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Hector Sanchez Capstone

Posted by Hector Sanchez-Ortiz in Capstone · Sessa/Spry · Wed on

Artifact:https://howcovid19hasimpactedus.weebly.com/

Intro: For my senior capstone project, I wanted to make a website that talks about how the Coronavirus pandemic has affected the way students learn. In this website, I included my personal experiences with getting adjusted to the change in learning, as well as my struggle with procrastination/productivity. I also included different ways that students’ learning and mental health has been impacted during this time and ways we can provide support for them when things eventually start to open back up again. I wanted this website to be some sort of time capsule into the crazy times that we are living in today while also trying to support students by providing them with resources/ideas to help them during this difficult time.

Annotated bibliography Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mOFvdQMSo5m8CCCv0xUTmuiVfUH6T0QeneXB7qFchJY/edit?usp=sharing

Law and Order

Posted by Hector Sanchez-Ortiz in English 2 · Pahomov/Rhymer · D Band on

Hector Sanchez

Mrs. Pahomov

English 2

25 March 2019

Law and Order

In the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the author tells a story of a group of kids that become stranded on a deserted island due to a plane crash. There, they try to create a civilized society but fail miserably. The author’s intention of writing this book is to show what would happen if there wasn't order, law, or anything preventing people from doing whatever they want. In the book, there are a lot of instances where the author mirrors the reader's own modern day society. In both Lord of the Flies and real-life, societies fall to the ground because they have no law and order.

At the beginning of chap 8 of LOFT one of the main characters, Jack leaves the group and storms off into the woods. Initially, he leaves alone but a group of kids soon follow him because he is in possession of the conch, one of the only symbols of law and order in the island ¨I am not going to be a part of Ralph's lot ¨ and ¨I am going off by myself¨ (pg.127, Golding). As we can observe here, there is still some sort of law and order because the kids decided to follow Jack but we can see conflicts emerge by his decision to leave. He decided to leave because he was arguing with the current leader Ralph. We can see a partnership between the book in real -life in real life societies one of the stars of its fall is when there's conflict in between its government. Jack leaving the group and forming a small rebellion is one of the parallels that the book draws from real life. Twain used to be a Chinese colony in the mid 17th century later it became a colony of  Japan in 1895. The Sino-Japanese War was what lead Taiwan to become a colony of Japan. This mirrors the events in the book because after the leadership that China had on Taiwan failed Japan swooped in and made a new colony a new community out of the previously china owned Taiwan. Japan didn't like the way China was ruling over Taiwan so they took matters into their own hands just like Jack did in the book.


In the next chapter of LOFT the flies a character named was killed by Jack and the same group of boys that rebelled against Ralph in his rule. One of the recurring themes in the book is that of a beast that is in the island with the kids we don´t know if it is real or just a product of their imagination but by what happened in this page we can conclude that this sitting of the beast was all a product of their imagination.¨A great wave of the tide moved further along the island and the water lifted. Softly, surrounded by a fringe of inquisitive bright creatures, itself a silver shape beneath the steadfast constellations, Simon's dead body moved out toward the open sea¨( pg.154, Golding). Simon was not as important as his death was to the book. This was a turning point in the story we can officially see that the characters have become savage due to a lack of a proper system of law and order. This connects to the real world country of Somalia although they have a government that is recognized internationally. Their society is based on clans and they don't really have a set government. This could lead to similar things that happened in the book to happen in this country because there are no set rules to stop you from killing or doing whatever you want.

   

   




In one of the last chapters of LOFT  a very important and central character, Piggy is killed by a boulder thrown by Jack the leader of the new group. This boulder pushes him off a cliff and he lands on the bottom of the cliff crush in between the boulder and the rocks of the pit.¨The  rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist¨ (pg.18, Golding). Not only did Jack murder Piggy in a horrific way but he also destroyed the conch the only symbol of hope, law, and order. By Jack destroying the conch, this shows that there is no longer anything to control the kids and any hope of the island being a civilized society is closed. There is no longer any law and order in place at the island and it has suffered the same fate that nations without laws in placed have suffered. The island is now an uncivilized society where anything can happen because there are no laws in place.


