THE GLORY OF THE MISTAKE

I think he told Montag that it is OK for him to make mistakes because its a way for him to improve and be better as well as learning what he did wrong so he won't do it again. We can use mistakes to encourage us because since we already went through it once, the other times won't be so bad because you won't repeat what you did the first time and you can express yourself better at what you are doing.

A CASE FOR WAR?

I think that people see the U.S as a country where everyone is rich and doesn't work a day in their life. The only people working are foreigners that aren't really important. Also, we are a powerful nation with a lot of influence but also hated by others because of the amount of power that is in the U.S. I think that people attack the U.S perhaps because they want the kind of liberty and freedom that we are given in their country. Because they can't really have it honestly, they attack us as a way of "choice" from the attackers.

FAILING TO PLAN IS PLANNING TO FAIL

Montag and Faber plan to hide books in firefighters houses so that they can be caught and they will burn down their houses. I think this plan could go both ways, either it'll work,  or they will get caught, yet I am open minded to anything that will happen. Its pretty exciting to me.

SOMETIMES YOU NEED A PROFESSOR

Montag wants to get in touch with Faber because he got curious on the power of books and he wanted to think with his own brain. He reaches out to Faber to get answers to his questions that are floating about in his mind.

IS IT JUST ABOUT THE JOB?

If I would have to do something that would hurt other people, I wouldn't be able to live with the guilt. I am not one to hurt others or do something just to hurt someone's feelings. I live by the "treat others the way you want to be treated" as well as just being kind to everyone. I don't like negativity or hate because that just tears people apart and I don't like that. I would rather be on good terms with everyone else than to have a really good paycheck knowing I hurt someone.

THIS CAT IS CURIOUS

I think that curiosity comes from both out personality and culture and also how we see things. Like the example given of "curiosity killed the cat" and eating from the forbidden tree, we are always curious. It's just part of our daily things of being human. If we weren't curious, then we wouldn't really be where we are at today as a human race. If people weren't curious to explore the "new world" after Columbus, the U.S perhaps wouldn't have existed like it does now. Curiosity is what led to technology and how we live now.

MY INNER HAPPY

I think that the internal things that can make us happy are inner peace within ourselves. Personally, I don't need materialistic things to be happy if I am happy with myself I have everything I need. Me being healthy, and safe, as well as my family and loved ones is what I cherish most. Much hasn't really changed for me since the pandemic started and my family as well as I are doing just fine at home. :)

ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM IN AMERICA

People in our culture don't think that intelligence is a super power because they can just literally pay someone to do something for them. I think that it doesn't get the attention it deserves because there are so many other "cool" things happening or being invented, BUT they don't realize that INTELLIGENT people are the ones that made it happen. Its more of a "oh your intelligent? okay make this for me" type of feel and that is why I think that culture doesn't see intelligence as a superpower.

UNITED WE STAND?

I think that independence is important when a person is mature enough to look after themselves and be responsible for their own actions. Interdependence is important because it is needed to get things moving. For example, there is interdependence between a manager and his/her employees to get the job done.

BOOKS AND NEW TECH.

For some people, they think that technology is the greatest and makes everything easier, and yes it does but it also takes away the feeling of certain things. For example, when you hold a book, the feeling of the pages under your finger tips and you manually turning the pages instead of just pressing a button that does it for you. Also, if you get very lazy to read, online you can just press a button and it'll start to read it to you. Books on the other hand, when you get tired, you put it down and can come back to it later, you don't get these notification distractions from social media popping up and you can just enjoy it better. Personally I enjoy books better than technology.

IS IT ME?

I think that a least a good amount of our behavior comes from our personality because its just who we are on a daily. If a person isn't really nice or doesn't follow directions, at times their behavior reflects it by talking back or being rude to others. Sometimes culture is a huge influence on some people since at home that is how they are treated or that is how they grew up and they think that the way that they act is okay and there is nothing wrong.

WHY I WORK

Something that I care about enough to continue to work is to keep making my parents proud as they see my accomplishments and how far I have gotten in life. I wouldn't want to let them down and for them to think that their sacrifice in coming to this land and leaving theirs, wasn't worth it.

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING NOW ?

I think that Clarisse is right when she says that schools are just videos of online lessons because that is how we are doing things now. Students go online, watch a few videos to learn something and then do some assignments in hopes that they are doing it right. I think that this will slowly lead our society to be even less social than what we are now. Currently if people want to express their ideas or rant, they have to put it online for everyone to know about it instead of just talking it out with somebody like face to face.

