Team 3 blog

Hi. my Diorama is about my son Jonathon. He was diagnosed at birth with Cystic Fibrosis. He was sick all his life. CF is a genetic disorder that causes severe lung infections and pancreatic problems. Jonathon had pnumonia over 200 times in the twenty years he was alive. He also had diabetes and an eating disorder. In November of 2006, he was offered a double lung transplant. In January, 2007, he decided he was done. He turned the transplant down. Jonathon loved a group called Insane Clown Posse, or ICP. My diorama is a group of things that he valued and loved. I have tried and tried to figure out how to put it on our blog but it doesnt seem to work. So i am writing this instead. I will keep trying to put it on here. If I cant then I will put a picture of him on here instead.

My blog is about Global warming. The blue side is the way the earth is now with pretty flowers, birds, and butterflies. If we continue this trend of putting harmful substances into the environment then the earth will look like the black side. The black side has dead leaves and it will eventually become night all the time with you just being able to see the moon.

Since I moved into my dorm at West GA I have not been able to get adequate rest due to"noise pollution". Since this was an issue that I felt passionately about it seemed a good choice to make the topic of my diorama. In the making of my diorama I attempted to directly express my feelings on the issue rather than seeking complete accuracy. To do this I used a lot of bright and intense colors to illustrate intense feelings. The intense colors are overwhelming the more earthy ones showing my progression towards frustration...I hope my room mate does not read this.

I chose to do my diorama on the presidential election of 2008. I believe that the President of our country should be a strong man willing to make tough decisions. He should work well under pressure and understand the fundamentals of this country. I believe that everyone has a choice, therefore everyone that can, should vote. Because we are the future of this country, it is important to know what each candidate has to offer. I think as young people, we often cheat ourselves and don't take the time to research both parties and figure out what we believe. The purpose for me doing my diogram on the election is to encourage young people to get to know the different parties and make a clear choice based on what they think each man has to offer this country.

Mandy Deaton

I choose to make a Diorama about Beijing,China ridding its city of Hutongs to make room for the Olympics. (Hutongs are lanes with traditional Beijing courtyard homes.) More importantly, I made this diorama to show that hundreds of Beijing locals were displaced. Their homes bulldozed... leaving them with no where to go.
Using spaghetti noodle boxes and a yogurt cup I made a few buildings and " The Nest" stadium. I also crumbled cookies across the streets and grass to resemble the ruble from the Hutongs.
(annnnnd my shoebox is suppose to be just like a T.V.