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Satchel Hogan

Dr. Preston

American Literature

May 31, 2017

My Bildungsroman

  Throughout this school year, I've worked Hard to be treated as a colleague(a key focus of Open Source Learning) and not just a pupil. Whether it was going the extra mile on my blog or Participating in Socratic seminars, I honored the privilege to be in this class. In regards to my peers' evaluation, not all of them were honoring this privilege; I took notice of their constant chatter, how they distracted me from my work, or just plain pissing you off. In my opinion, these individuals that did not honor this gift should not deserve to be treated as colleagues. Even though our time is running short, I plan to continue to honor this course even after I have moved on.

  Some novels I felt especially connected to was Fahrenheit 451(Published by Ray Bradbury in October 1953) because I felt as though I was Montag and the Mechanical hound was like Social Peer Pressure to conform into society, Young Goodman Brown(A short story published in 1835) because like the main Character, I misinterpret situations and blow things out of proportion, and Ralph-Waldo Emerson's "On Self Reliance(A great story to live by)", as the quote "Ne Te Quaesiveris Extra" empowers me to be Self Reliant.

  The Burning desire to learn never left me, and it empowered me throughout this entire school year to be curious and try new things, to be determined and to learn from my mistakes. It will make me continue to study my masterpiece topic, "Upgrading Education", and to try and make school a more approachable concept to children and teens, and to Follow in the footsteps of my unofficial Mentor, Dr. Preston.

   One piece of literature we read this year that didn't necessarily make me laugh but more cringe in pain was Fahrenheit 451, where the Hound's needle pierced Montag's leg and his knee was shattered by an automobile traveling at 75 MPH. Looking back at it now, I can laugh because it was a great scene for sensory imagery, but it still makes me shutter.

   A Unifying theme I noticed was how self-revolving all of the Big Questions were, like Jason's steps to resell sneakers, Jaime's recipe for lasagna(I wasn't feeling well that morning so I turned down a piece), Isaiah's makeup tutorial, how Jay wants to become a mechanic, and Jocelyn's reasons for free tuition. There's nothing wrong with any of this, I just find it interesting that only a hand full of people-including myself-chose topics addressed to a wider audience. Was it the same in other classes?

   Am I a Hero? Not in the slightest. I didn't save the class from a boring, traditional test, nor did I take the role of unofficial leader of the class like I've done on several occasions(story about that later just ask it'll cure your insomnia). Sure, I answered the call of Adventure and helped a few people out here and there, but I did nothing even noteworthy of being a hero. I took on a new form of learning head on because I was used to a similar method, rolled with the punches, and found my "unofficial" Mentor, you, Dr. Preston. And did I come back enlightened? I sure as hell did!

Big Questions- Notes

Eilene- Ballet Folklorico:

-Traditional Mexican Dance

-Jalisco dances always thought of

-Many more

-Some about Trains or Revenge(I like the one about trains)

-Playing Hard to get

-Many rituals

-Every state or region has  a different type of dance



Emigdia- Tearing down Barriers:

-Want to take this way of learning to mexico

-Created by Dr. Preston

-Teacher in Mexico did something similar

-Juarez Correa

-Communication was key

-Gave tablets to kids in India

-Used internet to learn



Chris- How to do a Shadow Fade:

-Cuts hair

-Video still rendering

-Refreshing page doesn't help

-Show half of a haircut

-Time lapse

-Starting cutting hair 3-4 years ago

-Barbers do designs

-Machines always broke

-Fun

-Learn alot

-Most common type of Haircut

-Easy once you get used to it

-Hard, but did it because it was fun

Final Essay update

I didn't understand the MLA format, but that didn't stop me from at least attempting to write the Essay. It might be in the wrong format at the moment, but that will change tomorrow. I also typed it up on this sucker:

Presentations: Summaries, 5-16 to 5-30

Etzell was wondering about if she would ever be successful, and gave us ways to reach success.

Angel shed light on the differences between Video Game and Real police Brutality, and he had some ideas why police attack unarmed suspects.

Jose talked about Racism, a very real topic with our new President.

