Camille Monet is a normal working class girl from a poor family. Her father is a farmer and her mother dies in a famine. In a desperate attempt to fight for her own rights, she starts a protest while she goes to buy bread. Inspired by her father’s original left-wing thoughts, she firmly believes in […]
An Uprising of Knee Breeches, Chopped Heads, and Boats: A Brief on the French Revolution
The French Revolution, a violent uprising by the French people of the 3rd estate, was one of the most radical changes in government of history. It was set in an absolutist constitutional monarchy, where the 3rd estate people, accounting for 99% of the population, took up the heaviest burdens of the society for 300 […]
Racism, Segregation, and the Harms of Implicit Bias in “Borden Murders”
Sarah Miller’s documentary novel “The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden & The Trial of the Century” illustrated the brutal murder of Andrew and Abby Borden and its aftermath. The novel starts with the introduction of the murder, setting up the scene and introducing the main suspect: Lizzie Borden, the first witness of the crime scene, daughter […]
Am I a Renaissance Humanist?
I am probably 90.523% renaissance humanist. Since I answered 4 out of 5 for 3 elements and 5 out of 5 for 2 elements, I think that renaissance humanist values matter to me a lot. I firmly believe in these humanist values and I think that they matter a lot to me in my daily […]
“So I’ve Killed Him”: A Deeper Analysis of Lamb to the Slaughter and A Short Related Found Poem
This found poem was taken as an excerpt from the 4th and 5th page of “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl. It shows the external person versus person conflict that occurs between protagonist (also antagonist) Mary Maloney and her husband Patrick Maloney. During the rising action of the story, the conflict is revealed when […]
PD 8 Food Waste Blog Post
Q: What was your biggest obstacle? A: My biggest obstacle was basically designing my prototype. Since my client Audrey is too lazy to pick up stuff at the bottom of her bowl, I had to design something that made accessing the food easier. At first, I thought I could just design utensils that are extra […]
PD 8 Design Speaker
Q. What were some struggles and challenges you faced? A. One of the biggest challenges I faced while designing my speaker was the hinge. Everything went well, but when it was time to assemble the hinge, my box wouldn’t close. So I had to cut a piece into my box and assemble the hinge […]
My Pet Chair/House
My biggest success this time was the overall appearance of my project. I think it came out looking pretty nice, so I am overall happy with this result My biggest obstacle this time was the time. Since we only had two classes to finish the project and my design was originally quite complicated, I had […]
Cardboard Arcade Game: Whack-A-Mole
My biggest success was the hammer part of the game. It was quite successful and turned out really cool. We were using a lot of different tools for the hammer and I felt like it was also one of the hardest parts of our design If I did this again, one thing I would do […]
Science, Design, Engineering: Cup Insulator Challenge
CUP CHALLENGE Q. Explain the problem you were trying to solve A. We were trying to solve the problem of bad cup insulation. Q. Explain your process for solving this problem A. First, my partner and I made separate drawings, and then we combined the two ideas. Next, we made a prototype out of paper, […]