I decided to do my reflection on David Kim. for project 4A World Cities. David's title says group # 2 tobar, steinbeck,humes and warshaw.
David mentioned that he was unaware of Los Angeles's public tranportation system had very little adapations to it since the early 1960's. This reminded me of my research in Project 3A where I compared Los Angeles and New York City.
David mentioned that he was unaware of that the name california was from the text of Las Sergas de Esplandian. this he read in Thomas Stienbecks story of "Montalvo,Myths and dreams of Home." This was something that I was unaware of also.
As far as Freire's ideas on dialogue I would have to say David brought the idea of history to my report. He explained that in surfacing by Matt Warshaw Santa Cruz was the first place in the united states where surfing occurred.
Our projects helped with the readings because it gave us things to look for in beaches and world cities which is exactly what these readings covered.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Week 5 Project 5C
I decided to do my reflection on Rosio Serrano. Rosio for project 4A Group 3 text reflections. Rosio's title says project 4A Group 3. They wrote about Firoozeh Dumas, Devorah Major and Michael Chabon.
Rosio didn't really write anythings that can be related to prior assignments. The comments about things that they were unaware of were short and I didn't feel that the covered the subject of humanities very well.
Unfortunatly once again i must say that there writtings didn't cover anything to do humanities. It seemed short and written with very little thought.
As far as Freire's ideas on dialogue I would have to say Rosio brought the idea of effort to my report. I felt that this student displayed very little effort in their work and that could be perceived as an empty bank account.
Aside from what the student wrote this stories have to do with childhood and the places that you live. This reminded me of my project 2A where i wrote and displayed various articles about Sebastopol, the town in which i grew up.
Rosio didn't really write anythings that can be related to prior assignments. The comments about things that they were unaware of were short and I didn't feel that the covered the subject of humanities very well.
Unfortunatly once again i must say that there writtings didn't cover anything to do humanities. It seemed short and written with very little thought.
As far as Freire's ideas on dialogue I would have to say Rosio brought the idea of effort to my report. I felt that this student displayed very little effort in their work and that could be perceived as an empty bank account.
Aside from what the student wrote this stories have to do with childhood and the places that you live. This reminded me of my project 2A where i wrote and displayed various articles about Sebastopol, the town in which i grew up.
Monday, July 7, 2008
Week 4 project 4A Group 1
The Big Valley by Mark Arax
Mark Arax writes about his childhood growing up in Fresno, Ca. He explains stories of the orchards and the life of a young farmer child. He then describes how the economy has changed the need for the farmers and the developing that is taking place in his home town. Mark does a really good job illustrating the "small town" atmosphere in his usage of words. The story then transfers to present day as Mark is a grown up struggling with the loss of his father and desire to keep the family farming legend alive.
My favorite line in his story is " Every third vehicle that whooshes past the oleanders that divide the road is a big rig and, more often than not, they're hauling away some piece of the valley's lavish bounty."(20)
I loved this reading, I found myself really interested in it and was a little upset that it finished as quickly as it did. I work in the transportation industry and am very familiar (due to my co-workers) with the truckers on the highway near fresno. As I continued to read this story, I often thought to myself I heard of that.
The one part that did bug me in the story is "Truck drivers hauling one crop or another are sometimes too drunk or wired on crank to know that they've just crossed the oleander line". The department of transportation has a STRICT policy on truck drivers which require them to have random drug testing.
The one thing I learned from this reading is that in mid-February Tulare holds the biggest farm equipment show in the world.
Transients in Paradise by Aimee Liu
Aimee Liu writes a story about Beverly Hills. She starts out describing the houses and the roads . She then begins to describe people she sees as if she was walking past them all or sitting in a chair watching them all pass her. She describes the rich, the poor, the healthy, the sick and lastly the dead.
My favorite line in her story is "I see buses carrying housekeepers from Crenshaw nudge the pickups of gardeners from Inglewood, Range Rovers driven by trophy wives cut off Hondas bearing handicap placards."(31)
This reading I did not enjoy as much as the first one. I found myself attempting to do anything but read it. How the author wrote did not make a lot of sense to me. She seemed to jump quickly from one subject to another with very little if any transitions. I am unaware of what southern California is like so unfortunately I didn't feel there was anything that the reading made me think of besides anything but reading it.
