Obama Socialism

Google the phrase "Obama Socialism". What do you get? Try google news... what did you find?Do you feel that the label "socialism" is applied appropriately or correctly to Obama, his proposals or his policies?Do Obama's proposals or policies have historic precedents in America? If so, what happened in the past?

I found and article called Blame Bush, Not Obama the article discusses how Obama is not trying to make us a socialist country, but socialism has actually been around since Franklin D Roosevelt. Although that comment was made, in another article I read called Steele urged to label Obama a socialist the author Ralph Z hallow discusses how a man name Mr. Bopp, who is part of the RNC( Republican National Convention) said: "Just as President Reagan's identification of the Soviet Union as the 'evil empire' galvanized opposition to communism, we hope that the accurate depiction of the Democrats as a Socialist Party will galvanize opposition to their march to socialism,". He then proceeded to say "The threat to our country from the Obama administration cannot be underestimated," Indiana RNC member James Bopp Jr. wrote Wednesday in an e-mail to the full RNC membership. "They are proceeding pell-mell to nationalize major industries, to exponentially increase the size, power and intrusiveness of the federal government, to undermine free enterprise and free markets, to raise taxes to a confiscatory level." Republicans feel that Obama is trying to create a socialist nation just like the WWII era.

i feel that these remarks made about Obama and socialism arent applied appropriately. What Obama is trying to do is not create a socialist country, but to reconstruct our economy based on socialist ideas.

LIT Groups

What worked?

Well I was able to finish my book, so I am proud of that fact.

What would u like to change?

I would have changed the reading due dates because I am such a slow reader.

What was your book about?

My book was about a little white boy and a nigger and they go on adventures.

Photo Essay

Rochelle Kline-Casey

My mentor is one of the coolest and nicest people I have ever met. Rochelle is Luke and my team leader. Everyone in our certain test group is a team. At internship she gives us work that is useful to us and our team, instead of something like fixing her coffee or picking up her dry cleaners. What I like about her is that she tries to accommodate for Luke and me. She is really involved with getting us involved. Every time when she gives us a new assignment by the next day she will have an entire PowerPoint on the assignment at hand for us so that we know what we are doing. I remember the very first meeting we had I didn’t understand anything that my team was saying because of their acronyms. To help Luke and me out, Rochelle took notes in the meeting of what everyone one was saying. Later on she gave us a sheet that had all the words that we didn’t understand. Not only is Rochelle nice but she gives me cookies and takes me out to lunch. I am proud to say she is my mentor she is a great team leader for Luke and I.

Luke Hatschbach

This is my co-intern. Some may see him as a friend. But I see him as a teammate and work reliever. I don’t know how I could survive at internship without him. If he weren’t there, I would probably be the only person in my building under the age of 18. He is also there when I want to talk about things that I wouldn’t feel so comfortable talking to anyone else about. The greatest thing though, about having another intern in the work place is the distribution of the work load. I am so thankful that Luke is at Qualcomm with me, because if he wasn’t, then I would literally have to work for about three or four hour’s straight. A situation where Luke and I were able to split the work load in half was when one of our mentors co-workers gave us about 20 packets worth of test cases we had to run. Some of the packets were 30 pages long! That was no worry to us because we were able to just split the work in half.

Conference Room

It was the very first day of internship. All of the students were told to meet in a conference room. My very first information on what Qualcomm is and what they do took place in a conference room. The conference room is used for a lot of different thing they are extremely important to workers at Qualcomm. My co-intern Luke and I have received all our training in conference rooms. In fact, it was the very first place that we met our mentor Rochelle Kline-Casey. At the start of internship conference rooms were all we used, especially for the 1on1 interviews with every worker in our division. Periodically every week Luke, me, and the rest of the team report on our progress in meetings. These meetings take place in the conference room and are called scrum meeting. In the conference room we first call in to a Qualcomm branch in Colorado. Then we give them updates (if any) on our progress. In our meetings, most our team bring in their laptop computers to record essential information for their own work. Luke and I don’t have laptops, but the company has provided Luke and me with our own personal computers.

Computer

The computer to Qualcomm is like a cell to the human body. It is the most important thing at Qualcomm. Everything is done via computer; there is not one job that doesn’t involve one. Everything I have done has involved a computer. Another important aspect of my computer is email. That is what we Qualcomm workers survive on. Emails let us know what is up, and when meetings are (such as the daily scrum meetings). The computer is also my entertainment during lunch breaks or when I’m bored and don’t have anything to do. You tube has become my new best friend in the work place during my lunch hour. While at work, what better beverage to consume then hot chocolate? This is the drink I consume the most, mainly because there is no limit on how much I can have. The words free beverages just made my mind go crazy and I would not stop drinking hot chocolate!

