Downtown Clarkston

Clarkston Parks group, Mrs.Cleland 2nd Hour ELA

Here is a video of some of the best-known parks in Clarkston, along with us explaining what each photo is a part of, or what it is generally used for.

Clarkston Parks Video

Sashabaw Road

This video shows pictures and footage from a main road in Clarkston

Brought to you by: Nathan Johnson, Matt Heilman, Christian Lawler, Jake Spicer, and Dominic Smith

Poetry Slam 2015 by Casey Quigley

Poetry Slam 2015

Clarkston Recreation: Sports

This is a video made about Clarkston Recreation, the topic we focused on was sports. 

By: Sydney Vanbuskirk and Liana Smith

Sashabaw Road By Stephanie Laing, Rebecca Snyder & Jillian Haas

Parks Video

Our Perspective of Downtown Clarkston, MI by Karolina Oronowicz, Caitlyn Maloney, Ethan Martin

The Story of Downtown Clarkston

Relay For Life BRADY CHRISTINE AND NOLAN

Here is a video that we worked on displaying Clarkston's Relay for Life, this is an annual event every year in Clarkston. I do not want to tell you anything else as you should watch the video to find our more on Relay For Life.

-Christine Wakefield, narrator
-Brady Wilson, narrator
-Nolan Young, editor

Amy Peterson took the some of the photos

Places We've Traveled Outside Clarkston

This our video of places we have traveled outside of Clarkston. Enjoy! - Kaylee, Megan, Meagan

Places Outside of Clarkston- by Taylor Davis, Morgan Davis, and Emily Welanko

Youtube Video

To see our video, click on the words above.

A video about Relay for Life

By Julia Nellis, Christie Flood, Conner Donnelly, Corrin Gualtieri, Kristen Cummings, Maureen Stewart, Morgan Stanzuk, and Hannah Laing. Enjoy!

A video about downtown

Madison Mych, Colby Mazure, Alyssa John, and Jonah Meyer collaborated together to create a short video about what its like downtown. In the video Colby and his friend Jacob are walking around. Click here, enjoy :)

The Story of Downtown Clarkston By Karolina Oronowicz, Ethan Martin, Caitlyn Maloney

See Think Wonder from Bao Tran and Tra My

See  Think Wonder from Bao Tran and Tra My

Hello, we are Bao Tran and Tra My. Honestly, we are really impressed with your posts about what you see, think and wonder about your country – the USA. Therefore, today, we would like to share our thoughts on Vietnamese society and culture and we hope that you will enjoy it as well.

See: To begin with, one of the most outstanding features of Vietnam is “sidewalk cuisine”. You may wonder what “sidewalk cuisine” means. In fact, sidewalk cuisine means eating simple dishes on the pavement, which is considered as a must-experience activity for the majority of foreign tourists. And even though they are sold on the street but they are all delicious. Here we have some photos about our special tradition food.

 

As you can see from these photos, our sidewalk cuisine is extremely diverse and colorful.

 

And even a foreigner also felt excited when he experienced Vietnamese sidewalk cuisine.

 

Indeed, selling and eating food on the pavement can be seen easily every day and somehow they have gradually become parts of our daily routine.  For many people in our country, sidewalk cuisine is a way to connect strange people on the street and also, to preserve the beauty of our culture.

 Here are some of our common sidewalk dishes. In fact, they are all locally named so there are no exact translations for them.

 

Nem chua ran

 

Bun cha

 



Banh my kep

Think:  In our country, studying overload has long been discussed as a major issue that has not been solved yet. In fact, students in Vietnam are forced to study lots of complex theories which can hardly apply to the reality. Every day, students in our country have to solve lots difficult Math problems along with writing long literature reviews without knowing how these activities will help them to shape their future. Sometimes it is said that Vietnamese students study for their parents more than study for themselves. Additionally, students in our countries are lacks of basic life skills such as team work, presenting ideas or convincing other people to their way of thinking. As a result, the majority of Vietnamese students have difficulty in finding job opportunities. Of course, the issue that we mentioned above is certainly not right for every situation as some of private schools in Vietnam are against the old teaching and studying methods (such as our school – the Olympia school) However, studying overload is still a phenomenon that affects badly our educational system. You may find it surprising that thousands of Vietnamese students try their best to get scholarship from overseas university as they cannot put up with our harsh and less effective system.

Wonder: Indeed, we really wonder how our country would be if the government focused more on changing the contemporary educational system. Would our country be richer and more prosperous? Would students in Vietnam be much happier and comfortable than they used to? Would Vietnamese parents decide to let their kids study in their hometown instead of studying overseas? These questions have come to us without a clear answer yet.

 

 

 

 

 

See, Think, Wonder

Our names are Ethan, Dalton, and Brett and here is our See, Think, Wonder.

