graffiti

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opinion story

     I'm sure most people have their own opinions on this sensitive topic, but allow me to share my  my own. Is the death penalty just? Do you think our judicial system should be able to kill people for for violent crimes?
      Many people will probably say that it is completely just, but to me, that just seems like revenge. "An eye for an eye only makes the world blind" is a phrase that is commonly used to describe scenarios very similar to this specific one.
      Basically, why would you kill a person for them killing another person/people? If the crime is
is already incredibly violent, they probably already will get get a sentence similar to a life sentence.
     All that just seems like getting revenge on someone for something that they did that may have made you angry. If we kill a killer, what are we accomplishing. Doesn't that makes us the killers now?
     If we send someone to jail for life instead of killing them, some people might argue that it is is a
a fate worse than death. Going to jail is like giving up all your freedom and handing it over to the
the guards.
     It's either that or ending it all and never having to worry about it again.I get thetis sounds a little morbid, but these things need to be considered before we take a man's life just to make us feel better.
     Don't get me wrong, I think that there should still be death. But I don't think we should be able to to decide. The public shouldn't be able to have this much say on a person's life. I think that the inmate should be able to choose death if they do not want to go to prison. But only if their entrance is life prison. Otherwise, people might use it as an easy way out for no good reason.
     But there also is the other thing. Some people probably do like prison. Or at least tolerate it
it enough so that they would much rather have that over a death penalty. Almost to the point of that
the the convict feels like they aren't being hurt in any way.

merger photo preview

1. The tree could move an that could be bad
2. somewhere where there isn't a lot of movement
3. yes
4. no

Sports portfolio stuff

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1. Travis Haughton
2. Stories
3. backs of head, pictures of signs, blocking of a face
4. The cotton candy on the head, the lighting on some
5. I liked what was in the pictures, just not always how they were taken

1. Nick Adams
2. Stories
3. Out of focus, kids, fires
4. Pictures in the dark, rules of third
5. I thought they were pretty alright

1. Jordan Murph
2. sports
3. identical pictures, tight cropping, not finished pics
4. Sports pictures in focus, bubbles from the nose
5. I liked basically all the pictures here.

1. Josh Birnbaum
2. stories
3. clustered photos, pictures from weird angles, KIDS
4. funny pictures, nice lighting
5. some pictures in this portfolio are out of focus and its slightly off putting to look at.

II
1. composition, everyone doing stuff, one thing in focus
2. The contrast, the filling, rule of thirds

III
1. It just seemed pretty hectic

IV
1. I agree that the hockey picture is pretty horrible. It is very hard to tell what the subject is
2. I thought the wrestling picture was really good. I enjoy how loose the cropping is because it allows me to imagine that there is more happening

HDR preview

1. You need t change the shutter speed and exposure slightly  between each photo
2. HDR software, a camera, and a tripod
3. To get the best possible picture
4. We might see the way that certain parts interact with each other

nut graf

A nut graf is the portion of the story that explains why its important. Particularly what the news value is to the reader.

SLO warm up

1. D
2. A
3. C
4. D
5. B
6. C

opinions writing preview assignment

1. editorial?
2. the craziness of immigration laws
3. they are against it
4. no
5. no, they seemed to follow up their opinion with very valid facts that would lead readers to believe that it isn't something that could be changed in an instant
6. no

1. reagan wallace
2. the current U.S. secretary of education
3. They hate this new chick
4. no
5. no
6.  no

1. ian miller
2. the big tree dying
3. they don't want it to die
4. no
5. a little bit. They dint have very many reasons other than the fact that the tree holds memories
6. no

1. jake brien
2. college
3. they think it shouldn't be very expensive
4. no
5. yeah, it was hard to tell most of the time
6. no

1. abby ong
2. physics
3. they think its important
4. yes
5. no
6. no

Peer Review SoM

http://johnsphotojournalism.blogspot.com/2017/04/student-of-month-story.html
Paragraphs: 35 points
5 quotes: 20 points
Inverted pyramid: 15
Total: 70

student of the month

Who - Jane Doe
What - Student of the month
Where - Bowie high school
When - At the present time
Why - for the heck of it
How - Through voting
Jane Doe, our current student of the month, was voted for here at bowie high school. Many students voted for her as the April student of the month because they felt that she deserved this title due to her actions and the way she treats other students and teachers.

