Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Mini Essay
The government should only be blamed for injuries of people
depending on the situation of the event. It was said that David Potts, 44, of
San Anselmo, California was reportedly dancing around a blowhole at Maui’s
popular Nakalele Point. The place has
started a controversy about who should be responsible for warning visitors
about the place’s dangers: the government, or the landowner. It is said that
there has been warning signs prior to entering the place. But I believe that no
one has considered another part to all of this: common sense. Just after one
day after Potts’ accident a man named Paul Tam Mai, 22, of Sunnyvale,
California was killed when a wave knocked him off a rocky cliff of another
location. Is it the government’s fault that people are dying? Maybe it is
simply because people have no common sense and are not paying attention to the
possible consequences that are the outcome of their actions. All I can say is
that when there is a warning sign, people should take it seriously.
Monday, May 21, 2012
Mom! Check this out: Parents presentation
Here's a link to my portfolio.
Please comment answering this question.
"What did you learn about your child's achievements and experiences in MeneMAC this past year?"
Friday, May 11, 2012
Analyse and connections draft
Every single thing cooperated in this website all connects to the theme "Parent and Child Relations".
"Your Clothes" is a short but heart felt poem that describes the unspoken relationship between two daughters and their mother. The poem describes the two daughters as clothes of the mother. No matter what, given away or worn, the clothes are still of their mother. No matter what happens between the daughter and mother, they are still daughters to their mom. This one of my favorite poems because this is a value that should be held close to everyone. Though thick, thin, fights, and all we are still children to our parents.
The Poem "What I Learned From My Mother" is a poem showing another relationship between the author and her mother. In this poem you can see how the author's mother has raised her daughter to be compassionate, considerate, and loving. This poem shows that there has been a good relationship between the author and her mother. This poem also is a good example for parents to be for their children.
The poem "Family" is a poem that describes the relation between the author and her family. No matter where she goes in life, she will always hold her family close to her heart. This is the type of relationship that most of us have.
The two proses are articles that relate to my theme "Parent and Child Relations". These articles give advice to parents on ways to enhance the relationship between them and their children. These articles also give different ways on how to raise their children.
Therefore as you can see, every poem and prose connects to my theme "Parent and Child Relations".
Monday, February 6, 2012
Literary Analysis Practice Essay: Redo
1. James I./Coney Island Life/ author
My metaphorical interpretation of this poem is that the poem is like a comparison to a game. I think this poem has a negative ring to it. Reading through this poem I felt, that the author had his dreams and inspirations. Then he lost his hope, and is trying to regain it.
2. The authors life was dramatic, to me because he compares it to a roller coaster, "having lived a coney island life on roller coasters ups and downs." His life was not consistent.
3. The authors life was also ironic, to me because he compared something in his like, as dolls. From what I was reading, he said it like it was something bad. It was something that he had to show for after all his hard work in life. "Now arms filled with dolls I threw so much for.
4. Then theres the last part of the poem that tops off everything that makes me believe that the author isn't that optimistic. But still has some kind of hope because he's considering options in life. "I take perhaps my last ride on this planet-carosel and ask how many more times around I have to catch that brass-ring-sun before the game is up." As you can see he knows that his time is limited, but he still considers the fact that he can still catch the brass-ring-sun before time is up.
5. Overall, the author compares his view on life which I interpreted to be used up, tiring, and pessimistic, to a familiar place to where he grew up. Coney Island.
My metaphorical interpretation of this poem is that the poem is like a comparison to a game. I think this poem has a negative ring to it. Reading through this poem I felt, that the author had his dreams and inspirations. Then he lost his hope, and is trying to regain it.
2. The authors life was dramatic, to me because he compares it to a roller coaster, "having lived a coney island life on roller coasters ups and downs." His life was not consistent.
3. The authors life was also ironic, to me because he compared something in his like, as dolls. From what I was reading, he said it like it was something bad. It was something that he had to show for after all his hard work in life. "Now arms filled with dolls I threw so much for.
4. Then theres the last part of the poem that tops off everything that makes me believe that the author isn't that optimistic. But still has some kind of hope because he's considering options in life. "I take perhaps my last ride on this planet-carosel and ask how many more times around I have to catch that brass-ring-sun before the game is up." As you can see he knows that his time is limited, but he still considers the fact that he can still catch the brass-ring-sun before time is up.
