PRESENTATION

http://prezi.com/hlgitetw9ecm/the-freshest-kids/

BEGINNINGS

My masterpiece so far has been a big help in starting something new. With the knowledge I gained from at first learning how to manage my time has been better then I thought. Now when it comes to the dancing part, it helped me realize something about it. I'm not ready to give it up yet, before starting this masterpiece I was about ready to stop completely with it because I thought it would turn out to be a waste of my time. As it turns out I really still love the rush I get from doing it, and the feeling of knowing I have something to turn to when I want to escape reality for some time. Same goes for exercise, I know these two go hand and hand and because of that I found it easier to keep both of them in my life. I'm not losing touch just yet, and am continuing down a road I know I won't regret going to. I love being able able to do things the grand majority of people can't do, its what I want and what I can make time for. The hip hop movement lives on in me and every other underground talent out there.

DESIGN

In order to really hack something you have to know what it is you're trying to hack. To hack your environment around you you have to surround yourself with things that would really interest you. For example people with the same/similar interests, objects drawings, or posters around you that include something that catches you eye or motivates you or something along those lines, and finally you need to be able to stand up and actually take those steps. You can't hack anything just sitting down. 

FIVE STEPS LATER

During my break I've taken time every now and then to take some steps in creating my masterpiece. 

1. Introductions, I've made contact with other people in the dancing community that I didn't know before. 

2. Preform, I've learned that to show my passion I've had to get me and my crew out there more. So there will be yet another performance for us this coming Saturday. 

3. LEARN. This was an important step, I now know what I need to do, learn something new and show my progress. 

4. Go alone once in a while, during my days off I did go to several places. Which include my future college CSU Los Angeles, and I decided to freestyle out there randomly. I need to get myself out there even if I get nothing out of it. 

5. New people! In trying to get new people to follow my blog I've had to contact others to try and get them to follow. Have not checked to see if I have any new ones yet but hopefully I will. 

PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IS OVERRATED

Now at first this article confused me, it wasn’t until the second time around that I actually got the idea of what it was trying to say. Parental involvement is a bad thing when it is done too much, and also if it is done too little. Both seem to affect the child in a bad way and again parents have to decide just how much to be involved with the child when it comes to their schooling. Children seem to do well under different conditions, which is why I think parents should not step in unless they’re absolutely needed. Based on their findings here it seems that most of the ethnic groups did better when there was almost no parental help at all. However, there are still some that did worse because there was no involvement. For this reason I say that this article is full of it, yes if parents are too involved the child will grow dependent on them but they are still needed. What I got out of this article is that they think no parental involvement is better for the kids, that they should learn on their own so they grow more dependent on themselves instead of their parents. I think that’s terrible, kids should learn a majority on their own but still everyone needs help at some point and need others to help them out. This is why I think helping children when they absolutely need it is a more effective way of having them learn than just letting them struggle through it. Children will learn by themselves and also get the help they absolutely need, being treated a little more like a person instead of something that is unable to act on its own or some kind of machine that should learn on its own. We have to treat them like they’re humans and help them when they need it. 

CROSSROADS BETWEEN SHOULD AND MUST

            Should and Must are two roads that stand in everyone’s way, they have never been the same they have only been choices. These two crossroads have their own benefits and downsides, and each aren’t exactly a paradise once the choice is made. Should is more of a suggestion from others as to how we are to behave or what we are suppose to do with our lives but that isn’t always what we want. Must on the other hand are things that are unavoidable to us and things that are completely necessary for us to do. Either way it appears as if we don’t really have our own choice in this, I know I really don’t all I can do is somewhat bend my choices into the direction I would prefer.

