Pecha Kucha Response

In my Pecha Kucha presentation, my person talked about him being an entrepreneur. Today he is a very successful business person, but that’s not how he always used to be. In the beginning of his presentation he talked about how he built small houses out of wood and ran away from them because that wasn’t considered ‘art’. Now he’s as successful as anyone else.

This presenter did a lot of things well. The one thing that I think made his presentation alive and not bring was the fact that he connected with the audience. By either making jokes, or just showing his personality through speech, it was easy to stay   tuned and keep the watcher interested.

Although the presenter had a lot of high points and interesting detail, there was one thing that was kind of annoying through his whole presentation. He was a fast talker. It wasn’t the type of talking that comes with a person and is just normal, he seemed to talk fast because he hadn’t planned it out to well to where it was facts and key points. It was mostly a bunch of talking and a few key points. Which I think would be fine in any other kind of presentation besides this one because of that fact that it’s timed.

Lastly, I thought the presentation wasn’t the best, preparation wise. However, the presenter was well enough at improve it seemed that he just coasted though somewhat alright. Pecha Kucha is my new favorite type of presenting. I look forward to using this for other projects, other than this one. I think I’ll be able to fill in my 10 slides easily, I just hope that I don’t run out of things to talk about.

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                 I’m in contact with a girl named Ellie. Ellie lives with her grandparents and her parents. She’s a year older then I am and she loves to sing and listen to music. I enjoy the conversations Ellie. When Ellie wrote, she spoke a lot about her love for chrysanthemums and sakuras. I didn't know what they were so that's why I wanted to look them up. It was interesting to me because of how highly she spoke about them.  
As my research began, I found out that the two words meant almost the same thing. A sakuras is hat you see in amine cartoons and comics, it’s a beautiful decoration of flowers. The colors of these flowers vary from a light pink to a violet purple. 

 A chrysanthemum(s) is similar to a sakuras, but not exactly. Here in America, we call them mums. With these flowers, different colors mean different things. They also help pollinate the air. These flowers are bigger then sakuras, and are associated with more common colors, like red and orange or pink.

 My new friend Ellie loves seeing these flowers on her way to school in her everyday life. I look forward to keeping contact with Ellie.

- Ellie. "Correspondence from China." Email to Chantae Page. 11/10/14. Email.

                                                      Beauty by Nature

                 I’m in contact with a girl named Ellie. Ellie lives with her grandparents and her parents. She’s a year older then I am and she loves to sing and listen to music. I enjoy the conversations Ellie. When Ellie wrote, she spoke a lot about her love for chrysanthemums and sakuras, I didn't know what they were. It was interesting to me because of how highly she spoke about them.  

 

 A couple times in her writing she had mentioned how she enjoys sakuras, and chrysanthemum. As my research came to a conclusion I found out that the two words meant almost the same thing. A ‘sakuras’ is what you see in amine cartoons and comics, it’s a beautiful decoration of flowers. The colors of these flowers vary from a light pink to a violet purple.

 

      A chrysanthemum(s) is similar to a sakuras, but not exactly. Here in America, we call them mums. With these flowers, different colors mean different things. They also help pollinate the air. These flowers are bigger then sakuras, and are associated with more common colors, like red and orange or pink.

 My new friend Ellie loves seeing these flowers on her way to school in her everyday life. I look forward to keeping contact with Ellie.

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Today In class we were asked to blog about a task we were given. The task was to go on our blog, and take these tests that talk about racial status and other things. I only took one test, and watched the video about the teacher that split her students in half by eye color.

                The test I took first asked me questions about whether or not I think people should be split by race, or social status. I don’t like those questions. I don’t see why it matters honestly. It also asked if I prefer white people to black people or vice versa. When I read that I had to go back in my head and think about the people I talk to on a daily basis and determine their color. I mean, yeah I know if I’m talking to a black or white person, but that’s not what I think about when I talk to my friends. It shouldn’t be that way and I don’t think it is, but this test gave me the impression that the first thing you do when you see a person is determine their color. Which is wrong. I wish I wouldn’t have taken that test. It was stupid. If I felt the need to have a computer tell me if I was racist or ‘bias’ against a group of people, then I’d be ore then happy to take it. But no thanks, I’m not in need of that type of information.

                The eye color video have me a better feeling then the stupid test did. I appreciate what she did, she took a way that kids could understand, and expressed it to them. It was such a big topic and the way she broke it down was interesting. Then when she had the kids come back years later, it changed their whole outlook on racial preference, because believe it or not, it was the white children that were separated for once!

I started another book, it’s something different then what I usually read. I’m really into non-fiction books, I like how they flow and they have a beginning middle and end. The book I’m reading now is called ‘Teens Guide to NOT Being Perfect.’ I didn't really choose this book, I was reading a section for a project. Now that the project's over, I want to read it during my free time.

This book is simple, yet it gets to you. This book is motivational. I find it weird sometimes that an old man can talk about the life of a teenager and it be so accurate. You actually might know the author. His name is Coach Krause! Hes been a substitute teacher here at Parkview for the past couple years now, he’s the one who always tells stories. His book is very easy to relate too, to me. He was a basketball couch before he became a writer. I play basketball, so when I read his stories it’s easy to relate to. This book is a great book so far, I think more people school start reading this. It’s a short read and I feel like a whole bunch of teenagers these days could seriously get something out of it.

There are so many interesting quotes that I could choose from. The one that I think is important in my reading today is ‘The worth I have comes from the people in this world who love me for me, not for how I look or how I speak, but just me.’ This stood out to me because in my opinion, if people went by this more often, their self-worth would go way up. Especially with this day and age teens don’t need any more of a reason to doubt themselves.

 This picture reminds me of the everyday teenager, stressed and just trying to keep to themselves. That’s why I found this picture interesting, because it reminded me of this book, and how it can help someone look at things more optimistically.

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I finished Sea recently, as you know. Now I'm readying a book called Trafficked. so far, its about a Russian girl named Hannah, who is now illegally living in the America. She lives with a family as an nanny. She sleeps in the garage in a sleeping bag, even though there is a perfectly made bed upstairs. there are a lot of things that are weird about the new family shes living with. She doesn't like the way her husband looks at her, he recently bought her new lace underwear. His reasoning was because he had seen the couple pair she had and they were old, ripped, and dingy.  She also really doesnt like their mom. Her name is Lillian, Hannah is greatful for everything they've done for he, but hr mom made rules like 'When my husband talks to you, look down and answer his questions, you may talk back, but you may not make conversation with him'. I found that weird, it makes me wonder if the mom has trust issues about her husband.

 

I choose this picture because it remind me of the girl, Hannah. In the beginning of the book she always talked about how afraid she felt if older men would look at her because it made her think they were going to take her and use her as a sex slave. That could be a sign of foreshadowing.