Monday, August 25, 2014
MY UNIVERSITY
Well I'm all caught up with everything so I will use our free time to read my book and work on my literal analysis 😊
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
RIP.
Rest in peace Mark Bae, I didn't know you all that well but you did always end up sitting behind me in middle school because of our last names. You were very smart and you didn't deserve whatever caused you to do this to yourself. You will be missed. Many of us remember you and we cared about you. I guess it's too late for that now. We weren't there when you needed it the most. We'll see you again later. Goodbye.
MY OPINION ISN'T (A) RIGHT
Okay so the seminar on Friday was VERY confusing. We have rights but those rights cause a lot of people to have the responsibility of duties. And if they don't perform their duties right, then our rights are... in trouble I guess. I don't know and I don't really care. I guess I will care when I'm put in a situation that causes me to need to know my duties. I think everyone should just try to be as good of a person as you can be so that we don't need to have these type of debates about prostition or drugs ugh.
Monday, August 18, 2014
1987 AP Exam Questions
Old Leisure to the author was someone who didn't bandwagon. They didn't follow what everyone else was doing. They were content with the way they were living their life. I'm assuming the people of her time were a very routine people. They did things a certain way and if you did not, well then you were odd. She didn't view anything wrong with him, if anything she admired him. She begged not to judge him by their standards because he was doing nothing against or for the way her people were living.
I picked The Crucible for my 2nd question. The whole book was a complete mess. It was all McCarthyism which was something that the author really did not like. I'm assuming that's the thing he wanted to change. He appealed to pathos and logos. He played with out emotions. We would get angry because that person was innocent! Then we would be sad because that wasn't supposed to happen to him! This just isn't fair! It got even worse because it's legit history. This was an actual thing. Innocent people were accused and used for greedy people to get ahead. To get more power. Isn't that what it always leads to? Power.
I picked The Crucible for my 2nd question. The whole book was a complete mess. It was all McCarthyism which was something that the author really did not like. I'm assuming that's the thing he wanted to change. He appealed to pathos and logos. He played with out emotions. We would get angry because that person was innocent! Then we would be sad because that wasn't supposed to happen to him! This just isn't fair! It got even worse because it's legit history. This was an actual thing. Innocent people were accused and used for greedy people to get ahead. To get more power. Isn't that what it always leads to? Power.
VOCABULARY #1
1) adumbrate- report or represent in outline.
She was nervous to adumbrate her plan to the CEO of their corporation.
2) apotheosis- the highest point in development of something, culmination or climax.
He was finally at the apotheosis of the book!
3) ascetic- characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.
The elders in his church was ascetic when it came to him being with his girlfriend.
4) bauble- a small, showy trinket or decoration.
For their 2 years anniversary, Jerry got Alicia a bauble.
5) beguile- charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way.
The girl on Instagram was trying to beguile her friends boyfriend.
6) burgeon- begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish.
Ally was excited because her tomato plant was beginning to burgeon.
7) complement- a thing that completes or brings to perfection.
He thought of her as his complement.
8) contumacious- stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority.
His contumacious attitude would land him in serious trouble one day.
9) curmudgeon- a bad-tempered or surly person.
Her mother had a curmudgeon personality.
10) didactic- intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.
Her bible teacher was a didactic person!
11) disingenuous- not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does.
Her ex-best friend was very disingenuous towards personal trials.
12) exculpate- show or declare that (someone) is not guilty of wrongdoing.
She tried very hard exculpating her friend.
13) faux pas- an embarrassing or tactless act or remark in a social situation
Pshhhh I have a tendency to faux pas myself all the time.
14) fulminate- to utter or send out with denunciation.
She had a problem with fulminating her words.
15) fustian- thick, durable twilled cloth with a short nap, usually dyed in dark colors.
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16) hauteur- haughtiness of manner; disdainful pride.
His hauteur caused him not to apologize to his friend whim he hurt.
17) inhibit- hinder, restrain, or prevent (an action or process).
She tried to inhibit her friend from making a huge mistake!
18) jeremiad- a long, mournful complaint or lamentation; a list of woes.
Jeremy always has some jeremiads to tell me.
19) opportunist- a person who exploits circumstances to gain immediate advantage rather than being guided by consistent principles or plans.
She tries her best to be an opportunist but it's very hard for her.
20) unconscionable- not right or unreasonable.
Toni has an unconscious able attitude, especially because she's stubborn.
