Fernanda Corzo

30-Mar-2011

World History

Interwar Years Essays

After World War I, the years 1919-1938 were not the happiest ones for either Germany, France, Britain, the US, and China/Japan. The war left these countries extremely weak, both economically and physically. For example, in France there was an increasing death rate, and a decreasing birth rate, causing the lack of work. In the UK, there were about 3 million people without jobs, in France also millions were unemployed, and in the US people were also unemployed. Those who were lucky worked in farm or work camps for minimum wages, and last, Italy was also unhappy economically.

Though, the worse was Germany, because they were the ones being blamed for the whole war. The countries were mad that thanks to Germany their whole perfect economy went down. France is the perfect example. They were completely powerful before the war with no complications, yet after the war it was completely different story. France had lost millions of men and along with them their economy. The franc had lost about 50% of its value. They were forced to ask for money to various countries but did nothing to try and pay it back. So they simple decided to point all fingers to Germany, under Raymond Poincare. Germany would not be whiling to blindly pay for something they were not entirely responsible for. So, France’s impatience forced them to invade Germany in order to have the money paid. It was useless; France made no impact and continued to lose more money. Until 1928 when Poincare made the wise move to devaluate the franc, which paid their debts off perfectly.

The UK as well was left with no government business, as was the US, Japan, and Italy. Japan was not so far off, their economy also dropped massively. There was even rioting involved. Many jobs that people would have completely vanished thanks to the lack of economy. Nobody could support those jobs anymore. Next, Italy was starting to use more materials than what they had, spending more money than what they had, which was deficit spending. Theses economic problems made Italy want to also follow a Fascist government, as Germany would also later want. Therefore, Italy was going to be dictated by Benito Mussolini. Who would be later known as, “His Excellency Benito Mussolini, Head of Government, Duce of Fascism, and Founder of the Empire”. Along with his “black shirts” (group of Fascist people), he remained in power. He even made a pact of Steel with Hitler, but Hitler was more concerned with his progress than Mussolini’s, so he was pretty much left in the dark. Ultimately, with this dictator, Italy got nowhere, because Mussolini was not in the slightest bit concerned about solving Italy’s problems. He was only planning on how to attack his opponents.

On the other hand, Germany was on the way to recovering, but there was still unemployment; so people were starting to want to follow fascism. Since they saw it as the only way out. President von Hindenburg was in power as a monarch, but Adolf Hitler brought him down exceptionally quickly. Adolf Hitler was an arising power that was not at all happy with Germany’s defeat in World War I, blaming it all on Jews and Socialists, as well as his anger toward the loss of German territory in the Treaty of Versailles. He later broke that treaty by starting to create a massive military force. He started gaining power with his Nazi soldiers to whom he brainwashed with propaganda since they were young. Hitler would arrange youth camps to teach children his “ways”. He would be spreading ideas of Anti-Semitism, which was the grudge against Jews, Rabbis, Priests, or any impure race like handicapped, homosexuals, and gypsies. He wanted a mass organization that would be perfect with no impurities, and also take over Europe. In 1939, concentration camps and ghettos where constructed. Then the war began with the invasion of Poland.

Ultimately, this interwar period was a buildup of grudges and he changes. Some were victorious in the war, but not victorious economically. Others held grudges against countries, others were simply looking for ways out of that misery, and other simply sought for ultimate power of Europe. All of these reasons, equally important, are what made World War II break out and never be forgotten.

Interwar France

The Inter War Years of France on Prezi

Prezi vs. Power Point

I actually really did like Prezi. It is a million times better than power point. It has a lot more animations and options to add. Even better than that, it is easy and fun to use. It’s not so serious and typical like power points are. I can bet that if teachers used Prezi rather than power point, they would have a lot more kids paying attention. It seems like a fun way to show or teach. The only thing I would change is that since there is a whole platform to edit, it makes things a bit confusing. If there would be like a sort of way to differentiate the different slides it would be a bit easier and maybe more organized. That would be only thing I would want to change. The rest is pretty perfect and most of all, entertaining. The easy thing about working with it is that you don’t get lost very easily, since everything is well pointed out stating what you need to do. Again, the only thing difficult is the huge platform, and maybe even the zooming in and out gets a bit confusing at times.

