Good Bye Letter

This is the hardest thing I had to do. I can't believe we graduate next year it's blown my mind and to say the truth I don't know what the future will hold for me. What I do know is that I will do my best to make Ms.B and Mr. S proud of who I will become in the future. I will always remember the fun memories that we have all shared in 3 third period not to mention, 4th period I hope to see everyone again someday and to stay in touch so we don't lose our bond formed in this class. This next week will be a happy/sad week for me I hope you all are happy and stay optimistic about what each and everyone can do I see great things waiting for us all in the future.

Income inequality

In my documentary I wanted to focus on income inequality. Income inequality has been the worst it has been since around the time of the great recession and people are not talking about to the degree they need to. It has been shown that income inequality has correlation with many issues like obesity, school performance, and many other things. I was hoping that my documentary could bring attention to this issue.

Rwandan Genocide

In class we learned about the Rwandan genocide and why the US did not try to stop it. It was documented that the US did not intervene because they felt that they would risk American lives in the process. With the rise of people wanting isolationist policies in the US, would we be in a good position to prevent future genocides in the world?

Brian’s documentary

In class Brian did a very interesting documentary about the Iraq war were he talked about how Iraq war is an example of a war that was not well planned out and how we need to learn lessons from it to improve our foreign policy in the future. In April the Trump administration made John Bolton the National security advisor to the administration. Bolton is one of the biggest advocates for the invasion of Iraq and even looking back thinks that invading Iraq was a better decision than withdrawing from it. With this guy having influence over foreign policy, will we make the same mistakes we made with Iraq?

Nolan's Senior Project

I took a lot of interest in this project because I have thought about trying acupuncture. I never really thought it could help muscle strains/sprains because I thought it only helped with swelling and inflammation. He had a lot of good and thorough research that helped me learn more about the medicinal practice, and the hands-on reassured me that you don't feel the needles. Also the explanation of the benefits of using acupuncture over taking pills. I hope to try acupuncture sometime in the near future and I would like to see if it really does work for me. Would you guys try acupuncture?

Is showing off your girl empowering or objectifying

A topic came up in class that seemed controversial to me. How if you were to show off your girlfriend would be objectifying her, and that is messed up. The argument is your showing off your girlfriend like you would be showing off a Ferrari, and she is therefore no more than an object to you. However, I know that some girls actually like to be shown off by their boyfriends to their friends because they feel like they are special to the man. Is showing someone off necessarily objectifying? Can you show off your girlfriend like a little kid would show off their dad? Or is it bad to show a selfie of your girlfriend to your friend and say 'aren't I lucky? ' Maybe you should ask your girlfriend beforehand.  And is it objectifying me when my girl shirtless pics of me to her friends without asking me? Tell me why I like it though.

jacob's senior project

jacob brought up a controversial topic that discussed whether what gene implants are, should they be implemented, and both sides of the argument. The argument pretty much was, on one hand, you can save lives with this technology, and on the other people with power can abuse this power and create theoretically scary scenarios like super soldiers. should people be trusted to harness this power, or should we let nature take its place? Should we let our fears stop us from advancement in technology and science? What do you think?