The Lorax

          The physics assignment given to us for spring break was to watch The Lorax, the one that just came out in the theaters. Well over spring break I found that The Lorax's first movie was made in 1971. It was an old school movie and the imagery was very similar to the drawings in the book. This 1971 movie was in typical Dr. Seuss style, as in there was a lot of rhyming just like in the books. Towards the end of break I was able to watch the new Lorax movie. This movie was much more entertaining, but the story line was a little different. The new Lorax movie had a lot more comedy than the old one. Although these movies had some differences, the idea stayed the same. I think the main idea of these two stories is that Mr. Blake wants us to take away from it is that “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It's not.” (Dr. Seuss). It's as simple as that. So throughout this project we have to care about what we are doing otherwise it is not worth doing it at all.

My Thoughts on The Lorax

On March 19, I viewed a movie called The Lorax, which is the name of a character whose image is displayed on the Windward Mall IHOP advertisement above. The film takes the original, whimsical tale and turns it into a comedic musical related to today's environmental issues. As its own story, the movie is appropriately appealing for families to watch. However, its insistence on making it relevant to today causes a slight disconnection from the book's spirit. I think that the inherent manaʻo of the movie involves a sense of caring about one's surroundings. In order to make the world a better place, people need to care about how responsive the world is to human actions, both good and bad. This message corresponds with the fourth quarter project because the purpose of the project is to improve the school through the well-intentioned actions of its students.

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Today was definitely a fun day in Physics. I would have never thought I'd see the day when we would play Rock Band in school! I'm grateful none the less. Being the last group, we were able to see the full list of songs. We strategically chose a song that our vocalist knew, and a song that was long, so we hoped we would have more time to score. Amber totally rocked out on the mic, jamming to the Bohemian Rhapsody of Queen. Mahea took the reigns on guitar, Ku on the drums, and myself on bass. We decided easily and with no conflict on who would do which part, and I'd say, we all definitely had fun. The best part was definitely when the whole class was jamming out to the sweet melodies of Queen. Even though we didn't win, at least we had fun and know that our group can cohesively strategize.

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Prospectively, this project has the potential to be very fun and certainly very challenging. It will call upon us to use our creativity and our ability to work collaboratively in order to be as successful as possible.

It will give us an opportunity to solve problems at Kamehameha Schools, one of its classrooms depicted above, and to apply what we have learned in this class to the real world. That being said, we look forward to (hopefully) being able to make a difference. There are a lot of "bugs" on campus that ought to be fixed, and can be, with the right execution. Thus, we will make it our goal to make sure that we cooperate, collaborate, and be respectful of each other's strengths and weaknesses.