Final Exam

Rule of Thirds 

Balancing Elements

Leading Lines

Symmetry and Patterns 

View Point

Background 

Depth

Framing

Cropping

Experimentation 

Feature Story

https://docs.google.com/document/d/15PEAUpYDvmrdbaoYNNW7G3RBeGTJJocvUCJhAVFMn2M/edit

Photo Composition

1. Rule of thirds

2. Balancing Elements

3. Leading Lines

4. Symmetry and Patterns (repetition)

5. Viewpoint

6. Background

7. Create depth

8. Framing

9. Cropping

10. Experimentation

Free Write #2

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-LMeW4gOsLrun4_niOtrhiMJYrFQxlgQfrZJbPOEIeA/edit

Feature Story Brain Storm

1. My grandmother.

2. My mother and my grandfather.

3. What life was like for her growing up in Hawaii in poverty.

4. Her perspective and mine.

5. 1. How was your childhood like growing up overall?
Good, when you grow up you don't realize how young you are. You take things for granted. My mom was bipolar it was hard, aside it was ok my parents would do anything for us. they did what they could. It doesn't matter where you live, one parents problem can effect everything. Poor, yet they could do what they could. 
2.What are some examples of your environment in your childhood?
Town was very small. Pineapple town. Wahelwa town was within in Whitore village. Pineapple town within that town. Pineapple trucks and shipping in that town. So many people passing by to work 4;30 and 5;00 in the morning. Lots of Philippino and Japanese people. Father was the hardest working man she knew. Her sisters briefly worked at a Dole factory. Town fit 200 people.
3. What was elementary like?
Lived in plantation home. Small little wooden home. So little, everything seemed so big. Halemono elementary school. K-6th. Never went to kinder garden. Didn't want to. She hated 1st grade. Very traumatizing. So scared. Everyone went but her. Teacher was Ms Kong, she was very nice. Started having problems in 3rd grade because of bullying. 
4. What was middle school like?
7-8th intermediate school. Two years interesting. So sudden. Feel more mature and older. Very shy growing up. Developed trust issues from elementary. Fun because she made new friends. Meet kids from military base kids. More racially diverse. 
5. What was high school like?
Realized how tinny everything was that she thought was big. Wasn't shy until senior year. More of an influx of military kids. More white kids. And blacks. Huge difference. Leilehula High school. So scared. Met her best friend. Met at the first day. Work was so difficult. Sophomore year was the worst. Weed was huge, military kids smoking in the bathrooms. huge trend. Thousands of students. 487 seniors. Graduated 1970. Always had fun in senior year. Couldn't wait to graduate. 
6. How difficult was it growing up in your situation?
Hard time, mom was very sick. Town wasn't full of rich people. When her dad worked, it wasn't called dole it was called Hawaiian pineapple company. Late 1961 changed the name. Financially unstable. Worked for 40 years. Mom could barley cook. Dad worked every hard. Had to learn to cook because of home environment. Father was always so tired. For holidays they would get free food. Canned ham for Christmas and Turkey with thanksgiving. 
7. Did your home life ever prevent you from any opportunities?
Yes, I could never have friends over because of her mother and tiny home. Family had to protect her. Mother had terrible episodes. My life was so sheltered. Wanted to be a journalist. Freshman year wanted to be a journalist. Never happened, it couldn't happen. Held on to that dream for three years. Realized it couldn't work in senior year. Couldn't handle it in her life. Had to help father. 
8. What is something that you've admired about your past?
Watched television, Ed Sullivan show. Many celebrities on that show. Loved Elvis. 1964 the Beatles appeared for the first time. She was 12 she was amazed. Mom always loved Elvis. Music was a major influence. Saw the young rascals in her freshman year. Her first concert. favorite band.
9. What have you learned from your experiences?
Used what was provided. Learned to be closer to family. Most important thing about family is that her parents where always there for her.
10. What motivated you in your past?
Music was a huge inspiration to her life. Reading helped her. Family helped maturity level. 
11. How where you able to survive?
Family's love always kept her going. Father working very hard. Music and Reading. family always loved each other. 
12. What is one thing that you admire about your childhood?
Neighbors helped on holidays. Did what they had to do and survived. 
13. What is something that you didn't admire about your past?
Obvious poverty. Families had better lives then hers. Holidays were sad but okay to handle. 
14.What is something that I can learn from your experiences?
Always be thankful. Love your family. 
15. Do you wish that you had a better environment in your childhood?
Yes it would've been nice. Not terribly poor to a certain extent. Learned a lot of things from her experiences. In some ways yes. When you look back at my life I learned how important it was from where she came from. Love always brought her together. Couldn't imagine what could've been. Not as grateful. 

