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Hola, me llamo Morgan, tengo diecisiete años y yo vivo en el Oeste Filadelfia para  toda mi vida. Vivo en dos casas, pero los dos son son en el Oeste Filadelfia. Para la mayoría fuí en Overbrook Farms y es una parte de Oeste Filadelfia. Overbrook Farms esta cerca de el City Line Avenue y la universidad de St.Joseph's. Mi barrio fue muy tranquila y divertida para creciendo. Mi casa fue muy viejo y fue un consultorio médico. Todos los casas en mi barrio fueron muy largas y viejas, hacer el barrio misterioso. Una cosa sobre el encantador del barrio era la naturaleza. Mis amigos y yo viajaríamos a Cobbs Creek los sábados y hemos jugado los juegos. Los animales de Cobbs Creek fue muy interesantes. Había ciervos, conejos, marmotas y muchas zarigüeyas. El propósito de mi mural contar la historia de la natura de Oeste Filadelfia.   

En mi opinión el arte es toda. En el mundo son formas infinitivos formas de arte. Poemas, cantas, bailas, pintas, murales y mucho más están arte. Arte es una expresión de los emociones de una persona. Arte son cuál quien cosa. Yo pienso que el arte que ser atractivo, bonito o feo porque es una expresión. La mayoría del arte tienen una mensaje puedo no necesario que. Yo creo que vandalismo, el tagging y el grafiti es una forma de arte porque es una expresión pero es arte ilegal. Yo creo que es importante que todos entienden cuáles son las características de artes. El arte público es importante porque hace que el hermoso barrio.   

Mi mural es acerca de la naturaleza en Cobbs Creek. Los colores para las esquinas para llamar la atención sobre el centro del mural. También usé en blanco y negro porque me gustan los temas monocromáticos. Me estoy comunicando el mensaje de que Cobbs Creek es precioso y los animales que viven allí son geniales. La importancia de los animales y las flores son para retratar la belleza que vive en el oeste de Filadelfia. Muchas de las flores son formas diferentes de lavanda. Una flor que es común en Cobbs Creek. Hay ciervos, conejos, ardillas y otros animales del bosque. En la imagen de la cala, creo que da a la gente una referencia a la réplica que he creado. Si yo fuera dibujar, me lo puso allí para que la gente sepa, eso es lo que van a ver. Las etapas que tomó para crear mi mural encontraban las fotos de revistas. Creación del fondo negro y la impresión de las imágenes de los animales y el arroyo.

Yo pienso que mi mural es importante para mi comunidad por que es muy bonito. Mi mural muestra la historia de la naturaleza en mi comunidad. Le estoy enseñando las generaciones más jóvenes sobre lo que el arte público es o puede ser. Yo pienso que mi pieza es hermosa. Se le muestra a qué atenerse. Esto demuestra las similitudes entre lo que está pasando, entonces y ahora. Me parece arte es toda. Soy muy orgullosa de mi arte. Mi mural tiene animó, habla por sí mismo.   

Morgan Marant

X-Band 

Unidad 1 Relaciones Personales: Máscaras de Identidad

Srta. Manuel

“Mi Vida”

Me llamo Morgan Marant, soy de Filadelfia y vivo en Oeste Filadelfia. Soy muy madura porque tengo muchos adultos en mi vida. Me importa mucho las problemas de las mujeres por todo el mundo porque yo soy apasionada por los justos de ellas. Tengo un bolsillo de sol porque tengo un amor que yo adorar. En el futuro, quisiera una buen pareja de mi marido. Yo voy a tener exito y confianza. También yo voy a ser simpatíca y cariñosa. Me molesta mucho los estudiantes son antipáticos o inseguros porque es importante que los son feliz y cuidan con otros. No creo las mujeres necesitan dar el primer paso porque no es propio de u n dama y soy muy tradicional. Tengo miedo do de una cita a ciegas muy mal que estoy muy huraña y mi cita está una persona tacaño o autorotarío.