            Here’s where I’m at, I am currently doing all the necessary things I need to do in order to graduate and head off into college with my head up high This is why I am on the Must side of everything, I am doing the things I have to do while somewhat leading it on the college route. However I am going to college because it is what I am always being suggested to do by literally everyone, they tell me go to college, get a career, make something of your life, and I just sit there and say alright I’ll go. It isn’t because I want to, it’s because it’s what I should do to help me in life. I guess you can say that I am doing this because I Must, but it was also suggested by everyone that’s talked to me about it so it is also a Should. Overall I still think I am taking the Must route over everything else.

            I have chosen the Must route because the work I’m currently doing, the scholarships I’m finding, the jobs I’m looking for, all of this is because I HAVE to do it. I don’t have a choice here, I need to do all of this in order to continue on my route. I am a Must traveler. 

PREPARATIONS

It's about time I put all this talk about dance into action. Time for some of the dancers at Righetti reveal themselves once again and show everyone what they've got. They all deserve their spotlight, and indeed they will get it. This Friday 4/11/14 RHS House of Warriors will be preforming one last time this year and believe me we are ready to get the crowd going once again. Dr. Preston I definitely want you to be there, part of the masterpiece is showing our unique abilities, well here's the chance to see mine in action. 

CONNECTION: RESOURCE 4/6/14

Time to make a connection with dance, it like just about everything else can be turned into a science. The untold science of how to breakdance, shown here by these guys. Strange ideas, yet they have facts to back it up.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMrGaaQkECm27sWg_DTY08g

LOOK AT MY BRAIN

So far all that's been done is that I've shown that I have general knowledge and have people to look up to on my topics for my masterpiece. Other than that I haven't really done anything else. Just by looking at my blog people can learn a lot about the world of dance, but that's about it. Besides learning some background and see that they could learn thanks to certain intructors that's all they will find unless they plan to go and look more things up. That's how it's been going so far, in the near future more information will come out and new ideas will be added. 

PREVIEW OF COMING ATTRACTIONS

Now anyone can make a poster or a prezi but it takes some kind of unique aspect to actually make it memorable. Here's a few ideas I had in mind 

-a demonstration of what their project was 

-maybe some kind of physical object, like a model of something 

-how about their tone of voice, that could easily change everything and make it memorable 

-even make it funny, that stuffs always memorable. 

My main point is that you're going to need something other than just a prezi or poster, you need to add your own character into this. 

RAISING DIGITAL AWARENESS

Drawing visitors to your site should be a top priority, nobody puts something on the internet thinking 'oh nobodies going to see this.'  No, they have the intention that many people will see it and want their work to be great for everybody who sees it. You want more people to see it to get your work out there. Currently on my blog I believe that I am bringing peoples attention to the world of dance but not enough. I am giving reasonable information but not really getting it out there yet. The steps I could take to improve that is to simply get my blog work out there. I need to give it more viewers in order to improve it all. In reality it is more important to get people's ideas and interact with them. We get real ideas from real people that can actually help us. However in this day in age it is so much easier to get digital tools to help us and because it is easier that is the route most of us will take. Either way we get a kind of result but we have to know which one we actually need. 

Literary Analysis #3

Book: Brian’s Winter by Gary Paulsen

FICTIONAL ANALYSIS

1. Brian Robinson is stranded in Canadian wilderness and the seasons are beginning to change. Winter is upon him and he must adapt in order to survive. Brian finds a survival pack inside the crashed plane and finds a gun he decides not to use due to the limited amount of bullets. Instead he decides to make weapons such as a bow and a lance. These weapons come to great use when a moose attacks Brian at his campsite. Also in order to survive the winter he created this leather clothing that was able to last him to the point where he found the Smallhorn family who lived by the frozen lake. They told Brian he could leave on the supply plane that comes by for them and Brian although resistant decides to leave on that plane in the end.

2. The theme of this novel is to never give in to what seems impossible. In this case the impossible seemed to be the upcoming winter and how Brian was not at all prepared for it. We all have this ‘upcoming winter’ in our lives and we all have that chance to overcome it.

3. The authors tone in this story is mysterious, he seems to always be leading up to something which made this book a real page turner.

