Final Project Presentation : Xtranormal

http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/13488588/automotive-mechanics-and-technicians

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Draft Proposition/ Dialogue

Dialogue on two people . Character #1 is the old school so called "Grease Monkey" (Auto Mechanic) and Character#2 is the today (Auto Technician)

Today we are going to be talking about how important and beneficial being an auto technician is among other career jobs. Also how much credit Mechanics (grease monkeys) and Technicians deserve.

Character#1 : Greetings friend, how are you?

Character#2: Hello old friend.

Character#1: Hows being a mechanic in the Automotive industry coming along after i retired 20 years ago.

Character#2: Its marvelous, were considered Auto technicians now since we are so high tech with computers and all this new technology is starting to innovate within the world.

Character#1: Why! how much i would had loved to be considered as a technician in my 45 years as a "Grease Monkey".

Character#2: How so?

Character#1: Well, when i was still a mechanic, we had no appreciation as to the jobs we would do and were declassified as " not too bright". We were just known for being brutal and good with our hands.

Character#2: If it wasn't for you old guys i don't think Manufacturers would be who they are today, every bit of a mechanic helps shape up the way we work today. Most of the old mechanics who stayed to become technicians eventually made up the ranks to the top of the ladder.

Character#1: When you put it that way, it sounds good. But we didn't get much recognition except for "hey you over there fix this wheel, or hey grease ball fix this intake manifold" .

Character#2: As time goes by, things change along with innovation. Being and Auto Technician now pays somewhat good. in fact its a little more than living wage .

Character#1: According to " Rocket Scientist or Auto Mechanic? The Distinction Is Blurring" by  Scott Sturgis, The automotive industry has become more complex over the years, many technicians are needed every year due to the older ones retiring. But how can you believe in something that only cares about their income.

Character#2: That's exactly my point, they need us and we need them. But According to " Goodbye , grease monkey... Hello , auto technician." from the Pittsburgh post . They're saying that us auto mechanics as well technicians are going to be so prepared  that "the Automobile industry start to lose great Technicians to other engineering fields, because of how capable and advanced they are".

Bibliography

Sturgis, Scott. "MOTORING; Rocket Scientist or Auto Mechanic? The Distinction Is Blurring." The New York Times. The New York Times, 10 June 2007. Web. 31 May 2012. <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/10/automobiles/10TRAINING.html?fta=y>.


Joyce, Amy. "Goodbye , Grease Monkey... Hello , Auto Technician." 15 Sept. 1998. Web. 30 May 2012.

Ward , Mark."A day in the life of an automotive technician" , Master Ford Technician, ASE Master Certified, Diesel Specialist, 24 July 2004.  

Smith, Garth R. "From Grease Monkey to Lab Coats." From Grease Monkey to Lab Coats. Suite101.com, 30 June 2001. Web. 31 May 2012. <http://archive.suite101.com/article.cfm/under_hood/74131>.

Article Summary 4

Source (i.e. NY Times, encyclopedia, etc):

http://archive.suite101.com/article.cfm/under_hood/74131

How do you know that this is a reputable, reliable source?

Because it has been Copy written by its author . It compiles with what i'm refuting on Automotive techs and mechanics. 

Date of publication:

 June 30, 2001

Author:

 Garth R. Smith 

MLA citation:

Smith, Garth R. "From Grease Monkey to Lab Coats." From Grease Monkey to Lab Coats. Suite101.com, 30 June 2001. Web. 31 May 2012. 

What are the main points of the article?

To inform young people in the world that becoming and Auto Technician is as good as being a doctor and a lawyer. Auto Techs now use so much technology and need to know way more beyond basic mechanic "grease monkey " skills.

Why is this article relevant to your presentation?

Because it proves the same points and task that i am trying to deliver to people. One of the examples being that its a good pay and is as good as becoming a doctor as well as a lawyer. 

Article Summary 3

http://www.automotiveforums.com/t262794-a_day_in_the_life_of_an_automotive_technician.html

Source (i.e. NY Times, encyclopedia, etc):

"A day in the life of an automotive technician" , from a master mechanic .

How do you know that this is a reputable, reliable source?

Master Ford Technician, ASE Master Certified, Diesel Specialist, has several certifications that make him a reliable source because of his mass completion in the automotive business; being an ASE master Certified in all fields of the Automotive field.

