Poetry!

For the past two weeks of school, I have been learning the true meaning of Hip Hop. Many may ask what is the meaning of Hip Hop? Why was Hip Hop created? From my point of view Hip Hop is the same as poetry. They both express the way someone feels as of in the world of today. As we were watching a movie called " Louder than A Bomb", it made me feel in a way that maybe I can write poetry and make good things up out of it. "Louder Than A Bomb" was very interesting as many of the children made me feel for something that they were going through. The words to words of their poetry was very understanding as they told their poem in the way of emotion. We had an assignment of creating my own poem. My poem was called "Blind".  The reason for me to create a poem like that with such name was because I wanted to relate the word " Blind" with the word "Love". I added in the poem as others feel of wasting their heart for someone who doesn't care.I really enjoyed the participation of creating my own poem and knowing what is feels like to be one of those kids in " Louder Than A Bomb". As I finally know the true meaning of Hip Hop and poetry I now understand lyrics of music and poetry of others. I hope to create a better poem that many can relate to as the other.

Choice Lectures

For the last past week of Design Lab High School, we have been doing Choice Lectures.I really haven't had much information of what a Choice Lecture truly is,but from my point of view a Choice Lecture is a a schedule made up by you,meaning you have a choice of a class you would like to do.The first time hearing the changes of the regular schedule changes was kind of confusing.What I think of the new schedule and the format of 9th grade is I think it was a good idea of the change in our schedule , but it can get tricky.The 9th grade format is going good.Lately I have performed poorly , that kind of shocked me , so I had to figure out something to perform higher.Nevertheless,for me having a Choice Lecture kind of helped me with all the worked I have missed for the days of my absence.I hope everyone has had their opportunity of a great Choice Lecture and had fun while experiencing the choices made by themselves.I have been working on my student interest project " Can A Bucket Of Hot Water Iron Clothes?".The main question from my interest of this project is "What Can I Conclude From this Project?" and " What Have I Conclude From My Interest Of This Project?". Mainly I would love to see me or in this school is more opportunities for us students to choose from. This can relate to a dolphin. Dolphins can make changes like we can, they can have hard times but they wont give up. The changes of a dolphin can get better as a result of performance.

    

                               

Halloween!

October 31st, the day of Halloween.Halloween is a day to celebrate who you wanna be.I love to have fun on Halloween.The candy, dress up, laughter,screams. It all brings joy.The best time of my Halloween is running from people that have really scary masks on.Most people don't celebrate Halloween.They say it's the devils birthday and bad things happen on Halloween.Everyone loves treats.I, myself is a sweat head.The only thing about Halloween is looking out for bad treats that are being given away.Most treats are homemade, and they have horrible ingredients that can kill you or hurt you.Halloween is all about enjoying the fun of friends, candy, and things you wanna be . 

1st Quarter

During this first quarter of work, I have received good grades. Yes, I do think I deserve the grades that I received. I've started out with good grades with all my classes, but 7 periods of different classes with different work, its hard to try to finish everything on time.In all my classes I appreciate the help of all my teachers for teaching the things I need to know. My teachers have giving me the opportunity to finish any missing assignments so that I can bring my grades up if they were down.While trying to finish everything on time , I have succeeded. I learned that I can succeed in anything even if its the hardest.With the accomplishment of my grades and determination, this will help me in the future to know that whatever my goal is set to, I can reach it. Therefore, in the next quarter, I hope to start it off the same way I started off the first quarter. 

Robotics

This week we have been working on our Robotics project. What we are doing in this project is challenging ourselves to build a robot. We would need partnership, building, and thinking skills. The chance given to us 9th graders for building a robot is awesome. You may think building a robot is hard, but as you put your mind to it, its actually not. Me and my partner have begun creating our robot. Partnership is a big step. I enjoy the work of my partner, she helps a lot. At first I could not see myself getting into  creating a robot. But experiencing the steps of building a robot is all about focusing. Building a robot takes time to make perfection. I hope this can continue to be a excellent project.

Ingenuity Festival

Today's blog is about the Ingenuity Festival. The Ingenuity Fest is often described as a technology and art fest, where two different things often meet and connect. For the Ingenuity Fest, we 9th graders will be designing seats. The problem that we are solving is "How can we make seats in order for people to communicate?" Each and every one of us 9th graders will be divided in to groups. Once we have our groups, we will start to come up with a designing plan. For a strategy like this, we will need thinking, focus, faith, honor, creativity, and partnership skills. We need to know how much space we are taking up and what we are using. We need to make seats that can fit 6-8 people. Hopefully our creation will be successful. We would like to thank the Ingenuity Fest for giving us this chance to create with our hearts, mouths and mind. We hope they love our project and understand that we 9th graders did our best. 

Aerobics Steps

This past week of school we have been working on creating aerobic steps. Aerobic steps are steps that help us stay healthy. Doing this activity helps me understand the concepts of building. The tools that we use are very dangerous. Using these materials makes me feel that I can do anything that men can do. All men and women are equal! Although the school is called Design lab, to be honest I would've never thought we would work with real life problems to solve using tools such as thinking and problem solving. To me, this experience is amazing. Building and creating, helps me understand that I can build anything that's possible. This helps my academic skills because it helps me build partnership, accuracy, thinking, ideas, and strength.

These skills will help me in the future, so that I can build progress. This experiment gave me the strength to know that I, Joenae', can build what I want. The Maker Space fills me with ideas to build with. The way I feel about the Maker Space is the same way I hope everyone else feels.  

ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE IF YOU JUST BELIEVE!!!