Soy Afro-Americana. Tengo pelo marrón y medio largo, y los ojos marrónes. Mis ojos tienen forma de una almendra. Tengo los ojos de mi abuelita. Yo llevo los contactos de ojós todos los días porque me gusta mis ojós. Mi pelo es de los rizos estillo de los rastafaris. Me encanta mi pelo mucho porque es diferente y muy llamativa. Mi mama es muy alta, ella corrió en la Universidad y ahora. Es por eso yo soy alta y atlética. Sin embargo, yo remo, no me gusta correr. Remo por tres años y me encanta eso. Por lo tanto quiero ir a una universidad con un equipo de remo. Me gusta cantar, bailar y leer. Me gusta las artes. A veces voy a cantar todo el día. Me pongo un collar de África todos los días. Según dice soy muy étnica, pero para mi, eso es mi moda. 

Soy inteligente por eso es el razón yo quiero a mis amigas porque ellas son intelectuales. Los demás dicen que soy realista y optimista. Es por eso que tengo muchas personas que son felíz en mi vida. No me gusta las personas que dicen el mundo están terrible. Quiero me rodear con las personas positivos. Mis amigas Jessica, Imani, Taylor y Nori son chicas muy positivas. Soy trabajadora y ambiciosa. Remo todos los días de la semana durante el año de escuela. Trabajo mucho duro en todos mis clases. Es por eso que no tengo un novio.No tengo la tiempo. Notas son muy importantes para mi. Fuí a una escuela muy competitivo y me cae mal los gentes muy competitivos. Notas no fué importantes. El medio ambiente de la escuela para mi fué muy mal. Sin embargo, asisto la escuela de SLA y me encanta mucho porque los gentes son muy intelectual y simpatica. Los profesores, los estudiantes y el director son mis amigos porque SLA es una familia. 

Para mi, soy muy llamativa y llevadera pero según dice todo lo contrario. Ellos dicen que soy huraña, pero me gusta ser solo. Me molesta las personas dramáticos porque es un gran pérdida de tiempo. 

Tengo ganas de las personas jovénes quieren atención. Es por eso ellos usen las red sociales para transmiten todos preguntas y problemas. ¡No son necesarios! Tengo un Twitter y Facebook pero no quiero transmite más información de mi vida. Por lo tanto, ellos que dicen soy tímida. Me gusta leo las personas que yo no sabe. Sorprendentemente, mis adivinas son correctos. Eso es un regalo que yo conseguí de mi padre. 

Soy una Cristiana. Me levanté en la iglesia de Christian Stronghold Baptist Church. Es por eso yo soy tranquila, segura, sensible y tradicional. Uso las características más cuando tengo una problema. Mi religión ayudé me cuando me duelo me ánimo. Yo rezo por mis amigos y mi familia muchos. La reza está relajante.

Morgan Marant

X-Band 

Unidad 1 Relaciones Personales: Máscaras de Identidad

Srta. Manuel

“Mi Vida”

Me llamo Morgan Marant, soy de Filadelfia y vivo en Oeste Filadelfia. Soy muy madura porque tengo muchos adultos en mi vida. Me importa mucho las problemas de las mujeres por todo el mundo porque yo soy apasionada por los justos de ellas. Tengo un bolsillo de sol porque tengo un amor que yo adorar. En el futuro, quisiera una buen pareja de mi marido. Yo voy a tener exito y confianza. También yo voy a ser simpatíca y cariñosa. Me molesta mucho los estudiantes son antipáticos o inseguros porque es importante que los son feliz y cuidan con otros. No creo las mujeres necesitan dar el primer paso porque no es propio de u n dama y soy muy tradicional. Tengo miedo do de una cita a ciegas muy mal que estoy muy huraña y mi cita está una persona tacaño o autorotarío.

