Call of duty: Ninja defuse montage Ep. 3

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Project Harlem Shake

Open Source Learning

Cesilio Sanchez

Dr. Preston

Expository Composition

June 2, 2014

Open Source Learning

            We were always told, “Do what they do in school and you’ll have a good job”, today, students are slowly changing this saying in a more creative, collaborative, and free environment. In Dr. Preston’s class of Expository reading and writing, we change the way the game is played and found new things to learn and new ways to learn. We, as a class, have collaborated and used technological resources to our advantage, using our peers and the world web to help us help them understand what we are trying to do. This class has open my mind to see that we don’t have to learn by the old fashioned textbook system, but that we have bigger doors that have yet to be open and they’re at a click of a button or sitting right next to you. This class has given me new opportunities to not only go to the teacher but to reach out to nearly anyone in the world for help when I need it.

Cal Poly SLO: Architecture

Last week on Wednesday April 16, a few students that were interested in architecture/engineering and I were invited from Dr.Preston to join an Architecture class at Cal poly SLO taught by Mark Cabrinha . Just arriving there was fun because we had no idea where exactly we needed to be. We walked all around campus asking several people for help and when we finally got there, we were 30 or more mins late. We started by talking about what we, from Righetti, do in school and specifically Dr. Preston's class. Something interesting from that class was their table. They had a white table in the middle of the class were they could write anything down and erase it later. Something interesting from the students was how they saw that classroom like another home because they spent many hours there working. No Offense, but I think it was more exciting when Dr. Preston had to leave because of his daughter. We had a "potluck" right after and Mark told us to split into groups where a group had one person from Righetti to talk to. The group's assignment was to brainstorm a high school that kids actually wanted to be at. I was in a group with four other people, all girls, and they were very intelligent, I'm sorry I can't remember their name.
Anyway, We started by talking about what I see would make a perfect high school. I told them that in order to know what would make students and teachers want to stay in school was the way they think and interact. We talked about the social barriers in school and how most people don't notice the other side of campus. All this led to an off topic conversation about life and they actually made me think over my major, I don't know I thing they might just have changed my future. One of the last things we did was present are discussions to the rest of the class and received feedback from Mark. We wrote our contacts on their table and then left. I think this was the closest I've been to my dream Job that I don't know what it is yet. Overall the people their were extremely generous and intelligent, they are a great family and I can't wait to talk to them again.

S' Wonderful

*_________* LIFE IS WONDERFUL

Look at my Brain

I like the thing I do, I like looking at things and wondering how they work and if I can figure out a way to take it apart and put it back together. I think that I think in a way where everything has to have a mystery to it. If it gets you wondering then it is something worth getting into. For example, I like playing with Rubik's cubes because it has a lot of mystery, I can do a 3x3, a 2x2, an oddly shape one that I don't even know what it is, they are puzzles that I love to solve over and over again. I want to learn more and see how one day it was the hardest thing in the world. I don't learn by myself, well not at first. When I started to learn how to solve my first Rubik's cube, I looked up videos and followed every direction to get my cube back to perfect. I was scared I was never going to learn how to solve it. Now I learned the "Rubik's cube language and got to the point where I not just try to solve it but to do it with time. I think this a good way to test out and build your creativity.

RAISING DIGITAL AWARENESS

It is important to draw visitors to my site because it help people know the ideas I'm trying to get out there. People help other people spread ideas and get them more popular, it is a way of expanding. It is also helpful in the way that they might take something away from it or leave something for me. I feel that I haven't really tried to get an audience attention by any means. I know that their help would be great but I don't know how to start. I feel that the first step to solve this problem would be to Write more than I do and write more valuable content. Then, maybe start posting links of my site on other types of social media like facebook or Twitter, after just go with the groove. In general, I think that the human interaction and exchanging of ideas is more important than digital tools. Digital tool are supposed to help you get to those human interactions and be able to exchange ideas faster than without them. I think it gives more value and you get more out of it.

[Up to You]

I feel that I know what I am pursuing, trying to compare what I am doing to entrepreneurship is hard. I know that if I thought more on what entrepreneurship is about and how it connects to being an engineer, I would have had more and better things to write about.

I think seeing myself as an entrepreneur, does make me see my work differently. When I think of being an entrepreneur, I imagine myself making some type of product for money. But I guess I am making something worth having value, giving information and becoming an expert myself.

