Monday, December 12, 2011

Writing Standards Portfolio

Hey, as a sophomore in Mene Mac we needed to do a Writing Standards Portfolio.  The purpose of this portfolio is to reflect on my essays and what I have learned this semester.  I feel that I have improved as a writer and will continue to grow throughout the year.  Please visit my website to view my portfolio.


Parents: Please answer these questions below as a comment.  Thanks!
  1. What piece of writing did you like best in my portfolio and why?
  2. What did you like about my portfolio and sharing and what would you like to see me improve on?
  3. Which of the writing traits (ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency) do you feel was most successful for me?
  4. Which of the traits of writing would you like me to improve on in the coming semester?

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Draft for Angry Letter

Dear Hawaii State Department of Education,

Hawaii Public Schools have been filled with a variety of classes and filled with dedicated teachers.  Your decisions on education in Hawaii have driven graduates to success after high school.

However, currently you have boosted up the requirements for graduation.  We are required to take 4 years of English, 4 years of History, 3 years of Science, and 3 years of Math in order to graduate.  That leaves us with about 6 ½ electives since Physical Education and Health take 3 semester classes.  Then with the 6 ½ electives we need to take a 2 year classes of a foreign language, which then leaves us with 4 ½ electives.  I say that's not enough classes for electives in order to explore and find out what we want to do in the future.  High School is not only about academics and your core classes but it is about finding out what you want to do in life after college or high school.  When you keep increasing the amount of classes required for graduation, we don’t have the class periods to take classes like Business, or IET, or Graphics, or even Photography to find what we really want to do with our live.

As a sophomore at Moanalua High School, I only have one true elective class this years and it is Business Core.  I have my 4 core classes: English II, U.S. History, Basic Physics, and Algebra II.  Then one of my electives is for my foreign language, which is Japanese 1.  Junior Year, I only have one elective.  I will have my 4 core classes: English III, World History, Chemistry, and Trigonometry, then one elective for Japanese 2.  Since I only had one elective I decided to take Photography 1, however two other elective I wanted to take was an Accounting class and take IET Core.  I can’t take it since I only have one period for an elective class.  Then senior year, I will only have one elective again.  Since I am taking 4 years of core classes since it looks good on college applications and I am taking Japanese 3 for foreign language.  So it looks like I will only had 4 ½ elective classes open in my schedule.

The only way to open up my schedule and get more electives on my schedule is to go to summer school.  Going to summer school is difficult since I travel in the summer for volleyball so I am unable to go to summer school.  Decreasing the graduation requirements will allow students to have more elective classes in order for them to find themselves and find something they want to do in life.  Or you should have the schools give us more class periods and longer days in order to have more electives.

Sincerely,



Mikayla Domingo

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Risky Business Argumentative Essay: Cyberbullying Draft and Bibliography


Cyberbullying means sending insulting or threatening emails, texts, or instant messages directly to someone using a computer or cell phone.  It means spreading hateful comments about someone through emails, blogs, online profiles, or chat rooms.  It means stealing passwords and sending out threatening messages using a false identity.  It means building a website targeting specific people.  If there is so many ways to hurt people through technology, how come there is no laws or punishments for cyberbullying.  Only recently the United States have been instating laws to help reduce cyberbullying.  Even at that it is not enough these laws need to be strictly enforced by the government, and the people being held accountable for their actions.

People argue the cyberbullying laws are a violation of the 1st Amendment, more specifically the freedom of speech and the freedom of expression.  In Michigan, Joshua Mahaffey was 15, he and a friend created this web site in 2001.  The website was called “Satan’s Web page” and according to Joshua it was created it for laughs.  On the website listed “people I wish would die,” which listed names of several students at their schools.  Then a parent notified the police about the site, it’s a threat and posed an infraction against the cyberbullying laws.  Joshua was interviewed and admitted to creating and contributing to the website.  Then he was sent to a local psychiatric hospital.  After three days, doctors released him as not a threat to himself and others.  The school then suspended him for the first semester.  Joshua’s parents then sued the school district for violating his freedom of expression.  Joshua then won his case against the school district.  However, after September 11th security against another terriost attack was on highest alert.  People’s rights were thrown out the window.  People were listening to people’s conversations and looking at what they post online, trying to prevent the next terriost attack to help save millions of lives.  So shouldn’t the same measures be taken to help decrease the amount of cyber bullying and the number of victims?

