Friday, August 29th

Read this small newspaper clipping and then write a blog post about it. What are your thoughts? How does it make you feel? Do you agree? Disagree? Explain yourself.

In my opinion, the newspaper article seems a little too forceful. It's true that teenagers need to start being a little responsible at their age but that doesn't mean they can't have fun. Even adults need to have fun and we as teenagers are barely older than kids. We still have a lot to learn in life and they only way to do that is by bending the rules a bit and making a few mistakes here and there. This article makes it seem like everyone has the weight of the world on their shoulders, but that isn't always true. In fact, its probably healthier to live a more care-free lifestyle. Looking at the world in this perspective can lead to stress and that is not beneficial to your health. It's true that we should contribute our energy to helping the world but that doesn't mean that's the only thing we're allowed to do in life. Also filling up all your time doing some of the activities mentioned above can have a negative impact on your relationships with others. Everyone needs time to just relax because having a mind set like this will not make a positive impact on your life.

Thursday, August 28th

Tell me if you agree with this statement and then explain why or why not. "Images on the internet are 'free game' - if someone posted it, I should be able to use it."

I do not agree with the statement above. I do not believe that a picture or anything created by another person should be taken without permission or unless credit is given. That piece of work was not created by you and people may not want their pictures going around the internet. Although one might say by posting the photo on the internet, they are already giving it up to anyone's use, I do not believe so. It basically plagiarism of another person's work and that is illegal. If you want to take a picture off the internet, all you have to do is quickly include a link or citation of where it came from. This cant take more than a few seconds to do!

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Tuesday, August 26th

Tell me a little bit about yourself and your life here at BVHS. What activities or clubs are you involved in? What year are you in school? What is your favorite class and/or teacher so far this year? What are you looking forward to this school year? Include some original photos from your phone if you can.

So far, my life at BVHS has been wonderful. As a freshman, it is a little awkward at first getting used to all the people and the distances between classes, but that was only at the beginning. Now its fun and I got to meet a new people too! So far I'm in Strings and French Club. I don't know what else I want to do yet, but I'm sure I'll figure it out soon. My favorite classes are probably Strings, Web Design, and Honors Biology. In all three of the classes, I can easily understand the concepts and it ends up making the class a lot more fun. I'm really looking forward to Strings Concerts because it's been a while since I've performed in an orchestra. I also can't wait to meet more of the freshman because I haven't really gotten to talk to a lot of the ones that aren't in at least one of my classes. All in all, its been a pretty neat experience.

Monday, August 25th

What do you know about Web Design right now? What did you know about Web Design before you walked in to this class? Tell me as much as you can about how web pages work. Try to use an example if possible.

Web Design is centered around the adding your own touch to the internet, whether it's designing and sharing your own thoughts on a blog like this or creating a website in you own style. It's all just about making a little part of the internet well... you. Before I joined Web Design, I did know a little HTML and I had tried blogging before but I could never figure out how a lot of the little things worked so I usually gave up. Now I know all about making the different parts of HTML like making the body, the head, all the little paragraphs, adding links, adding pictures, the <!DOCTYPE> tag, and all the basic fun stuff that goes into making the skeleton of your website. I understand now that HTML is the actual content and CSS is all the fancy designing and modifying you can add to it like messing with the font and its colors or playing around with the background. I also understand how almost everything in HTML uses opening and closing tags. 

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