learned a lot about different aspects of my writing and how they differ from the guidelines of writing we were taught. One of the most important aspects that I have learned and improved on is creating an intro. I would always change my mind when it came to my intro. It started off as just two sentences then ended up with a full paragraph

Magazine Reflection Part 2

1. Overall, when you think about the big picture of your writing, what improved? How did it get better? Why?
- I believe that I have improved some aspects of my writing, for instance rewriting sentences so that it’s short and right to the point. Most of the sentences in my story were turned around, I could’ve easily shortened my sentences in the beginning by cutting off some words and setting up the sentence to the verb then action form. Through lots of critiques, I learned that writing in that form makes it easier for the reader to understand and it flows a lot better.


2. Overall, when you think about the big picture of your writing, what still needs work? What do you think will help you improve? Why?
-I think one thing I still struggle on is getting all my ideas and point structured before actually writing the whole paper. The hardest part about writing is starting everything off. I usually want to start all my writing with the main point and I feel that it's kind of hard making that point precise and clear, for instance in my magazine article, my intro changed from a whole paragraph to three sentences. I can't make up my mind when writing an intro. I'm not sure what I can do to improve, but maybe just pre planning my writing may be helpful as well trying to be more precise and using concert sentences other than pancake sentences.

3. Specifically, show us something that improved and describe the path it took to get better. You can quote your article, your drafts, link to evidence, etc.
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4. Describe something specific (or a few things!) that you learned about writing.

Magazine Reflection

1. What went well for you during the process of creating this magazine?
I think that most things went well in this magazine. The quality of my work increased with every time spent on it. What worked very well was all the critiques done on my paper and how much time I actually spent on them. I have had so many critiques and I would change something then people would say to change it again. In the long run it helped me shape my article into a well written piece. I used a significant amount of my time helping my editor with the indesign layout. We spent a lot of time trying to figure out what worked and what didn't. I was proud of my layout because a lot of people said that the designs were really good.


2. What challenges did you face as you moved from an early draft or idea to a final product?
One of the challenges I faced was trying to create a well written introduction. I felt that it was hard trying to make a precise into without leaving out too many details or not putting much in. If you looked at my drafts at one point I only had two sentences as my intro, it was difficult trying to let the intro create the mood for the reader to get the relaxed vibe as if it were a story being told. I ended up writing a couple more sentences to make a little intro that incorporated my personality so that the reader feels my story the whole time they read it.

3. What other examples of work—student and professional—stood out as exemplary and served as a good model for your own work?

Lit. Group Relfection

The only thing I would've changed was the amount of pages we decided to read by the lit group meetings. We sometimes set goals that we couldn't get to by the time so I think we should've paced our reading so that it wouldn't be too much reading or too little.

What worked with our lit group is that we actually got into our book and we would talk to each other to see what happened, it was like recap sessions. I think that I would do that again in my future groups just to make sure everyones keeping up and just to have conversations about the book.

I highly enjoyed my book "The Grapes of Wrath" because it was really detailed and just plain fun to read.

Photo Essay

“California Center for Sustainable Energy”
The California Center for Sustainable Energy (CCSE) is a non-profit organization that educates and promotes the idea of conserving energy and the drive for sustainable and renewable energies in California. They have been a big part in California’s way in having a “greener” future. CCSE has held workshops, as well as tours and events to educate and spread the cause for a more sustainable and greener future. They have programs such as the California Solar Initiative (CSI), Shade Tree Program, Fueling Alternatives, and the Solar Water Heating Pilot Program. During my stay at CCSE, I interned for the climate change program. I did such things as calculating the carbon footprint of the employee’s commute as well as their air travel carbon
footprints. One of my projects was creating a lesson to be taught at the Del Mar Tech Fair Event.




“Tech Fair”
The Tech Fair took place at Del Mar Fairgrounds and lasted the full day. The Tech Fair was a coalition of different companies and programs who present different technologies that may be seen in the future. There were a variety of topics and technologies introduced. One of my internship projects was to create a variety of hands-on lessons to educate the public of different aspects of their daily carbon footprint. We created a wheel that contained topics that we would introduce to students, teachers, and the general public. In the photo above I am teaching a couple of students about “Vampire Appliances”, which are energy sucking appliances at your home that you usually don’t think consume energy as much but they do. It was fun teaching others about what they can do to conserve energy. The next day we were featured on the Union Tribune Newspaper and I saw myself in one of the pictures. It was a fun learning experience for me.