Date of publication:

July 24 , 2004

Author:

Mark Ward

MLA citation:

Ward , Mark."A day in the life of an automotive technician" , Master Ford Technician, ASE Master Certified, Diesel Specialist, 24 July 2004.  

What are the main points of the article?

The main points of this article is to show the perspectives of a mechanic, in a day of work .

Why is this article relevant to your presentation?

Because it shows how hard of a job being an automotive technician is, as well it being fun for the person whos career it is to work with cars.

Article Summary 2

Source (i.e. NY Times, encyclopedia, etc):

Pittsburgh Post- Gazette , The Washington Post 

How do you know that this is a reputable, reliable source?

This is a reliable source because it is the local towns post , also it has been used by many auto mechanics to show and have as their defense of the auto industry being a major technical job , not like the old illiterate Grease Monkeys. 

Date of publication: 

Tuesday, September 15, 1998

Author: 

Amy Joyce 

MLA citation: 

  Joyce, Amy  " Goodbye , grease monkey... Hello , auto technician." Pittsburgh Post- Gazette , The Washington Post , September 15, 1998

What are the main points of the article?

Main points of this article is to refute the fact that Auto Technicians now have to be more ready that the past decade in being involved in the automobile industry. Most cars now don't function with computers being involved with them, every year auto technicians must be up to date with emission regulations. 

Why is this article relevant to your presentation?

Because I am trying to bring forward those who aren't sure with taking a step into the automobile world and become an auto technician, to show and argue that us the Auto Technicians aren't just mechanics; but doctors as well as Tech geniuses. 

Were there any new questions or curiosities raised by the article?

Will the Automobile industry start to lose great Technicians to other engineering fields, because of how capable and advanced they are. 

Article Summary 1

Source (i.e. NY Times, encyclopedia, etc):

NY Times Rocket Scientist or Auto Mechanic? The Distinction Is Blurring

How do you know that this is a reputable, reliable source?

NY times article.

Date of publication:

June 10, 2007

Author: 
 Scott Sturgis

MLA citation:

" Rocket Scientist or Auto Mechanic? The Distinction Is Blurring" New York Times. New York Times, June 10, 2007

What are the main points of the article?

Main points of this article is to inform teenagers and young adults that the automotive business is becoming more complex and that over the years, many technicians are needed every year due to the older ones retiring. 

Why is this article relevant to your presentation?

Because I’m also trying to inform young adults like myself into getting to the automotive career,  because cars are an unbelievable phenomenon that have been around since the industrial revolution and until this day they’re innovating more everyday .

Were there any new questions or curiosities raised by the article?

When will Auto Mechanics raise the respect they deserve for their dedication and effort they have to put into this career job? ; “Auto repair technicians don’t get enough respect for what they have to know, what they have to learn on an annual basis to remain current with rampant product technology, and what they have to invest in tools to be productive,”

English 12 Final Project Description

English 12 Project Description

Topic:

Being an Automotive Technician 

Why does this topic interest you?

           

  Because I am passionate about Automobiles and Motorcycles, as well as being an upcoming Technician. 

What is the PURPOSE of your presentation?

My purpose of the presentation is to try and recruit and interest people into the automotive industry because its a career that will always be in business. 

Who is the AUDIENCE?  What is your ROLE?

The audience can be anyone who likes cars and isn't very sure about getting involved in the career of an automotive technician .

What type of multimedia will you utilize?

  Xtranormal

               

Where will you look for information about this topic?  What specific sites or resources will you use?

I will be using Automotive innovation magazines some being, Car and Driver, Motor Trend, and Import Tuner. 

Is there any other important background or contextual information necessary to understand or facilitate your project?

Information inspired by article Bios , on how far the automotive industry has gone in terms of fuel economy and real power. From Muscle Cars to Hybrids and fully electric concepts. 

Pistons In an Engine

Powers 
Internally 
Soothing 
The
Outside 
Neutral 
Sounds


Inadequate 
Nitrogen 


Astounding 
Noises 


Erupting 
Numerous
Gasses 
Injecting 
Non-stop 
Emissions

Is The American Dream Attainable for All?

   

       The American Dream has tried to be obtained through the start of the new world (North America). Immigrants came from all over; Africans who came as slaves, Europeans who came to conquer, Asians and other minorities came to the United States like a domino effect ,one after another.  A lot of people were lucky enough to live good with time passing because this was the land of opportunity. To me there is no such thing as a true American unless you’re born in the United States, an understatement that even the “White People”  that are the “definition” of America, aren't American. Many foreigners try and achieve what native born Americans have yet to acquire and that being the american dream is almost impossible.  "Black Men and Public Space" along with "Color of Fear" have helped me define a [core definition] of what the American dream today is. The American Dream since day one has been to live well, have a home, a family, and have a happy ending, the American Dream is now attainable for the higher classed privileged but for others it is not. 