In summary, LOFT has a lot of instances where it mirrors real life societies and what happens when a society has no real law and order in place. The book has plenty of concepts that play into the real world, law and order would just be one of them. The book draws parallels from real-world societies and civilizations and their failed attempt at having law and order. The book also showcases how a society can become savage if there are no laws in placed to control and prevent people from doing whatever they please. We can see all of these concepts in play a huge role in the books through the means of symbols and actual events that happen in the story. The book is an analysis of societies and how different concepts and ideas can play a big role in that society success or downfall.



Work Cited

“10 Reasons Countries Fall Apart.” Google, Google,

www.google.com/amp/s/foreignpolicy.com/2012/06/18/10-reasons-countries-fall-apart/a

Copper, John C. “Taiwan.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.,

24 Mar. 2019, www.britannica.com/place/Taiwan.

Friedman, Audrey, and William Golding. Lord of the Flies. Hawker Brownlow Education, 1988.


The Big News

Posted by Hector Sanchez-Ortiz in English 2 · Pahomov/Rhymer · D Band on

I’ve been on this bus for the past 3 hours and I can’t bear to get off. There are 15 stops before I get home and I don't want to get home. I'm too nervous and I don't know how my mom is going to react. My hands tremble to the thought of telling her the news. Like I’m only fifteen years old man. I'm not ready for this kind of responsibility. I don’t know how my mom is going to react to the big news. Looking back at it I should have been more careful. Like I don't even love Amanda why did I even mess with her?I know I got myself into this hole. Like I need to find a job now and quit school. I can’t don’t do this I can’t handle all this responsibility and I definitely can’t handle the pressure.


I just need to stay calm and figure out how I’m going to tell mom I’ll worry about the other stuff later but, right now I have to figure out how I’m going to tell her. I'll just ask her how her day has been but, if she had a bad day I’m definitely not telling her. Imma just asks if we can talk in the living room and slowly but surely deliver the news. This could go either two ways she could be happy about it or the other possibility is that she doesn’t take the news well, gets disappointed at me, and kicks me out the house. Let me check where I am. Damn 11 stops until I get home. I need to make a plan right now I can’t be thinking about what if. I’m just going to be straight to the point and tell her everything that happened that night. I just don’t want to disappoint my mom she’s always told me to be careful with that stuff and that I shouldn’t mess around. I just wasn’t thinking right when I did it. I was drinking all night long and Amanda was drinking too. It just kinda happened and I don’t remember much about but I know that it happened. I just wasn’t in the right place that night and I was definitely not in the right mindset after all that drinking.


It's 7 stops until I get home and I'm even more stressed than I was before. All this time that I've spent on this bus has made me think about that night and if I could go back and stop myself I would. I just wanna get home and lock myself in my room and never come out so I don't have to face my problems. I guess I’ll just have to man up and face my mistake. It already happened and I can't change it I’ll have to work hard and find a job in order to support my family.



It's 3  stops now, already, ok . I know what I'm going to do I'm going to tell my mom everything and I will own up to my mistake and take care of that baby and care for its mother. One stop closer to home, I think I'm ready to tell my mom. It's time for me to get going and tell my mom that I got Amanda pregnant. I will explain the whole situation from beginning to end and see how she feels about it. As I get off the bus I'm still stressed but  I feel a lot more confident in telling my mom about what happened. Even though I am not prepared to be a father I look at this situation as a learning experience and I will try my hardest to provide a good home for my baby.


Leaving Home

Posted by Hector Sanchez-Ortiz in English 2 · Pahomov/Rhymer · D Band on

Hector Sanchez

Ms.Pahomov

English II

9 / 21 / 2018

Leaving Home

In June of 2016, my mom told me that we were going to move out of Puerto Rico. A  few months later in August, the day before we left, I was feeling anxious all I could think about was that we were going to move to where my aunt was living in Philadelphia. All throughout the day I was thinking about was my family and friends and how much I didn’t want to leave them behind. I started to think about everything that would happen if moved. I thought about having to start a new life in a completely different environment. I had a feeling of sadness and anxiety.

A few days after my mom told me the news she told me that she was going to leave first and a few months later I would follow. I changed my mind about leaving because I didn't want my mom to leave all by herself. I decided to go with her in August. The day before I left, my mom and I stayed at our aunt’s house. My whole family went to my aunt house to visit us. As I said goodbye to all my family members a feeling of sadness overcame me all of a sudden: I didn't want to leave anymore. After coming to terms with the fact that I was leaving, we got in the car with my uncle and he drove us to the airport.


