Socialism and Obama

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When googling “Obama Socialism” the only results that I found interesting is a news article revolving around a book meeting. In the picture Obama is shaking hands of a man named Chavez. I found this interesting when I searched Google news the first result turned me on to another article about the same topic.
People saw this picture and immediately assumed Obama is a socialist.

In some areas I found the label socialism to make some sense and others not. I agree with this article I found mentioning the first 100 days of service and how people say one thing and it carries around fast due to the Internet, it talks about how most of his plans are long term ideas not short term and by a few decisions he makes now doesn’t show the good side but some socialist ideas doesn’t mean he is a socialist.

Internship Photo Essay

One of the two language acquisition and research center (Larc) labs located at San Diego state university, teachers often have students complete assignments here during class due to there being thirty Mac computers

My mentor Trevor and I discussing what is going to be taught to the students getting ready to use Skype for the first time. Trevor is clarifying how we are going to go over the program showing the basic principles as well as what appeal the program has.

Inside lab 410 during the start of class, students are getting their notes out awaiting for the teachers direction, some notice Skype already open questioning what specifically it is they will be doing.

Spanish teacher Franco, explaining to his students they will be using Skype, a chat program with video. In the background I’m overseeing checking for any problems students might be having as well as controlling what is displayed on the classroom monitor.

After finding someone in need of assistance, I show the individual the correct method necessary when logging into Skype as well as communicating with another student at the other end of the room.

What I'm Bringing to the Magazine

What I could contribute to the magazine in the form of writing would possibly be an article because the photo essay I feel would be as strong as a regular piece of writing. So instead my writing could be about art or I could possibly creat an art piece that would be featured in the magazine maybe a two page spread with the artist statement overlapping on the bottom right of the picture. This is just one idea which is the pain idea I have for the magazine.

Usually when it comes to creativity and thinking of names I have one ready for every occasion but for once I don't have any ideas on what the magazine title would be.

A topic of an article that would most likely catch my attention would have to be something fascinating or for example a creative hook in the title. the topic how ever would have to be the wildest thing that happened at internship, for example while going to lunch you saw Bigfoot run across the street saying "I exist so do aliens don't buy into fake stories or cover ups by the government..." that would be something I definitely read.

Internship Immersion...

answering question 1: What did you learn during immersion? How did you learn it?

what I learned during internship immersion is an average day for a staff member of a lab isn't that much work. I found it to be actually quit relaxing and calm compared to all the work we need to do in class. the deadlines are made by themselves as long as it gets done in a reasonable time. I found this to be a good idea because there isn't any stress put on anyone causing them to become nutcases.

a key experience I will take away is within the internship i was placed in i found that the things I was being taught in class weren't really being applied to the work being done, with the exceptions of a few things, for example learning about the recession and budget cuts the hours they stayed open changed from ten hours to 8 hours every other day.

school made internship a.k.a, job without pay come off as a challenge and high expectations of me as an intern. but that was not the case, instead the staff was flabbergasted that my partner and I knew how to do everything that was thrown at us. giving us basic tasks and saying it was due the next day was pretty simple, but the fact we accomplished things an hour or 2 later just startled our mentor. I personally felt excited I was able to have someone amazed at the work being done so fast and giving me feedback on what to change and tell me good job.

Immersion Weeks...

What I’m most excited about for upcoming immersion would have to be not coming to school and having to go to a job site were it would be similar to a real work scene. I look forward to this because I will be gaining experience in working a full time job and gain an upper hand allowing me to have some experience for future references when I am applying for a job.

What I’m most concerned about would have to be contributing something to my internship for example sheets explain how to use a program on a computer when I don’t fully understand what I am working with at times. With there being a deadline needing to get things by adds some stress to the equation but I think it would force me to work harder. if i work harder i could accomplish many more tasks. if this turns out to be the case than I will just have to do the tasks at hand and focus on internship for the upcoming to weeks.

Outstanding Blogs!!!

when it comes to outstanding blogs I cant really say I've read every blog between the two classes. From the ones I have read I will attempt to give you examples of students I feel have outstanding blogs in humanities class.


The first blog I found related to economic advice given to Barrack Obama would be Amanda's blog. It being filled out well do to everything being cited as well as flowing smoothly between paragraph and information for example

"I found is that the government is cutting back on giving money to things that deserve to get money. In an article I found by Paul Krugmen it states "The original plan also included badly needed spending on school construction; $16 billion of that spending was cut.

I found this to be a good example because in the blog it also had foot notes to back up what she was saying not just the quote.




Looking for blogs that show god literary analysis i found Sydney's blog to show good examples of this.

"Through his detailed and descriptive writing, John Steinbeck uses imagery to show you what is going on in the book. In the first part of this story, " the gift," the setting of the story is displayed using description. "The cowpumkpins were green and small yet. He went on to the sagebrush line where the cold spring ran out of its pipe and fell into a round wooden tub. He leaned over and drank close to the green mossy wood where the water tasted best ( Page 6.)" In sentences like these, John Steinbeck provides words that appeal to the senses. Instead of saying vague sentences, such as, He drank the best water, John Steinbeck provides background knowledge of the area without using filler words."

I chose this part of her blog because not only does she quote the book and tell you exactly where it is but she breaks down a sentence to show how she is able to analyze the writing and give an in depth answer as to why the John Steinbeck is a good writer.



Looking for historical writing I found Arrianah blog portray this well because it compares older issues to modern day problems. for example

"It was a big revolution when women were able to vote, because they were very underestimated in the work that they had put into building this country up. In an article written by Orlando Patterson, it explains how the voters progressed over the years. Like slowly over time women started voting even more then men did. In August 1920 the 19th amendment was made that gave women their right to vote."

This excerpt from her writing is a good example because it shows history and how over time things have changed. It also has an article to back up what it is saying.



For the fourth and final part I chose Isaac's blog because it not only has pictures of his pets but videos embedded into the blog to back up his information and i find that to be a very interactive part of a website, which is why I like his blog.

Although when it comes to the blog i found to be the most exciting over everyone in the entire class would have to be Sander Norris's blog which has a classy title saying "Divine moments of Truth." continuing through the blog i also found grade A example pictures of sea life and different ways of taking a picture. for example it focuses on underwater photography. which i find very interesting.

Oval Office...

With thirty minutes to speak in the oval office I would first address the executive pay issue with CEO's giving themselves large bonuses when their company is being ran into the ground. This issue is a problem because the companies that are asking for bailouts are companies that just about every citizen relies on to maintain a normal living. For example John Thain losing 25 billion dollars in the time he was CEO for Merrill Lynch, a bank based in New York that asked for a 50 billion dollar bailout plan.

Letting this continue on lets us believe another great depression could be right around the corner. History does repeat itself and with the recession already happening. Our country has become a step closer to entering the great depression.

This problem can be fixed by passing laws to ensure that the government knows exactly what is being done with the money, essentially the companies needing clearance before they do anything with the money, more importantly stopping one man so he can’t go out and spend 1.22 million dollars on a new office. Some of the benefits from these laws would be that the tax payer’s money would not be thrown away but essentially used to help remove this large debt and bring us out of the recession. It wouldn’t happen right away but over time it will.

with the previous laws basically allowing companies to take the money and run there was a serious issue that fell into place seeing how this was the tax payers money, an issue that truly needs to be addressed by our current government and citizens to take action and stop this.

references: New York Times