CDH GCE Portfolio

 In the first STEAM class of quarantine, "Design and engineering", we have studied basic tools, advancement of tools, several design processes, math concepts surrounding materialization of said designs, and the unexpected opportunity to have not only one but two FEs this unit. For this action project we were asked to design garden tools that benefit the elderly as much as possible. With the help of my partner CJH, we started our process with picking a tool to redesign, we chose garden shears. The next step was to have an interview with my Grammie; An elderly woman who as been gardening for years. We discussed several questions, mostly about tools and her experience with them. Coincidentally she owns a pair of shears, so obviously I asked her about them. She told me "They are hard to keep sharp and are sometimes much to short or to big." When we went to revise our ideas, thinking empathically, see to properly understand the physical hardships of the elderly we must t

 In this new school year, during the COVID-19 pandemic, many students have had to commit to an online learning experience. For many students, myself included, it has been a struggle. In one of the first classes I am taking this year, "The Art Of Rhetoric" our first action project has been issued. We studied about the appeals ethos, logos, and pathos; We talked about how Christopher Columbus was actually a genocidal maniac in the first chapter of Howard Zinn's "A Peoples History Of America;" And we talked about how to implement the appeals by reading and watching different political speeches. In this AP we were instructed to record a video of ourselves advising a political official in how to answer a question. The question in mind is: Is it acceptable to use movements like BLM in the political setting? I will be filming a video with the premise being, "Joe Biden was just asked this question and I am running through what you need to know to answer." Joe