Daily Assignment #3

Today we talked about ourselves more. We had to cut and paste our values in order from most important to least important, and we started taking a test that would help us see what careers we'd probably like. I think the values was a little hard to do, especially because we don't think about it much. I liked how we just had to order them though, and didn't have to write down anything. This activity helped me to realize the importance I put on different things. Then we started with the test. I think it was REALLY hard to find the exact career we wanted to do, and then look for it, because there are so many in that book. If it was online, we could just type something and search for it, but noo it was in a book. I think it'll be fun to take the test though. I'm kind of excited to see what my results will be like.

Daily Assignment #1

This was the first day we talked about our careers and goals. Mrs. Gunther introduced this 'unit' by telling us about choices we make, and how those choices affect us and others. We also looked at choices to make in Proverb verses. I personally don't agree with the idea that all people who are non-believers care about money and stability when choosing jobs. There are people that don't believe in God that care about stuff more important than that. And reading all these choices we should and shouldn't make from the Bible kind of helped me feel that true sense of right and wrong.

Daily Assignment #2

Mrs. Gunther talked about talents today. We were asked to define what talented really means, to us. I said talent is just anything we are capable of doing. No matter how many other people can do it too, if you can do it, it's a talent of yours. So we were asked to list a few of our talents. I decided to write down "studying", "painting nails", and I think I put down "playing bass clarinet" but I'm not sure. Then we talked about something called "talentwarp". Talentwarp is when we think talents are only limited to extraordinary things, and so we end up believing we don't have any talents. I think I have talentwarp, because it's really hard for me to find any talent within myself. I didn't really know there was a name for people like me who have this big attached meaning to the word "talent" so that they think they're not talented.

Blogging Assignment #10

Voice can be found in photographs and paintings. The subjects in the photos and paintings can have a specific mood, which gives a certain voice to it. Like in the "Migrant Mother", the mother's face was full of worry and despair, which gave the whole photo that kind of voice: a voice of desperation. A photo with a happy kid would give the whole photo a bright, happy voice. A painting of a scary wooden old house would give it a spooky, creepy kind of voice that gives you chills. Depending on the light and the subject, you feel like the photo has a different story to tell. And that's how there's voice in photos and paintings.

I drew this on a white board and took a picture of it, and added these effects to match the feeling I wanted in the drawing. It's a cold late-autumn day, and two people are talking together like they have all the time in the world. It's cold, but when they are together, it's warm. The voice is this comforting, in-a-cafe-talking-with-a-best-friend-on-a-cold-day kind of feel.
















This photograph depicts a house. The black-and-white-ness of the photo gives it a spooky look. It feels like it's telling me scary story of what happened to the inhabitants of the house, one unfortunate day.
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This photo shows a cute little girl walking care-freely down the street. She's so happy to be enjoying her walk with her doll. I can just imagine the chorus of children laughing and at play. This photograph has a strong, adorable kind of voice. It's adventure, joy, and satisfaction of the day, all rolled in with a tint of cuteness.
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This photograph, to me, portrays boredom at its worst. He is inside this old tattered house, and all the open doors give it an air of mystery and adventure, yet the boy sits there like there's absolutely nothing to do here. He's bored. Already sick and tired of the house. None of his friends here to play with. Nothing to do. All alone. These are the characteristics that will come through in the voice.
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In this photograph you can hear the voice of the dog clearly: waiting. impatient. hoping. watching. He's probably waiting for his owner to come home. Through just the fact that he's waiting outside the door gives him so much more voice.
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