WH GCE Portfolio

This second term of our Humanities class, Rhetoric, we learned more about how to compare modern problems to things that have happened in our past, and how to improve our rhetoric based on that. We also learned about op-eds, and how they're written. For this Action Project, we were tasked with writing our own version of an op-ed, and giving the reader a new perspective on a timely topic. Below is my own op-ed, along with an analysis of the op-ed. My op-ed uses my own experience as an addicted gamer to prove that I am a credible source, along with the various sources that I cite in the paper. It also uses rhetorical devices such as similies (like moths to a flame) and anaphora (repeating "that ___" in paragraph 3). I also gave a logical appeal at the end when I talk about how doctors would likely be flooded by over-concerned parents. My emotional appeal lies in how I mention how children especially should not be labeled as addicts at such a young age. https:/...

This new STEAM unit is about learning to Design and Engineer products. This Action Project asked us to redesign an existing tool so that it could be used by anyone using empathy. Empathy is the ability to put yourself in someone else’s shoes, and relate to how they feel. It relates to this project because of how we need to be able to empathize with people to make a product that will work for everyone. The new tool that we created is a variation of a Mattock axe. The more flat part of the mattock head (the adze) is used for tilling the soil after you break it up with the pickaxe/axe part. The mattock does not have any real kind of grip to help you get leverage on it easier. It comes in varying weights; 2.5 lb  and 5 lb versions were the ones we saw when we went to go research our tools at a nearby Home Depot. The pick mattock uses a 3rd class lever. This is because of how the fulcrum is at one end of the tool, the input is in the middle, and the output is at the other end of the...