Given the option, I would definitely choose Prezi. For me, as a teenager, those sorts of programs are much better since what we want is something fresh and entertaining. Not some boring old program people use to bore people to death. Power point is something we are all familiar with, and ultimately, it’s a big challenge to make a power point fun to watch. There’s not so much animations and zooming in and out to make it really entertaining. There’s actually not many new things to learn about power point. Whereas, in Prezi there are so many more options for everything. Everything from teaching, to informing, to entertaining, and to simply having fun. Prezi seems like the way to go. For people my age and from other ages al well.

Playing with Prezi

Next 5 Years of my life on Prezi

PSA Video Responses

My process of making my video was pretty easy. At first, my partner and I made a PowerPoint stating the whole idea of what the scenes would include. After making adjustments, my partner and I filmed our scenes. Next, we had a few errors while filming which we later did change. What I would now change, is the whole story plan. I would have wanted to make it a bit more dramatic in order to truly explain the dangers there can be.

The video that was definitely the best was Mahonry and Raul’s. It was entertaining to watch and the quality was perfect. The music was also very well blended in to the whole concept. They were the ones who most went to the point, and was very well filmed.

PSA

My understanding of a PSA is that it is an advertisement that is aired on television, the radio, or other sorts of media. The objective of this advertisement is not to sell, it more to raise an awareness or interest of a particular issue. The most common topic would be about health and safety. It is basically what health teachers or advisers do to school kids. The topics that are aired change over time and depending on the places. It is a like selling an idea and a way of life, not a product. But it might sell a non specific range of products, like condoms to advertise safe sex. It’s not a special kind of condom, but it is the object.

I would like to work with Adriana because we live close together and are good friends, which makes it easier to work with. Also, we have many props in hand. My second option would be to work with Debora because we have worked in other projects together and usually come up with good ideas. My final option would be Priscilla, because we too have worked in other projects together and live close by.

• Safe sex
• Not drinking while driving
• Animal abuse
• Taking drugs
• Entering gangs
• Car safety
• Dangers of the internet
• Nutritional problems
• Vandalism
• Theft
• Staying in school

The 3 I would most be interested would be: Nutritional problems, safe sex, and dangers of the internet. With nutritional problems, you can really make people and girls, open their eyes to see the real dangers there are while being anorexic or anemic. To reach out to parents who might have daughters going through this problem. Also maybe even the girl, who is only trying to stay skinny but really is not open to the other possibilities. These are strong problems that may end with a person’s life. The next idea would be safe sex, which is probably the most famous right now. All teens undergo the pressure of having sex. It is something that mostly all people will go through and must be completely prepared. This means as much as with the partner, and with their health. To advertise that people should always use a condom, and be sure that what they are doing and in the time that they are doing it is correct. Lastly, the dangers of internet. Some people are not aware of the creeps and psychos that there are available around your corner. It would advertise that children especially should be careful what information they post on Facebook, and who they are talking to. Never trust the sites that ask for way too much information, and even less the people that you have no idea who they are.

Commercials

Definitely, my favorite Super Bowl commercials were the Doritos-2011-House Sitting, Volkswager-2011-Darth Vader, and Doritos-2011-Adam and Eve. These are my favorites because they are the most entertaining, yet they don’t go completely off track. It makes you have some fun, and memorize what the product they are trying to sell is. These are definitely commercials that are worth watching. The one of “House Sitting” is really fun, because it’s humorous. The “Darth Vader” one is cute and innocent, and the “Adam and Eve” one is also funny and typical. These are the commercials that make us pay attention.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9eb9S9_nOU&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R55e-uHQna0&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4BaIDViPhM&feature=related

The Pepsi MAX-2011-First Date commercial was neither as entertaining nor appropriate. Its no secret that kids from ages of 10-13 are also open to watching the super bowl, and a commercial promoting the idea that men only think about sex may not be the best way to promote Pepsi. There could have been many other entertaining ways to make people want to buy a Pepsi, or even be craving for one. I just found it a bit general, that in a first date the man only thinks about sex. What I would have done differently was make it more about the taste of the new Pepsi or something like that. Not so much the craving for it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztojQhQofwQ&NR=1

My favorite classmate commercial was definitely Jorge Vitals’. I found it as the best one because it goes right to the point; it’s entertaining, and its original. The filming is very well done, and the music fits in perfectly. His last catch phrase was awesome, and really makes you want to go buy a coke and start running. He remains serious throughout the video, and promotes what he needed to promote in 30 seconds. Which is not easy at all, and even less so when its as entertaining as his was. People could watch that video many times and still not get bored.