“Where is the wheel going to land on?”
One of our projects during immersion was to create a presentation for our booth at the Del Mar Tech Fair to educate people about different aspects of their carbon footprints. We created a wheel in which each portion would be a different topic to teach, so depending on which topic it lands on we would have a hands-on lesson. Some of the topics included the carbon footprint of fruits, transportation of goods, biodegradable material, vampire appliances, fresh vs. frozen food, and other various topics. We educated many students as well as teachers and other companies about the different aspects of their carbon footprint, and I enjoyed it. The feeling of being able to teach students such as myself, about things that you would never think about was simply amazing. Seeing the reactions of the students after telling them that they can contribute to a greener future was highly rewarding. I felt a sense of accomplishment.



“Madden during internship? NO WAY!!”
While at the Del Mar Tech Fair, I was able to see different developing technologies as well as experiencing and trying them out. In this photo Chandler and I tried on these glasses that enhanced game graphics by getting rid of some of the blue light projected. The picture was more in depth and enhanced the high-definition TV’s picture. The best part about it was that I was able to play Madden o9 on the big screen and I beat Chandler in the game. There were many different enjoyable and educational booths going on in the Tech Fair and it was fun being able to go there and see all the different things going on. Other hands on lessons that I went to were about topics such as static electricity, tidal energy, wind energy, water treatment, and many more lessons that I enjoyed during my stay. It was actually a fun way to learn about the different developing technologies that may be seen in the future.


“A day with a scientist, Albert Einstein”
Chandler and I took a picture with one of the many scientists at the Tech Fair and this one happened to look like Albert Einstein. He taught us about the different states of matter which are gasses, solids, liquids, and plasmas. We were able to see different forms of the states of matter and I learned quite a bit. I also almost touched liquid nitrogen but luckily Mr. Einstein stopped me before I touched it. He said that if I were to touch it I would have gotten frostbite so I consider myself very lucky. There were many other scientists, students, teachers, and companies at the tech fair with different topics to teach, from green jobs to nuclear energy, from electricity to greener more energy efficient fire trucks, there were in fact different things to learn at this fair. I didn’t even know that this fair had ever existed and now that I was a part of it I plan on spreading the word and attending for the next ones to come.

“Getting out of the office”
Exercise is important! The picture above is me stretching so that I don’t hurt myself running. Almost every day during our lunch break Ana, Chandler, and I would go for a run around to stretch and get a little exercise. We would run to local shops to buy lunch and just to get out of the office. It would get a little crowded and boring sitting in one place all the time so we decided to make it a daily thing to go running because it isn’t fun staying in an office for seven hours straight. I learned that it can get pretty crowded and boring sitting in front of the computer for hours, though I enjoyed the work that I accomplished, the process of getting to that point was more difficult.



“Business Men?”
There was a difference between the professional work we did in school and internship. First off the dress code was different, at CCSE the dress code was business casual with no jeans. I enjoyed dressing up, it gave me a sense of professionalism and I felt like an actual “Business Man.” On top of the dress code was more importantly the business work. School work and business work were not close to being similar. I can honestly say that business is straight work, work, and work. It seemed as if there were no breaks and that I had piles of work to do in such little time. This brings me to the next difference which is “time”. When there was a deadline at work it had to be done, no excuses and no extensions. Deadlines seemed to be coming toward you every minute at the rate of a speeding bullet that you know you can’t dodge. After leaving the office there would still be work that needed to be done so I would go home and do it. Being a business man truly is difficult.

What am I bringing to the Magazine?

1. What article(s) would you like to write for the magazine? What photography could you contribute? Art? List three different ideas for your major contribution.

Immersion

What did you learn during immersion? How did you learn it?

I believe that I learned a lot during internship through my project as well as just showing up to work everyday.
I had a big project last week that was exhibited at the Del Mar Tech Fair. Along with the other interns, we had to create a hands-on lesson plan for different aspects of everyone's daily life and how it contributes to their carbon footprint. We split up the topics and I ended up with Biodegradable Materials, Vampire Appliances, Energy-Water Connection, and Transportation of goods. It was fun being able to create a lesson plan completely from scratch and actually seeing people react to it.

