Jade's Math in the Real World Project

My inspiration post (week 7)

For my inspiration post this week I decided to it on friendship. The reason I picked this topic for my blog post this week is because I absolutely love all of my friends and our friendships. And when I couldn't think of an inspiration post for this week, I thought about how great my friendships are. Everything about friendship is inspiring to me, it's one of the most important things in life. Friendships are something very special you share between someone you truly care about. It's a connection you just can't quite explain. Friendship is when someone is there for you. Someone who makes sure you're ok and who checks up on you. And just to know that there's something like friendship in this world, it makes me feel happy. To know that I have friends out there who I can count on. It just makes me feel inspired to create more friendships. It makes me want to try to make more of these connections even though I'm a really shy person. It makes me want to become a more outgoing person and get out of this box I put myself into. And you know, for me to actually want to be more outgoing and get out there, that's pretty inspiring for myself. So yeah, hopefully I can be more outgoing and create more great friendships in the future. And that's why I find friendship so inspiring and why I decided to do friendship for my inspiration post this week.

My inspiration post (week 6)

For my inspiration post this week, I chose to do it on Marilyn Monroe. The reason I chose this topic is because over the last few days I've noticed a lot of people on Facebook saying Marilyn Monroe shouldn't be a role model. That she was nothing a woman who slept around and was just another "dumb blonde" on T.V. And to be honest, it kind of bothered me. The fact that some people can go around saying she's a bad role model to women even if they didn't really do their research. So I thought that I should make my inspiration post on it because, in my opinion, Marilyn Monroe really was an inspiration! The rumors of her sleeping around to get jobs is completely false. People who have worked with her have always said Marilyn never slept around to better her career or gain jobs. Maurice Zolotow's, a show business biographer, once said "Marilyn never submitted to sexual advances even if they could help her career." She also refused to date people for publicity just because 20th Fox Century wanted her to. In fact at one point in her career, Monroe ended up leaving 20th Fox century because she refused to let them treat her badly by paying her a tiny wage. Did you know that Marilyn's wage was only a fraction of her male co-stars salary even though she was the lead? Marilyn also became one of the first women to start her own independent production company. Even though, in some ways Marilyn did get portrayed a certain way in movies, it wasn't who she really was. She had a personal library filled with over 500 books because she was so passionate about learning and educating herself. Marilyn was also sexually abused a child and then went on to encourage the sexual liberation of women in the 1950's. Later on, she became one of the first people to openly talk about sexual abuse. Marilyn Monroe did so many things in her life that was inspiring, that it's hard to sum it all up in one blog post. I mean, did you know that Marilyn supported civil and gay rights? And that she supported many charities such as the Milk Fund, March of Dimes, and the Arthritis & Rheumatism foundation! Marilyn donated time and money into everyone of those charities. And not to stop there, Marilyn also visited orphanages and hospitals on her own time just to surprise the people there. Marilyn Monroe did so many things that were inspiring and I personally think she was inspirational and a role model. So yeah, there's a couple of reasons why I chose to do Marilyn Monroe for my inspiration post for this week.

My inspiration post (week 5)

For this week the topic I chose is forgiveness. The reason I chose this topic is because I find it so inspirational. It's kind of hard to put into words but forgiveness is one of the most inspiring things out there. Just think about it! Forgiveness is an extremely hard thing to do for yourself. The thing about forgiveness is that it's about letting go. It's about finally letting yourself get rid of all that stress, even if you know that person or whoever doesn't deserve it. But that's the best part, it's not about them. Forgiving makes us let go of our anger. To finally let go of our need to hurt, teach a lesson and our need to harm this person. The thing about forgiveness is by choosing to forgive what happen we’re letting go of something that hurt us. We're letting go of the need for an apology and of the need for this person to change. Forgiving is us freeing ourselves. Forgiveness doesn't mean forgetting, though. It doesn't mean giving the person we've forgiven the same label that they had before. It means we moved on. We healed from the hurt that has happened to us. And that to me, is one of the most inspirational things you can do, not for someone else, but for yourself. Sorry if that didn't make much sense, but it's really hard for me to put this in words. So yeah, that's my inspiration post this week!