She was nervous to adumbrate her plan to the CEO of their corporation.
2) apotheosis- the highest point in development of something, culmination or climax.
He was finally at the apotheosis of the book!
3) ascetic- characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.
The elders in his church was ascetic when it came to him being with his girlfriend.
4) bauble- a small, showy trinket or decoration.
For their 2 years anniversary, Jerry got Alicia a bauble.
5) beguile- charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way.
The girl on Instagram was trying to beguile her friends boyfriend.
6) burgeon- begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish.
Ally was excited because her tomato plant was beginning to burgeon.
7) complement- a thing that completes or brings to perfection.
He thought of her as his complement.
8) contumacious- stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority.
His contumacious attitude would land him in serious trouble one day.
9) curmudgeon- a bad-tempered or surly person.
Her mother had a curmudgeon personality.
10) didactic- intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.
Her bible teacher was a didactic person!
11) disingenuous- not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does.
Her ex-best friend was very disingenuous towards personal trials.
12) exculpate- show or declare that (someone) is not guilty of wrongdoing.
She tried very hard exculpating her friend.
13) faux pas- an embarrassing or tactless act or remark in a social situation
Pshhhh I have a tendency to faux pas myself all the time.
14) fulminate- to utter or send out with denunciation.
She had a problem with fulminating her words.
15) fustian- thick, durable twilled cloth with a short nap, usually dyed in dark colors.
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16) hauteur- haughtiness of manner; disdainful pride.
His hauteur caused him not to apologize to his friend whim he hurt.
17) inhibit- hinder, restrain, or prevent (an action or process).
She tried to inhibit her friend from making a huge mistake!
18) jeremiad- a long, mournful complaint or lamentation; a list of woes.
Jeremy always has some jeremiads to tell me.
19) opportunist- a person who exploits circumstances to gain immediate advantage rather than being guided by consistent principles or plans.
She tries her best to be an opportunist but it's very hard for her.
20) unconscionable- not right or unreasonable.
Toni has an unconscious able attitude, especially because she's stubborn.
REFLECTIONS ON WEEK 1
1) There should not be any factors that would effect my participation. I have all the technology and I have all the time. The only thing holding me back would be myself. I have a shy personality and I talk very quirky. I'm not loud at all. I can also get very lazy.
2) I don't remember having an " a ha!" moment but last year was a wake up call. I got very lazy in math and didn't apply myself as hard as I could have. I just didn't see any point in trigonometry. Needless to say, I ended the year with a C. So this year, I have decided I want to keep motivated and get through it as fast as possible.
3) I'm excited to have a teacher who cares. Last year, I really enjoyed Mr. Grisaffi's class. He was interactive with his students like you are. I excelled greatly in that class. I'm hoping I will do the same in this one. I'm nervous about the whole online thing but I think it will be a great experience!
2) I don't remember having an " a ha!" moment but last year was a wake up call. I got very lazy in math and didn't apply myself as hard as I could have. I just didn't see any point in trigonometry. Needless to say, I ended the year with a C. So this year, I have decided I want to keep motivated and get through it as fast as possible.
3) I'm excited to have a teacher who cares. Last year, I really enjoyed Mr. Grisaffi's class. He was interactive with his students like you are. I excelled greatly in that class. I'm hoping I will do the same in this one. I'm nervous about the whole online thing but I think it will be a great experience!
Sunday, August 17, 2014
1987 AP EXAM
Honestly I had a really hard time with poetry. I don't know any of the techniques or style of writing.
The rest of the test I really just used common sense. I don't know if that is acceptable or not. So I should probably study up.
E
E
C
E
D
D
A
B
A
C
B
B
A
C
A
E
C
E
B
B
A
E
A
E
A
E
C
A
E
A
B
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B
D
C
D
B
B
E
B
E
B
E
E
A
D
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The rest of the test I really just used common sense. I don't know if that is acceptable or not. So I should probably study up.
E
E
C
E
D
D
A
B
A
C
B
B
A
C
A
E
C
E
B
B
A
E
A
E
A
E
C
A
E
A
B
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B
D
C
D
B
B
E
B
E
B
E
E
A
D
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MONTAIGNE/AUSTEN ESSAY
There seems to be a thin line between intelligence and a disorder called ADHD. How do you know if you're just plain smart or actually have a disorder? Well you can have a doctor answer that. For some people, they're always thinking. We all know our thoughts always lead to another thought. Sometimes we don't even understand why. It's like when you're having a conversation with your best friend. You eventually stop and realize, "Wait. How did we even get on this topic?" The hard part is getting our thoughts out in the first place. David Foster Wallace brought out a good point.