Immersion

1. What are you most excited about in regards to your immersion experience? Why do you feel this way?
*I am excited about the fact that I get to have the experience of the average work day. Working a seven hour block might be a little too much but it still seems fun. I get to dress all professional and be in my office. I'm also excited about my lunch breaks because I get to eat a variety of food around my internship site and some people bring food for others.
I'm also excited about my project because I get to create a booth for CCSE to show at Balboa Park to educate kids about sustainable energies.

2. What are you most concerned about (what causes the most stress) regarding immersion? Why do you feel this way?
I'm kind of worried about time. 7 hours in an office might be a little too intense for me. It's okay though because during my breaks I'm going out to run and to get some excersise to kill some time.

Outstanding Blogs

1. Economic Advice to Obama
Ex: Diana's Blog
"“Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages … Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.”
That quote is taken out of Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. That declaration is a common standard of achievement for all people and nations."

Diana started the blog with a section of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and I thought it was such a good way to state the issue with a law, early in the conversation then after would structure the argument. It was more like a thesis statement in other words. She had stated the argument then followed it with body paragraphs. She finished off the topic paragraph stating her whole idea which was:
"The declaration is the first global expression of the natural rights humans are born with, an education being one of them."

2. Literary Analysis
Ex: Jacob's Blog
In many places of Jacob's blog he stated what literary devices were used in the book he read. Each of his body paragraphs stated a literary device then followed it up with back up evidence. For example:
"The books theme of failure to carry out ones best plans is shown in this book through foreshadowing, character development and symbolism."

After his topic sentence above he followed it with a body paragraph that included evidence.

"The book uses foreshadowing in a few different places, but they all centralize around the character Lennie Small. Starting off in the beginning, it first shows Lennie killing a mouse by over petting it, then we learn about an incident in the town of Weed where he got himself and George, his companion, run out of town by panicking when he went to feel a girls dress and she calls out "rape", making him instinctively grab on and hold onto the girls dress. "

Another example would be :
" The last literary device in this book is symbolism. I think that the biggest symbol in the book is the rabbit. It shows up in every chapter that I can remember, and is usually symbolic of the ideal lifestyle that they, or maybe just Lennie wanted."
After this statement he would go into depth on why the book actually used symbolism and in which parts the book included this literary device.

3. Historical Writing:
Ex: Sydney's Blog
I think Sydney's Blog was a good example of historic writing based on the fact that my topic was similar for this blog. I feel as she used FDR's inaugural address and today's economic issues as a connection real well. She backed up a lot of her writing with endless information.
Below is her topic paragraph which states her thesis and gives the brief connection with the economical crisis(in bold) back then and similar to today.

"March 4, 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered his first inaugural speech to the citizens of America. Within his speech, he spoke to Americans with a sense of hope and encouragement. In 1933, America was in a time of need; “Taxes have risen; our ability to pay has fallen… the means of exchange are frozen in the currents of trade; farmers find no markets for their produce; the savings of many years in thousands of families are gone.” Citizens were unaware of where to turn, and with America hitting rock bottom within the first month Roosevelt took his oath as president, “ We must act and act quickly.” The concerns of first inaugural speech of Franklin Delano Roosevelt can be compared to those of present times, full of loss of jobs, bank foreclosures and the overall quality of our economy causing America to be in a state of panic."

4. Anything else that make blogs great?
Ex: Ana's Blog
Layout and structure of the blogs are kind of important. I think the way Ana structures her blog makes it interesting and readable. For example she would separate her ideas and examples with a line to make it clear that she's moving on to the next topic. Also the use of pictures make a blog good because you get a visual with your reading.

If I were Obama's Economic Advisor

Intro: President Obama it is a pleasure having this conversation with you today.

