Magazine Reflection Part 1,000,000

I feel like my writing improved most because of all the critiques and drafts i did. My first draft is totally different from my second draft because of day when we sat and broke each and every sentence down. In these critiques we cut paragraphs that were not needed so the overall photo essay could flow better. My writing defiantly comes out better when i go through it numerous times to revise each and every sentence. I also learned how each individual sentence should be structured, like how the action word should come before the noun in beginning of a sentence. Learning how to structure writing well is important because it will make it sound better and more professional which may come in hand later on in life.
I learned alot about how to better enhance my photos on photo shop. Before this project i had never used indesign. I learned a lot about the correct way to layout a magazine by either using one pika to space your pictures and captions or bleeding off the page. Next year i plan on taking photography to a whole level whether it be displaying galleries or incorporating something into my senior project. This project along with my H2O project got me really interested in photography and hopefully this is just a start to a great hobby that will lead to many sucessful projects in the future.

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 feel like my writing improved most because of all the critiques and drafts i did. My first draft is totally different from my second draft because of day when we sat and broke each and every sentence down. In these critiques we cut paragraphs that were not needed so the overall photo essay could flow better. I also learned alot on how each individual sentence should be structured, like how the action word should come before the noun.



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 that my my writing can improve by limiting use of the "ings". A problem that i have is not using the present tend and not getting strait to the point. If i improve on these tactics then i think my writing will become better.



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.

BEFORE

With Project Wildlife receiving over 300 different species of birds, baby season (spring and summer) seems to have that bulk of the intake. The most common species of bird I’ve seen throughout my experience are pigeons and doves. When baby birds like this pigeon come in no more then a couple weeks old, the volunteers then step in to help tube feed and give it the necessities he or she needs to then be raised here, hopefully to soon be released back into the wild. Baby season has a process of getting ready for by setting up numerous cages and incubators, taking on more volunteers, and receiving more supplies. This is because there is no specific planned day baby birds start arriving; they usually are brought in by the public unexpectedly and frequently. Here at the care center we set up rows of cages with newspaper already laid down inside of them to be prepared for the unexpected.

AFTER

Project Wildlife is at its busiest during spring and summer, also known as baby season, when we handle over three hundred different species of birds. When baby birds come in just a couple weeks old, volunteers get right to work and this is not an easy task. To get ready for baby season, we set up numerous cages and incubators, take on more volunteers, and receive more supplies. At the care center we set up rows of cages with newspaper already laid inside of them so we are prepared for the unexpected. Baby birds start arriving in the spring, and they join opossums, ducks, and rabbits together at the care center.

as you can see the before has alot of those "ings" and in the after i eliminated most of those to make things simpler and strait to the point. Like i said before i also cut stuff that wasnt useful and that didnt do anything for my writing.


4. Describe something specific (or a few things!) that you learned about writing.
*Action words come before the nouns!
*Cut the "ings"
*Get strait to the point

Magazine Reflection

1. What went well during the process of making this magazine was that i already had my photo essay and picture in hand so basically all i had to do was revise what i already had. I am really proud of my photography and my writing i think it turned out well. Doing a photo essay seemed like the right choice for me to enter into the magazine.

2. One challenge i faced throughout my drafts was figuring out what to cut and how to reword sentences. At first i didn't want to get rid of sections in my photo essay but when i did, it flowed much easier and was overall better to understand. Going through all the critiques was an overwhelming process but it helped so much.

3. I thought the magazines that we looked at (New Yorker and etc.) were very helped because we got to look at their layouts and apply some of their techniques to ours. It was a good example of how a magazine should look along with an example of what looks good.

Obama and Socialism

1. No, i don't think that the label socialism is the right way to describe his polices or proposals. In the article on "Why Obama's socialism matters" the author describes how "If it were up to me to attach labels to modern political ideologies, I would choose the terms "Individualism" and "Statism." I agree with this statement. He might have been a socialist but i wouldn't label his polices or proposals as "socialism."

2. I dont think Obama's policys or proposals have had historic precedents in the past. Other then him giving all of these bailouts and jumping in to save the economy, i can't think of any connections he relates too.