Soy Afro-Americana. Tengo pelo marrón y medio largo, y los ojos marrónes. Mis ojos tienen forma de una almendra. Tengo los ojos de mi abuelita. Yo llevo los contactos de ojós todos los días porque me gusta mis ojós. Mi pelo es de los rizos estillo de los rastafaris. Me encanta mi pelo mucho porque es diferente y muy llamativa.Mi mama es muy alta, ella corrió en la Universidad y ahora. Es por eso yo soy alta y atlética. Sin embargo, yo remo, no me gusta correr. Remo por tres años y me encanta eso. Por lo tanto quiero ir a una universidad con un equipo de remo. Me gusta cantar, bailar y leer. Me gusta las artes. A veces voy a cantar todo el día. Me pongo un collar de África todos los días. Según dice soy muy étnica, pero para mi, eso es mi moda. 

Soy inteligente por eso es el razón yo quiero a mis amigas porque ellas son intelectuales. Los demás dicen que soy realista y optimista. Es por eso que tengo muchas personas que son felíz en mi vida. No me gusta las personas que dicen el mundo están terrible. Quiero me rodear con las personas positivos. Mis amigas Jessica, Imani, Taylor y Nori son chicas muy positivas. Soy trabajadora y ambiciosa. Remo todos los días de la semana durante el año de escuela. Trabajo mucho duro en todos mis clases. Es por eso que no tengo un novio. No tengo la tiempo. Notas son muy importantes para mi. Fuí a una escuela muy competitivo y me cae mal los gentes muy competitivos. Notas no fué importantes. El medio ambiente de la escuela para mi fué muy mal. Sin embargo, asisto la escuela de SLA y me encanta mucho porque los gentes son muy intelectual y simpatica. Los profesores, los estudiantes y el director son mis amigos porque SLA es una familia. 

Para mi, soy muy llamativa y llevadera pero según dice todo lo contrario. Ellos dicen que soy huraña, pero me gusta ser solo. Me molesta las personas dramáticos porque es un gran pérdida de tiempo. 

Tengo ganas de las personas jovénes quieren atención. Es por eso ellos usen las red sociales para transmiten todos preguntas y problemas. ¡No son necesarios! Tengo un Twitter y Facebook pero no quiero transmite más información de mi vida. Por lo tanto, ellos que dicen soy tímida. Me gusta leo las personas que yo no sabe. Sorprendentemente, mis adivinas son correctos. Eso es un regalo que yo conseguí de mi padre. 

Soy una Cristiana. Me levanté en la iglesia de Christian Stronghold Baptist Church. Es por eso yo soy tranquila, segura, sensible y tradicional. Uso las características más cuando tengo una problema. Mi religión ayudé me cuando me duelo me ánimo. Yo rezo por mis amigos y mi familia muchos. La reza está relajante.

Ultra snobby, Clara Frankofile has everything an 11-year-old could want. She's fabulously wealthy, she lives alone in a penthouse apartment with its own roller coaster and bumper cars... and all of New York City is afraid of her! Each night at the fashionable Pish Posh restaurant, she watches glittery movie actresses, princesses, and celebrities and decides who is important enough to stay...and who she will kick to the sidewalk in disgrace.

But Clara's tidy little world is suddenly turned upside down when she discovers that a most peculiar mystery is happening in the restaurant, right under her upturned nose. With the help up whip-smart 12-year-old jewel thief, Clara embarks on a wildly dangerous mission through the streets of New York to solve a 200-year-old secret.

What did you learn about your partner? 

I learned that Johnny lives in Colombia and is still in college studying computer engineering. He lives in a dorm and enjoys hanging out with his friends, hiking, playing guitar and drinking wine. Johnny also sent me a remake of the Black Eyed Peas song "I got A Feeling" it was really good, and I enjoyed listening to his music.

What did you learn from them?

I learned that a lot of the music that I listen to in America they listen to as well. The thing is that I think the music takes a little while longer to get to them. I also learned how to conjugate irregular verbs in the future, present and past. I also learned about the culture of Colombia, many of the people are huge fans of Shakira.