6. 1. From what you know, how do you feel about your moms childhood?
Bad for her. Very difficult to imagine what its like for mom to have a mental illness. 
2. Do you think she handled it well? Why?
She did, the hard thing is that she's 67 and she still talks about it. Trauma.
3. What do you think kept her going?
Having a family of her own. Doing what she could and what she knew. 
4. From what you know, how do you feel about your wife's experiences with 
poverty in her childhood?
Feel bad, wish he could do what he could to help. He knew that god would help them. 
5. Do you think the time period has any effect on this?Why?
Yes. Also the place they lived in. War effected many people in this way. Mostly in Hawaii.
7. 

• Around 200,00 people in Hawaii are in poverty
• Hawaii is one of the main states in the US that has people in poverty
• Poverty has decreased over years
• Many people are addressing the issue
• Most locals are in poverty then non locals 

8. During the break (before or after thanksgiving).

9. In Dallas, or on FaceTime.

10. Notes or record. 

The Man Who Played The Violin

How do we perceive beauty?
It strongly depends on ones perspective; everyone has their own idea of what beauty is. If you where to go up to handful of people and ask them what they think beauty is, no one will have the same answer. Beauty is a concept, no one really knows what real beauty is. In simpler terms, anything that is photogenic or aesthetically appealing could be perceived as beauty amongst society. In many cases, people are figures of beauty. In reality, many things in the world can be seen as beautiful. Sometimes things such as actions and behaviors can be beautiful. 
Do we stop to appreciate it enough?
It depends on the situation. But many times in society, one can often not appreciate the natural beauty that this world has to offer. Many examples of this, in my opinion can be when it comes to appreciating the world around us. As a society, we've become so addicted to our devices that sometimes we just need to take a breath and explore the many wonders of the world around us. If people focused more about the world around us, then we'd be able to focus more on beauty in the world around us.
Can we recognize the talent in an unexpected context?
If you mean by if it is possible for someone to find beauty in unexpected situations, then yes. Beauty isn't always predictable. Nothing in that sort of context really is. But I believe that it is very possible to find beauty in anything. An example of this is appearance versus personality. People can often find beauty in either one or both. 
If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?
In many circumstances, a large verity of things. All we have to do is stop and listen. 

CE #3.1

Short Answer

1. 143 years old.

2. 88%.

3. The court of Criminal Appeals.

4. 36 yards.

5. I would probably read Me by Elton John.

Long Answer 

1. Rapper Kanye West claims that his career is depicted by god ever since he released the album 'Jesus Is King'. It's about his career and how he opened himself up to god. 

2. When he suffered a mental breakdown in 2016. He claims that god was their for him in the moment. 

3. Yes I have. I listened to the entire album.

4. As a person that isn't religiously involved, I would say that Kanye did make a bold move with this album. I wouldn't say I 'learned' anything about god in the album, but it did open up my prospective on his career and his religious perspective.  

5. He discussed about fame, money, and perils. Along with the devil and god. 

6. No. I don't know who that is. 

7. Aside from his past, he is taking a new path in life. As far as I know, I haven't necessarily seen a difference in his behavior. He's always had apart of himself in his career. Yet again this could all be a stunt, he's known for that kind of stuff. He'll do anything for attention. 

Feature Writing Preveiw

1. The introduction in this story was more simple yet it felt more personal and emotion based.

2.
a. Ted Williams
b. His voice
c. Austin Texas
d. January 5th 2011
e. He has a gift
f. He discovered that he had a gift

3. Yes.

4. Kinda.

5.  Ted and some people that knew or were close to Ted.

6. "We could make him a millionaire,"

7. 32.

