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Please visit http://www.jamesmortonties.co.uk/ for more information.
A Better School Environment with School Uniforms and Tiescustomties
By making your students wear an appropriate uniform you may be giving them a sense of unity and pride for their school. Uniforms also eliminate the display of social status, so students need not have to feel inferior if they have not got designer clothes like the other more privileged children.
Please visit http://www.jamesmortonties.co.uk/ for more information.
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You get started maybe a little slowly,but you get enough done in the first week that,with some heavier days later on, everything gets done,things stay civil.
And I would want to do that like that.That would be the plan. I would have it all ready to go,but then,actually,the paper would come along,and then I would kind of do this.
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Inside the mind of a master procrastinator - Tim Urban67 Golden Rules
So in college, I was a government major, which means I had to write a lot of papers.Now, when a normal student writes a paper,they might spread the work out a little like this.So,you know--
You get started maybe a little slowly,but you get enough done in the first week that,with some heavier days later on, everything gets done,things stay civil.
And I would want to do that like that.That would be the plan. I would have it all ready to go,but then,actually,the paper would come along,and then I would kind of do this.
We dream boldly in the dimension of our doing,but set the bar no higher than stability in our emotional lives.It’s time to dream in multiple dimensions at the same time,says AIDS Ride Founder Dan Pallotta.He aims to transform the way society thinks about giving,and being.
This is really a 2 hour presentation I give to high school students cut down to 3 minutes. And it all started one day,on a plane,on my way to TED,7 years ago.And in the seat next to me was a high school student,a teenager,and she came from a really poor family and she wanted to make something of her life.And she asked me a simple little question.
"what leads to success?"
And I felt really badly because I couldn’t give her a good answer. So I get off the plane and I come to TED. And I think, Jesus, I’m in the middle of a room with successful people. So, why don’t I ask them -what helped them succeed and pass it onto kids.
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Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
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2. Introduction:
In this following PowerPoint, I'm going to do a couple of slides, where
I'm explaining a number of point. In class, we analysed a video called “A
second a day”. We picked out a few points, however, I'm going to
analyse it in more detail, and write up an essay, to explain what's
happening, and why its happening.
3. Mise - en – scene:
In this area of “mise – en – scene”, for this video, they use a lot of settings, props, costumes, makeup, movements and also visual effects. When you watch the video,
the first thing you can see is a little girl, who looks healthy and clean. She's wearing a party dress and holding a cake, with a few bright candles on it, she's surrounded
by her family, and behind them, is a few balloons, hanged up on the wall. From this, we can see that its her birthday, and she’s extremely happy to be around everyone.
In the next scene, she’s in the kitchen; biting into an indulgent, chocolate biscuit. She's wearing her school uniform, and behind her is her mum, who’s making
something. This infers that, the little girl is hungry, as she came back from school. We can tell that she looks content biting into the biscuit, as she gives a smile whilst
her mother is preparing lunch. Like any little girl, she’s also into makeup and dressing up, as we notice; she's in her mums room, in a white hat that’s made out of net.
She’s pressing her lips together whilst holding lipstick in her hand. This scene reveals that just like any other girl, she also has her desires of dressing up and looking
good. At that age, little girls are into makeup and they love playing pretend games. So she fulfils that, by dressing up in her mums clothing, and we can tell its her
mothers, as the beach hat is big for her and the khaki/grey coloured jacket, and lipstick looks expensive. She presses her lips together trying to get the colour to mix,
and she looks down at the lipstick, admiring the colour. In the next second, she’s in a room with a yellow frame in the corner and in the back, there's furry teddies.
