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This week I watched the National Geographic documentary, Free Solo, on Disney+. This is the story about a guy named Alex Honnold who attempts to follow his dream of climbing El Capitan, a 3,200 foot rock, without ropes. This documentary is filmed by a group of Alex’s fellow rock climbers who help him to prepareContinue reading “Week 10: Documentary Film”

Recently, I have been looking to my future and thinking of possible career paths I might want to pursue. I found an article that explains why the biomedical engineering field may be the path for me. They argue that those who pursue biomedical engineering can follow many different paths. Some may find themselves in hospitals,Continue reading “Week 9: Imagining the Future”

Speaker- Joe Navarro is a former FBI agent and specializes in body language. He is very educated on this topic and made a career in catching spies for 25 years using this knowledge.Occasion- He is retired from his job in the FBI and continues to use the information. He also came out with a bookContinue reading “Week 8: YouTube Video”

I just listened to an episode of the podcast To The Best Of Our Knowledge called Out Of The Mental Illness Box. I think it was very powerful and I originally chose to listen to it so I could be more educated and knowledgeable on the subject of mental illness. I am aware it isContinue reading “Week 7: Podcast Project”

This past Monday, February 17th, on our day off of school, many students from the Glenbard district came together to help a charity called Project Linus. I was so excited that I was able to participate in this event. Project Linus makes blankets that go to children in need. Across the country, all sorts ofContinue reading “Week 6: Volunteer”

Speaker- The person who made this political cartoon is most likely a democrat or a person who opposes Trump. This is because the cartoon depicts Trump in a bad way, meaning that someone who isn’t his biggest fan would be most likely to create something like this.Occasion- The occasion is Trump’s recent state of theContinue reading “Week 5: Political Cartoon”

This was a picture taken on February 2nd, 2020 (groundhog day) of the ground hog in Pennsylvania, Punxsutawney Phil. I think that the pictures central argument is to inform the country of the decision so many find important, whether spring will come early or winter will stay longer. The photo uses ethos in order toContinue reading “Week 4: Photo of the Week”

The article that I read this week was about the emerging Coronavirus. It begins by describing what this virus is, that “it has come from animals” and its relation to past corona viruses: SARS and Mers. Sars killed more than 750 out of 8000 infected, while Mers only infected 2500 people but killed 35%  ofContinue reading “Week 3: Article of the Week”

I recently discovered and watched a very interesting Ted talk called “Rediscover the Pitbull” by Mitzi Bolaños. Mitzi, the speaker, shows us how she is very passionate about dogs and the way they are treated. She also makes it known that she is a Pitbull owner herself. She gives this speech at a time whenContinue reading “Week 2: TedTalk”

As my friend has made aware to me, Pit Bulls are often looked over when in shelters because they are thought of as aggressive and unfriendly dogs. I wanted to find out the truth about whether they were as unsafe as the public believed them to be. You hear in the news all the timeContinue reading “Are Pit Bulls Safe?”