First and foremost I am concerned about the rate of the unemployment rate today in the United States. More Americans are loosing their jobs causing them to be unable to pay for mortgages as well as health care. I've read in the Washington Post that just last month 598,000 jobs were shed and the unemployment rate raised from 7.2% to 7.6% in the last couple months. I, along with almost the rest of America, agree that this is a serious problem that you would need to fix during your term as president. I've read that the 900billion dollar stimulus plan failed to be passed by the congress just recently.
You stated "It is inexcusable and irresponsible for any of us to get bogged down in distraction, delay, or politics as usual while millions of Americans are being put out of work," "Now is the time for Congress to act" and I agree, the congress needs to take into action what is best for this country and what can fix the unemployment rate from exceeding it's highest point, which is at 10.80% in 1982.

Now I'm not entirely sure if a huge stimulus package would fix this problem but we should take that idea into consideration because it seems as if any other things the government tries to do makes the situation worse. For instance giving more money to companies (that are in debt and loosing money) so that they can get out of the situation but they end up loosing more money. I think the government should enforce laws and regulations for the loans given to those big companies so that they don't just throw their money around and end up loosing it causing the economy to fall.
You said that further delay on the economic plan could turn a "crisis" into a "catastrophe". The United States government has to act fast to save the economy.

Mr. President you stated "If we do not do anything, millions more jobs will be lost," "More families will lose their homes. More Americans will go without health care. We will continue to send our children to crumbling schools, and be crippled by our dependence on foreign oil."
Which brings me to my next subject, our economy's dependence on foreign oil and our energy usage today. According to NationMaster in 2007 the US consumed 20,680,000 barrels of oil per day. Our dependence on oil is becoming a problem. The United States has had the solution to this problem a long time ago, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY. I actually work for The California Center for Sustainable energy and believe me alternative and sustainable energies are the future. Today we now have companies such who create and harness alternative energies that will lower our oil usage and green house gas emissions as well as recycle energy to be used over and over again.

I hope that you will take these idea's into consideration and I wish you luck on your plans on stabilizing the United States economy. Thank you for your time Mr. President.


Sources:
Washington Post Staff Writers. "598,000 Jobs Shed In Brutal January." The Washington Post 7 Feb. 2009. 12 Feb. 2009 .

Bowman , Michael. "VOA News - Obama: Delay on Economic Plan Invites 'Catastrophe'." VOA News - Voice of America Homepage - News in 45 Languages. 12 Feb. 2009 .

"The United States Unemployment Rate." The United States Misery Index. 12 Feb. 2009 .

" Energy Tomorrow." Energy Tomorrow. 12 Feb. 2009

Interview spot

Interview is scheduled Thursday Febuary 12th, between 1:30 and 2:30
Location: Intern Office
Media Type: We were hoping to borrow Ipod Voice Recorder

What Makes a Good Interview

Design Principles:
I think that the way the question is asked is very important in an interview, it is important that you ask a question that the interviewee can actually go into depth and explain their answer thoroughly with any delay or misconceptions. The hardest part about that I believe is actually figuring out how to structure or state or question so that it doesn't come out too broad, you would want a certain answer to be present as well as going in depth.
Example:

For instance the first question asked to Christian Bale is a very broad question that the interviewee can choose to go anyway with but still answer the question. He actually was able to answer the question in almost a minute or two with giving examples and a brief comparison/explanation on why this Batman has evolved more than the first movie. It will take a little effort as well from the interviewee to answer the question as well as possible so that is the only downside. Christian Bale is a cool guy so he was able to answer the questions in that manner.


Design Principle:
Another important idea while interviewing is being able to flow your idea's and to make sure the answers flow in a way that is easy to understand as well as give meaning and depth. It's important to make sure to keep the interview going smoothly as if it were a conversation. As I mentioned in class a way to avoid silences or pauses is to ask follow up questions and improvise. You will get more information from the interviewee if you were actually interacting with their answers so it would be helpful to ask follow up questions as well as making up your own but make sure they are on topic.
Example:
Matt Lauer’s exclusive interview with the new president
PRESIDENT OBAMA: I do have confidence that we're gonna be able to get it right. But it's not gonna be overnight. And there's no silver bullets to this. The fact of the matter is, is that we are suffering from a massive hangover from a binge of risk taking.
MATT LAUER: And it's still getting worse.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: And that's still getting worse. And it's gonna take some time for us to be able to dig ourselves out of this hole.
Matt Lauer actually followed up Obama's statement with a clarifying question causing Obama to go more into detail and to give more information on the topic. That is why it is important to ask follow up questions.