THE RIGHT TO READ

If the president of the United States ended up outlawing the right to read, it would be really devastating for everyone. For one, it would drastically affect schools since what we do on a daily there is read. In my opinion I think that many Americans will continue to read in secret and believe that the president really gets all his information by reading so therefore he made a really wrong choice. For example, if he wants to know more about American History, he will need to read it. Reading is super important since its our way of communicating in every aspect possible whether it is through on line courses, in public, or giving presentations. Therefore, I believe that the president of the United States should not taking away the right to read.

F451 & ME

Some connections that I've had so far with the reading and my life, are that society now is slowly becoming what is being described in the book. People aren't really having conversations anymore or listening like genuinely listening to others as they speak and it is more of a "oh really?" or "that's crazy" type of conversations. As was said in the book, we are always for the most part in crowded places filled with many people, yet we at times feel alone in that situation because we aren't really mentally there. Montag for the most part has thought that he is happy, yet Clarisse comes out of no where, starts up a genuine conversation with Montag, and now he wonders if he really is happy or if he is just faking it. This happens almost on a day to day basis with many people and I think that is the reason why society is just changing slowly but surely.

F451 SUMMARY PART 1

• fireman way of talking is a sort of high school way 
• Clarisse actually listens to the conversation 
• Clarisse is very interested in the world and not just of people have 
• her uncle got arrested for being a pedestrian 
• we are busy running around in our life, that we don't really have time to sit down and really think think
• montag had rarely seen so many lights on 
• Clarisse left montag thinking if he was really happy
• writing style are like longer to show thinking 
• clarisse is giving montag the feeling like they have known each other for a long time
• he was pretending to be happy for a very long time 
• husband and wife yet they had separate beds across the room 
• hes contemplating his way of living 
• operators talk like if it was super normal 
• montag is worried about his wife and the doctors are just acting like if she is just a toy 
• so many people walk around each other but they feel really alone since everybody is just like doing their own thing
• Mildred's intelligence isn't the greatest 
• personality of montag doesn't seem to go with his  job
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ACADEMY OF ONE

Isolation over the last couple of weeks has been tough. I am still getting used to just not going out and making it on time for my online classes as well as having my home clean by the time my parents come home from work. Today, I finally went out just to wash my clothes but I don't think I have felt so out of place before. It just felt super weird being outside after a couple of weeks. I felt like I was running a huge risk and it took me a while to adjust to. Also, this situation is really helping me out with my big question because now that we can't go outside, suddenly everyone wants to. I see daily posts on snap chat, Instagram and other places where teens are complaining of not being able to go outside and just a few weeks ago they were complaining about there parents telling them to leave their internet life and go outside to have fun. Like could this get any better? Many people are realizing what they took for granted ( just going outside) and now they are desperate to do so.

WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH

Even though we weren't in class today, I believe that I am showing my strength of character by just going with the flow of things right now. As of now, we can still go out but we must be careful because we don't know who is sick and who isn't. Around my family, I try and talk about a different topic especially with the young ones so that they continue to have fun, but at the same time I do let them know what they should be doing if they want to remain healthy during this time. With friends, I continue to encourage them to just keep trying to live as normal a life as possible.

LEARNING IN THE AGE OF THE CORONAVIRUS

While this pandemic spreads, there are a lot of things changing in the world and in our everyday lives. We now go to school/work and wonder, "If I get close to this person, will I get infected with corona virus?" or " Does this person have the virus?" Its quite hard to avoid this question that just floats in our minds all the time and even harder when everyone is talking about it. It is quite difficult to have to learn how to continue learning online and not in a school setup anymore. Yet, we must see the good in the bad and even if it is hard, we just have to keep trying the best we can.

DEAR MENTOR

Dear Mr. Dowell,

          Hello, my name is Yazmin Santiago and I am doing research on a topic that I am really interested in. A question that I have for you is, How do you know when the world is using up all its resources and you know that there will be a shortage soon? As a biology teacher, I thought that you would know something about nature and it'll really come in handy to me when I need to have an answer as accurately as possible. If it is possible I would like to meet with you to discuss my question further in depth.

Thank you,

Yazmin Santiago 

WORTHY MENTORS

Mr, Dowell

He was my science teacher when I had biology, and I think that he would be a good mentor because biology is part of life and nature and its in us and all around us as well.