Mr. Wallace said that all our thoughts are connected and too fast for us to even write down or say to another person, even ourselves. The Essays of Michel de Montaigne is a perfect example of that. He wrote these essays as an experiment, a sort of test. He was interested in human beings and learning about himself. So of course he's going to write down his thoughts, it's philosophical. Philosophy is the study of fundamental nature. He simply wanted to understand .There was no specific point of his book. He wrote about anything and everything. He wrote about what he understood, what he didn't understand. It made the whole book seem natural.
The essays were in a sense, like looking into his mind. He would write down what he thought at that moment. The next it might be something totally off basis. He didn't have one certain style of writing. He wrote to be noticed by the people of his time. When he was alive, the people around him were a bit robotic. They had set custom, that everyone followed. They all thought the same way. He wrote the essays to show them that it's okay to think in a different nature. It's okay to not agree with everyone else. Work harder to improve yourself and in the long run improve other people.
To be completely honest, I did not see a comparison to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. She wrote about fictional characters and Montaigne wrote about reality. The only resemblance I see is Elizabeth's struggle to have any type of feeling for Mr. Darcy. The book was from Elizabeth's point of view so it contained many of her beliefs, feelings and thoughts. Much like Michel's. They both learned about oneself and viewpoints turned and twisted into completely new opinions. So I guess the only comparison I found was judgement of oneself. Elizabeth had to get over her prejudice and Michel wanted to learn from his actions and thoughts.
In conclusion, Michel and David do not have ADHD. They are simply and beautifully intelligent. Their minds are too fast for them to get every single point across. Their thoughts too connected to just have one thought per reality. Sure what they write may seem confusing but maybe they're just having a hard time writing it down.
Mr. Wallace said that all our thoughts are connected and too fast for us to even write down or say to another person, even ourselves. The Essays of Michel de Montaigne is a perfect example of that. He wrote these essays as an experiment, a sort of test. He was interested in human beings and learning about himself. So of course he's going to write down his thoughts, it's philosophical. Philosophy is the study of fundamental nature. He simply wanted to understand .There was no specific point of his book. He wrote about anything and everything. He wrote about what he understood, what he didn't understand. It made the whole book seem natural.
The essays were in a sense, like looking into his mind. He would write down what he thought at that moment. The next it might be something totally off basis. He didn't have one certain style of writing. He wrote to be noticed by the people of his time. When he was alive, the people around him were a bit robotic. They had set custom, that everyone followed. They all thought the same way. He wrote the essays to show them that it's okay to think in a different nature. It's okay to not agree with everyone else. Work harder to improve yourself and in the long run improve other people.
To be completely honest, I did not see a comparison to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. She wrote about fictional characters and Montaigne wrote about reality. The only resemblance I see is Elizabeth's struggle to have any type of feeling for Mr. Darcy. The book was from Elizabeth's point of view so it contained many of her beliefs, feelings and thoughts. Much like Michel's. They both learned about oneself and viewpoints turned and twisted into completely new opinions. So I guess the only comparison I found was judgement of oneself. Elizabeth had to get over her prejudice and Michel wanted to learn from his actions and thoughts.
In conclusion, Michel and David do not have ADHD. They are simply and beautifully intelligent. Their minds are too fast for them to get every single point across. Their thoughts too connected to just have one thought per reality. Sure what they write may seem confusing but maybe they're just having a hard time writing it down.
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
My Big Question:
- Mhh my big question would be if global warming would ever get so bad to cause earth to really loose it's basis to provide necessities for humans?
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Essay #1
The Poisonwood bible is basically the most extreme case of exile. This poor family gets dragged along to Africa with their obsessive father. Their father is a selfish, wannabe priest who only cares about converting the native people to Christianity. He was warned multiple times by Americans and the natives that coming to the Congo at the time of rebellion was wrong and dangerous. Ultimately it led to a terrifying novel about a white family stuck in the middle of Africa.
The priest had four daughters. Their ages ranging from 5 to 15. Instead of going to school, they learned how to hunt. They saw more death in their lives than I probably ever will. They didn't have the luxury of a "normal" life. Their father was insane and their mother too submissive. They only had Congonese children to try and teach and help them to learn how to play. They were completely isolated from normal traditions back home. Rachel numerously mentions wanting to go home to the US and go to burger joints and shop with her best friends, not take malaria pills. Instead they learned the hard life of starvation and disease.
