World History Humanities Portfolio First Semester, 20042005 Esti Pinter Sophomore Port Charlotte Sev

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World History Humanities PortfolioFirst
Semester, 2004-2005Esti PinterSophomorePort
Charlotte Seventh Day Adventist School
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Introduction

• This is semester has been more difficult.
  The areas in which we learned changed. I felt
  like I was learning more on a different level. It
  wasnt just reading the book. The journals were
  more in depth about how we felt, and I had to
  decide how I felt on certain issues. Issues I
  was once indecisive about, I soon found my stand
  on things. I have grown in my views of the church
  and my own personal mission. This PowerPoint
  illustrates my views.

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Table of Contents

• Section One Journey to Excellence Artifacts
• 1. Acceptance of God. ..
• 2. Commitment to the Church.
• 3. Interpersonal Relationships.
• 4. Responsible Citizenship..
• 5. Healthy Balanced Living.
• 6. Intellectual Development
• 7. Communication Skills..
• 8. Personal Management.
• 9. Aesthetic Appreciation

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Table of Contents Cont.

• Section Two Journey To Excellence Reflections
• 1. Acceptance of God.
• 2. Commitment to the Church..
• 3. Interpersonal Relationships...
• 4. Responsible Citizenship
• 5. Healthy Balanced Living..
• 6. Intellectual Development.
• 7. Communication Skills..
• 8. Personal Management..
• 9. Aesthetic Appreciation.

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Acceptance of God Artifacts

• 2-02-J-Bible

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Acceptance of God Reflections

• Even when I was young I knew that God was my
  Savior. I decided very early that I was going to
  follow Him. However, following God doesnt come
  with just saying that you are going to follow
  him. You must completely accept him. You must
  trust him to take over your life. This year, as I
  have matured I think that I have been more
  willing to submit to God. As things get more
  stressful I realize I cant handle things on my
  own and that I need to give it all to someone.
  God is the only one who can take it out of my
  hands for good.
• I chose 2-02-J-Bible because I realized how
  soon Jesus was coming and that times are closing
  in. And now more than ever things are going to
  get out of control and we need to turn our lives
  over to him. As the worlds days draw to a close,
  as a Christian, we really need to spread the
  news. I am ready for Jesus to come and I want to
  go to heaven more than anything. This world is
  not my home and I am tired of living here. I can
  only imagine how disappointing it must have been
  to be told that Jesus was coming, and truly
  believing it with all your heart and then getting
  crushed like that. I cant even touch on how
  disappointing that must have been.
• The stress and pain that comes from the end
  times are going to be beyond anything felt right
  now. And there is only One being that can help
  and soothe our souls. I plan on accepting that
  help fully.

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Commitment to the Church Artifacts

• 4-12-J-BIa
• 4-13-J-Bib
• 4-14-J-Bic

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Commitment to the Church Reflections

• I have always loved my church. I love the
  people in it. I enjoy going to church. I do not
  always agree with what they teach and I do not
  always agree with their principles and doctrines
  and I do not always agree with their approach to
  the gospel, but I think that in a sinful world
  that is to be expected.
• A man came to our church a couple weeks ago and
  I quote, If you want to wear the red polish and
  the jewelry you can go right on the hell if you
  want. Now, if there was a visitor in my church
  at that moment and they were wearing a necklace
  and jewelry and had her nails painted dont you
  think that she would be embarrassed. Im sure she
  would feel like everyone was looking at her and
  judging her because she had on nail polish. Then
  she leaves early and never comes back because she
  doesnt want to be in any church that accuses her
  the second she walks through the door. That is
  now one less person won into Gods kingdom.
• How selfish of us that we think we go walk into
  Gods sanctuary and point our finger at people. I
  do not recall anywhere in the Bible that Jesus
  said, Oh, you cant follow me because you are
  wearing jewelry. In every instance that I recall
  Jesus looked at the heart of the person.
• First comes the heart and the soul, second
  comes the minor details. I chose the J-BIs
  because I think that it is my duty as well as
  others to show people that it isnt all about the
  little doctrines and rules that make a person
  adequate for the kingdom of heaven. No one is
  adequate. Salvation comes through the grace of
  Jesus Christ our Lord. Not through throwing out
  the nail polish. People that feel judged and
  accused wont feel welcome and Jesus was never
  hostile and was only welcoming.
• Surely through the grace WE received we can be
  as gracious to others and show them Jesus Christ
  through our actions. When someone has Jesus in
  their hearts they will be more likely to listen
  to gentle criticism.

