Photo Comparisons

The after picture is on the left and the before picture is on the right. 

 

Monday, March 30, 2015

Did you complete the photo scavenger hunt? What kind of fun pictures were you able to capture? Did you do all your photos at school or did you do some at home over the weekend? Share one of your favorites.

Yes, I did finish the photo scavenger hunt. I was able to explore the school more and take a lot of pictures that I wouldn't normally take. I did most of my photos at school, but then I had to do two at home over the weekend. Going on the photo scavenger hunt definitely made me open up my eyes and actually pay attention and look at what was around me and all the different possibilities it could hold. 

 

I chose this photo as my favorite because it's just centered and it has a gold lettered word with a tiger foot print too. It represents all the colors of the school. 

Friday, March 27, 2015

What do you know about photography and/or photo editing? Do you take photos? How do you take photos? Do you edit photos before posting them on social media? How do you edit them? Explain any background or knowledge you have about photography and photo editing. Do you like it? Do you have any interest?

I don't know anything at all about photography, but I do take a lot of pictures at family events and just with family and friends. I'm one of the only people in my family who takes a lot of pictures on vacations and at events. So without me, there probably wouldn't be any pictures at all anymore because my Dad was also one of the only people who took pictures. I will occasionally take some nature pictures, but not too often. Sometimes I will filter photos if it looks better with the filter, otherwise I don't add anything to my photos. Actually, most of the time I don't add any filters because I want anyone who sees it to see it how I saw it. I do post on social media every few weeks, usually Facebook and Instagram, which all run through my phone most of the time. I don't usually use my laptop for social media purposes though. So, if I do any editing, it's on my phone, not my laptop. I do like taking photos because I love to go back and look at them later in life and I do have an interest in learning more about photography and maybe how to edit and take better quality pictures. The pictures below are from my trip to California.

Global Issue Presentation

Monday, March 23, 2015

Welcome back! Go ahead. Tell me all about your Spring Break. Include photos!

(I shouldn't have to tell you this, but keep it school appropriate. Thank you, seniors.)

I didn't really do anything special for Spring Break. It was actually pretty nice to have a break from school, but Spring Break wasn't in my favor this year. It was quite ironic actually. On Friday the 13th I pulled my hamstring and for about the first week it was very painful and hurt constantly, was horrible to walk on. My mom made me go see a sports medicine doctor for it and by what he said, I could be out of a physical activity (running mostly) for two to four weeks. But it already is mostly painless again so hopefully it won't take that long. So it was a bummer that I couldn't go out and practice lacrosse (which was what I was planning on doing over Spring Break). If we wouldn't of had Spring Break, I probably wouldn't have had the free time to be outside playing lacrosse and then I probably wouldn't have pulled and wouldn't have been pulled out of gym and sports, but it happened so I guess I have to try to make the best out of it and hope it heals quick so that I can get back out on the field. I did accomplish something over Spring Break though. I learned how to juggle (hand eye coordination for goalie) in about five days. So that kept me busy. I also did my Honors Bio year long project over break, so that's out of the way. I only went out one night over break. Of course, I went with Grace to go see Insurgent. I personally loved the movie and would even go see it again. It wasn't the best Spring Break for personal records, but I'm alive and happy and that's all I could ask for. 

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

What are you doing for Spring Break?

I have absolutely nothing planned for Spring Break. I will mainly just be working (refereeing soccer) this Spring Break. I will also enjoy the nice weather that we are having. Unfortunately, now that my mom is a single mom, she has to work a lot more than she used to. So she will be spending Spring Break working, so I might as well work too.  I probably be outside a lot also, practicing lacrosse. Yeah, I'll probably play lacrosse every day. Work (money!), lacrosse, and nice weather. That sounds like a good Spring Break to me. I'm not too big for wanting to go on vacations or traveling and I have traveled a lot this year all ready for my lacrosse team.  I'm excited to have a little break from school. 

Monday, March 9, 2015

Tell me about your weekend. 