     Today in The United States, it is almost impossible to achieve the American dream if one is a minority and prior generations have not started. Coming from a Spanish/Hispanic home and pride, but born American brings a double perspective as to how limited I am to achieving success because of the way the justice system works in the racist way. Every dream comes with its downfalls, on your way to success you may encounter being in the wrong place at the wrong time convicted any way possible for being anything other than Caucasian. 

      As an African American and one of the most targeted races due to minority setbacks, Victor from the "Color of Fear" tries to get his opinion across to the men in the room. One can see the frustration and anxiety in Victor’s way of expression and emotion towards the subject of discrimination in America. Of course someone who isn't a minority,like a Caucasian american  won’t care to be educated about what’s going on and understand that it really is a problem that should be fixed because the constitution that people live under is false, because its a limited rule to people.

     In the essay "Black Men and Public Space" by Brent Staples, perfect examples as to how much hasn't changed since the Civil Rights era. As a Black 6 foot male, he gives his insight of how he’s treated when among white people; it’s almost as if they dehumanize his existence because hes African American and is always looked at as a predator. 

The Tipping Point

 Malcolm Gladwell's ideas in the Tipping point are certain, he develops briefly about infectious sticky styles and trend epidemics that have occurred and still are. Malcolm's investigation leads to many things that really do happen that catch on in society, from coast to coast . I believe his ideas are true because i see them happening as well as have been in trends that suddenly blow up.

Life's Successor

We spend more time being old than we are young. Time sometimes is a factor even if you’re desperate. But you have all the time in life to be where you want to be, everyone’s dream is a common one.  People are satisfied when they’re happy and one man’s trash is another’s treasure. As a student, son, nephew and grandchild, I have seen different types of success and happiness. It doesn’t have to be a professional life even though it is a milestone and is the American dream; it can be any way of living as long as you feel good. As for me, school isn’t my main attraction. But I do understand that I have to give my effort or try for this short amount of time because after you become something you want to be, one has the rest of their lives to live it, and mechanical engineering is where I’m at.

When you learn how to become or try to be happy, it often happens when you start adapting to life. My father lives in the Dominican Republic and every vacation I’m spending it with him, hopefully when I finish my studies I will start my own business over there. Every year people always ask me how I can spend so much time in another country, but I love it, I love being there and every year when I arrive, it’s like I never left. The Dominican Republic is very different from New York City. The air feels different, the environment, society and the food. Being a tropical island, country, the Dominican Republic is known for their famous plates and fast foods, to me the adaption is getting used to the water bottles. I adapted to the blackouts, the diesel fuel all over the place, the mosquitos, just everything that can make someone feel happy even if they have to substitute something that one is used to.

You have to try and be life’s successor but if you follow too much it may lead to the wrong direction. Becoming a leader isn’t easy; it requires confidence, loyalty and sacrifice. I try every day to make my day the same as the previous and even better because you don’t really know what your purpose is until you find something you’re comfortable doing for the rest of your life. Some consider education to be their path, in life others find it to be their minds because that’s where the real knowledge is, you can teach always teach something but you won’t always learn it.

Maybe from the present until the future I change my mind about going to college for the experience and try inspiring people to do well with their opportunities. Some people get overwhelmed with some of the challenges this beautiful life sends to us and instead of seeing the bright said of it people tend to turn to negativity as soon as they have to think a little. Words won’t convince anybody to accept me at a school or a job; it’s your attitude towards that obstacle and the way your actions speak.

When you put your mind to something you set every sense of motivation to that field so that nothing gets in your way or close to stopping you. Life gives opportunities but not too many free waivers. fortunes don’t just fall out of the sky, it requires hard work, determination and dedication meaning you’re willing to sacrifice and adapt to any circumstance that troubles you or makes you better. I think any college is good for me because I’m like the newt, I blend in anywhere and when I do I try my best while I’m at.

