Military Track

For our first Economics, we learned about supply/demand and to see how it functions. For our action project, we had to think about what we want to do after high school, and do research about it to see how much money we will make and how much we would be in debt by the time we retire. My family supporting me in my career choice really helps me because it motivates me more. I want to join the military and serve as a Naval Officer.



Script:
Hello, I am a Senior here at GCE Lab School. After High School I would like to become a Naval Officer. I would like to be able to serve my country. I think serving your country is the best way to show your love for this country. I chose the Navy because it best suits my temperament, which means a person nature as it affects their behavior. The Navy officers seem to me to perform at the highest standards. In order to become a Naval Officer I have two ways of getting there. The first way is to join the United States Naval Academy for 4 years. Then afterwards get commissioned. The second way is to go to UIC for 4 years, then afterward go to OCS which stands for Officer Candidate School, which is 12 weeks long. Then afterward I will get commissioned. Both ways I can achieve my end goal, but the academy route would be best. This is the best way of becoming a Naval Officer, because I will get more training out of it. Take a look at my presentation to see why I came to this conclusion.

  

Employees Protest About Harassment At McDonald's

This is for my class called Journalism. This is the first unit called Text. In this unit, we investigated why and how written journalism has been used to connect us today with print in the newspaper and virtually on TV and online. We took on the role of a newspaper journalist, practicing both the skills of observation as well as precise writing. For our AP, we had to write a newspaper article on something newsworthy that happened in our neighborhood. I did my newspaper article on the McDonald’s protest strike that happened because of sexual harassment in the workplace. The thing I liked most about my project was learning more about a topic that I did not know anything about--sexual harassment at McDonald's. The aspect I had the most trouble with was getting customers of McDonald's to interview. I overcame this by interviewing two customers who happen to be my classmates.

NBCNEWS, McDonald’s Protest, (2018)

McDonald’s workers and some social activists staged noisy two-hour demonstrations in Chicago and nine other cities nationwide at noon on Tuesday, September 18, 2018, to protest sexual harassment in the workplace. The Chicago protest took place outside McDonald’s new corporate headquarters in the Fulton Market area of River West.

According to NBC News, protesters like Breauna Morrow, 15, an employee at the St. Louis demonstration, came armed with specific examples. She quoted a male employee who said to her, “You have a nice body, have you ever had white chocolate inside you?” Morrow said she reported the incident to a manager who allegedly told her, “You will never win that one.”

As passionate as the Chicago headquarters protesters were, it appears that interest and knowledge of the event were uneven among Chicagoland McDonald’s workers as a whole. Four McDonald’s restaurants in the Lincoln Park area were visited on Wednesday, September 19, 2018. No employees interviewed showed much concern. Only a few had even heard about the Tuesday event.

McDonald’s spokeswoman Andrea Abate told the Chicago Tribune through a statement, “We have strong policies, procedures, and training in place specifically designed to prevent sexual harassment. To ensure we are doing all that can be done, we have engaged experts in the areas of prevention and response including RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network), to evolve our policies so everyone who works at McDonald’s does so in a secure environment every day.”

The McDonald’s protests appear to be the latest example of the growing strength and awareness of the #MeToo movement that sprang up earlier in the year surrounding sexual harassment in the workplace.

When asked about their feelings toward the protests and the protesters, several McDonald’s customers expressed mild to strong support.  GCE High School student AA explained, “I go to McDonald’s a lot, and I really like their business. It depends on how they handle this situation.  I want to support them, but it all depends on how they deal with this.”

Another student, CG, had a stronger opinion.  “I think it's good that people are striking because they're doing it for a good reason.  As long as the corporation or the company leaders do their job and ensure the workers’ safety, I think that the strike was a success.”  Asked if she would go back to McDonald’s, she also added, “It's a yes and no. No, because I think their food is generally bad, so I don’t go very often.  Yes, because my small amount of business still helps some paychecks.”

Then she reflected, “I think if they had like a seminar for employees on what is appropriate behavior in the workplace that would be good. And also I think if the supervisors actually did their jobs and actually supervised there wouldn’t be any sexual harassment.”

It remains to be seen if the protests will create any lasting changes at McDonald’s.  If nothing else they were the first step to bringing awareness of sexual harassment in the McDonald’s workplace to the attention of management and the public.

WORK CITED

“McDonald's Workers Go on Strike over Sexual Harassment.” NBCNews.com, NBCUniversal News Group

Trotter, Greg. “McDonald's Workers, Activists Protest Alleged Sexual Harassment in 10 Cities, Including Chicago.” Chicagotribune.com, 18 Sept. 2018

A Raisin In The Sun

For this class called Drama, the unit is called Matriarch and we also learned about what morals are. During this unit, we read a play, A Raisin In The Sun. We learned about matriarchs. For our AP, we had to write a prologue about a scene from the play. I choose Act 2 Scene 3 for mine. I developed a guiding question: Was it wrong that Walter used his sister's to invest in a liquor store? Then we had to commentate on that scene. The aspect of my project that I liked most was the whole thing. The aspect I had the most trouble with was fixing my prologue. I overcame that by taking my time. Below you can hear my prologue and specific and read the script.

Work Cited:

HANSBERRY, LORRAINE. RAISIN IN THE SUN. S.l.: BENEDICTION , 2016. Print.

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Doctor

This class is called Cure. The last unit is called Prevention. In Prevention, our third and last unit, we investigate the discovery of vaccines and medicine that prevents disease. What I learned about was many different types of ways you can prevent diseases. For our action project, we had to pretend to be a doctor and make a patient profile for a disease we chose. I chose my disease to be heart disease. I chose that because it seemed interesting. What I liked about this project was researching about pretending to be a doctor to make a patient profile. The thing I had trouble with was finding all of my research. I overcame that by looking up patient profiles. My project is below.

PIXNIO, Doctor, (2017)

French

 I took French outside of school because it needed help with grammar and writing. My French tutor was helping me with grammar, writing and some speaking. I choose this because since I am not in a French school I need help keeping up with my French. I learned grammar and how to write in French. It connects to GCE because GCE is global and that means learning news languages or having a refresh on it.

Internship

What I did was work for this company called PeopleVine. I choose this because I wanted to be an intern at a tech company, and PeopleVine is a tech company. PeopleVine gives you the tool to engage with your customer in real-time, then manage it throughout their entire experience, end-to-end. So it basically helps people reach out to their customers. I learned many things, in particular, how to enter and manage their online database. It connects with GCE because GCE is about reaching out and trying new things.

Box Medicine

This class is called Cure. The second unit is called Treatment. In Treatment, our second unit, we will investigate the revolution that happened in Western Medicine with the discovery of penicillin, opening a world of new treatments. The math we learned was quadric equations and systems of equations. What I learned about was many different types of treatments. For our action project, we had to build a medicine box which had drug facts, ingredients the whole box was of a symptom we choose, I choose neck pain. I based my whole project off was back pain. What I liked about this project was researching about neck pain and building the box. The thing I had trouble with was making the box not look ugly. I overcame that by making my project online instead of writing it out. My project is below.