2-23-15

Tell me about your weekend. Give me a story, something funny that happened, an experiencing you had, the way you felt, etc. Include photos!

This weekend I went to a forensics tournament at Shawnee Mission South. The tournament was absolutely miserable because it was delayed close to two hours and only ended around 5:00 P.M. Additionally, being short on judges, the tournament was poorly run and really put a damper on my weekend. However, my Sunday was much more enjoyable because I watched Parks and Rec nonstop for almost three hours. Overall, a decent weekend for me.

2-20-15

In an ideal school situation, there would be no prerequisites to graduate, rather I would be able to focus solely on the classes and courses that I want to take.  Additionally, I would only take economics and international relations courses along with advanced math to solidify my economics abilities. During class, I would spend the whole hour listening to lectures and looking at case studies to get hands on experience.

2-19-15

Copy and paste these over to your blog and tell me a little about yourself. If you have a picture or two that might represent one of your answers make sure to include it.

My favorite food: Malai Kofta (Type of Indian food)
Foods I'd like to avoid: Eggplant, Squash, and Green Beans
My favorite things to learn: Economics and International Relations
My favorite color: Mint green
My best friends are: Funk, Gorthy, Hahn, Laverentz, Rajasingh
My favorite games to play: Halo, Fifa, and Tradewinds
My favorite books: Ender's Game,The Namesake, Life of Pi
My favorite movies or TV shows: Breaking Bad, Suits, The West Wing, Gran Torino, Fight Club, Good Will Hunting
My favorite holiday: Diwali
Things I do well: School
Things I need to practice more: Music
My favorite place to go: India
My favorite family activities: Playing board games, and eating dinner together
My favorite thing to do outside: Tennis
My favorite chore: Vacuuming
My least favorite chore: Dishes
What I want to be when I grow up: Lawyer or Investment banker
A place I want to visit: Morocco
My favorite part of the year: Winter break
My favorite part of each day: When I go to sleep

2-17-15

Color can convey a lot of emotion when it comes to designing anything from a product to a website to an advertisement to a logo and so much more. What do you think the importance of colors on a website are? What is a color scheme and why is it important to have when designing? Explain any thoughts you might have around color in design.

I think that color scheme is very important in a web site because it is the first impression that a viewer receives. Not only does color beautify a web site but it can also convey meaning and purpose of the page as a whole. For example, a chocolate or bakery website could convey their products through a neutral or earth toned websites. Color is what ensures that a website makes sense as a a cohesive page, creating a great final product for the viewer.

2-10-15

Think about the quote above. What does this mean to you? How could this apply to your life? How could this apply to your school work (especially Web Design!)?  I would love to give you less work in class if it meant you were going to focus harder on the work. Do you think you would get more out of it? Would that work for you? Why or why not?

To me the quote above is a very idealistic view on society, one hat will likely never be achieved. With the thousands of distractions appearing in the modern world, it is extremely difficult to focus completely on one task or idea for prolonged periods of time. Instead, our world has now morphed into a place in which people try to do more with less focus, a practice that is not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, with focus becoming so difficult to attain, being able to get more things done with less focus is a skill that will become valuable in coming years. However, the disadvantages of this practice exist as well. For example, not having complete focus means that difficult tasks such as music and philosophy will become scarce. Personally, having more focus and doing less would not work for me because I prefer breadth over depth in my learning, especially in school. 

2-9-15

Tell me all about your weekend! I sure hope you have photos to share.

This weekend was filled with a lot of work, for school and in general. On Friday I had to go to the girls' basketball game in order to play for band, and the game was really exciting, coming down to the final seconds of the game. After the game I hung out with some friends and we tried watching Silver Linings Playbook, which got boring quickly. On Saturday and Sunday I did not do much aside from simply working on homework and scholarship applications, which thankfully are now complete.

2-6-15

What's the coolest thing you've learned in this class so far this year? Now that you have a little knowledge, what do you want to learn that you don't know how to do yet?

The coolest thing I have learned so far in this class is the CSS Stylesheet layouts and setup. By knowing how to do this I have been able to learn how to design a website and add interesting aspects to the website itself. Additionally. this has allowed me add to the existing frame that html code provides. One thing that I would like to learn about is how to create a website with a search ability and also how to create a website with fill-in-the-blank abilities.

2-2-15

Tell me all about your Sweetheart weekend (even if you sat at home on the couch!). Include photos!

My weekend was pretty uneventful aside from the super bowl. On Saturday I had to come in early to school to set up for sweetheart because of  student council, which was actually somewhat enjoyable because it turned out well. Then after spending time with some friends on Saturday night, I had to go clean up after the dance as well. On Sunday my friends and I got together to watch the super bowl which was one of the best games I have seen in a long time. We decided to get pizza and then realized that he streets were in bad shape so we almost crashed on the way, but it was worth it for the pizza we got. Overall, a pretty good weekend.