Sunday, November 30, 2014
Italiano!
For my Italian class, Fare. We look at the Italian cloture through out the language and the food. Italian food is very popular around the world, therefore we though it would be best to learn the Italian language while cooking Italian dishes. For this brief project we had to create a short video talking about some of the things we have learned so far. Some of the things include, introducing our selves and our classmates, and our favorite Italian dish so far. This class is very inserting because its interactive, and exciting. Every week my classmates and I get to try different Italian dishes! Down below is my video, in Italian!
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Genius Patterns
For our elective term, my Five Faces of Genius class learned about creativity, and what a genius truly is.We looked at many different articles, videos, and discussed who we think geniuses are. In class we created a genius gallery, showcasing the different geniuses my classmates and I picked. In the first project we had to pick three different geniuses from the genius gallery and find out what patterns they each have in common. We also had to pick another person that stood out to us the most, and talk about his or her accomplishments. Lastly we talked about ourselves and our impact towards the world today. The hardest part of this project was finding things that they had in common. The best part of this project was finding all this interesting information. Down below is my action project, enjoy!
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The three geniuses I chose were Chance The Rapper, Kanye West, and Eminem. These three males are creative because they each took time out of school. Kanye West dropped out of college naming his 2004 album The College Dropout. Kanye worked on this album for four years producing it with Roc-A-Fella Records. Chance got suspended for ‘weed like association’. While out of school Chance worked on his mixtape. The mixtape that got him recognized is called 10 Day due to the 10 day suspension he received. One of his inspirations was Kanye West. Lastly Eminem, who dropped out of high school after failing 9th grade three times. He then forced himself on radio shows, and rap battles before he finally got spotted by Dr.Dre, A producer and a rap entrepreneur that is currently worth 550 million. All of these artists didn't find school appealing to them. My hypothesis is that all three talented geniuses don't need a basic school education to be creative and smart.
Another pattern of genius I discovered out of these three artists were that they all had mentors. These mentors helped guide them to where they are now. Without these mentors I think that all three of these artists would not be where they are today. Kanye West met his mentor through his mother (Donda West). She was a professor at Atlanta University, on of her students had a son that went by the name of No I.D. He was a producer that Kanye was hesitant to work with at first but ended up getting close with him. Dr. Dre discovered Eminem while watching one of his rap battles which he lost in due to a mispronounced word. This mispronounced word cost him the opportunity of winning a cash prize of $1,500 which he needed at the time. Dr.Dre was at that rap battle, and decided to work with him. This lead to Dr.Dre signed Eminem to his record label in 1998 Lastly Chance’s mentor Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino met through Chance’s publicist, Chance states that ‘’it was very cool working with him’’, (Fleischer) and was one of the first rappers to actually listen and tweak things. All these artist had great mentors who pushed them to become who they are today. I believe without these mentors these rappers wouldn't be where they are today.
A final pattern I used in my study of geniuses was that each artist took time off of their work. In 2002 Kanye West got into a car accident driving home from the studio. He had to have reconstructive surgery on his face leaving him with a metal wire in his mouth. Weeks later Kanye made a song called Through The Wire that he recorded with a broken jaw. This song somewhat pushed his career from producer to rapper. In an interview he stated that he always remembers that time of the car accident when he's in the studio, this motivates him to rap harder as if it were his last days on Earth. Chance the rapper got sick recently in 2014 and had to cancel multiple concert appearances due to flu like illnesses and tonsil problems. He talked to USA today about doing everything he can to get back and perform his music.While recovering he watched his videos in concert and was very eager to get back on the road. Eminem had a more difficult problem, he faced drug addiction using drugs to numb the pain. He went to rehab where he later got better. I predict all of these artists had to take time off in order to get better. Not only for their career, but for their well being.
The most important genius I had in mind was Mohandas Gandhi. Gandhi was one of the main leaders of the Indian Independence movement while the British still ruled India. Gandhi felt that the British were cruel rulers, and wanted independence for India. He studied to become a lawyer in South Africa where at the time Indian residents struggled for their civil rights. When returning to India he witnessed even more discrimination among his people and called for a peaceful protest. These protests regarded excessive land taxing and
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Lastly I think I am a creative genius because I have many key strengths. I enjoy helping people, I like having the satisfaction of knowing I helped someone out. This often gets mixed up with being judged and picked on because others think of it as a weakness. When others think of this as a weakness they tend to walk over you, and feel more superior. Although I may enjoy helping people, I am my own person and I don't care what others have to say. I use this mentality throughout life to often remind myself that no one can walk over me. Secondly I enjoy cooking this helps me express my creativity through out the food I make .
I dont always like showing my creative side similar to my creative genius, Gervonne. My friend Gervonne is an amazing artist although she doesn't like to draw for fun, however she expresses her creative side through simply ‘’enhancing school projects’’ with her drawings. that is why I chose cooking to express my creative side. Lastly I am a creative genius because I enjoy reading, I believe that reading is, and can be fun and creative. Reading different types of books makes you question certain things and that is what I enjoy most about reading. It also allows you to escape your everyday world for a while and become even more creative. Through out all of my creativity I intended to find others who are willing to express their creative side for something that they are interested in or want to pursue, I feel that nothing should hold a person back from exploring what they want to do or become.Among all of these geniuses , whether they are young or old I think that we are all creative in our own ways. Go out and find your inner genius today!
Citations:
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Fleischer, Adam. "Chance The Rapper Talks Childish Gambino Cosign, Signing to CAA and New Mixtape." XXL. N.p., 24 Sept. 2012. Web. 17 Nov. 2014
History.com Staff. "Mohandas Gandhi." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2010. Web. 17 Nov. 2014.
Edwards, Gavin. "Rule Forty Two: The Self-Aggrandizing Website of Gavin Edwards." Rule Forty Two RSS. N.p., 2012. Web. 17 Nov. 2014.
Galla, Brittany. "Eminem Talks Past Drug Use: "I Would Have Died"" Latest News. N.p., 29 June 2013. Web. 17 Nov. 2014.
Hilary Hughes, Special for USA TODAY. "Chance the Rapper: 'I Did Improve' with Time off." USA Today. Gannett, 26 May 2014. Web. 17 Nov. 2014.
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