8. 765.

9. They're similar in style and they're both significant.

10. To create emphasis.

11. Definitely.

12. In a way, yes.

13. It gave a different perspective of the story.

14. No.

15. Kinda.

16. They italicized it and used explanation points to emphasize things he said. 

Commentary Brainstorm

1.Happiness, frustration, and unmotivated. Happy because I'm making more friends and I'm getting more comfortable with Bowie. Frustration because I've been trying to have satisfactory grades. And unmotivated because I'm not feeling so inspired when it comes to art. 

2.Achieving good grades, sleeping more, and eating better. 

3. Family, loneliness, and school.  

4. People, not sleeping well, and being unmotivated. 

5. Inspiration, friends, and relaxation. 

6. Students (depending), money, and being successful as a person or teacher. 

7. Receiving positive feed back, the weekend, and making students feel more successful. 

8. The school is diverse, it's more passionate about art then my last school, and their are some unique people in my community. 

9. People can be very predictable, people can be ignorant, people are so one sided and quick to judge. 

10. Stereotypes are highly common in my generation and it's very annoying. 

CE #2.2

Short Term

1. Republican House members specifically told him to step down.

2.  He's Liberal.

3. "The citizens of Austin expect transparency and a voice in key policy decisions."

4. Helps K-12 counselors identify their students career goals.

5. Thirty three yards.

Long Term

1. Donald Trump compared a Democratic-led impeachment inquiry to a lynching.

2.(of a mob) kill (someone), especially by hanging, for an alleged offense with or without a legal trial.

3.  Lynching was an act that was often used on slaves during 1800s. It was the most common in America and it was still around in the early 1900s but it died off around the 30s.

4.  Because he likes to over exaggerate things. 

5. I feel that it's a term that shouldn't really be used in many circumstances except when referring to history. But personally I don't care, but I feel that it's very ignorant for Trump to use that term in the way that he did. 

5A. It's ok when referring to history. But it shouldn't be used in an immature way.

5B. They should handle the situation in a mature way and correct them for using such idiotic language. 

Personal Essays

1. One of the main ideas that the writer claimed is basically that any topic that you're passionate about can be the best bet when it comes to writing. With this piece of advice, I can determine that topics that I know a lot about can be the easiest to write about.

2. The writer claimed no not express any abstract expressions. By this, I shouldn't use over exaggerated adjectives.  

3. The three pieces of advice that i'd use in my writing is that a personal Essays should always include you in the, express your essay in a way that the reader can have a clear understanding of your perspective, and the hook is the 'door way' to your essay. 

Texas High School Blogs  

1. E. Medina.

2. Students felling mature enough to vote at age 16.

3. "The voting age should be lowered to 16 because I personally feel that  teenagers have grown to be more attracted to politics."

4. No. 

5. No, they seemed pretty straight forward with their opinion. 

6. Yes. 

7. 1st.

1. Xena Duly. 

2. The dangers of vaping.

3. "This will only continue to increase as more people fall prey to the addictive lure of nicotine."

4. Yes.

5. Definitely not. They were very straight forward and strong with their opinion.

6. No.

7. 1st.

1. Alex Roos.

2. The new film "It Chapter Two".

3. "The second movie has a familiar style to the first, as it utilizes the same structure: the heroes have to find the monster’s weakness and then exploit it."

4. No.

5. No, they just wrote about their personal opinion on the film. 

6. No.

7. 1st but mainly 3rd. 

CE #2.1

Short Term

1. Dental aligners.

2. Have a fanny pack, don't buy random things from strangers, know your surroundings, don't panic if you lose your friends, drinking is ok but water is highly recommended, and keep out for danger. 

3. More than 110.

4.114 times. 

5. The Dracula play, 'yappy hour' at the Long Center, John Lennon's birthday with an orchestra performance, and the Alamo Draft House torment.

Long Term

1. Austin's new land development rules are causing potential income restricted affordable housing with around six times as much of the original amount of units. 