5. Overall, the author compares his view on life which I interpreted to be used up, tiring, and pessimistic, to a familiar place to where he grew up. Coney Island.
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Portfolio Post
Agenda:
1) Let whoever of my parents know what I am going to present to them, and let them know their role
2) Open up http://www.wix.com/adara_pineda/portfolio
3) Go over each "In my own words" words
4) Then present them my pieces of evidences that I believe meets the standard
Reflection:
One of the achievements that I am most proud of for the past semester is being able to find multiple evidence points for each idea that I had to support my thesis. The first time I did that, it was on the "Chunky Paragraph" assignment. Looking back on that assignment, my "quote and commentary" chart was unorganized and not thought out well at all. There were more ideas than evidences. Because of that I got a 3-. The grade that I am not aiming for. Knowing that this stratgy is going to be used a lot, and is important I knew I had to work on it. Now I have a better understanding on what to do for "quote and commentary" charts. I know what to look for in evidences that would support my thesis.
One of the major challenges that I had this semester was being able to understand the assignments given to me, and being able to benefit and learn from it. Somtimes I didn't understand what I was doing on some assignments. But with help and the strategy of asking questions, I got where I needed to be. Procrastination was always a problem, but I learned to be a wiser at using my time because I was tired of rushing assignments.
My goals for next quarter is to able to write more smoothly. I really enjoy reading and doing creative writing, but sometimes I can't explain what I want to say. It's like i'll have ideas that would inspire me to write profusely but i'll get stuck. So hopefully i'll be able to learn what I need to to improve my writing.
Mom or dad, please comment on my blog answering these questions.
1) Let whoever of my parents know what I am going to present to them, and let them know their role
2) Open up http://www.wix.com/adara_pineda/portfolio
3) Go over each "In my own words" words
4) Then present them my pieces of evidences that I believe meets the standard
Reflection:
One of the achievements that I am most proud of for the past semester is being able to find multiple evidence points for each idea that I had to support my thesis. The first time I did that, it was on the "Chunky Paragraph" assignment. Looking back on that assignment, my "quote and commentary" chart was unorganized and not thought out well at all. There were more ideas than evidences. Because of that I got a 3-. The grade that I am not aiming for. Knowing that this stratgy is going to be used a lot, and is important I knew I had to work on it. Now I have a better understanding on what to do for "quote and commentary" charts. I know what to look for in evidences that would support my thesis.
One of the major challenges that I had this semester was being able to understand the assignments given to me, and being able to benefit and learn from it. Somtimes I didn't understand what I was doing on some assignments. But with help and the strategy of asking questions, I got where I needed to be. Procrastination was always a problem, but I learned to be a wiser at using my time because I was tired of rushing assignments.
My goals for next quarter is to able to write more smoothly. I really enjoy reading and doing creative writing, but sometimes I can't explain what I want to say. It's like i'll have ideas that would inspire me to write profusely but i'll get stuck. So hopefully i'll be able to learn what I need to to improve my writing.
Mom or dad, please comment on my blog answering these questions.
- What piece of writing did you like best in my portfolio and why?
- What did you like about my portfolio and sharing and what would you like to see me improve on?
- Which of the writing traits (ideas, organization, voice, word choice) do you feel was most successful for me?
- Which of the traits of writing would you like me to improve on in the coming semester?
Pictures of proof :p
Sunday, November 13, 2011
KC3 Research Draft: Tourism
Even though Hawaii's economy is lucky enough to have a huge amount of income come from tourism, taxes on tourism are slowly getting higher to make up for government spending. Hawaii should leave the tax alone instead of raising it so the prices won't scare away tourist.
So far Hawaii isn't having a problem with tourism because tourist are beginning to spend more. In the first 9 months of 2011, the total visitor expenditures increased 14.7%. The recent recording on how we're doing is as of September of 2011 where the total visitor spending rose 19.7% while visitor arrivals were up 4%. As you can see, our tourism economics are doing pretty well. The Hawaii tourism authority predicts that in 2012 the growth rates of visitor arrivals and visitor expenditures are expected to go up even more! But according to the locale new a few nights ago, Hawaii is relying on tourist from Asia. Counties like Japan and Korea is what's supporting us now. Obama is suppose to discuss with Asian counties on how we can help Hawaii's economic stability. But the thing is, these tourist will continue to come if they don't realize that they are spending much more than they should, and could be spending less in other locations.
