P.R.O.M.I.S.E.

This project was about raising awareness of music in Schools. This was also about learning the physics of how sound works. We also learned how to build a piano, and how hard it was to build the hammers of piano.


The construction of a piano is made of wood that is picked for sturdiness; the rim is made of Beech or maple wood. This is so that more sound stays in the sound board when the notes are played. Pianos produce sound using wire that is made of high quality steel; the bass strings are wrapped in copper wire, the treble strings are doubled and the higher octaves are even tripled, this will help them produce the same volume of sound. The stronger the steel plate, that holds the strings tension, the more sound will be created. A string is fixed on both ends and each string is a different length, also when a hammer with wool on it, hits the string in makes a soothing sound. The hammer is connected by the keys that make a corresponding note. The lengths of the strings change the frequency, the longer the string the lower the frequency or note. A shorter string length creates a higher note. The tension of the string can also change the note, the more the tension the higher the frequency as well. The sound is produced by two nodes and an anti node, which vibrates the air.

THIS I BELIVE

Having fun

My mom slouched in thorough the door with all here bags and mumbled “I have to pull weeds and then clean the house and then make dinner.” I am thinking to myself she needs a break and moments later the phone rings and she looks at who it is. It’s one of her friends she picks it up, and all of a sudden she is laughing and in such a good mood. That is when I realized that laughing in the world can make anybody happy.

Just like whenever I am staying up with my friends, usually past 3 a.m., we just laugh. We don’t stop, just someone’s laugh can make the rest of us laugh, just goes on and on. We wake up and we are in the best mood, the days go by as if they never started, because anything at all can make you laugh. I feel like the entire burden I had the whole week, of homework, school, disappears.

When we are packing some times we are so stressed that we can’t wait to go out to the desert. My mom and I were getting ready for the desert, we were in a total rush, getting frustrated with everything, that wasn’t one thing that didn’t go good, we ran out of gas, we were yelling screaming and cursing. We finally got to the desert and everybody was there sitting around the campfire, our friends were telling the funniest jokes I have ever heard, and we just broke out into laughter. We felt like our body was clear, our burden was lifted from the last four months of not going out there. We just had the greatest time ever.

Another day laughing tat made me feel better was my first day of B.M.X.ing in a race, I fell when my foot slipped off the pedal, almost hit my head on the crank, my back tire hit the place where your wife aims for when she is mad and I was just about to get passed by a girl, I peddled my hardest to stay in front of her. Even though I was mad because I didn’t get in first, but laughing with mom made that crash so much easier. My elbows felt better, and after recovering I felt like I could have kids again, and this laughter got me ready for that next race in which I ended up placing first. Laughter is like having ice cream; you can’t eat it without feeling good. It’s like watching a Youtube video that says “I bet you can’t watch this without laughing.” There is nothing you can not accomplish when you are in a good mood.

- Shane Saour, June 2^nd 2010

The children’s book we made in spanish


here is my favorite pages in the whole book


Mi hermano es Shane. A él le gusta xbox 360. Él es inteligente

.my name is shanes.I like xbox 360. i am intelig3ent. gustar was used as a reflexive.

Mi tio es Raynald. Èl es talentoso. A él le gusta musica.

my uncle Raynald. he is talented. he likes music

the questions I asked the farmers market about USDA organic

just the pond by my school was fool of soap


Me and my mom went to the California, ocean beach farmers market or locals call it O,B it is a great surf spot and we asked some questions to the people some of the people that were selling fresh produce.

The first guy that we talk to was USDA approved so me and my mom asked him does he use genetically altered seeds. he said no way i buy my seeds from seeds of change its a magazine that sells nongenetically altered seeds from vegi to fruit.The second question we asked him was do you get harassed by the government if you have organic seeds. he said no not yet because we are not really a farming state but its coming to California slowly.so I know thats a good thing so for are local farmers. The third question we asked them was do you have a second job to support the farming and he said no because this is good.I would agree with him. The fourth question we asked him was do you have fun with you job and he said ,its fun is some thing that is very therapeutic for me. The last question that I asked was do you get funds for farming from the government. the reasons was, no not at all because they don't want to be controlled like a puppet.

then we got pizza the size of two heads just one slice

after went a another man selling produce and i asked ed him the same questions and the same answers as the other guy and they all made a 5 star quality food

if you are eating non organic food its not a bad thing but it is soooo worth it so support a farmers market they need you we need you and try to not eat so much government controlled food with so much more puloshon.

garden reflecshon

will you make your own garden?
I all ready have a garden filled with all fruit guavas,black Barrys,razzbarrys, bosin barry and, blue berry

2.What stuck with you the most?
there was hay belles,smelling a onion

3.wold you like to contine the senior work?
no Because its hard work and I garden at home

