the story of a brother.

this is the story of 4 brothers. we had to add adverbs, similes, and other grammatical terms. 

Once, there was a man and his three brothers. They lived in a small village in northern Canada where the wilderness was brief and unforgiving, yet beautiful and mysterious. They eventually set off from their calm,  Village to create a new civilization and form one new society. They set off from their home into the wild and were eventually taken into the unknown by curiosity. They found the perfect space after just four days. These brothers had decided to settle in the young looking valley. On the left was a mountain range, in front was a meadow, to the right was a large, sparkling river, and behind was a friendly hill. They decided to make one main cabin for the time being. As they were creating their cabin, one man decided to look around himself and suddenly realized what was around him. Trees, rivers, mountains, wildlife, birds, all these things made up in nature, and he would certainly use them to his advantage. As he looked around himself he realized that it wasn’t really about what they were doing now, rather how that one little cabin would become an entire civilization and many memories full of emotion and passion will be made simply because they chose to start their own little town there. Then that given the thought that people always say they wish they could time travel back to when everything was good right now world and change things so it stay that way. And then he thought why not make those changes before they become necessary. 

He then went back to his brothers and told them his thoughts. They all then contemplated for hours and hours till the sun rose and continued working. Every day. They soon became less attached to the real world they became more spiritual and physical, rather than blood forced into the veins energy of life from existence replaced it. 

Everything that led up to this point in time simply because they made a choice, thousands of actions were taken from one original cause. They essentially broke the algorithm of endurance. They had done the impossible, they had created a space that existed before it needed to. They became less human and more mentally enlightened. They didn’t need to use their words anymore since they spent enough time with each other and understood what they’re saying without uttering a sound.  They all realized it’s not the scars that show the true depth of one's past, it’s the story of what happened. This was the origin of the brotherhood. And the trust in people is so strong you understand them completely.

 

classroom design ap

this ap is about designing a classroom for our specific needs. were designing it to be as optimal as possible. so far we're working on figuring out what kind of classroom necessary objects we need and don't need. like tables, chairs, whiteboards, etc. 

(me, gce lab school, 2021)

this is what we wanted our classroom to look like. not very complex yet well thought out. We have more chairs than necessary because usually there would be more people in this classroom. the teacher has to learn with the students, as the learning isn't just for the students. teachers know a lot, but the students do as well. for a student at gce, all you need to do is come on time, learn, and allow the opportunity for correction or improvement. the best way to learn here Is to have an open mind and always be willing to learn from every opportunity. 

(gce lab school, AJA, 2021)

here is a picture of what the layout is exactly.

a classroom is anywhere ha learning happens. it can really be anywhere. since the early classroom days, they have always been everywhere. outside, and inside different areas of the world. in all, gce has a  very open attitude about it. not to say its lazy or disorganized, but its not the typical school. and that's how we like it here.

observations on invisible information. NO, 2021.

 I learned a little bit about synth music and how you can do so much with it. I connected by knowing a little about synths and different kinds. but I now know more about it since I experienced it at the park. I discovered that the artist uses Roland synths, she usually uses digital but this time she used analog. the way she was going from one side of the park to the other with the sound was interesting, and the harmonization of each note then morphing into another sound to further the progression of the piece was also an interesting feat of the experience. i found the specific synth she used as well. 

 

(roland.com,2021, roland juno-60)

this is a roland juno-60. im fairly sure this is the one of the synths that were used to create the piece based on this image below.

(natalie chami,  https://hausumountain.com/?page_id=2108, 2015)

since she had used analog synths for this piece, (she usually doesn't) i figured this was the kind of synth being used. i found this interesting because now i could see what kind of things were being used to create such interesting soundscapes. 

gmos, good or bad? well, both.

 

My position on gmos. I think they’re great. Not in all cases, but in most. They are helping solve world hunger faster than ever before. But, they have side effects. Like superweeds, and less nutritional value. But, I have to say that now that we have a solution, why critique it while it’s still new? Let it thrive, and then work on the side effects. Since norman borlogs invention of genetically modifying plants, we have seen an exponential incline in crop yield, this means that we have more supplies than demand could ever need. Yet, our diets have come to revolve around the main crops, corn, soy, and wheat. This makes us undernourished. But, we see places like whole foods making a positive impact in the food deserts of America. We will continue to work on decreasing the number of food deserts in America and making world hunger a smalled issue than it is today.

Here is a graph showing the incline in crop yield from India from 1960-2019, and you can see the incline as normans idea hit India and boosted their crop yield.

Other GMO foods, such as vitamin A-enriched Golden Rice, have been fortified with vitamins and minerals to create healthier staple foods and help prevent malnutrition.

