This week I decided to focus on the art portion of my senior projects. I spent some hours carefully reading books on historical fashions throughout different eras. I also decided[…]
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Michelle- Week Two Reflection
April 15th EQ: How does the infant brain structure work? This week has been a little slower than I had anticipated in terms of progression in my online course. The[…]
Street Sense, Entry 2 – Amouri Edwards
April 18, 2020 Senior Project has been very difficult this week. I’m losing ambition, mostly due to the current COVID-19 situation. If we were not held in isolation I[…]
Sophie R – Update #3
Is it sustainable to eat meat? Does animal protein have a place in our future diets? (findings on the impacts of the way meat is produced/consumed – broken down into[…]
Sophie Kielian Blog Post #4
The second half of this week went well for me. I was able to complete most of my research, long articles, and organizational work at the beginning of the week,[…]
Syd Field’s Screenplay
For the past two weeks, I have been reading Screenplay, by Syd Field, and using it to better help me learn how best to structure, format, and begin my own[…]
Senior Project blog post #2
I have worked on the finalizing of my lyrics and recording the piano portion on logic pro. It took me a little while to figure out how to connect my[…]
work days 7- 9
I am starting to get close to the end of building this neck i used a saw rasp to get the neck to first the right thickness then to the[…]
Week two, Thursday
Today Shai and I visited all of the locations. There are seven in total. Again, I was struck by the community. Every location we visited, Shai knew everyone there and[…]
Week two, Tuesday
Today we had an order of 200 burgers, 150 side salads, and 150 salads. It struck me today that all of these containers are made of plastic. Additionally, I bagged[…]
Week one, Wednesday
Today I started working at Westville! I wake up at around 10 to get there at 11. I have been put in charge of all the orders going out to[…]
Week One, Monday
Today I met with Shai. Shai is the manager of technology and human resources at Westville and has been bogged down with work recently. While some workplaces are experiencing less[…]
4/18 Reflection Elisabeth
Since Tuesday I’ve spent most of my time baking. I made pizza, pita, and baguettes. They turned out pretty well, except I rolled the baguettes too small so they’re kind[…]
Jonathan’s Third Blog Post
I started the week trying to figure out how my idea would compare to what is currently available in the United States. In other words, I wanted to understand the[…]
#3, April 18th – Nate
It’s the end of the second week, horror week, and we’ve put out 6 episodes, 3 edited by Kamara and 3 edited by me. We’ve got a total of 115[…]
Dakota – Week 2 Update 2
On Thursday, I did so much cooking. I woke up at 7:25 to go in search of yeast at the grocery store near my dad’s and wandered around the store[…]
Jaquie’s Reflection #4
As my second week continues with research, it is mostly at random. I am sorting out and conquering some of the topics and questions I had written down on my[…]
Ariella – Blog post #4
The third recipe that I cooked so far in my project are my grandmothers bolitas de queso (cheese balls). My grandmother is a Holocaust survivor who escaped from Romania in[…]
April 17th – Starting Work On Another Song!
Hi all, So today we started work on a second song idea. I’ll give the rundown on how we built it up over the day. We started in the same[…]
April 16th – Further Updates
Hi all! For this past week so far Dominic and I have been working on the song that we started last week – we’ve got the start of a verse/chorus[…]
APR 17: SONG 2
Hellooooo, so Gus and I thought it would be a good idea to let the first song sit for a couple days so that we don’t get sick of it[…]
APR 16: FIRST SONG PART 2
Hello, so Gus and I have been continuing the song we started last week. We’ve been trying to flesh out complete verse, chorus and bridge sections. It’s probably about time[…]
CR1
There’s plenty I know about my senior project’s area of study. However, like everything I’m passionate about I can’t know everything and I certainly don’t claim to, so it’s a worthwhile exercise[…]
CR #1
Critical Reflection #1: What I Know vs What I Don’t Know (CR1) My senior project is about making music. My essential question is how can I tell a compelling[…]
April 13th – First Song
Hi all, Since the last post, I’ve brought Dominic up to speed on all he needed to know to record and produce in Logic. We’ve taken the song idea that[…]
APRIL 13TH: 1ST SONG