My grandma

Besides being my grandma, she has lived for a while and has seen many people and how they act around nature. I think she would be a good mentor because she can tell me how people have taken things for granted as a she was growing up.

Carmen

She is my mother, and I think she is a worthy mentor because she is always working in the fields, and she sees how workers treat the earth on a daily basis.

RESOURCES

1. http://shyleader.com/taking-things-for-granted-in-life/
2. https://www.quora.com/Why-shouldnt-we-take-nature-for-granted
3. https://www.quora.com/Why-is-that-my-good-and-forgiving-nature-taken-for-granted
4. https://www.quora.com/Why-do-people-take-others-for-granted-and-consider-them-less-important-I-mean-they-can-be-wrong-also
5. https://www.quora.com/What-does-it-mean-to-take-things-granted-in-life
6. https://www.quora.com/Is-it-human-nature-to-only-really-appreciate-anything-once-its-gone
7. https://www.quora.com/Why-do-we-take-some-things-for-granted
8. https://www.quora.com/Why-do-people-take-things-for-granted-This-is-the-source-of-most-of-the-issues-among-the-people
9. https://www.quora.com/Is-it-human-nature-to-take-things-for-granted
10. https://www.quora.com/Why-do-we-take-for-granted-the-people-who-love-us-the-most

CUE THEME MUSIC

I think the central message of the book is to live in the moment and not try to change the past because you can't relive that in order to have the "American Dream. " My reasons are that Gatsby was trying to change his loves past, Daisy, so that they can be back together and she will only be Gatsby's and no one else. He also changed many things from himself to be a wealthy man for example his name. 

PREVIEW OF GATSBY ESSAY

The prompt that I chose is :     Is Gatsby’s desire for success—however we define it—evidence of the American dream, obsession, a personal sense of honor, or something else? Does Gatsby symbolize our culture and even our own desires, or is he an outlier? 


- The American Dream is something every American has in their mind.  We come here to America just like the first settlers did, to better our lives and the lives of the people we care about. Also, many people are obsessed with something, or the idea of something, just how Gatsby was with the idea of him and Daisy being together again. He shows us what many people today do, for example how he is blinded by the love he has for Daisy, he can't think clearly on what is happening or what he is doing. I think that Gatsby symbolizes the life style of the rich people because they think they can do anything because they have a lot of money. 

WHATS SO GREAT ABOUT GATSBY

1. I think that Gatsby is pretty good. He is kind of showing us the "American Dream" in his life and his perspective. 
2. I don't think that Nick is honest with himself. I think that he constantly hangout with dishonest people because he doesn't want to be alone. He respects them because they are people that have a lot of money and he wants to be known as well. 
3. I agree with the description that Fitzgerald gave Tom and Daisy because they do things that mess up other people's lives and they'll just walk away like it wasn't their fault. Daisy could've said that it was her that ran over Myrtle, but instead she let Gatsby take the blame and didn't say anything. 
4. I don't agree with her choices at all. She is definitely not a person I would let my brother date because she is toxic in a very negative way. 
5. I think that the last line of the book is saying that many dream of having something and they spend their lives trying to get it, but in reality you must go with the flow of you life (boat against current) and not force stuff to happen or what could've happened. 

GATSBY NOTES AND THOUGHTS CHAPTER 9

• nicks describes to us what happened at Gatsby's funeral
• almost nobody went 
• there was a lot of reporters and journalists swarming the house 
• many of his "friends" have disappeared or moved 
• also many just refuse to go to his funeral 
• only people to attend are some servants, Owl eyes, his father and Nick 
• nick decides to move back to the Midwest 
• he breaks his relationship with Jordan who then tells him that she is engaged to another man 
• nick concludes that Daisy and Tom are heartless people and that they leave others to clean up the mess that they left 
• nick is telling us how the first people that came to america and discovered it must have felt when they first saw it

CHAPTER 8 NOTES AND THOUGHTS

• waking up from a bad dream can be a worse feeling than the dream itself 
• nick suggest to Gatsby to forget about daisy and to leave long island but he refuses to leave her behind
• Gatsby lets us know that he and Daisy made love and he felt somehow married to her afterwards
• Wilson stays up talking to Michaelis about his wife, Myrtle 
•  Wilson tells him that he confronted his wife about her lover, and that she can't hide the truth from God 
• Wilson at first thinks that Tom is the one that killed Myrtle, but then realizes that it can't be him since he arrived after the accident happened in a different car with Nick and Jordan

Gatsby is one to function like a person from the 1920s since wealth and class still plays a big role. Like the American dream that everybody wants, Gatsby dreams of his life with Daisy which leads him to do criminal things. 