CHARACTERIZATION

1. Direct characterization happened when the author told us about the season beginning to change, no clues given just told that winter was around the corner. Also when the author said that Brian was frightened, he did not know what to think of the upcoming winter. Indirect characterization happened when Brian first found the gun and did not use it against the bear, he knew that it wouldn’t help him and was smart enough to not use it and instead make new weapons. The author decides to use both because it adds on to Brian’s character when he uses indirect but also need to actually mention some things in order to get some sort of point across.

2. The authors syntax does not change considering the grand majority of the novel is based around this one character. He seems to focus on both Brian and his surroundings at about the same tone. The only real difference is that we know what Brian is thinking but not that the animals intensions are.

3. The protagonist, being Brian, is both a dynamic and a round character. He is dynamic because he teaches himself how to survive the changing seasons so he does go through his dramatic change and enjoys it to say the least. With that change he also became a round character, this is mostly seen when he found the gun. Instead of fully relying on it he decides to not even use it and instead makes his own weapons. Smart move by the young boy.

4. Again yes, after reading this book I do feel like I’ve met Brian once again. This time his character seems different, he is not the boy from The River, he has more instinct this time. When the moose was attacking it felt like I sat there and watched him defend himself against this moose. After it was killed it was like Brian looked at me and said, “Look, I’ve caught dinner.”

RESOURCE 3/26/14

Here we have one of my super 5 tryin to make his dream come true. Daniel Cloud Campos is an amazing dancer (not to mentioned nominated for most beautiful man) and now he is trying to get people to help him make his dream come true. 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/259209608/todays-the-day/description

IS THERE AN EXPERT IN THE HOUSE?

EXPERT CANDIDATE: Vincent Horiuchi

Chosen for his popularity and skill B-boy Vincanity is one of the best recruits I would be able to find. Getting any kind of feedback from him would be incredible, when it came down to it his many experiences with the world of dance. He is a hero of mine and one of my top 5 favorite b-boys, truly a great person.
 

• http://udeftour.org/total-vincanity/

THIS IS ONLY A TEST

It's time to put my knowledge to the test, time to see if I've been reading and seeing every resource I've put up. In order to test myself I must watch or read 2 of the resources I've put up and write about how they connect. Also I have to test the connection between dance and fitness, explaining how they work together.

RESOURCES CHOSEN:

• http://udeftour.org/total-vincanity/
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKb1vszkeC8&app=desktop

REQUIREMENTS

• address both articles
• make the connections
• share experiences that help express my points 

Giving my own examples on things like this is really good for me, mainly considering this is my passion.

RESOURCE 3/23/14

Here is one inspirational story about how you can literally start from the bottom and be able to get to the top.
http://globalphysique.com/steves-story/

RESOURCE 3/20/14

Here is a store that shows that becoming a b-boy is more than just being able to dance. There are precautions to take and gear you will need. Granted most of it is flashy but for the most part this shows that safety precautions are taken when breakdancing. 

http://www.cypherstyles.com

RESOURCE 3/19/14

Although this made me laugh a bit I do see this as a good way a beginner could start off. They can learn fundamentals an eventually add their own style to it.

http://m.wikihow.com/Breakdance

WHAT AM I?

After writing the essay in class about entrepreneurs, I am starting to see myself in a different viewpoint. I need this type of pressure on me, all this about posting resources is actually doing something for me. I am beginning to see my masterpiece coming together, even as I was writing my essay. While writing it I was actually coming up with an endpoint that I want to reach with this masterpiece, with my passions in life and just keep it that way. There isn't much more to say about it, I'm simply starting to put everything together without knowing if it's going to go through, I am an entrepreneur.

RESOURCE 3/16/14

In the world of fitness there are always inspiring stories that touch us and make us want to change a bit. This one got me, and made me realize that maybe I am doing things right.
http://greatist.com/fitness/overcoming-depression-exercise-prevention