solving a solution

        This term I enrolled in a course called A Nations Argument. In this class, we learned about the times leading up to the Civil War, including the conflict between free and slave states, Charles Sumner and his being attacked by Preston Brooks, and more of the contradictions leading to the war. Other topics of discussion in this course include the vital documents that helped create this country and how their arguments were presented, have changed over time, and the importance of rights. We have also discussed how the problems seen in the Civil war connected them to the present and other papers about the USA. We have connected this to the present, where we have to challenge a part of our school. We also met with Andy Clarno, where we discussed our current course topics and relevant events happening around us, and listened to a yale lecture by David Blight on the historical aspects of our topic.

          NO, conflict, 2023

    "The mediator acts as a participant and witnes to the process, so must step back in order to allow the group to reach true, autonomous consensus. The mediator asks questions and intervenes in lulls or during particularly heated interactions, all while allowing the discussion to flow naturally and the group to steer its direction."

    The fact that the students are forced by a third party to resolve said disagreement. And the mention of other students as well.


P1. Students will get into arguments.
P2. Peace happens through discussion.

P3. Arguments need peace.

P4. Students need help achieving peace  

C. Students need a peace circle.


    Forcing students who may not want to be in a peace circle might not work where instead, one can offer a cool-down period and if that person so chooses, they can then elect to be in a peace circle. The forcing of two parties to make amends instead of naturally dissolving the conflict may prove to be futile and lead to future incidence. 


P1. Students get into conflict.

P2. Conflict requires an agreed-upon resolution for a fair conclusion.

P3. Students need agreed-upon resolution.

C. Students need a natural solution.


Co-Signer: FK

    Students need resolutions that make sense to them and are not forced, which is how lions belong in the free and should not be caged in. If students were given a choice of conflict resolution, some may not want to participate in a peace circle. Many times, people need to cool down and process what has happened. The choice should be given to students and only then will real progress be made. This is not skirting the issue of conflict but not all people are comfortable with peace circles. Perhaps giving a choice of peace circle, written apology, or verbal explanation not face to face might offer a more collaborative approach to conflict resolution to all. If GCE is coming up with global citizens, they need to be able to adapt to conflict. The amendment that relates the most is Amendment 1. This amendment talks about how no person can be forced to give "the right answer". This falls in line with the argument of not having a forced peace circle and allowing the individual to choose how to resolve the conflict through multiple choices. This amendment demonstrates true citizenship because it allows each person to be free and choose how they want to resolve and express themselves. If one is put through a system that works for one type of argument and doesn't for others, nothing I'd bring resolved. 


    I spoke with my friend about the question “is a peace circle a good solution for student conflict?” Quote: “unnatural resolution is regressive.” Speaker: DB

    1.No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation

law, cornell. “Fifth Amendment.” Legal Information Institute, Legal Information Institute, 2023, https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/fifth_amendment.

    2. Peacemaking circles bring together individuals who want to engage in conflict resolution, healing, support, decision-making, or other activities when honest communication, relationship development, and community building are desired outcomes. Circles can be appropriate in business, family, judicial, social service, and other settings. They offer an alternative to other meeting processes that often rely on hierarchy, win-lose positioning, and victim/rescuer approaches to relationships and problem-solving. Circles bring people together in a way that creates trust, respect, intimacy, goodwill, belonging, generosity, mutuality, and reciprocity. The process is never about "changing others", but rather is an inhttps://www.rjssi.org/peace-making-circlesvitation to change oneself and one’s relationship with the community.


3. The three pillars of restorative justice are harm & needs, obligations, and engagement.

Justice center, Hartford. “What Is Restorative Justice?” Hartford Community Restorative Justice Center, 2023, https://hartfordjusticecenter.org/what-is-restorative-justice/#:~:text=The%20three%20pillars%20of%20restorative,needs%2C%20obligations%2C%20and%20engagement.

a knife time to be alive

    In this unit of light, sound, and time, we focused on time, how it's measured, and what we can use it for. one example is finding the longitude or latitude at sea using GMT or the sun's position at noon. We covered sundials, arc calculations, and the famous equation E=mc^2. We also looked into space and talked about general relativity, time dilation, and the twin paradox, and we had Taylor Hoyt talk to us about what he does with astronomy and cosmic studies. We also looked at pendulums, and how helpful they are.

    My knife sharpener will essentially take the aspect of knife upkeep into play, and measure the time in-between sharpening, which will determine the date. The only times you'd need to sharpen are when the blade is dull, but for accuracy measure the blade sharpness before sharpening. The increments used will be anywhere from days to years. The display on the sharpener will say how much time has passed since sharpening. If the knife is used consistently the sharpening will be accurate enough to tell how much time has passed since sharpening. The user doesn’t have to constantly check and can carry the knife around, and use it for all its knife uses. Watches or phones are very expensive, but the knife made will be cost-effective and have the benefit of a tool and use in life. Using the arc angle equation, Arc Length / (2 πr), we can find how precise a cut was made. With the angle of the paper split being taken, it will accordingly calculate the time since the last sharpening. 

    A 6-inch blade length, using 420 hc steel, lasts six weeks. Approximately 58 Rockwell hardness. Damascus has about a 62 on Rockwell hardness, lasting significantly longer than 420 hc steel. I have both kinds of blades, and testing, if this theory is true, was simple, and worked. The Damascus blade lasted longer than the 420 hc and kept the edge longer. Even a 440-c blade can last a few weeks in-between sharpening. I’d use a caliper device that sits the blade edge on a piece of paper, and when cut, is measured in microns to show how precise the cut is, which varies depending on knife sharpness. The number correlates to how many days or weeks it has been due to how fine of a cut it is. The volume of the knife I tested (using the volume equation height x depth x width) was 0.2114 cubic inches.   

NO, sharpener example with a caliper, 2023

    In the image above, I used a caliper to replace the measuring device in my sharpener, but it's a similar idea.

                                                        NO, blade depth meter, 2023

                                                

                                                    NO, anatomy of device, 2023

    Overall, this project was fun and I got to think a lot about what I was making, and how I decided to innovate a new way to tell time. One thing I struggled with (and struggle with consistently) is formatting my post to make sense, but I'll keep working on that. One thing I did well was coming up with an idea and putting it on paper.

can creativity be manufactured?

These are some of the projects I've done in my course, "manufacturing" where we look at different processes of creating products, and use them to make things for ourselves. iron-on vinyl, cardstock cut with a CNC, and laser etching my face into a tortilla. I've also used the laser to cut out a label for my tortilla launcher. 

this was my friends idea, a heat transfer vinyl with natty spelled out in steroids. i used the silluette cutter to cut the words out, transfer paper to place it onto the shirt, then ironed on the vinyl. over all this project turned out great and I still wear the shirt regularly.

in this project, I used laser gerbl to transpose an image of my face onto a tortilla. the tortilla was kind of small, so I had to adjust the size of the image and set the fill as cross fill so It wouldn't take forever. this project was really cool and the tortilla tasted pretty normal. 

this was one of my earlier projects i did, i used cardstock to cut out a image for a bookmark. this had two parts to it, the initial image, then the background. this was one of the easier projects but still fun to do.