Semester 2 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:

There is a quote that FDR wrote in his first inaugural speech that he made famous: "Only thing we have to fear is fear itself." In the 1920's into the 1930', the U.S. faced the deepest darkest time period in history; The great depression. The stock marked had crashed, banks were bankrupt, people were out of work, and the unemployment rate was sky high. FDR used his positive attitude in his speeches to revitalized people into thinking that despite their poor circumstances they will rise once again out of despair. "Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative support."

FDR was adamant about helping people and changing the economy, and compared it to a "war against the emergency.'' I agree that our country is in the state of emergency. We need a president like FDR that can give us a solid solution to our problems. Our current president has not givens direction or answers to our problems. He has just given us promises and money that we don't have, and has put us in a deeper hole to climb out of.

Obama:

"I dont care weather you're driving a hybrid or an SUV. If you're headed for a cliff, you have to change direction." That's what the american people called in November and that what we intend to deliver.

"Fight the housing and financial crises:

A new housing program has stabilized the market, preventing more foreclosures and helping millions more re-finance at historically low mortgage rates. The Administration is also moving forward with its plans to get credit flowing again to businesses and families, and to reform our regulatory system so we have a set of 21st century rules to match 21st century financial markets."

This is what Obama is trying to do to help the housing and financial crises. Since Obama became president taxes have gone higher, a significant amount of foreclosures, and a lot of promises. Obama promises that there will be change, but so far there has been no change that has helped the housing and finical issues.

Semester 2 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?

Where I interned at, I think if they would thrive and sink at the same time. The coaches for all the sports in the High Tech High Village (HTHV) are volunteers. So that would not affect they way they would coach or interact with the sport. My mentor would have to cut the majority of sports to have 3 or 4 sports due to the lack of money. But the 3 or 4 sports would thrive because they would be few sports, which would make the sports have more money then having all the sports. I think overall for the athletic department would only have to cut some of the sports programs.

Semester 2 Blog 6

Joad:

Smokes a lot

"She was a good well" "I cant hear water."

I think this quote has some symbolism but I am not sure to what.

"I seen turtles all my life. They're goin' someplace. They always seem to want to get there."

This quote I can guess has symbolism i think about how one character (maybe Joad) finding his place back home or something like that.

My Final Internship Photo Essay

My Final Internship Photo Essay

http://students.hthma.hightechhigh.org/~cmurillo/11th_Grade_DP/Internship_Photo_Essay.html

Semester 2 Blog 5

1. Alias Mentor Interview

http://aliasblogg.blogspot.com/2010/02/i-had-found-that-life-businesses-and.html

I like alia's mentor interview because it is very organized and professional looking.

As you can see it has a quote on the top that is bold and it really starts off the mentor interview. The picture had a border around it, so it makes it organized and it stands out.

2. Beth's Front Page of DP

http://students.hthma.hightechhigh.org/~elacarra/

I think this is really good because it actually looks like the words she typed were originally in the photo. Even though this is not her picture it really makes it professional because of the font she used and how well it blended in. It also really shows how Beth is.

3. Lynn's Front Page of DP

http://students.hthma.hightechhigh.org/~lle/11th/

This is a good example of a very professional website. When I went on Lynn's DP i looked at it and it is very professional and organized. All the text is alined perfectly, the colors correspond to each other and is easy to use.

Semester 2 Blog 4

I do not like reading or writing at all very much unless I am interested in the topic. Almost every time when I write I tend to have a lot of runon sentences and most the time they do not make much sence. I hope that ampersand will be a small turing point to end this. I'm hoping that when I write it will be a good experience and I will enjoy while I work on it and read it. I hope when I read the final product of Ampersand that it will be one of the good memories from high school.

Mentor Interview

http://students.hthma.hightechhigh.org/~cmurillo/11th_Grade_DP/Mentor_Interview.html

Rough Draft paragraph for Mentor interview

Coach Cory Tatz is a hard working athletic director and unpaid varsity baseball coach for High Tech High. One regular day that Cory Tatz has is not an easy job to deal with. He is emailing coaches, players, and making sure that every sport is up to its fullest quality. Every sport he has to manage for the High Tech High Village. When I sat down talking to Coach Cory Tatz one big question that I was pondering is "Why High Tech High?" and he answered "The reason High Tech High was that my son was going to another school many years back I didn't like the education he was receiving, the way sports was being done at that school was not exactly what I though it should be or the way it should be or the way it should be done." Coach Cory Tatz is really passionate about sports and good education. He wants to make sure that sports program is ran correctly. Thats why he transitioned to High Tech High. Since 2004 he has been a coach for the Varsity team at the High Tech High Village. 4 out of the 6 years he has been coaching he has made CIF playoffs. "I love baseball more then anything else. It’s my passion in life. There’s noting id rather do than be on a baseball field. And I felt that way for many many years and I’ve coached for a lot of years as a result of that."

Semester 2 Blog 1

I think what makes a good high quality product is when the questions for an interview is really though through to get the important information you need for a good interview or evidence. I found 2 examples that show this really well.

High-quality interviews:

1. http://hoopshype.com/interviews/kobe_friedman.htm

Through the Kobe Bryant interview, the person that is interviewing him makes an interview that makes it flow and tell a little story. The interview is broken into 5 different topics that fit well together.

2. http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/The-Shutdown-Corner-interview-with-LaDainian-Tom?urn=nfl,82780

The interview with LaDainian Tomlinson was a good interview because the questions that he was asked were questions that there could be a good detailed response. And thats just what happened. The first 7 questions he was asked, Tomlinson answered very detailed with a lot of info.