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Living Through Two Dictators, but Supporting One

Continuity and change

One continuity of the Cuban revolution was what sugar crops provided for the economy. Throughout the revolution, sugar crops remained a significant part, as it was its main source of export and income of money. Another continuity was the elections were never taken seriously. Throughout the different dictators the elections were always rigged and unfair to the oppositional parties. Even though there were many continuities throughout the revolution, there were also many changes. One change that occurred during the revolution was the increase in healthcare. By the end of the revolution, Cuba provided free health care services for all Cuban citizens. Additionally, the revolution also increased access to education. The revolution provided free education for women, and people of color which led to the increase of Cuba’s literacy rate.

The Unbreakable Desire to Survive

January 28, 2024 / Emily / 0 Comments

The Unbreakable Desire to Survive

The non-fiction book, Unbroken, written by Laura Hillenbrand, interprets that when you are going through difficult times you need the power of resilience to overcome challenges. The book takes you through the journey of, Olympian, Louis Zamperini, who survived 47 days in a raft in the middle of the ocean and more than 2 and a half years of brutal POW camp. During those rough times, Louis never lost hope. This book taught me that even during difficult times keep going and never give up.

‘This page of my notebook shows the protagonist, Louie’s early life. Growing up, he was a naughty child, but once he left home and returned, he became more determined than ever. During that time when he was determined to run, his relationship with his brother, Pete, grew stronger.

On this page of my notebook I wrote the central idea of the book, to overcome challenges, your going to face obstacles. This is a central idea in the book that is used throughout.

This page in my notebook lets me understand how the description of one paragraph can allow me to understand the book so much more. The words show the brutal and harsh living conditions that the Louie had to go through during his time in the POW camps.

The last page in my notebook is one of the theme for the book, Unbroken. When faced with challenges, you need the power of resilience in order to overcome challenges. On page 112 Louie demonstrated that when he was trapped in the ocean hungry and dehydrated and surrounded with sharks he used the power of resilience to keep going.

Thank you for taking the time to read my blog post. The book Unbroken took me through the journey of determined Olympian, Louis Zamperini and all the challenges that he faced. As a person who prefers to read fiction books this book made me realize that non-fiction can teach you life lessons when you are going through tough times. If you are interested in this topic, but not reading a book, check out the movie! Amazon.com: Unbroken (The Young Adult Adaptation): An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive: 9780385742528: Hillenbrand, Laura: Books

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Unfolding of the Renaissance

October 23, 2023 / Emily / 0 Comments

Humanism embraces the potential of individuals and a secular worldview. You can read below to find out the desire for knowledge that led to the beginning of the Renaissance.

Humanism Infographic by Emily [STUDENT]

Laser cut box

May 3, 2023 / Emily / 0 Comments

I made this laser cur box in product design.

During my design process I went through a hurdle or 2 and finally got my end product. The first problem that I encountered was that the laser cutter couldn’t cut diagonally so I had to change my design. I changed it by making it into a straight line so that was a easy problem to solve. I also didn’t know what my pattern should be. I changed it many times and I finally knew what my design would be when I started Fusion.

When I went into fusion I also faced many challenges, the first challenge that I faced was what size I wanted my box. At first, I wanted my box to be 60’75 but I made my paper prototype and after I looked at it I thought that it was too small, so I changed the size of my box to 75’85. Next, I decided on the pattern and choose a flower pattern with a butterfly on the lid. The pattern I drew by hand and it had many points, which later caused my computer to crash many times. I later learned that I could use a circular pattern to draw the flower and since fusion crashed so much I made the rest of my flower pattern when I used Light Burn. At first, I sketched the butterfly by hand but it was uneven on the other side and was wonky so I used the mirror tool to mirror it in the center of the butterfly. After I drew my pattern I faced my biggest problem yet. Each time that I opened Fusion I created a new sketch each time I opened my file. You are not supposed to create a new file each time rather you are suppose to edit the same sketch each time you open Fusion and add or delete a part of the sketch. If you are like me and made more than 1 sketch then you have to copy and paste the rest of the sketches in one sketch which takes forever to do. When I went into light burn I copy and pasted the flower into all the parts I wanted where the flowers to be. Since Light Burn isn’t as complex as Fusion it didn’t crash.

Growth –

By doing this project I learned how to import a picture into Fusion, I also learned never to make a sketch every time that I go into Fusion to add to the project. I was going to add a hinge to my box but when I went to the fab lab Mr.Diego showed me that you didn’t need a hinge and he drilled a thin piece of metal to connect my lid to the base of my box so that I didn’t need a hinge. I learned that you don’t always need a hinge to open and close a box and that there are other ways.

By doing this project it expanded my design abilities and I leaned lots of stuff during the journey. I learned never to make more than one sketch in fusion, how to import a picture, and lots more things about the different apps and the laser cutter.