 “The GMO Debate.” Alliance for Science, allianceforscience.cornell.edu/blog/2018/08/the-gmo-debate/#:~:text=In%20summary%2C%20GMO%20crops%20can,promote%20and%20reduce%20chemical%20use. 

chicken? or... not?

 intro

This is my Action project for the ‘Food For Thought” class unit 3. For this project, I was assigned to recreate a dish at a restaurant I enjoy at home. I originally chose to recreate the fried chicken rice from a restaurant called phodega. unfortunately, i wasn't able to and instead chose a restaurant called honey butter fried chicken. Once we had finished recreating it we would taste both of them and either film a video or write an essay on the two dishes. I decided to do an essay on my ingredients, to show weather or not my dish was better than the restaurants, and if organic is better.

I have created an interesting and exciting new dish for my household. Now, what comes to mind when you hear “fried chicken”? A nice, golden brown sliver of meat, breaded with herbs and spices, batter and simmered in oil for a few minutes, then put on a paper towel to dry, right? Well, that’s what I made. But, I did it better. The restaurant couldn’t even compete. I first took the pre-cut slivers of chicken and marinated them in buttermilk for thirty minutes before mixing them, and laying them out on a pan of hot oil. After I completed the chicken, I ordered honey butter fried chicken, I got chicken strips and compared them with the chicken I made. 

First things first, we took all the herbs and spices we needed and mixed them in a bowl. This was going to make them taste better. I put smoked paprika, a marron spice that tastes almost fruity and bright, contouring the chicken to be almost like springtime. Then there is the salt. Now, salt gives it that savory taste, making the chicken more enjoyable. The black pepper itself doesn't add much flavor, but it brings out the spice in the other ingredients, so it is essential to the recipe. Onion powder is similar, but it gives the chicken some earthy flavor. Poultry seasoning gives aspects to the chicken, specifically for chicken, I think it's like adding sprinkles to a cupcake. The flour is for battering the chicken, making it fry well. 

The appearance of each chicken, the chicken I made, and the chicken I ordered from honey butter fried chicken. The chicken I made, had a fiery red color to it. But the chicken I ordered was nearly the same color as the box it came in. I noticed this and I thought it apply to the taste, but I was wrong. It didn’t taste bad at all. Although the one we made was much higher quality. This relates to Michael pollan's five food transformations, quantity over quality. Since we have hit this time in agriculture since we started genetically modifying products. Though, just because it tastes better, doesn’t mean it’s nutritionally better.

 “Took pains to return nutrients to the local soil on which they depended, "our modern civilization returns exceedingly little of what it borrows. Vast fleets are busy carrying the limited minerals offar-flungg districts to distant markets." Renner documents how Christ eventually came to see the problem of diet and health as a problem of ecological dysfunction. By breaking the links among soil's, local foods, and local people's, the industrial food system disrupts the circular flow of the new industrial system, it could no longer meet the biochemical requirements of the human body , which, not having had time to adapt,  was failing in new ways.” POLLAN, Michael (2009). In Defense of Food. New York: Penguin Press.

Ingredients 

• 4-6 Pcs Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts

• 1 1/2 c All-Purpose Flour

• 1 tsp Salt

• 1/2 tsp Black Pepper

• 1/4 tsp Onion Powder

• 1/2 tsp smoked Paprika

• 1/2 tsp dried thyme

• 1/8 tsp Poultry Seasoning

• 3-4 dashes of Hot Sauce (like Texas Pete)

• 1 c Buttermilk

• Cooking Oil - enough for frying (about 1/2 " in a large skillet)

 

Instructions

1. Combine hot sauce and buttermilk and add chicken to marinate for 30 minutes.

2. In a separate bowl combine flour and seasonings and herbs.

3. Heat the cooking oil over medium until heated.

4. Take each chicken breasts from the buttermilk marinade and dredge in the flour mixture and add to the skillet.

5. Fry on each side turning every 3 minutes until cooked, cooking time is 12-15 minutes depending on the thickness of the chicken.

6. Transfer cooked chicken from skillet to a paper towel-lined plate to remove excess cooking oil before serving.

sdg 2.1 ap for food for thought.

In our class for this term, food for thought, we are learning about death. Not literal death, but how food isn't always as good as we think. In our first unit, we covered life. In this action project for unit two, we are addressing sustainable development goal 2, which shines a light on issues relating to world hunger and specific issues pertaining to that category. I chose subsection of SDG 2, 2.1. For This assignment, We had to pitch a solution as a UN member. SDG 2.1 addresses world hunger and how it's impacting the world. I propose we make food more accessible to everyone, as that is an issue currently. My solution can help with saving millions of lives in the near future. Here is my idea for how to solve it, and a little extra information to get your head around the problem its self.