What did you learn about yourself?

I learned that when I begin to screw up a bit, I mess up things that I already know because I get nervous. I also learned that I need to relax and not take things so seriously when I'm speaking and if I make a mistake it's okay.

What were you surprised about?

I was surprised that we had such a long conversation but I was also glad that we got the opportunity to talk and that he agreed to help me out.

What are you proud of?

I'm proud that I was able to hold a conversation in Spanish for a good amount of time.

What did you learn about your partner? 

I learned that Kike lives in Mexico and completed his studies as a naval engineer. He lives with his mother and grandmother in a house and takes care of the both of them. He also works at a shipyard and because of his studies he has more flexibility with his job than everyone else.

What did you learn from them?

I learned that a lot of the music that I listen to in America they listen to as well. The thing is that I think the music takes a little while longer to get to them. I also learned how to conjugate irregular verbs in the future, present and past.

What did you learn about yourself?

I learned that when I begin to screw up a bit, I mess up things that I already know because I get nervous.

What were you surprised about?

I was surprised that we had such a long conversation but I was also glad that we got the opportunity to talk and that he agreed to help me out.

What are you proud of?

I'm proud that I was able to hold a conversation in Spanish for 30 minutes. I struggled a little bit I was surprised and happy with myself.

• Who did I speak with and why did I choose that person?
  I spoke with a girl named Laurasp from Spain because she's a girl and she's arund my age range. She was really nice and she helped me a lot.  

• What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?

  I learned that she lives in Spain and likes a lot of different types of music. 

• How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goal?

  This interaction helped me because I learned a lot more about Spanish culture. I also wanted to know about the daily life of a person who lives in another country. 

• What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations?

  I improved on my vocabulary and grammar she helped me speak more fluently. 

• What specifically do you need to improve on? (Quote specific things you said or did and what you would have done or said if you could do it again)

  I struggle with a lot of things that have to do with the tenses. Like i get the past and future tenses mixed up. 

What went well? 
We found information on our topic very easily. It was easy for us to research what we wanted and our brainstorming and collaboration went very well. 
What did not? 
We had a lot of ideas for how we wanted our info-graphic to be displayed but they required more photoshop skills than what we were capable of. 
c. What would you do differently next time? 
Next time, we would use paper and pencil so that we could specifically plan out the way we wanted our info-graphic to look. I would also use the spare time we had to look up more information about the company. Also, next time it would be better to use a site where everyone could edit the page, the work basically had to be put on one person. 
d. Specifically comment on the 10 tips for effective infographics -

Be Concise- remain specific to one topic. Although our topic had many elements 

Be Visual- to use visual elements and a lot less words. 

Be Smarter- think about our topic thoroughly and use whatever elements we think will work best. 

Be Transparent- to make it obvious. 

Be Different- to be creative. 

Be Accurate- make sure we do research on our topic.

Be Attractive- make sure it looks nice and is aesthetically appealing. 

Be Varied- have a variety of images

Be Gracious- fair. 

Be Creative- use the left side of our brains. 

Which of these areas did you excel in? Which were not so well represented? Why do you think some elements of design were easier or harder to include in the end product?

What did you learn from doing this project?  

How do you feel about your final product?

If you could do your project all over again, what would you do differently/the same?

• what it's like to work as a tomato picker in Florida 
  The work is really hard and painful. They usually work in horrible conditions and for little pay. 
• the problem with buying tomatoes from Trader Joe's
  Trader Joe's has refused to boycott companies that make it possible for these conditions to continue. The workers would like one cent more per bucket of tomatoes.
• what we can do about it 
  We can boycott Trader Joe's and write letter to the CEO. It's not fair for working people to earn less than minimum wage. 

