Thursday, June 11, 2009

The Patch Post: Simulation Block

At George Wythe we periodically do simulations. This last one was very interesting as it was all online. The scenario was that basically everything except the western hemisphere running from south America to Canada was completely un inhabitable do to a nuclear fallout. We all were given surnames that we had to go by, and mine was Neva Sanchez. A roman catholic, Mexican who was very passionate about keeping her area secure and safe. We all meet in online classrooms, Elluminate was the program we used, to discuss what we should do. There was another group, group A, that was using the main stream media to project a plan of martial law, ect… and our job was to present a plan B. So that the people could see they had the choice, instead of being handed an ultimatum by power starved political leaders.

My group flooded the industry with video presentations, other groups did articles, some music, and we published it. This video is one that I personally directed with the help of Caleb Hatton, a movie genies, to show that you choose your ending, if it be pain and destruction, or hope and freedom. All in all, it was a very effective simulation, and we really put together some great plans and presentations.


The Patch Post: A day in the life

Just the other night I had some people over to play and watch some games, however, we ended up telling some scary stories, and I totally took the cake. There were maybe 10-15 people there, and I got every single one of them to jump, and most of them to scream. This brought back an experience that I had when I was scared to death, and I just so happened to have written it down to illustrate a definition essay I wrote in high school for my college composition class. Why is it that fear is something we are terrified to face, fun to make fun of, and even though we all individually have some form of fear, we are afraid to share our fears with others? I think fear is so incredibly interesting, but here is my story, and I hope you enjoy.

Fear, It's What Makes us Jump in the Night Fear, It's What Makes us Jump in the Night Sarah