11/10/09

TODAY I CAME IN THE COMPUTER LAB AND WORKED ON SOME OF MY WORK FOR MR. STANTON. I STUDIED FOR HIS TEST THAT WE ARE HAVING IN HIS CLASS TODAY AND I ALSO GOT MY BINDER WHICH I WILL HAVE TO ORGANIZE BECAUSE I LOST MY OLD BINDER. I AM PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT I WILL PASS HIS TEST BECAUSE I STUDY ALL THE TIME FOR HIS TESTS AND GET A'S ON THEM.

10/28/09

TODAY I CAME IN THE COMPUTER LAB AND STARTED ON SOME OF MR. BRASOF WORK. I ALSO STARTED ON MY NHD TOPIC WHICH IS BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION. MY PARTNERS ARE SHAKEELAH AND SALOMAE.

NHD

ME, SHAKEELAH, AND SALOMAE HAD TO CHANGE OUR NHD TOPIC TO B.E.T BECAUSE VIACOM WAS TOO BROAD. SO NOW THAT WE DECIDED TO WORK ON B.E.T WE ARE SEEING HOW IT CHANGED OVER TIME AND WHAT IS THE INNOVATION OF B.E.T.

MAY 19TH

During service learning I'v experienced alot. The three most exciting moments was filming with my group, joting down notes with my partner Dave, and making a movie with the class. Also I had fustrating moments like having to go to service learning when I didn't feel good, but thats the only time I didn't want to be in service learning. The only reason why I enjoyed service learning is because I had a teacher that I enjoy being around. Mr. Romero taught me alot of fun interesting facts about how to provide myself with information about getting resources and facts about NHD. Also I learned that when you have fun with activities such as filming documentries and etc. you learn more, and or it processes in teenage minds better.

SYMBOLS

Lennie’s Puppy
Lennie’s puppy is one of several symbols that represent the victory of the strong over the weak.
Lennie kills the puppy accidentally, as he has killed many mice before, by virtue of his failure to recognize his own strength.
Candy’s Dog

The farm that George constantly describes to Lennie, those few acres of land on which they will grow their own food and tend their own livestock, is one of the most powerful symbols in the book.
Candy is immediately drawn in by the dream, and even the cynical Crooks hopes that Lennie and George will let him live there too.

Candy’s dog represents anyone who has outlived his or her purpose. Candy’s attachment to the animal—his plea that Carlson let the dog live for no other reason than that Candy raised it from a puppy—means nothing at all on the ranch. Although Carlson promises to kill the dog painlessly, his insistence that the old animal must die supports a cruel natural law that the strong will dispose of the weak. Candy internalizes this lesson, for he fears that he himself is nearing an age when he will no longer be useful at the ranch, and therefore no longer welcom

INDEPENDENT SERVICE LEARNING HOURS MOVIE

ABOUT INDEPENDENT SERVICE LEARNING

What I learned from independent service is that when you give to your community to feel better about yourself and the people you helped. I also learned that you will get something back in return even when your not looking forward to your reward someone always notice your outstanding work or achievement.