Guiding Questions :

1. Gatsby tells Nick that he waited outside Daisy's house until 4 in the morning and that Tom didn't try to hurt her or that she went outside. 
2. Nick suggests that Gatsby should leave Long Island and forget about Daisy. But Gatsby rejects Nick's suggestion because he doesn't want to leave Daisy behind. 
3. Gatsby lets know about the time he was trying to catch Daisy's eye in 1917 before he went to war. He confesses that her and him made love and that he felt married to her. She promised to wait for him, but she ended up marrying Tom. 
4. I think that the pool is mentioned because it was letting us know about the change in thing and about the FALLing of others. I think that Gatsby swimming in his own pool is like letting us know something that we aren't sure of yet. 
5. Nick goes to work, but he is to distracted and he doesn't want to see anyone. Wilson, has gone crazy thinking that God wants revenge for the death of his wife Myrtle and he finds Gatsby and shoots him while he is in his pool, and then he shoots himself as well. 

HAVE TO VERSUS WANT TO VERSUS GET TO

Agreeing to complete work for each other, being told what to do for homework, and exploring what you want in your own way are all different in certain ways. When you agree to complete work for each other, you have the pressure of having it done because you agreed to do it and someone else depends on you. Being told what to do for homework can sometimes be alright but at other times just a hassle because its like, "okay guys, do this and bring it back tomorrow." What if at the moment you understand the assignment, but later on you don't remember how to do it? Being able to explore what you want in your own way is like having freedom while being kept in check to make sure you are doing it.

GATSBY PROMPTS FURTHER THINKING

Some ideas that we have read that I think are worth writing about, are how Daisy acts when Gatsby tells Tom that she is going to leave him, to go with Gatsby. Daisy seems to hesitate and is not really sure if she wants to leave Tom or not because much time has passed since her and Gatsby have seen each other and she isn't sure if she still has feelings for him. Also, Nick tells us how he reads a book about financing in hopes of making a fortune in the future.

WHAT GATSBY SAYS TO ME

I think that the message of this book so far is to always let your true feelings be shown. Don't hide/deny them from the world. Daisy, hid her true feelings for Gatsby, and she didn't tell Tom which is why I think everything is complicated for everyone now. Also, wealth isn't everything. You can be wealthy, but not happy.

Gatsby chapter 7 notes

• Gatsby hides from people that ask about his real name
• Daisy invited Nick Jordan, and Gatsby to lunch 
• Daisy flings herself onto Gatsby when Tom went out to get drinks 
• Gatsby dismissed most of his servants and hired new ones 
• he didn't want people that gossiped 
• Tom is getting really really suspicious about Gatsby and Daisy 
• "her voice was full of money"
• Daisy decides to go with Gatsby instead of Tom 
• Tom is getting an idea of what is going on with Daisy and Gatsby 
• Daisy's daughter is introduced 
• Daisy shows up to be told what to do, but blames it on everybody else

Guiding Questions answers:

 1) Gatsby stops having parties because he realized that Daisy didn't like the parties and she wasn't enjoying herself. 

2) Gatsby fires his staff because he doesn't like how they spread rumors and don't mind their business. He replaces them with new people that won't care about his life or what he does. Their personalities reflect on Wolfsheim because they like to be unbothered.

3) Daisy's reaction to her daughter was kind but she also wanted to point out how much her daughter looks like her and not a lot like her father. Gatsby on the other hand, doesn't really show an expression and has a blank stare. He was perhaps in shock about Daisy having a daughter but only he would know. 

4) The outing was quite something. Daisy teases both men while she is practically telling Gatsby her feelings for him in front of her husband Tom. 

5)On the way back to long Island, Gatsby tells Nick that Myrtle is dead and that Daisy killed her but he is going to take the blame. 

6)At the end of the chapter, Tom and Daisy are talking with no emotion but they were talking really close that Gatsby had no idea what is was about and he was standing close to "protect" Daisy.  Daisy character is of an honest person that admits that she loves two guys and that at some point she loved Tom. 

