April 16!

ok today was a fast day, i spent all day finishing the second transcript, and time flew by, i learned a lot about these movies due to the fact that i had to play very close attention to what they were saying :)

April 15!

today i was doing a transcrip... which was really hard because i had to be listening and watching a movie, but at the same time type everything i hear.

it was mostly hard because i didnt understand some words, since its old footage it gets really hard and frustrating to get it done.

The Strokes - Hard to Explain [Guitar Cover]

(new cover, i messed up some parts of it, but i'm to lazy to do it over... and i didn't have the rifht effect that The Storkes use,which is a overdriven pedal, i only have a Behringer metal 300 distortion pedal.... anywho... here it is!)

New cover (actually it's pretty old)

yeah as old as the first one... mr andrew any good song you would recomend for me to play? (i would like one that uses distortion (if possible)

12:51 (cover)

This is where we make dvd copies, and labels, i spent a lot of time in that station.



This is the part where we make previews, from vhs to dvds and from dvds to dvds :P.




Another part of the Video Making process.



This one here is Chas! He's like the friendliest and the funniest guy u'll get to have as a co-worker, hes cool, patient and has a great personality =)



And finally my mentor Dorothy, she didn't really want me to take a picture of her but she finally agreed! :D

April's 1st daily post!

Tuesday:

I cant believe that time would fly so fast since we started internships, i have been here for 4 weeks now, and it seems as if i had started yesterday, i am glad of this internships opportunitties, i have also heard a lot of people complain, and so did i, but i dont complain to lose nor change my internship, i just want people to kow what we are passing through, and i think we all deserve recognition for that, THANKS TEACHERS!

Wednesday:

I did a little of shipping throught UPS, i learned how this system works, which impressed me, a guy at my dad's job does this, all day long it's all he does, and he gets paid more than my dad, only because "he knows about computers" well he hasn't been good at his job lately, and since i have learned this skill (which is basic to do his job) i will present myself on summer to take his place, i thank a lot to whoever thought of these internships, and to my co workers for teaching me so much.

Thursday:

I made some dvd copies and some previews, it was a fun day, the days i enjoy more are the one with a lot of work, because i feel helpful, and i get to use skills i hadn't put in practice before.

First Week's Daily blog

Tuesday:

I got together with roselly and Dorothy and tlaked about our project, and the tasks that i would be doing in the internship, i also arranged some videos for shippment, and some to throw out.

Wednesday:

I finished another order and watched a movie.

Thursday:

I got to meet Chas, he would be like another mentor, i haven't talked much with him, but i think it's very friendly, i hope i get to meet him better.

First week's vocabulary

1. Word / Phrase: ammunition

Meaning:the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon, as bombs or rockets, and esp. shot, shrapnel, bullets, or shells fired by guns.

Context: "we were at war but we ran out of ammo"

2. Word / Phrase: absolete

Meaning: no longer in general use; fallen into disuse: an obsolete expression.

Context: this was was absolete

3. Word / Phrase: linguistic

Meaning: of or belonging to language: linguistic change.

Context: linguistic differences between countries are very common.

4. Word / Phrase: prevalent

Meaning: having the superiority or ascendancy.

Context: nazis were very prevalent with the soviets0

5. Word / Phrase: accustomed

Meaning: get used to.

Context: teens have accostumed to U.S. culture

February 15 question

-Tell a little about yourself.
Well as my About me says, my name is juan jose torres, and i'm a 17 year old junior at international high school, i like video games, and i love music. :)

-What did you learn in the junior internship seminar class up to this point?
mmmmhhhhhhh i learned how to manage time, and to finish the resume for good, we discussed a lot of escenarios that could happen in the internship.

-What is your greatest fear about internship?
not knowing how to control some situations that can't be changed, and know how to fix things when i screw up.

-What is your greatest hope for the internship?
learn something new and be around mature people so that way i can become more mature.

-What is your internship site and what are you going to do there? If you do not know, what do you think you will be doing?
i thought i was gonna do something related with video, and yes i was right.

-What will you miss about going to high school as you normally did for the last 2.5 years?
getting home early, seeing my friends more time, and getting some sleep which we actually all need.