1. my mom said the only thing that struck here is that no one has conckered this problem.
2.she said ya i so angry with the concept to help and support
3.i think a march throw the fatory with a hidden camera

school daze

"If you raise your hand and say, 'Gee, Ms. Smith, I haven't understood a single word you've said
all day,' Ms. Smith is going to hate you. If you raise your hand and say, 'Gee, Ms. Smith, I haven't
understood a single word you've said all week,' Ms. Smith is going to hate you five times as much. And
if you raise your hand and say, 'Gee, Ms. Smith, I haven't understood a single word you've said all year,'
Ms. Smith is going to pull out a gun and shoot you."


it stanes out becase most amaricans like to judge people, like on the trolley, when people see a hobo all the people will move to the other side and don't talk to him. They do not take the time to see how cool he is. Ms. Smith is judging the students, and she is scapegoated the students, she is not explaining it right and says its the students fault. This Ms. Smith reminds me of my old teacher Ms. Smith she was and old lady who would get mad when the student didn't understand.

my tragety

Bad Bullet

“Ahhh Ben get you ass over here.” Said mom “what-ch you want I’m trying to sleep” said Ben. “Just get yo ass over.”

“Wake up and smell the roses here are some letters from an orphan inch,” Said the butler.” Here give them fifty thousand dollars they all suffer so much”. Said Hugo Chavez

“BEN WHEENNN ARE YOU GOING TO GET A JOB.” Said mom, MOM I already told you I am going to be a famous rapper, man if Ice Cube can, man I can” said Ben. “Honey when you become a bigger rapper then that boy at that corner, then I’ll listen” said mom, what Eva mom.

“Hi honey how did you sleep”? Said Hugo Chavez, “very well thank you, what would you like for breakfast” said Oprah the wife. “Can I have some bacon and eggs”? Said Hugo Chavez. “Ya I can make that for you”. Said Oprah “thank you” replied Hugo.

“Can I have some bacon and eggs mom” said Ben hell no you ass can have some cheerios who do you think I am bill gates. Yelled mom.” man never mind I’ll get some breakfast from the homey’s” said Ben.” What Eva.” shrugged mom. “What up homies you guys want to go to Denny’s and get a bite to eat?” Ben asked. “Why not” said the homies “all right lets go.”

“Mr. Hugo Chavez do you have your note cards ready for your big speech in a few days” said his assistant “I sure do uhh ok I forgot to do them ok I’ll just write some now ok now what is the speech on” said Hugo Chavez.” The speech is on how you will make Cuba a better place” stated his assistant. “Thank you I must write now.”

Ay Ben we been thinkin how about we going in a gang bloods preferably said the dumb shit why would you go in to a gang you know people get killed or die or even throne in to jail you know what man you go ahead and you do that shouted Ben. Don’t you want to be a rapper? Said friends ya I do but I want a clean slate said Ben. Ok then what rapper ever got popular from going to school and not being a P.I.M.P and especially not being an OG said friends. Man you right I’ll just think about it said Ben.

Mr. Hugo Chavez, a another thing is gang wars and gangs. You should say to kids and adults how bad this gang violence, because it is a dangerous thing how many people die every day just because of color or races.

Ay you punk do you want to pass oww I bet you do don’t you said the Cuban gangster.

Mann I just want to go to school, come on let me throw said Ben

Ha ha ha ha your so funny just give us our money said the Cuban gangster

NO! Shouted Ben

“Ok then do really want to be the bigger man because I can knock that shit out of you fagot!” Threatened the Cuban gangster.

“FIGHTING BOOM POW POW BOOM”!!!!!!!

Stupid Cuban trying to mess with a black belt champion I’m like the afro samurai bitch

Clap clap clap clap clap clap!

Bravo bravo wow, that shit was amazing

A man hold up the Cubans have been trying to take over the bloods territory for years and you can bring a knife to a gun fight and seeing how you just whooped on those Cubans I think you would be a gangster ass @(%@, but to be one you have to do some gnarly things?

What ever people and my friends say I should be a gangster ass @(%@ and now I have a chance to be one!

You do no that this is a one time deal.

Ya ya I no man I got Nothing to lose.

link to zein

the elec. car

the atical i read is about a elec. car it can go 100mpg and it ways 1400lb.

humanites

to take notes to do good on my tpol

anatat more in my book

study for my vocab test

mysics

studding very hard to do the sat s

step one by doing all of my homework

step two by making beter notes

step three by studing more

My time travalers project

this the boat that my group and me made its super asssome and it broke. its thing fell off it is a hard word to memerisss

i am in ex blok

ya cool but no

the origin of Zero

The thing that srikes me about the article it that they say the it was just made to help people see the diffrence form 1,10,1000 and so on. So in a way many people created Zero. So we cant say that any one created zero. But i do think that Some one elce came up with the concept of zero and the person who discovered the actual number are diffrent people. So travelers took the concept of zero with them on their travels, so it spread