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Interpersonal Relationships Artifacts

• 1-03-J-Selfish-Unselfish

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Interpersonal Relationships Reflections

• I dont like relationships. They are so much
  work. You have to watch what you say, play nice,
  keep in touch, and buy birthday presents,
  sleepover. All that stuff. I like having friends
  and all but sometimes its just not worth it. I
  know I dont really have a choice because
  relationships are a part of life and you have no
  chance of escaping them because you have them in
  work, and you pretty much cant live without
  them. So instead of just staying home you have to
  go out there and cultivate those
  relationshipssuper.
• I picked the 1-03-J-Selfish-Unselfish because
  people are all different. There are people who
  will think only of themselves and not give any
  consideration to you. And then there are people
  who will always put you first. You have to decide
  who you are going to be, because not many people
  like those you dont think of others as a general
  rule. People only like being around those who put
  them first and who are willing to go out of their
  way for them. That is what friends do. A friend
  is someone who will do anything for you. Someone
  who is always there and no matter what time will
  stay up and talk to you and who will hang out and
  just be goofy and weird with you. It may be a lot
  of work but I think that most of the time it is
  worth it. When you find true friends who are
  there for you thick and thin no matter what, then
  you have found a treasure that surely cannot be
  matched by anything. That is the kind of
  interpersonal relationships I will work for.

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Responsible Citizenship Artifacts

• 4-6-J-WH

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Responsible Citizenship Reflections

• As a responsible citizen to my city and my
  state and my country I appreciate what has been
  done for my country. I appreciate the men you
  gave their lives in wars past for the freedom we
  maintain. I appreciate those who have died for
  their beliefs I appreciate the hard work and
  sacrifice that has been poured into the will for
  freedom. People take freedom for granted so
  easily. It is easy to just walk to the store and
  buy food, it is easy to talk about how we think
  the government is messing up badly, and it is
  easy to put our votes in during election week.
  All these things are so taken for granted we
  cant even see why we should be thinking about
  these things.
• I chose 4-6-J-WH because it shows how people in
  other parts of the country have never had the
  chance to choose who they want to run their
  country. It really put into perspective how easy
  it is to just gloss over the important things,
  and carry on our daily lives. People in other
  parts of the world have to use food stamps
  because they are in times of terrible war, and
  sometimes they cant even buy food because they
  are being trade blockaded. In other places you
  could be killed for criticizing your government.
  I try everyday to think of something that I take
  for granted and try to appreciate it as only one
  who has never experienced it before could
  appreciate it. I try to be thankful for driving
  in the car. I try to be thankful for being able
  to go to school, though thats a little bit
  harder.
• This may not seem like responsible citizenship
  but when you appreciate what is being done for
  you and when you no longer fool around and treat
  your country like it is only the place you live
  then you begin to become a citizen instead of
  someone who lives there.

