1)Yes it gave a good preview, it was about how we know, or could not know for our selves weather or not the earth is round or flat. The intro gives us the basic idea for the essay, and the conclusion gives us a sum up of the whole thing.
2)You really realize he is a scientist when he describes how it would feel to discover something for your self. I think that an artist or a social worker would probably not look that deeply into a subject like weather or not the earth is round or flat. That is not their line of work therefore they would pay less attention to it.
3)He uses a playful tone when he is saying how he didnt quite get to see what he was looking for because it was hazy outside. He says "At the very least, I thought, you would have a pleasent vacation." He uses more of a serious tone when he is talking of acnietn studies that show why those scientists think the earth is round or flat. The change in tones keeps the readers intrest up. If it was a mono tone then the reader might just feel like they are reading a boring biography.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Active Reading Questions
1) Usually when I revise an essay or any of my writing, I read from the end to the beginging. I start at the beginging of the last sentence read it through, then contiune on up the page.
2)Rereading the essay aloud I dont really hear a difference, or catch any mistakes. I think when people revise essays they read them the way they want them to sound, or how they think they wrote them.
3) Reading the quote used after the author that Murry talks about, makes the advice the other author is giving seem more real. It does not just come off as steps and rules you read. It makes them become more alive.
2)Rereading the essay aloud I dont really hear a difference, or catch any mistakes. I think when people revise essays they read them the way they want them to sound, or how they think they wrote them.
3) Reading the quote used after the author that Murry talks about, makes the advice the other author is giving seem more real. It does not just come off as steps and rules you read. It makes them become more alive.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Youth Vote
I think that what the children are picking is information from their parents. When they see the news they might sorta understand it but it is the conversation after the news segment that will shape what the child thinks. I do not think that children have any special talent at picking a presidential candidate, they are so young and dont even know most of what is going on in the election. It can't hurt to let them vote and feel like they are in power, and have a voice, and it will help for when it really comes time to vote. maybe having these younger kids vote will make teens want to vote more when the time comes. Or atleast these children will grow up and want to vote when they are eighteen.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Orwell Journal 7
In this essay, Orwell suggests that the English language is on the decline because the people who use English are misusing the language. What sort of things does he mention as proof that the English language is in trouble?
The writer might have meaning but they cant express it or they are thinking of one topic and switch to another. He says that our thoughts are foolish therefore our thoughts with writing are foolish. He says that two expamles of bad writing are that imagery has gotten stale, and lack of precision.
Orwell wrote this essay almost 60 years ago. Do you think the English language is in a better or worse condition than when Orwell wrote his essay? I think it is worse, children are learning poor English and it will most likely carry over into their writing, and that will lead to bad writing when they are older. It can be fixed but it would take a while. Can you think of modern examples of how people misuse language? Like if someone is speaking about their broken phone. I have heard college students say “ My phone is broke.” This gets to me I always feel the need to correct them.
What do you think of Orwell’s list of rules to improve your writing? It seems like helpful advice but it just goes against everything we have been taught since we were little and learned to write.
Orwell wrote the following in the provided excerpt:
Probably it is better to put off using words as long as possible and get one's meaning as clear as one can through pictures and sensations. Afterward one can choose -- not simply accept -- the phrases that will best cover the meaning, and then switch round and decide what impressions one's words are likely to make on another person.
What do you think he means when he suggests that one should focus on “pictures and sensations” before one sits down to put words on the page? Have you ever done this? Does it help you write better? One should know what they want to write about and have an idea in their head so they are not jumping all over the place in the writing. Yes I have and it does help a lot.
The writer might have meaning but they cant express it or they are thinking of one topic and switch to another. He says that our thoughts are foolish therefore our thoughts with writing are foolish. He says that two expamles of bad writing are that imagery has gotten stale, and lack of precision.
Orwell wrote this essay almost 60 years ago. Do you think the English language is in a better or worse condition than when Orwell wrote his essay? I think it is worse, children are learning poor English and it will most likely carry over into their writing, and that will lead to bad writing when they are older. It can be fixed but it would take a while. Can you think of modern examples of how people misuse language? Like if someone is speaking about their broken phone. I have heard college students say “ My phone is broke.” This gets to me I always feel the need to correct them.
What do you think of Orwell’s list of rules to improve your writing? It seems like helpful advice but it just goes against everything we have been taught since we were little and learned to write.
