Social Security Administration

The next stop which was the last place for the day because we kind of get into some trouble...... Same as the court house the Social Security Administration building is in a weird place too, by a small road next to the freeway surrounded by some office buildings, it really gives me a feeling of the building was misplaced by accident......

 After I took James and Matthew's photo with the Social Security Administration building I hand the camera to Matthew and wait for him to take my picture. While Matthew was dealing with the camera, the security came out and we were told to delete the pictures we took with the building and as a trade we got this card...... 真是不划算的交易 Orz

The SSA is an independent agency of the United States federal government that administers Social Security, a social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability, and survivors' benefits.

San Jose City Hall

The next stop was the San Jose City Hall, comparing to the superior court house this place is so...... superior (蛤?). The city hall looked really modern, high buildings, the use of 清水模(exposed concrete?), and the water design at the front. Finally a feel of downtown !! (迷之聲: 有人說鎮上一定要很有現代感嗎= =?)

The building was designed by Richard Meier, and opened to the public on 15 October 2005, replacing the former City Hall which was used from 1958 until 2005. From 1889 to 1958 the city hall was located in what is now Plaza de Cesar Chavez in downtown San Jose.

Santa Clara County Superior Court House

The dead line of the project is coming, so the three of us meet up again at 11/27 Wednesday afternoon also was the first day of the Thanks Giving break. ps. 放長假還做project 看我多愛社會課~ (迷之聲: 那時不做就沒時間做了不是)

The first place we went was the Superior Court House, and the thing I learned most is that our superior court house looked...... really not superior. Because there were a lot of one way roads at downtown San Jose, it took us tons of time circling around try to find it. James was saying that it looks so much like a hotel......

After the formation of Santa Clara County on April 25, 1851, a number of buildings served as courthouses. The eighth courthouse is the building known now as the Old Courthouse which was the one we went. This courthouse has served the public well for over a century. Today it serves as one of the numerous Superior Court of California facilities in Santa Clara County.

Meet with Frank Biehl - President of ESUHSD

James, Matthew and me plan to go together for the scavenger hunt, the first meet up date was 11/21 Thursday after school, Matthew thought it was 3:00 and missed the opportunity to meet Frank Biehl our East Side Union High School District board president.

Mr. Biehl was saying that after one of his meeting, he came out and tons of students gathered around him asking for pictures and his autograph. He feels he was a rock star or something XD. After he learned that it was a school project, he came to our school directly and that saved me a lot of time~ Thanks a lot Mr. Frank Biehl !

Mr. Frank Biehl was elected a Governing Board Member of the ESUHSD in 2006 and re-elected in 2010.  He was selected to serve as President of the Board in 2011 and 2012. He also told us some about the ESUHSD school board, the buget the school boared has is 200 million USD a year, a total of 5 members and a four year term.