J.J. Abrams: The mystery box

Resource: Electric Potential, Electric Potential Difference, and Electric Potential Energy

The Physics Classroom:
Electric Potential  http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/circuits/Lesson-1/Electric-Potential
Electric Potential Difference: http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/circuits/Lesson-1/Electric-Potential-Difference
Electric Field and the Movement of Charge: http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/circuits/Lesson-1/Electric-Field-and-the-Movement-of-Charge

Khan Academy: 
Electric potential energy: https://www.khanacademy.org/science/physics/electricity-and-magnetism/v/electric-potential-energy

I, Entrepreneur

a) The questions that I made weren't design for one type of expert but mainly for anyone who has been successful.Since my expert would be an engineer, i think I wouldn't categorize it as an entrepreneur. Engineers are people who have to be very knowledgeable and skillful.

b) I think that learning more and more about what you like to do is a type of entrepreneurship. As of right now I am working on gathering knowledge to be as prepare as I can for the career I plan to be in. I am working and collaborating with peers and soon experts. I think I am a type of entrepreneur based on all the thing I am and should be doing.

c) In our culture we associate entrepreneurship with businesses and financial risk, that's not always the case. Entrepreneurship is about making an idea that gains value. That idea can be anything from love to a physical product, It always grow into something valuable. We need to teach people that we are all entrepreneurs in some way, every time we make something valuable.

Resource: Bill Nye Asks “Are We Alone in the Universe?”

http://www.engineering.com/Videos/LearningSeriesChannel/VideoId/3048/Bill-Nye-Asks-Are-We-Alone-In-The-Universe.aspx

Bill Nye, in his interview, starts with talking about his company and his position in it. He then goes on to talk about how if Earth loses the ability to keep exploring space because of funding, then the only people able to fly into space will leave and work in other areas. Then he speaks about how humans want to be able to go to other worlds for the better of mankind, that we have a natural curiosity to find the answer of where we came from and if we're alone in the universe. He finishes by saying that we as humans need to find a way to "influence or change the trajectory of asteroids." There are about ten thousand asteroids that are in Earth's orbit and we need to figure out how to speed up or slow down and asteroid in order for it to miss Earth.

What Man Can Do

10 Questions

1. What made you interested in this path?

2. What was your biggest obstacle to get to where you are?

3. Do you think this was the right path for you?

4. Do you regret anything you've done?

5. If you could choose a different path what would it be?

6. Do you consider your path "work"?

7.  Has your path given you more opportunities in life?

8. What steps did you take to help you get here?

9. Who helped you get here if anybody?

10. When did you realize you wanted to do this?

Masterpiece Essay #1

Today Americans live in a world where nearly everything is man-made, engineered. The things we use nearly every day were at some point made somehow, someway, by somebody. We don’t notice how ordinary thing in everyday life took years and years to finally allow them for public use. Everything possible that we use today was made through engineers, whether it was from the simple wheel to the space satellites that allow us to connect to the rest of the world. We have been very successful as a world and we should be grateful of the things we have because it took hard work and engineering.

Starting from ancient times, man has always seemed to have the brilliance to make things happen. We have succeeded far more than any other being on Earth, we create things help us live a better an easier life but some of us don’t see it. Bridges for example, first made with tree logs by man was one of the beginning foundations of civil engineering as we know it today. Buildings, houses, cities, states, nations, all built by some type of engineer. Civil engineering today built some of the major building we need to functions as a society. For example, me personally, I have two major buildings, my house and school. My house is the foundation of the type of person I become when I leave of to the real world. School is what gives what I say and the things I do quality, quality that is put on paper for the rest of the world to see. We don’t notice how these engineered structures contribute so much as tools that help us.

My Vocabulary #2

1. Aerospace-  research, design, development, construction, testing, science and technology of aircraft and spacecraft.
ex.- many aerospace engineers are responsible for the rockets use in NASA's space launches.
2. colloquially- characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal.
ex.- Using the expression "rocket science" is an example of colloquially.
3. Avionics- are the electronic systems used on aircraft, artificial satellites, and spacecraft
ex.- Aerospace engineers use avionics to design air vehicles.
4. bore- make (a hole) in something, esp. with a revolving tool.
ex.- Hand drills are made make bores.

Launch

1. I want to be able to pursue engineering and know exactly the career i'm getting myself into.

2. I think the best tool that will help me in this path is the blog. The blog is a way for me to keep track of what i am learning and the thing i will be posting. All that I post will stay longer than any paper assignment that I can do, not loosing my work. I want to use the blog in order to inform others and myself on what engineering is about, the math and science it takes to achieve the level of success you want to be at.

My Vocabulary #1

1. traverse- travel across or through.
ex.- Thousands of cars traverse the golden gate bridge everyday.
2. ferment- incite or stir up (trouble or disorder)
ex.- Little kids ferment situations in order to get attention.
3. span- the full extent of something from end to end; the amount of space that something covers.
ex.- Kids span play doh just for the curiosity of how much it could stretch.
4. convey- transport or carry to a place.
ex.- Military convey use it for stealth missions.
5. ambiance- the character and atmosphere of a place.
ex.- Mood is sometimes mistaken for ambiance.
6. encompass- surround and have or hold within.
ex.- The case of a glue stick encompasses the glue with special chemicals.
7. exploiting- make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource).
ex.- Indians exploited the Buffalo when killed.
8. abutment- a structure built to support the lateral pressure of an arch or span, e.g., at the ends of a bridge.

