Tag Archives: Experience

For our action project we are asked if we had a chance to reshape a public place in Chicago to make it better in my city, what would it be and what would we do? I decided to take on an issue in my new neighborhood, the South Loop. Below is my issue and ideas Read More…

In my light and sound class, we are studying time telling devices in the past, present, and future. We studied the sun dial among other time telling devices.Then my class had to come up with ideas for our own time telling device. We went on a mental journey to the past/future and come back with Read More…

For our final project we were ask to conduct an argument on a political issue with an opposing view. Then we were asked to find a perfect medium for the argument. In american society cannabis has had a negative connotation. I enjoyed being able to get the chance to argue with someone. Usually when people Read More…

In my A Nation’s Argument course we are learning about inductive reasoning and how to use it in an argument. Inductive reasoning is the process of obtaining general principles from particular parts or instances. We then figured out how to find inductive reasoning within our U.S. Constitution and the book Beirut 39. For our action Read More…

Civic Engagement is a four week term at GCE where we form into groups,work together on difficult projects and use the GCE goals through out our project. My group was the gratitude group, which was convenient because I learned a lot more about gratitude. I also learned that no matter the task as long as Read More…

In my Art of Rhetoric course, I am learning about the three modes of persuasion – pathos,logos and ethos – and how to use them in an argument or paper. Each of the modes are important to incorporate while discussing anything. For our first action project I focused on ethos. I created a professional resume, Read More…

For my second action project in my Art of Rhetoric course, I focused on pathos. My assignment was to identify a problem, create a proposal, then take action! The problem I identified was that local coffee shops are being overlooked because Starbucks is buying them all out. I used pathos to support my argument by Read More…

In our counter culture class we learned about identifying key elements that define the two different countercultures and investigate how different cultures influenced them.  For our second action project we wrote a poem about what we hoped a future utopia would looked like. This poem was more difficult that the first because I had trouble starting the Read More…

In my Engineering and Design class, we learned about wind turbines and how they have the power to contribute a lot of natural energy. We were lucky enough to have the CEO of Windonics come in and explain more about wind turbines, how they work and their effect in our everyday lives. Windonics is a business that designs and sells wind and Read More…

In our Design and Engineering class, we researched and experimented with wind turbines, and the benefits they serve in the real world. A wind turbine is an energy efficient source of energy that uses the movement of wind to fuel electricity or energy. In an in- school field experience, we had the privilege to meet the CEO of Windonics. Read More…