The one thing that I didn't realise until reading it is the following quote "We are all transients of one kind of another. On our way into or out of wealth, into or out of sanity,beauty,love ,health or death." I've never taken the time to see things that way, I felt this sentence was very powerful.
Showing Off the Owens By T.Jefferson Parker
T Jefferson Parker writes a story about a road trip through highway 395 to the Owens River and their intentions to "fly-fish" the river. He and a friend Brian spend many hours driving through various small cities and everything is fine until Brian develops a rash. The two gentlemen go fishing rash and all, and then finally decide to go to the store for some antibiotics. The rash gets healed, they caught some fish and that was the joist of the story.
My favorite line in his story is "What was that In-N-Out Burger there? asked Brian. Is it a chain? Good burgers, I said. I don't know the 'out' kind of worries me."(38)
This reading made me think of fishing. I am not a fisherman by any means but it brought me back to my childhood and camping out at anchor bay on the coast. I remember walking down the small grass pathway to the ocean and attempting to fish with bright pink barbie fishing pole and only catching seaweed on a good day. Maybe it was because i was too loud and "upsetting" the fish or maybe it was due to the fact I just didn't have the patients to wait for something.
The thing i think i took from this reading was the vision of the author "standing in my driveway (miles from the nearest river) casting hookless flies to the lizards for practice. (I've caught many.)"
The Distant Cataract About Which We Do Not Speak by Mary Mackey
Mary Mackey describes her experiences in the American River. She starts out describing an incident where she hops into the water and swims up to some ducks to observe them. She then goes into another incident where she was swimming in the river and meet up with a beaver. Mary contrasts her behavior to meeting the beaver with the way the ducks act as she interacts with them. Mary then finishes her story discussing the different ethnicity's of people and their experiences at the river.
My favorite line in her story is "We have come upon a Circle of Samoans, up to their chests in water, drinking cold beers and singing"Under The Boardwalk" in perfect harmony."(48)
This story made me thing of My aunt and uncles summer property near Bullard bar resivor in California. As you take the three hour drive to there retreat you pass the American river, which looks more like a fast moving lake then any river I've seen. There is this one spot where the five, the eighty and the seventy almost meet. At this location on the far side of the river is tons of dirt mounds that have been turned into dirt bike jumps and it appears to be quite the ridding experience.
Although this story was very much about the river itself the one thing i found the most educational for me was the statistic that about seventy five thousand Russians live in sacramento. Presently Sacramento has approximately four hundred thousand people, that means that approximately 20% of all people in sacramento are Russian.
Mark Arax writes about his childhood growing up in Fresno, Ca. He explains stories of the orchards and the life of a young farmer child. He then describes how the economy has changed the need for the farmers and the developing that is taking place in his home town. Mark does a really good job illustrating the "small town" atmosphere in his usage of words. The story then transfers to present day as Mark is a grown up struggling with the loss of his father and desire to keep the family farming legend alive.
My favorite line in his story is " Every third vehicle that whooshes past the oleanders that divide the road is a big rig and, more often than not, they're hauling away some piece of the valley's lavish bounty."(20)
I loved this reading, I found myself really interested in it and was a little upset that it finished as quickly as it did. I work in the transportation industry and am very familiar (due to my co-workers) with the truckers on the highway near fresno. As I continued to read this story, I often thought to myself I heard of that.
The one part that did bug me in the story is "Truck drivers hauling one crop or another are sometimes too drunk or wired on crank to know that they've just crossed the oleander line". The department of transportation has a STRICT policy on truck drivers which require them to have random drug testing.
The one thing I learned from this reading is that in mid-February Tulare holds the biggest farm equipment show in the world.
Transients in Paradise by Aimee Liu
Aimee Liu writes a story about Beverly Hills. She starts out describing the houses and the roads . She then begins to describe people she sees as if she was walking past them all or sitting in a chair watching them all pass her. She describes the rich, the poor, the healthy, the sick and lastly the dead.