She’s holding onto a white fluffy teddy, which looks like a rabbit, and on her right side, there’s this blue material, which looks like a blanket. From this scene, we can see
that she's in her school uniform and she looks tired, as she has probably had a long day. Nevertheless, she looks comfortable, as she holds onto her teddy and cuddles
it. When the next second comes, we can see that she‘s in the living room and she’s blowing into the flute. She has piggy tails, and her hair is neatly combed. This scene
represents that she's spending some time with an instrument and learning to play it, we can tell she's practising, because when she blew into the instrument, it was
out of tune. However, she looks amused, as she hears the noise. We also notice, that she's wearing her school uniform a lot, so this shows that she's had school on
them days. The following second, we can see that she’s in a room where there's lots of books, it can either be a room in her house, or her grannies. She's wearing an
open hoodie, and looks very happy, as her granny pinches her cheek. From this, we can see that she’s loved dearly, by her grandmother. From watching a few seconds
that go by, we can see that she's loved very much by her family, as she's getting attention from her dad, who plays with her in the park, as well as her mum, who
combs her hair and asks about homework. She’s also very happy at school, as she gets kissed on the cheek by “Adam”. Things then begin to change. She's playing with
a rubix cube in the living room, whilst her mum is watching TV. This presents that she’s unaware, with what's about to happen, she's a child and she doesn’t
understand much, so she's fiddling with the rubix cube, figuring out how to match it, as her mum is intently watching the news, the headline says “HUNDEREDS DEAD,
UNITED NATION”. Concern is written on her mums face. You can tell she's unaware, as she's sleeping peacefully. In another second, her dad watches over her as he
anxiously listens to the radio, from this you can tell he's worried with what's about to happen. There are many scenes where she’s oblivious to what’s about to happen,
one is where she’s at home, in a blue top, and is sitting down with a yellow felt tip, as her mother is reading a newspaper which has “Government declares Martial
Law”, another one where a plane flies above their house, she's in her school uniform, and is in the garden, many children get fascinates by planes and helicopters, with
this you can tell she's clearly amused, and also, in another scene her family are rushing to the car, and putting their belongings inside the boot. Her dad is holding a big
water bottle and her mum is holding a multi-coloured blanket, from this we can see that they’re getting ready to evacuate. However, as for her, she's oblivious just like
the other points I made, even with her parents panicking and packing, and the police sirens in the back, she looks happy. She begins to notice a change in her parents
behaviour, as they don’t pay much attention to her, for example: when she shows her mum/dad a drawing she did, she expected praise, but instead they decided to
ignore her and turn the paper away, as they’re too busy watching the news. We notice that she's unhappy, as she goes to bed sad, and listens to her parents argue
about staying in the country. Fear and confusion is written on her face, as she watches the lights flicker above her, and when she runs down the stairs panicking and
dust falls all over her.
4. Mise - en – scene:
We notice a dramatic change in her mood, as things take a turn rather quickly. She sneezed is one second, and in the other,
she’s having medicine. With this scene, it connotes that due to everything going on, she’s not feeling well at all, and there’s
no medicine left either, as her mum tips the bottle and tries her best to get as much as possible onto the spoon, she’s also in
her uniform, and that shows that it is a school day; the lighting is also awful in the area they’re in, that shows that it is “Low-
key lighting”. In one scene, she's in a school setting, we can see this as she’s wearing her uniform, and a bomb is thrown just
behind her, she squeals and ducks down. Whilst she was at school, it was day time and there was “high-key lighting” used.
This scene shows that she’s not in a safe position and the area is very dangerous. In another second, she’s walking with her
family, she's got black marks all over her face and so has her father who’s behind her. She’s walking hand in hand with her
mother, she’s holding onto her teddy, and wearing her school uniform and body warmer. Behind them is a sign which says
“DANGER WRONG WAY TURN BACK” and right next to that, is a sign of what area they’re in and it says “Hackney Wick,
Leyton, Leytonstone”. This reveals that makeup has been put on all their faces to show how dirty they’ve become, and the
danger signs also represent that they’re not safe, as their area is being targeted. A few scenes later, we see that she pulls a
clump of hair out and is still in the same uniform clothing. This scene shows how dirty and scruffy she's become, as she
doesn’t have the neat hair anymore, its filthy. Right at the end of the short campaign film, we can see that she’s in hospital
clothing, with a thin cream blanket over her shoulders. A solitary tear rolls down her cheek, and she looks pale and fragile,
we can see its her birthday, as her mum sings “happy birthday”, to her and holds an aluminium plate, with one dull candle lit
up. This scene connotes that she is tired and mentally unfit, she isn’t happy at all, however she appreciates her mothers
efforts as she tries her best to smile.