Design Principle:
Another important thing to do in an interview is to provoke emotion out of the interviewee. You would want real strong answers that they would have to go into detail and they would conduct some emotion and thought into their answer. The interviewer should ask questions that may be controversial or may have an impact on the interviewee.
Example:
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/16313366/john_lennon_the_rolling_stone_interview
This audio of "Jann S. Wenner's historic interview with John Lennon, conducted in December of 1970" shows exactly what I stated above. In some parts of the interview Lennon had laughed and some he actually argued with the interviewer. The point is that a good interview consists of the interviewee's feeling through their answers

Interviews

Matt Lauer Super Bowl interview with President Barack Obama

Part 1:

Part 2:

Mentor Interview

1. What did you major in when you went to college?
2. What college did you go to?
3. What challenges did you have in college?
4. How did you overcome those obstacles?
5. Is there any advice you have for others about college and it's obstacles?
6. Have you ever changed your mind about your goals, when you were in college?
7. Is there anything you regret not doing in college?
8. What outside clubs/activities did you attend?

9. What lead you to your job here today?
10. Was this always your first choice as a job?
11. What are the high and low points in this site?
12. What lead you to teach here at Hightechhigh?
13. What lead to the transition to your job?
14. What jobs were you interested in besides this?
15. How did you know that you wanted to stay at this job?
16. Since this is a non-profit organization how do you get money?
17. Whats the ups and downs of having an intern?
18. Whats the best part of your job?
19. Why did you choose to be a mentor?
20. Do you consider your job hard?

First Day of Internship

What happened today?????
Today was more of an overview and an introduction to my internship site. At first they gave us a tour and introduced us to everyone at the office and what they do, then basically I had a conversation with my mentor about how the next couple months would be like and what should I expect.

How did you get to internship????
I took a shuttle with other students from the HTH Village and we basically we dropped of at our internship site and it'll be like that for the rest of the year.

What did you do for lunch???
I actually just ate an apple because lunch started at 11:55 and my shuttle left at around 12:05 or 12:10 so i was worried about getting there therefore i skipped lunch. But now that i know I'm going to bring lunch and snacks to my internship site so i can leave it in my office or the refrigerator.

How did you get home??
My mom works fairly close to my internship site so she picked me up.

How did everything go?
It was a lot better than i expected, i thought it would be more strict and structured like a regular office but from the tour on i got comfortable because the employees at the office were really cool and laid back, and pretty fun too. I met a lot of cool people and it was a lot of fun for me.

Historic Addresses

Fredrick D. Roosevelt’s first inaugural address speech back in 1933 connects with the events happening in our economy today. Many of the economical issues that he mentions back then still occur today, I see a pattern with his proposed solutions with the Barrack Obama campaign. The situation with their economic crisis as well as the one that we are in now have their points and ideas on how to fix the economy.

“Values have shrunken to fantastic levels; taxes have risen; our ability to pay has fallen; government of all kinds is faced by serious curtailment of income” -FDR
There were economic issues on taxes and the stock market crashes, the government were faced with irrational decisions as well as we have faced today. An example would be the $700 billion bailout plan by President Bush. An article in the Naples Daily news stated that
“The plan would enable the government to buy bad mortgages and other troubled assets held by endangered banks and financial institutions…If the plan works, it should help lift a major weight off the sputtering economy.”
The United States government had taken measures to ensure the prevention of a financial calamity. The stock market goes down so does the value of money causing the financial crisis that we suffer today. As FDR stated “Faced by failure of credit they have proposed only the lending of more money,” it was as if he was looking into the future.Headline news:
“Bush team urges Congress to pass $700 billion bailout for Wall Street.”


As FDR stated
“the withered leaves of industrial enterprise lie on every side; the savings of many years in thousands of families are gone…More important, a host of unemployed citizens face the grim problem of existence, and an equally great number toil with little return.”
This statement clearly connects with today’s job crisis; workers are losing their jobs due to budget cuts thus having to find new jobs and having to overcome obstacles such as finding health care, paying for college, as well as paying for mortgages, a New York Times article says

“That cutback…is a prime example of how far the pain of anemic state treasuries has spread -- and not only in Nebraska, a state where almost 25,000 poor mothers have lost health care and where state college tuition has been raised 20 percent over two years.”
We are truly in an economic crisis, with stock markets falling, the amount of the dollar decreasing, budget cuts, no jobs, and tuition for college goes up? We are entering another depression.

