FEED -M.T. Anderson
This book is about a teenager named Titus who lives in a time where everyone has access to the “feed” that is directly connected to the brain. So streams of games, shows, chats, and ads are constantly flowing in his head. It’s a Sci-Fi novel that is pretty interesting. Over the weekend, I read about half of the book and so far I think it’s pretty good.
One of the strengths that I have is that I’m a fast reader, I can usually finish a book (if I was interested in the book) in a few days. I also have a reading habit already so that’s good. My weaknesses are writing creatively and finishing a book that I don’t find interesting. If the book I’m reading is “boring” (in my opinion), I usually just stop reading and find another book, which is something that I’m working on.
My goals for English 9 are to improve my 1).creative writing skills and 2).read more non-fiction (even when I don’t enjoy it) because sometimes reading is not only for pleasure. To help me with achieving my goals, I will force myself to finish the books I find boring and try to write more. Although it is tempting to only read books that interest me, it’s important to find balance in the books you read. Therefore, I will try my best to read a variety of different books.
A great resource I have is the school library. I will definitely be borrowing books from there this year. Some obstacles I have are after-school classes/sports and my phone. I definitely get distracted by my phone sometimes so that might be a problem. However, I will try my best to have good time management.
My original plan for my summative circuit project.
My original idea was an interactive mural where when you touch the left nostril of the pig, the crown lights up and when you touch the right nostril, a sound effect would play from the CPX. The LED lights on the crown would be the small blue bulb ones, similar to the one I used on my last project. The CPX would be attached to the back and would be attached to a battery pack. My plan was simple and didn’t require lots of additional materials.
However, I had to change my pathway of the conductive thread on my actual project as I drew the pieces inverted. But that wasn’t a serious problem as I already had a general idea about where the thread was going to go. This is what I ended up doing:
I tried my best to make sure that the ground (negative) and the pin (positive) would not touch each other as to not interfere with the electricity and ended up making them as far apart as I could.
My second problem was that in my original plan, my LED lights would have to go through three layers of felt but I soon realized that it would be difficult to get the LED legs through so I improvised and decided to cut the base of the pig’s face out so my LED would only have to go through two layers of felt.
MY DESIGN PROCESS:
Step 1.) cut all the felt pieces out
Step 2.) sew everything together with decorative thread
Step 3.) sew the CPX on
Step 4.) sew LED lights on with conductive thread
Step 5.) sew the conductive thread to the conductive tape
Step 6.) code the CPX and plug it in
Through this circuit project, I learned that there are actually lots of things you could do using a CPX by programming it. I always thought that coding was a complicated thing that hackers did but turns out it’s not that hard to learn. Although I only know the basics of the CPX coding language, it’s been really fun to explore it and experiment with it. I can definitely see myself doing projects similar to this in the future. A really interesting project that I would love to do is the https://www.instructables.com/Rocket-Planter/ rocket planter thing that lights up.
MY FINAL PRODUCT:
An ANGRY BIRD pig that gets mad when u touch his right nostril and lights up when u touch his left nostril (the video is inverted)
:)) Have a nice day
CUBAN REVOLUTION IN PLAIN ENGLISH:
Our assignment is to make a video explaining what we learned and summarize the Cuban Revolution into a 5-minute video. I was in a group with Isabella Rasmussen. We narrated our video from the perspective of Che and Castro (the two revolutionary leaders). And summarized a few main events and put them all together in this video. We worked together very well and had good collaboration so we deserve a mastering on that. Also, we put lots of sweat into this video so you better watch the whole thing.
Picture Credits:
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-funny-soldier-in-military-concept-90811251.html
https://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-images-risk-image16274029
“Unpunished Murder” by Lawrence Goldstone discusses the issues and struggles of African-Americans before and after the Reconstruction. The racism and injustice they face and how they fight for their rights are all included in this book. . The majority of the book is the build-up to the main event (the Colfax massacre) and how there were many obstacles the people who were fighting for freedom had to overcome just to establish a simple law to treat black people as equals and even more obstacles to enforce these laws. The theme of this book is that everyone should be treated equally and not have to go through so much just for a simple right they are born with. (WARNING: This book contains lots of American politics, government, and things related to the South and North political parties)
I give this book a 2/5 (personal opinion) stars simply because I do not enjoy long informational books that are slow-paced and I found that this book was quite repetitive, however, I think it is good to be educated about these major historical events so if you like to read about politics and history, this is your book.
Michelle, Rebecca, and Danielle
I had to design my partner (Owen Chen) a product that would ensure that his favorite foods not get ruined. For example, he loves mango. But sometimes, mangoes are not ripe enough, so I sketched out a design that would help him solve that problem. For my project this time, I had to design a prototype for Owen’s problem of hamburgers falling onto the floor.
I could have made a boring plate, but I decided to make something less dull. Anti-gravity gloves. Although this technology is not yet invented at the present time, I was still positive that they would be in a few years. My sketch was quite simple, a pair of gloves with a button at the bottom to activate the anti-gravity-ness. In my process of making my prototype, I realized that I did not have the ability to create my own gloves in light of the fact that I didn’t have the right materials. Now, this was a big problem because my whole invention was a pair of gloves. Therefore, I ended up using gardening gloves. Admittedly, this may not have been the best solution, but given the circumstances amid the virus outbreak, it was the best solution I had. I tried my best to make my gloves look nicer, but nothing worked. I ended up using hot glue on the tips of the gloves and on the bottom to create what looked like a button. For the most part, I tried my best to make my prototype as close to the sketch as possible. 
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