Unequal Pay

1. How did you feel when you realized there was such an unequal pay amount between workers and bosses?

I didn’t care because that’s how it is in real life. And also people don’t understand that in real life, that is how it works. And it’s getting on my nerves when other people complain about it.

2. Why does unequal pay between workers and bosses happen?

Because the boss gets money from all of the company. And the workers just get their pay from the boss. And the boss want to keep some money so the boss doesn’t pay a lot of money to the workers.

3. What is a realistic solution to prevent such unequal pay from happening in the future?

There isn’t because there isn’t one in real life. That’s just how it is.

4. What is one topic that has interested you thus far and why is it interesting to you (ex: evictions, utility meters, unequal pay, taxes, rent).

I am interested in pay. Because I like how it fluctuates and the difference in pay between people. And how much people struggle because of it.

 

Jewish Studies project

My painting is about how on either side of the earth there is light and dark. Light representing being a good person, and the dark represents being a bad person. but on earth, it’s not just light and dark, good and bad. On earth, you can choose to be either a good person or a bad person, and in Judaism, we strive to be part of the light. I added a person, on earth, balancing on a scale with life on one side, because as Jews we have to balance living life, and striving to move towards the light to be a good person. I have the person depicted as happy because right now he has his life balanced, but sometimes the scale tips the other way, if life is becoming a burden, you can start going towards the dark because its easier than going to the light, but we have to keep our minds set on going to the light and being good people because if not then the scale will start to tip and we will be less connected to Judaism.

 

I think that I could connect this to my life because when my dad was very sick I didn’t understand what was really going on and how dangerous it was, but if that happened now and I did know what was going on then I could think of this, that I have to think on the bright side and I have to be the optimist that everything would be okay, to pull me through that rough time.

 

Picture of my painting

Jewish studies reflection

In Jewish studies, we learned about kevah and kavanah. Kevah means structure, and kavanah means bringing meaning and intention to the prayer. We also made songs to prayers in the Amidah. My prayer was knowledge, and we put aa piano tune played by me to it. I learned that it’s a lot harder to make a tune to something than it seems. I am glad that I went through this learning experience and I hope that I keep learning about kevah and kavanah.