Who We Are

An inquiry into the nature of self, beliefs and values, personal, physiccal, mental, social and spiritual health, human relationships including families, friends, communities and cultures, rights and responsibilities, what it means to be human. aasda

Monday, May 17, 2010

What should our central idea be for Exhibiton?

This is my version:
A shin-dig celebrates how we express ourselves to show our beleifs and values and how we value our friends and family.

What part of the them, of, Who We Are, is your Exhbition really about?

We are celebrating who we are. Our cultures make who we are. The culture or religon that we have makes our lifestyle, what foods we eat and who we worship. What it means to be human means what every human likes or has like family, friends and culture wether we have one or not, we still have tradititions wether it be drinking tea in the evening or only computers for Sundays. It makes who we are. All that is the base of who we are. Maybe not everyone may like music but in our class, our whole class likes it. We build upon culture, family, friends and how we are unique.

Why I chose my background

My background is supposed to be mountains. I like mountains becuase they look cool and they are so high and I like cold weather. At the tops of mounains, it is cold becuase they are high altitude and they are high. They also are my favorite colors- some are blue and white and some are brown and some are green. I also like mountains because they are fun to climb. When you go up, and you look down, they view is amazing. I like the view so much. Thats why I chose this background even though they background isn't working yet.

Reflection On Dance

I think that the dance went well. Everybody was having fun either watching or dancing. Even my older brother admitted that our exhibition was better than his. The food was great. My baby brother who rarely eats loved the food even though he barely ate any. The songs were good and the people on the stage were having fun. It didn't seem like exhibition. There was one major flaw. At the end, nobody really went to their shift. They just danced on the stage. Even the shy kids danced. My sister was dieing to make a hat but she thought that she couldn't because nobody was there at the station. Overall, I think that the dance went well. We got a lot of book donations. Many people still snuck in without permission slip or book. They"said" that they were going to bring it in on Monday. Many extended day kids still snuck in also even though they were not in fifth grade. I also saw many non-fifth grade extended day kids dancing outside of the cafeteria. My mom who really doesn't listen to music had a good time. My mom also found out that my mom is an old friend of Phillips. My brother, mother and sister liked the Michael Jackson dance. It was too bad that I had to go to Brownsville at 5:45. I got there at 1:30 in the morning. I was just glad that my parents let me go because I was supposed to go at 3:30 and get there at 9:00. I was glad that my parents were flexible. Again, overall, the dance was amazing. My fifth grade friends also liked it even they didn't dance.

Friday, May 7, 2010

Exhibition Reflection: Accomplishments

Our group is almost done. We have to make the family slide show and Felicia wants to finish the class slide show. We have some pictures from the family. I am helping Alina in the decorations group make streamers. We have to make 4 or 5. So far, we have 1 and a half. I think that we are going to work quick if we want to finish. Today, we are going to start the family slide show from who sent me the pictures then I am going to work on the streamers. We are going to finish the family by Tuesday if everyone send the pictures on time. We are going to be done with the streamers if we go fast. Last time, me Alina and Tanny made an assembly line which goes so much faster than before.

Obstacles

In this class, there are many obstacles that are sidetracking us from completing our exhibition. Here are some and the ways to solve them:


  1. hats- The hats group is having a tough time. They have to make like 80 more in a short amount of time. We could all paint two a day. That way, we will get done faster and we could make more.
  2. food- Our whole class thinks that people will not bring food. The staff is trying to bring food but the food has to be cultural. I could bring some food like jalebi or samosa.
  3. appropriate- The songs may have some fowl language. There is a song filter that my dad used to use but I don't know what the website is. Also, if you type in the song and it says "clean version", then it has a bad word. You could also type in yahoo answers, "Does (song name) have a bad word?"
  4. I don't think that there can be anymore "fun" songs. I barely know 1/8 of the songs on the playlist. Thats why I didn't go in the music group.

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Songs

I forgot to put this on my mix pod songs post. I didn't put this song on my mix pod. I actually sort of like classic songs like Beethoven. I don't know why but I like the catchy beat and it's relaxing. A lot of people might think that I am weird but I don't care. I like Beethoven's 31 symphony. I just don't know why but I like it.