This weekend was pretty busy but yet still relaxing at the same time. On Friday night I started back up working soccer games. I was actually assigned to referee to center games for U12 teams, but my boss mixed up the schedule and accidentally replaced me with another referee. So instead of working two soccer games, I got paid to be on standby in case someone else didn't show up. Then on Saturday, in the morning, I was assigned to referee you two 11v11 soccer games as an AR, and I did end up doing my first game,  but then the second game got canceled because one of the teams didn't show up. After that, my boss asked me if I wanted to earn some extra money (so of course I said yes) and he had me do some office work for a little bit and I got paid for it and I was in the air conditioning so it wasn't a bad deal and made up for the mixup on the schedule Friday night. Then, on Saturday night, my friend Grace and I went to sonic for dinner. After dinner we headed over to target just to look around. I ended up getting an AUX cord for my car so that I could play music from my phone instead of the same and boring radio music. It was a fun Saturday night, gave me something to do other than sitting at home. On Sunday, I had my first high school lacrosse game with the Blue Valley Titans (The blue Valley District lacrosse team). It went very well and I even got some goalie action. We also won the game. After my game I had to stay at the field until 6 o'clock for lacrosse referee training. So I also refereed my first lacrosse game for the youth girls. Best part of the weekend, I didn't have any homework due on Monday! Having no homework over the weekend once in a while makes the weekend more relaxing. Overall, I had a great weekend. 

Friday, March 6, 2015

If you were the Principal for a week at BVHS, what would that look like? What changes would you make? Why?

I think Mr. Bacon is running the school quite well so I would try to keep up with what he is doing. I wouldn't want to change things because he does make some things fun, the assemblies are awesome. He tries to make Blue Valley High a safe and welcoming environment for everyone and he doesn't tolerate bullying or slacking off. Plus, when you do good, you usually get rewarded for your hard work. You come to school to learn and get prepared for your future so I wouldn't want anything crazy or anything ridiculous like give everyone a tub of ice cream or take a school field trip to Worlds of Fun or cancel all classes. I wouldn't want that because it's still school and we're still here to learn, not to just play all day. You don't really realize how much you learn at school every day until you have to miss a couple days of school. When I was gone in January, it felt like my learning was paused and I actually didn't like the feeling. Then when I came back, I was flooded with knowledge. It was overwhelming when I got back, but it felt so good to be at school again and learning. I think I appreciated school even more after I came back. As a principal, I would try to through some fun things in to keep the students engaged and excited about school, I would make sure to help promote a positive environment, but then I would also promote academics and learning with great importance. 

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

1.) Speak loud and clear so everyone can hear you without having to ask you to repeat something.
2.) Make good eye contact so that people feel like you are actually wanting to be presenting and they feel engaged in the presentation as well.
3.) Know your presentation well so you aren't staring at the board or your paper the whole time.
4.) Make sure that you have really done your research well on what you are presenting so that you can answer any question beyond what you may have on your presentation.
5.) Stand up straight, don't slouch. You'll look more professional.
6.) Make sure you stand where everyone can see you and your presentation as well as you being to see everyone else. (They need to see your face! Not your back!)
7.) Don't act nerves or shy.  If you act like you have done it before and you are relaxed, Not only will you get more respect, but people will be more willing to listen to you and will enjoy you presenting.
8.) Don't read directly from your presentation. Leave some bullet points to spread out from but don't write a bunch of sentences.
9.) Include some pictures so people can have an idea in the head of what your topic looks like.
10.) Give examples so that your listeners can relate to your presentation.

Monday, March 2, 2015

Tell me about your weekend.

This weekend was pretty relaxing and laid back. On Friday, my friend Grace and I went to dinner at Freddy's. We both had the cheese burgers with fries. The fry sauce is amazing (Why I go there). Then, we headed back to my house to watch a movie. We ended up watching Non-Stop. Liam Neeson is a favorite actor of mine and I love to watch all of his action movies like Non-Stop, the Taken series, etc. Then, on Saturday morning I had to go work at a Applebee's pancake breakfast fundraiser for my high school lacrosse team, The Blue Valley Titans. My Mom couldn't come so my aunt and some family friends came. It was fun thing to do for the morning. After the pancake breakfast I went with my Aunt Jeanne to her house for the rest of the weekend. We just hung out around her house because it was WAY better than being home alone with my brother. On Saturday night, we met up with my Aunt's son, and a phew other nieces and nephews from that side of the family and we all went to the Japanese Steak House for dinner. It's one of my favorite places to eat because not only is the food really good, you get to watch the chef cook it all. Then the weekend rolled over into Sunday and my Aunt took us home, I worked on a project for ELA, My Mom came home later around 5:30 pm and I just did the normal Sunday routine Doing laundry, homework, anything else that I have to do to be ready for school come Monday morning.