Alana questions

talk to
mr. vallez
alana
debate/speech friend

1. What awards have you won?
2. How long have you been doing debate?
3. Who all is in the debate team?
4. What strategies do you personally use in debate to win awards?
5. How competitive is debate?
6. When did you decide you wanted to take debate?
7. What are the challenges of it?
8. Do you want to debate after high school too?
9. How do you think debate is beneficial to you?

Beto DREAMS questions

1. When did you start the DREAMS clothing line?
2. What inspired you to create the clothing line? Why did you create it?
3. Is it just you who designs this? Who else helps?
4. When did the clothing line start to gain popularity? How did you try to get your clothes noticed?
5. What are the hardest things about trying to run a clothing line while in high school and in general?
6. Have you made a big profit off your clothes?
7. How does it makes you feel whenever you see people wearing your shirts or buying them?
8. Where can you buy them?
9. Do you plan to continue your clothing line after high school? What else do you see yourself doing after high school or college?
10. What is the process of designing, making and producing the finished product?
11. Do your designs carry any specific meaning or significance?
12.  Where did the name DREAMS come from?
13. Is it just popular among Akins students?
14. Who have you seen wear it? (what type of crowd, specific people, etc.)

questions for denmark kid

1. Through what organization did you come to America?
2. Why did you pick to come to America out of all your choices?
3. In what ways does the culture in your country look up to America's culture?
4. How did you imagine America to be before you came here? The people? land? culture?
5. How has America and American's influenced your personality, style, outlook on things, etc.
6. How did you feel when you first stepped foot in the school?
7. What did you expect American school to be like? How's it different over there from here?
8. When do you go back to Denmark? How do you feel knowing you'll have to leave America at the end of the school year?
9. What other countries have you been to?
10. What are families like in Denmark compared to here? How are the kids different?
11. Was it easy for you to make friends when you first got to the school? Were you nervous about coming to school here?
12. Do kids have more freedom in Denmark or in America? In what way?

friday oct 12

1. -i gave my paper back to dez i don't remember the number
2. My story about freddy zamora and sinsored got published.
3. 26 people contributed to the creation of the paper.
4. My favorite photo is the picture of Freddy and Yera dancing together at prom on page 6 because it is in the moment of the prom queen and king dancing and the contact he has with her while dancing.
5. My favorite story in the paper is Sean's column, "Inside the Outside" on the opinions page, page 2, it's about his thoughts on high school and what do we knowledge we really get out of high school, it's my favorite because I think it's well written and I can relate to the point he is getting across.
6. My favorite graphic is John's drawing that is a part of Sean's story, I like it because it truly depicts the kids at school in my opinion. I think it will attract many people to the story because the drawing is interesting.
7. The news pages are my favorite because it has a good amount of both pictures, art, cutouts, and graphics. I think every things on the pages look good and isn't just a bunch of words on a page, the art and pictures bring it to life.
8. This issue I want to put more art on my page and be more creative with it since it's the entertainment page, I want to also do more cutouts, this issue I'll also take pictures for homecoming.and blue & gold night

three little pigs video

1.  The story of The Three Little Pigs was covered through the internet, newspaper, and TV.
2. It has the same concept, but through the media if was taken as a serious issue people were concerned about and protested and tweeted over.
3. They didn't really interview anyone, they filmed the police speaking about it and the rioters and what they had to say about the case.
4.  They covered the opposite opinion of the three little pigs being guilty and the debate over whether they're guilty or not.
5. They didn't cover what exactly happened as in why they murdered the wolf and the story behind it.
6. The Guardian did not express their opinion but covered the opinions of others.
7. Yes we can cover events and show different sides of a story and how people feel about a certain topic.
8. You can make it a reality by covering it, what really happened, and showing different sides of the story from others but not your opinion because you're the journalist documenting it.

freddy zamora story

1. what was your relation to freddy?
2. have you lost anyone else close to you before?
3. what did freddy mean to you? 
4. when was his funeral? what was it like?
5. what do you miss most?
6. how have family and friends handled it and make this transition?
7. how is life different now that he isn't here anymore?

sinsored story

1. how did it feel winning 2nd place at battle of the bands last year?
2. who plays which parts? whose all in the band?
3. what venues have yall played at?
4. any albums or tour in the works?
5. what caused some members of the band to leave?
6. have you guys gained more fans or recognition from playing in venues?
7. what are the hardest things to deal with when you're in a band?
8. what's the craziest thing that's happened at your shows?
9. how did you guys end up getting gigs at venues like the red eyed fly?
10. what do you like best about being in a band?
11. what do you like the least about being in a band?
12. what bands do you guys look for for inspiration?
13. planning any sxsw shows?
14. when are your next shows?