3b beaches

Contains a title using the format listed above .25 points
Yes

Contains a web link to your locations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pismo_Beach,_California
http://www.beachcalifornia.com/lajolla2.html

Contains an explanation regarding how this component (any aspect of it; eg content of videos, content of websites) connects to your study of humanities. .25 point

How Pismo Beach connects to Humanities:
Pismo beach is a place for everyone to relax and enjoy the water; people that are tired from driving on the free way as well as stressed out college students. Since it is so big and famous, thousands of tourists visiting this place keeps it fresh with new faces as well as old faces who come there all the time. Beaches help relax the mind and the body so we can keep going in life. I believe if there were no beaches, life would be so much harder for people to live. Everyone needs the beach; everyone needs to experience it because it is wonderful.

How La Jolla Beach connects to Humanities:
La Jolla beach is secluded from the major highways so not a lot of people visit this place. This place is more of the relaxation and be in peace amongst the sea and air. There will be less distractions and people come here for inner peace. The bright water and the green trees will relax anyone. This place is for the calm environment, people taking strolls or running. They get a mix of college students and old timers at the beach so it all balances out.

What are some assumptions/stereotypes you think people have of each location: 1 point
Assumptions/stereotypes about Pismo Beach

Since it is further south of here, we assume that Pismo Beach will be warm all the time and be beautiful like the Caribbean. The beach is very wide and lengthy but the water is not as warm as we would like and there isn’t much wind to surf. The sand isn’t perfectly white and soft. And it isn’t always hot and sunny there, it does get cold.

Assumptions/stereotypes about La Jolla beach

La Jolla beach is only about one mile in length. We assume that since this beach is in La Jolla, one of the most expensive places to live, then everyone there will be stuck up and controlling of their beach to outsiders but everyone is very nice and there are not many people that swim and surf except mostly college students. The older folks like to take walks and strolls along the ocean.

List 3 things that make each location similar: 1 point
Similarities: They are both public beaches habited by many people who love the sea. They both have warm water depending on the season but overall, the water is mostly warm. The sand is very coarse and they do have big waves for people to surf. Both beaches have the majority of students; the students of University of California, San Diego go to La Jolla and Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo attend Pismo beach.

List 3 things that make each location so different: 1 point

Differences: La Jolla is more secluded while Pismo is very open and able to see from Highway 101. Pismo’s beach is bigger, meaning more wide and lengthy. La Jolla is only about one mile while Pismo is about 17 miles long. Pismo is more of a tourist attraction; it has a pier and many restaurants like Splash Café. La Jolla is mostly for the community of La Jolla to enjoy.

Questioning: What else would you like to know about these places? When completing the question section, lead your audience into the question by stating a fact you do know, yet you still have the related question. This way, both your audience and you will have an educational experience. .5 point

Questioning: I know that in Pismo beach, there isn’t much of a coral or reef to explore but I wonder if near La Jolla if there is more of a coral or reef to snorkel or scuba dive and explore the underwater.

Using your classmates work from last week, tell us one thing you learned from 1 student. Is this one thing some common experience you share or some experience that is completely different than what you experienced? Is this one thing related to our class theoretical foundation and if so, how? Is that one thing related to historical or cultural context of this country or a different one? Link that persons blog to this entry (eg cut paste that blog entry here) . .5 point

I learned that David Kim did one of his places that represent California culture was UC Berkeley. I did the same and for the same reasons. The university represents the state of California education and is very well known. The education received is highly regraded. The school represents a lot about California, not just the education system but politics too. This relates to our theoretical foundation because of the importance of what happen there and free speech movements. it is both historical and cultural related to us.
http://amangomango.blogspot.com/2008/06/2a-uc-berkeley.html