When you are a victim of cyberbullying you feel guilty like it is your fault.  You feel unsafe and afraid. You feel hopeless and stuck like you can’t get out of the situation.  You feel alone, like there is no one to help you.  You feel depressed and feeling rejected by your friends and others.  You feel confused and stressed out wondering what to do and why this is happening to you.  You feel ashamed that this is happening to you. According to a study by the Cyberbullying Research Center, 40% of victims felt scared, 51% of victims felt sad and depressed and 55% felt frustrated and didn’t know what to do.  Your self-esteem goes down when you have been cyber bullied.  Well according to the Cyberbullying Research Center, on a scale of 1 to 4 a cyber bully victim’s self esteem is 2.67 where as a non-cyber bully victim is 3.01. The only way to prevent people especially teenagers from feeling like their weak and hopeless and can’t do nothing about it, is to enforce the cyber bullying laws strictly.

Cyberbullying is deadly.  When teens are cyber bullied they feel so bad that it drives them to take their own lives to end the pain and suffering.  According to the a study found that cyberbullying victims are 1.9 times more likely to commit suicide than those with no experience of cyberbullying.  In Missouri, Megan Meier had struck up an relationship with a boy named Josh Evans on MySpace.  He messaged her and asked to be her friend.  Megan accepted and continued on for about 6 weeks.  Then Josh turned on Megan, telling her that she was cruel and he didn’t want to be her friend anymore.  He told her that the world would be a better place without her in it.  Other postings found on Josh’s site read: “Megan Meier is a slut,” and “Megan Meier is fat.”  Megan’s last message to Josh read, “You are a boy a girl would kill herself over.”  On October 16, 2006, Megan hanged herself with a belt in her bedroom closet.  In Florida, a boy named Jeff Johnston stood out because he was almost 6 feet tall and because of his long shoulder length hair.  After breaking up with a girl in 7th grade, he was bullied online and was called a stalker for the next three years.  Then when he was in 8th grade someone hacked into his online video game account and left it filled with nasty comments.  At 15 years old, Jeff wrote notes that read, “the world would never change” and “I will never get over 8th grade.”  After he left the notes in his bedroom, he hanged himself in his closet.  How many lives need to be lost before the government does something about it and enforces the laws strictly.

In Missouri, there is a law that states “Harassment by computer, text message, and other electronic devices is illegal; it is it is a felony for an adult (age 21 or older) to cyberbully anyone 17 or younger.  Violation of the law is a misdemeanor punishable by a $500 fine and 90 days in jail.”  Every state in the United States needs to follow Missouri’s example and do the same.  Make a strict law and enforce it so we are able to decrease the amount of cyber bullying and once again have teens feel safe and secure.

Bibliography:
Cavanaugh, Millie Anne. "Cyberbullying Can Have Deadly Consequences - Parent Liability for Bully Behavior." Help for Troubled Teens Boarding Schools - Aspen Education. 29 Oct. 2011 <http://www.aspeneducation.com/Article-cyberbulling-consequences.html>.

"Cyberbullying." KidsHealth - the Web's most visited site about children's health. 29 Oct. 2011 <http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/talk/cyberbullying.html>.

Cyberbullying Research Center - cyber bullying examples, cases, laws, articles, stories, presentations, videos, facts, statistics. 29 Oct. 2011 <http://www.cyberbullying.us/research.php>.

Jacobs, Thomas A. Teen Cyberbullying Investigated: Where Do Your Rights End and Consequences Begin? Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit Pub., 2010. Print.

"Teen Health - Health Topics." CYH Home - Home. 29 Oct. 2011 <http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=243>.

