Bonus: Reading by Kai

This just in! Video editing SUCKS! No matter what I try I just can't seem to get what I want without paying for some stupid program just to insert my own audio file to a series of images. So, here is an audio reading that I cleaned up for your listening pleasure.

Podcast!

Link to finish Being Thirteen video. From Mike

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-9LtTtkg04&t=2089s

Here is the YouTube without commercials so you can finish watching the film after what we saw to start it in class.

All best,

Mike

Journal 10 by Kai

     You want to talk about having a purpose then look no further than Rose Brudno. At the start of her interview she set the tone when asked what she was doing in 1959 by not talking about her vocation, but rather her disdain for her husband. She was looking for a way to support her children and found it in a corner bar. Rather than use the bar simply as a way to make ends meet she made the most of it. She cared about her customers and wanted them to enjoy their time before returning home to support their families. Anyone she saw as an irresponsible money spender would have their paycheck locked away. "I knew they had families to support. So I would give them a 20 dollar bill to party, and I just took their checks and put them in the safe." It was an involuntary benefit.
     Rose began profit sharing to her barmaids in lieu of a union. She couldn't get them to unionize, so she introduced other ideas. This gave her fiercely loyal staff. Anytime a barmaid would ban a customer that was that. Rose would back the employee 100 percent. Her feisty attitude and way she managed her bar gave her obedient customers and the nickname "Crazy Rose".

Bars are usually the community center and lifeblood of small towns.

     I had a hard time finding a profile helped me understand anything until I came across Nascar driver Wendell Scott. This man did what he loved despite society. He was the only black nascar racer at the time. In the 50's, he was still oppressed due to race. From death threats to blatant cheating racetracks tried to keep him down. In one race they refused to drop the checkered flag for him and gave him third place. They claimed that the winner kisses a white beauty queen and if Scott won it would cause a race war. It didn't phase him. As long as he was behind the wheel, he didn't mind. What finally threw him off the track was finances. Being black, he couldn't get any big name sponsorships.
     I grew up in Alabama and used to drive past the 16th street church in Birmingham nearly every day. I decided to do my research on the theme of racism in pursuit of the American Dream. Many black musicians, activists, preachers, all walks of life fought hard simply to have a fraction of what white individuals take for granted. Even disadvantaged, it shows amazing grit and spirit to do what you love when the entire world seems against you. I got my bitter dose of reality from a Calisphere online exhibit.
     It is sad that this nonsense still continues today.

Journal 10 Tony

Part One:

A profile from Callings that taught me something about vocation was the beer vendor. This profile helped me understand the meaning of vocation. I say this because in the chapter Clancy says, "I was a Division I sprinter in college and I used to race guys up and down the hallways." (Isay 199). You may ask why this quote helped me understand? I chose this quote because Clancy was a very fast sprinter and he could have been fast enough to make a career out of sprinting, but instead, he is a beer vendor at a baseball stadium. It shows that he finds being a vendor his "calling" and by doing that job he has found his purpose as a human being. 

Clarence "Clancy" Haskett making a living as a beer vendor in Oriole Stadium 

Part Two:

Another profile that helped me understand a theme in the book was the profile over Arnie Knapp. The theme that the profile helped me better understand was the theme of dedication. Arnie Knapp was a coach driver for touring musicians, so he had to be dedicated to his job because he spent long periods of time on the road and away from his family at home. Dedication to his job was shown all over in this chapter, but the passage that stuck out most to me was when Arnie was talking about what the touring business had done to his marriage. While talking about the time he's spent with his wife, Judy, he says, "In our twenty-five years, the most time we've ever spent together in a single block of time is about six weeks." (Isay 205). This screams dedication because if that was me, I'd want to spend as much time with my wife as I could. But for him to stay dedicated and persevere through endless driving and time away from his family shows the true character of Arnie Knapp.

*link is short interview with Arnie the, "Road Daddy".

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Presentation Slots for Tuesday. From Mike

 We will have Lab the first half hour so if you need to come make copies for Handouts, or print Works Cited, or put your PowerPoint slides on the instructor computer, you can do so.

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1. Kai

2.  Richard

3.  Alec

4.  Tony

5.  Hunter

6.  Dallas

Journal 9 by Richard

part 1

The profile that really stood out to me so far in this story is the one about Marat Kogut, the NBA referee. In today's society most parents want their kids to grow up and to be doctors and lawyers or some other high paying job. Sometimes parents even ignore their kids opinion on a career because parents "know whats best for them". In Marats situation his mom was just like that but his father on the other hand supported him in anything he wanted to do. Leon Kogut, his father tells us "I'm proud of you, that's why. I watch all the games on TV- I never miss even one game yet."(Isay pg. 30) It really stood out to me how much his father supported him.

part 2

      A safe and steady career that I am considering is a radiologist technician. The first reason I chose this career is because it has a good income. Also it only requires an associates degree. Lastly its reliable because its in the medical field and people will always go to the doctors. Due to working in a kitchen I recently have had a growing interest in the culinary field. Its something I really want to take to next level and start working in a high-end kitchen. But its a big risk because I would have to drop out of school also there is no guarantee that everything will work out because of the lack of experience. I guess I could always keep it as a backup plan in case X-ray technician doesn't work out.