   

Graffiti

   Graffiti is a great way to express ones thinking, but it’s also a way to damage public places.  Every place in New York City has graffiti; from local streets downtown all the way uptown. It’s an act of a brother hood and sister hood. However, Graffiti in the states is vandalism and illegal. It makes artists want to bring out their emotions even more creating self-expressions on walls. Murals in Harlem and Spanish Harlem that were made in form of graffiti are historical to the history of Manhattan, creating famous artists who composed them. Graffiti has been around for millions of years. Romans wrote on the walls of buildings they conquered and cave men drew illustrations on cave walls, although graffiti has not been in the United States quite that long. Graffiti is a wonderful way to express oneself.

    When you walk through neighborhoods in the city, you come across Barrios which are known for having a community wall, which represent those people from the streets. What may have begun in the medieval times as a form of decoration, now a ticket from the cops and even jail time. Graffiti is broadly throughout the whole world, in regular streets, alley ways, sidewalks, buildings and even your schools public bathroom. Graffiti became a form of art which inspired young artists to come out and use this new art as a form of self-expression. Whatever mood they were feeling they were able to make something that described they’re imagination at that moment. My neighborhood in the 90s was a narcotic trade; there was once a crack house on the corner of Columbus which was flamed down to its last bricks. That area later was then turned in to a memorial garden and a graffiti mural was made to represent the people. The documentary “Exit through the Gift Shop” shows how a film addict meets one of the most famous underground graffiti artists (my personal favorite Banksy) by getting together with people that were willing to risk it all in order to show their art. If graffiti were to be legalized then it would make a lot of money in addition to being in museums. Maybe a private area or local space can be provided for artist to get together from around the world and be able to spray away with freedom of the pen. Some artist like to ink what’s on their minds and put it out to the world it would be a great way to represent what art truly is. “Imagine a city where graffiti wasn't illegal, a city where everybody draw whatever they liked. Where every street was awash with a million coluors and little phrases. Where standing at a bus stop was never boring. A city that felt like a party where everyone was invited, not just the estate agents and barons of big business. Imagine a city like that and stop leaning against the wall - it's wet. ” Even though Banksy is a street artist and no one has ever seen who he is, to me he is one of the most exclusive street artist out there.

     It started as tagging or writing your name on a street sign, and then gangs used graffiti as a way to mark territory. Graffiti became a huge part of how people demonstrated their feelings, using words that were nasty in form of art, so that it would catch everyone’s attention. "Basically, when I look around, I see us living in a modern day Babylon, full of temptation, sin, distraction, corruption, injustice, and misguided fools being mentally enslaved. It seems to me the only way to wake people up from this kind of numbness is to destroy what they know: Their business, their places of commerce and their biggest place of gathering, the cities! Put it on their trains, on the lines they take to work, on their rooftops, on their highways, on anything just to make some people realize that culture isn't lost and that, at the very least, a small group of kids is fighting to keep it alive." (Artist from south Dakota Unknown name)The artists that create what they do are because it’s the only thing known and are willing to face the consequences because they fight for what they want hoping that it will be given to them. Graffiti is bad to a certain extent, if one is using it for hatred and bad purposes, then it’s wrong and should be acted against.

     If it’s good or bad wouldn’t be the problem against graffiti, the thing is that there will always be a biased opinion as to how people and your environment feel about it. The never ending passion for graffiti and late night wall conquering won’t come to an end unless the law decides to come to an agreement with the street artists. Everything ever done has its good effects and it’s bad. Graffiti for those who don’t like it is useless time spending, as well as garbage but for the street artists out there it’s still willing to go the extra miles it’s like gold painted over concrete.

     People are provoked to vandalize because they know that it’s illegal, just to show how much it means to them they won’t stop doing it until it is legalized in the world. Graffiti is being fought for everyday with a new tag on the streets at a time, as well as cops arresting those who are caught. Art should be consumed by the eye and not erased for eyes. All in all Graffiti also known as street art is a wonderful way to express oneself even if its gloomy or its bright Graffiti shines with all its might.

Power of The Media in the 21st Century

    Since the start of the cyber world, there have been many questions and doubts as to the internet not being safe, as well as it being a helpful epithet. In the new millennium year 2000, the cyber network was introduced as a new way to communicate via emails and it was just one big new social interaction that everyone was getting used to. Over time they started to modernize and add new sources and knowledge to computers which made it the smartest creation ever built in the 21^stcentury. What was once used as a data book and a mailbox is now the world’s biggest franchise and world network connecting people from across the world. Containing more history than a textbook can provide, a social network, a study screen, just one overall huge gadget that you can now also travel with anywhere you go. The internet has become the most used product ever invented besides the cell phone, and even cell phones now compete for the best internet service for their model phones.  The internet broadly is helpful for anyone trying to learn; from students to adults it makes no difference.