Monday, September 12, 2011

College Essay/Personal Statement Essay Draft

My adventures in a new place, in a new country, and in a new culture were about to begin as soon as I took my first step on the airplane.  I have never visited a foreign country before let alone by myself.  As I made my way towards my assigned seat, I saw the group of teachers and fellow students I will be stuck with for the next 2 weeks.  Oh wait I mean the group of people I am going to share this unforgettable experience. 
I always wanted to go to Japan but never had enough money to actually go on the trip.  It was a dream that I thought never would had happened.  Until the day Mrs. Carmody wanted to talk to me.  She said, “Mikayla, I need to talk to you for a second.”  I slowly walked over with palms sweating cause I thought I was in trouble or failing English or Social Studies class.  Then she said, “I recommended you to go on a trip with the school to Japan.  You work hard and you earned it.” I thanked her then, walked out of the classroom to go to recess with a million questions popping into my head, “Will my parents let me go?  Can we afford it?  Will I be able to survive with out my mom and dad?” I couldn’t wait to tell my parents about the amazing news.  As I waited for my mom to come home, I played in my head what Mrs. Carmody had said over and over again. My mom and dad got home I smiled at them and told them the news.  They exchanged a bunch of mixed looks and looked back at me and said, “We shall see Mikayla, we may not have enough money but let’s wait to see if you are chosen to go.” After that the dream of going to Japan was stuck in my head like a piece of gum stuck to the bottom of your shoe.  I could not stop thinking about it, I would doze off in class thinking about it and dream about it every night.  The trip was so close but yet so far, it would be an opportunity of a lifetime.
Later on that week I got a called into the office of the vice principal for a meeting.  As I walked down, I thought to myself, “What did I do? I never get called down to the vice principal’s or principal’s office.”  But it helped that the security guard assured me that I wasn’t in trouble.  I arrived at the small, cozy office and the vice principal said to me, “ Congratulations Mikayla, we would like to give you the opportunity to travel with the school to Japan.” After that, I was so shocked that I was speechless I didn’t know what to say, all I could say was, “Thank you, thank you, thank you so much.”  I called my parents as soon as school was over and told the, “They accepted me.  I get to go to Japan!”  The first thing my mom said was what every mom would say, “Congratulations.”  Then my mom was quiet, became serious and said, “I am not sure we can afford it, we have to discuss it as a family when we get home.”  When mom and dad finally arrived home, it felt like I was waiting for hours until they finally arrived home.  My mom sat me down with my dad and said with a straight face, “If you really want to go on this trip, we all have to make sacrifices and you need to fundraise to make money.”  I quickly replied, “Yes, I will fundraise.”  The school organized a Zippy’s chill fundraiser and my mom told me, “If I wanted to go to on the trip I need to sell 100 chill tickets.”  So I went out on a mission to sell 100 tickets by selling to my neighbors, selling to my teachers, and selling to my family.  I had finally begged on my knees to my grandma to buy the last few tickets and she said, “Ok I will take it.”  Finally, after 1 month, 1 long month I could say, “Mission accomplish!”  After that my mom couldn’t say no to me and said, “You better start packing your bags for Japan.”
  Osaka, Japan was the first stop on our trip, since it was where the airport was located.  Once we landed, everyone was beyond exhausted.  We were all happy to go to the hotel and rest to be ready for the busy and adventurous trip. We went from Osaka to Miyajima, where we saw our first deer in Japan, visited a temple, and went shopping.  I have never seen a deer before since in Hawaii you don’t see any animals just wondering around unless it is someone’s pet lost.  The rice paddles was special only found there so I wanted to buy a million of these rice paddles that have sayings in the paddle.  Each of the paddles sayings is a life lesson and describes important traits people should have like fighting spirit, or caring.  However, I restricted myself from buying more than 5 by telling myself over and over again, “Girl, it’s only the first day you need to save your money for the rest of the trip.”
From Miyajima we traveled to Hiroshima, and then things got serious.  We went to pay our respects at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and Museum.  It was very emotional to see the destruction and the memorial of Sadako with all of her cranes.  I thought, “How can man do this to one another and I wish that man would stop fighting and we could all get along.” 