Did you know, that almost 9% of the world’s population goes to bed with an empty stomach?
Think about what would happen if Chicago suddenly ran out of food. We would have to figure out how to get food back in, for the time being. In the meantime, people would be starving. Sdg 2.1 addresses the issue of world hunger and ending it by 2030. We need to make the issue of world hunger a bigger priority than it is now since people are dying every day. More land should be available for farm use. To combat this issue: we should create more sustainable gardens to help end world hunger, or at least dampen the dry crackling desert of starvation. According to https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal2, the goal is to end world hunger at least for those who have vulnerable situations, including infants, nutritious, and sufficient food all year round.
“DNA research suggests a series of megadroughts from 135,000 to 70,000 years ago may have been responsible for the first migrations of early humans out of Africa.” “The number of undernourished people is growing faster on the African continent than anywhere else in the world. “ source “William Digby, a contemporary observer of the 1876 Madaras famine, wrote, “when the part played by the British empire in the nineteenth century is regarded by the historian fifty years hence, the unnecessary deaths of millions of Indians by its principal and the most notorious monument” empires of food (212)

all those quotes both show where this should target, but also how the drought affected the people and that it could’ve been avoided, had we better prepared ourselves.



Remember what caused early humans to spread out of Africa? Droughts!

Also, “The three longest drought episodes occurred between July 1928 and May 1942 (the 1930s Dust Bowl drought), July 1949 and September 1957 (the 1950s drought), and June 1998 and December 2014 (the early 21st-century drought).” source Well, we are certainly more prepared for drought, we should start making food reserves, especially in major cities. In history, droughts make madness occur, as well as desperation, starvation, and disorganization.


I think we should not just create food reserves, but also start making more farms available in cities, where there are food deserts (an area with access to food, but not nutritious food, more like fast food and unhealthy options with no alternative), like in Ron Finley’s ted talk that we watched earlier in class, he made a community garden in the middle of a food desert. It changed the way he thought and how others thought, especially kids who were being brought up in the food desert.


There have been moments where we weren’t prepared for drought, and we have seen the aftermath. We need to be better prepared. Food reserves can mean a lot of things, but I think of grocery stores having warehouses full of commodities, and other important foods, that won’t go bad. This will help prepare for the worst and help solve homelessness by offering jobs to the public.

The fact that we have made progress on this issue is amazing, but we can solve this issue if we all work together to try to create more farms in areas such as food deserts and places without any food at all. It will help with poverty and hunger, as it will supply new jobs and food sources to people who need it. I know I’m re-stating what I said before, but it’s a great benefit of my idea and it can work.

What can you do to help this cause? Can you plant a garden in your community?


source:
https://www.actionagainsthunger.org/world-hunger-facts-statistics

Source: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/05/5-droughts-that-changed-human-history/

Source https://www.worldhunger.org/world-hunger-and-poverty-facts-and-statistics/

“World Hunger: Key Facts and Statistics.” Actionagainsthunger.Com, ActionAgainstHunger.com, www.actionagainsthunger.org/world-hunger-facts-statistics. Accessed 24 May 2021.


“SDG 2.1.” Sdgs.Un.Org, sdgs.un.org/goals/goal2. Accessed 24 May 2021.




National Geographic Society. “Nationalgeographic.Com.” Hunger and War, national geographic, 15 Jan. 2020, www.nationalgeographic.org/article/hunger-and-war.




“Historical Drought.” Drought.gov, www.drought.gov/what-is-drought/historical-drought#:~:text=The%20three%20longest%20drought%20episodes,early%2021st%2Dcentury%20drought).

Fraser , Even D. G., and Andrew Rimas . Empires of Food: Feast, Famine, And the Rise and Fall of Civilizations. Free Press, 2010.

food class ingredient substitution ap

 introduction 

in this ap, we looked at substituting ingredients, and different uses in those ingredients. we learned about emulsifiers, proteins, and learners. then, each of my group mates chose one of them. I chose emulsifiers, so I'm substituting eggs with yogurt. the emulsifiers job is to simply help oil and water mix together. we made a visual representation of this by having water and oil in a Gatorade bottle and shaking it, then watching it separate. we also are looking at conversions for recipes. so, say a recipe is made for 10 people. but, you only have five people, and don't want to make the rest. for this one, its pretty easy. you just divide the proportions by half to get it, but for other recipes its harder as you might want to make 20 servings of a 14 serving recipe. but for mine, I used half as my control and half as my variable.

group karmas blog Lucas's blog

recipe sub

I'm substituting the emulsifier in my recipe, which would be eggs, but I'm using yogurt, as it does the exact same thing. I just need to find how much I need to replace the eggs, which I will do by weighing them out.

as I made the brownies, I showed each of my steps. i took half my recipe and made it with eggs, and the other with plain yogurt. 

lab report

conclusion