     If we the students and the people didn’t have internet to begin with I wouldn’t be writing this easy determining that internet is useful in a lot of ways, but that’s just the obvious. Even if you’re not using the internet to find information about something or someone you still end up finding out innocently, much of the worldly news is advertised now on big companies search engines like Google, msn, and AOL. Also teenagers and adults now find news even on social networks where friends are daily dosing and posting every few seconds and so. As a student I believe that the internet has created a new way for people to learn and develop new skills for instance; when the internet became popular so did instant messaging sights and everyone stayed in contact to ask what homework had to be done for a specific class as well as slang or short writing like “LOL” meaning Laughing Out loud, “BRB” Be Right Back, and “TTYL” Talk To You Later. All these short ways to describe a moment were developed by and for the internet; these sayings have become famous and popular all over the network. “But their participation is giving them the technological skills and literacy they need to succeed in the contemporary world. They’re learning how to get along with others, how to manage a public identity, how to create a home page” (Teenagers’Internet Socializing Not a Bad Thing: By Tamar Lewin). This article explains how many people miss interpret the use of the internet and what kids are using it for and how. “New media allow for degree of freedom and autonomy for youth that is less apparent in a classroom setting” also By Tamara Lewin, states that teenagers feel more comfortable sharing and exchanging words with friends rather than adults.

      If you were to take away the internet from such a competing environment as to what  it has become over the years, we’d all decrease in certain skills and have naked parts of our brain that will never be developed. Not everyone agrees with the idea that the internet is needed and will be the greatest accomplishment over the next decade, but for now it seems that it’s the most helpful source next to dictionaries and encyclopedias. We do waste a lot of time using the cyber world, but what would we make of it if we didn’t have it? Well crimes will start to be visited in the minds of criminals since there’s nothing else to do, people would watch more TV and play more video games which if in any case is as bad as using the internet.  In the article “Is Google making us stupid?” the author states “I know have almost totally lost the ability to read and absorb a longish article on the web or in print”. Some people have difficulties reading two different texts if it’s on screen or on paper, some have a problem trying to modernize and lack the ability to always blend in with society and keep up with the world.

      The internet is a good and a bad place for you to spend most of your time in. it just depends on what you use it for, if it’s for a productive use or just for entertainment. The internet is like a 24 hour newspaper available all the time at just a click away. In the article is Google making us stupid says “Google’s desire to solve problems that have never been solved before”, why hasn’t anyone tried to answer everyone question I think it’s just the lack of knowledge and capacity that makes us turn on that computer screen or smart phone The Human brain is just an outdated computer that needs a faster processor and a bigger hard drive. The internet can be bad if you’re overly distracted most of the time, and are using it to harm people.

       The internet was made to make people have information quicker and manage their lives easier. The network only affects teenagers if you’re not learning anything, it can affect you negatively. All in the entire cyber world will be the best creation that changed the world completely with a complete turnaround of modernization.

“We don't even need the CIA anymore. I can find anything I need to know about someone by checking their Facebook."

  Facebook contains most of peoples information, Facebook users have been tracked down by police in other occasions, for violating user rights and publicizing and promoting violence.

“If only people's lives were as exicitng as their FB pictures project them to be, they would not have the time or need to update their FB profiles!”

  Facebook users don't only use their accounts to entertain them. Facebook is used for several purposes, such as business, promoting, and keeping in touch with long distance families.

“Apple, Ford, even Google create things of value and are worth their valuations. Anybody who buys FB shares as an investment (as opposed to speculation) is a fool”

  In terms of users and popularity , Facebook would make a great investment if and when it remains as it is now. There are far more other generations to come that are still not Facebook users which are being grown into the network. 

“I have never been tempted by Facebook, even less now, though I suspect many who have joined will regret having their posts follow them around for years to come.”

  If your ashamed of something , you should never regret posting it. Looking at past post makes you sometimes realize how you have grown or changed as a person.

“I personally do not invest in any company that does not create REAL value. Whether it is manufacturing or services. Facebook provides no value. As another commenter here called it, it is 'legitimized voyuerism' [sic]*[1].”