Photo Essay

With Project Wildlife receiving over 300 different species of birds, baby season (spring and summer) seems to have that bulk of the intake. The most common species of bird I’ve seen throughout my experience are pigeons and doves. When baby birds like this pigeon come in no more then a couple weeks old, the volunteers then step in to help tube feed and give it the necessities he or she needs to then be raised here, hopefully to soon be released back into the wild. Baby season has a process of getting ready for by setting up numerous cages and incubators, taking on more volunteers, and receiving more supplies. This is because there is no specific planned day baby birds start arriving; they usually are brought in by the public unexpectedly and frequently. Here at the care center we set up rows of cages with newspaper already laid down inside of them to be prepared for the unexpected.

Rabbits or the Desert cottontail are a common mammal that arrives at the care center. Throughout my internship I am currently creating a rabbit protocol for 2009. This protocol documents how many rabbits end up expired or euthanized, along with how many get released back into the wild or go to home care. Any cottontail that comes in under 35 grams has to be automatically euthanized based on past protocols where rabbits under that weight rarely survived. Project Wildlife is trying to figure out what more they can do to increase the survival rate of these animals. A lot of the desert cottontails that come in have been fatality injured by cats or dogs. In some cases when a mother rabbit leaves her nest to go find food for the day, people pick up the babies not realizing the mother has only left temporarily. Project Wildlife tries to do whatever possible to care for these sensitive mammals.

Project Wildlife gets a handful of raptors (birds of prey) in as well. Red Shoulder hawks along with Red Tail hawks are a typical species of bird taken in. One experience I encountered during my internship involved giving the red tail hawk (above) fluids because he was partially dehydrated. When animals are under stress or in shock they tend to not eat or drink. The staff would then tube feed or hydrate the animal by administering fluids. Keeping noise levels down and limiting “peaking” or visiting in on an animal helps eliminate some of that stress. Project Wildlife is currently trying to set up an (intensive care unit) ICU medical room. This room would be designed for raptors to be away from people and stress the main room displays. Once these raptors are ready to be released back into the wild, they are taken back to the same zip code they were originally from because it is the familiar area they once lived.

While Project Wildlife is generally open to the public, there is a process for taking in animals 24 hours a day. Even when project wildlife is closed there is a drop off station where you can take the wildlife to. This station is equipped with heating pads, crates, and blankets until they reopen again at 8:00 AM. Every animal that we receive gets a special card that displays information where they were found, their species type, and other examination notes. This helps the staff and volunteers identify each animal and what specific needs are required for their care. We use a computer system called ARK that stores the information data from these cards into numerous files. ARK requires the species to be in Latin and can pull up many species at a time creating lists. This is very helpful when it comes to collecting data and gathering information for protocols.

“Project Wildlife is all donation funded, we do receive a few grants, but don’t receive any federal or state funding, its all from private donors and citizens” replied Marci Danielson the registered veterinary technician at Project Wildlife. Since Project Wildlife is a non-profit organization, most of the supplies like medicine, food, and medical supplies are donated from vet offices and the public. The private donors or grants project wildlife receives are usually from small offices or stores. In some cases they even receive grants from the public. This non-profit organization is permitted by the California fish and game, U.S fish and wildlife, and the U.S departments of agriculture to be able to handle and care for these wild animals. Without these special permits it is illegal to rehabilitate or care for any type of wildlife. Learn more about Project Wildlife by going to http://projectwildlife.org/ to see what you can do to help the wildlife of San Diego.

Magazinee!

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.
-I could contribute my photography because i have alot of pictures that i did not use in my photo essay that would look nice in the magazine. My main contribution would be my photo essay because its a good example of an internship that works with animals and i know some sophmores would be interested in an internship like that, maybe even my photo essay along with an album like i did with my H20 project.

2. Suggest at least one (or more) possible title for the magazine. This could be a title with or without a subtitle. For example, I work for UnBoxed: a Journal of Adult Learning in Schools.
Internships: learning to grow in the real world


3. Suggest a topic for an article that you were personally like to read in a magazine inspired by the internship semester.
-I would likw to read about different students internships and what experiences and projects they did.