5. Camera:
In this area, I’m going to be focusing, on the camera techniques they used, to create the “Second a
day video”. When we first watch the video, immediately, we can notice that they’ve used a shallow,
depth of field. This is to show her emotions clearly, and as an audience, we can connect with her,
and feel her pain. Another technique that is used is, focus. They’re just focusing on her, as the whole
video is based on saving children. So by focusing on that one child, we can understand what children
have to go through, around the world. They have done this, so we can observe her reaction. Whilst
filming, a hand held camera has been used. We can see this in many clips, for example: when she
runs down the stairs, when the bomb hits the school behind her and also when she gets inside the
car. This is so it makes the video more dramatic, as it should make us viewers, feel as if were in the
moment, with her. In a few shots, a close up has been used many times. This is for the viewers, to
feel sympathetic towards her. An eye line match has been used too, so we can see from her point of
view. Towards the end of the video, we see that a slogan, logo and hashtag has been used. This is to
create awareness, of the problems going on around the world, and what little children have to go
through, on a day to day basis.
6. Sound:
In this area, I’m going to be focusing on the sounds that I hear, through this video. When we first watch the
video, the first thing we can hear is diegetic noises. For example, when the family are singing happy birthday to
her, and also when the war is starting up. In another second, we can hear the swing noises, and her saying
“wee” This illustrates, that she's having fun on the swing, as her dads pushing her higher. Later on, we can hear
the noise, of an aeroplane going past. This exemplifies, that the enemies, are targeting the area, and they’re
going to start taking action. After that scene, we then hear police sirens, this indicates that, because the
enemies are targeting the area, the police are trying to make a difference, and protect everyone, hence why
we hear the sirens. In another second, we can hear the dust falling from the ceiling. This portrays, that that the
house has become weak, and is falling apart, as her area has been bombed. A few seconds later, we can hear
that she sneezed. This just shows that she’s becoming ill, due to everything going on. It could also mean that
she's allergic to dust, as she sneezed just after the dust fell everywhere. While she’s at school, we can hear the
bomb that just exploded behind her. This connotes how their country is getting attacked, and the little girl is
extremely frightened. When we hear the gun noises, from this we can tell that people are getting shot, and
because it’s so loud, it makes the audience assume that she could’ve possible been targeted. We can hear
coughing, and that implies that; due to everything, there’s no electricity, heating, medicine or water, so she’s
falling ill, as the time goes by. Also because the air is so thick and hazardous around them, she's struggling to
breath, as the grey smoke is intoxicating her lungs. In another second a bit towards the end, we can hear gates
closing and her screaming “daddy”, this immediately gets the viewers attention, as they all know, her father got
caught in the gates, and he’s trapped. There’s no way out for him.
7. Editing:
In this slide, I'm going to be talking about editing, and what techniques they’ve
used. The one thing everyone first notices is, the seconds of each scene. It doesn’t
last long at all, and it is roughly for a second or two. This is to illustrate, how each
day goes by, and what events take place, it also matches the title “second a day”. A
jump cut is used in one of the seconds, and that’s to make it more dramatic and
interesting. A match cut has also been used, and that’s to match the similar types
of shots, for example, when they’re playing hide and seek, the father says “ready or
not”, and a few shots later, they’re in a park and they’re playing football, the father
then says “here it comes”. That made things seem a lot more realistic and
interesting. The fade technique has also been used, and that’s after the last scene,
when they show the slogan. This gets the viewers thinking,