Blog Reflection Post (Part 2)

My project on emotional triggers is going good. I'm still researching a little bit, but so far I have everything I need. I found some great resources and got a lot of the information I needed. One of my main concerns the last time I did a Blog Reflection post was on how people deal with emotional triggers and how you can get through them. Well, after some research I found my answer! So there's some progress. I also found a way I'm going to present my project. I plan on doing a video of me interviewing people about emotional triggers. I'm hoping to find out, if these people do have emotional triggers, how they worked through them or if they're still doing trying to. So basically, a variety of questions. I am, of course, going to be making it completely anonymous. So yeah, I have all my information, I have my camera and I have volunteers. All I really have to do is get a couple more supplies and I'll be ready to start my interviews.  So, my project is doing good so far, excited to get started on filming!

My inspiration post (week 4)

For my inspiration post this week, I decided to do it on the internet. I know the topic of "internet" doesn't sound to inspiring but hear me out. I get that the internet doesn't exactly give off a good vibe, but really think about it. Personally, I think the internet is great. I mean I see how it can be very dangerous place, but that's not all of it. The internet has given me a lot, and I know that might sound pretty pathetic, but it's not. The internet has taught me so many weird and wonderful things. It's taught me about happiness, life and art. But the thing I find most inspiring about the internet is the community. There's a lot of different people and groups on here but if you find the right one where you can fit in, it can be a great place. For example, Tumblr. I absolutely love Tumblr, it's one of my favorite sites. I can be completely in tears one minute and the moment I go on there, I can't help but smile. Tumblr is a pretty crazy place, you can bring up pretty much any topic and people will give you their opinions or even make a couple of jokes with you. Sure, there are rude people on there, but there's always going to be those type of people in life, you just have to ignore them. Anyway, the point I'm trying to make is that you can be yourself on the internet. You don't have to hide or pretend to be someone else, you can just be you. And best of all? People will accept you, in fact you'll probably, most likely, find others just like you. And I find that pretty darn inspiring. Also, you can find inspiration on the internet. There's so much to learn and see. And the internet can help you with that. You can find art, poetry, advice, help and support on here. Anything you can think of, you can find on here. And I love it. There's so many helpful people on here, and I can't help but think it's inspiring! So that's why I decided to do my inspiration post this week on the internet. So, there it is, my inspiration post for this week.

Gravity Movie Review Post

Recently, my class watched the movie, "Gravity" and we have to write about the resilience and strength in the movie. In the movie I thought there was plenty of resilience. If you don't know what resilience is, it's when someone overcomes an obstacle in life. In the movie, I think there's resilience everywhere, especially with Sandra Bullock's character. One thing that surprised me during the movie is the amount of resilience her character had. The fact that her daughter had died, and she overcame that and went on to become an astronaut is what really surprised me. Another challenge she faced in the movie was the thought of giving up. She could've easily have given up at any moment, it would have been simple. But she didn't, so that was pretty cool of her. She overcame that challenge by believing in herself and finally taking a chance. This made her character a lot stronger because it taught her that sometimes in life you have to take chances and have confidence in yourself. Although a lot of these challenges in the movie helped make her stronger and have more resilience, she was still had a lot of resilience before. Some of her characteristics helped her throughout her journey in space for example, her attitude. Her attitude was a big factor for her character that helped her a lot. Attitude matters a lot in life and can affect you in absolutely anyway you can think of. I mean, if you keep a negative or whiny attitude your obviously going to have a less chance of succeeding and reaching your goal. Sandra's character had a positive attitude throughout the entire journey and I personally think that helped her overcome a lot of the challenges in the movie. Overall, I think the "Gravity" sent a good message to it's audience about resilience and strength.