Immersion Journal

Social welfare along with profit and advertising are all important aspects to Project Wildlife. Since project wildlife is a non-profit organization their profit is all relied on public donations and grants. They are not funded by the government or state to help run this organization. Social welfare takes place because project wildlife rehabs and takes care of sick and injured animals. They are here and open to the public to help these animals to better the environment. Advertising helps promote most businesses but for project wildlife it helps promote donations to keep the organization running. When we advertise for the care center we usually explain what our organization does and encourage people to donate and continue bringing their animals here and since we all are volunteer run, we also notify them about our volunteer program and seasons when we need the most help. Advertising, social welfare, and profits(donations/grants) has got us to be the well know organization we are today.

Internship Immersion

1. I am most excited about being there the full day and experiencing what happens and what new animals come in. Since i started there i haven't really seen a wide verity of animals, but maybe being there longer i would get to experience that. I'm also excited about fixing up this ICU room which is this abandoned room in the back of project wildlife that once its fixed up will be like a medical room for the animals. I am interested in this job because i love fixing up stuff up and organizing. 

2. I am most concerned about balancing homework with internship immersion because alot of the math i receive, i usually don't get and have to go into office hours which will be unavailable throughout these two weeks. I'm concerned that i will get stressed out at home and there will be nothing I'd be able to do about it. 

Progressive Era

I think that the progressive era progressed through working conditions in the industrial factories, freedom, and the constitutional amendments.

Working conditions played a big part because women were treated poorly and stood out against it. In the Triangle Shirt Fire a catastrophe took place because of the staff locking the doors so they all suffered the unfair consequence of dieing. If it wasn't for a lot of the poor working conditions women and children faced, there would be nothing to gain from these disasters to then progress to not have them. We now know as a country that you can't have poor working conditions because of the freedom we are given from our constitutional rights.

I also think freedom has progressed greatly throughout the progressive era because of the rights that African American had as well as woman and children. They basically didn't have much freedom at all until strikes took place and the labor movement occurred. Freedom back then wasn't anything like the freedom we now have today. Colored people were treated unfairly and woman suffered through long hours in factories to get paid low wages until the 19th amendment through the U.S Constitution.

The Constitutional Amendments changed life for many people which progressed in the right path of what we have today." The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." This opened up many opportunities for the rights of woman to vote and voice their own opinion to their own country. In my opinion this wasn't just progress, but a great step to having equal rights and coming together as a country, which is progressing as a whole.

Outstanding Blogzzz

1. I liked Ana's Economic advice to Barack Obama because she had alot of great historical context and compared her current events to the historical events well, she used specific and thoughful quotes that really supported her piece of writing.


"In my humble opinion, the red line should continue to increase. My advice to you would be to create more Green Jobs that would put Americans back to work in a secure workfield.

In a way, Franklin Roosevelt's responsibilities during the Great Depression are very similar to the responsibilities you take on today. "On May 18, President Roosevelt submitted to congress the center-piece of his first hundred days: the National (Industrial) Recovery Act, or NRA." Roosevelt's plan was designed to promote recovery. It was set up to bring maximum work hours for laborers, minimum wages, and forbid child labor. My advice to you is to look back on our nation's history, especially the Great Depression. FDR's challenges relate so much to yours, so you can take away things to do, as well as not to do. My question for you is, when can we expect to see new jobs being created?"

2. I thought that Diana Barlow's Literary Analysis was really good because in her honors blog because she describes the metophors her book portrayed with great detail and evidence.

"Many metaphors and smilies were intertwined in the novel to compare the characters and situations as well. For example, when the movie Titanic became a huge hit, Laila and Mariam would always watch it, and thats where this quote came from; "Everyone wants Jack," Laila said to Mariam. "Everybody wants Jack to rescue them from disaster. But there is no Jack. Jack is not coming back. Jack is dead." (page 270) Such is a metaphor for life under the Taliban which was dangerous and a scary place. Or what Nana said to Mariam when she was a child that “Like a compass needle that points north, a man’s accusing finger always finds a woman.” (page 7) That quote can be seen repeated all throughout the novel because of women segregation, and how they could always be found in blame no matter what the situation."