GATSBY NOTES AND THOUGHTS CHAPTER 6

NOTES:

• Jay Gatsby is a son of god 
• he's about his father's business 
• he was faithful 
• women tried to separate him from his money 
• due to Cody, Gatsby drank very little 
• from Cody he inherited money 
• Gatsby's parties are all the same 
• same people, champagne 
• Tom has a weird feeling about Daisy and Gatsby
• Gatsby goes around and tells Tom and Daisy who everyone is 
• Gatsby and Daisy dance :0
• tom is getting suspicious about Gatsby 
• Gatsby is sure that Daisy didn't like the party
• Gatsby can't accept that the past is over 
• He wants to fix what he couldn't do in the past and please Daisy
• he hasn't learn to move forward 
• "you can't repeat the past," Gatsby idealistically answers "Why of course you can"

Reflection :

 Tom is becoming quite suspicious about how Daisy and Gatsby know each other. Daisy doesn't seem to enjoy the party or Gatsby's company as much. After the party ended, Gatsby tells Nick that he is sure that Daisy didn't enjoy the party because she seemed off the whole time. 

NOTES AND THOUGHTS ON GATSBY CHAPTER 5

• nick is playing the role of cupid for Gatsby and Daisy 
• he invites her over so that they can see each other 
• Gatsby and Daisy had not seen each other in five years 
• Gatsby tells Daisy that he lives across from her house 
• Gatsby invites Daisy and Nick over to his house afterward 
• rain makes Gatsby nervous

Reflections: 

Towards the end of the chapter, Nick describes Gatsby's face as a way that he is probably not happy with the affair. He now isn't sure is he is in love with Daisy or he just likes the idea of her. The time that he had her on his mind caused for him to make and image of her of what he wants her to be and not what she really is. 

HOW YOU KNOW WHAT I KNOW

I can show what I know by being able to summarize and explain what has happened so far in the book. I can answer questions and help other understand the main idea of the chapter or help them catch up.

Gatsby Chapter 4 Notes

About Gatsby:

- went to school in Oxford
- lived like a prince
- seems unbelievable
- daisy and Gatsby were once together
- served in WWII
- All the parties he has is in hopes that Daisy will show up to one
 - the green light represents his love for Daisy

TESTING UNDERSTANDING FROM THE OTHER SIDE

Choosing questions wasn't to hard since it was more about whether you can explain your answer. I chose simple to very easy questions so that the other person could be able to answer them, but also I was able to see if they were able to add evidence and explain their answer.

GATSBY'S TEST GRADES

Answers:
1) At the beginning of the book, Nick feels like an outsider because he can't seem to find where he belongs. Also he is a very tolerant person who doesn't really like to use judgement.
2) Nick wants to move New York to learn more about business and big companies.
3) Wilson's wife is Myrtle. She is also the mistress of Tom
4) Tom hits Myrtle because she was mocking Daisy, his wife.
5) Nick runs into Jordan Baker at Gatsby's party.
6) Nick is embarrassed at the party because he is talking with the host of the party, Gatsby, and he had no clue.
7) The boarder is the man named Kilpspringer, he spent a lot of time at Gatsby's house.
8) Nick has lunch with Gatsby.


Scores:

Yennifer : 8/8

Odalys : 8/8

NICK'S CARDINAL VIRTUE

I just finished reading chapter 3 and here is what I understand so far: 

- According to one of the young women that was at one of Gatsby's previous parties, when she accidentally ripped her dress, he sent her an expensive one to make up for her ripped one. I think Gatsby is very mysterious because he has been through a lot in life that he just likes to keep to himself. 

- Nick calls the man in the library Owl Eyes because of his big glasses. 

- Nick imagine Gatsby as someone serious and mysterious because of all the rumors he heard. 

- Nick finds out that Jordan is incurably honest. He enjoys her company and he sometimes thinks that he is in love with her. 

- Gatsby and Nick plan to get lunch together the next day. 

- Nicks Cardinal Virtue is, "I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known." I think he mentions this at this point in the book because he has heard a lot of rumors and seen people lie to each other and he is just surprised when he meets some one that is honest. 

MY MOM ON MY BIG QUESTION

To clarify, MOM stands for Minute Of Mindfulness, not well mom :)

 

So this didn't really come into my mind but it does go with my big question. I was at the store on the weekend, Saturday to be exact, and I was waiting in the checkout line to pay when I happened to hear something that caught my attention. The lady behind me was on the phone and she was talking about how she took nature and going outside for granted. I of course thought, "OMG THAT GOES WITH MY BIG QUESTION!!!" This lady was sick for days, she said through the phone, and in that time she realized how much she missed being able to go outside and just BE outside with fresh air and feeling the sun on your skin. This really made me think because not only do humans take for granted the earth, BUT also just going OUT of your house to feel the sun on your skin, many don't even cherish that. 

