student of the month interview

How does it feel to be student of the month?

What kind of responsibilities were required to get to this point?

Why do you think you were selected?

How do you think your future is affected by this?

What kind of aspects go into becoming student of the month?

How do you think people view you now?

How do you think people viewed you before? 

Do you think their view changed?

What is the most stressful part of being student of the month?

How did becoming student of the month affect you?
How did you find out you were student of the month?

Do you know anyone else that was student of the month?

What do you do in your free time? 

How do you keep up with homework? 

What extra curricular activities are you in?

What do you do differently now that you were student of the month?

What kind of work did you put in to becoming student of the month?

What are your expectations of yourself? Did they change?

Who do you think selected you for this position?

How do you balance all of your classes?

school uniforms interview

principal
student
teacher

questions:
what's your name?
what is your role at this school?
what is your opinion on enforcing school uniforms?
why do you think we should enforce school uniforms?
why not?
what reaction do you think students (or your peers) will think of this change?
why do you think they (or why did you) decided to enforce school uniforms?
what do you like to do outside of school?
do you know anyone else who deals with school uniforms?
do you like school uniforms?
is this the only new rule in AISD?
what do you think uniforms will positively impact?
what do you think uniforms will negatively impact?
do you think people will react negatively?
are shoes a part of the uniform?
what does the uniform look like?
do you think the way kids dress now is distracting?
why or why not?
what are the consequences for not wearing one?
does this take away from student's culture?

photo evaluation

alyssa schukar
-photoj
-not enough singles, not close enough, not personal
-haiti picture and girl falling down the hurdles
- she didn't look like she really knew how to bring emotion into the photos

travis haughton
-sports, mental illness
-blocking faces, back of heads, staged
- different, postcard like
- he needed better angles, tell a story

nick adams
- mental illness
- not original, bad angles and lighting
- different, personal
- he wasn't very original?

sam adams
-sports
- would have gotten closer, cut out other photographers, bad angles
- some story behind it, nice editing
- he was very good at editing, i personally loved his photos

winner:
- everybody was doing something, good angles
- he had great angles, all in focus, etc. he over photoshopped one photo but other than that, perfect.

contest recap:
- they didn't like the blank slides

individual:
- they said a lot of photos were out of focus and i agree. it would be more pleasing to the eye if they were in focus
-they said MANY of the photos didn't have enough light, but i didn't agree. i thought they were perfectly fine.

architecture photos

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architecture preview #2

Sculptured house
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La Pedrera

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Nautilus House, Mexico

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Habitat 67

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The Eden Project:

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architecture preview #1

Sculptured House
1. Charles Daeton 
2. 1963
3. Colorado, USA
4. cant visit
5. he sold it for 3.1 million. no info on how much it took to build
6. Charles inspiration was, "On Genesee Mountain I found a high point of land where I could stand and feel the great reaches of the Earth. I wanted the shape of it to sing an unencumbered song."
7. I picked this house because i wanted to see someone who lives in luxury. This house looks amazing. Its view is very pretty in the mountains. 

La Pedrera
1. Antoni Gaudí 
2. 1912
3. spain 4. you can visit 
5. no info
6. Casa Milà was built for Roser Segimon and her husband Pere Milà.
7. I picked this building because it's huge. I like how it's older. This building reminds me of wealthy people. 

Nautilus House, Mexico
1. Javier Senosiain 
2. 2007
3. Mexico
4. you can visit
5. there is no information
6. it was inspired by the sea
7. I like this because it's in Mexico. It has many plants and I love nature. It gives you an organic feeling. It's like a maze when you walk through it. 

Habitat 67
1. Moshe Safdie 
2. 1967
3. canada
4. it is for people who live there not visitors
5. no info
6. Safdie's design for habitat 67 started as a thesis project for his architecture program at mcGill university. 
7. I chose this architecture because of the name, Habitat 67. It sounds like the area where the most amount of paranormal activity occurred. The building is a bunch of apartment complexes and it looks futuristic.

The eden project
1.  Nicholas Grimshaw
2. 2001
3. united kingdom 
4. you can visit
5. it says that someone donated £50 million to help build it. 
6. it was built on a clay pit. 
7. I picked this building because i used to listen to a band called the Eden project so i thought i would check it out. Turns out the band was named after the architecture and it is a green house.

sensory overload and sports/action assignment

1. I completely agree with the statement. We define ourselves as "America the Home of the Free," but no, we are not. And yes, I know, I am blessed to wake up every day and not have to worry about my school getting blown up or getting shot because I painted my nails, but think about it. Are we really that free? Stop defining places by what they have because it creates negative energy.

2) I would love to visit this place, but not to take pictures. I would go to completely enjoy myself. To enjoy the senses I feel instead of feeling like I nave to share it with other people.

3) I am a child of someone who works in a business and a child of someone who writes books. I think this would be absolutely overwhelming.

4) My favorite photo was the one of the flowers. Looking at it just made me happy, excited. No american store looks like that, not even a booth. This place seems very happy to me, just full of color.

Madeleine Davis, freshman, walks around the courtyard on her way to lunch.  She usually walks alone and meets her friends in the cafeteria.

Madeleine Davis, freshman, dances to the music in the courtyard. She usually meets up with her friends and they play music at lunch.

Madeleine Davis, freshman, walks over to her friends. She sits with the same friends at lunch every day.

Three girls walk through the courtyard to class after lunch. The courtyard is usually filled with lots of people walking to class after lunch.