Continued Connections

Yesterday, before sleeping in for the night, I was wandering around the Web and I stumbled upon places that are sustainable and are found in urban areas. Follow this link to find out for yourself. Not only are there new designs being imagined yo reduce the carbon footprint, there are also food places being conscious about where the food ingredients come from, just like Chipotle. 

DESIGN TIME!!

So the last week before Spring Break, the architecture group and I went to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. (See related post below). W e learned how an open space or a redesigned space can be hacked to achieve maximum potential for the students. So, in our English class, we have been rearranging our desks just like the students at the university, but our desks are made at different heights when placed next to each other. The functionality of having the desks like that is so we and the future generations can start looking at each other and start to collaborate with each other. then we were thinking on placing some desks on the perimeter of the room, or maybe that is just my picture of the room. We would get together at the center and discuss what has to be talked about and then we would go to the outer desks. 

RIP Latin American Author Gabriel Garcia Marquez

California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo Field Trip Experience

My trip to Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo wqs so much fun. I had a wonderful time with Mark Cabrinha amd his architecture students. They are so close knitted that it is almost different from the high school scene. The activities that we did were take a survey. Then we all reunited and started answering Mark's questions, such as what is your vision of the learning environment of the 21st century to be? (You may leave comments below to answer the question). Anyway, the five of us high school seniors split up into groups with the college kids. Philip and his partner had an interesting building design. This is how their assignment worked: you choose or were given a design from one of many groups from previous years. Then it is you're job to figure out what to do with the inside of the building, such as turning it in to a school or an open office space. I suggested to Phillip and his friend to elevate the structure and include a flex ground floor for a cafeteria or a lobby. Since they want to show the skeleton of the building it would look a bit more artistic to show the concrete beams and the metal that holds the design together. What I like about the studio is that at the center there is a conference type of table that has a melanine surface where you can write with a dry erase marker. The thing that I also noticed was the fact that they didn`t mind the mess on their desks. It was truly the studio of choice for these students because they overhauled the existing classroom and started from "a blank slate". All around I had a wonderful time. 

Five Steps to Success Before Graduation

Steps to take to finish with success, no regrets, and get the grade desired:

1. Go to Cal Poly for inspiration

2. Start gathering supplies 

3. Build the desired plan

4. Work and finish it 

5. Practice presenting the masterpiece

6. Create a PowerPoint to go with the presentation

7. Present

8. Wait for grades and graduate !!!!!!

Response Essay

  Recovery from whom? Article

I can totally relate to this. I along with my family, have felt the constraints of the recession aftermath from 2007 or 2008

In-Class Essay

I define the success for myself by seeing myself having a good job and a solid financial foundation where to rely on. I believe I truly am an entrepreneur because I am putting myself out there in the cyberworld where everybody sees everybody else. 

The skill set of the entrepreneurs that we learned about this week are way more far fetched than what anyone in our class is doing. They live and breathe Silicon Valley. Those entrepreneurs, 80/20 ratio, have the financial backing of family members who have worked for Google or Microsoft. I am pretty sure that also somebody from East Los Angeles can create an application straight from their device. You also need to have that drive and passion that will get you to your goal. 

The thing I am creating right now is a world where we use pure, clean energy derived from nature's power. My goal is to create a small wind turbine prototype. The engineers who are going into apps instead of the backbone of technology, I think they are in both ways behind me and in front of me in terms of leadership. Behind me because they are not doing anything good with their careers. It is almost as if they  spent thousands of dollars in college unnecessarily.  On the other hand they are in front of me because they are working on some of the coolest and best apps for the iOS and Android devices. 

Seeking a Mentor

Dear Mentor,
I am Alfredo Medina. My current residence is in Santa María, California. My interests are the environment and saving it from total collapse. I am currently working on a blog, not only for school but as a hobby. Building a wind turbine and a solar panel would be something I would like to achieve. 

The skills and abilities I need are anything to do with steel manufacturing and electrical work. Maybe taking a trip down to a wind farm would be nice. 

I know very well that fossil fuels are being extracted from the mines and fields at breathtaking rates, amd are accelerating global warming as we speak. 

If it is okay with you, I would like you to be my mentor. Thanks for your time and consideration.  

ALFREDO MEDINA-ACEVES

Raising Digital Awareness

The blog does get some traffic from around the world. The statistical number of pageviews I receive are starting to change again. The heart beat is going once more. I think what really grabs the audience's attention is the detail to the visual aspects such as the colors and the content, if it is a good read to recommend to someone else. 

This Is Only a Test

I am thinking on creating some kind of working model that works with the sun or the  wind. Or I was just thinking a PowerPoint was fine for the class. For the food, I don't know what to bring. Any ideas? I will take any.

Up to You

I believe that my work is entrepreneur quality because I have really pushed on the main blog and letting it speak for itself, and stand tall and proud. It is also the fact that I really worked on my first ever blog in  all my school career. 

Crossroads in My Life Right Now

I really feel attached to this article that I read because at first, I really didn`t know what Blogger was. I was ready to jump into Ms. Johnson`s British Literature class and continue textbook. But now that I got to experience Dr. Preston`s class, it has opended my eyes that there are people out in the world trying to see who is the next greatest Internet sensation. 

At the beginning of the school year, I really didn`t know what was going on and thought he was going to use the textbooks for assignments and just post the work online. I was at the center "roadway" with Should and Must. Must because I had to finish the class with an average but good grade. Should because it is always a real good experience trying something new and you never know what might happen.  

S' Wonderful (and Unforgettable) Moment

Something wonderful has happened lately. Last month, I had filled out an application for the Doodle 4 Google Scholarship worth about $30,000 for myself (if I win) and around $25,000 to $30,000. Wish me luck. Also, I sent in the application for the local community college here in Santa Maria. So everything is going smoothly, so far. I hope to accomplish more scholarship applications before my high school career is closed.