2a Los Angeles

Contains a title using the format listed above .25 points

Contains the sources you used with links to these sources .25 points
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles,_California
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Boulevard

Contains a brief paragraph how it connects to your study of humanities. 1 point
I would say that Los Angeles is the perfect place to relate to the study of humanities because LOs Angleles is one of the largest cities in California. It has a population of 3.8 million and contains about 224 different languages. There are so many differnt aspects of humanities in a place that is that large. This connects to the study of humanitites because humanities is the study of people and you are definately not limited when dealing with a large population.It is the center of culture, technology, media, business and international trade. It also leads the world inpopular entertainment.

Contains the following "analytical elements":
a. 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
I chose the place of Los Angeles. When you look at Los Angles you see many many different things considering how big of a place the city is. You see miles and miles of cars packed on the free ways as if it were a cement jungle. The freeways intertwine and when you are on the feeways you sit in traffic for hours. Even the streets are packed with cars going 80 mph in a 40 mph zone and intersections bigger than any where in Santa Rosa. Although you see many many cars it almost equals when you see the beatiful beaches. You put your feet into the hot sand and then into the warm blue water. YOu see many surfers and sun bathers and maybe even some people building sand castles. The nice 80 degrees weather keeps people constantly by the beaches that L.A. are so famous for. Also some other main attractions in L.A. that draws many tourists is Disneyland, Universal Studios and Hollywood. Hollwood is a place where many fanatics love to go and look at all the stars on the street. When you think of Hollywood and L.A. shopping is definately something that is popular with many different types of shops even though the prices are kind of expensive for my taste.

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
My choice is about having fun. Many people go to L.A. as a vacation spot. They go there because they know they will have fun at the many attractions they have to offer.

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
I was led to this choice because when I lived in San Diego we would drive to L.A. many times to have fun and just get away from the school life. I feel like if I had the chance to go back again I would go in a minute reguardless of how expensive it is. I feel this way because I loev how the place looks at nights with the many many lights and the warm weather. It is great!


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 know that Los Angles has many attractions and it brings many tourists to their city every day, month and year but I want to know how many people from L.A. visit the attractions every day, month and year?

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 Carly that Freire had something called the "Culture of Silence" which focused on dialogue. This is something that relates to me because a lot of the time when I am learning I can remember dialgue better than a one way lecture. I think I learn ebtter than way and it definately makes the class more interactive with dialogue.