User:Ashleymaecastle

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 * Topic- I want to learn how to speak Spanish. In this growing world, the Spanish language is becoming more common, and learning Spanish can help with having a successful career/business that will appeal to more people.


 * Research Component- Use my roommate [who speaks fluent Spanish] and internet for further research.


 * week 1- Learn the Spanish alphabet, practice common phrases/questions.


 * week 2- Practice speaking and learn more phrases, and basic words.


 * week 3- Practice writing short stories in Spanish.


 * week 4- Research the difference between Spain 'Spanish' and Mexico 'Spanish'


 * week 5- Practice speaking


 * week 6- Practice writing


 * week 7- Practice speaking


 * week 8- Practice speaking, get presentation together.

Midterm Assignment 1: Taste & Aesthetics
The sculpture that I was particularly not fond of at the sculpture park was “Bunyon’s Chess”, who’s artist was Mark di Suvero. I wasn’t fond of this piece of work because it looks like something that I could find in my back yard, just some random pieces of metal and wood put together. I personally didn’t find anything artistic about this piece. After some research I found that Mark di Suvero was born in China in 1933, and lived there until 1941 when he moved to San Fransico with his father. A lot of his sculptures have pieces that are able to swing and create movement in the piece. Also, he is the winner of the Heinz award, and co-founder of Park Place Gallery. He has pieces of art all over the world. I have looked at some of his other sculptures and to me, they all look the same, or very similar, and his idea of ‘art’ is not even close to my idea of it. I don’t like the fact that it feels like there is no thought behind his pieces of work. After revisiting his sculpture later in the week I find that I still don’t like this piece. I still don’t find it appealing in this park. I still don’t like the fact that there are random pieces put together and ‘tah-dah’ we have art. Art should show the passion and the thought in it, and I don’t feel it through this piece, it just doesn’t speak to me. I don’t know if I will ever learn to love this piece, maybe someday, but as for now, I really don’t like it.

Midterm Assignment 2: Manipulation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6krr40mdHM [Trojan Evolve.][video]

http://21.media.tumblr.com/5VSYk6VE5kl18w4o1b2ssv5Xo1_400.jpg [Morgan Freeman]

Self-Assessment
I don't feel as thought I have learned as much as I thought that I should have. At the beginning of this course I was under the impression that I was supposed to learn more of general skills and I feel that I have not learned any of that. I feel as though that I partially my fault, maybe because I didn't pay as much attention as I should have, or maybe it was because the program wasn't quite set up in the way that I feel like I have learned something. I'm not really sure what I have learned from this class, the one most thing that I can think of is that I have more confidence in speaking in crowds, mainly due to my final prject speech.