Luis gave tips on successful thrifting and ways to find good clothes.

Jay explained the steps on becoming a mechanic, and it's more work than I expected.

Jason presented us on the subject of sneakers, who knew they were like cars!

Jaime made some killer Lasagna for the class, I didn't feel well so I turned it down.

Adrian also gave us great details on how to be successful.

Eli taught us how to turn noting into something, touched topic on "Little Babies".

Richard explained how music impacted us in different ways, and how there's different types of music.

Ofelia wanted to know why people fought, and it ties in with Jose's topic on racism.

Robert was thinking ahead about life after High School, how it's scary, and how we need to think about it know.

Jocelyn informed us on Free Tuition for College, how there's so many reasons that Free College would benefit the US.

Victor caused us to ponder on which religion is the true one of God, in my opinion no religion is the religion of god, he doesn't exist.

Alex educated the class on how to launch a successful clothing line, and the do's and don't's of starting a line.

Isaias transformed our way of thinking with the Power of Makeup, and stunned us all with his skills.

Maria taught us on how to be a vet, and how long it takes to become one.

Elizabeth changed our way of thinking by asking us if we were smarter due to the internet, apparently yes.

Vivian was very animated during her explanation of whether or not animals react differently to situations than humans, and they do; They also Copy us.

Katie taught us on the different learning styles, turns out there's more than Three.

Nicole was also wondering about racism, and there are many factors that impact the feeling of Prejudice.

Someone wanted to be a tattoo artist, I didn't catch his name, but there are many ways to learn how to be a tattoo artist, suh=ch as practicing on dead pig skin or grapefruits.

Kleiff was hot headed on the important topic of Global Warming, Methane is an important player in the cause of the increase in Temperature. If we don't combat this issue by 2035, the temperature will have changed 0.3 to 0.7 degrees Celsius!

Carlos was driving the discussion of if New Cars are worth purchasing, turns out no, for the reasons of depreciation and the possibility of your car being hacked.

What I'm doing this period:

I'm spending the class period preparing my notes for more presentations, and thinking about how to write this narrative essay. I'm also going to do some research on possible reasons why my new Atari "Heavy Sixer" is having Color Problems, and only after one use. So far, my possible suspects are the TV doesn't like the system, I screwed up the connection, or worse case scenario the TIA Chip is about to fail.

Masterpiece Topic

Montessori 2.0- Upgrade to an Open source learning style method of teaching to better improve the quality of Education in the US.


The reason I'm covering this topic is because many of you may not know I come from a Montessori School, a school that uses a specific style of teaching like Hands-on activities and group-based activities to educate students. Sound Familiar?


Using Dr. Preston's Open-Source learning and the Method of learning I knew for most of my life, we can "Upgrade" Education to better suit the 21st century.


By using Electronics Most of the time the amount of Deforestation currently happening in the world would be reduced, mainly focus on Group-based learning to train students to have Cooperative skills in the workplace, and all around improve the quality of Education that is so Outdated.


With the combination of these two methods, students won't feel so stressed with being forced to use the same strengths as everyone else as they do in normal education. Instead, teachers would encourage students to solve problems using their individual strengths in a team to determine the correct answer, instead of everyone using the exact same method. This would be determined by a clear representation of each group member's strength, which they would apply to a certain portion of a problem, and at the end, the answers would be shared and combined to come to a unified response.

MGOM

  This week in class I'm refining my "Upgrading Education" Topic to involve the concept of the education style I'm most experienced with, Montessori method.

  I'm currently trying to figure out a way to involve "Montessori 2.0" into this topic, which requires additional in-depth studying of the concept. I've currently presented my Idea to the Class, Dr. Preston, and My Parents, yet I only have 2 of the required 10 followers for the Blog Posts. I plan to present this concept by Changing the Desk arrangement to a Theater-style set up, and attempting to teach the class in a Blend of Open-source and Montessori Learning Methods, which involves Group-oriented activities, and hands-on lessons. This style of teaching is still in the concept phase and may require several modifications to get the projected method.