Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Senior Project Progress


My senior project is the Language Development of Babies and Toddlers. I chose this topic because it interests me very much and I wanted to learn more about it. I also chose this topic because I believe it might help me later on in the future, because I want to become a social worker and work with families. I have printed out all the papers from the school website that are related to the senior project. I also had an alteration done to my project it was a little one and I had to go see Mr. Gilbert and talk to him about it. I originally for my end product I was going to create a game and a pamphlet but Mr. Gilbert approved and changed my end product so now I will focus on creating a game. I have also been trying to figure out where I am going to do my volunteer hours at either at head start or the preschool program at shear charter school. They both told me I would be able to do my volunteer hours there and all I needed is to take the tuberculosis shot because I was going to be working with kids and also maybe that I might have to be finger printed because of that same reason but that my mentor would double check on that. I also have my mentor and she works at the preschool and I am very fortunate that she agreed to be my mentor for my senior project and I am going to interview her this upcoming Monday at 2:45 in the afternoon. I have come up with many good questions to ask my mentor and now I am just working on which ones are the most important and then I am going to put them a logical order.

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Final Discussion Response: Into The Wild


Many people either think that Chris McCandless was either mentally ill or suicidal. I don’t think he was either. McCandless I believe just wanted to get away from many people that he did not like to be around, get away from his town and all the same people. I also believe that he wanted to experience a new atmosphere somewhere else with new people in a new place. If McCandless was suicidal or mentally ill I think he would have ended his life in another manner not the way he did by going away to Alaska. If he wanted to commit suicide I think he could have done it another way and he would not have suffered because most people that want to commit suicide they don’t want to suffer because they want to die fast.  Suicidal people take the easy way out because they believe that all they have gone through is just a lot of pain and they don’t want to experience that in the way they take their own life away. McCandless did not take the easy road he wanted to go to Alaska he hitched hiked for a while and then soon after ended up in Alaska. McCandless sure did not take the supplies needed for the trip but it did not seem that he went to Alaska to die there because if so he would not have token any supplies. He thought he would have been able to live off the supplies he took and to be able to live off the land but he did not have any type of experience in preserving the meat of an animal to be able to eat it and also it seemed like he did not know many survival skills.
Not only a few people are unhappy with the way they live their lives but it is a handful but most of them don’t do anything about it. It is only just a few that actually do something about what makes them unhappy and they try to change it because they are tiered of the way things are. People that don’t do anything or at least try to change something is because they want to feel secure. If we try to change something now maybe tomorrow nothing will be the same and we will not know what to do because of just that one change, but that one change changes so many more things. Changing one thing does not only affect one person but many so I think that’s why many people are afraid to do something about it. Especially a person with a family they  have a hard time trying to figure out what they should do because they  want to go to sleep knowing that later on their kids will be able to have a great future. If you actually think about it if that one thing makes you unhappy won’t it make another person unhappy? Or even their kids? Those people may believe that if they try to change something others will judge them for what they are fighting for. Those people don’t do anything maybe just because they are to scared for what people may think of them so they sit there and wait for another person to stand up for the same thing and try to do something about it and maybe then they will join. 

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Nails


Nails are a way to make you look a bit more formal and elegant. Acrylic nails, wrap nails, duck feet nails, gel nails, press on nails and others are just some of the many types of nails that are used every day by women. There are also manicures and pedicures and both men and women can receive one. The price for getting any procedure of nails varies depending on the place and what type of nails you get done. Also on any nails that you get done can have diamonds sparkles and a few other accessories to make the nails look even prettier than they already are. Gel nails are more expensive than acrylic nails just because gel nails look better for a while longer because of the coat of gel applied to the top of the acrylic. to put on fake nails at a salon or at home you need acrylic powder(there is clear and also different colors and some even have sparkles) you also need nail primer which helps the adhesion of enchantments to the natural a nail and nail tips (there is clear, white and designed tips) the tips you can leave as is or you can get nail polish and paint them to your choice of color. Nails are also useful if you do not want to use nail tips. If you are going to use nail tips you will need nail adhesive to glue the nail tip to the natural nail. To apply the acrylic you will need a little dappen dish and acrylic monomer and an acrylic brush. The smell of the acrylic monomer is very strong that is why women that are pregnant are advised not to get their nails done because it might do some harm since the smell is very strong and it can harm a baby. Anyone can get their nails done because there is a range of inexpensive nails to expensive nails. if a nail tip is going to be used to form the nail you first put a drop of nail adhesive to the natural nail then put the nail tip and apply some pressure and then let it dry, then you dip the brush in the monomer and then place the brush on the acrylic powder and get a little ball and place it on the nail and spread it and repeat it again until there is a nice thick layer so the nail will be able to hold and till it looks nice. After the brush is not needed no more clean the brush y dipping it in the monomer and then swipe it on a towel tip all the acrylic powder seems to be gone. After the nail is dry you want to even it out using a nail file. Then if the nail is going to have gel you get the gel and brush on a layer so it can look nicer for a while longer. Yes gel nails look better for longer just because of the gel but acrylic nails also last for a while just a bit less than gel nails.