Midpoint Reflection Questions

How has the internship been the same as and/or different than your expectations?
well for the most part i feel like i have always been learning a lot more every and each day, from managing time to making different copies nd having responsabilities.

What is similar and different about the culture of the school environment versus the workplace environment? What new skills have you learned that apply to the workplace?
Time managment it's a very important skill that you will need, specially making your own time lines, otherwise no one it's going to be over yourself tellin you what to do at every single moment, which it's actually something good and bad, the good part it's that you will have to paste yourself to your own working time and the bad is that sometimes we need that person to be there "our teachers" telling us what to do, so it's a little bit of both.

What kind of relationship do you have with your mentor and co-workers? How have you grown as a result of interacting with professional adults?
I dont think i have grown being here, not that it hasn't helped, but i am very used to be around older people, being the youngest one in my family it's something you have to learn. I have been treated respectfully because i treat them the same way, so i think that our relationship as a group of workers is very close and tight, due to the fact that we all act like normal people. In school there is full of people running and yelling, it makes me mad, people are not supposed to be acting this way.

What challenges at the internship have you faced that you have overcome and how did you overcome them?
mmmmhhhh.... i am really used to challenges that i dont diferenciate them anymore, right now i think it would be a project, which i haven't been able to do because i have no people to interview, but hopefully miss sherien will take care of that.

What challenges have you faced in school as a result of the altered schedule and how are you handling them?
oh em geee.... where do i start? first of all i'm not complaining i think these internships are wonderfull but it has also gotten in the way of my homework and my grades have gone down by a lot, all because of homework. I almost fainted twice and there is nothing i can do about it, my mom is really concerned about my health lately because i haven't been eating good enough nor getting enough sleep. there is no way to handle it, i just have to keep pushing myself and i won't forfait.

What goals are you working to accomplish during the remainder of the internship?
well actually being here has helped me accomplish a lot, just by being surrounded by adults makes me feel like i'm in the right place, this is where i was meant to be, not around of immature people (at school).

What new things have you learned about New York City?
Not much, i mean i just wonder around sometimes, and i go to different stores when it's thursday, so yeah it's nice being in manhattan.

these are some of the things i have watched and learned here at TWN.

(The ware in Vietnam)


(Oaxaca's Revolution, against government and the pueblo's voices)


African Amercians i the punk genre

Afro-Punk (i totally recommend it)

Weekly Vocab March 29

1. Word / Phrase: Possessed

Meaning: spurred or moved by a strong feeling, madness, or a supernatural power

Context: I could swear he was possessed by the devil

2. Word / Phrase: Maltreated

Meaning: subjected to cruel treatment

Context: Maltreating animals it's a unforgiveable thing to do

3. Word / Phrase: Thesaurus

Meaning: a dictionary of synonyms and antonyms.

Context: It was a book as big as the thesaurus

4. Word / Phrase: Pegasus

Meaning: a winged horse, created from the blood of Medusa, that opened the spring of Hippocrene with a stroke of its hoof, and that carried Bellerophon in his attack on the Chimera.

Context: That thing flew as fast as Pegasus does

5. Word / Phrase: Undeniable

Meaning: incapable of being denied or disputed

Context: The U.S. war its undeniable controversial

Weekly Vocab April 4

1. Word / Phrase: Pouch

Meaning: a bag, sack, or similar receptacle, esp. one for small articles or quantities

Context: Juan could you pass me that UPS pouch?

2. Word / Phrase: Inflight

Meaning: a bag, sack, or similar receptacle, esp. one for small articles or quantities

Context: The inflight movie was very scary

3. Word / Phrase: Trubulency

Meaning: the quality or state of being turbulent; violent disorder or commotion.

Context: NYC it's a city full of turbulency

4. Word / Phrase: Determined

Meaning: to settle or decide (a dispute, question, etc.) by an authoritative or conclusive decision.

Context: Determined people defend their points of view.

5. Word / Phrase: Intrigued

Meaning: to settle or decide (a dispute, question, etc.) by an authoritative or conclusive decision.

Context: The intrigue killed the cat O.O