The Immigrants To The U.S. By 2015 Country Of Origin was a much more prodigious project. My partner for this project was Tucker Grawluski. Tucker and I both sectioned off this project he worked on drawing the map and searching for where was the majority of immigrants in the United States Of America were from originally. I worked on the title, colored in most of the countries in where immigrants from certain countries to the U.S.,and helped with some of the research. The countries are color coded so yellow is where people from the Dominican Republic migrated into most, blue is where people from Mexico migrated into most, and green is where people from Cuba migrated into most.
This project could have been a little bit better, because I felt like in the end there were many things that people had questions about. A way I could have worked on this project better was going for a different approach to the project and actually coming down to more ideas with my partner. I felt like since I did not really know my partner I would feel weird asking him for something. A way I could have approached this project differently is thinking out of the box and not make the title so big.
Political Spectrum
Political Spectrum was a partnered mini project that was based on politics. My partner for this mini project was Justin Salazar. Justin and I both collaborated on two different parts of this project. First we brainstormed about what we should do and how we were going to attack this project, then we both decided to split the work. I worked on were the democratic party was going to be placed. Secondly my partner worked on were the republican party was going to be placed on the line. After, we both brought our ideas together and created a theme for this mini project.
I felt like this project went good but I also felt like I could have done a little bit better with managing my time. Since at the time it was both track and swim season my dedication to this project was not really there. I would work on this project at night and in school. This project went well because I got to know my partner and I felt comfortable asking him for help and asking him if he can do certain things for the project.
Book critique:
This book is about a girl who wants to be a different person before college. Her name is Bernadette Rivers but her nickname is Burn Rivers or Burnie. Burn is a little over weight and she is tired of it so she began to search for a trainer. Her trainer was an old classmate from high school who then later on became her boyfriend. Her boyfriend/trainer was named Warren Grey. While reading this book it made me sympathise with people who have been mentally abused by someone who is older than them. This quote is why it made me sympathise “We stood in front of her in our underwear. ‘Now turn around and face the mirror’ we did as she said. ‘You are all fat. You are. Don’t let anyone lie to you. I’m the only person that’s been honest with you. I wanted to help you. Now all you have to help yourselves. You all have to get healthy. You could be beautiful if you only lost weight”- pg.138