• How did you group go about making a decision for what to focus on for the project?
  Our group focused on several of the points highlighted in the information on voter turnout. We found that several people of lower income and status chose not to vote. Their reasons for choosing not too were unknown but what was known is that voting is extremely important. We saw reports that other countries who had administered compulsory voting had a higher voting percentage then ours. That's why we decided to focus on compulsory voting. 
• 11th grade Essential ? - What is the role of the individual in creating and sustaining change?  The role of the individual is to create a successful environment which many can agree with and believe in. When creating change it is also important that the person is passionate and believes in their ideal. To sustain change the person must be persisten in their ventures for change. 
• How has your understanding of the electoral process and whether or not the US is a democracy evolved during this unit?
  It has changed because in my opinion, I feel that America is still a democracy but in a way these restrictions go back to civil rights times in the 60's. The government says that they're trying to prevent vouter fraud but there has been very few cases of voter fraud. It seems to me that they are attempting to keep certain groups from voting.  
• How did you decide to best relay a message to a national audience with your marketing campaign?
  We decided it would be best to make our video as interactive as possible and to engage people with our print-ad. We felt that it was best to try and make them as interesting as possible because it is important.

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Morgan Marant

Gold Stream

A SEPTA Mentality

            There is a natural code of conduct while riding a SEPTA bus. That is: you’re in public, treat this bus better then you would yourself. SEPTA even took the time to put these rules on every bus in Philadelphia. Apparently, the woman next t me had never taken the time to read the rules or to even consider that she’s not on the bus alone. She talked animatedly into her phone and loudly popped her gum; unaware that everyone on the bus could hear her conversation.

“I don’t unda-stand ‘POP’ why I didn’t get the job! ‘POP’ I mean, I’m qualified and sh*t ya know what I’m sayin! ‘POP’ they just aint hire me cuz I’m back.”

My first impulse was to slap the phone out of her hand. The reason you didn’t get the job is because of the way you speak not because of your ethnicity, I thought. She probably doesn’t know any better. What a shame.

James Baldwin the author of several books writes “To open your mouth…  is to ‘put your business in the street.’ You have confessed your parents, your youth, your shoo, your self-esteem and alas your future.”  He is undoubtedly correct. The way a person speaks not only conveys their language it can exhibit how they were raised.  Language and speech can dictate who a person becomes as an adult.

My mother and father both pushed me to speak properly. My mother- a lawyer- and my father –a school teacher- taught me to use correct grammar at some of the earliest stages in my life.  There were many times in my life where I went to conventions and legal functions with my mother. Several times I was complimented on how well spoken I was at such a young age. When I attended middle school the way I spoke began to give me a problem. My peers would often tell me that I didn’t speak like the stereotypical black girl was supposed to therefore that made me not black but an Oreo; white on the inside and black on the outside. My speech displayed that I was and still am destined to be successful. It appears that the way a ‘black girl’ speaks does not reveal those ideas or characteristics.  

After those incidents I began taking out my anger on people who resembled the ones that made fun of me; most of them were of my own ethnicity. I looked down on them. Why couldn’t they speak proper English like the rest of the world? Why were so many of them loud and angry? Why couldn’t they be like everyone else? Then I came to an understanding that I knew nothing of every individual, black person in the United States. I was judging them solely, on how they spoke. Their language defined the identity that society had already created for them and I went along with it and even believed it.

A language does show a lot about a person’s identity. A language can even determine people’s initial reaction upon first meeting them but a language cannot determine where a person ends up. If and only if they allow the identity that society has placed upon them to hinder them then they have allowed themselves to become a product of their language and environment.

            Even though I am older and wiser I still cringe when I hear a person speak like the woman on the SEPTA bus. A small part of me retreats back into my old personality and says, “Here’s another black person setting us back five years.” As I pull myself out of that mindset I know that it is just a language. A language that only defies how the person speaks and not who they are. A number of comparisons can be made between ethnicity, language and class but the truth is the way a person speaks does not create their identity.  It creates the identity that society has designated for them.