Immigration project reflection

I had two books this time, breaking through and circuit both by Francisco Jimenez. I really liked the books because they were very easy to understand the main idea of the story. I liked how Francisco Jimenez wrote these books on a true story of an immigrant. The perspective of the book became clear to me early in the book that a younger aged boy was an illegal immigrant in California. I thought it was very nerve-racking and a little confusing in parts. I learned a lot of things from this book. I learned how younger aged children went through difficulty when they were immigrants like Francisco Jimenez (the main character) who went through very hard times as a little boy. I thought all that our group as well as myself was a really good process and to change something that is going good isn't right. So i think we should keep this process because i get a lot out of it and i learn a lot from the book this way. I wouldn't change anything and I wouldn't want to do anymore blogging because its too stressful to me. I rather type up my reflection and turn it in the next day not put it on your blog, I'm a busy man. Now all that out of the way, I think typing on a sheet of paper is a great way to express how we feel and that is to type it up and take our time instead of rushing to get it in at 9:00. I didn't really think that the meetings with your group were getting the full amount of thought from everyone. I think blogging didn't make everyone really think about what quote they were choosing, and they had to find their answers. I didn't have any problems at all. I thought the blogging system was very good. I thought it was really interesting how many of my group members found the book different than myself. There was one quote that someone in my group took way differently than myself. I thought it meant one thing, and she thought it meant something totally different.
For my painting, i decided to put a story in my painting. A story that the mother said to her child. I just thought the story I drew about really made a connection to the book. The story is all about what mijo was going through in the book and the mom had to tell a story about a mouse who had money but didn't have his lover and was all alone. I think it was just hard for me to paint such detail with the brush I had. Everything i painted was very difficult because it was hard to paint the view of where the bed is and where is the other objects in the room. Basically i just had to go for it because i didn't have much time to do it. The final outcome was poorer than i expected but i still got my painting done. I think if I had a little more time, and I had a smaller brush with a bigger variety of colors, then it would've been a lot better. I think in the future, I'm going to make sure that I have all that is needed to finish a final product, or any product.
I didn't think that interviewing someone would be that fun so i hope to do it sometime again but to someone else. I thought my interview went really, really, really, really, oh and really well. My interviewee was fantastic, he was very kind and so willing to help me with anything I needed. The interviewing itself was really easy. I was asking questions rapidly and he would take his time to answer them for me. Interviewing him made me realize that immigration wasn't a horrendous and awful time for everyone. My immigrant didn't have a bad time at all. I learned that he came here and just started a new life so that he could live better which he did. I made a biographical soundtrack for my immigrant as my final product, and it felt really good to make her something with my own hands. Making something for someone else gives you a certain feeling that's really good, but it's different than just buying someone something. You feel good while making it because you want to make this person happy about themselves and give them a sort of gladness that they had to leave everything and come here. I hope to do this kind of project again.