When we arrived at the airport my uncle got out of the car and helped us carry our luggage to the inside of the airport. Before saying goodbye to him a bunch of memories came to my mind. All of a sudden I was hit with a feeling of nostalgia remembering all of the good times that I had with my uncle.after that we said our goodbye to him and he got back in the car and drove into the distances.

Everything that happened inside of the airport passed kind of quickly. We went to check our luggage and after that, we waited a couple of hours to board the plane. After a few hours of being anxious about the trip. It was time to board the plane. “We will begin boarding now.” As they were calling the groups of passengers to board the plane I thought about all the good times and experiences that I had in my old town. In my head, I was thinking to myself “This is it we are really leaving after I board this plane and it takes off there's is no heading back.”When it was our turn to board the plane my mom looked at me and said, “It’s time for us to get on the plane.” As we boarded the plane I felt like all of my anxiety was slowly decreasing. When we got to our seat I sat down and felt the coldness of the seat on the back of my head. I was really tired so I slept throughout the whole flight.

When I got to Philadelphia, my aunt Karina picked us up from the airport. I was so happy to see her. I quickly went up to her and gave her a hug I think that most of my anxiety went away because I stopped thinking about the things that I was going to leave behind and started to think about new things that I was going to experience. I was happy that I was going to see some family members that I have not seen in a long time and seeing them again made me feel better about the whole moving thing.

That night before I when to bed I started to think about more things that I was going to experience.As I was thinking I realized that when you have thought to think positively about situations that may be hard you start to find positive things about that situation. Me moving to Philadelphia helped me realized that everything happens for a reason and some that somethings happen for the best. After this experience, I try to have a positive mindset when I'm dealing with difficult situations.


Print making blog post

Posted by Hector Sanchez-Ortiz in Art - Freshman · Hull · d1 Band on
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My element is called Iridium and the atomic number is 77. Iridium is a very hard and brittle metal that is used to coat the lenses of binoculars in order to reduce glare and help the lenses become clearer when you see through them. Iridium was discovered in 1803 by a chemist named Smithson Tennant. He discovered Iridium by dissolving platinum in a substance called aqua regla.

I got the idea to draw binoculars because Iridium is used to coat the lenses of binoculars. In order to make this print I first sketch a drawing of the binoculars. Then I made another sketch of the binoculars in tracing paper. Using the tracing paper sketch I traced the drawing into a piece of styrofoam. After doing that I coated the styrofoam with a layer of paint and placed a blank paper on top of it and that's how I got all three prints done. If I were to do this project again I would start the printing process earlier than I actually did. My favorite part about this project was coming up with an idea for my drawing. I enjoyed this because I learned a lot of information about the element that I was assigned.


Tech slide remix

Posted by Hector Sanchez-Ortiz in Technology - Freshman · Hull · d2 Band on
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The constructive criticism helped me make a better slide because people would tell me things I could improve on my slide.I changed my font to make it more appealing to the eyes.I also change my background picture because I found a better picture of the windmill with better lighting.I decided to remove my name from the Google slide because I felt it was not important to have my name on the slide.Another reason I removed my name from the slide was that it drew too much attention from my quote.

The From the presentation zen I learned a lot about making good slides.From the research that I did, I learned that having big text would help the text stand out so I decided to make the font bigger.I also learned that bolding the text makes it easier for the audience to see.I colored my text black because I wanted my text to contrast from the background.Presentation zen showed me a lot of ways to make a good slide.

In conclusion, I learned a lot about what makes a slide good. Using all of the sources I was able to create a good slide.I also found ways to improve on my old slide and make it better. I believe made a good slide but, I still could learn more things to improve my slide.

Tech Slide

Posted by Hector Sanchez-Ortiz in Technology - Freshman · Hull · d2 Band on
Tech slide

For my tech slide, I decided to make my slide simple. From the research that I did, I learned that making the text of your slide big will help you catch the attention of the audience and will make the text clearer and easier to read to the audience. I also learned that making the text contrast from the colors of the background helps the text stand out.That's why I decided to bold and colored my text black because I wanted my text to stand out from the background.The things that I learned helped create my one slide.


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