PechaKucha: The Power of Yes

Tiffany Lentz did a very well job overall on the PechaKucha. She explained in great deal her insecurities and risks that she took to overcome her fears. She glided was throughout on her explanations and had a reason behind every task, even if it was as simple as just doing it.

She may have to improve with going a little bit slower on her presentation. It's funny because most people go too slow and she goes 2-3 seconds ahead; it may not seem like a great difference but it does turn out to be. When she does talk ahead it get kind of off because I can't see the next picture so my brain doesn't want to click. Her visuals had a lot of humor which no one minds at all  I'm sure.

I noticed that Tiffany Lentz had passion, and that passion let her go far in life. Her nonconformity but persistence let her go far in life. Just like any other presentation it has its ups and downs so I'm not quite sure about the presentation as a whole. I think that 10 slides will be a breeze and I hope that that'll be true.

Face to Face: My Reaction

Amna Chaudhary: "I never really thought about taking the scarf off."

In high school, meeting people who are a one hundred percent sure of their religion is rare. In Amna's story it was the last week of her senior year that she started wearing her scarf. The scarf was a big indication of her particular belief. One factor that made me determine that she was used to the scarf and considered it a norm was because she said, "It'd be like someone getting ready in the morning and going to school and not putting a shirt on, kind of." She said that gesturing her feelings on not wearing one. I was pretty surprised because she was not influenced by her surroundings and truly made that a part of her everyday life. I feel like it took a lot of gut to change herself in the way that she thought for the better.



Khaled Abou El Fadl: "They don't feel comfortable sitting next to you."

In this day and time you would think that fear of being looked upon being a terrorist would pass. Unfortunately it has not. Like Khaled Abou El Fadl, he is a person's fear. Sitting next to a person like him immediately scares everything out of them. So he started wearing suits everywhere he went; to get a better impression of himself. I think that it is so ridiculous on how much what others think of you can define you. It is a horrible thing though because you lose a lot. One of the things that you lose it your identity. It's one hectic world out there with all of the superstitions.

Reading Response #4: Dave Berry on College

For the past couple of months I have been deciding on what I should be doing for the rest of my life. As most seniors have experienced, it's pretty tough. Making  fun of things or having people do it for you makes you a little more at ease, but not too much.

One of the colleges in Springfield, MO.

 Being in a Sociology class, Dave Barry really does describe it clear. Describing everything in really complicated words for simple tasks sums up a part of sociology. Just putting words in different formats can make you either look smarter or the opposite.

I have never been a fan of science, but I agree 100% on the fact of preciseness. Every little move of yours, every little drop of the chemical can end up in something not good.

But thankfully we have loose subjects like English. Exercising the creative part of the brain, a person can think and use their imagination.

Sleeping in class. This is probably why we spend 1,998 hours of our lives in college not learning anything.

"After you've been in college for a year or so, you're supposed

 to choose a major, which is the subject you intend to memorize 

and forget the most things about."

Life is super tough when it comes down to what you want to major in. Luckily for us, he summarized about 6 subjects that were short, sweet and to the point. Everywhere that we go we have some sort of pressure, and lucky for us (sarcasm) it is our life decision. In school we get questioned all the time on what we want to be or what college we're going to. I bet that we'll all be glad for this to be over but at the same time trying to enjoy our senior year. Dave Barry pretty much nailed it on his description of college which falls closely to the description of high school.

Reading Response #3: Of Poseidon

Emma and Galen are definitely not oil and water. They go hand in hand with each other! Every experience, every fight brings them closer together. When Galen flatters her, he also flatters himself because of the connection that they feel  between each other.

In love at the beach. Every half-sea creature's favorite place.

And he can't let Grom mate with the wrong person. Since Nalia left him he was not able to find another mate. So Galen, Toraf, Dr. Milligan and the rest of the crew are trying to figure out who is the unknown person the are sensing in the water. In the middle of it they suspect that Emma's dad is the one who is half Poseidon. It's not him. Turn out it's Emma's mom, Nalia. Nalia was suppose to mate with Grom, Galen's older brother, but she ran away. All of those years were lost, and to regain is technically not an option.


Grom and Nalia always liked each other, until she started pulling away all the time.
 

