This is my capstone essay, it’s about goal 11 of the SDG goals.
Maximo
"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious" - Albert Einstein
I, Raymond, never considered myself as much of a responsible person. Especially considering my long record dealing with either my lunch card or its holder. I’ve constantly found myself coming to school in the morning with a lunch card in hand but by the time I leave in the afternoon, I leave empty handed. It may be because I am always fidgeting with it, breaking the holder apart, taking the lunch card out, then assembling the whole thing back together. Many times, this results in me leaving my card behind somewhere. Recently, this got worse when I “accidentally” broke my original holder, I had to hold my card in my hand everywhere now. Therefore, I decided to make myself an unique, personalized card holder for this unit in design. A card holder where I could just come to school, and never need to think about it until lunch, where it will always be in the same place. 
This was my project planner, It includes a less detailed version of the text above and my first visions of what the card holder would’ve looked like. I wanted to go for an ArtDeco styled cardholder. I first learnt about ArtDeco from last year’s design class, where we went through several different design aesthetics. I found the aesthetic very interesting and intriguing. I loved the use of lines and repetition to create a look that was artistic and also seemed very posh. However, at the time, I didn’t feel the appropriate need to incorporate the aesthetic into my own project. I’ve always longed for a chance to try and design something ArtDeco-like. I intend to display my growth in the use of Fusion through an intricate Art Deco design that incorporates lots of curves, offsets, symmetry, and repetition while also making sure that it is stable and will not be easily broken.
Considering the size of my card, the holder will not be much bigger. I made the decision that traditional fingers will not be the best idea when a lot of my faces don’t exceed the width of 10mm. Instead, I decided to use the “Butt Joint” where I use the fact that the wood has its thickness and to subtract the amount from the perpendicular face and so on. Therefore, when one face gets subtracted on one side, it will grow the same amount on the corresponding side, which will cause the perpendicular face on the corresponding side to do the same.
That is a picture of my initial paper prototype. I found that the ring for the lanyard hook to hook on wasn’t placed in the best place. Being on the top corner of the holder will cause the entire thing to be lopsided and look awkward. The design on the card was also not what I wanted, it resembled more of something like a spiderman suit rather than an art deco pattern. I will definitely work on that in my cardboard prototype.
That was my very first cardboard design, I was very glad and amazed by how well the pattern turned out. It was surely more stable than I had expected! However, there was a big problem, my card wasn’t able to fit. The opening was not long enough.
This was my refined cardboard design. I had solved the issues in my previous cardboard design. My ID card now fitted perfectly inside my cardboard holder. However, I forgot to incorporate the ring, which was an essential part of my design. 
There it is! My final cardboard design. I decided to paint it black, the wood texture to me didn’t give off the posh style I was going for. I’ve tested my card in it and it has worked perfectly fine.
this is my sway https://sway.office.com/24YIHKWu0hKH61pM?ref=Link
This video is made by Raymond, Sam, and Patrick. It shows our understanding of the Mexican revolution and to the brilliant mustaches lost in the decade of war. I learnt the importance of the revolution to Mexican history.
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Salt, a world history is an interesting book. And I do not mean this nicely, that was definitely a backhanded compliment. This “interesting” book was written by a someone who’s way too obsessed with an oddly specific array of topics, you could see this from another book written by the same author conveniently named “cod”. That aside, Salt, a world history is actually a very elegantly written series of informationals on the value salt has on different cultures and its importance to history.
When people think of significant resources throughout history such as spices from India, tea from China, potatoes from the Andes mountains, and ivory from west Africa, salt is often overlooked. Presumably due to its commonness. Mark Kurlansky, the book’s author, makes it clear that salt is incredibly important throughout history. From a symbol for longevity and friendship, cleansing of evil, to sometimes being an alternative for salaries and taxing, through salt, the book introduces the reader to different cultures around the world. This only shows how important salt is as it is the link between these civilizations, salt trade brings wealth, but sometimes also war.
