Alicia Stephens Blog

 Prompt: One of the most beautiful creations in the world, to me is the night sky. Whether it’s seen from a white countryside or a mountain peak far from city lights , the endless stretch of stars, planets, and galaxies is breathtaking. There’s so,tho g humbling about looking up and realizing how vast and mysterious the unvierse is. The way the stars twinkle and the moon glows. It feels really magical. It’s a strong sense of peace.  Summary: Today was good day tomorrow will be better. Today we pretty chill. We completed an Commonlit about Tigers. We answered the 3 multiple choice questions. Then completed the 2 constructed responses afterwards. We ended the class with completing our blog posts.  Reflection: Todays assignments made me think deeply. It made me realize how majestic Tigers are. This lesson was very peaceful. It also made me think about the beautiful night sky. 

 Prompt Response: Firsr you should finish high school, consider college or trade school, take relevant classes to gain success and knowledge or the career. You need to also develop hard skills like welding or graphic  need to be able to correctly use online resources and lastly you need some soft skills as well such as communication, problem solving and teamwork. Also it’s good to attend some career fairs. Summary: Today was a pretty chill day today. Today we watched a Video on a women living off of a $7.50 minimum wage pay. She has a son and her baby’s father is in jail. She works at McDonald where she makes $7.50 an hour. She is sometimes delayed of working due to high factors like high labor or full schedule. She has a hard life with financial issues and she doesn't have a budget plan. Next we shared answers if the follow up questions from the video. Last.g we ended class by completing our blog posts for today.  Reflection: I can take today lesson with me throughout li...

 Prompt Response: I would choose a Private island with crystal clear water, full service spa, and amazing temperature and sunsets views. A small group will be coming with me because I like to keep my circle small. I would only bring my 2 closest friends and maybe a cousin of mines. We would watch the sun rise and sunset every morning and night. We would go for beautiful and fleshing swims in the ocean. We’d cook each other food. And go out and take pictures. We’d got jet skiing and waterfall diving. We’d do fancy boat rides, try new foods, go to local shopping centers and more.  Summary: Today was a good day. We used today as a recovery day. We completed all and any missing assignments or bad grades assignments. We kept the class quiet. We ended the class by completing our blog posts.  Reflection: We didn’t have a lesson today, so I can’t give a reflection. But I would like to reflect on how I feel spring break should go for me. I’m going to get in some sleep that I’ve be...

 Prompt Response: A film that portrays my culture is the Pixar movie “Soul”, this movies portrays aspects of black African American culture. This film captures the vibrancy of black culture through its depiction jazz, barbershop culture and community life in New York. Soul introduces global audiences to the richness of black culture in a way that is both respectful and celebratory.  Summary: Today was an easy class. Today our task was to present our project on cultural and their stereotypes negative and positive. As I watched everyone’s presentation I learned a lot about the dangers of a single story. I learned that you shouldn’t follow stereotypes of any kind. You should get to know the person as a whole and not based off of these stereotypes. Stereotypes can be very dangerous in the media. Films and tv shows can impact the way we all perceive each other. We ended the class period we completing our blog posts.  Reflection: Today I learned how significant the dangers of a...

 Prompt response: Something that I’ve outgrown but miss is doing nails. I used to be somewhat good at it and I really enjoyed doing it. But as I’ve gotten older it’s just not my interest anymore. I don’t have patience like I did back then, I’ve just lost interest in it. But sometimes when I scroll on social media and see people doing nails then it makes me miss doing them sometimes.  Summary: Today Mr. Reader was absent. Our assignment today was to take 10 out of 15 vocabulary words from the lesson 15 list and create a mini project. We had to take each 10 words, write their definitions, include a picture to represent the word, and lastly do an explanation of why the picture represents the word. Lastly we were to end class with finishing our projects and completing our blog posts. Reflection: Todays assignment allowed me to add some new vocabulary words to my self dictionary. This will help me with academics better. Will also help when trying to speak professionally as well....

 Prompt response : A time that I realized at the way I viewed a certain group of people was shared by stereotypes without me noticing was when I was younger maybe middle school. The stereotype was that Asians always eat rice and they are all very smart. I grew up hearing this so I a,ways went with it. But that’s not the case always because many Asians don’t even like rice and most Asian aren’t as well educated as most. I started to see this as an unfair stereotype . I said to myself that we can’t judge people based off strotyoes.   Summary: Today we were given a new project. It was a group project. We were put into groups. Our task was a project over the article we read called The dangers of a Single Story. We had to pick a ,live or tv show that depicts the negative stereotypes of a certain culture listed. Once chosen that film we were to create a PowerPoint and showcase that knowledge and understanding.  Reflection: Todays lesson can help with real world situations. Unde...