Now it's a party ? Gatsby chapter 3

• Gatsby is known for having big parties at his house 
• know one seems to know who Gatsby really is or anything about his family or wealth
• nick learns that Gatsby was a German spy during the war 
• Jordan is a dishonest person 

I get by with a little help from my friends

• Jordan Baker symbolic start of something big when Gatsby meets her friendship wise 
• music doesn't reflect but just describes your personality 
• kids theme songs from then reminds us of our childhood 
• running for queen, princess, prince, king at school has turned into popularity contest 
• parents not care about what their kids watch online 
• abortion depends on what the women wants to do with their body 

MY UN/FINISHED SYMPHONY

A goal that I have is to learn to talk to people that I barley know. I can get pretty shy around new people and I want to change that.

Gatsby test chapters 1-4

Chapter 1:
- How does nick feel in the beginning of the book ?
- Where does Nick want to move to?

Chapter 2:
- Who is Wilson's wife?
- Why does Tom hit Myrtle?

Chapter 3:
- Who does Nick run into at Gatsby's Party?
- Why is Nick embarrassed at the party?

Chapter 4:
-Who is the boarder ?
- Who does Nick to have lunch with ?

BQGSD

Three things I will do next regarding my big question are to start to do some research online to see if I find anything, which I really hope I do. Also I will continue to pay attention to how people act in school and outside of school regarding trash, or other things that aren't supposed to be on the floor.
And, last but not least I will ask a few people about their opinion on my big question and what they believe is right.

GATSBY PAGES 11- 26

• INCREDULOUSLY : DISBELIEF 
• WAN : PALE 
• LANGUIDLY : SLOW 
• DAISY IS ALWAYS AHEAD OR LOOKING BACK, NOT IN THE MOMENT 
• HULKING : LARGE, HEAVY, CLUMSY
• SHRILL METALLIC :  RINGING OF THE PHONE 
• "BEST THING A GIRL CAN BE, A TERRIBLE LITTLE FOOL" - I DISAGREE 
• PEREMPTORILY : PUTTING AN END TO 
• TOM IS ONE TO JUDGE PEOPLE 

GATSBY

• VALLEY OF THE ASHES : PLACE BETWEEN LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY
• TRANSCENDENT : GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND 
• EYES SYMBOLIZE VISION 
• TOMS WIFE WALKS PAST HIM AND DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING WHILE HE GOES AND GETS CHAIRS, HIS WIFE MAKES PLANS WITH ANOTHER GUY AND THEN THEY LEAVE WITHOUT SITTING DOWN ON THE CHAIRS. ( PRETTY ODD IF YOU ASK ME)
• A DOG FOR $10? PRETTY CHEAP :0
• ALSO BUYING DOGS JUST BECAUSE :/
• WILSON'S WIFE IS HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH TOM WHOM IS ALWAYS DRUNK FOR THE MOST PART 

GATSBY PAGES 5-10

• Catherine told nick that daisy is a catholic but she really isn't 
• many people tell nick their secrets 
• nick feels like he doesn't belong 
• their is a lot of drinking which gets everyone laughing 

WHATS IN MY BIG QUESTION FOR ME

Something that is in my big question for me is that I will finally get an answer to something that has been on my mind for a few years. I have always seen people not care about what they have because they can always "get a new one." But, there is only ONE earth, therefore we can't get a new one that easily. So many humans don't realize that we are slowly killing the earth and when its going to be too late, they will finally realize that we had time to save the planet but because they didn't care, here we are, with a dying/dead planet earth.

MEET NICK

Nick is a person that keeps to himself and believes that the world should be moral and in a uniform state forever. He lives in East Egg and something that he is always thinking of is what his father told which was "When you ever feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had." - Nick's Father

BEHIND THE IGNITE TALKS

As I was listening to people talk about their big question, I was really interested in one especially since what she said is pretty much true, in my opinion. I was talking with Yennifer Castro, and her big question really made me think. We were talking about how we were made to do things differently and how in our daily lives all we do is the same thing we did the day before and the day before that. “We are really becoming into robots”- Yennifer Castro.