The Lady that Never Gave Up

My hero is Adrian, because she is the one that told me about HTHMA. Adrian got me in to this awesome school, and I would not be with such cool teachers and at such a hands on school.
When I was walking up the stairs to high tech high media arts on the first day of school, I thought back to when I was in sixth, seventh, eighth grade. Adrian had to fight with such a hard headed kid that didn’t do well in school grade wise. An average day was me slowly getting off the bus and walking to Adrian house. When I walk in to Adrian’s house she would bring a steaming hot cup of noodles to the table, it smelt like yummy chicken flavor. When I got the food, Adrian said wondering, “What do you have for homework, and open up that planner?” So I pulled out my heavy planner which smelt like a lot of homework. I worked with Adrian for three hours, she would help me stay organized, helped me learn better, in math, English and science; she is my tutor and my advocate. When ever I tried to prove Adrian wrong she always comes up with a true statement or answers, every once and while I would get to prove Adrian wrong.
The thing that made Adrian even more of a hero is the fact she has four jobs, she was my special education advocate, she is a therapist, works 1,500 hours with not so smart attorneys, she is also a management consultant, and most important she is a mother of three. She tutored me and that is a tuff job.
She is so close in my life that she could be considered as another mother to me. I think I am apart of Adrian, I have learned things from Adrian like how to be a good advocate. You can use this to be a good lawyer. Adrian is currently going to school to become a therapist. She teaches me how to think more like a lawyer. She was able to stick up for me, this helped me learn, and the helped me to gain confidence and trust in her. When Adrian means business, owwwww she means business. The only way to make her super proud is to score a 100% or succeed. She wants me to not do so bad in school, to succeed in everyway, to prove her wrong.
Adrian is my hero because of the hard work she put into me, I have raised my grades and worked really hard to get me into High Tech High Media Arts. This is why she is my Hero.

literary devices blog

Angela brushed her skirt, took a deep breath and walked towards where he was sitting. She was about to say your a butt head a but she saw how cute he was and instead of going off on him she blushed like a fresh cherry and said hi my name is Angela.

my viyet !!

Shane Saour
10/1/09
The Power of Halo
My friend Andrew and I plunged down on to the couch to play an awesome game called Halo! Andrew started the game and the music hooked me right away. The music sounded like you where the worlds last shot to save humanity. With a little mixture of rock n roll added in. The makers of halo pull you in to the game you think you’re the man your the master chief every thing is in you control no one can stop you. When you kill an alien you really see the shininess of the blue and purple blood, landing on the ground. That is how detailed the graphics look. Then we get to see the story line and just that makes you want to play halo 2. There are many levels to the game that are so exhilarating. You don’t need to think. You get sucked in mindlessly. If you are number one that is the only way you get lost. The smack talk you can give in multiplayer matches is so great that I can’t even start to talk about. If you kick butt you can just throw it in their face. When you kill a enemy and your adrenalin is pumping throw you, you react with a you gust got pawned or you got owned. If you get killed and are getting owned then you let out a @*%$ you or some thing bad you no. If you are not care full it will become a drug you won’t do well in school and will be lazy. If you’re good at the halo you can make a lot of money winning games professionally. If you suck then you will FAIL unless you get off or can manage it.

Now me I could not manage it at all. It because all I ever do is play this game never stop on till I reached the top. I all most reach the top and my mom shut my internet of and school started so I did all my home work to play halo when I got home. My mom didn’t say anything to me just let me play. I got fat but I still kick butt in athletics. Not even a car can stop me.

REVERSIBLE JACKET

it sounded like a tuck that keep going backwards and running over more and more people all throw the sound. and water spilling all over the ground. http://margaretnoble.net/blog/reversible-jacket/

The Locker Problem

Shane Saour

10/1/09

Locker problem

When the first kid walked buy and opened all the lockers the second kid closed every other one. The third kid touched every third locker and etc. until 1000 kids go through the lockers. For example the sixths locker was touched four times it ends in a closed state and we know this because six has 4 factors. And the fourth locker has 3 factors. The factors for 4 are 1, 4, and 2. You can’t count the same factor twice.

1.O 1x1 1 factor	2.O C 2x1 2 factors	3.O C 1x3 2 factors	4.O O C 1x4 2x2 3 factors	5.O C 1x5 2 factors
6.O O C C 1x6 2x3 4 factors	7.O C 1x7 2 factors	8.O O C C 1x8 4x2 4 factors	9.O O C 1x9 3x3 3 factors	10.O O C C 1x10 2x5 4 factors
11.O C 1x11 2 factors	12.O O O C C C 1x 12 6x2 3x4 6 factors	13.O C 1x13 2 factors	14.O O C C 1x14 7x2 4 factors	15.O O C C 1x15 3x5 4 factors

16.O O O C C 1x16 8x2 4x4 5 factors

There are 31 perfect squares out of all the lockers. All perfect squares have an odd number of factors.

1. How many lockers are open?

31 lockers

We now this because there is 31 perfect squares within 1,000

2. Witch ones are going to be open.

1,4,9,16,25,ect…..,961 the lockers that are left open are going to be perfect squares.

3. Why do perfect squares have an odd number of factors.

Because you can only count one of the repeating factors.

3a.Why is this significant in the solution?

If the lockers have an odd number of factors then it will be left open

my hero!!!!!

captain underpants is my hero because he can not die and is funny