The Senate thinks it's smart to raise taxes a little bit to even out the government spending. No one get's hurt right? In 2009 the senate approved on a tourist tax increase on thing such as hotel rooms. Hotel occupancy was down to 60% says hotel executives. "Raising tourist tax is the worst idea". Why? We can't afford to do things like raise taxes like that because Hawaii isn't a business destination like San Francisco and New York. Nearly everyone who comes to Hawaii is a "discretionary dollar", so making them feel that the money they have is worth less than is ridiculous. We should be making them feel that the money they're spending is pretty much fair to what they could be spending in California for example, but they get a different experience here. Basically we don't want to tourist feel that Hawaii is too expensive for them to come here, or that they are getting ripped-off. States like Texas, Illinois, and Massachusetts have a sales tax of 6.25% while lucky states like Oregon, New Hampshire, Montana, Delaware, and Alaska have no sales tax. Hawaii has a sales tax of 4% on everything. Even though it sounds low, some economists think it's like having a 10-12% sales tax because things are taxed multiple things down the line. Things in Hawaii are very expensive because everything is shipped here.
Tourism effects our economy much more than think it does, in fact tourism effects 75% of all jobs in Hawaii. If something goes wrong and less visitors come or less spend money, the people of Hawaii will suffer from it. There about 46,000 people in Hawaii who are out of work. If these tourist go elsewhere taxpayers will be left with yet another budget deficit.
Tourism in Hawaii might seem to be doing well right now. But if there's something that makes the tourist feel that they could be better off spending their money somewhere else, it's going to make a negative impact on Hawaii's Economy.
So far Hawaii isn't having a problem with tourism because tourist are beginning to spend more. In the first 9 months of 2011, the total visitor expenditures increased 14.7%. The recent recording on how we're doing is as of September of 2011 where the total visitor spending rose 19.7% while visitor arrivals were up 4%. As you can see, our tourism economics are doing pretty well. The Hawaii tourism authority predicts that in 2012 the growth rates of visitor arrivals and visitor expenditures are expected to go up even more! But according to the locale new a few nights ago, Hawaii is relying on tourist from Asia. Counties like Japan and Korea is what's supporting us now. Obama is suppose to discuss with Asian counties on how we can help Hawaii's economic stability. But the thing is, these tourist will continue to come if they don't realize that they are spending much more than they should, and could be spending less in other locations.
The Senate thinks it's smart to raise taxes a little bit to even out the government spending. No one get's hurt right? In 2009 the senate approved on a tourist tax increase on thing such as hotel rooms. Hotel occupancy was down to 60% says hotel executives. "Raising tourist tax is the worst idea". Why? We can't afford to do things like raise taxes like that because Hawaii isn't a business destination like San Francisco and New York. Nearly everyone who comes to Hawaii is a "discretionary dollar", so making them feel that the money they have is worth less than is ridiculous. We should be making them feel that the money they're spending is pretty much fair to what they could be spending in California for example, but they get a different experience here. Basically we don't want to tourist feel that Hawaii is too expensive for them to come here, or that they are getting ripped-off. States like Texas, Illinois, and Massachusetts have a sales tax of 6.25% while lucky states like Oregon, New Hampshire, Montana, Delaware, and Alaska have no sales tax. Hawaii has a sales tax of 4% on everything. Even though it sounds low, some economists think it's like having a 10-12% sales tax because things are taxed multiple things down the line. Things in Hawaii are very expensive because everything is shipped here.
Tourism effects our economy much more than think it does, in fact tourism effects 75% of all jobs in Hawaii. If something goes wrong and less visitors come or less spend money, the people of Hawaii will suffer from it. There about 46,000 people in Hawaii who are out of work. If these tourist go elsewhere taxpayers will be left with yet another budget deficit.
Tourism in Hawaii might seem to be doing well right now. But if there's something that makes the tourist feel that they could be better off spending their money somewhere else, it's going to make a negative impact on Hawaii's Economy.
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