DARK PATTERNS

The practice of these dark patterns are not real cool if you ask me. For the online sites to lie and use timers to make us feel pressured in buying something because it going to be “sold out” soon is not nice. I have had a few experiences about shopping online, especially when shopping on Fashion Nova. Some will say that there is a discount available for only a certain time, lets say two hours. I will check again after two hours have passed, and it’ll still say that there is two hours left on the discount, so after a few more times that I bought stuff, I realized that the timers were only put to make us believe that they were going to run out of it soon. 

I'M IGNITED

Big questions that I was interested in :

- How do stickers work? 

I was interested in the question because to be honest, even though its a simple question, its one that a lot a of people maybe wonder about but just never ask. 

- Is life real or just an hallucination? 

I also wonder this because sometimes I’ll be sitting in class and I will wonder if I am really in class or just living this endless dream. 

- Is everyone related because of Adam and Eve ?

This one really got my attention since I have heard of this before but I am not sure whether to believe it or not.

THE BIG QUESTION

At first I wasn’t sure if I was still interested in my big question that I had at the beginning of the year. As the semester went by, I realized that I was still very interested in my big question. I really want to find out/ figure out why humans take most to everything that they have for granted. For example, the earth. We were given the earth and all its natural resources to use, not to waste or harm others. This is why my big question is : Why do humans not care and take for granted what is given to us?

HOPEPUNK

HOPEPUNK: To stand up and fight for what you believe in
To stand up for other people
Shows themes of violence, amorality, and despair

Authors think that HOPEPUNK matters because it is another way to share a topic without them thinking about how controversial it can be. The genre allows for people to stand up and defend what they think is true, which is why the word “hope” is part of the word HOPEPUNK. This is also important because it shows how many people are afraid to be themselves because they don’t want to start and conflict.

ARGUE THIS

BIG QUESTION: WHY DO HUMANS NOT CARE AND TAKE FOR GRANTED WHAT IS GIVEN TO US?

MAJOR PREMISES:  

We were given planet earth to live and care for it, not to destroy it and trash it. I am asking this because I see how people just throw their trash on the floor and expect others to clean it up for them. 

MINOR PREMISES:

People can’t seem to accept that we, humans, are taking planet earth for granted since they think that “oh its just a small pice of trash, it can’t be that harmful.” 

CONCLUSION: 

Therefore, humans take for granted what is given to us, instead of appreciating it. 

LAST CENTURY’S WRITING STYLES

• SYLLOGISM: SIMPLEST FORM OF LOGICAL ARGUMENT 
• COMPOSED OF TWO GIVEN OR ASSUMED PROPOSITION
• THEREFORE IS CLUE IN SAYING THAT YOUR CONCLUSION IS COMING UP 
•  EVALUATE TO SEE IF THEY ARE TRUE AND VALID 
• TRUE: FACTUALLY RELIABLE IN THE WORLD  
• VALIDITY : DOES THE CONCLUSION FOLLOW FROM THE PREMISES
• DO THE CONCLUSION SUPPORT THE PREMISES 
•  SYLLOGISM IS EXAMPLE OD DEDUCTIVE REASONING 
• DEDUCTIVE REASONING: PROCESS OF REASONING FROM ONE OR MORE STATEMENTS
• NATURALIST: RAW, EXAGGERATED FORCES ACTING ON INDIVIDUAL
• REALISM: LITERALLY KEEPING IT REAL 
• MODERNISM: LOOK AT INTERNET DIFFERENTLY 
• NOW SEEN AS NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE INFLUENCE 
• BEFORE WW1 TECHNOLOGY WAS GOING TO SOLVE AND MAKE EVERYTHING BETTER 
• LIMINAL: NOT QUITE WHAT WE USED TO BE BUT NOT QUITE YET WHAT WE ARE TO BECOME 
•  THE MODERNIST BROKE RULES 

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE

• LUCID DREAM: ABILITY TO REALIZE THAT ITS A DREAM 
• CONSECRATING: ABILITY TO MAKE SOMETHING SACRED IF WE LOOK AT THEM IN THE RIGHT WAY 
• CAPACITY: ABILITY 
• IRREDEEMABLE: NOT ABLE TO BE SAVED, IMPROVED OR CORRECTED 
• TRANSCENDENT: TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND 
• JOHN STEINBECK WAS GOOD AT FEDERAL CONTRADICTION 
• DISENFRANCHISED : DEPRIVE SOMEONE OF THE RIGHT TO VOTE 
• GOOD IS ALSO BETTER WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO COMPARE IT TO 
• 0 STRESS- BORING, DEATH 
• IN LIFE, LEARNING IS MESSY

Link I followed :

https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/03/18/john-steinbeck-george-albee-friend-breakup-letter/

I decided to follow this link and not the other ones because I have gone through a friend breakup just a few years ago and I remember it like if it was yesterday. I won’t be going into details but it was a hard one and it took me a while to get used to not having that person in my life anymore. 