After Hiroshima we went to Himeji Castle where we all saw our first cherry blossoms in full bloom and lush.  All of us soaked in the culture of Japan as we walked around the castle.  Once we walked through Himeji Castle, we went to Kyoto for a river boat ride where we each took turns going to the front of the boat and took pictures with the scenery full of exotic plants.  After that we went to visit the Great Buddha of Todaiji Temple, where we had fun learning the culture and seeing if people could fit through a hole in a pillar.  If you fit you would prosper in life.  After we went to the Golden Pavilion, we all wanted to go inside but we couldn’t.  When I first saw the Golden Pavilion my jaw dropped instantly and I thought to myself, “Can you believe it?  A whole temple made of what looks like gold.”  We ended up doing a quick photo op, paid our respects and left.  After, on the tour bus, on our way back to the hotel, I realized Japan has a lot of temples and castles to pay their respects to the culture and to people that have pasted.  From that day on I made a promise to my self to be respectful to other people’s culture and to people that have pasted.
We went to Ikeda, to visit our sister school for home stay.  I got to see what school in Japan was like, they all wore uniforms and had to clean up at a certain time.  The school had no toilet paper on the ground, no gum on the ground, and no graffiti on the walls.  The classrooms were like ordinary classrooms with white rooms and rows of desks.  After the school day was done, the weekend began where I actually get to stay with a Japanese family.  Then I went to a place I would call home for the next 3 days. The house looked so different from my house back home, they had no beds, and instead they slept on futons.  They treated me to dinner that night and taught me to try new things, because before that I was terrified of change but thanks to my host family I will never forget to always try new things.  I tried salmon sushi for the first time and fell in love with it.  I learned how to make origami and speak a little Japanese.  They treated me like one of them and I will never forget them.  When it came to the day we had to say good bye, tears were rushing down my face so fast and I couldn’t stop, I missed them already. 
After we left from Ikeda for Lake Ashi Cruise, where we had fun riding panda cars and enjoying the beauty of Japan’s natural tourist attraction.  After the cruise was done, we went to a Komagotake Cable Car Ride to a Owakudani Volcano Site where we ate special black eggs that is suppose to add 10 years to your life.  Right, when I heard about the eggs I was like cool I want to try it.  However when I saw the black eggs it was a different story.  I said, “No, I am not eating the black egg, it looks gross and nasty.”  After everyone ate theirs they all said the same thing, “It taste like a regular egg, you will be fine.”  Then I took the chance of eating the egg.  I peeled the shell off slowly, everyone staring at me.  Then I took the first bite, the my taste buds immediately told me, “It taste good, take another bite.”  Next thing I know the egg was gone. 
Then went to our traditional hotel called Hakone Kagatsuen where we were fully emerged into the Japanese culture.  We had to wear Japanese kimonos, eat traditional Japanese food like nato, and bath naked with a bunch of strangers in a hot spring.  Taking a bath in the hot spring was cool.  At first, I thought to myself, “What kind of tradition is this?  Where, I need to bath or swim naked with a bunch of strangers?  That is just messed up.”  Afterwards it felt just like I was swimming in a huge Olympic size swimming pool with strangers, it didn’t even feel like we were talking a bath just playing and having fun in the pool with close friends.  After that night there, while falling asleep I realized that every culture is different, we just need to accept their traditions in order to get along. 
After that we went to Toshiba Science Museum where we had fun watching dry ice float in the air.  I was like how can this thing float in the air going around and around this little container.  Then the last day of the trip we went to a near by mall where we rode on the rollercoaster that had steep drop and many loop de loops above the mall.  It took me a while to even get on the rollercoaster since I am terrified of heights.  One look at the rollercoaster and I said, “Pass, I don’t want to ride it.”  However after everyone went on the ride and told me, “Oh my gosh this rollercoaster is insane you have to go on it.  It’s not that bad once you get past the huge drop you are fine.  Come on.”  Once, I built up the guts to go on it, I went in the car was strapped in and there was no turning back.  I screamed my head off like my life depended on it.  After I got off, we went to see the photos of us on the ride and I started cracking up laughing.  I don’t know if it was the adrenaline still running through my body but I went on it again and after that I couldn’t stop until it was time to go back to the hotel.  Then at the end of the day we went to a baseball game but had no idea what the score was since everything was in Japanese.
On the airplane ride home, I thought to myself, “I have had the trip of a lifetime and will cherish it forever.”  I had learned a lot from it not just the Japanese culture but also the life lessons.  The lessons I learned was to try new things, to live my life to the fullest, to overcome my fears, and to not judge any culture by what you see on the media.  When we got to the airport, I caught the sight of my parents ran at full speed to them dropping all my bags to give them a hug and say, “Thank you, thank you, and thank you for everything.”