3. I thought Amanda's Historical Writing was great because she took important issues in society today and compared them to back then and what plan she had to resolve our problems

""The energy efficiency efforts of California began in the 1970s and have already shown a green economy is a good economy. By adopting new building codes and appliance standards, Californians saved $56 billion between 1972 and 2006 and saw 1.5 million related jobs created."
I would then begin to brainstorm ideas on new energy sources we could look into and talk about how we should begin putting those plans into action immediately. Following that should be a green environment and a more stable economy!"

4. I really like Esther's blog because it was all around well thought out and had a nice style to it. All of her blogs were completed and they looked like they had a lot of time and effort put forth into them.

"In every time period there are many different things that happen in the world that make elections what they are. It is battle of opposing ideas, of two different candidates. They both have their own ideas about what they are going to do about all of the different situations that are going on at the time or previous issues that were either good for the country or bad. The previous events lead up to the conflicts between the two parties because they both have their own ideas, and they have to put them out there for the people to know what side they are on. Just like our most recent election had gone through with McCain and Obama. This is just a process that every election goes through and will go through for the rest of the years"

Charles Darwin

Science plays a big role in our world, and it wasn't for Charles Darwin alot of research would not have been uncovered. I think people should have responsibility understanding science because it relates to alot of our everyday lives. It should play a big role because there are unsolved mysteries about our world and the more scientists we have the more discovers can be made. It should be taught in schools because science is part of life and we should be educated on it. Science should influence our decisions because it should be based off what we know about the surrounding world around us.

Obama's Economic Advisor

Dear President Obama,
I'd like to talk about how the big CEO's are stealing money to buy themselves big bonuses. Are we just getting taxed more to benefit them and not the dull economy? My advise would be to have the some kind of organization be keep track of the money and bailouts to see where they are all going. If the millions of dollars are going no where what good does that do for America rather than just dig us deeper into a hole. The very rich CEO's from contributed the same type of greet throughout the gilded age. John Thain from Merrill Lynch just had to spend 15.4 mill on early bonus and new office supplies, then resign (or take the money and run). Great way to boast our economy!

“John Thain, who engineered the sale of 95-year-old Merrill Lynch & Co. to Bank of America Corp. in September, was ousted after Merrill’s $15.4 billion loss forced the lender to seek more money from the U.S. government. "

This kind of relates how we pay taxes and we don't know where exactly it goes and what its used for. In my opinion paying for welfare for a single mom with 14 kids is quite ridiculous along with bailouts for the stock market crash that didn't help out so much. This goes back to creating an organization to "organize" where our money goes. It shouldn't have to be put to waste especially for people who struggle to earn money as it is. It just isn't fair.

Along with not being fair, J.P Morgan was a wealthy man who formed the U.S steel Corporation and sold stocks and bonds for billions of dollars in the 1800's. Along with the modern big day corporation managers he too gave himself and his other workers big bonuses. Nothing has changed in the sense that these kind of people are greedy and can get away with these things.
With "the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer", our society needs to come together and come up with a conclusion not just for the wasting of money but for getting back on the right track again. Do the rich need to get any richer? Why can't we balance our economy out rather then tip the scale. As we experienced so far in history, economic crisis like the Great Depression and the 1893 Scandal are devastating, along with the line of protests and strikes that went along with it. As we learned in the Great Depression it took many years to come out of and I'm sure that's not an option right now. I hope my advise give you some ideas on how we can resolve these conflicts for ourselves and our American people.

Latest Egregious Banker Compensation Scandal: Merrill Lynch and John Thain « … And the cow goes moo." … And the cow goes moo. 13 Feb. 2009 .