          James Bowie High Schools own John Doe has just won the Student of the Month Award for this april. This award is a very honored award that only the most determined students can receive the award in the Bowie competition. Teachers nominate their most hardworking students and then the students are sent to be judged. The students are then judged by a group of Bowie administration members who will read each students file. Then, based off this information, the judges will determine one overall winner.
          Many of Bowie's students are talented, but only one student can win this award. John Doe, a freshmen here at Bowie, received the award Friday April 15th through the loud speaker so all his friends could embrace him. A letter was then sent home so his parents could help bask in the glory too.
          Winning such an honorable award with so many nominations took a lot of work for Doe, "I try to set myself apart from the rest of the crowd be taking part in as many extracurricular activities." But John also focuses a lot on homework and school work. "I'm a very organized person to begin with, so I like to test my limits by balancing all my work and the clubs as a fun challenge" he says to our reporter. 

          "I try my best to be a clear role model in all the areas I'm involved in," he explains, "including in my home life". John Doe has a sister here at bowie who also shed some light on the type of person that John is. 

            "He's the best brother a gal could have," Jane Doe exclaims, "he constantly shows that he wants to help both my mom. He does things only with other peoples best interests at heart."

             Although, John only gets recognition for the month of april, his peers say that he still will affect them in the long run. 

Inverted Pyramid

My first interview

1. What did you do to get this position?
I would say I'm very outgoing and that was helpful

2. What do you hope to get of of this position?

3. How will this title help you in the future?

4. What extracurricular activities are you in that helped lead you to ultimately getting this title?
I just recently made the cheer team

5. What do you love most about this school?
I really love the community and the freedom that we have

6. What is you least favorite thing about this school?
homework, for sure

7. How well would you say that you treat your peers?
very well

8. How well would you say that your peers treat each other?
very well

9. What is your favorite subject here at bowie?
Biology

10. Why is that your favorite subject?
I like getting to know how things work and why they do what they do

11. What is your least favorite subject here?
math, without a doubt

12. Why is that your least favorite subject?
 It just makes no sense to me

13. How did people around you help you get to having this title?

14. Who would you say a major inspiration to you is?
Mom

15. Why is that person an inspiration to you?
My mom treats other people very well

16. Would you think that you are an inspiration to others?
I try to be an inspiration, but I don't think I succeed 

17. Would you say your teachers here care about their jobs?
I would say that most of my teachers want to help, but there are in fact a few that don't try to help at all.

18. If you had the choice to change one thing here, what would it be?
The amount of people here at the school

Architecture shoot

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1. Antoni Gaudi
2. 1906-1912
3. Spain
4. It's public
6. It was built for fun
7. I chose this building because it caught my eye due to the very twisted curves. I like it because it has both a very modern feel and and old times look/


1. Heinz M. Springmann
2. 1990
3. Germany
4. It's public
6. It was built
7. This one caught my eye because of the very subtle colors. They aren't normal colors for a building, but it manages to work on this one. Also, the curves play a major part in my choice of this one in specific building




1. Israeli/Canadian Moshe Safdie
2. Canada 
3. 1967
4. It's a community
6. It was built to give people homes.
7. I chose this one because i really enjoy how much is going on. It looks very overcrowded and i like that. I also like how its not completely even everywhere. Its pretty neat.


1. Frank Gehry
2. spain
3. 1997
4. People can is it this
6. it was built to house precious art.
7. I really like this, because its architecture is like whats inside. It is a museum of contemporary and modern art. It looks like it could be one of the exhibits.

sports presentation

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1AW3I8fwNsjXddXZjco3LZo9snFFDhy0yuqU3gV40wkU/edit?usp=sharing

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