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.