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Healthy Balanced Living Artifacts

• 4-27-J-Media

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Healthy Balanced Living Reflections

• Healthy balanced living doesnt just deal with
  your physical health like eating right and
  exercising. It also has to deal with balancing
  your mental intake and making sure your mental
  health is at its peak. This can be done by
  monitoring what goes in. There is a motto that
  goes like this Garbage in, Garbage out. What you
  watch affects how you act and how you respond to
  others. You fill your little old brain with
  violent and sexual images and you listen to
  violent and sexual music than the only thing left
  is for your brain to expel it, and that will
  happenthrough your actions.
• I chose 4-27-J-Media because I think that when
  and if people are more aware of what is going
  into their head than they will most likely
  prevent it from getting in their. Like when
  people found out about the chicken eyeballs in
  McDonalds chicken nuggets. When this was found
  out people didnt eat them, and the company lost
  money and because they lost money they changed
  things.
• Subliminal messages are everywhere and though
  your eye may not know whats going on, your brain
  sure does and its affected. For example, during
  previews in the movies theater in between frames
  they would insert pictures of Coke and Pepsi and
  since the frames go so fast you cant tell but
  your brain sees them. When people find out things
  like this then change begins to happen.
• When you watch what happens to your brain and
  you make sure that you arent being fooled by
  commercials and you see them for what they are
  and you realize how ridiculous they are, you are
  maintaining your mental health better. You then
  can keep your sanity for a little bit longer.

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Intellectual Development Artifacts

• 2-1-Illegal Sentences
• 4-7-Research

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Intellectual Development Reflections

• Intellectual development pretty much speaks for
  itself. When you learn your brain grows and you
  can store knowledge in there for later. This
  semester was a lot harder than last I thought.
  The thinking was more abstract and required
  drawing from every corner in my little brain. It
  stretched my brain by not letting me give one
  sentence answers and not writing one paragraph in
  my journals. There were no just pat answers
  everyones answer was right as long as they gave
  their opinion logically and cohesively.
• Also this year I think that I have grown a lot
  in my writing. I used to be about a C in my
  previous writing but now I think I have grown at
  least one grade. The criticism was constructive
  and in depth. Never was there a, Oh yeah, this
  paper is good. A. Even though sometimes thats
  what I wanted.
• I chose the illegal sentences because although
  I thought was grammar was wonderful, it turns out
  that I had more to learn than I had thought. I
  didnt even know things like a comma splice
  existed. Though I still make those mistakes, I am
  more aware of it now and I am less likely to just
  gloss over it when I review. It is a lot harder
  to not write a comma splice in a paper than it is
  to tell the quiz the right answer.
• I chose the research as well because I had no
  idea servant leadership was such a big deal! I
  had never even heard of servant leadership
  before. I guess I knew it existed but I never
  expected to write a paper on it any time soon. I
  had to apply my writing skills and be able to
  extract main ideas from books and apply that into
  the paper.
• I think I have grown greatly in this area. It
  is school after all, thats what I should be
  growing in anyway.

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Communication Skills Artifacts

• 2-9-Persuasive Paper

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Communication Skills Reflections

• Communication this year has been the center of
  all our projects. Because people arent around
  each other physically it is harder to communicate
  my thoughts and my intent. It is easy to get
  frustrated when people dont understand what I am
  trying to say. However, one must be patient
  because it is so easy to get misunderstood
  because you cannot convey facial expressions and
  tone and inflection. Therefore you must go to
  extremes to be gentle and not intense.
• It is very frustrating to have to explain
  things and you cannot use your hands to
  demonstrate your point and your tone of voice.
  Thats why I have had to adapt to the
  circumstances. This program just helps you grow
  in that.
• I chose the persuasive paper because when you
  try to get people to see your point of view it is
  more difficult than most people think. People
  always have their own opinion about certain
  things and to get them to deviate from that is
  quite difficult, especially if they are stubborn.
  My father is stubborn and it is impossible to get
  him to see the other side of anything there is
  only his opinion and nothing else. I have to be
  mature and calm when I explain to him because
  otherwise he will see that I am acting like a
  child and listen even less, though he usually
  doesnt listen anyway.
• In my paper I had to explain my position
  thoroughly and maturely. That takes some skill
  because sometimes when I explain my point all I
  want to do is shout and pound it into their
  heads. Though you cant do that or people wont
  listen to you anyway.

