Sunday, June 14, 2009

Obamination Presentation: School Uniforms, are they Good or Bad?

Obamination Presentation: School Uniforms, are they Good or Bad?
Journal #7.

After many difficulties and obstacles had risen while we were creating our super intense project, we finally managed to overcome what was preventing us from presenting. Picking up a third group member made things more challenging, despite people thinking that it would be easier because of more brainpower. However more problems occur with more group members, it becomes harder to stay focused, and we could never manage to get all of the group together on the same day. Finally, one day on a dark and lonely night, where only cars could be seen driving around town, and after some delicious Red Lobster, we all managed to get together. Although this only lasted about 20 minutes, which turned out to be the craziest 20 minutes of my life, due to some of the most messed up music I ever heard. Jason and Jess were like crazily listening so ‘crazy frog’ or something like that, and from that point on I knew it was going to be a long night. Things then turned in my favour, as one of our group members decided to go play strip poker, apparently… although I personally don’t think that they did, the only person that I know would play with her is Jason and he was right there.

Despite the many complications of this, Jason and I had managed to create a slideshow, and after 6 hardcore hours of concentration, we managed to produce an awesome slideshow. Even though we were stuck in Jason’s sisters room, which was bright orange and crazy, we had managed the impossible, and so when we left we were both feeling proud of what we had managed to accomplish. However, the night before, I asked Jason if I could look at the slide again, since it was saved on his computer, and as he sent it we realized that it was too small in size to be complete. When I opened the file it had only out first 4 slides saved and at this point, Jason and I started to freak out a little bit. With only about 11 hours to presentation, we did not think that we would make it, and since 8 or more of those hours were needed for sleep it would not be started until the morning.

The next morning, during Jason’s communication technology class, he managed to reproduce the slideshow and added some personal touches to it. I felt that the discussion went well, with everyone adding his or her own views to the topic. In conclusion, most people felt that having the school uniform was not the way to go, as they were expensive and cliques would still be able to form. There would also be a need for clothes outside of school, and eventually new clothes for college, university, or the work force. In the end, school uniforms equal no go.

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