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Take your best shot

Take your best shot

The spring 2010 Apprentices best shots of the year are here!

Field Trip spring 2010

Field Trip spring 2010

The first day of spring snow didn't slow down the Apprentices of Photojournaling.

Profile Photos Re-shoot

Profile Photos Re-shoot

After group critique, the Apprentices re-shot, edited or corrected their previous profile attempt.

Profile Photo

Profile Photo

The Apprentices set out to find a profile shot of themselves while we had some nice weather.

5 Senses spring 2010

5 Senses spring 2010

The Apprentices set out over the weekend to capture three photos of each of the 5 senses.

Macro Medium Wide test run

Macro Medium Wide test run

With the start of the new 2010 spring term, we went out and took a few shots after the snow storm...

“When in Rome”

23 July 2010

When in Rome was a great movie to watch. It was about a woman named Beth (Kristen Bell) who is in love with her job. She had given up on love and romance and doesn’t care about anything except for her job. When she found out her sister was engaged and soon to be married [...]

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Why

21 July 2010

At some point, every one of us has a time period of loneliness, betrayal, sadness etc. This is a specific type of poem assigned to me in my English class. It is a sonnet poem. Meaning each line has precisely ten syllables. Fact: William Shakespeare was know for writing many sonnets himself.

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Misplaced Glasses

20 July 2010

A Picture Poem about the ways I lost my glasses. This was taken a long time ago, but it rhymes!

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Light Years

20 July 2010

What the summer has clearly laid down lately for me. A brief outline if what’s been happening. :d My summer began like crap. The kind of crap that was left by a dog that was pissed on by a rabbit-cat, scooped in a paper bag and set on your doorstep, on fire.

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Additions.

19 July 2010

Almost a week ago, I adopted two new guinea pigs to add to my family. Vanilla(the mother) and Cherry( the daughter) have already taught me alot. Being guinea pigs, they depend on me to take care of them. They are not like dogs or cats(which I have) that can do many things on their own. [...]

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Cruel Is Love

16 July 2010

Sweet is love when all is sane

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A Llama’s Best Friend Charles

15 July 2010

A long time ago on February 2nd, 2010, Mister Chris told us to just write something, anything, from the top of our heads and create some sort of story. This was mine. This is about a young Llama who had a best friend named Charles, who was a coconut.

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♥ My Trip to Millennium Park ♥

15 July 2010

On Thursday July 8, 2010 I went to Millennium Park. I had so much fun. We had lunch, listened to an orchestra play in the gazebo, took pictures by the bean and got really wet from the Millennium Park Fountain. I tried not to get wet until one of my friends pushed me into the [...]

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Dad

07 July 2010

Dad. Just one of those words in every language that every person knows. Fathers are important to all of us one way or another. They stop those tears that just pour out, they extract the constant fears we have and even better, they kill those nasty bugs you find on your wall. This poem was [...]

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Sunburnt: “Pesty Party”

06 July 2010

“Sunburnt” is a collection of summaries from trips I went to during summer. It includes my Dad who thinks everything he does is right, my Mom, the lady who likes to pack the whole house, my Brother, the person who dresses up as if he were to attack Antartica, my Uncle, the handy-dandy craftman, and [...]

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Toy Story 3

06 July 2010

Toy story 3 was hands down the best movie of the summer-if not the year. Well worth the wait I might add. I remember watching toy story as a kid and connecting with all of the characters-Buzz, Woody, Jesse, Bullseye, Mr.Potato Head, Pig, Rex. There were a few moments when the whole theatre was tearing [...]

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“Happy 4th of July”

04 July 2010

As everyone all knows the 4th of July was the day America got their independence. It was a great and proud day for all Americans to finally be free from Britain. Zzzzzzzzz…enough history lets talk about our modern day 4th of July. Nowadays, people head out to the…

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Defenition of Death

01 July 2010

What is the definition of death? When you look the word up on the Internet or from a dictionary it says; Death: the event of dying or departure from life. Is that what death really mean?

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Normal Conversation in an Abnormal Place

30 June 2010

“What do you want?” she asks you, you know what she means, she (and others like her) have asked you questions like this since the day you came into this place, but you fight her anyway.

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Prolouge: The Man Without A Canvas

30 June 2010

The prologue of a short story about a 23-Year-Old man who wished he could dream.

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The Hatching Rose Snail

30 June 2010

A short poem about how appearance isn’t really anything when you get to know a person, regardless of what you are. …I guess.

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The One the Only Guitar Hero

29 June 2010

This is a short story about a regular ordinary student stuck sitting in class learning about the boring subject of geometry. When all of a sudden, the one and only Axel Steel came out of nowhere and swooped them off their feet in which eventually they ended up on an amazing rock and roll stage. [...]

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True story about someone I know.

28 June 2010

This story is based on the life of my friend, so it is a TRUE story. Names have been changed. Hello there, my name is Michelle and I am here to tell you my story. It all started when I was younger, and I’m not very sure what happened with my real family, but I [...]

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Q101 Jamboree 2010

23 June 2010

June 5′th 2010 was Q101′s Jamboree Concert. It featured artists such as Papa Roach, Three Days Grace, Janus, Puddle of Mudd, Saliva, Story of the Year, Hollywood Undead, and Seether. Also, on the side stage, was Ok Go, AM Taxi, Flobots and Crash Kings. It took place at First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre in Tinley Park. [...]

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“My Memories”

23 June 2010

Senior year was a great year for me. It opened many doors but in the other hand I also closed some. It feels like yesterday I was waking up six thirty in the morning to get dressed for school. Walking in the hallways, going to my classes’ science, math, history, and best of all lunch. [...]

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Evolved.

23 June 2010

Ashley gasped as her body convulsed. Her heart pulsated as it worked harder to supply her organs with much needed blood. Blood thinned out as it spread toward her arms and legs. Ashleys head flung back as she screamed hollow cries of pain. The skin over her shoulders ripped apart as bones crunched and crumbled. [...]

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People

23 June 2010

People,people everywhere walking around without a care what have we all become? no one even controls their tongues harsh words fly in the air many as crabby as a bear People today can be summed up in one word: RUDE! No one seems to car for one another anymore. It’s crazy! I recently visited the [...]

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Almost Dead (Part I- Nothing to be Sorry About)

22 June 2010

I mean, what could have been so bad to make me wanna die? I don’t think I want to remember, but the thing I do remember the most holding five pills in my right hand and my cell phone in my left.

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The Basement’s Little Room

21 June 2010

This was a descriptive passage I wrote in 8th Grade. I thought it was worth sharing since it explained how much my “cave” means to me. A lot of memories fill the room just looking at a corner, a pencil on the ground, or even a spider running across the floor.

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The Void

19 June 2010

I stare into the void. I get lost in it everyday. It distracts me, make me think I should be able to control uncontrollable. It can curse my ways. All I can do is stare into the void. It smothers my liveliness and swallows my sense whole. A. Smell. B. Touch. C. Taste. D. Sight. [...]

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British Tortilla Wagon

18 June 2010

So I walked in the market and I was like, “A right chap, ey?” “Righto!” Said Tino. Tino tortilla chips. Logs labin makes sure the teeth come from only the little lop of soapy cheese mess stick. The gnomes are idiots. You can’t trust as much as you can’t throw them. My forehead is gonna [...]

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