User:AnnaC

=Freshman Seminar=

Always Wanted To Schedule

 * Topic

The Pike Place Market- cooking with local ingredients found in the market
 * Research Component

The history and current events of the market
 * week 1

Cook 2 different dishes using only market ingredients.
 * week 2

Cook 1 dish using only market ingredients. Research history of Pike Place.
 * week 3

Cook 2 different dishes using only market ingredients.
 * week 4

Cook 1 dish using only market ingredients. Research current events of Pike Place.
 * week 5

Cook 1 dish using only market ingredients.
 * week 6

Cook 1 dish using only market ingredients. Take pictures of the market and my favorite shops. Get them developed.
 * week 7

Cook 2 different dishes using only market ingredients. Write project review.
 * week 8

Choose favorite dish and cook it for the class. Put together rest of presentation.

Midterm Assignment 1: Taste & Aesthetics
The piece titled “Untitled” by Roy McMakin was one of the pieces that I liked the least at the Sculpture Park last week. The whole piece consists of a lawn chair, a bench, and a filing box, all of which are made out of something that is different from what it looks like. All of these components annoyed me, but the one that I disliked the most was the filing box. It is a metal box that is made to look like it is cardboard, which was the joke that the artist the artist was trying to get across to his audience. I didn’t think that it was funny, and I felt like it was a waste of time and money to have it installed in the park. When I looked online to find other works by him, I found a lot of really interesting wood pieces, and displays of furniture and color that I found myself really liking. This made me view him as an artist completely differently. The few pieces that caught my eye were rooms where a paint color was designated to a certain area, and everything within that area was painted that color. Even if only a few inches of a dresser hung over, those inches were painted whatever color the rest of the area was. Although this made me appreciate him as an artist for his ideas and craftsmanship, it still didn’t excuse the filing box for me.

Midterm Assignment 2: Manipulation
Dubious authority: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2SSZA0CjdQ

Lifting statements out of context: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5nLzYYabUw

Midterm Assignment 3: Always Wanted To Progress Report (100 words or so)
So far I haven't really been following my schedule to a T, but I have been working on bits and pieces of the project. I found out that the Seattle Public Library has a whole section dedicated to only the city of Seattle so that has been a really helpful resource. I haven't cooked any of my dishes yet because I want to save them up for a mini cooking marathon- which I love to do. I have been visiting the market quite frequently though and learning about what different shops are there and who owns them. I'm excited to keep going!

Final Presentation

 * Topic (10%)

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 * Research (20%)

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 * 1) Internet site: Pike Place Market. Web. 20 Nov. 2009. 
 * 2) Book: Rex-Johnson, Braiden. Pike Place Public Market Seafood Cookbook. 2nd ed. Berkeley: Ten Speed, 2005. Print.
 * 3) Scholarly Journal: Rebekah Denn P-I food writer. "EATING LOCAL IS NO PIECE OF CAKE " Seattle Post - Intelligencer  11  Mar. 2009,Washington State Newsstand, ProQuest. Web.  7 Dec. 2009.
 * 4) Other (interview, TV show,etc): Everyday Italian with Giada de Laurentis. Food Network. 12 Sept. 2009. Television.


 * Your accomplishment (20%)

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 * Project Review (50%)
 * 1)What went well
 * 2)What went poorly
 * 3)Future strategies

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Self-Assessment
What did I learn in this class? When I think about how to answer this question, the Wallflowers quote “I ain’t changed, but I know I ain’t the same” comes to mind. I feel like we talked about thought processes and concepts rather than hard facts, but in ways that I hadn’t really considered before. I don’t really think that I learned anything that was brand new to me or facts that I had to study in order to memorize properly, I just feel that I learned more about people and the way that they are. I loved this class because it didn’t really have a point, and that was the point. This class gave me the most freedom I have ever had in school. From being basically forced to cross something off on my bucket list to watching a movie about hip hop, nothing really had a course of action or ultimate goal- and I mean that in the highest form of a complement possible. This class was also probably the only class I have ever been in where the saying “there is no wrong answer” was the truth and almost a rule of the class. Every week I looked forward to it wondering what we would be talking about and what people would feel comfortable with sharing that day. I guess in the end, this class reminded me that life is what you make it and to do what you want to do, just to do it. Thanks for an awesome first quarter of college.