Trumps travels

Trump recently traveled to Saudi Arabia and Israel. He went there to advocate for peace between the Middle East and their different religions. He wanted to try to get the Middle East to have a free religion policy while in America he basically created a travel ban that targets one religion as the only countries that were banned were mostly muslim. Trump has said a lot of hypocritical statements against himself conflicting what he has said previously but this action is basically saying how we should have peace in the Middle East but not America. I think him traveling there should show how different religions are not scary and that targeting countries that are mostly muslim is not creating peace but showing other nations that they should be scared of them too.

Prop 8

The Prop 8 documentary was very interesting. I knew a little bit about the prop but it was a long time ago so I really learned a lot about the prop and the trial that helped end it. I didn't know that it was illegal before 2008 and only legal for a few months. Watching all these documentaries really makes me proud of how far we have come to get citizens their natural rights they should have. although there is still work to be done I'm glad that we are continuing to fight for the minorities in America.

social media

Ben's documentary focused on social media use among teens, and from watching I came to thought about my own experience. I generally use text or snapchat for communication with others, and in my spare time I go to facebook or twitter to look at memes. Moreover I watch netflix on daily basis, which I'm not sure this is considered as a social media platform, but I came to notice I dedicate a lot of time on social media. In addition hearing the consequences these media does on the person I decide to spend more time off my phone. I'm thinking of starting off with creating a phone-free day and do something else like hiking.

A New Perspective

I was a little late to the game and only yesterday did I finish 13 Reasons Why. After hearing so much about the show, I came away with a different perspective to the show than ones that I have heard. The show was truly able to open my eyes in a completely different way. We have had a lot of speakers come to our school and have even had a wellness week because of some of the situations that have been going on. I thought that it was great thing to do, but not enough to change what had just come out in the Title IX article. This was also shown in 13 Reasons Why. The students showed an anger towards the school and the administration because they had only tried to help Hannah after she had decided to commit suicide. Though I did not think that the show provided an education as well as they should have on rape, I do think that the show did a good job of making people aware that this is an issue. I have been in an environment that is surrounded by anxiety, depression, and suicide, but to see it all on video allowed me to see the whole situation from a different perspective. Overall, I am very glad that I watched this show because it has allowed me to always think about the other side of situations.

Ben Buie's Documentary

Ben had presented a very interesting and entertaining presentation about how we as teenagers use social media as not just a way of communicating, but creating, establishing, and maintaining different relationships with a mix between friends, families, and significant others. I think it's a really interesting topic to bring about because social media use among teenagers have just become as natural as waking up in the morning or falling asleep to us. Taking a deeper look into how different teenagers and young adults view social media use, instant messaging use, and then comparing to talking in person or on the phone was really good, especially since we each contain our own opinions and different thoughts. Having a parental view on the topic as well also brought their side in on what they think of teens and social media, as well as how their lives were different when they were kids without all the technological luxuries we sometimes forget about. Overall, Ben's presentation brought a very insightful view of technology use to teenager, especially having different sides of opinions from both parents and teens.

School and Financial Aid

Remembering back to Erika's documentary on financial aid, it reminded me of when I tried applying for the school's financial aid for my prom ticket, senior picnic, and the senior night. When I filled out the application on the school website for it, I had emailed Ms. Woolfolk, and applied for the free lunch program. However, once I had filled out all the necessary things in order to get my financial aid, I still didn't get it. It really made me upset because I'm not working, the school has documentation on both my parents being unemployed, so what was the problem? I just think that the school says they have financial aid, but then expect no one to apply for it. And in turn, they don't have to give it. It just seems really unfair that they would promote something like financial aid, and then not give it to someone who needs it.

Senior Documentaries

Even though it was a pain in the ass to get done, this was by far the best project I think teachers could ever assign in a high school career. Within limits to what we learned during our year in Global, being able to have the freedom to choose topics on what we actually care about more than showed. From watching all of the documentaries so far, it is clear that everyone chose a topic that they were clearly passionate about. No documentary seemed forced and no documentary had no enthusiasm regarding the topic chosen. With the projects containing passion about them, it leads me to know that we actually learned something about what we chose. Instead of having our topics picked for us, we were able to branch out on our own, figure out how to make our project, and be able to present it. I won't lie it was hard, but I think that us being able to choose our own senior projects really showed our own potential, and most importantly, how we each were able to find a passionate topic within us.