12-18-13 Exit Pass

Yes my questions will fulfill my assignment for research about Human Rights. I am thinking of questions to put up on my website and answering them to illustrate to people the violations and the ways people try to improve Human Rights.

Exit Ticket 12/16/13

Can my questions be answered through investigation?

Yes my questions can be answered through investigations. A lot of my questions are based on facts which can be found on the internet and through other subjects such as Economics. Economics ties into human rights as people in third world countries have bad economies which lead to lack of human rights.

12/11/13 Exit Pass

I expect to find other resources to help make my topic have more depth, discussing certain human rights and how they are denied in specific countries .

Exit Ticket 12-9-13

I am doing this research project because I want to acquire information how human rights are discussed, what paths do countries take to help provide these rights, and the importance of human rights everywhere. Human rights aren't fully granted in modern cities as well.

Exit Ticket

I don't have any intriguing questions at the moment about Human rights as I've researched everything i wanted to learn about

12/2/13 Exit

I am interested enough in writing a lot about Human Rights Issues. I am very interested to find out what  issues occur in other countries where it has been solved in the United States. I am also curious to figure out if there's any human rights issues in the United States itself.

11-27-13 Exit Ticket

Yes I do know enough about Human Rights to ask critical thinking questions. Since human rights is a broad topic there is a lot to talk about. I can develop questions from different view points (i.e. Human rights declining, awareness increasing etc..).

Exit Ticket 11/25/13

For human rights, background information such as where is abuse more prevalent or what ways are countries helping these abuse.

What do I already know/think I know about Human Rights?

I already know the importance of human rights. Throughout history people were denied rights such as women not being able to vote, or colored people not being treated equally. These people have overcame the obstacle and were granted said rights. I know that today many countries in the world are lacking human rights enforcement and because of this lack of enforcement crime is more prevalent. I know that the U.N. and various other countries are trying to help solve the issue of human rights.

11/18/13 Blog

The number one thing that puzzles me right now is why the SAT's/ACT's matter a lot to colleges. I understand that it measures one's ability to take a test however many aren't good test takers no matter how prepared you are. A lot of students have good grades but their SAT scores doesn't have the same outcome. I believe that SAT's should be used but not heavily to determine an admission to a college/university.

People can do well on practice tests but still do bad on the actual exam. Personally, when I studied for the SAT I did better than I thought I would've at home/library-under the same conditions as the actual SAT, no changing of the test format-however, I did worse than my practice exams but better than the previous SAT. I feel that SAT's don't measure a student's ability accurately because of conditions such as being a bad test taker. Many Students don't realize what the SAT is before they enter High school. The people that do know usually score better as they have more time to prepare for it. People who can't take a test well and doesn't realize there's the SAT simply don't have enough time to be prepared and get used to what the test is like.
Taking the SAT does measure a person's ability to think critically however it's not always accurate to many students as they aren't good test takers.

SAT isn't a bad way to see where a student would be at in college but again it shouldn't be heavily focused. Not all schools do focus on SAT scores but many do. A student with a high GPA can get a low SAT score simply because he/she isn't a good test taker.

11/12/13 Blog

I have been always interested in learning more about computers. I already know the basics of what a computer is composed of, the hardware components and what software is made up of. I want to learn the more in depth information about computers. Some examples of the specific information I want to learn are: how does one manage a server,  troubleshooting servers, and IT. 

Computers interest me because of the infinite possibilities one can do with it. Computers are going to continue to grow as technology advances. Computers allow the user to be creative such as Mark Zuckerberg creating Facebook or Bill Gates inventing Microsoft. Creativity can range from a simple program to a colossal change in society like social media. In college I plan to learn this because the major I want to pursue is Computer Science. It would make sense for me to go into a field of computers since I am very interested in them. 

I.T. (Information and Technologies) are one of the most interesting fields of computers. Because I.T. works closely with troubleshooting problems that users may have with computers it comes with comprehensive learning. I find it interesting to learn because I want to know more about why the problem is occurring and are there different steps to have a solution in case one cannot be used. I find that servers have a lot of problems and finding out what causes those problems are so abstract that it makes it interesting to find the cause and solution. 

What interests me in this idea or topic? (Exit Ticket)

The idea of Human rights is very broad however throughout my research the broadness of this topic make it so explicit and clear that everyone needs to start off with something before reaching other goals. Before people gaining human rights, the very foundation of human rights is equality; without equality you cannot achieve human rights. The sub-idea of equality is important as well since many countries in the world are lacking equality of people and culture is restricting many equalities. What I found important was that when people discuss Human Rights without equality in the equation there is no discussion as it can be threatening if equality isn't addressed.

