Rudy Francisco

Rudy Francisco

Rudy’s performance was amazing. He helped me better understand spoken word and was able to absorb all the knowledge needed to succeed in this project. For example, when Rudy was performing, his hands moved with the actions he was describing. When Rudy was raising his voice and getting deep in his poem, he hands would do fast, powerful movements. He would clench his fist when in anger and when sad, his arm would linger hopelessly. He also showed me that your tone of voice needs to vary. Which made me realize that  if a person performs with a monotone voice, it will be very boring.

Chinese Cultural Revolution Photos

This image relates to Red Scarf Girl because in the book, the Red Guards destroyed temples, books, signs and anything that represent old customs, old culture, old habits and old ideas. In this picture it shows a man destroying a structure that is considered "four olds". In Red Scarf Girl the Red Guards would demolish the name of stores and a large crowd would stand in the street and cheer and when yell revolutionary comments like "long live Chairman Mao! or Long live the great proletarian revolution! . Much like the people in this picture. In Document 5, it shows a street sign on the ground being stomped on my revolutionaries because it is considered four olds. After the sign is eliminated , It will we renamed a revolutionary name like "Red Forever".

GPA College 2

My GPA last semester was a 3.6. This semester my gpa raised by .29 points. I am very satisfied with this "solid" GPA. My accumulative GPA is 3.76. I definitely made a big improvement this semester. I went from having an 87%  in humanities to having a 97%. Its the same story with Math. The reason I don't have a 4.0 is because of Spanish, I've struggled on a few tests and my grade lies at a 91%. My goal is to raise that by 2% so I can have a 4.0 but that will be hard seeing that we have a big project and then the semester is pretty much over. This project is going to be stressful. 

Over the summer I will try to participate in community service in attempt to impress colleges. Also, I have a question about community service, how do you prove that you actually participated in community service? I still don't have a clue which college I want to go to. I was thinking about USD. But only because of  what people say about it and my grandpa thinks its a "Brilliant" school for an unknown reason.

Internship

Some things that struck me about the internships was how diverse each persons opinion was. One person had a mentor that spent a lot of time with them and others had a mentor that just read the paper all day. I realized that I need to make sure I choose an internship in which I have a mentor that will have time and will be willing to assist me and show me the ropes.

In the talk, One girl talked about how boring her internship was, and how she did nothing but be on  the computer the whole time. For my internship i will pick something that requires hands on work. Other workingon photoshop all day, or writing letters. I was thinking about doing my internship at the zoo.

The person that really painted a picture of what her internship was like was the one who talked about her spot. She did not only talk about her spot and why she loved it, but she also talked about what might happened if she was not in her spot. And described what she did in that spot, and expressed what other people were doing in their own individual spaces.

Revolution- Both authors think of revolution as a cultural change. Marjanes culture changed because the government started repressing them so much. And Suheirs' country changed by children going to war. Also, It made her entire race recognized as terrorists. When in reality, they are human beings just like anyone else. Stereotypes are made from revolutions and war. 


Revolutionaries- Marjane was a revolutionary her whole life and even when she was a small child she was chanting "down with the shaw!". She always rebelled from anything the government said. Suheir was a revolutionary because she spoke what was on her mind about a country that does not care about their people. Which is why she left, she was not going to die for a country that does nothing for the people."i have never felt less american and more new yorker, particularly brooklyn, than these past days. the stars and stripes on all these cars and apartment windows represent the dead as citizens first, not family members, not lovers." This shows how many people people are fleeing their home countries to the United States out of fear". 


War- Both authors define war as an unnecessary part of society. And a heartbreaking event, " My hand went to my head, and my head went to the dead Iraqi children". Marjane experienced her neighbor blown to pieces in the rubble in what was once the girls home. Suheir life was taken away and all compassion of her people was taken away from the traumatizing war. "i am looking for evidence of compassion. any evidence of life. i am looking for life".War causes anger, the need for revenge."we"re gonna burn them so bad, i swear, so bad." War is horrible, war is unpreventable. 

Some parts of Suheirs' poem included when she talked about the boys dying in war. "Our boys' deaths galvanized". This astounded me because there are countries that recruit children to the front lines of war with no military training. And Die. This quote send chills through my spine. "I will not side with you or dance to your bombs because everyone is dancing. Everyone can be wrong". This quote struck me because she was able to hold on to her opinion and say that this war is wrong, whether or not everyone thought otherwise. She never thought she was wrong. Suheir believed that she was right, and everyone around her was wrong. That to me is an amazing thing, It is so hard to hold on to your conception of something when everyone is "dancing" about their perspective. 

When Suheir spoke about how the government repressed her people in this line,  "I will dance and resist and dance and persist and dance".  I thought of how Marjane and her think very much alike. The two both lived in a country where a government took away rights and tied people down, they also both rebelled and wanted change. "I will not forget where i come from". I also found a connection between this quote from Suheir and Marjane. Because Marjaned grandmother told her to never forget who you are. Both Marjane and Suheir were greatly devoted to their background. 

The part that struck me the most was how much poverty the authors went through. Its unbelievable that some people live in terror, for example having bomb alarms and never knowing when that alarm will go off, and who will die. It could be you, that alarm is the sound of death. Another thing that appalled me was the part where Suheir talked about talked about land mines. That just made my stomach turn. 

Islam Marriage

Before marriage, the man has very little dress code to follow. But when the man is married, the couples clothing is equal. which means the man should cover up as well as the woman. Both genders have the right to choose who they want to marry. But there are some restrictions, for example, Muslim men are expected to marry other muslim women, but he is also allowed to marry a jeweish or christian women. A women is expected to only marry a muslim man. A man is encouraged to marry a religiously devoted women. Divorces are strongly condemned in Islam. Many people believe that the man can just say "I divorce you" to his wife and they are automatically divorced. But this is not the case, each person must appoint a arbitrator to resolve the marriage(a person who is used to settle any non criminal dispute). Also, Same sex marriage is forbidden. If someone are caught doing homosexual acts. They receive the death penalty

The purposes of a muslim marriage are:

1. To restrain sexual passion.
2. The ordering of domestic life.
3. The care and responsibility towards children.
4. The expansion of the family.