VV Ted Talk

Ronald and I were working on two project in this year. The first project is to create our own t-shirt design and also our own logo design. The second project that we made is a Gundam. Gundam is a Japanese building toy. These two semesters, me and Ronald learned a lot. We really enjoy this project.

15 Minutes of Fame

Inspiring Poem   Anger is a devil, Anger destroys people, Anger doesn’t fix anything, Anger makes things worse.   Forgiveness is an angle, Forgiveness brings peace, Forgiveness creates happiness, Forgiveness solves anger.   Anger loses friendship, Forgiveness keeps friendship,   Friends are like cats, both beautiful and wise. Friends support you, Friends guide you, Don’t […]

#STOPTHEBIAS

I posted the stop the bias video on social media, Facebook last week. I want to show how bias can affect the ways we think in the media. People show bias everywhere and they don’t even notice it is a bias. I posted the video, so people can discuss what they think of bias. I learned […]

Where I’m From

I am from my green blanket in my crib from playing LEGOs with my fat cat, Mimi   I am from the Texas, USA A beautiful countryside with endless landscape It has big juicy steaks with pepper on top   I am from the maple tree’s seed from the red and yellow leaves   I’m from the […]

Coloring Gundam

These two weeks, Ronald helped me to build my Gundam. Ronald already finished his Gundam, so tried to help me by building parts of my Gundam. I also had to put sticker and colored each piece, so the Gundam would look better and also looked more realistic. For example, I used red marker to make […]

Be What’s Next

In this assignment, Johntesh and I have to use at least 10 slogans from famous company to create a poem. Be What’s Next By Ching Duan and Johntesh Born to be extreme The power of dream Is it in you Think different Reach out touch someone Just do it It will blow your mind Im […]

Poetic Device

There are many types of literary device. Common literary devices are: similes metaphors onomatopoeia personification repetition imagery alliteration hyperbole Other than poems and works of fiction, literary devices are also very common in songs. In the assignment, Andy and I explored examples of these devices in different songs. I learned that literary devices make the […]

The World of Bias

Ching Duan 8G   Genre 1: Lyrics   I’ll Make A Man Out Of You Lyric   source: I’ll Make a Man Out of You Lyrics by | From Mulan Soundtrack. (n.d.). Retrieved February 16, 2015, from http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/mulan/illmakeamanoutofyou.html   Analysis: This song is about sending a girl to learn fighting. This song is bias. For […]

Chinese New Year Break

During Chinese New Year break, my whole family went to Mystery Vally. My dad drove a car to there. We first have to go down the mountains, then we need to go around the river to avoid the water. After that we have to climb rocks, it was very difficult to climb on this rock. […]

Bias in TV & Film

Movie: Diary of A Wimpy Kid source: Diary of a wimpy kid [Motion picture]. (2010). Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.:. This movie is about a 13 years old boy Greg, his middle school life, and his family life. In the beginning, Rodrick did a prank to his younger brother, Greg. This is a stereotype because most people […]