Orwell wrote the following in the provided excerpt:
Probably it is better to put off using words as long as possible and get one's meaning as clear as one can through pictures and sensations. Afterward one can choose -- not simply accept -- the phrases that will best cover the meaning, and then switch round and decide what impressions one's words are likely to make on another person.
What do you think he means when he suggests that one should focus on “pictures and sensations” before one sits down to put words on the page? Have you ever done this? Does it help you write better? One should know what they want to write about and have an idea in their head so they are not jumping all over the place in the writing. Yes I have and it does help a lot.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
project 2 draft
Uniforms are the step up to higher learning. Yet Students who have a uniform for school usually complain. They don't think that wearing certain clothes will help them in getting better grades. Many see it as a confinement of their expression.
I wore a uniform from pre-K till eighth grade. I did not mind wearing it. Yes I couldn't wear normal clothes. Having a uniform made getting dressed in the mornings so easy I grabbed the clean shirt and shorts and was off to school. Because we wore uniforms, the kids in my class were not caught up with what everyone else was wearing. It made it better for those who didn't have the money to buy what was cool. When i got to high school I had a lot of clothes to buy to keep up with everyone else. There might be rules for a dress code or a uniform, but teenagers make their own rules. You were looked down on if you wore the same shirt more than twice in two weeks. You were looked at like you were crazy if you showed up with the same shirt as someone else. High school would have been better off with a uniform or a strict dress code. Guys would be less distracted, if girls had to wear clothes that covered everything. Girls would be less likely to judge people by what they are wearing.
Some think that a uniform is a bad idea. They feel that the student may be uncomfortable in what they are wearing and will be distracted by their clothes and not learn. People who see a uniform most likely have never had to wear one. They would feel confined, unexpressed. To be judged who you are by what you wear shows that we are a very judgemental society. Many people who have worn a uniform before hated it when they had to wear. Once they had choices of what to wear they wished they had the uniform.
A uniform keeps people from judging, keeps kids more focused, they are more awake because they are not in sweats and a tee shirt. Uniforms should be mandatory for all schools pre-K through high school. This would boost the classes GPA and make it a level learning field for everyone.
I wore a uniform from pre-K till eighth grade. I did not mind wearing it. Yes I couldn't wear normal clothes. Having a uniform made getting dressed in the mornings so easy I grabbed the clean shirt and shorts and was off to school. Because we wore uniforms, the kids in my class were not caught up with what everyone else was wearing. It made it better for those who didn't have the money to buy what was cool. When i got to high school I had a lot of clothes to buy to keep up with everyone else. There might be rules for a dress code or a uniform, but teenagers make their own rules. You were looked down on if you wore the same shirt more than twice in two weeks. You were looked at like you were crazy if you showed up with the same shirt as someone else. High school would have been better off with a uniform or a strict dress code. Guys would be less distracted, if girls had to wear clothes that covered everything. Girls would be less likely to judge people by what they are wearing.
Some think that a uniform is a bad idea. They feel that the student may be uncomfortable in what they are wearing and will be distracted by their clothes and not learn. People who see a uniform most likely have never had to wear one. They would feel confined, unexpressed. To be judged who you are by what you wear shows that we are a very judgemental society. Many people who have worn a uniform before hated it when they had to wear. Once they had choices of what to wear they wished they had the uniform.
A uniform keeps people from judging, keeps kids more focused, they are more awake because they are not in sweats and a tee shirt. Uniforms should be mandatory for all schools pre-K through high school. This would boost the classes GPA and make it a level learning field for everyone.
Monday, October 6, 2008
project 2
Do you think students wearing a uniform will increase learning.
1-yeah
Why?: My school had a very stirct dress code of kakhis and polos. This increased our overall GPA. It effects the kids, because when they are dressed more professionally they are more awake because they are less comfortable and less likely to fall asleep in class.
2-No
Why?: Because usually kids express themselves through their clothes, there fore they will be less happy at school, because they are worried about what they are wearing. and then concentration would be placed upon looks and how the student feels in the uniform not on their studies
3-Yes
Why?: They will be more focused less worried about what to wear like a social barrier will be taken down for the fact that the girls will not be competing to look better then one another if everyone is wearing the same clothes then no attention will be paid to them rather than their studies.
Do you think High schools should have a uniform or just a strict dress code?
1- we basically had a uniform.
2- I guess a strict dress code would be better because atleast then you have some say in what you wear.
3-A strict dress code would do.