What should schools do to help students who are victims of bullies?

               There are only so many things that a school to do that help students that are victims of bullies. These programs such as an open-door policy will help alleviate stress from bullies. Usually people bully others is to lower their confidence in themselves. Another outlet for schools to help students is a class to help build confidence in one self, when students who were victims of bullies build confidence so they won't have that problem of being bullied when they don't care about the opinion of bullies. Even though schools can't have many opportunities to help students but even a small amount of opportunities will be a colossal change to them in building confidence.

How I Learn

     Out of the seven learning styles, Kinesthetic, Linguistic, Logical, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Spatial, and Musical, I learn best through the styles of logical, musical, and intrapersonal. I have always enjoyed math and picked up new topics very easily and fast. I've been a instrument player for a couple years and even though I may not learn through song, the rhythm is what helps me learn. I am intrapersonal in learning because whenever a new topic is introduced I always try to create problems or try to understand why it make sense, through self-reflection. 

     In everything I do to learn, taking notes, doing work, etc.. I am logical through these processes. Every time I do take notes, I always number them or bullet them according to topic, this is relevant to the learning style of logical because of how I separate notes through numerical sequence. I always use logic to deepen my understanding of a topic. Because of what math contains, (reasoning why the math problem is solved that way) I learn in a similar way in subjects like English or Economics because there's reasons why a specific character in a piece of literature is characterized a certain way or why an economy might be doing not so well. Not only this is logical but it's also intrapersonal. I am always self-reflecting to assure that I am understanding any topic. The way I self asses myself is through logical reasoning; if I know what's going on and why then I understand the topic. 

     Through the years of me learning various instruments I found that rhythm is important to any piece of music. Rhythm make the music flow and make sense. This incorporates into my learning because of the way I process information. When there's a specific topic being talked about I would understand it lucidly because the conversation has a constant "rhythm" about that specific topic. 

Week of 10/21/13

      The last time I remember I was assigned a research project was in Forensics. During Forensics, the project was a common core task. We, the students, had to choose a topic about a field of science that has developed over the years. I chose Cardiology, the study of the heart. I had to research different types of cardiac technology that helped people live longer and how it improved over the years. It was a very interesting topic because learning how different fields of sciences helped develop technologies to elongate people's lives.

      This research paper wasn't hard at all, it was very interesting to hear the types of technology that cardiologists invented to help the heart function. Before learning about the technologies that helped people's hearts function I had to research about the types of heart diseases people experience (both common and rare diseases). This research experience allowed me to see what problems people can have with their hearts. Many of these diseases are serious however some are minor. The different types of technologies invented allowed me to see the improvements from the start of cardiology to modern day. With new cardiac technologies being made, I learned that through these technologies people can be able to locate the problem and get it solved earlier before it's too late. Cardiology was a topic that I was required to learn a lot about since it required the knowledge of common diseases and the evolution of technology to help people. 

    This topic was very informative for me. Through this research paper I was able to learn how heart diseases can limit people's everyday functions; how with them having this disease the process that he/she has to go through. I was able to enjoy the fact that doctors and engineers are currently innovating new medical technologies to help people investigate and pinpoint the issue to get it treated immediately. 

Week of October 24th Blog

           My first actual research assignment was from English class last year. Last year our English teacher gave an assignment for us student to do a college-level research paper. The research paper was very tough to complete as it required me to gather  many sources and read through each one of them picking out the important details that is relevant to my topic, not using the whole article. The research topic was both an interesting and difficult experience for me when I was a 11th grader last year. 

           The topic that I wrote about for my research paper was the corruption of the American Dream. This was a interesting topic as we were reading The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald at the time. The corruption of the American dream was a difficult topic to write about because it required a lot of critical analysis to how the American dream is corrupted or why is it corrupted to people. The process of learning how to conduct research and doing an actual research paper was by my teacher, and through the librarian (Mrs. Sarles). I used the internet and books for my research paper. Websites were my main sources of information while the book I used was The Great Gatsby to reference to. The websites I got  from the internet was from the school database, learning how to use the database through the librarian was a huge help in completing the assignment. 

          Overall, the research assignment was a good experience. The reason why its a good experience is that it allows me to view what college papers are going to be like. Learning how to do this as early as an 11th grader allows me as a student to progress not only in college but future papers that I have to write. I liked the assignment as in hindsight it's going to help me a lot in the future however it was really tedious to write as I had to constantly regurgitate the idea of the topic that I was writing about.