Part 2
Interview: Tuesday at Project Wildlife with Randy's Ipod recorder

Great Interveiws

* Flexibility
-If your interview steers in a whole new direction, be flexibly and slowly direct it back. You might not get the 100% answer you might have wanted but being flexibly with make your interview go more smoothly.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Opinion/Interviews/We_have_a_very_flexible_tax_plan/articleshow/3649509.cms

*Conversational Interviews
-Try to have the interview be more like a conversation or story like, not so much scripted. When your just reading off questions from a paper and getting short answers there will be some awkward moments and it won't flow as well.

http://managementhelp.org/evaluatn/intrview.htm

*Position of Camera
-The position of camera is how the interview is being shot. When the camera is going back and forth between interviewer and the person you are trying to interview, it lets you focus more on directly what the persons saying and give a more professional interview style to it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Vh6WDmb-Rc

Mentor Interveiw

1.What does your organization do for society?
2.How many animals a year do u receive, how many do u have to end up euthanizing?
3.Do you receive donations to help keep your organization running, if so from whom?
4.What are the most common animals you receive?
5.How many volunteers work here?
6.Who supplies all the medicine to take care of the sick animals?
7.Who founded Project Wildlife?
8.What does your position do for the organization?
9.What animals do you not take in and why?
10.What was your most memorable experience you've had so far?
11.What sort of qualities of skills do you need to get involved?
12.Do you teach to schools about your organization, if so what?
13.Do you enjoy what you do, and if so why?
14.If you could change one thing about your organization, what would it be?
15.How many years of experience have you had taking care of the animals?
16.What did you go to college for?
17.What do you see yourself doing in the future?
18.Who got you involved with Project Wildlife?
19.Did you always know you were going to be helping animals, when did you realize that's what you wanted to do?
20.What are your goals for your future stay at Project Wildlife?

First Day of Internship

What happened today?????

Today was the first day of internship for me at project wildlife.

How did you get to internship????

I got there by Law's carpool which left at 12:10

What did you do for lunch???

I packed my lunch today because i didn't know if i would have time to buy lunch, which i did ending up having time for. I ate most of my lunch in the car

How did you get home??

My mom picked me up at 4:00

How did everything go?

Everything went pretty good. I learned how to syringe feed milk to two weeks old baby rabbits. I also watched how to feed a hawk with a beak problem and it was gross because they had to cut dead mice in half with scissors to feed it. yuck. I also experienced the disturbing job of taking the dead animals to the freezer to the humane society where there were dead cats and dogs there too, which were not covered. Playing with the bunnies was probley the best part of my day because the were so little and innocent you just couldnt help holding back a smile=]

Abraham Lincoln and Barack Obama

Our 44th president Barack Obama has portrayed careful, bold confidence throughout his first inaugural speech while Abraham Lincoln compares to portrays fair, empathetic compassion throughout his 2nd Inaugural address. Both former and current president made history while both expressing different ways to come across their upcoming challenges as president.

"Yes we can" was the popular chant and theme throughout Barack Obama's campaign trail. "Change" was the confidence he used to describe his plans to turn our troubled country around. Throughout Barack Obama's Inauguration address on January 20, 2009, he described our nation as a whole, and how we have to look forward into the future if we are going to fix the damage that has been done. His carefully thought out promises for the economic challenges we face are known to be met.

"They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America - they will be met." This attitude towards moving forward and having strong confidence to make a change shows that the process to come to this conclusion was well thought out and careful. Barack Obama promises to take "Bold and Swift" action throughout this inaugural address which contributes to the "Yes we can" confidence he seems to have. "Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America."

Along with the change and confidence of our first black president, Abraham Lincoln shocked all with one of the most famous speeches of all time. March 4, 1865 was the start of Mr. Lincolns 2nd term as president which just so happened to be during the end of the Civil War. While Abram Lincoln guided America through the civil war, his inaugural address spoke of something rather different then choosing sides between the north or the south.

"With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations." He describes through this quote how hatred towards none, and doing good things for everyone, God lets us see the right and wrong for what really matters between war in one nation, and to achieve and cherish and peace amongst ourselves as well as other nations. He brings in God from a different standpoint and describes how "Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other." I see this as fair as well as empathetic because he was taking the war into a whole pointing out the truth of what was right for the country and what needed to happen.