  The value that Facebook provides for some people isn't always that price that you can visually see. For some users, they cant live without Facebook because it is the only way for them to interact with people, so for them the value is beyond someones reach because of their dedicated time to the network . 

The Lottery

    A mind twisting short story like The Lottery by Shirley Jackson is a unique spellbound text commending a long carried ritual tradition. In small populated villages came along a short amount of supply to live on, therefore in the Lottery, you may think its riches but instead it’s for your own wealth. The ritual in the Lottery is based on an old black box that only reveals what’s inside, once a year. A ticket either determining your life, or death with a black circle printed on it. Will you be chosen or will you live to find out?

DBQ The Civil Rights Movement

    The Civil Rights movement was a major turning point in the history of the United States.  Many African Americans lost their lives trying to fight for their rights to be accepted among other races but primarily White America. Society was corrupted and the government had little control on racists causing riots and strikes on segregation acts. Many civil rights movement natives used different tactics to get rid of segregation in the U.S along with several presidents, one of them being Abraham Lincoln abolishing slavery.

    Civil Rights Activist leader Martin Luther King believed in non- violent behavior to acquire his goal for justice. He was imprisoned in 1963 in the jail of Birmingham Alabama, when King wrote his famous eloquent letter stating his purpose and fighting for laws that are JUST and UNJUST(Document 4). In august 1963, months after his imprisonment in Alabama; Dr. King then made his famous “I have a dream” speech in Washington D.C by Lincoln’s memorial being the 100^th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation (Document 7).

      There were many things that helped mark a point in history with African Americans being granted their social freedom among everyone. Cases like Brown v. Board of Education helped Africans Americans move in slowly into public schools instead of being segregated. Segregation in public schools was set unconstitutional because in education, there is no such thing as “Separate but Equal “ (Document 2). 

Work in Progress.........

Learning Style Inventory for Students

     My learning style is an Extroverted Self – Expressive Learner. Based on the results, I was amazed as I went over the description as to who I was and how I feel, just by answering some questions. To be Extroverted is to be good with people, self expressive, draw energy from the outside world and be able to “take a walk in another person’s shoes”. I agree with the Learning Style Inventory because it gave me examples of things that I usually do but don’t catch myself doing them. Also the results showed my weaknesses and what my strengths were as a person. Some of the recommendations offered to me were; Practice giving myself some solitary time so I can pull things together, when I get a new idea write it down so I won’t forget, and don’t worry about solving everybody’s  problems because I’m not responsible for everything. This information is helpful for students because it shows you who you are without you really noticing, a way in which you see yourself in a second persons view or perspective.

12 Angry Jurors

      Walking into the court room, I lost count on how many times I have been here I can almost call it home. I come across 10 Men who are all here for one purpose. I mind my own business getting ready to start our discussion, hoping for this case to be solved. We call upon a vote to see where everyone’s opinion is favored. #1: guilty, #2: guilty, #3: guilty, #4: guilty all the way up to #7 everyone was guilty. Juror # 8 says not guilty, everyone in the room shouts in shock and astonishment. As his claim being established I was next after him and didn’t know whether to agree with him or agree with the whole room. I went with my heart and agreed with juror #8 because there wasn’t enough evidence to sentence the young man to death. Well everyone else voted guilty after me, making me and juror #8 the only defenders. As we discussed the case in abroad everyone was trying to change our opinion stating cheap evidence from the scene and bringing up peoples perspectives from the crime. Some of the evidence did make me want to change my mind but deep down I knew that we were right as to the young man not being guilty. The opposing knuckleheads in the room did not want to give up on the case even after juror #8 did a demonstration of what could have happened in the crime scene. Slowly the votes started to change; jurors were getting what I call a change of mind. As time came clashing down the rain started to pour and night began. All the jurors except for juror # 2 agreed with each other on the young man not being guilty, it took some time for him to be convinced just because he was using a life experience with something similar to the crime. He then gave up, admitting that he was convinced. I was glad that we could come up with a definite answer after that brilliant gentle man, juror #8 got to the bottom of everything of course with a little of my help. When everything was done and settled, outside I shake #8’s hand thanking him for the opportunity to have him at my side during the discussion. This changes my outlook from now on to never agree with the majority of a crowd just because you may think their right, always follow what your heart says and defend that.

Welcome to My Portfolio

My personal goal for this year in English class is to be on the top of my game all throughout the remainder of the school year. I want to develop my skills in english thoroughly in all aspects as to writing, reading and vocabulary.