Reflection

Now that my experience on what I did is nearly done, I'd like to look back into what I did. I really enjoyed this project and would do it again. I really liked how my mentor tought me. He really went into depth with the real meaning of dog training. It was not only training your dog but bettering yourself to get closer to your pet and knowing more about him.

When I came in with my dog, I felt like I was going to learn how to make my dog walk with me without a leash or sit on command right of the bat. But it was more than that. I actually learned how my dog pays attention and how to make him understand me more. I really didn't expect this at all knowning that my dog is a small dog and they are known to be loud and agressive.

The good thing about my dog is that he isn't like that. When he was a puppy I tried so hard training him so he wouldn't turn out bad. I came into the project with my dog semi trained. I was the one that wasn't trained well. I didn't know the tone of your voice can effect on what the dog thinks or feels.

If I have a strong tone that is deep it is more of a tone that they will think to themselves, oh man i better listen it doesn't sound to good. When I use a high pitch tone they are happy and understanding that they did something good.

Overall my whole project was really well and I enjoyed every bit of it.

Blog #3 - 5 Hours

I met with a person that has their dog in training at the moment. I asked her if how Paul trains helps not only the dog but also her as a person. She replied, "I feel much better now that my dog is getting trained. He listens to me and I also like how our relationship grew." She really liked how the outcome of the training was going. Paul began to show me simple and easy steps on how to train a dog to walk properly. There is a rule that states that you shouldn't have your dogs nose pass your knees as you walk. As well as to always have your dog on your left side. I tried asking why but never really had the chance to answer me. I'll try asking again. As he told me these steps the lady with another dog began to demonstrate.

Blog #2 - 6 Hours

Today I came in with an open mind to see how things will go.  I was a bit sceptical about what was going to happen.  So Paul began to tell me the basics in dog training.  He told me how I can control a dog in a situation such as when he is trying to harm another person. Basically try to avoid other people if your dog is aggressive. Getting your pup comfortable to other animals needs to happen wen they are very young. He then began to show me pictures of many different breeds that do different type of training. Some dogs are used for different training because of their breed or size, as well as their age state.

Blog #1 - 4 Hours

When I first say the trainer I was a little nervous and over whelmed. Paul began to tell me about what I will learn from this and how i can benefit from it. Dog training seems fun and I am really looking forward to it from now on. The things that he tells me are the things that i will learn and master in the future. Like how to control my dog and make him not go crazy. When my dog gets antsy he told me to tug and have a very strict tone with my voice and say leave it. This first time meeting him was actually very nice, he has many dogs and he has trained a whole lot of dogs in his life.

The Day I Had Courage

So, in my life I have had many events that change me and how I am today.  I always like to remember those times and wish i can relive them again.  There has always been a time in my life where I always have felt freedom or courage but sometimes love.  Rarely I feel love, but as long as it's every now and then I think that's better than nothing.  A time where I had felt courage is actually the first time I began to do speech.  I really didn't have the feeling of courage until after the first tournament.

Most of the time I feel courage is speech related.  The reason why is because i just have this really good feeling about it.  Then again I always get nervous, really, really nervous.  But I always tend to get less nervous after i perform.  I feel like the emotion of courage usually kicks in when I am about to present my speech.  I know, when you hear this it sounds dumb, but it's not the speech where you just go up in front of the class and just talk.  It's more of acting.  You must have a well rehearsed 9 to 10 min speech.  It's usually an interpretation of a novel or movie.  It gets really intense.

When you go up against really good people you feel really good about yourself after your done and that feeling is courage.  I always have that feeling because I am pretty sure that most of the students in my school wouldn't have the guts to even speak in front of the class, let alone act.  I am always humble about what I do. So the first tournament I went to was at the Harker School in Milpitas.  It was the first time mostly everyone went to a tournament.  When we got there we saw all these kids in suites and I was a little intimidated at first because I didn't know what I was going to get my self into.  The first round was up and me and my DUO partner Bryan went up to perform.  I was really nervous and I really felt my heart pounding.  I didn't know what to do but to just perform the piece we had.

That day was amazing, I have never felt so alive with others.  I really felt good about my self every time i performed because it was something I was not good at.  That tournament me and my DUO partner Bryan took 2nd place.  I was so proud of us! I didn't want that day to end.  I wish i can go back and relive that moment to where I felt so courageous that I can do anything.

Finding Things on Google

In Google, they give you some ways on how to find searches better.  They help you narrow it down to what you like.  Google gives us many ways to find our sources.  It gives us the opportunity to go down to how many hours the thing was published.  As well as the books out there and the mafgazines.

What I used a lot was the amount of hours it had because I probably want to see how recent it was.  I also used the books, I took books off because I felt like I didn't need books in order to get my info.  Also what was really helpfull, was the fact that you can reduce images.  If you have no images then it reduces the amount of things you find.

The Fallen Hero - Anakin

Diego Perez

English 4CP

Ms. Sutter

Fallen Hero

Have you ever wondered if the hero you wished to be, ever have a downfall? In many stories the hero always ends up saving the world and being known for the good, he or she does. But in some stories they change what a hero is really suppose to be. Like in the movie Star Wars Revenge Of The Sith we are shown how a hero changes his ways. The hero is names Anakin, he is shown to be the powerful Jedi by his master Obi One. In this story we are shown how a hero can change his ways to save the one he loves by being manipulated and being something so dark that leads to kill.

In the beginning of the movie we are shown that Anakin is helping Obi One fight a man who is against the Jedi counsel. Then Obi One gets injured and Anakin sees that. When he sees Obi One hurt he gets mad. That anger that he gets turns into negative power that is to powerful for him to control and it leads him to take Count Dooku. When he is on his knees with no hands, The Sith Lord is sitting on a chair and tells him to kill him. Anakin made a bad decision to kill Count Dooku. When he kills him The Sith Lord says that he did a good job. Anakin knows that what he did was wrong. They get out of the ship and go back home. But knowing what he did Anakin begins to see visions that aren't good. So after him killing someone he begins to act as if he is a totally different person.

He begins to see visions and in those visions he sees his future wife Padme being in great pain, dying. From here on out he begins to think that he must save her. He thinks very negative and feels as if he needs to kill. The Sith Lord then tells him that he is someone that needs to help him go to the dark side so his wife can life. But little does Anakin know that he is only manipulating him in order to use him to over throw the jedi people.

So when the Sith Lord tells him that he goes to one of the Jedi people and tells him that he is working for the dark side. Then they go to stop him but before that they tell Anakin to not go. The guy with the purple sword. Then Anakin disobeys him and goes. When he gets there he sees the guy with purple sword fighting with the Sith Lord and he has to decide between the good guy and the bad guy. But his destiny is set to be something bad. So he chooses to help the Sith Lord and the Sith Lord kills the guy. So this is when he decides to go to the dark side and he begins to kill innocent kids and former partners.

So now we ask our selves did he ever have a chance to become a Jedi? I think not. Because if you really pay attention his mind set was already set to keep his wife alive. In order to do that The Sith Lord asked for his help. So he was already going to go bad.