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Personal Management Artifacts

• 5-05-Final Draft

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Personal Management Reflections

• In personal management one must manage
  themselves as a Christian would. Its not just
  using your time wisely though that is part of it,
  personal management has to do with how you handle
  yourself and how you use your skills to be a good
  witness or to show people who you are as a
  person. For example, instead of going out and
  drinking with your friends you could go and be
  the designated driver. And while some may say,
  well you shouldnt be there in the first place
  and you should be telling them how bad alcohol is
  for them. However, you have to choose your
  battles. If you didnt go they would be out
  drinking anyway and this was you can save a
  couple lives. Then maybe later you can show
  through example that drinking isnt the best for
  you. This way you are managing your time wisely
  instead of throwing it away on alcohol and the
  like. You are also managing your life, because
  you are making good decisions for the future.
• I chose the Final Paper because I think that
  stewardship has to do with personal management
  because when you are a servant leader and you are
  serving others by example and you are leading as
  well by example you are managing yourself. You
  are being responsible and showing others what a
  good example you are and such. You are leading a
  life that is responsible and one that people can
  look to for example. Not only does it help others
  but it is a help to your own well-being by
  teaching you that serving others is the highest
  honor one can have and giving you a glimpse of
  what Jesus did and why he did it.

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Aesthetic Appreciation Artifacts

• 4-26-J-Free

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Aesthetic Appreciation Reflections

• I love art and I love nature. Its nice to be
  able to look outside and not see buildings and
  streets and man-made everything. That is why I
  think everyone needs to live somewhere out in the
  country for at least part of their lives. When I
  was younger we lived way out in the country and
  it took like an hour to get anywhere. It was nice
  because on Saturdays we would go walking and
  hiking and biking in parks and when it snowed we
  would make snowballs and roll them across the
  yard until they were so heavy that we couldnt
  move them, and they were sometimes 6 or 7 feet
  high. It was nice to just be in nature and to be
  close to the things that God made. There is a
  reason that John went out into the desert in
  order to be prepared for Christ to come.
• I chose the 4-26-J-Free because while this
  wasnt about nature it was about art and
  creativity and I love art and I love poetry. I
  think that whenever you are using the natural
  gifts that God gave you than you are getting
  closer to God. And when I write poetry it always
  makes me feel better when I am in a bad mood or
  when I am sad or when I am just wanting to be
  closer to God because he gave me that gift for a
  reason. I like reading poetry because I think it
  is amazing how words can just flow out of
  someone. It seems like it takes no effort and
  when someone uses his gifts for God that is all
  the more amazing. At first when I wrote poetry it
  was awful and I can barely read it now because it
  was so bad. Now, however, I think I am
  progressing and it is just a stress reliever for
  me. I feel more relaxed when I write it. There is
  something about getting how you feel down on
  paper that makes you feel better, and I thank God
  for the gifts I have.

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Career and Service Artifacts

• 5-05-Final Draft

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Career and Service Reflections

• I figured what I want to do with my life and I
  really think that God is calling me to do it
  because I have never felt like this about any job
  that I have imagined up for myself. How I do my
  job shows others my responsibility and my family
  ethics by how I was raised. My dad always told me
  that how I did a job reflected on him and the
  family and how well they brought me up. Which was
  pretty well. Whenever I go out and do a job and
  have a job I can hear my Dads voice in my head,
  Thats not finished, do it right the first
  time. When you do a job well done and you go
  above and beyond the call of duty, people see
  that and they respect you for that. No one
  appreciates anything more than a job done that
  was done better than was established in the first
  place.
• I chose the 5-05-Final draft because I think
  that when you are a servant leader you go above
  and beyond what is supposed to be done of you
  because you want to serve others and when you
  want to do something, you do it better than if
  you were doing something that you didnt want to
  do. Servants do things for others. A Christian
  work ethic would be one that is honest and
  hard-working because that is what Jesus was.
  Therefore when you apply a servants attitude to
  your work you do anything but an ordinary job.