3/6/15

If you were the principal for a week at BVHS, what would that look like? What changes would you make? Why?

If I was the principal for a week probably nothing would change. We all know that change takes a long time and I would not be able to implement anything in the span of one week. If I did have that power I would change the way class changes are handled. It is very confusing on how to change and what classes are open. It is also very awkward to ask a teacher to let you leave their class for another teacher. I would also fix the Wifi because you cannot do anything on anything without it. But in reality Mr. Bacon does a very good job of running the school and I wouldn't change much. 

3/5/15

List out 10 pieces of advice you would give someone on how to create an amazing presentation.

1. Use lots of color

use interesting colors and sizes to make the presentation interesting

2. Do not use paragraphs use bullets to display your information

3. Use pictures and graphs to help show your information

4. Make each slide informational but not too crowded

5. when you are talking don't just read off the slide

6. Make sure you have your information displayed in an interesting way not just the same all the way through

7. The presentation should be in a specific order not just random information

8. Make sure you have all of your work cited and there are no grammar or spelling errors

9. In your presentation make sure the work has purpose and you answer a question or solve something

10. Your presentation should be fun and interesting to read. It should be exiting and engaging . 

3/2/15

Tell me about your weekend

Over the weekend I did not do much but on Friday night I performed at the basketball game for dance team and I played for the first girls game. After I performed I hung out and watched the staff game. After that I went home and watched Grey's Anatomy and went to bed. The next day I had dance for 2 hours and then I came home and worked on homework and rhinestoned costumes. Our dress rehearsal is this weekend so we are preparing for that. On Sunday I went to dance for an hour and then came home and chilled out for the rest of the day. That evening I went to church with my older brother and we went out to eat afterwards. 

Greek Economic Crisis Infographic

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2/24/15

 1. 90% of the information that comes into the brain is visual
 2. Infographics should show statistics easily and simply
 3. 32% of visual things on an infographic are bar graphs
 4. 40% of people learn better using visual tools
 5. Infographics make you look like an expert in the topic

2/23/15

Tell me about your weekend. Give me a story, something funny that happened, an experiencing you had, the way you felt, etc. Include photos!

Over the weekend I did a lot of costuming because we have dress rehearsal for my competitive dance studio in a week. I sewed on appliques, glued rhinestones and sewed straps and other odd tasks. I went to dinner Saturday night with my friends at pinstripes and saw a movie at Cinetopia. We got our reservations late so we had to sprint from the dinner to catch the movie. After that I went to Coco Dolche and got a really good salted caramel mocha. I am a little stressed out because I still have two costumes to rhinestone and I haven't started them yet. On Sunday I had a solo rehearsal and then I worked on costumes some more.

2/20/15

A perfect curriculum would consist of a fast paced course that allowed me to go as fast as I wanted to go. It would not consist of any useless knowledge things like how to identify a gerund but it would be all applicable to life situations. You would enroll in classes you were interested in and they would not set a lot of homework or tests or busy work, you would just be able to sit in classes that you enjoy and learn. There would also be a life skills class where you would learn how to do things that you will need to learn how to do when you have a job and are living on your own. For example you would learn how to manage a bank account, health insurance and how to be successful on your own. The classes would not be all that different then they are now but they would be personalized to fit everyone's individual needs. I would study differently because I would study not because I needed to to pass a test but because I wanted to. I would probably be a lot more engaged in class because I would actually enjoy what I was learning