Hello, so now that Gus has shown me most of the basics, we started a song. We started off with this synth part that Gus wrote and kept adding more[…]
April 6-7: Getting Up To Speed
Hellooooooo! First blog post here, so let’s see how it goes and jump right into it: For senior project, Dominic and I are making music over the internet. Our original[…]
April 6-7th: Getting up to speed
For senior project, Gus and I are making music over the internet. Our original plan was to make music in person, but with covid 19 that’s definitely NOT going to[…]
Week 1 part 2
I did my next cooking exploration as a breakfast meal. I gathered garlic mustard and used it as flavoring and spice for my healthy and proteinous breakfast dish. Below are[…]
Week 1, part 1
This week I started by cooking with ingredients from local farmers from the farmers market. One new food to me was lions mane mushrooms. Then I began my foraging. To[…]
Senior Project Proposal
FINAL PROPOSAL Name: Anna Faulkner You have already written versions of your responses to many of these questions in previous assignments for Senior Project; you may reuse prior writing[…]
Senior Project – Friday, April 17th by Kamara
Nate and I just finished recording our final horror week podcast episode, and quite frankly, I think we’ve got it down. This was hands down, the smoothest episode that we’ve[…]
Critical Reflection #1 – Kamara Duruaku
How Can We Talk About and Understand Film? Prior to starting this senior project, Nate and I hadn’t really done much constructive and thoughtful criticism of the films that[…]
Oscar Chun Focused Writing Week 2 Apr. 13- Apr. 19
I just had my first interview with an author. Her name was Amy Evans and I was able to collect a lot of good information from her. Her process was[…]
Max Zinman: Week of 4/13: Taking the Lead in Discussions
This week, the two classes I’m helping teach (Physics 10A and 10C) had whiteboard discussions about the momentum card sort we’d been working on earlier in the trimester, and Preethi[…]
Ian Reyes Reverse Engineering Week 2 Post 1
I started this week by attempting to open up a faulty hairdryer in my home. After trying the first few days to get it open, I was only able to[…]
Alex – Critical Reflection #1
To be honest, I know very little about my subject in the grand scheme of things. Sure, I’ve taken psychology classes before, so I could say that I am knowledgeable,[…]
Poetry: April 16
April 16: This is the big poem. This poem is the one I have been writing for four years. In most of that time, I had never conceived of this[…]
Blog Post #2 : First Film – Tibeau Ferguson
Tibeau Ferguson Blog Post #2: First film A few days ago I received my film I handed in. The photos were of Fort Tilden in Breezy Point, Silver Towers, Civic[…]
Jane Olsen Post #4 Wellness Exploration
During my week focused on nutrition and food, I have also come across the concept of intuitive eating. This practice, that many people claim is resistant to diet culture, promotes[…]
Jane Olsen Post #3 Wellness Exploration
This week my focus is on nutrition, diet, the emotions behind food and how this relates to wellness. One of my biggest takeaways after exploring this theme for some time[…]
Julia Week 2: Blog #1
I finished that small design project. I solved for what I could, and figured out the basics for what I couldn’t. Turns out, the majority of the work in terms[…]
Olivia Week Two: Blog post #3
Interviewing: Today, I got to sit down with my mom and interview her. She has worked in advertising (the premise of my project) for over 15 years now, so she[…]
Molly- Week 2, Post 2
Community in the Time of COVID-19 Yesterday in my cohort meeting, I heard from a speaker named Sandra about how her art communities have been moved online. Sandra lives in[…]
4/16 – Bay
This week I read John Stuart Mill’s “Utilitarianism” for my online class. “Utilitarianism” is a manifesto that attempts to address the criticisms of Jeremy Bentham’s Greatest Happiness Principle. In the[…]
week 2, post 2
Essential Question: How can I explain the importance of personal style in an eco-friendly manner while simultaneously experimenting with my own? A few days ago I learned an important lesson.[…]
Week 1 post 2 (posted later)
essential question: How can I explain the importance of personal style in an eco-friendly manner while simultaneously experimenting with my own? Last week I got all my materials.[…]
Update #3: Sophie SF
On Tuesday, I had the chance to observe another weekly Leadership Team Meeting at The Hunger Project (THP). The meeting consisted of a group of long-time THP investors and fundraisers.[…]
Dakota – Week 2 Update 1
So far this week I have made turnip cake and Chinese black bean spare ribs with my mom. These foods are very nostalgic, as they were foods I ate often[…]