NOTES FROM TODAY'S LECTURE AND SPEECH

• ETHOS: ELEMENTS OF THE MESSENGER THAT CREATE THE SENSE OF CREDIBILITY 
• MAY BE NON VERBAL OR VERBAL 
• LOGOS: LOGICAL APPEAL OR APPEAL TO REASON 
• FALLACY: AN ERROR 
• PATHOS: VALUES AND BELIEFS  
• MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. SPEECH :
• EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION CAME AS A JOY TO COLORED SLAVES 
• WITHERING INJUSTICE: POETIC, DICTION AND SYNTAX, 
• 100 YEARS LATER THE NEGRO IS STILL NOT FREE 
• DISCRIMINATION 
• NEGRO LIVES ON LONELY ISLAND OF POVERTY IN VAST OCEAN OF IMPROVEMENT 
• AMERICA HAS NOT KEPT THEIR PROMISE OF LIFE LIBERTY AND PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS FOR BLACK PEOPLE
• NOW IS THE TIME :
• TO MAKE REALLY PROMISES OF DEMOCRACY 
• TO LIFT NATION FROM QUICKSAND OF INJUSTICE AND RACISM TO SOLID ROCK OF BROTHER HOOD 
• 1963 NOT AN END BUT A BEGINNING 
• NO REST OR TRANQUILITY IN AMERICA UNTIL NEGROS AND GRANTED CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS
• "LET US NOT SEEK TO SATISFY OUR THIRST FOR FREEDOM BY DRINKING FROM THE CUP OF BITTERNESS AND HATRED "
•  "WE WILL NOT BE SATISFIED UNTIL JUSTICE ROLES DOWN LIKE WATER AND FLOWS LIKE A RIGHTEOUS STREAM"
• I HAVE A DREAM:
• DREAM WITHIN  THE AMERICAN DREAM 
• ONE DAY NATION WILL RISE WITH EQUALITY FOR EVERYONE 
• SONS OF SLAVES AND SONS OF OWNERS OF SLAVES WILL SIT TOGETHER IN THE TABLE OF BROTHER HOOD 
• WILL NOT BE JUDGED BY THEIR SKIN BUT COLOR OF THEIR CHARACTER 
• LET FREEDOM REIGN 
• PATHOS: SPEAKERS ABILITY TO CONNECT WITH AUDIENCE IN A SENSE OF EMOTION OF PASSION 
• SCREAM AND SHOUTING OF PEOPLE WHEN MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. .TALKED ABOUT DEATH 
• ETHOS: ELEMENTS OF MESSENGER THAT CREATE CREDIBILITY 
•  CHURCH LEADER MORE CREDIBILITY 
• LOGOS: LOGICAL REASONING 

TODAY I INTERVIEWED AN EXPERT

These are some of my notes that I took while Cory was talking:

• number of technology companies have decreased 
• technology companies couldn't buy other technology companies back then, and now its normal
• change isn't just in technology its in everything and its owned by one big company 
• Bluetooth keeps track of you and its creepy 
•  Fatalism: what's going to happen will happen 
• optimism: there is a reason why we are doing it and it'll be okay

WORD CLOUD

- When I was emailing my ten people, I wasn't quite sure if they would all respond to me or understand what I was asking. Some of the people that I asked answered me quickly while others took a few days but in the end, I got answers  from all of them. 
- Since I was sent pictures of what they had written down, I had to type all of it into the box that said "paste or type here". Took me a while to type all of it, but the end result was beautiful. 
- After I clicked the "apply" button, I saw how the words just mixed up and were in all these different colors in a very eye catching way. 
- Some strengths that my tribe reflected on me were : Great, First, Student, Yazmin, and Teacher. I was surprised when one of the words that was repeated was Teacher, since I don't really see myself as a teacher, but hey, maybe its destined for me to become one.