Criticizing the school 

I'm attending school at M'Cast Creative Arts which is located in Mosta, Targa Gab. I'm studying spacial design and am in my second year of level 6. The school gives you a positive vibe.  However when you go there every day and you face the same problems every day, your thoughts about the school change.
Let's start with the ladies bathrooms,  they are always dirty and some of the toilets flushings don't work. Although a part of this problem belongs to the students because they don't keep it clean. Another fact about these toilets is that they are designed too small.
I don't agree at all with the system of the library. On Saturdays, when students are free and have time to study, the library is closed. Another day of the week it closes the whole day and when its open of course it's crowded with students. This is because the library is too small for the amount of students that are in the school. Not only is the library too small, but in fact the whole school is too small for the amount of students that attend. On rainy days when everyone is inside, it is  impossible to get to your lecture because the interior is crowded with students.
Another point that really irritates me, is that some class rooms don't even have fans or ventilation, such as windows.  Also when there are windows, they are locked. So you can imagine that on hot days, the students can't concentrate because of the heat.  
Although I mentioned some criticisms about the school, I can't imagine going to any other school or location because the site of the building is inspiring to designers and artists because of the surrounding environment.

Controversial Buildings 

The first place that I'm going to write about controversial building is “Sagrada Familia." “Sagrada Familia" is a Roman Catholic basilica built in Barcelona, Spain by the famous designer Antoni Gaudi. This is the world's most continually construction building. The construction began in 1882 and continued even after Gaudi's death. They say that the date that this basilica is going to be complete in 2026.

In the beginning of the 1960s some architects like Le Corbusier and Alvar Aalto, started fail campaigns about Gaudi's old fashioned and pointless design. They wanted to create something more modern.  

Another building that it's called the “Antilla Residential Tower” which is placed in the center of Mumbai, India, consists of a 27 storey tower.  This tower is homes for single families. This building in known as the world's most expensive private residences.  It purchase by fifty wealthy men is what  excited the world. American firms, Perkins + Will and Hirsch Bedner Associates were the designers of the tower.

This building has faced much disapproval from the residents of Mumbai. They said that the tower was without emotion and just too much.  Looking at it, I said the same thing.  Next to the other towers it looks odd and overdone.

The Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia designed by Jørn Utzon. The story behind this building was one of anger, refusal, public embarrassment, expense and firing situation.  He said that the project is going to take 18 months to be completed, but the building process was quite slow and  the costs were growing higher then promised. It was nearly ten years into the build when the new Director of Public Works, Davis Hughes replaced him with another Australian architect Peter Hall.  After Davis Hughes’ supervision it took 16 years to complete.

These where a few controversial buildings during their structure process.  

Reference:

archdaily,2014, The 9 Most Controversial Buildings of All Time, online] Available at: http://www.archdaily.com/573271/the-9-most-controversial-buildings-of-all-time [Accessed 29 November, 2014].

Shannon's model

When I was younger I attended dance classes. At the end of each year we had a final dance show. Every dance had its own costume.   I took part in two classes and every class had three dance performances.  I performed six dances in total. So you can imagine the rush and pandemonium from one dance to another.

I have attended this dance school for over five years, so these shows went on year after year. Before each show I would have nightmares that  I had forgotten to wear my shoes or I wore the wrong costume for the wrong dance or I messed up the dance. But luckily, year after year none of this happened, until one day!

As usual I finished the first dance and rushed down to dress for the next dance. There were people helping me get dress. I dressed and waited till it was my turn again. The dance started, there I was on stage dancing along.   For that particular dance I wore leggings and a top.  The top had four ribbons in total, two that tied up behind my back and the other two tied behind my neck. So there I was jumping and dancing.  Little did I know the ribbons around my neck had loosened. I felt the costume sliding further and further down with every movement I made. I had to continue smiling and dancing. But when I felt it was going down too far, I discretely snuck behind the curtains (as though it was part of my dance routine) double looped my ribbons and ran back to my place.

When I went back stage, I was telling my friends what had happened. Next time definitely double knots.  Lesson learned!

First day at school.

This week was my first day at school. Monday morning wasn't a great day for me. I didn't want school to start. This summer I had a reset, so for me this summer wasn't the normal going out and enjoying myself every day.  As a matter of fact, It was exactly the opposite. I stayed home and worked every day. I thought it was better to ruin one summer instead  ruining the whole year by having to repeat the subject.  So it doesn't take much to figure out that I didn't have such a lovely, relaxing summer. 

So as I said, Monday morning was hard for me to wake up with the thought of going back to school.   Don't get me wrong, it's not that I hate school, as a matter of fact I love what I do at school, but I wanted a longer break.

However, as soon as I started my first lesson, I was surprised that it wasn't so bad after all. I was going to start doing what I like the most.

Today in class we talked about the meaning of critical thinking.  For me Critical thinking means making a judgment that you are well informed about. It's a way of not accepting arguments that you think lack information. Critical Thinking involves questions such as -

1. How do you know?

2. do you have reference proof on what you're saying?

3. Are there other possibilities to make?

Sometimes critical thinking stops when a person admits that his information is wrong because there is clear evidence of what he/she was saying.

This is my opinion of what critical thinking means.

Reference:

Tara DeLecce, 2003- 2016 . Study.com. [video] Available at: http://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-critical-thinking-definition-skills-meaning.html#transcriptHeader [N.D].