On a different note FDR stated that “Nature still offers her bounty and human efforts have multiplied it.” With all of our oil usage in America we might be able to make another planet with oceans of oil. The U.S, in 2007, used about 20 million barrels of oil per day, we were on top of the list and in second was China using only 7 million barrels per day, less than half of what we used. Though oil is a necessity for our technology today the usage of oil increased in the last few year; the amount of oil raises, the amount of Carbon Dioxide (Co2) emissions rise as well. The most recent statics from NationMaster show that the United States emitted almost 6 million thousand metric tons of Co2. We cause the most pollution in the world.

“Compared with the perils which our forefathers conquered because they believed and were not afraid, we have still much to be thankful for.” –said FDR.
They may have had much to be thankful for but we sure know that we don’t. The temperature of the earth is drastically rising, causing glaciers and ice caps to melt away causing certain animals to be endangered as well as raising sea levels. There’s not much to be thankful for right now other than Bush not being into office.

This brings me to my conclusion and my final point Franklin D. Roosevelt stated that
“The people of the United States have not failed. They have asked for discipline and direction under leadership. They have made me the present instrument of their wishes. In the spirit of the gift I take it.”
The situation with the economic crisis back then reminds me of what crisis we have now and how the United States voted a new president to lead us out of this depression. I feel as if this was a warning to us and FDR actually relates a lot to Barrack Obama as taking the Presidency while in an economical crisis. The situation is similar and a new leader gives us hope as FDR did to the people back then. The president gives us HOPE.
“That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood…Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age. ..All this we can do. All this we will do.” - said Barrack Obama





Sources:
Egan, Timothy. "States, Facing Budget Shortfalls, Cut the Major and the Mundane ." The New York Times 21 Apr. 2003. 22 Jan. 2009 .
Franklin D. Roosevelt Inaugural Address speech, March 4, 1933
"Bush team urges Congress to pass $700 billion bailout for Wall Street." Naples Daily News 23 Sep. 2008. 22 Jan. 2009 .
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/env_co2_emi-environment-co2-emissions
http://www.nationmaster.com/red/graph/ene_oil_con-energy-oil-consumption&date=2007
Barrack Obama Inaugural Speech, 2009

Artist Statement

Thesis:
The poem "Path Of Peace" strongly relates to what John Lennon stood for during the Vietnam War. As an activist John Lennon had swayed many people to protest for whats right even though the government saw Lennon as a threat. John Lennon lead the "Path to Peace," left a legacy, and moved the world.

Body Paragraphs:

"Peace is an easy path to tread,

Peace is where our fears are mislaid,

Peace is beginning to restore"

I can connect this frist couple verses to compare the relationship between the government and how they tried to get rid of what Lennon stood for. He went against the government and protested the problems that the government did not want to spread around. So the first line is the main idea that Lennon had stood for which is basically the path to peace. And the fears of the American population are mislead and becasue of the government actions the fears lead to more fears and concerns. Thats where John Lennon stood for a new beggining in my opinion. He is the beggining of the restoration of the United States during that time.

"Peace in the end will overcome" "Peace is a legacy to leave"

Those two lines may be the two of the most important lines in the poem. In the end though the American government tried everything to stop what Lennon stood for, in the end even though he died and was gone, he created a movement through his past actions which moved the world. And Peace is a legacy to leave. Again the evernts and protests that Lennon had organized and inspired moved through these years after he was gone. It moved modern day america and open the eyes of many americans.

