Friday, December 18, 2015

Fall Final

1. The woman wrote something that made people feel more inclined to help the man.
2. I was like "woah," it made me feel like my choice of words can have an influence on my life.
3. To show us that our choice of words plays a huge role in peoples interest to read the paper.
4. We can use more pathos in our words to make readers want to read.
5. The Guardian covered the story of the three little pigs in 3 or 4 different ways.
6. No, the story is different from how I remember it as a final.
7. They interviewed police men, the wolf's doctor, and other credible people.
8. They covered the wolf's side as well as they covered all the background and purpose.
9. Yes, there were a few aspects of the pigs story that were not covered.
10. The Guardian never covered the three little pigs opinions of what happened, they were guilty, not the wolf.
11. Yes we can do this for events on our campus.
12. I can find out whats going on, daily, in the student life.
13. This year, being on newspaper staff, I have learned the amount of extra time, work, and dedication the newspaper requires. I have learned its not as easy as some people think.
14. Next semester I can try to manage my time more efficiently to get my assignments done on time.
15. I think the work load should be spread out more, like as an editor, I got assigned to write 3 stories (after mentioning my preference for photography) I also signed up to take photos for the paper and had to fulfill my editing job so I think there should be a better system of distribution for tasks. Also, staff relations should be more comfortable. I feel like everyone has a few people who they associate well with and then aren't as comfortable with everyone else as they are with those few, I think everyone should have some sort of bond in order to be able to communicate better.

Friday, August 28, 2015

Newspaper Scavenger Hunt

1. Over the summer, the school made some changes to its physical appearance. Downstairs, each hall in the main building got new grey tables with red benches and plaques on top dedicated to the donors. Many of the school halls also got digital clocks as opposed to the traditional ones. These new sleek clocks, brightly display the hour making it faster to tell time when you're passing by. The left wall of the cafeteria got decorated with a painting in the Bowie colors.

2. Jyoti Luu says her first few days have been great! "All of my classes and teachers are awesome!" She did find one issue with her schedule though, "They put me in computer science but I didn't request it." Jyoti is gonna spend time with her counselor to fix the problem and be placed in the classes she actually requested. Lauren Noe also had a problem with her schedule, the counselors gave her an off period that she didn't ask for! "An off period is nice but I want to challenge myself." Being in the top 10, she wants to keep it up and make the best grades she can "I'm worried about colleges looking at my schedule and thinking I slacked off!" Lauren plans on being a lawyer so she wants to make sure her transcripts are good. Yasmine Ben-Brahim says her first few days have been pretty good. "Not having basketball in the mornings is such a relief!" She quit basketball after 6 years because she doesn't plan on going big with it. "Some of my classes seem hard but I think I'll be able to handle it." She's taking a UT onramps course and pre-AP pre-calculus so she has quite a lot on her plate!

3. Bowie High School has created many new spaces and classes this year including new theatre classes. These class provide a larger range of theatrics for students to study. There are also more levels to be able to have ranges of experience and skill. One of the shows this year is going to be "Tarzan" and the theatre students seem to be very excited about it.
   The main office in Bowie has been rearranged. The counselors wing  has been drastically changed. Instead of the offices being at the end of the long, narrow hall, most of the counselors offices are at the entrance. This is making accessibility to the counselors easier for students this year.

4. Football is one of the sports thats that has already begun this year. The first official game is Friday, August 28. The whole school is excited about the season, starting with the players, the cheerleaders, the silver stars, and the marching band, not to mention the fans! Bowie football looks like its up to a great start according to the scrimmages from the summer. This Friday will set the tone for this season.

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6. -First day mayhem
   -Counselors mess up?
   -Schedules gone wrong

7. We should write about the fall sports, the homecoming game,what the season is looking like, weather, and things people did in the summer.

Monday, May 11, 2015

HDR Photography















1. I will have to shoot at least 3 pictures with different f-stops or shutter speed so that I have at least 3 different pictures (from dark to bright).
2. I need a camera, a tripod and a HDR blending software.
3. It is a specific style of photo with an unusually high dynamic range that couldn't otherwise be achieved in a single photograph.
4. A HDR shows a range from the darkest dark and lightest bright, which you can't see on a single photograph so a HDR can show everything from some surreal work to stunningly accurate reproduction of what you see.