Smashing the Old world

All of these pictures that are in this category really can make connections to Red Scarf Girl. All of these pictures depict people destroying the parts of the world that really represent the Old World and the Four Olds, things like destroying statues or even signs. Like Red Scarf Girl, all of these pictures represent the very violent and offensive part of the Revolution. The picture that I chose shows lots of people watching the destruction of a sign on what seems to be a church. It really creates a good example of what the destruction of the Four Olds looked like. It really shows what Red Scarf Girl, as well as the other pieces of writing, have described many times. Like the time when Ji-Li saw people taking down the signs that represent the Four Olds, many people are there watching, looking at the destruction of what they once wouldn't have thought of destroying. Or how in the document we read about people demonstrating in different cities described people destroying signs, they all have to do with people going with the revolution and destroying the Four Olds. This picture would even make a good picture to show what was happening in both of those writings. Everyone is very excited to bring their revolutionary spirit.

Not only does this picture show how everyone wants to be part of the revolution, but it also shows how people are willing to even take down some things that they once held dear. The building that is being destroyed in the picture seems to be a place that people have once held dear, all for the sake of the revolution. There have been many examples of that in the book too, like how Ji-Li and her family have destroyed and gotten rid of many of their prized possessions just to save them from the Red Guards. Or how the people of Shanghai would never have questioned their department stores and haircut parlors if the Red Guards hadn't brought up the idea first. They wouldn't have had to do this if it wasn't for the revolution, like how this church wouldn't have had to be destroyed if it wasn't for the revolution.

GPA College Blog 2

Today when we looked at our grade point averages, I have to say I wasn't very surprised about the grade point average that I got. I got a 4.0, which is the same grade point average that I got last semester. I was extremely excited however, I always like to see that I'm getting good grades still. After all of my extreme diligence trying to keep these great grades, I would be completely dumbfounded if these grades didn't stay the same. I would expect nothing less from myself.

I don't know at all what colleges I want to attend in the future. I don't even know what I want to do with my future career! But since October, I've decided a few things about what I want to do with my life. I don't want to attend a Pastry Arts culinary school. This decision means that I'm going to have to try even harder to get a great GPA. Seeing that I will most likely follow a career in filmmaking, or just average business, I'm going to need to have a very high GPA, even above a 4.0! Like how I was in October, I still don't know what college I want to attend. So my goal for college success is to find a college that I would like to go to in the future. My brother going to college is really a booster to make me find out more about college and make me keep these grades.

The next step for me is to find what is truly the right career for me. Seeing that I've been enjoying creating films as well as editing them, that might be something that I want to go into. I need to research what is needed to become a professional in the film business, as well as finding out what would be a good backup career for me if film editing doesn't lift off for me. What I need to right now is keep my grade point average at 4.0. Other things that are high priority for me are extra circular activities like community service and school clubs. Other than that, I truly just need to keep up what I have been doing and keep my great grades, as well as doing more than what is necessary.