"Peace is and end to all the hate"

The final line goes through the whole poem and finishes it off on a pursuading note. It says that PEACE is the end to all the hate and basically thats John Lennons message. He has done so much for a better America

Conclusion:

To sumarize, the path to peace may not go the way you ant it to but in the end peace is the end to all the bad. Though we have never fully reached that goal or even close, it's there. People like John Lennon, one person can move a country towards that common goal.

sources:

http://www.theusversusjohnlennon.com/

http://www.johnlennon.com/html/news.aspx

http://www.mylifepoem.com/poems/peace/2020

GWB and the Environment

Reading through both of the George W. Bush articles actually made me realize of many of the actions that Bush has made towards the environment of the United States. Comparing both articles, I found that the George W. Bush protects marine areas article was more reliable when it came to information and evidence based on the fact where the articles came from. Article 1 was from the Washington Post and article 2, I believe, was written on a site that I have never heard of. For instance article 1 quoted many people such as James L. Connaughton (White House Council on Environmental Quality), Vikki Spruill (President and chief executive of the Ocean Conservancy), and Diane Regas (Environmental Defense Fund), on the other hand article 2 doesn't have as much interviews. Based on it's structure I believe that the George W. Bush's Environmental Sins article was more easier to read because how it was put together. It would state the actions the Bush had taken and the effects that it had then would follow up with what Obama can do to change about the situation.

If I were to choose a side from these two articles I would develop the idea that though Bush had "protected more ocean than any person in history," more evidence shows that Bush had caused more problems on the environment than done more good. I understand the fact that he is protecting these certain waters from fishing, and off shore drilling but looking down on his "wrong list" there seems to be alot more there then the other side. According to article 2 "Bush's Environmental Protection Agency refused to regulate the greenhouse gas CO2 as a pollutant, even after the Supreme Court ruled that CO2 is a pollutant and the EPA can regulate it," last time i checked scientists and other reliable resources would count CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) as a green house gas and should be monitered for the sake of our planet. Now as a solution to that problem Obama promised "a cap-and-trade policy that auctions pollution credits to polluters, with the proceeds going to fund clean-energy programs and habitat protections" which may or may not work but still making that effort to clean up one of Bushes messes.
Also according to the article "Bush promoted the idea that we'd all be driving around in hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered cars by 2020." "Bush has paid lip service to futuristic fuels like hydrogen and cellulosic ethanol, and to renewable sources of energy like solar, wind and geothermal, but his administration has failed to push those products to market," alot of talk for doing almost the complete opposite.

Now according to article one Bust did do at least some good while on his term as president. "Bush's decision to safeguard far-flung areas totaling 195,280 square miles, which comes just two weeks before he leaves office, underscores his contradictory environmental record. While he has resisted imposing mandatory curbs on greenhouse gas emissions linked to climate change and has opened large areas of the nation to drilling, mining and other use of resources, by the end of his term he will have protected more ocean than any person in history." Though he has proteted more ocean than any other person in history he also approved offshore drilling in other parts of the United States as well as failed to lower Green house gas emmissions as he said he would.
According to James L. Connaughton, "In the last eight years, we've been able to accomplish conservation in marine environments on par with what we've achieved on land over the past 100 years," once again that is 100percent true, BUT it is also true that on Bush's term as president that green house gasses had and will continue to rise dramatically due to the fact of the lack of action on Bush's administration.

Internship

1. What do you hope to learn or discover about the "adult" world of work while you are at your internship?

I think what I think about the most would be the obstacles that might slow me down or give me a hard time. I would like to develop a way to maybe overcome the challenges so that in the future I would have ideas when facing a similar problem while developing ideas to overcome new problems.
I would also like to learn to make the certain adjustments that will have to be made in order to get used to the "adult working" life. It might be difficult to adjust to all the certain changes that may come but I think it would be easier to adjust now rather than trying to adjust later where it might be a little harder to adjust.

2. What do you hope to learn or discover about yourself and your identity while you are at your internship this semester?

I think that what I am actually worried about is how I would react to certain obsticles and under certain pressure that might overwhelm me. I would like to figure out how I would do on my own and maybe learn from this opportunity so that I may encounter less troubles later on in the real world.
I think that I would do fine in terms of working at my own pace but if in case I was to be rushed or time management would be a factor in my internship I would like to absorb everything I've learned in class about time management and see if it would help me in my internship.

3. What goals do you have for yourself for your internship experience?

• I would like to take what I learned in my internship and incorporate it to my future life when I actually am working.
• I want to enjoy my internship as much as possible while reaching success in a well mannered fashion.
• I want to stay consistent through out the whole time at my internship so that I won't have much troubles