In this unit, we are supposed to make a clay. The shape of the clay must be in either organic shape or geometric shape. I choose to make it to a circle shape which is also an geometric shape. First, after we get the clay from the teacher. I use the wire cutter to cut the clay into two pieces and take the piece that the size is similar to my design. Later, I wedged the clay to make sure that the air will not going inside of the clay. I do my wedding on the canvas to make sure that the table will be clean and not be dirty after.Then I used the needle tool to make the clay into a more accurate circle and put the extra clay away. My original design is to make the clay into a baseball, so later on I used the coils on the circle to make the two lines of the baseball and I used the needle tool and the pointing tool on drawing lines on my circle to make it more like a baseball. I also draw the 4 bases on the circle so it can represent baseball even more. I used the needle tool later use on the outside part of the home base. I use the needle tool to make the base outside more deeper so it seems more similar to the real life one. After that, I used the needle tool again at the side of the circle. I draw the sentence “Baseball Never Stop” to represent baseball even more and I wrote it 2 times so it can be seen at the right and also the left side of the circle. Last, I used the scratching tool at the bottom part of the circle. I use it to make the groove under the circle to make sure that it won’t break or separate after we put it into the kiln.
I think balance was showed by my design, because the two lines are equal length and it’s at the opposite side. Also the bases were located equally in my circle. I think my design has harmony too because my design was balanced very well and my drawing was simple and easy to understand. I think there was an emphasis on my project is that everything I draw on the circle was all related to baseball, for example bases, baseball, bat…etc. It makes the audience knowing and understanding my project more easier.
I think I didn’t use Pattern and Rhythm very well in this project, because it can not really tell there are any pattern or rhythm in my project so I think these two are the improvement that need to improve next time. Also I think there is no obvious contrast in my project, because mostly the drawing on my project were all balance or equally separated. I think my project is not unity too, because there’s too much different drawing on my project so it makes the not unity, but I think my project is still organized well and looking good.
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Music Competition Give Teenagers Pressures
9/27
By: Henry Sha
Music is Pressure or Hobby?
Music competition became a larger issue and pressure for lots of the teenagers. Some parents force their child to play and learn music just for the competition. Some of the teenagers maybe dislike music or don’t even want to participate anything about music, also maybe they are not even interested in playing music, but they still need to spend lots of extra time on practicing music just for the competition. It give teenagers who got forced to play music having even more pressures, even tho they already have lots of pressures in school, homework…etc. They got extra works, and they need to spent extra time and efforts than others. It is a painful life for them and they are also having a hard time because they are not doing things they like.
After sent and organized the survey from 7 & 8 graders in Kaohsiung American School, there are over 60 responses, the result shows that over 70% of teenagers think that if you do play music, music competition will become a pressure for them. According to the result, It shows that music competition will really affect teenagers on playing music. The main point is that competition will really give pressures for teenagers. Even tho competition is not really the main point of playing music. Music competition shouldn’t be the reason of playing music. Music competition is to let yourself know what do you still need to improve, what skill you did better this time and having some advice from the judges. Also, it can probably increase your confidence and courage while standing on the stage. Music competition is to try to improve yourself and trying to makes yourself being better next time. But, music is not all about competition, competition is just a tiny part of music. Music should be a hobby that people will really enjoy it while playing it and it can also be a way to relieve your stress and emotions. It is not for the people that play music just to prepare for the competition. If you do like music, you should really find the happiness of music and you will truly know the true definition of music.
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Sports
Sports is very important to everyone especially teenagers. It helps your body to stay in a good shape and makes yourself have a healthy body. Teenagers should exercise more often than they use their freedom on games or social medias. In fact, teenagers are growing and sports helps to grow a lot. Not like adults who already pass their time of growing, which is the reason they work a lot without exercising. Teenagers should grasp the chances to do more sports to make themselves grow taller and also being healthier.
Social Media For Teenagers
Social media is very common to teenagers. Teenagers use social media very often. It’s useful and convenient for teenagers to communicate with each other. Teenagers also use social media to do homework, but the question is, “Will teenagers spent so many times on using social media?” If teenagers spend less time on using social media, maybe there’s some extra time to do their other hobby. Social media is good for learning information together, but it’s also an interference when teenagers are working on their works. It will let the teenagers get off-tasks easily. Teenagers should make the right time and choices on using social media. Social media can be a good friend when you are studying, but also it can be a bad friend when it let you off-tasks while you are working, so choice the right decisions.
Bullying…
Lots of teenagers get bullied when they are in school or even on the internet. Here are some types of bullying that’s more often happened to teenagers. Social bullying, Physical bullying, and Verbal bullying. Those types of bullying are hurting people physically or in other ways. These types of bullying really damaged the people that get bullied and it will especially happen more often in middle school. No one can imagine how tough is it when someone is being bullied in their school life. According to the result, people that get bullied will have less confidence and courage to facing the problems after, and it really changed their future life. Bullying is still happening all around the world. There are still thousands of teenagers get bullied every single day. Who can stop it or how can it be ended?…
A Man Riding a Bike with an Umbrella.
On September 5, there’s a man wearing a gray shirt riding on his bike crossing the street. He is sort of short and skinny. He rides his bike slowly. Suddenly the sky becomes darker and it starts raining, the rain is getting bigger and bigger. The man forced to stops his bike and takes his umbrella out as fast as he can. He stops for a little while and starts making his decision. Later he decided to keep continues riding his bike with one hand holding the umbrella. He still successfully keeps his balance while he is riding the bike. Last, he crossed the street and disappeared from the other side…