Hot Chocolate

One of the most exciting things I heard upon entering internship was all drinks were free this including soda and hot chocolate. I was sort of interested in the soda but hot chocolate is something I don’t usually get. I didn’t think twice, I seized that opportunity and drank hot chocolate to my hearts content! There is only one word to describe this substance; addictive. Hot chocolate is like my drug at internship. I can’t go a day without it. Hot chocolate is what gets me through my day. Hot chocolate is what gives me the energy to complete my work on the computer. I consume three or four cups of hot chocolate every time I go to internship. During Immersion I went crazy! I averaged about six a day! That is a total of about 60 hot chocolates in a span of two weeks. Many of my co-workers such as Luke would always comment on my drinking issue and say that I drink too much and consume too much sugar. Well that may be true, but I love it.

Magazine Ideas

1. What article(s) would you like to write for the magazine? What photography could you contribute? Art? List three different ideas for your major contribution.

I think I would like to contribute some art to the magazine. Wyatt and I were discussing this a little bit. We were thinking of coming up with a graphic design for the overall theme of the magazine. This would also include coming up with the cover art for the front page of the magazine as well.
2. Suggest at least one (or more) possible title for the magazine. This could be a title with or without a subtitle. For example, I work for UnBoxed: a Journal of Adult Learning in Schools.

Well if the magazine is solely focused on our internships, then I have a few possible Titles:
1. It's what we do! A deeper understanding of internships
2. Preparing us for the real world: How internships mold students into worker
3.Internship Student work: A collection of all work done by students at High Tech High Media Arts

Suggest a topic for an article that you were personally like to read in a magazine inspired by the internship semester.

Well an article I would like to read is one more focused on the atmosphere of internship and not work. I want to know about your relationships with your co-workers, where are the best places to eat, and etc. Basically all of the information that we had to skim out of our transcripts because it wasn't relevant information. That is what I want to know about.

Immersion Relfection

1. What did you learn during immersion? How did you learn it?

I learned quite a few things while on Internship Immersion.  Some experiences I learned really helped me view work in the real world.

I learned so much over immersion that really helped me understand my work at internship.  I learned how to use a lot of different programs.  Some programs I learned how to used are Quick Test Pro, Preforce, and Test Studio.  Quick Test Pro is a program that allows a person to record their actions on another program.  This makes it a lot easier for the worker because then can run automated test, instead of doing them by hand.  Preforce is equivalent to our student shared folder.  This is the program where any worker at Qualcomm can input their latest work so their co-workers can review it.  Test Studio is the program that allows a worker to load different test modules onto a device and test them.

I also learned one other important thing.  I never want to do this type of work ever in my entire life.  Even though I learned a lot at my internship, at some points it was extremely bored with my work because it was so repetitive.  In the end, I'm glad I got this internship because I now know what I don't want to do with my life.

Honors Blog

Franklin D Roosevelt (FDR) was our 32nd president of the United States of America. FDR had a plan called the new deal which is equivalent to Obama's stimulus package. The new deal was filled with a lot of plans that would help the economy get out of its state of crisis. The new deal was the turning point for America because it helped stimulate the economy by ways such as creating work programs, and the birth of social security.

Work relief was a main factor that needed to be taken care of during that time. The new deal provied work programs that paid people "to do something socially useful,". A work program that provided a lot of work for people was the Civil Works Administration (CWA) which provided four million new jobs for Americans. The CWA "furnished a new weapon against unemployment and an important precendent for future relief programs". After the sucess of CWA, even more work programs were created. In 1933 the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was established. This program created jobs as well but combined is love for conservation and compassion of the youth. The CCC employed unmarried youth 18-25 and sent them to do Green Work (My way of saying jobs that help out the environment) such as planting tress, building parks, and fighting soil erosion. Another very effective program that is still carried on today is the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), a massive public works project program. Programs werent the only thing created during the New Deal. Another aspect of it was acts, specifically the Social Security Act.

The Social Security Act passed in 1935 "helped those who could not help themselves: the aged poor, the infirm, dependant children." This act "laid the groundwork for the modern welfare state." Social security acted more then just something that helped out the aged poor and etc, furthmore is helped stabalized the economy by "furnishing pensions for retirees and insurance for those suddenly laid off from their jobs." Social security acted as "a new social contract between the government and the people replaced the gospel, of self-help and the older policies of laissez faire." The hope for social security was that is it would " cover Americans "from cradle to grave."".

The New Deal was a very essential action plan important to the development and reconstruction of our economy. Everthing that came out of the New Deal was very effective because a lot of those programs are still implemented into today's society. For example social security. Overall the New deal left a legacy. Under the new deal changed the role of the federal government because the "government assumed a broader role in the economy than progressives had ever undetaken."

What are you most excited about in regards to your immersion experience? Why do you feel this way?

I am excited about being able to work on something that I know will be useful to the company. Also I think the fact that I get to just help out Qualcomm in general is exciting. I am also excited because this is my chance to show them tha I am also going to be I can produce excellent work. Show them what I can do. Another thing that I am excited about is that I get to be there for the release of a program that Qualcomm is releasing on March 13th. I am not so excited aboutworking for seven hours five days a week for two weeks! That doesn't sound pleasing to me.

2. What are you most concerned about (what causes the most stress) regarding immersion? Why do you feel this way?

I am just concerned about getting to much work and not being able to complete on time and with with high quality. But besides that I'm not really not worried about anything else because my mentor is extremely chill.