2. Affordable housing can help decrease the homeless rates along with attracting different people outside of state into Austin. 

3. More compacted areas of housing will be harder to adjust.

4. I haven't lived here that long so I'm not sure. But I can guarantee that the housing is cheaper here then it is in Seattle.

5. Economically it has mainly effected my parents but not necessarily me. 

6. I personally don't know a lot about housing and income but for a suggestion I would suggest lowering the incomes with certain bills. But overall I'm unsure. 

Ethics in the Media

Using the 'Holocaust' Metaphor

1. An animal treatment organization called the 'PETA' launched a campaign in 2003. The campaign was called “Holocaust on Your Plate,” it practically compared the slaughter of animals for human use to the murder of 6 million Jews in WWII. The Central Council of Jews in Germany sued PETA in 2004 for the campaign, and in 2009, the German Supreme Court banned the images from the country.

2. I understand the message that they where trying to convey, but I feel that comparing that situation with animals to something so intense is simply unjust. They honestly could've approached the situation in a more realistic manner. The message that they were trying to get out was understandable, but it isn't fair to compare a situation with animals to a war. The US handled the situation well but I think both sides overreacted. 

Offensive Images

1. Cartoon representations of the Prophet Muhammad didn't cause much trouble during 2005. But during 2006, Muslim leaders began to call attention to these certain caricatures causing a riot thought the islamic world.  People ended being burned and killed because of this. 

2. Cartoons are technically a form of art. I understand being offended over art. But harming others because of a simple illustration is simply unjust. People always make fun of others through cartoons and art, just accept it and move on. I think the US handled the situation well but I think both sides overreacted. 

A Suspect "Confession" 

1. During August in Bandkok Thailand, a man named John Mark Karr, who is 41 years old, claimed to arrest himself. He confessed to the murder of JonBenet Ramsey, who had been beaten and strangled to death in the basement of her Boulder, Colorado, home sometime during Christmas night 1996. A journalism ended up reporting him for wrongly implying his daughters death and child pornography. 

2. I don't understand why he would randomly frame himself for a crime he didn't even commit. I'm glad he was arrested anyway, but it just doesn't seem all that necessary to do that anyway because the outcomes are going to be the same for him wether or not he actually murdered that person. I think they handled the situation pretty well.

Opinions

VSCO girls and the effects of stereotypes on teenagers

1. Maya Amador 

2. Stereotypes 

3. "One of the most important parts of growing up is about self discovery."

4. Kinda but not really. 

5. No, she made a tolerable claim and she stood by it very well. 

6. No.

7. 1st person

Constructions impact on the environment 

1. It doesn't say.

2.How construction in Austin is effecting the natural environment.

3."As a community, we are responsible for our small ecosystems."

4.Not necessarily.

5.They seemed pretty strong with their claim, and they had reasonable facts to prove it. 

6.Yes.

7.1st

The ascending price of living in Austin

1.Dylan Ebs.

2.The economic and population growth in Austin.

3."Austin will continue to grow, but when the expansion of the city strips away the culture that built the city
the positives no longer outweigh the negative."

4.Yes.

5.They had reasonable evidence and they stood by their claim.

6.No

7.3rd

Load up, lock up, and own up to state gun control laws

1.Lauran Joy

2.United States gun control laws

3."I feel that some people would never give up the right to own a gun."

4.Yes.

5. They had a strong opinion and they had pretty good evidence to support it. 

6.No.

7.1st.

A. Opinion related ones can be more relatable. Opinion related ones are also more emotion based then factual ones. Factual news stories help bring more awareness of certain events. 

B. Because the article speaks louder then the images. 

C. Political topics, real life events, and current issues. 

The Dispatch News Evaluations

Phase One: Parking Lot Complete


1. Who-construction workersWhat-completed the first phase of the student parking lotWhere- at bowieWhen-2019 june 6 Why- More parking space for students at BowieHow- made from hard work and labor

2. Bowie High School planned to have a parking lot in front of the high school. The first phase of the process was complete. 

