05/8/19

Creative Remix

For my creative remix I will be creating a monopoly inspired game involving facts about different types of drugs and rehabilitation centers. I will create a short presentation explaining the game and how it works as well as having volunteers play it.

05/8/19

Displacement Post

I Dread the Rains

I dread the rains
When it pours in torrents,
My life becomes a nightmare
When my house turns a pond,

Muddy water gushes in-
Thick, brown and slimy-
Bringing with it an odour
That fills the whole house,

Terrace becomes our refuge
Till we are rescued
And lodged in a safe house-
A temporary one for a week or so,

Rescue boats ply for a week
Ferrying people to and fro;
To live on charities
Has become our tragic lot,

When the water recedes,
We return to our homes-
The ones that were ravaged
And reeking of malodour,

It takes many days
For the stink of the flood
To show us some sympathy
By ending its tenancy,

A week more of struggle
It takes for all of us
To bring the house back
To its old livable state,

It’s an unfailing routine
For us in the low-lying areas,
Civic People have let us down
Leaving us to our own fate,

I dread the rains
When the skies open up,
My life becomes a nightmare
When my house turns a pond.

-Raghav R

 

Above is a poem I encountered a while back. I thought it would be a good fit for my post about Displacement because it shows how terrible and awful someone feels when the rains come. I interpreted it in my own way, and was reminded about the many displacements I have gone through and how they made me feel.

05/1/19

Creative Remix [Sammi]

I will draw a picture on the range of birth defects that come with Agent Orange or create a website that highlights the struggle for the victims of Agent Orange.

04/29/19

Creative Remix

A growth mindset allows individuals to hold themselves accountable for their own actions, behaviors and outcomes. Contrary to a fixed mindset, the growth mindset is the belief that intelligence and skills can be developed despite of any drawbacks. In the creative remix for my analytical research paper I plan to explain the growth mindset with the help of incredible living testimonies of individuals who have overcome the limitations of their resources. Some individuals that I would like to include are Ralph Lauren, Oprah Winfrey, and Barbara Corcoran. Through these example I would signal that the problem explained in my paper is not an excuse to fail but a reason to succeed.  Â