Friday, April 22, 2011

Servive Learning Experience

I must say my Service Learning Experience was wonderful. I know what most of us think when we are inform that service learning hours are required for a class, first thing that comes to mind is "Oh no again, I don't have time for that". However, I find the experience of it quite entertaining. For past classes, I volunteered for an agency called Cool Kids Learn which is located in Miami Lakes, but this semester I participated in the mentor-ship program. The mentor-ship is a program that helps ESOL students with their English. As a mentor, I was allow to help a student that was learning the language and was struggling with homeworks and other class projects. Not only did i feel satisfied with my job because i knew i had helped someone but also i made a friend. I personally know how it feels when you first come to this country and you don't know the language very well, it could be stressful and a painful process for the brain because there's so much you are taking in. I wish i had someone to back me up and be there when I had any question. I'm happy i got the opportunity to participate in this program and i encourage and recommend everyone that needs to do service learning to participate in it!

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Air traffic controller

 The difficulty of this job is clearly outlined when you first decide to go into that field, I'm sure they were very aware of the lack of sleep and hours that they needed to dedicated to their job.  Before applying for any position, specially one as harsh demanding as an air traffic controller, one should realize the amount of time they're going to have to spend for that field, and the pivotal fact that they aren't going to be able to get as much sleep as before. An air traffic controller falling asleep is a threat that can cause  serious situations, accidents and chaos in any airport.

Education

 The era that we are currently in is contradicting because there are so many resources to aid in obtaining a solid education, yet the sources are considered distracting and are utilized for the wrong purposes instead. I agree with him when he states that forcing individualism in schools is not a secure movement. The best tool for students to learn is sharing and exchanging ideas with other students and work as a team. The greatest inventions and discoveries we have witnessed have been made by teams, groups of people working together t in order to find the unknown, not just a single individual working by himself.

Latest News

  Starting with all the catastrophes in Japan, to the political scandals in Africa along with Obama's address the other day, the news reports  have been filled with all kinds of bad events. Another recent event that has been quite controversial took place in the athletic department, where the NFL will most likely not hold a season next year because of the lack of economic agreements between players and other NFL associates.

Hamlet: Act V

This play is a very unique version and a good way to revive the classic Hamlet story. Even though I am not fond of this sort of treatment and torture, this murderers got what they deserve.The play was very well rehearsed and humorous but I'm quite surprised that these criminals are able to have such a good and pleasant time in a correctional facility where it's supposed to be the opposite.Aside from this the play was well acted and the characters gave the play a unique and different vibe to the old Hamlet.

Hamlet Act IV

This is a pivotal act in the play. He not only conveys the message he has so longingly wanted to instill in his mother, but he also mistakenly murders Polonius confusing him for King Claudius himself. Because of this act, the rest of the story unfolded the way it did. His mother had enough reason to believe him to be mad after this course of action, and King Claudius made his final decision to send him to England because of the results of his insanity. In this act, the reader is also exposed to Ophelia's mournful lunacy as she realizes her father's death. This act is also important because Laertes is also informed of his father's passing, and begins to accumulate the hate that caused him to eventually cause Hamlet's demise. This act is definitely one of the most action-packed and decisive in the play.

Art and Our Relationship with Technology

Technology is continuously developing more and more and we humans have become very dependent on it. We rely on technology for basically anything, making it predominant on our daily basis. Every years technology improves and new inventions are made to make our lives easier and easier, so much that we cannot live without technology nowadays. What is also amazing is how technology is even becoming part of a very traditional form of art.