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War is bad. Why do wars happen? What makes people mad at each other? For Britain’s case, it was because they felt like Indian salt threatened Liverpool salt, the heart of the British salt industry. The English have had a history of salt production, dating back to the 13th century.
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Salt’s versatility makes it a valuable resource, and like any valuable resource in history, it is debatable whether its left the world better or worse. The history of salt continues as we discover more about its properties.
In the picture, Mr. Kang can be seen beside the flowing of the river. Facing the mountains on the other side. This symbolizes the feelings inside us when we first arrived on this expedition. To the fellow citizens of central Beijing, the north is narrated as a mystical haven for those daring enough to venture further in than the common city centers. As we arrive, the turquoise water and the crisp blue skies are the first to come in to our sights through the openings in our caravan. However, we do not fall for this uncomplicated disguise. Comfort and relaxation is just what the demons and spirit residing here want us to accept. We have been told by weary travelers before we set on this adventure that these lands we are about to set foot in has several secrets. When dusk falls upon the lands, the air becomes lethal. Some unprepared adventurers have been frozen into ice by the nightly breeze. They say that the breeze is powerful enough to penetrate through clothing as tough as steel plates. Some of our fellow travelers were not prepared for the sudden coldness of the air around us. Many of us had fallen after this expedition.
Am I a Humanist? by Raymond Jiang [STUDENT]
“Button, Button” is a story written by Richard Matheson. It is about a couple that found a button lying in front of their home. They were told that a press of the button will result in a reward of 50,000$. However, a slight side effect of the button would be that one stranger in the world would die.
This story shows some really interesting internal conflict told through the conversations between the couple. While the husband believes that this type of action in immoral and offends him, the wife seems quite intrigued by the idea of receiving 50,000$. “What would you like to do? Get the button back and push it? Murder someone?”“what’s the difference whom you kill? It’s still murder.” These are just some ideas the husband brought up. Through the uncertain tone of the wife’s sentences, we can see that she is in conflict with herself about wether pressing the button is wrong. The wife still pressed the button, thinking that the money was going to be used for the both of them, not knowing that the person dying would be her husband.
The black background shows how confusing this story can be. This story is very mysterious with how the button works.
Introducing the Sweetnessmeter, a very uncreative name for a more convenient refractometer. To use it, simply stick the end with the little metal tester inside the food you want to measure, and then read the circular screen on the top to see sweetness percentage or the rectangular colored spectrum that runs throughout the device. Now, what is the difference between our product, and a refractometer? A) A refractometer requires extracted juice of the object you plan on testing, which means that the testing range in reduced to only fruits. However my client’s problem with food wasting happens to be with cakes and other sweets. B) Our product allows the client to read the percentages clearly without needing to look through an eye piece. C) Our design is colorful and involves modern technology, our product is specially designed with bright colors to cure our client’s boredom additionally to testing the sweetness of an object. My biggest success as the sole designer of this wonderful product would be that how simple my prototype was to make. I feel like my biggest success was to identify some feasible yet creative ways to solve my client’s problems. Such as the sweetness meter, where it woudn’t be very hard to recreate. I was also pretty proud that I was able to use some household items to create something I invisoned. I enjoyed the proccess of identifying my client’s problems and their favorite foods. It was a relatable experience and I felt like some of the problems experienced I also have as well and creating this meter also can help me. My biggest obstacle during this project was probably the modeling. Especially for the coconut and the soup designs. I kinda ran into a roadblock. But I ended up with a cool idea to stur up the coconut meat with the drink to ensure that it is not wasted. 
Caleb and I designed this cardboard arcade game after we agreed to collaborate on this project together. 
The biggest accomplishment for us would be creating lifelike models as targets for the players to shoot at. The player would toss the tinfoil ball and try to land it inside the toilet roll. The biggest obstacle would be creating a stable catapult. I’d like to make more targets if I had more time. The catapult was really unstable and was hard to use. Overall, I think this project was successful because other people seemed to enjoy playing our game considering how much time we were given.
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