3. Jack Whaley- Direct

David Murphey- Direct

Emma Davis- Direct


4. No opinions.

5. It summarizes the main theme of the article in a simple manner. 

6. Yes.

State votes in over 800 laws following latest session

1. Who-Governor Greg Abbott
What-Passing bills and new laws
Where-Austin State Capitol building 
When-September First  
Why-To address new laws 
How-By addressing these new laws

2. From the recent 86th legislative session, 1,000 bills were passed to Greg Abbott. These laws have effected the students at Bowie along with other people in Austin. 

3. Dalton Pool- Direct
Abbas Akhtar- Direct

Makena Patterson- Direct 

4. The author doesn't really use their opinion, but they do connect this event with other political issues. 

5. It summarizes the story partially. 

6. Yes

The stewing storm of sweet smoke

1. Who- Young Teens 
What- Addressing vaping laws 
Where- Bowie
When- September Why- To protect the safety of teens 
How- Make new laws to protect the safety of people

2. Because of hurtful recent events that have occurred amongst people. Austin is making laws for e-cigarettes.

3. Ben Satler- Direct 

Jessica Davis-Direct
David Ronald- Direct
Mark Robinson- Direct

4. No opinions.

5. It represents the article well.

6. No. 

New policy provides teachers with silence during lunch

1.Who- Students at bowie and teachers
What- Students are not allowed in the halls at lunch
Where- bowie
When- The beginning of the school year
Why- To provide teachers with silence
How- encourage students to go to other places for lunch

2. Bowie made a rule to not have students in the halls during lunch. This ensures silence for teachers at Bowie. 

3. Mark Robinson-Direct 
Stephanie McGraw-Direct
Ashley Spiro-Direct
Danny Burton-Direct
Brandy Ramos-Direct
Elissa Wechsler-Direct

4. no

5. Yes

6. Yes

New class offering: Ethnic studies 

1.Who-Students at Bowie
What-Diverse ethnic classes
Where-Bowie
When-2019-2020
Why-to make students feel more included
How-by having these classes

2. Bowie is offering ethnic study classes. These classes will make students feel more included.

3. Carlen Floyd-Direct
Liam Kornacki-Direct
Mariana Ramirez-Direct

4. kinda but not really. 

5. yes

6. yes

First FFA grooming day this year

Who-Students at Bowie
What- Pet grooming
Where-Bowie
When-During school 
Why-Job opportunity
How-Taking care of pets

2. Students at Bowie are being offered a pet care system. It will benefit future job opportunities for students.

3. Amber Dickinson-Direct

4. no

5. yes

6.no

New student news source app

Who-New students
What-App to familiarize school 
Where-Bowie
When-None
Why-To help students
How-By using the app.

2.Bowie made an app to help new students. It allows access to many sources.

3. Kaitlyn Zellner-Direct

4. no

5. yes

6. no

Media Literacy

1. ABC News, AP, and Bloomberg

2.MSNBC, BuzzFeed News, and The Huffington Post 

3.The Washington Times, New York Post, and Federalist

4. Patribotics, Occupy Democratics, Info Wars, and The Blaze

5. A realistic piece of evidence that is always true.

6. A person's perspective on something, mainly emotion based. 

7. A perspective on a familiar topic. 

8. Most likely in ABC news or any neutral factual based news article. 

9. Possibly The Economist, CNN, or The New York Times.

10. When it comes to political issues, it's difficult to try not to slip some opinions into an article. 

11. Words such as right or wrong can indicate an opinion based article.

12. The first Amendment.

13. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."

14. Depends on the audience, but the media is mainly used to provide information from any subject. 

15. They all seem some what factual. 

16. These articles seem pretty biased about opinions around them, but overall they seem factual. 

17. Because they're heavily conservative.

18. It depends. But overall no because society needs access to factual evidence and reality. 

19. I guess so, I honestly don't care. But I think certain political articles would make people feel better about their political opinions.

20. Yes, even if it isn't necessary to you, you should at-least try to read it depending on the topic. If it has political opinions that you don't agree with read it anyway to be a bit more politically biased. 

21. The media needs to rely on Primary Sources and factual evidence. It can be opinion based as long as their is factual evidence involved.