Monday, August 29, 2011

College Essay/Personal Statement Topic


UCLA (University of California Los Angeles):
Tell us about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution or experience that is important to you. What about this quality or accomplishment makes you proud and how does it relate to the person you are? 


University of Arizona Website: http://www.arizona.edu/

Standford University Website: http://www.stanford.edu/ 

University of Washington Website: http://www.washington.edu/

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Draft for Coming Of Age Essay


As the pilot landed the plane, I looked out the window and saw flat land, the scenery of Phoenix, Arizona.  As I step onto the airplane bridge walkway, I was ready for my volleyball trip.  It seemed just like a regular volleyball trip.  It felt like a regular volleyball trip but little did I know that I was taking the first step towards my future.

It was 6 o’clock in the morning when my alarm went off “BEEP, BEEP, BEEP!”  I kept saying to myself, “Come on get up and get ready”, but my body was telling me, “Five more minutes, five more minutes.”  As I slowly got up, I put on my clothes, do my hair, brush my teeth, and ate home made waffles with syrup, then went into the van. 

Ever since I was young, my mom would say, “So what colleges do you want to go to?”  Then I would think, “Why do I need to think about this stuff already it’s so far away?”  However it all changed, the moment I set foot, sore knee, and crutch on to the University of Arizona campus my first college, and my first campus tour.

As we arrived at Tucson, Arizona we also walked into the gates of University of Arizona or otherwise known as U of A.  I took one look at the campus and I didn’t know what to say.  My mom and I were dropped off at the Office of Admissions while my dad and brother went to park the car.  As we entered the room, I saw how enormous the room is and I thought to myself, “If the room is enormous, image how huge the campus is going to be.” 

I went up to the receptionist to check myself in for the campus tour.  The receptionist asked me “Name?”  I answered, “Domingo, Mikayla party of 4.”  She said, “Ok got you, just sit down in the room and the presentation will begin soon.”  As I made my way to a seat, I thought to myself, “Wow I actually did it.  I am now an adult and people actually respect me.”

As the presentation to start, I took one look around at the crowd and thought to myself, “I am not the only one looking at colleges and getting ready for my future.”  The power point was extremely informative and I thought to myself, “WOW!” that was all I could seem to think or say.  Next thing I know everyone is exiting the room for the tour of the campus. 

As I made my way through the campus and the tour guide is droning on and on about how you should go the school and what they have to offer.  I look around the campus and think to myself, “Oh my gosh, there is so many students that go here and it’s only summer school.”  As we head back to the Office of Admissions and take one last look at what could be my future. 

My dad and brother to and get to the van while my mom and I wait to be pick up when she asks me, “So what did you think of University of Arizona?”  Truthfully I say, “It is an amazing campus and I was really impressed by all the things they have to offer and how the university is math and science oriented.”  However I thought to myself, “It is nice and everything but it is completely scary and intimidating thinking that I am going to college and I am not ready for it yet.”

After about 15 minutes of waiting in complete silence, the van came and we headed back to the hotel.  I looked out the window as the sight of the university disappeared as we drove.  Then I started thinking to myself, “I want to go to college and I want to be an independent young lady.”  Then that scary thought about how college is going to be so intimidating with so many people there and I have to make all new friends, I told myself, “Sure I have to do all of those things but I am ready for it.”  Then I told my mom with confidence, “I am ready for whatever life brings me especially going to college.”  Then she replies, “Are you sure because you still have time?”  “Well I am sure.  Looking at the University of Arizona made me realize that I don’t have that much time left, maybe 3 to 4 years max and I am ready for next step after high school which is college.”

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Blog Revisions and Archiving


My knowledge has changed and grown since the beginning of freshmen year, now my blog has changed with me from freshmen year to now.  I have revised my title to a catchy new title having to do with writing (before my title was A Million Ways To Say The Same Thing and now my title is Express Yourself With Words).  I changed my title to Express Yourself With Words because that is what writing is it is expressing your feelings and experiences through words on paper.  My blog now has a header (picture) with my picture, title, and images to express my title.  The header shoes my advanced skill in graphic design by showing I can use the various tools in photo shop such as layering, filtering pictures, manipulating photos, using the clone tool to put the picture of myself in the corner and having it organized so it doesn’t look all bunched up.  My header shows my title (Express Yourself Through Words) by each letter having their own different personality or appearance and expressing it and embracing each letter’s personality.  Then on my header I have a pencil and paper on the background to symbolize writing and words.  I organized my blog archive through labeling all of my posts and selecting the specific assignments under each year.  I made a new section in my blog called Sophomore Year '11 to '12, as well as have last year’s section labeled Freshman Year '10 to '11.  Then underneath the two sections I have a label for all of that year’s posts and then all of the assignments from that year.  As I continue to change and my knowledge grows so will my blog along with me so next time it may look different because that is what revisions are all about making things better or improving it. 

