Senior Project presentation

On June 1, 2011 I will be performing my Senior Project presentation on entrepreneurship. I will have a PowerPoint to assist me, and make the content of my rhetoric more appealing. I will need to be confident and bombastic while I'm the center of attention. This is an opportunity to almost promote an idea just like a successful business leader and innovator. If I can conquer and excel at this area of public speaking, I know I can be successful in my desired field of study. I plan to put on a show, but I hope it's not strictly business. Hopefully I can show off a little of my humorous side, or there's a possibility that I won't be making any jokes. You never know, but what I do know is that I will present my topic to the best of my ability because, you know, I don't want to disappoint all my Shaqoholics.

Field Trip # 12

Yesterday I went to 30 Strikes for one of my final visits. I had to stand by for a while because my sponsor went somewhere to get some paraphanelia for his boat. When he arrived, I was ready to tell him about the process I've made for my presentation. I told him about the research that I've done, and he suggested that I elaborate on some of my pionts. He said that I shouldn't memorize big paragraphs of information, but I intend on memorizing as much as I can to assure that I present to the best of my ability. Also, I took a photo of him for my presentation and hopefully I can get some video. 

Mac & Shaq

Yesterday afternoon, I had a improv mentor meeting with Coach Mac. I talked about how my PowerPoint was turning out, and I exhibited a great deal of confidence about my presentation in a little over a week. I said that I have to get pictures of him and my sponsor for my PowerPoint, and that I have to get really familiar with it, so I won't have to depend on looking at it a lot during my presentation. After our talk about that, I printed out my brochure that I made, and he noticed that I spelled his first and last name wrong. I was permeated with embarrassment, and he explained the reason for the pronunciation for peoples' whose last name begin with the letters Mc. I enjoyed the meeting as always because not only do we get stuff done, we have fun in the process.

Field Trip # 11

After another unsuccessful club meeting, I headed to 30 Strikes with an melancholic expression. When I arrived there. my sponsor was talking to a man who was giving him pointers on how to attract customers, and I found it ironic that I was having the same quagmire. They talked for about an hour and half about what they can do to improve the bowling alley. After the man left, my sponsor asked me how things were going, and I told him about my problem with the vacancies of my club meetings. He suggested that I make a sign up list. Also, he said that international dance was too broad, and that I should narrow it down. Hopefully, I can get it up and running with some clever propaganda.

Putting the word out.

Last week I reached an agreement with Ms. Mose to have my International Dance Club meeting on this Thursday,and I also asked her could she get Mr. Flick to put an announcement for it in the morning. The plan worked and all this week their has been brief announcements in the morning about the club. On this past Wednesday I took another approach and asked Ms. Mose could I make a short announce about the club meeting during the Hispanic culture club meeting, and she granted me the oppurtunity. I explained what the club was about in very little words, but I captivated the audience because they seemed interested in the idea. I really hope that some people show up because the club would be very useful to put in my presenation.

Field trip # 10

When I arrived at the bowling this past Friday, my sponsor had already left.( He's always forgeting about me) I decided to sit and observe during his absence. I noticed that the alley was nearly vacant besides from a few players that I'm assuming were a part of a league. After they left the place was vacant, so I understand why it can function without my sponsor.

Shaq&Mac

On Thursday afternoon, I had my mentor meeting with the very humorous Coach MacElroy. I told him about my presentation, and how I had to present for 45 minutes. We were trying to brainstorm idea for what I can do for my presentations. We talked about what I can use for symbol or a product for my topic, and it was very entertaining trying to concoct ideas. After that we were trying to figure out how Coach Mac could comment on my blog entrees. There was some difficulties at first, but the brilliant Coach Mac figured it out. (I'm proud of that guy)

Hey you might be gifted!

 Many people perceive gifted students as those who get all A's, are at the top of their class, and are very well rounded. These are common misconceptions and myths, and it is not reliable to determine whether or not someone is gifted. The different types of Intelligence enables the possibility of determining a person who is gifted other than what they scored on their IQ test or any type of test that might not expose what you truly know. I believe that I'm among many gifted students whether they know it or not, and some people may argue that they aren't gifted because they are not common, but I disagree. I don't believe that everyone is gifeted but I do believe that giftedness can be acquired by anyone who has fortunate oppurtunities and surroundings. I believe that my senior project class is occupied with gifted students, whom have different type s of intelligences: Mike Peak is linguisticly  intelligent, Ron, Jigga, and Kyle have music intelligence, Rondel has bodily-kinesthetic intelligence, Quashelle and Nalea have interpersonal intelligence, and Marrisa has a naturalist intelligence.

Senior Citizens Desert Extravaganza!

On Friday night of last week, I participated in one of the most fun and exhilarating events of the school year. This event is the Senior Citizens Desert Extravaganza, where we put on a show, and provide a desert buffet for the community, but it was mainly for the senior citizens. There are many factors that contributed to the success of that night. For month's it was like Ms. Porter was running a business, which I think she has some experience with. It was paramount that we organized and planned meticulously in order to have that night be a total success. Some of Ms. Porters' classess contributed to baking the deserts, making the invitations, and the drawing and painting of the decorations. We were coherced to work together assisdously to meet an objective. We had some errors and imperfections here and there, but for the most part, I think we were rolling on all cylinders when it came to preparing for that night. When the night of May the 6th came, and after all the preparations, the cafeteria looked like a euphoria that we just concocted out of nowhere, and I was proud that I was a part of that business.

Constroversial Conundrums

Since I'm the captain of controversy, it is only fitting for me to talk about big news, which is the death of the face of Alqeida, Osama Bin Ladin. Many Americans were euphoric when they heard the news of our navy Seals finally killing the man who has been hiding for ten years, and who has brought upon a crude and visceral burden to our country with his callous acts of depravity. I understand why so many Americans are celebrating his death, but not everyone feels that way and that's when the controversy begins. Some group of people such as, some of  those hypocritical Christians, believe that we should not be praising the death of Bin Ladin because two wrongs don't make a right. In my opinioin, to all that think like that, I say this is not the time to play Ghandi and King, what we did is just, and if it's not, it was necessary evil. It is so easy for people to say is wrong, but most likely the same people that say it's wrong don't have any family member and loved ones who died in those two towers. I think Bin Ladin had it easy, and was just put to death because the remainder of his years on Earth would have been far from pleasant. One word from Captain Controversy....Empathy

Bad start to bad business

This past Friday was the first meeting of my International Dance Club. On that day, I asked for their to be an announcement at the end of the day for a reminder about the first club meeting. When the time came for the meeting in C105, the room was almost vacant. Ms. Mose said that there was one person interested in the club, but she couldn't stay. I knew then that I need to take different approach to get a membership. There are probably many factors that contributed to the lack of success. First, the day Friday may not seem like the smartest day to hold a meeting, especially if the club isn't "up and running". People all across the school have been reading my signs that I put up, and many have shown interest in the club, but I need to do more than that to make people act on their interest and actually become a member of the club. Many peers have suggested that I try to get the word out about the club on the morning announcements, and it sounds like a wise idea. This failure was a good learning experience, and I can relate this to how I need to catch people's interest for a business because if I were to fail, I won't be making much dinero in the future.