              See- Culture is everywhere in America and we never really notice it, when you walk down the street you'll see Pasties which or basically a meat pie, a Chinese Dim Sum restaurant, and a fast food restaurant. Lots of roads and highways, sometimes too many, are used for transportation. In America it kind of smells, the smog gets pretty bad in some areas and if you go camping or leave the city it becomes really distinguished when you come back. There are different kinds of people everywhere and different communities, an example is the Amish which are a religious community that live off the electric grid.


              Think- We think that we often don't give ourselves enough credit for our accomplishments and focus on the bad things even though we do need to work on some things.
-We think that how privileged we are as a country we should accomplish more with it.



               Wonder- We wonder what you guys hear about us in your like classroom or from your parents and if its good things.
-We wonder if you guys would like more pictures.

SEE THINK WONDER
Mrs. Cleland's 2nd hour students (Caroline, Janet, Sarah, and Maya)

SEE....

We see a clashing culture between the old and the young.

We see our consumerist economy.

We see a country that never sleeps, and never stops doing something.

We see huge bodies of water, as Michigan touches four out of the five Great Lakes.

We see huge malls with really nice stores.

We see a lot of political campaigning.

We see a large diversity of different cuisines.

We see a lot of things but most teenagers and adults don't think about a lot of things.

We see a ton of tired schoolchildren
THINK...

We think the young in our country pretty much all like gay rights and women's rights and think they are important, however the elderly in our country want us to be more traditional and oppressive.

We think our people always want more and think they never have enough when they have way more than they need.

We think people in our country are too connected to technology, in the ways that it can become addictive, and we spend all of our time on phones and tablets.

We think spending a day out on the lake is great. The water is great, and it's not polluted like most parts of the U.S.

We think shopping is a huge part of our society.

We think politicians in our country need to stop worrying about having the perfect public image and actually work on solving issues within our country.

We think that our country is a big melting pot of culture, and we, luckily, get to eat the food those cultures have given to us.

We think that we are given opportunities but we don't use them, and we also see a lot of things in our country but don't act on them.

WONDER...
What controversies do you guys have in your country?

What languages do you have the ability to take at your school?

What TV shows do you have in your country?

What fashions are in your country?

What's trending in your area?

How addicted, on a scale of 1 to 10,  are your fellow teenagers, to technology?

What do you classify as 'American' food?

What celebrities do you have in Vietnam?

What is the wildlife in your area? What animals do you see?

See Think Wonder America by Jaydon Septer, Lila ninotti, Josh Kelley

See: Lots of different nationalities a lot of different religions.  Big buildings and lots of people and the roads are really bad in Michigan.  There are a lot of fast food restureants, corner stores and gas stations. In the U.S.  there is  alot of lakes or bodies of water and forests. 

Think: I think that we are spoiled and selfish and take many things for granted. The U.S. is very unique because there are some many different types of people the U.S. is like a big mixing pot. We think that even though there are so many different types of people that they may not be friendly or accepting to others. In the U.S. we think that you see a lot of different people but they may be all strangers. 

Wonder: How are things in the U.S similar or different to vietnam. Do you wish you had the same life in vietnam as we do in the United States.  I wonder why we don't have street venders and food.

See-Think-Wonder by Taylor Davis, Jillian Haas, Rebecca Snyder, Stephanie Laing, and Morgan Davis

SEE - We see a lot of different cultures here in America, in people, food, and the arts. We also see a many disagreements a lot of the time because of the different cultures. People tend to be extremely consumed by the technology available. We also see lots of technology in today's society and we see most Americans consumed by their technology. Social media is also a big thing in America and many teenagers are on their social media constantly.

THINK - We think that we are very lucky to live in a country where people are allowed to live the life that they want to live and not what they have to live. We also think that it's cool that we are allowed to have our own opinions on debatable topics. On the other hand, there are a lot of people that think being allowed to have an opinion gives them the right to be mean to anyone else with a different opinion. We think that having the freedom to be anyone you choose warrants a lot more of creative ideas and new inventions.

WONDER- We wonder if we really live in a free country. We also wonder if you guys have some culture similarities with us, or if our cultures are extremely different from each other. We wonder if people in America will ever agree on something, or if we will always disagree with each other. We wonder if it is America's duty to help develping countries in need and spread our ideals of opportunity, liberty, rights, equality and democracy, or if we shouldn't meddle in other countries buisness. We have always felt that it is our duty to help others, but we are highly criticized when we help or don't help.

See Think Wonder in America

SEE... In America you can find people of all nationally and religion. At our school people come from all walk of life and are very different. On the streets you won't find many people walking because we all have cars. You can find a fast food restaurant and or drug store on each corner. In our town there are a few thousand people. The state of Michigan has many lakes and forests. Where ever you stand in Michigan there are at least one lake seven miles away from you.
-Everyone has their own styles, with so many clothing stores to choose from, you can be unique through your choice of clothes.