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Position Statement Essay On Tourist Safety: Who Is To Blame?

           Tourists from all over the world come to our land for our gorgeous beaches, scenery, and Aloha spirit.  Some tourists have acted very dangerously and often die due to their mistakes.  I don’t understand the reasoning behind our government having to pay the families who’s loved one have pasted due to their own mistakes.  I feel this way because the government has already alerted the public with signs, commercials, newscasts, and etc.  Tourist must be responsible for their own safety by researching and being well informed when visiting.  Tourist should have enough common sense to know the possible consequences of their actions.  I feel that the government has done an adequate job on making sure the tourist are well aware of the risks at each site.
We hear stories about tourists getting killed by blowholes or other tourist attractions because they didn’t follow what the warning signs say or they didn’t ask anyone. In 2002, Daniel Dick was killed after he straddled the blowhole or waterspout at the Halona Blowhole and was lifted three to five feet and dropped head first into the waterspout.  If he didn’t already know what a blowhole is it’s his fault for not knowing about the risks of being anywhere near a blowhole he wouldn’t have straddled the blowhole.  Especially since the site is equipped with signs warning tourists about the dangers.
When you hear the stories of tourist dieing, locals think what is going through their minds and if they know what they are doing.  Tourist should be more responsible to research where they are and what is safe and not.  In 2006, Paula Ramirez and Elizabeth Brem, died when they walked off the steep cliff near Opaekaa Falls.  They followed the right side of a split trail and fell from an area of the cliff that was covered by vegetation. Online and Guidebooks say the side of the trail is not an official site so common sense should tell you that you should not risk it and stay on the trail.  You know the tourist didn’t research since they veered off the trail, which was close to a cliff.  In the end, when tourists act on their own and get killed when doing what they wish it is not our fault or the state government’s fault and the only one to blame is themselves.
I feel the government does a good job of already of making sure that tourists know where to go and where not to go.  The government puts up the proper signage for tourists to know safe areas from unsafe areas, makes commercials to properly educate tourists, and usually fence off areas enough for tourists not to act improperly.  As well as, Cindy Orlando (who is an superintendent of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park) and her team make sure the visitors are well aware of what dangers that could happen.  However many lives are still lost.  It is not the government’s fault tourists are not taking warnings seriously.
In the end actions, which result in a tourist’s death, are usually their own fault.  The families have no right sue our state for their loved one’s recklessness.  Our government does enough to make sure tourist’s know what is safe and what is not.  It is then the tourist responsibility to listen be cautious of their actions. 

Monday, May 23, 2011

GLOs Portfolio

Hi Mom and Dad,

URL: http://www.wix.com/mikayla_domingo/miayla-domingo-glos

I have just showed you my General Learner Outcomes Portfolio or otherwise known as GLOs Portfolio demonstrating that I have met the GLOs through school activities and outside activities as well.




I have some questions for you...

  1. What do you think about my portfolio?
  2. What do you feel were the strengths of my portfolio?
  3. How could I improve my portfolio?
  4. Do you feel I have met the General Learner Outcomes? Why or why not?
  5. Which one of the General Learner Outcomes do you feel I succeeded the most in? Why?
  6. Which one of the General Learner Outcomes do you feel I should improve on?  Why?

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Q3: Outside Reading Card: Only The Good Spy Young



Self Assessment: 4

I think I deserve a 4 because I believe my quote really captures what happened in the story, the characteristics of the main character Cammie Morgan who is determined and capable of doing anything. I believe that my conflict really explains the main conflict or obstacles Cammie Morgan had, in a short and explicit summary.  I believe that my resolution explains what happened in the end in a clear and concise way.  My graphic shows exceptional layering and there is white space on the card so it is not all cramped on the card.  Each picture on the card has a reason like the badge that says Gallagher Academy is on the students uniform, the plaid background is to represent that they were a prep school with uniforms, the picture of the mansion is there since the academy is a mansion and the person on the left is the main character Cammie Morgan.  My graphic is super nice and well organized.  

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

I am a Clock Poem


I am a clock
I work hard to be on time
Early not late
My gears work together to be exact
My hands tell you what to do and where to go
My alarm goes off when you are late
When I go down, I am easy to fix
I will always be there when you need the time
I have a crystal to keep my parts inside
I am quiet when I want
But when the hour comes I am not
I am small but important
Without me, no one will know the time
I am a clock