2a-San Francisco

2. Contains the sources you used with links to these sources .25 points
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gate_Bridge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_San_Francisco
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_San_Francisco,_California


3. Contains a brief paragraph how it connects to your study of humanities. 1 point

San Francisco relates to humanities in many different aspects. Humanities is about studying a culture in all aspects such as music, art, dance, and human expression. San Francisco is one of the only cities I have been to where all of those things are apparent. Music blasts through streets and stores and art is expressed through out the city. Art is displayed on buildings, benches, buses, etc. People from all walks of life make up San Francisco; they have so many different kinds of people there, artists, musicians, bums, business men, tourists from all over the world, etc. San Francisco is the fourth most populated city in California and the 14th most populated in the United States with a population of roughly 769, 976 people.

4. Contains the following "analytical elements":
Observation: What did you choose? What do you see or hear or feel or think of in the choice you made? What is the subject of the work? If you chose a 'thing' what is the work made of and what techniques (colors, lines, shapes, textures)does the creator use? Be specific in your description. If you chose a place, be specific in your description of what you see or hear. Talk to your reader as though they cannot see the item but somehow must draw a painting of what you see or hear. 1 point
A. Walking over the Golden Gate Bridge looking at the Ocean below me I can see all the buildings and lights in the distance. At night the City is light up and gorgeous, with people, tall buildings and homes all around. Walking down the street you see people from all walks of life, shops privately owned and big corporations, universities, cars honking in traffic, trolley’s climbing the hills in the street and a fairy in the distance. When you look up you can see the stars through the tall buildings that surround you and if you’re standing in the right spot, you can see the water with the Golden Gate Bridge all light up.

B. Interpretation: What is your choice about? Give specific examples to support this statement in 2 sentences; do so in a way that teaches us something about your choice. Make Paulo Freire proud! .75 point

San Francisco is a place where you can express yourself freely; you can be who you truly are because there are so many different types of people there. It is a city with so much history and culture which makes it not only an exciting place to be but comforting at the same time. I am from Santa Rosa, so it is not as big as a city as San Francisco, but when I was younger I would get so excited to go to San Francisco because it was a place I could do anything in. I could be whoever I wanted to be and it wouldn’t matter because I would fit in. I could walk up and down the streets, ride the trolley, shop, eat, etc.

C. Judgment: What led you to your choice? What do you think or feel about this choice? Why do you feel this way? Support your thoughts with specific observations. .5 point

The excitement and natural beauty of San Francisco is what lead me to pick this city in California. As I have stated previously it is a place to be who you are and a place where you can freely express yourself with out stereotypes. It just made up of so many cultures that have combined into one in a way. I love all the diversity that San Francisco has to offer.

D. Questioning: What else would you like to know about this choice? When completing the question section, lead your audience into the question by stating a fact you do know, yet you still have the related question. This way, both your audience and you will have an educational experience. Example: I learned that John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath was based on his personal experience working with farm workers. I would like to know if the characters he used in that book are fictitious or are they people he met? .5 point

I have learned a lot more about the history of San Francisco, the gold rush, military, trading, settlements, etc. I would like to know if it was all the history that San Francisco has that made it as popular in the world as it is today.

5. Using your classmates work from last week, tell us one thing you learned from 1 student. Is this one thing some common experience you share or some experience that is completely different than what you experienced? Is this one thing related to our class theoretical foundation and if so, how? Is that one thing related to historical or cultural context of this country or a different one? Link that persons blog to this entry (eg cut paste that blog entry here) . .5 point

I learned from Jeana that 750,000 copies of the Freire’s books have been sold and that it was dedicated to the oppressed and those who fight by their side. That was something I didn’t learn while researching him. I thought that was pretty impressive, that’s a lot of books and the theory that he wrote about is widely used in the world today as a teaching strategy.