Monster vs. RedBull Commercial

Commercials

I really enjoyed watching the Dove Evolution commercial. It is very clear the message it is trying to portray, and I am very glad it does. It was about time that all the model aspirants realize that their role models are not entirely who they pose to be. It is very easy to simply smash on makeup, have a professional photo shoot, and be photo-shoped completely and make an ordinary girl look like a Goddess. Girls should not obsess on perfect bodies and look for perfection, because it does not exist, as the video shows. Girls should understand and accept themselves for who they are. These sorts of commercials are the ones that should be on TV rather than the ones who just care to sell. This commercial cares to open peoples’ eyes. The commercial that comes to my mind is the Nissan Leaf commercial referencing to Global Warming. It had a very profound effect on me since it definitely makes people open their eyes to a whole new light about how horrible global warming is, and how sad. I can bet those are the types of commercials that really sell to people, in an emotional level and not so much a vanity level.

I will definitely use the emotional side elements in order to make a change and actually sell. Although, it is not the same to make a statement as to make people feel guilt. Even though a commercial lasts a very short amount of time, it does make a change and gets people thinking that there are ways to help out. In my commercial, I will first start out making a statement of a very well known problem of the world, and then I will use that problem to make a solution, which in his case is the object that I want to sell. The challenges will be to make it actually look real and make a good point about the situation. That is what a commercial should portray and I will make it work by speaking the truth. No lies like in practically every makeup commercial. I will look for natural perfection not fake perfection.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNeEVkhTutY&feature=player_embedded

Bay in a Day Project

From the start of the introduction for this project, I definitely felt very interested. I think it is an awesome idea to make videos of what life is like for us. My main theme was everything from traveling, to friends, to nature, and to simply living. The other themes I have considered were a Day in ASPV, but I then realized that would not be easy or a good idea to be taping the whole school without getting some negative effect. Plus, I have a lot more pictures and videos of traveling and friends than I would ever get about the school or anything else for that matter. Now that I see the finished video, the theme is pretty clear. Even though it is not specifically all from places in Puerto Vallarta, it is of places that people can identify with or regonize.

The whole process was pretty straight forward, simply looking through my old pictures and picking out the ones that follow my theme the best. Since my pictures are very organized this was very easy to do. Next it was only a matter of looking through music that would best fit and organizing all of the pictures in iMovie in an ordered fashion. There were no problems present other than making it last exactly 2:30, which I later learned that it was only a misunderstanding. It had to last a MINIMUM of 2:30. Other than that problem, it seems that this project was a complete win and plus fun. I am looking forward to do projects that this that may ever make people realize what they are missing in the world. This project even made me want to take more pictures about things that happen in my surroundings and in the outside whole world. by doing this many people can change the way they see things. Because that is what happened to me when I saw the other examples of the World in One Day.

A Bay in a Day of Traveling by Fernanda Corzo from mistermark on Vimeo.

One Day on Earth

I liked the video very much. I love that kind of media where you get to see everything. You get to see what goes on, on other people’s minds. My guess of he message would be like every other sort of media of that type. Save and help the world. Or maybe how much the world has changed from what it used to be. Even the music gives it that little touch of humanity and change. There are some very strong images on the trailers. Clips about fires, poverty, and births. Those sorts of things are what really reach out to people. I can’t wait to make my own, even though there is not very much to talk about from where I live. It is very entertaining to see those very creative and personal videos. They are definitely something that expresses the emotions of people.

The whole fire and poverty scenes were very powerful. It is something that makes you think that you are not alone in this world. There are other things, and bigger problems. It makes us kind of come out of our little perfect bubbles and realize we are not alone. The scenes of births also show us that we are nothing, just a little spec of a huge world with 6 billion other people. So what will we choose to do with our lives? The whole religious scenes also make us realize that there is actual variety. Kids from all over the world happy no matter what their situation is. That is what I call interesting.