Throughout both of these inaugurations Barack Obama and Abraham Lincoln express different ways to introduce their new terms as president. From being careful and bold to fair and empathetic both presidents realize the challenges America faces and expresses the compromise of what needs to take place.

" Abraham Lincoln ." Supercomputing '94. http://sc94.ameslab.gov/TOUR/alincoln.html (accessed January 21, 2009).

"Abraham Lincoln: Second Inaugural Address. U.S. Inaugural Addresses. 1989." Bartleby.com: Great Books Online -- Encyclopedia, Dictionary, Thesaurus and hundreds more. http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres32.html (accessed January 25, 2009).

"Obama Is Sworn In as the 44th President - NYTimes.com." The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/21/us/politics/20web-inaug2.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=obama%20sworn%20in%20as%20our%2044th%20president&st=cse (accessed January 21, 2009).

Obama!!

"In this new world, such dangerous currents have swept along faster than our efforts to contain them. That is why we cannot afford to be divided. No one nation, no matter how large or powerful, can defeat such challenges alone." -Barack Obama

I chose this quote becuase I agree that our world is changing and that we cannot afford to be divided. Our country needs to work together to conquer all the challenges we have today in society and that starts with Barack Obama.

His words relate to everyday life because our econemy is doing poorly and has basically "swept along faster than our efforts to contain them". Losing jobs relates to everyday life becuase your losing suport needed for your family which I can relate too.

Revised Outline Artist Statement

Thesis: Today's modern theatre on Broadway in New York has connected with the past forms of theatre in many ways with William Shakespeare and his contributions and the overall growth of Broadway.

Body: Todays modern theatre vs William Shakespeare- what we use today that was reflected by him- What impacts he made on the world and playwrite- Icons who were influenced by him
Growth of broadway- about shows/importance- Newyork city attraction- whats similair between old and modern theader, whats not

Conclution: (recap)How William Shakespeare connects to modern day theatre, What might continue on from our era to contribute to the futures generation of performing arts

Artist Statement Outline

Thesis: Describes how modern day theatre on Broadway New York connects with the history and historical significance of William Shakespeare during his time.

Body Paragraphs: Today's modern arts, significance people or icons to theatre, William Shakespeare, his contributions

Conclusion: How William Shakespeare connects to modern day theatre, What might continue on from our era to contribute to the futures theatre

GWB

The two articles on bush saving the areas in the pacific and doing nothing to help the green house gases are two contrasting articles. Its hard to imagine this "largest legacy" when Bush has failed to develop clean energy sources, abandon endangered species and much more. It doesn't seem much like a legacy to me but if you put all things together he screwed up, one act to protect the marine life in specific areas might just be one.

"For a president that's not very green, ironically, this is going to be his largest legacy." was the quote that the Washington post article Bush to Protect Three Areas in Pacific portrayed. If protecting the marine life in these endangered areas are important to Bush, then why can't he protect the endangered animal life in the Arctic that we are causing?

Comparing these two articles together the Bush's seven deadly enviormental sins really pin point global issues that have been ignored, rejected, or by passed. For example "The result: eight precious years wasted in the fight against global warming as we watched carbon-dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere shoot up, while scientists' predictions about the speed and severity of global warming became increasingly dire". This article also compares what Bush did to the upcoming plans of Barrack Obama.

In all these texts are different in describing the good, and bad of what George W. Bush has done in his terms as president. Someday hopefully all of the economic problems will be solved and on the road to recovery.

Internship

1. I hope to learn in the "adult world" while working at my internship responsibly, independence, and time management. When your in the adult world you cant have someone always there telling you what to do at your job, responsibility and independence is all about doing things on your own. Time management would be organizing my school work and out side of school activity's along with internship.

2. I hope to learn more about animal science through my internship and see if its something I'd want to major in college. I also hope to find some strengths and weaknesses of my own through internships so i can relate those to real adult jobs i might have in the future.

3. My goal in internship is to meet new people and have a good time working at my site. I would also like to get as much experience as possible and make my internship well worth. I hope i can learn as much as i can and like i said before have something to reflect and learn from in the end.