(I think it would be a fun experience working in a high end kitchen cooking and presenting amazing food like this. A chef once told me "I get paid to play with food might as well have some fun with it")

Journal 9 By Alec

     Out of the profiles I have read so far in Callings the best is Olga Ayala is a Nuyorican artist who grew up in the heart of Spanish Harlem. She is a graduate of The High School of Art & Design in New York City where she received most of her formal artistic training. The art bug bit a very young Olga, one day, during a weekly family shopping trip. What sparked her fascination was watching her mother draw a really good Mickey Mouse on the back of their grocery list "I mean a full fledged Mickey Mouse, not a stick figure with circles" (Isay 82). From that day forward, her passion to be an artist was unquenchable.

These are some of Olga Ayala's sculptures 

 Over the course of her creative years, Olga has gone through various periods of artistic experimentation and inner self-discovery. Those journeys gave rise to a unique body of work that not only captures her rich cultural spirit, but also reflects her light-hearted and sometimes quirky sense of humor. Her pieces span the functional, wearable, fine and figurative arts. She believes that art should be something you can touch and interact with whenever and wherever possible. In 1997, Olga discovered polymer clay and has since been working exclusively with this medium. Her pieces employ a variety of polymer clay techniques as the core material and as accents in her overall body of work.

Journal 9 by Tony

Part One:

Out of all the profiles that I've read so far in Callings, bricklayer, Barbara Moore is my favorite. Her profile is my favorite because her story is very much like my grandfather's story. Yes, my Grandpa Burt is brought up a lot in my writing, but that is because he is very important to me. Anyway, Grandpa Burt and Barbara Moore have many similarities, they both are in a field of construction, they both aren't that big in size and stature, and they both gave up a dream to take care of their families. Though it never really specifies what her main dream was, Barbara's daughter says, "And when I went to college, I always felt as if I was doing it for the both of us, because I knew you didn't get a chance to go. You helped me go to school and payed the tuition by laying bricks" (Isay 76). This is a lot like my grandpa starting up his concrete business to help support eight children. He was in the Air Force and gave it up to have a family, he never was able to ride in a jet until the late 2000s, about thirty years after he had exited. So I'm very close to someone who had to give a dream job up to adopt a more reasonable one for their family.

Part Two:

The study of diseases has always intrigued me, and for a while I wanted to work in the CDC.

The most practical career that I am considering is probably (for me), is being a part of the concrete business. I really wouldn't say I'm even considering this work, but if I had to choose, I'd pick this because I have been around it my whole life. Plus, I'd like to gain as many friendships as my grandpa did while working. I'd have to say my wild choice for a career would be a surgeon. I'm keeping it simple by just saying surgeon because any type of surgeon is a painstakingly difficult career to pursue. If I had my druthers, I would most definitely prefer to be epidemiologist. I find diseases interesting and would love to study the patterns and causes of diseases.  

Journal 9 from Dallas

Part One:

My favorite profile in Callings must be Sanitation Worker with Angelo Bruno and Eddie Nieves. I was just fascinated with Angelo as a person and how genuinely kind he was to everyone. His outlook on his job is what resonates with me the most and I love his quote “I didn’t look at it as going down the block to pick up garbage. I was going down the block to see my friends (Isay 127).” Angelo is the type of person we all should strive to be.

Part Two:

            I have looked over many careers, trying to find what seems to be the best fit for me. My current major is mechanical engineering and that’s mainly because I love problem solving and a love/hate relationship with putting things together. Before I chose mechanical engineering, I strongly considered getting a degree to be a history teacher. Mainly, because I have a growing will to learn everything about everything and would love to pass knowledge down to my students. If I could be risk taker and not jeopardize my family I would look for a career in sports. Not playing a sport but a front office job or scouting type of job. I have a huge passion for sports and would love to work for an organization. Having a family unfortunately makes you think of your choices before you make them. My wife likes to joke around with me when I’m talking dream jobs. She always says “Dallas, I really don’t care what you do, but I better have a huge house, at least 5 dogs and a few chickens."

It would be a dream to work within the NFL. I am a big fan of the game. 

During the season I will be watching multiple games at once.

The offseason I keep track of  scouting reports, individual players draft stocks, free angency and more.

Journal 9 by Hunter

Part One: My favorite profile in Callings so far would have to be the profile on astronaut Ronald McNair. His persistent is very inspiring. He believed in what he could do and went out and earned it. From the moment he stepped into that library to get some books and was denied them because of his skin color to the moment he got on his last space shuttle, the Challenger. "Ron was a country boy from segregated, small town South Carolina. Who would dream that he could become an astronaut? But it was his time. And he got to be aboard his own starship Enterprise."(Callings 39)

The Dr. Ronald E. McNair Life
History Center (Below). Used to
be the library where he was
discriminated against as a young child.
Top is statue of Ronald McNair

Part Two:The most practical career for me would have to be to become a Teacher. I would love to become a preschool or kindergarten teacher and working toward my early childhood education degree right now! I would say it's a safe, steady career because I really don't plan on having any children (unless you count dogs as puppy children) other than my class so I could live off a teacher salary and the need for teachers is always growing but most of all, it would be a job I would love day after day. You can do many things with an education degree, even becoming a substitute for a few years before conquering your own classroom.
      On the flip side, for a wild choice for a career that I could afford the risk, I'd probably become a doctor. Doctor's fascinate me, how they remember so much and know exactly what a patient needs. I really enjoy medical shows, fiction and non fiction, and documentaries but I really don't have the money for medical school and while I enjoy seeing grounded up bodies on Grey's Anatomy, I'd probably, scratch that, would pass out or throw up if I saw someone's insides on the outside.