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Welcome back to my blog. This post is for the second Action Project of the Humanities class, Journalism. In Unit 2, Image, we have been focusing on learning about photojournalism, practicing the skills of photography, and the critical thinking behind the images that shape the way we see the world every day. We examined the job of a photojournalist and what it meant to be objective versus subjective and the power behind certain images. Skills such as knowing how to adjust shutter speed, aperture, contrast, and using the rule of thirds are important for photography which we covered as well. For Field Experiences, we met with a photojournalist and visited the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago. This Action Project asks us to find someone to interview and take a photograph of, all aligning with the question: "What is the meaning of life?" I have chosen to interview a neighbor of mine, Kevin Sur, who you will get to know more about in the following paragraphs. Below you...

Welcome back to my blog! This post is for the first Action Project of the STEAM class, Economics: Risking Value. As a class with only two Action Projects, this post and another in the future will show off a lot of work completed over a few weeks. In this first unit, Growth, we have investigated the economic and math concepts that would be useful in modeling choices. Throughout the class, we read Freakonomics  by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, which presented economic utilities through real-life examples. We have also explored how incentives can persuade others and affect decisions. Other essential vocabulary words such as opportunity cost, supply, and demand became useful leading up to the AP. For Field Experiences, we met with a Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago representative, who talked with us about what the FED does nationally and locally. In this Action Project, we have been tasked with thinking about plans after graduating high school. We would have to consider c...