My favorite line in her story is "I see buses carrying housekeepers from Crenshaw nudge the pickups of gardeners from Inglewood, Range Rovers driven by trophy wives cut off Hondas bearing handicap placards."(31)
This reading I did not enjoy as much as the first one. I found myself attempting to do anything but read it. How the author wrote did not make a lot of sense to me. She seemed to jump quickly from one subject to another with very little if any transitions. I am unaware of what southern California is like so unfortunately I didn't feel there was anything that the reading made me think of besides anything but reading it.
The one thing that I didn't realise until reading it is the following quote "We are all transients of one kind of another. On our way into or out of wealth, into or out of sanity,beauty,love ,health or death." I've never taken the time to see things that way, I felt this sentence was very powerful.
Showing Off the Owens By T.Jefferson Parker
T Jefferson Parker writes a story about a road trip through highway 395 to the Owens River and their intentions to "fly-fish" the river. He and a friend Brian spend many hours driving through various small cities and everything is fine until Brian develops a rash. The two gentlemen go fishing rash and all, and then finally decide to go to the store for some antibiotics. The rash gets healed, they caught some fish and that was the joist of the story.
My favorite line in his story is "What was that In-N-Out Burger there? asked Brian. Is it a chain? Good burgers, I said. I don't know the 'out' kind of worries me."(38)
This reading made me think of fishing. I am not a fisherman by any means but it brought me back to my childhood and camping out at anchor bay on the coast. I remember walking down the small grass pathway to the ocean and attempting to fish with bright pink barbie fishing pole and only catching seaweed on a good day. Maybe it was because i was too loud and "upsetting" the fish or maybe it was due to the fact I just didn't have the patients to wait for something.
The thing i think i took from this reading was the vision of the author "standing in my driveway (miles from the nearest river) casting hookless flies to the lizards for practice. (I've caught many.)"
The Distant Cataract About Which We Do Not Speak by Mary Mackey
Mary Mackey describes her experiences in the American River. She starts out describing an incident where she hops into the water and swims up to some ducks to observe them. She then goes into another incident where she was swimming in the river and meet up with a beaver. Mary contrasts her behavior to meeting the beaver with the way the ducks act as she interacts with them. Mary then finishes her story discussing the different ethnicity's of people and their experiences at the river.
My favorite line in her story is "We have come upon a Circle of Samoans, up to their chests in water, drinking cold beers and singing"Under The Boardwalk" in perfect harmony."(48)
This story made me thing of My aunt and uncles summer property near Bullard bar resivor in California. As you take the three hour drive to there retreat you pass the American river, which looks more like a fast moving lake then any river I've seen. There is this one spot where the five, the eighty and the seventy almost meet. At this location on the far side of the river is tons of dirt mounds that have been turned into dirt bike jumps and it appears to be quite the ridding experience.
Although this story was very much about the river itself the one thing i found the most educational for me was the statistic that about seventy five thousand Russians live in sacramento. Presently Sacramento has approximately four hundred thousand people, that means that approximately 20% of all people in sacramento are Russian.
Week 4 project 4C
I decided to do my reflection on Jena Barcojo for project 3B Beaches. Jena's wrote about Seal Beach and Bodega Bay. Jena included nice links and subtitled her paper so that it was very clean and easy on the eyes to read.
I couldn't locate anything that we both talked about since we picked very different locations. I also couldn't find any classmate that picked the same two locations as myself.
As far as Freire's ideas on dialogue I would have to say Jena brought the idea of the history of each beach. This is something I completely neglected yet I feel she covered very well. I really enjoyed reading about how bodega bay was discovered in 1775. and i found her sterotypes were perfectly picked.
I couldn't locate anything that we both talked about since we picked very different locations. I also couldn't find any classmate that picked the same two locations as myself.
As far as Freire's ideas on dialogue I would have to say Jena brought the idea of the history of each beach. This is something I completely neglected yet I feel she covered very well. I really enjoyed reading about how bodega bay was discovered in 1775. and i found her sterotypes were perfectly picked.
Week 4 project 4B
I decided to do my reflection on Joseph Fitch. Joseph for project 3A World Cities. Joseph's title says Los Angeles and New York (which is what i did) but in reading his paper it is clearly San Francisco and New York.
Joseph and I didn't really write about anything that is similar. The only thing that the two of us both touched upon is the multi cultural populations in both cities.
Joseph wrote about the landmarks in San Francisco and New York. I really like that he compared the golden Gate bridge to the Brooklyn Bridge and he even brought up the statue of liberty.