HAFTA/WANNA

When I think of the life after high school, I don't see a clear vision, it's more of a series of possibilities where you have your most likely and an infinite amount of other routes. I believe high school is where you get the conscious to know the difference from right to wrong but still don't have a strong enough will to do the right thing. I think the biggest similarity from and after high school is learning to live in a bigger world. From middle to high school you are exposed to a new and bigger world, same with after high school. The biggest difference I think is the type of people you will interact with. High school shows you the innocence side of everyone, but once after high school you see the real world and what people are capable of. I don't think anyone can change in one day let alone by themselves, they need time and help in order to see the change they wish to see. I hope one day all we want that is positive will happen if we can help other achieve their wishes.

Life After...

Life after high school is different for everyone, some people go to college, some go to the military and some get a job straight after. For me I feel that I nearly have all those choices, but I think the best route for me and my future is to go to college. I cannot say what I will be doing in the future because nobody can know, but I can say what I dream it would be like and what I think it would be like. I dream of one day having a life that will make me happy, a future where I get the knowledge to make my possibilities come true. What I think will happen is go to college and take the classes necessary to become an engineer where I will graduate and get a job in my profession, a profession that I will never be bored from.

Profile in Courage

This week during class we saw a movie about athletes that unfortunately do not have the access of walking and some motor functions. They are athletes competing in the Paralympics where they face other handicap men from different countries. They play a game called "Murder Ball", replicating the sport of rugby but with special rules. In the beginning of the movie, it starts of by explaining how the game is played and the players it includes. It shows the greatest player, who was rejected a spot on the U.S. team, leave to Canada and coach the Canadian team. I think that the struggle it takes to find a new purpose in your life is harder if your old life is taken away in an instant. This movie, so far is about the players, their backgrounds and the game.

Vocabulary: Spring List 2

1. accoutrements- additional items of dress or equipment, or other items carried or worn by a person or used for a particular activity
ex. Swimmers use accoutrements in order to help them swim faster.
2. apogee- the highest point in the development of something; the climax or culmination
ex. Micheal Jordan is an apogee in the NBA.
3. apropos- with reference to; concerning
ex. When playing guitar you apropos tablature to play music.
4. bicker- argue about petty and trivial matters
ex. Children always seem to bicker when playing.
5. coalesce- come together and form one mass or whole
ex. Sporting events coalesce the school chanting their team.
6. contretemps- an unexpected and unfortunate occurrence
ex. Being in a car accident is always contretemps.

Vocab #1 Performance Review

This weeks Vocabulary test was something that was suppose to be easy but somehow I did poorly. The problem I think was when I took the test and saw the words, I blanked out. I knew the word but somehow they were blocked from me. As soon as the test was over and I saw the definitions it came back. The word made sense and I don't know why something like this happens.

Vocabulary: Spring List 1

1.adumbrate- foreshadow or symbolize
ex. As life went on, I soon started to adumbrate my death.
2.apotheosis- the highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax
ex. The apotheosis was reached when Spongebob save the Mr. Krabs and Squidward from the ANCHOVIES.
3.ascetic- characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons
ex. Lent is considered an ascetic in the Catholic religion. 
4.bauble- a small, showy trinket or decoration
ex. During Christmas, the tree was covered with bauble items.
5.beguile- charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way
ex. Popeye and Bluto are always beguile by Olive.

Hacking My Education

When I think of Hacking my Education, I think of reshaping the knowledge into a mold where my interest are included. I want to learn the material that we need to learn in this course but also learn new thing about my interest, for example, engineering. I still can't figure out a way to connect engineering with the way we learn thins in this course.

The Choice

THE CHOICE

1. What is the "choice" referred to in the title?
- The "choice" is referred to as whether Rebecca would take her poison on her own or by her parents at force.
2. Is it a real choice?  Why/why not?  What is the alternative?
- I think it is because having the choice to control what happens is better than having someone control it for you.
3. Why does the author use the word poison in the first line?
- It is the reality of what Rebecca is drinking.
4. The author's daughter wants to play with a toy that is intended for older kids.  Why?  Do you agree with her?
- If someone is going to be around for a short time, why not let them enjoy the thing they want to?
5. If you thought you might not live to the age of 30 what would you want to do right now?
- nothing different.
6. Under what circumstances does it make sense to endure discomfort--or even force it on a loved one-- in service to a greater/more important cause?
- I think it is. People have to be strong and always hope and believe that the best outcome will happen.
7. Is suffering a necessary condition of life and love?
- yes, "what doesn't kill you make you stronger".
8. Most readers don't share the author's circumstances, but we feel an emotional response to his words.  Why?
- I think feeling in response to his words makes sense because we fear that one day a similar situation will happen to us.