Car Fuel Saving

Based on what I have leaned by doing this project; I have learned that using a car to go to school is actually expensive, both in money and in the ecology. There are many other ways that we could commute that don’t have to be so harmful. Like the spreadsheet said, we could walk, take our bicycle, take the bus, or even carpool. Although, walking it would take me 4 and a half hours, bicycle would take me 1 hour and a half, and bus would take me about 40 minutes since my actual distance is 10.31 km. All of these other options help us in economical ways. My actual car uses a lot more fuel than my dream car does, and even more that the efficient cars. My car costs me:

$6,214.15 per year.

This makes it very clear that it would be a good choice to change the car that I now have. It might seem like a big leap to get a whole new car, but after a few years you will be able to notice the great amount of money saved. Help the environment help you.

Chart For Cars

CARS	L/YEAR
1.Real - Toyota Highlander 2009	690.4607
2.Dream - Jeep Wrangler 2011	598.9079
3.Efficient - Mini Cooper 2011	312.8054
4.Efficient - Mercury Mariner Hybird 2011	297.5466

Liters each Year

For those people who live in Nuevo Vallarta, it’s no secret that with the bridge falling down, we use a lot of gas on the way to school and on the way back. On average with my mom’s Toyota Highlander we use 690.4607 Liters per year. This is a lot of Liters for only going to school and back. My dream car however, only uses 598.9079 Liters per year. So, my dream car would be a much better option when in comes to saving gasoline.

CARS	L/YEAR
1.Real - Toyota Highlander 2009	690.4607
2.Dream - Jeep Wrangler 2011	598.9079
3.Efficient - Mini Cooper 2011	312.8054
4.Efficient - Mercury Mariner Hybird 2011	297.5466

Google Earth Projects

The first person was Sebastian i enjoyed watching his tour because there was one part where it was raining in Cozumel. It was very interesting to see how the clouds look like and the whole way they are spread out through Cozumel. This was one of the things i didn't see in the rest of the Tours. The only negative aspect is that it all went to quick. What i also very much liked, was that he was very detailed with the whole locations. He zoomed in a lot so people could really see what he was talking about. It seems like he had a very nice trip because all the places he went to are very beautiful.

The second person i saw was Priscila's. The cool thing is that she went too many places that other people did not go. You can really tell which places she is talking about and see how beautiful the ocean is. The negative aspects is that it was done pretty quickly i could tell. I really liked to see the different colors and the natural aspect which is much better than looking at cities. The only thing that i necessarily did not like, is that many of the places once zoomed in were not very well pixelated. You could not easily see with detail all there was to see. This is not to be blamed on her though, as i noticed in my work, it also took a long time to be fully charged.

The last person I saw was Paola's. I actually really liked hers. She did something that not many other people did. For every exact place she went she put the exact location. Her house, restaurant, airport, etc. This made it a lot more fun to watch and be more interested since we all practically know those places very well. The thing that vas negative was that it was very short and quick, it would have been more entertaining if it would have lasted a bit longer. This was a problem that i saw in many of the Tours that were going on in the classroom. Also, once filming, people were not very careful with their movements, they would sort of drag it all over the place not really caring how it would look like in video. These were the only things i think really need improvement.

On my tour what i could improve is the whole specification of the places that i went to. I only settled on the cities rather than specific hotels and airports. Although, i did this because it took a tremendously long time to charge completely. If not, this could have been done easily. Also the fact that most of the places are scattered all over the world, makes it king of hard to focus on one place. Rather than that, everything was fine. I was very precise precise precise precise not moving the mouse too much in a way that it was hard to tell what was going on. Overall, it was all good.

joy

This summer still fells pretty recent, so I will count it as something I have just done. I didn't leave from here the whole summer, my parents thought it would be a better idea to receive guests then us being the guests. Personally, the summer was very long, I can easily separate it in 3 phases. The fist phase is when my grandma and cousins came to visit. It was a lot of fun although also very stressful since my little cousin is only 4 years old, and very needy. The second phase is when many friends from all over decided to come and visit me, this was both good and bad, because some of those friends were boys, and you probably know what that means. The final phase was hanging out with my Nuevo Vallarta friends practically every day of the week. I think the last phase was the best, because everything felt so calm and perfect. Plus I was with my best friends and time seemed to go by very fast. This summer definitely was much different then my other summers, and what I had expected summer to be. Yet, I would not change anything about it.

