Blog Week Wrapup

So last week we did BLOG WEEK at SVHS. Went very well I encourage all you Globaloria peeps to check out some of the student blogs. I have some verrrry creative students.

Three Wishes

Okay wish number one would definitely have to be a cure for cancer. Would have thought that being in the 21st century this medical problem would be solved but no it still plagues human culture. Wish number 2 would be to have all the powers of superman. Okay silly but who doesn't want to be able to fly, have dreamed about it almost every night my entire life. Plus the invincibility thing, x-ray vision, super-fast thing, and space travel capabilities are amazing. Pretty much would knock out anything I would want to do or have dreamed of doing. Third wish would be saved, don't really need to wish for money when I can use my x-ray vision to find gold in the earth.

Time Travel

Okay so somehow I magically have a time travel device, and can go to any era where do I go....I think I would choose the haydays of the Greek empire. To be able to be around for the creation of architecture standards that are still relied on today would be a pretty cool thing. It would be neat to actually see things built, and how they were built instead of hearing speculations and guesses from textbooks.

What animal I would be

Okay so I kind of left this question open ended for the students and did not say it has to be a real animal. On that basis pretty sure its okay if I pick a dragon. Really why would you not want to be a dragon. They can talk just like humans, so pretty sure that's a huge advantage over other animals, you don't have to squeak, chirp, or grunt to get your point across to your buddies. Another big thing dragons live pretty much forever. In which time you get to collect a big hord of treasure, eat the locals, humans probably are tasty to dragons, and pretty much be the bad-a of the neighborhood.

Day 1 Blog Week-yea I'm a day behind deal with it

Drafting Classes: What is your favorite building?
Okay this question is insanely complex for me, being an Architectural Engineer, its truly really hard to differentiate between different building eras and styles. I mean how can you compare the Eiffel tower to the Parthenon, you can't. Both of them are amazing creations for their time in human history. So I am going to break it down into eras and probably into civilizations.
Pre-history:Stonehenge-okay any culture with nooo technology that is willing to drag stones over 20 miles is pretty amazing.
Egyptians:Pyramids are cool but their temples architecture and art was mind blowing
Greeks:Lets seee oh yea the Parthenon and Acropolis
Romans:Pantheon and Coliseum its kind of a toss up the Pantheon was the first domed building pretty cool but the Coliseum could be flooded for naval battles
The Renaissance: Notre Dame cathedral, huge stained glass windows, flying butresses, a hunchback, plus still have the 3D puzzle and still play with it.
Early America:Monticello okay it even amazed me when I went there
Steel Construction Era:Anything built in Dubai, got to be nice to have a client with limitless money when you are designing a building

Blog Week

Okay for all those reading and paying close attention to all my students blogs, I know you all have the time, they are participating in a Blog Week. Different topics, some class specific some off the wall, usually turns out good if anyone is reading this post.

New Year

Students starting out strong, good participation. Seniors are sooooo much stronger at this class than their lower classmates, easier to teach, follow closer, don't need as much help, will willingly help their classmates. I guess I will be wearing senior colors on spirit day.

Okay I am a slacker

Have been so busy dealing with updating computers, teaching students and other daily routines that I have become a real slacker myself at blogging. So I am hoping and trying to rectify the situation.