As far as Freire's ideas on dialogue i would have to say Joseph brought the idea of landmarks to my report. This is something I completely neglected yet i feel he covered very well.
Joseph and I didn't really write about anything that is similar. The only thing that the two of us both touched upon is the multi cultural populations in both cities.
Joseph wrote about the landmarks in San Francisco and New York. I really like that he compared the golden Gate bridge to the Brooklyn Bridge and he even brought up the statue of liberty.
As far as Freire's ideas on dialogue i would have to say Joseph brought the idea of landmarks to my report. This is something I completely neglected yet i feel he covered very well.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Week 3 Project 3C:Inland Areas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseville,_California
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clovis,_California
1. As of 2005 there 103,845 people in Roseville 86.03% of them were white, 1.31% were African American, 4.31% were Asian and 11.54% were Hispanic.
2. Roseville is the smallest of the fifteen top ranked cities in California for retail sales.
3. Roseville's total area is 30.5 square miles and only .04 square miles consist of water.
Interesting facts about Clovis:
1. As of 2000 there 68,468 people in Clovis 75.82% of them were white, 1.90% were African American, 6.49% were Asian and 20.27% were Hispanic.
2. Clovis has 8 high schools, 5 middle schools and 30 Elementary schools
3. Clovis' total area is 23.03 square miles and 0 square miles consist of water.
Roseville and Clovis are similar in the following ways:
1. Both Cities have an extensive history dating back to the late 1800's early 1900's. Each location has a historical downtown area.
2. Both cities have a lot of Hiking/bike trails
3. Both cities economic base are developed from shopping and retail sales.
4. Both Cities have 3 zip codes and one area code.
Roseville and Clovis are different in the following ways:
1. Roseville has a density of 2,622.5 square miles, while Clovis' density level is 4,004 square miles.
2. The City of Clovis was named after its public-spirited pioneer, Clovis M. Cole. While Roseville was named after fields full of flowers and roses prior to the incorporation of the railroad.
3. In the city of Roseville for every 100 females there are 88.8 males, while in the city of Clovis for every 100 females there are 92.3 males.
Although both towns are inland and considered smaller cities, they are rapidly developing into amazing places to live. Roseville is only 16 miles north of Sacramento, while Clovis is only 10 miles north of Fresno. There are a lot of assumptions that both cities have a strictly "red-neck" popluation when although they stay true to there country roots, both have a rock and hip hop following.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clovis,_California
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl-WXBN6Ssw
1. As of 2005 there 103,845 people in Roseville 86.03% of them were white, 1.31% were African American, 4.31% were Asian and 11.54% were Hispanic.
2. Roseville is the smallest of the fifteen top ranked cities in California for retail sales.
3. Roseville's total area is 30.5 square miles and only .04 square miles consist of water.
Interesting facts about Clovis:
1. As of 2000 there 68,468 people in Clovis 75.82% of them were white, 1.90% were African American, 6.49% were Asian and 20.27% were Hispanic.
2. Clovis has 8 high schools, 5 middle schools and 30 Elementary schools
3. Clovis' total area is 23.03 square miles and 0 square miles consist of water.
Roseville and Clovis are similar in the following ways:
1. Both Cities have an extensive history dating back to the late 1800's early 1900's. Each location has a historical downtown area.
2. Both cities have a lot of Hiking/bike trails
3. Both cities economic base are developed from shopping and retail sales.
4. Both Cities have 3 zip codes and one area code.
Roseville and Clovis are different in the following ways:
1. Roseville has a density of 2,622.5 square miles, while Clovis' density level is 4,004 square miles.
2. The City of Clovis was named after its public-spirited pioneer, Clovis M. Cole. While Roseville was named after fields full of flowers and roses prior to the incorporation of the railroad.
3. In the city of Roseville for every 100 females there are 88.8 males, while in the city of Clovis for every 100 females there are 92.3 males.
Although both towns are inland and considered smaller cities, they are rapidly developing into amazing places to live. Roseville is only 16 miles north of Sacramento, while Clovis is only 10 miles north of Fresno. There are a lot of assumptions that both cities have a strictly "red-neck" popluation when although they stay true to there country roots, both have a rock and hip hop following.
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