CDH GCE Portfolio

As spring break approaches, so does final presentations for this term. With “guiding questions” (or GQs) as the theme, all students were asked to form their own guiding question relating to a class, unit, or project they have worked on this term. I chose “How can questions change the world?” as my guiding question, relating to the first unit of my class Forbidden Books. In this unit we studied Socrates and the Socratic Method, that is what my question is based on. To get into this project first, I think an introduction to the Socratic Method is in order. In the BC era, during the life of/created by the Athenian philosopher Socrates, was the Socratic Method. The basic definition is that it is a "method of inquiry and instruction" but to describe it, I would say its a way of asking questions to find your true meaning. That may sound complicated but its really just a positive way of questioning a person’s beliefs and/or morals; When you ask the how and whys of a perso...

In the latest unit of my class Disease, called “Mind” my class and I have studied mental disorders. We were asked to select one disorder and research it in more depth. I chose Dysthymia, a mild, long-lasting and/or recurring depression. It is a mood disorder that causes thoughts of hopelessness or suicide, lack of concentration, and can lead to other disorders like Major Depressive Disorder. Mostly this affects the Theta, Beta, and Gamma brain waves causing lack of sleep, lack of concentration, and amplifies intense emotions. Treatments would mostly include social interaction but negative interaction can make it worse. Katty Perry is a prime example when explaining that, quote: "I have had bouts of situational depression and my heart was broken last year because, unknowingly, I put so much validity in the reaction of the public, and the public didn’t react in the way I had expected to … which broke my heart,”. When being diagnosed the things looked for would include a long list th...

In my class, Forbidden Books, the unit of study has been about dogma. The overall study has been on what dogma is and how it is portrayed. Before going any further, I should probably give a definition; Dogma is a belief or set of beliefs that are set out by a person or nation, seen to be true and factual. We have seen the applications of dogma in our field experiences: First, we were able to visit a Mosque to look at it from a religious standpoint, hearing the teachings of the Koran and how they affect the Muslim people. The second field experience we had was a visit to the “Women and Children's First” feminist library to hear about how dogma can be regulated, in the form of censorship. Now getting to the topic at hand, I was asked to make a podcast interview with a chosen character from my book and show their dogma and the dogma of the time period. The book had only one requirement: It has to have been banned at some point. I chose “The Giver” by Lois Lowry, as you can expect ther...

In the body there are many strengths and weaknesses, it can survive from limbs being removed completely but can also be destroyed by the tiniest of cuts. Recently my class and I have been studying disease forms, locations of disease, the threat of disease, how to contract a disease and how to deal with a disease. When diagnosing a disease doctors must look at symptoms to find a location to tell them what it might be; For example, if you have asthma shortness of breath will lead straight to the lungs. When assessing the threat level of disease you might look at how much of an area is affected, how much damage is being caused and how many systems are being disrupted by it. Example: Cancer is a disease that is caused by cells that will not stop growing. For cancer it is a growth so you look directly look at the size in diameter, it can grow anywhere on the body so damage ranges from fatal to easily removable. Going into the infection of a disease, there are four main ways of getting one: ...

Again this entry to my blog is about one of my classes; My class and I have been going over censorship in politics, and the Socratic method. Though the main topic is the Socratic method, I would like to bring in what was said about censorship. To start with a definition would probably be best, censorship is when something is withheld from the public for some reason whether that’s for political reasons or vulgarity. Censorship is often for protection, for sheltering kids from things like pornography, violence, addictive substances or unwanted messages. The main people to use censorship though would be the government. Books, films, people, themes, art and news, all of these were marked out of the public eye by governments around the world at some point. The unit name of this is politics but most of our conversations have gone to philosophy and that is one reason the project is about Socrates. Now you might be wondering who is Socrates? Let me explain, Socrates was an agnostic, ancie...

By CDH, CAH,  AG, JN For a quick introduction to this assignment; A small group of three people and I were asked to design an art piece for a large wall near our school building. The piece was supposed to relate to the community and we chose its history. Our combined efforts created the proposed art piece below. The next piece to read, the artists statement, was written by the whole group but split up by category.      CDH, CAH, AG, JN. A Changed Place . (2019) Brief history of community: This art piece is for those who aren't aware of the complex history of the Near Northside. For the last week of class, we were researching Near North Side as it was considered the first "bad" neighborhood in Chicago, and we knew it by its other name, "Little Hell." For a brief history it housed Italian & German immigrant in 1820 and had multiple gang wars throughout its lifetime. As different groups such as Puerto Rican and African-American entered the comm...