THINK... We think we are spoiled and take many things for granted. What is cool about the U.S.A is we can get things very quickly. The U.S. is pretty cool because we are a mixing pot from around the world which makes us unique but starts some problems.
-We think that your school seems like a very nice place, and its very advanced.
-We think it would be cool to live in a different country, and experience their culture.

WONDER... We wonder why America gets into everyone business which creates big problems. Since America is so advanced I wonder when we have flying cars or jet packs or when we will have robots. 
- We also wonder how far technology will go, everything seems so advanced already. 
- Do you guys have summer vacation? What is the weather like in the summer?
-Do you go through all four seasons? (summer, spring, winter, fall)

Can't wait to hear from you guys again soon!

Brady Wilson & Christine Wakefield

See, Think, Wonder of America

Hello!(: There are four of us doing a see think wonder in this group! Our names are Megan, Meagan, Emily, and Kaylee. We really enjoyed yours and discussed them in class and in small groups! We hope you enjoy ours too!

In America we see...

• A lot of diversity
• races, ethnicity, religion, language
• Even fashion is very diverse
• Big Cities
• in some of the big cities we often see some poverty- such as homeless people, lack of food, etc.
• Some big cities include Chicago, New York City, and Atlanta
• Technology
• From an early age, many of us got smart phones
• There is a lot of tv's and other things such as Netflix
• It can make someone antisocial because most people are very technology immersed
• In school we have Ipads, laptops, computers, etc
• Video games
• Electricity/Running water almost always available
• Pollution
• We have so many cars and factories that there is a lot of pollution especially around big cities
• Parts of America have more rural areas
• Advertisements
• Billboards, Commercials, etc
• All the time
• Waste
• Americans tend to waste food and other things such as paper or other materials
• we take more than we will use
• A lot of sports
• America's pastime is often referred to as watching sports.
• All kinds
• Different levels
• Variety of food
•  A lot of restaurants
• Fast food
• Unhealthy

We think...

• We are too submerged in technology and it is actually becoming a problem. 
• From a very early age, life becomes surrounded by our phones or tablets, or tv's 
• That we should try to be more friendly, especially to tourists. 
• Despite the fact that we have a lot of diversity, we still see racism, sexism, and prejudices. 
• Opportunity to take our education very far, however it is expensive past high school and not everyone can afford college. 
• Social media, has become a problem especially around bullying. It is called cyber bullying  and it causing a lot of problems.
• We need to change the country as a whole.

We wonder...

• Why other countries want to be like us?
• When will discrimination end (racial ,sexism, etc)?
• How have your views of America changed?

See Think Wonder

By Reilly, Ashley and Hannah
In America We.......................
See- 

• McDonald's everywhere
• Bullying inside and out of schools
• A lot of technology (iPhone's, iPad's, etc.)
• All four seasons in Michigan
• Social media sites
• Worthless past times such as watching television and being consumed in technology.
• A lot of photo shopping
• Selfies

Think-

• America is good in someways but also has a lot of problems
• America is too consumed in technology
• People think they have to be as perfect as the people in magazines and movies that aren't real. Ex: Disney princesses and celebrities
• Technology can be a bad thing for our country

Wonder-

• Will our country ever change?
• Will we ever stop making new technology and be thankful for what we have?
• Are we making too much technology? 

See Think Wonder About America

Karolina Oronowicz and Caitlin Maloney

Mrs. Cleland

Honors ELA 9

May 5th, 2015

See, think, and wonder about our country

See: 

• Many buildings and stores, with people rushing in and out of them
• A lot of roads that were built for the many cars and trucks and buses that people in this country own
• A lot of different cultures in our country, a lot of different races and traditions
• A lot of different types of food that is sold here
• Many different types of technology
• Advertisements everywhere

Think: 

• There is a lot of greed and selfishness in our country
• Our different cultures do not mix together as much as they could
• Americans do not realize that they are so fortunate, so they take everything for granted
• Not everyone in America is "well off", some are still poor, but the majority of the country is not

Wonder: 

• Why we do not know so much about other countries around the world?
• How could this be changed?
• What could we do to help those in need?
• What do other countries see, think, and wonder about America?

Alyson, Hannah, and Chiristian's See Think Wonder

See: 
- Lot's of fast food restaurants 
- Many varieties of music 
- Lot's of technology
- Different cultures
- Lot's of people
- Really good food
- Many different styles (clothes, hair etc.)

Think: 
- Technology has taken over and makes us feel comfortable and improves our daily lives 
- we're trying to improve our health here by changing what we eat and by exercising more 
-here in Michigan there is not really a lot of traffic but if you were in New York or Las Angeles it would be loaded with traffic 

Wonder:
- Do a lot of people in Vietnam have the same style? Or is it pretty diverse?
- What genre of music is most common and popular?
- What are some good songs?
- What is the legal age to drive?
- Are Vietnamese outgoing?
- Or are you shy?