Passion statement

     I have a passion for playing sports, social media, and Video games. I like to play basketball with my bros outside. We go to riverbank and play people we think are competition or we just play each other. I like the competition in basketball because it helps me calm down enjoy my life. If im stressed I go play ball and clear my mind. I also play football in my neighborhood. On Sundays all my bros meet up and play football in our project field. Football helps me get out all my anger buy using it to take hits and tackle people. Without my sports I wouldn't go out side and be in shape.

   I have a passion for Facebook. I like that I get to talk to my family, friends, bros when ever I want. I like watching people write funny statuses and videos. I like instagram because I get to post pics that I like and I get to like pic that I see on my news feed. People post hilarious pics about stupid things. Social media helped me communicate better with people . I used to be very quiet with everyone and never speak. Now my communication is getting better and im speaking to people more.
 
   I love playing video games. I feel like every game I play helps me think outside the box. When I play video games im calm and relaxed. I get to play with my bros online and play with people I don't know. The basketall games help me come up with new moves when I play basketball in real life.   

Introduction (FC)

My name is ajontee. I am a young black male who lives in polo grounds projects. I love to play sports such as basketball, football and baseball. I am 17 and I like to purchase and wear nice clothes. I used to work at a restaurant down the street from the school called little bites. It recently clothes and i'm looking for work. I live with my two sisters , both parents, and my brother. Before I came to this school I wan in a little school called p.s 46. I used to sing in their chorus. I currently am in a choir in a church called Transfiguration choir on 28& Madison.    

Class related response

      In the technology article we learned how technology distracts and helps teenagers learn. We had Socratic seminars to get everyone's individual opinions on the subject. We talked and collected each others thoughts. The main question everyone was asking was would technology without books be better than technology with books.

      I think that technology with books would be a better learning environment because books give a source that you know in correct rather than technology were people post things that aren't always correct. Also what if the internet went down and no one had access to knowledge, then no one would learn until it gets fixed.

     Others argued that teen learning experience depends on their personality and the way they learn. I think that is also true because the way a person learns can determine whether technology would be better than a book. Maybe someone would learn faster on the internet due to the information coming to them without them having to search for it. Or maybe someone would learn better by reading a book and getting back up info to support their evidence.