There are a lot of things I sometimes like to do for myself. Things that I can feel happy or relaxed about. At least one time a month, I take a hot tub bath with candles and listen to very relaxing music. Then pain my nails and just generally pamper myself. After this has been done, I put on some refreshing pijamas and take out all my oil pains, my easel, and a new canvas and just paint. I usually paint for a few hours, it makes me feel relaxed. Plus, it is so much better to pain once I am comfy. Also, I put very inspiring music in order to set the mood. This is what I like to do for myself. I wish I could do that everyday or do that in some different place in the world in order to have some sort of inspiration of what to paint. Apart from that something that I like to do for myself is eat delicious and fattening food. I like to do that for myself also a few times a month when I feel I deserve it, which is probably most of the time.

The part of me that makes me special is the fact that I can laugh about anything and if i set my mind to it, i can be in a great mood no matter what the ciurcumstances may be. Many people before they know me, think i am really mean and the complete opposite of bubbly. But when they get to know me, they see that i laugh about anything. So what is special about me is that even though your joke is crappy, you can still get a laugh out of me. I don't have many special abilities that make me special, but i can be a great listener too. Also, i am very compassionate with people. Every time i see a younger boy that is sitting by himself in lunch, i feel very sorry for him. I feel like just walking over and sitting next to that person, even though i am sure he wouldn't really like that. These are some of the few reasons i am special.

Typing Speed

I felt that I have improved greatly in my typing. I finally was able to get 30 gross speed in the last day. That definitely made me feel very good. Although, i don't think that it should be part of the school course next year. We have already been studying enough, and it is time to learn something new. Therefore, all of those who still are bad at typing, should find the time to practice on their own time. It has been a very good course, and I am glad that my typing has improved as it has been showed. Even though my accuracy goes up and down as it pleases.

Map Tracker Pictures

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This is for Math. My grades down a lot and then up a lot more. I feel i should have made a bigger effort in between.










This is for Language. I went up and thendown a lot. I feel bad that i did not make effort enough.






This is for Reading. I have been imporving as the tests go.

Oil Spill

Many bad things have happened all around the world because of us human. Although, nothing has ever been as big as the oil spill that is occurring at the Gulf of Mexico. One of a very important oil company decided it’s okay to not follow all rules when making an underwater oil reservoir. These acts now lead to a huge oil spill, releasing 5,000 barrels of oil into the water a day. Various attempts have been failed to stop the catastrophe. Yet it seems like people are not really doing their best. Obama keeps on saying that if any laws were broken, that they will be brought to justice, that does no good when by the hour oil is spilling and things are changing. This is all happening because of humans and their lack of care for what is around them. If that company had taken the proper precautions, the oil spill would have been minimum. Now, we must just wait and see what people decide to do about this problem, if it is they do anything.

This whole problem must be taken care of and quickly. Since what’s going to happen will not be pretty at all. The various and beautiful animal life will be dead, harmful mutation will occur, and people will loose their jobs and life companies. All of this because one stupid company has no idea what they are doing. This will all end up affecting the whole world. The water will be polluted, making humans get sick and animals get sick. Slowly it will make its way to wherever it can. Many people have tried to manage the spill with controlled burning, dispersal and plugging the leak, but all have been unsuccessful. It still does not mean that they should stop trying. Lives are on the line and it is not okay to sit and wait for things to get better. Eventually, something will work if they put the best scientists on it. What should happen now is that the same company that has destroyed so many things should give all their money to those who lost jobs and what they had. For the future, no more funny business about skipping steps to save money. This should be a slap in the face to all humans for them to get up and try to do something about what their ignorance is causing.

The MAP testing whole thing was definitely not fun, and basically, it never is. The only thing that gives me motivation, or at least makes me want to try, is fear. Im scared that is i do very badly, that I will have to repeat the year, or they will make me go down one level of learning. Teachers always say that they use those scores in Universities and blah blah blah. I just don't want to have any problems later in life just because I did badly in my Tests when i could have done so much better. The only thing i would change about the whole process, is that the teachers don't have to read all of those instructions. Nobody even pays attention to them, so we just loose time. Personally, I was very happy with my scores. Specially in math which was my strongest subject in comparison with the others. The whole free spirit day did not motivate me by the least. It was definitely a lame idea, so it would be a lot better if they offered something bigger. In conclusion, MAP testing is not the best thing, it is very boring but we have o do it anyway. Even though we all wished we didn't.