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World We Imagine Part 3

  The DC Foundation Our mission is to inspire change in people to protect our planet, by focusing on the small things. There are many different ways to help our planet at both the big and the small levels. The big ones are grand and seem very important, such as switching the world's energy supply to non-fossil fuel sources, but we often struggle to find the next step to take to conquer that. The most important ones are the ones that start from the individual. They may not seem like the biggest difference, but as a collective, they can make a huge difference. Examples of these include recycling and composting at home, volunteering for cleanups, conserving water, and driving less. The effect of more and more people taking these small steps will actually return a lot more benefits to our environment. The DC foundation will focus on inspiring people to make these small changes in their lifestyle. As more and more people commit to these changes, the impact it will have on the environmen...
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World We Imagine Part 1

World We Imagine Part 1      After reading the quote from Jacqueline Novogratz, the first part that stood out to me was the last sentence. Specifically the beginning, in which she says, " We have only one world for all of us on earth." That immediately made me think of the problems affecting our planet and environment, so my first step towards making the world a better place would be to first help the planet we live on. There are many different ways to help our planet at both the big and the small levels. The big ones are grand and seem veery important, such as switching the world's energy supply to non-fossil fuel sources, but we often struggle to find the next step to take to conquer that. The most important ones in my opinion, are the ones that start from the individual. They may not seem like the biggest difference, but as a collective, they can make a huge difference. Examples of these include recycling and composting at home, volunteering for cleanups, conserving wa...
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Book 2 Post

  This Boy's Life by Tobias Wolff For my second book, I have chosen to read This Boy's Life , by Tobias Wolff. I decided on this book because I watched a little bit of the movie, which came out in 1993 and starred a young Leonardo DiCaprio as the main character Jack, as well as Robert De Niro. I was drawn to it for a few different reasons (the first being that I am a HUGE DiCaprio fan), but also the small parts I had seen from the movie had shown me a story of youthful recklessness in a depressing setting. It is definitely not the most happy story, and had me thoroughly sad at some points. However, there was an overarching theme of no matter how bad the current situation is, there is always hope for the future. Your situation can always turn around as long as you do not give up hope, which I think is a really great message and is inspiring to keep grinding and improving yourself. The journey begins with a 10-year old Jack, originally named Toby but his desire to distance himsel...
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Random Post 2

 For my last random post and with graduation coming up, I have decided to look back on my college career and the important moments in it, especially at USC. Coming in as a junior transfer from a community college in the Bay Area, I knew I would be coming in with little time to experience everything USC has to offer, while also having to load up on courses almost every semester in order to graduate on time. I also did not know anyone at USC, so I immediately had to branch out when I got here. That, coupled with COVID rocking the world and the gap year I had to take made my experience very interesting. I can briefly touch on my time in community college, but it is not a very memorable time for me and I disliked most aspects of my time there. I used it to figure out what I wanted to do with my life (at least what major I wanted to choose), and stayed mostly with my group of good friends. It was lucky that one of my friends had the same goals as I did which was transfer as soon as poss...
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AMDP Proposal Draft

  TO: Clark Hansen, CEO, AMDP FROM: Dante Chegini, R&D, AMDP DATE: March 2, 2022 SUBJECT: Investment Proposal: Scholly AMDP Investment Standards: Triple Bottom Line : The notion that companies should not only focus on profitability, but also social and environmental responsibilities. There are three P's that Triple Bottom Line is broken up into:  Profit - ensuring that shareholders are financially benefitting  People - ensuring that the community, employees, and society is benefitting Planet - ensuring that environment and our planet benefits Corporate Social Responsibility : The notion that companies have a responsibility to do good to their employees, customers, and the world as a whole. They should not focus on profits because that is not their only task. Social Enterprise : This is a business that focuses on a specific problem in society, and uses their platform as well as profits to provide resources to that problem. Carbon Footprint : The emissions of carbon dio...
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Random Post 1

Chess A brief explanation and my journey with chess. Chess is one of the world's most popular games, and it is played by millions worldwide every day, myself included. It originated in Southern Europe in the 15th century, but it was adapted from an Indian game called chaturanga which is much older in origin. The first recorded game of chaturanga was in the 6th century, so it really gives you an idea of how long chess has been around for. Even the modern version of chess has been around for almost 600 years. There have been hundreds of new openings and strategies that have been developed over time, and new ways to play are popping up almost every year. It has become a dynamic game, and it is always fun to see how each new World Champion develops their own unique spin on the game Modern Day Chess Today, chess is a very different game than when it first began. It is governed by an international chess federation called FIDE. They determine the World Champion and all the rules that they...
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Putting the Rabbit Back in the Hat - Book 1 Post 2

 Putting the Rabbit Back in the Hat , by Brian Cox, is an autobiography of Brian Cox's life. It covers all aspects of his life, starting from his birth and going through his childhood, getting into acting, starting his career, meeting A-list actors, and both his highs and lows of life. He does not leave any stone unturned, and openly admits both his successes and failures. He touches on how happy he was when his kids were born, but how the relationship turned sour. He is very open yet intelligent about his feelings and how he is constantly growing as a person. When I first heard about the book, I was a little cautious about reading a book about the life of a famous actor. I thought it might just be a book about some rich guy who has an amazing life. I was happily surprised that Cox writes with a theme of humility throughout. He achieves this by opening the book from the point of view of him as a baby, and builds from that. You can tell when he gets cocky, like when he describes peo...
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