                                   Mrs. McIntosh gives him a quizzical look but doesn't
                                   say anything when he reaches he side. He plunges his
                                   hands into the dishwasher. And sense her immediately.
                                   The stalker. The look in her eyes, the way her mouth
                                   hangs open, the way she glances down at the trident on
                                   his stomach, is all the confirmation he needs. "You've
                                   got a lot of explaining to do, Nalia." (Page 324)

Now they are reuniting and she runs away. And that's how the book ends. Luckily, there is a sequel for all of you who would like to read it. It was an interesting book with a bit more than a sprinkle of romance in it. It included mysteries that were not solved so that annoyed me. But that is why it has two more books following the next.

Reading Response #2: Of Poseidon

Emma was fond of the Titanic and Galen took her there
on a date.

Giving the book another try, I came upon the fact that is had mystery swirled into it. Galen's brother Grom was suppose to mate with someone of the third generation (a Royal thing) but his beloved swam away from him and began to live on land (which is illegal).

Galen is trying to solve the mystery of how Emma is exactly half human and half Poseidon. At first, he doesn't find out the answer. He first tried to investigate her dad but that came crashing down. Then Galen and Toraf start sensing someone unknown to them. That someone was going to be their key to the unsolved danger.


                                    "Ms. McIntosh?" Mr. Pinner says. And if I remember correctly,
                                     Ms. McIntosh is me.
                                    "Uh, sorry?" I say.
                                   "The Titanic , Ms. McIntosh," he says on the verge of exasperation.
                                     "Have any idea when it sank?" (Page 40)


Emma feel in love with the Titanic and was obsessed with it for six months, so she knew the answer. Day by day Galen found out that she loved it and he took her on a date there.


Emma talks to fish and directs them.
They do not wear masks because they can breathe
underwater.

Reading Response #1: Of Poseidon

Without the bitter, sweetness would have no value.

So I will hate on it before I will love on it.

On this beautiful September morning I was reading the book , Of Poseidon, and realized how much I dislike romantic novels. They are cliché and all of them have mostly the same summary. I am reading this book in another English class so I have to read a gateway book and I noticed that 99% of them are about romance.

It's like chewing the same piece of gum all the time. Yuck.

Any who, Of Poseidon, is a different but the same book. While Galen is head over heels for Emma, he has to fake it to get her to his older brother because she is the last descendant of poseidon (hence the title). While taking her through the steps on teaching her about her unusual power he starts to fall in love.

And this is why I don't like romance novels. They all have the same plot and I can predict perfectly the conclusion.

It goes on with Emma fainting a lot and being extremely stubborn.

The rest of the porch is sucked into a black hole of my vision.

The welcome mat beneath me pitches like a rowboat during

a hurricane. I reach for the door or the wall or Galen, but

somehow I miss all three. Suddenly, my feet are swept out

from under me, and my face smacks into his chest.

for the second time in my life.

Emma is being super nice to Galen and tries to reject him when they both like each other but then she thinks that he is using her and that is the most classic plot of every love story. Then he has to leave to check up with his sea world connections and she gets extremely sad to not have him around all the time. She literally starts feeling bad. Girl, give him a break. You guys are obviously not going to be attached hip to hip all the time. And that is where I left off. I really do hope that it has a big plot twist so I could enjoy this book.

On the bright side the author is extremely descriptive and she is engaging in what she is writing in. Brownie points for that. The author also is really good at catching young, teenage girls in this net of romance that never happens in life, that is why it's on gateways book choice list. 

Classic scene of them holding hands.

But honestly this book isn't as bad as I am describing it, really. Give it a chance. Maybe you'll like reading about people turning into fish. Whatever floats your boat.





101 Things About Me

1. I love mustard. Earlier this year I had an absolute despise to it, and I never liked it. Now I have no idea how people eat their hot dogs without mustard.

2. White is my favorite color. White bedrooms are the classiest. {No food or drinks!}

3. Buddy is our family dog and he is a year and three months. 

4. I love to bake cakes.

5. Pinterest's {food+drink} board is my addiction.

6. I go all out on dressing up for church, but for school I have no motivation.

7. I have 4 of the sweetest brothers and 1 amazing sister. 

8. I appreciate cheesy jokes.

9. I love to check out new places and visit people. I love to travel.

10. Not a cat person. At all.

11. I love elephant ears at zoos.

12. Portland, OR has the biggest spot in my heart.

13. I like teachers who know how to teach. The ones who make me want to learn.

14. I miss my long hair so much, but I do not regret cutting it because it felt good to have short hair. Everything good takes time, right?

15. Nutella is the best thing invented. I feel bad for everyone who has nut allergies.

16. Ferror Rocher & Godiva is my favorite chocolate.

17. Barney Fife is my favorite.