1-yeah
Why?: My school had a very stirct dress code of kakhis and polos. This increased our overall GPA. It effects the kids, because when they are dressed more professionally they are more awake because they are less comfortable and less likely to fall asleep in class.
2-No
Why?: Because usually kids express themselves through their clothes, there fore they will be less happy at school, because they are worried about what they are wearing. and then concentration would be placed upon looks and how the student feels in the uniform not on their studies
3-Yes
Why?: They will be more focused less worried about what to wear like a social barrier will be taken down for the fact that the girls will not be competing to look better then one another if everyone is wearing the same clothes then no attention will be paid to them rather than their studies.
Do you think High schools should have a uniform or just a strict dress code?
1- we basically had a uniform.
2- I guess a strict dress code would be better because atleast then you have some say in what you wear.
3-A strict dress code would do.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Tavris
1) What perspectives does Tavris present that are different from those of Richard Cohen? What ideas in her essay are similar to those in his?
Tarvis is defending men saying that womens realtionships are just shallow and dont really mean anything. Cohen is saying how men cant have real friends and how women are correct in their views on friendships. both essays compare men and women's friendships.
2)In your own words, paraphrase both Cohen's and Tavris's definitions of friendship. Then, write your deffinition of friendship, in which you explicitly agree or disagree with the ideas of Cohen and/or Tavris.
Cohen says that friend ship is based on what each person tells one another. and how comfortable they are expressing their emotions with one another. Tavris is defending men saying how they are based on expierience not just talking. she sees womens friendships together more as shallow and sell them out as soon as something cute walks by. I Really agree with the fact that men do not share their feelings, very easily. it takes a bit to get it out of them and i dont think men are really that interested in each other enough to want to drag it out of them. women seem to feel that if somehting is off it must be fixed imeadately. a woman hates to have anything wrong. she will bug a man till he breaks and spills the beans on whats going on. Some women will sell out their best friends for a guy but that is not all women nor will all men keep every thing bottled up. I had to make a choice once between my friend and a guy i picked the guy and me and my friend did not talk for a year and ahalf. but then we reconnected and now all is good and i have both my friend and my boyfriend
3) How does Tavris suggest classifying peple as either "mature" or "immature"? Why does she make this distinction? What other characteristics would you say define someone (male or female) as "mature" or "immature"?
She says that one cannot judge if someone is mature or immature because there might be a different side to the story, it is not fair to judge someone else on if they are mature or not on what you belive to be mature because to someone else you might look just as immature. Maturity is more something that is present when it needs to be it is fun to be immature because look at little children they get to run around and be immature and then boom they are told to grow up and become mature. how that works i am not sure. noone can judge if someone else is immature or not becuase chances are they are not any more mature then the one they judge.
Tarvis is defending men saying that womens realtionships are just shallow and dont really mean anything. Cohen is saying how men cant have real friends and how women are correct in their views on friendships. both essays compare men and women's friendships.
2)In your own words, paraphrase both Cohen's and Tavris's definitions of friendship. Then, write your deffinition of friendship, in which you explicitly agree or disagree with the ideas of Cohen and/or Tavris.
Cohen says that friend ship is based on what each person tells one another. and how comfortable they are expressing their emotions with one another. Tavris is defending men saying how they are based on expierience not just talking. she sees womens friendships together more as shallow and sell them out as soon as something cute walks by. I Really agree with the fact that men do not share their feelings, very easily. it takes a bit to get it out of them and i dont think men are really that interested in each other enough to want to drag it out of them. women seem to feel that if somehting is off it must be fixed imeadately. a woman hates to have anything wrong. she will bug a man till he breaks and spills the beans on whats going on. Some women will sell out their best friends for a guy but that is not all women nor will all men keep every thing bottled up. I had to make a choice once between my friend and a guy i picked the guy and me and my friend did not talk for a year and ahalf. but then we reconnected and now all is good and i have both my friend and my boyfriend
3) How does Tavris suggest classifying peple as either "mature" or "immature"? Why does she make this distinction? What other characteristics would you say define someone (male or female) as "mature" or "immature"?
She says that one cannot judge if someone is mature or immature because there might be a different side to the story, it is not fair to judge someone else on if they are mature or not on what you belive to be mature because to someone else you might look just as immature. Maturity is more something that is present when it needs to be it is fun to be immature because look at little children they get to run around and be immature and then boom they are told to grow up and become mature. how that works i am not sure. noone can judge if someone else is immature or not becuase chances are they are not any more mature then the one they judge.
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