It can be viewed as a lesson in appreciation. They got to live somewhere where people needed to fight for their survival and it was the only way they knew how. Here in America we have the necessities and then some. We fight to be rich and they fight to live to the next day. They all learned humility but of course not without sacrifices. They learned how corrupt government can be. How the US treated Africans like they were scum. They adapted to the African way of life and eventually that became the only way they knew. Even Rachel, who wanted to leave so badly, ended up staying in Africa.
Edward Said said that "exile can be enriching" and I believe this family made that evident. At first it was bloody awful for them. By the end of the book, I believe they all learned something or gained something special from their time in Africa. Leah got married to her one true love, Mother gained the strength to leave Father and even Adah learned to stay true to herself. You may think you know what "home" is but until you've experienced something other than your normal routine, you have no idea what your true passion may be.
So in conclusion, exile is not fun. It is beneficial, time consuming and difficult but in the end, you learn who you are, what you love, even how to love. Once you experience it, you will never go back to your daily routine like Rachel. She wanted so badly to go back to the Untied States but her heart was in the Congo. She felt she was stuck here and that they needed her. So like Edward said the experience may be "potent even beneficial."
The priest had four daughters. Their ages ranging from 5 to 15. Instead of going to school, they learned how to hunt. They saw more death in their lives than I probably ever will. They didn't have the luxury of a "normal" life. Their father was insane and their mother too submissive. They only had Congonese children to try and teach and help them to learn how to play. They were completely isolated from normal traditions back home. Rachel numerously mentions wanting to go home to the US and go to burger joints and shop with her best friends, not take malaria pills. Instead they learned the hard life of starvation and disease.
It can be viewed as a lesson in appreciation. They got to live somewhere where people needed to fight for their survival and it was the only way they knew how. Here in America we have the necessities and then some. We fight to be rich and they fight to live to the next day. They all learned humility but of course not without sacrifices. They learned how corrupt government can be. How the US treated Africans like they were scum. They adapted to the African way of life and eventually that became the only way they knew. Even Rachel, who wanted to leave so badly, ended up staying in Africa.
Edward Said said that "exile can be enriching" and I believe this family made that evident. At first it was bloody awful for them. By the end of the book, I believe they all learned something or gained something special from their time in Africa. Leah got married to her one true love, Mother gained the strength to leave Father and even Adah learned to stay true to herself. You may think you know what "home" is but until you've experienced something other than your normal routine, you have no idea what your true passion may be.
So in conclusion, exile is not fun. It is beneficial, time consuming and difficult but in the end, you learn who you are, what you love, even how to love. Once you experience it, you will never go back to your daily routine like Rachel. She wanted so badly to go back to the Untied States but her heart was in the Congo. She felt she was stuck here and that they needed her. So like Edward said the experience may be "potent even beneficial."
POETRY
1) The ad uses Charles Bukowski's poem The Laughing Heart.
2) I would say the use of this poem by a corporation is ironic because the poem has a kind of happy, do what you want, free spirit tone but the corporation, at the time of the release, was in a way supporting the riots going on in the UK at that time. They had to take it down for that purpose so it backfires with the poem because you can't do what you want, say what you want with the government tearing it down.
3) I think the poem has some reflection of Charles. He led a hard life but somehow managed to get his works noticed. He faced many issues and although he failed sometimes, he didn't quit completely. He learned from them and made his mistakes better.
4) I found the answers to #1 & #3 on the internet. I found #1 in the article that you linked. #3 I googled his name and the poem and found many sites about him and about his works. I scanned over a couple links and came to my conclusion about him.
2) I would say the use of this poem by a corporation is ironic because the poem has a kind of happy, do what you want, free spirit tone but the corporation, at the time of the release, was in a way supporting the riots going on in the UK at that time. They had to take it down for that purpose so it backfires with the poem because you can't do what you want, say what you want with the government tearing it down.
3) I think the poem has some reflection of Charles. He led a hard life but somehow managed to get his works noticed. He faced many issues and although he failed sometimes, he didn't quit completely. He learned from them and made his mistakes better.
4) I found the answers to #1 & #3 on the internet. I found #1 in the article that you linked. #3 I googled his name and the poem and found many sites about him and about his works. I scanned over a couple links and came to my conclusion about him.
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