Mitchell Art Final

Mitchell B. Flaherty

Mr. Renner

Art Class, period 6

Final Exam Essay

This year in art class we completed a variety of projects, and for the final exam I chose the collage, warped grid picture and the book we made from scratch. They were all done in art class and I enjoyed doing them.

The book was made entirely from paper, cardboard, string and a small amount of glue and cloth for the cover. The pages, grouped into leaves, were made of standard printer paper that had been cut and folded. The spine was reinforced with cardboard strips, put into a cardboard cover and covered with cloth. The collage was made using a magazine page and many pictures cut from various magazines glued to the page. The warped grid picture was made while we were learning about surrealism. We first drew a grid over a picture, created a warped grid and then, drew the picture according to the grid which warped the picture.

They are similar because they all involved paper and glue (the picture was glued to the page in the warped grid. And the collage and the warped grid were similar because they both involved a picture and surrealism.

The book was different from both of them because it did not involve a picture and was three dimensional. The collage and the warped grid drawing were different because the grid involved drawing and directly altering the picture, and the collage had many picture whereas the warped grid only had one.

I chose these projects because I liked the way they turned out and were fun to do, and were not so difficult that it felt like work. Overall, I would say all projects turned out well, but these were some of my favorites.

Mitchell Final Exam World Geography

Mitchell Final Exam World Geography

Argentina Position Paper on Violence against Women
Mitchell B. Flaherty/Christian Gonzalez
Model United Nations
    Violence against women is a major human rights problem that affects women in countries both developed and developing. It is especially problematic in developing countries where cultural and traditional customs condone different types of violence against women including: female genital mutilation, traditional forms of abuse (beatings, etc.), honor killings (killing a girl or woman due to an indiscretion real or imagined), early marriage (almost invariably without consent of the bride), dowry murder (killing a woman due to inability or unwillingness to pay the dowry) and prenatal sex selection. Also, in developing countries dealing with civil wars and national conflicts the use of rape as a weapon of war increases the spread of HIV/AIDS in these countries.
    On Violence against Women in Argentina: Studies have made the estimate that 4.5 million women a year suffer from one or more various types of gender abuse. This takes the form of, not only physical abuse, but emotional and verbal abuse as well.
    The country of Argentina has created legislation to combat all forms violence against women. The law calls for funding that matches the high ambitions of the law, though the delegation is confident that this will not be an issue.
    The country of Argentina is of the opinion that no form of gender based violence is acceptable, whether cultural or otherwise. New laws have been created, and violence against women will not be tolerated.
Currently, violence against women is not caused by an absence of laws against it, but because in some areas it is broadly accepted and because police officers do not always enforce these laws.
    The country of Argentina is of the opinion that the best way to combat violence against women is to enact specific regulations to make it more difficult for this problem to continue. These regulations will work by stiffening the penalties faced by police officers not enforcing laws. In addition to this, these regulations should make it easier to detect police officers who are guilty of this by creating a method of looking at records to determine if the police officer could have known about the violation. These laws must be matched with funding for the agencies that will be dealing with the problem. In addition, training must be provided for health and law enforcement professionals that will teach them to recognize these problems, as well as the proper procedure for enforcing these laws.

Citations:
Valente, Marcela. "ARGENTINA: Bold New Law on Violence Against Women - IPS Ipsnews.net." IPS Inter Press Service. Web. 24 Mar. 2011. .

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Position Paper on the Punishment of Narcissus
Narcissus has committed the sin of vanity. After he told Ameinius to commit suicide to prove his love, he insulted and rejected Echo, and later upon taking a drink from a pool, he saw his reflection and fell in love with it. Echo is now dead in all but name and Narcissus has committed the sin of vanity. He must not be permitted to escape punishment, for if he does others will seek to imitate him and expect the same leniency.
The delegation of Dionysus believes that the most fitting punishment for this crime would be to turn those who once loved him mad and cause them to pluck out his eyes. This will ensure that he will never again see what he loves most and will forever mar visage, a fitting punishment for vanity.
The delegation of Dionysus believes that the most fitting punishment for Narcissus would be for his eyes to be plucked out. For the crime of vanity, not being able to see himself and to mar his visage would be a fitting punishment. Narcissus must not be permitted to escape punishment, he has been vain and if we show him mercy, others will follow and expect leniency as well.