3rd quarter 3/17

I watched a Ted Talk on How to Prevent Alzheimer. In this Ted Talk the creator had visual representation in the background in order to have her audience more captivated in what she was talking about and also to help  them visualize it. She showed clips and small animations. I  think that having props or any visuals helps to get your point across better, helps them see what you see. She also had facts and research to back her statements up. She was well informed on her topic and that is very important especially when you are trying to teach someone about it. She did not seem clueless, she was confident while speaking which made it easier to watch and easier to take her seriously. If you are trying to inform people on a certain topic you should always be confident in what you are saying if you seem uncertain with some of your information people will stop listening to it. So the tips that i will take from this Ted Talk would be to have visual representations, be well informed on my topic and also to speak in front of everyone with great confidence so they will for a fact take me seriously.

3rd quarter 3/3

From an early age, maybe when i was in kinder-garden i had my mind set on becoming a veterinarian. I was obsessed with animals, i had many pets growing up and some were a bit unusual. My first pet was a fish, i took good care of it i always made sure the tank was clean and that it was feed. It ended up dying 7 months later though fro natural causes lol. In my 3rd grade class we did an experiment where we took care of duck eggs, kept them in an incubator and watched them hatch. We kept them for weeks but then they had to go, i volunteered to take home two of the ducklings, they were adorable. I had them for maybe 3 years, they grew up pretty big and fat. I also had a turtle as a pet for a while, he was tiny. But i never loved those pets as much as i loved my dogs. In the 5th grade i was given a half pit half lab female mix, she was a muscular good looking dog with a white stripe going down her nose. Her name was Sassy. A year later she had 6 healthy puppies that i kept for about 5 months.Imagine having 7 dogs and most of them as babies, i was in heaven. I couldn't wait to come home to my puppies everyday after school. Eventually had to give some away because they were getting way too big. I did get to keep one though, so that left me with two dogs. I had them up until the 11th grade, last year. My grandma would complain about the dogs a lot even though they were the most friendliest  well behaved dogs ever, so they gave them away while i was on vacation because they knew that if i was there i wouldnt let anyone tough my babies. As i got older i researched more how much veterinarians make a year and the schooling they have to go through and what they do as animal doctors and i realized quickly that that is not the career for me. Im still undecided as t what i want to study and have as a career

3rd quarter 2/10 Critical thinking

At a very young age, especially being a female in a Hispanic household i was taught how to do many household chores. I was taught to always clean up after myself and my younger siblings. Learning how to make my bed, sweep, mop, vacuum, wash the dishes, do laundry, and even cook is very important to my family. All children should have some type of responsibility at home so they value their homes and family more. If all a child does all day after school is eat and play and never clean up after themselves they'll see their mother or whoever is taking care of them as a maid and will grow up clueless to all the things you have to do when your parents are not around. In order to grow up independent your parent must teach you at an early age the basic responsibilities that you will have to worry about when you're on your own. Your parents wont always be there for you and most kids nowadays forget that. As for helping out financially, i believe that at a certain age 18+ you should already have a job and could chip in on bills if your parents ask you to or if they seem like they need the help. You shouldn't have to give your whole paycheck though, you need to start saving up for your future. Sometimes parents are too prideful to ask for financial help but if you know your parent are struggling and your have younger siblings, it really is your job to lend a helping hand. Plus its always a good feeling to know you are helpful to the people who took care of you your entire life, it feels good to give back.

April 28th Ted Talk

Now that the Ted Talk is done, I feel pleased with the work that I had done. I'm relieved that I got it done and handed it in on time. I was very into the topic that I had chosen since I can relate to it and have had some experiences with this. The issue on Gangs and Gang violence is something I think everyone should be informed on for their own security. This topic affects a lot of people and their families, it affects people who aren’t even gang affiliated. No matter what, eventually at one point in your life you will come across someone who is in a gang. I was happy to be informative on the topic to hopefully bring more attention to all the things going on in the world because of this. It was easy to write about this topic because I was already informed on the topic and experience it in my everyday life. Three of my strengths during this assignment were my abilities to find research quickly, my ability to put some of my personality into my writing so it wouldn't sound like a research paper and the organization of my paper. My weaknesses were citing my sources, staying on topic and not being more creative when making my video. I wanted to have props and a nice background but I was running out of time, I could've done a lot better with my video but at least I got it done.