Quick write
Since this is a free quick write I just wanted to let everyone know that I am losing my voice. I sound like a boy going through puberty and no one seems to understand me. Until I meet up with my mom later to go shopping I am done talking for the day, if anyone wants to talk to me they can text me or try to understand my gangsta' sign language. The Lord knows how hard I tried to avoid getting this cold, holding my breath and moving my face away whenever people start coughing or sneezing around me. I snooze I lose! I really wish I was in my boyfriends house, sleeping in his soft warm bed and eating soup.
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
4/28/14
Quick Write: Think about one of the most important memories you have. Indulge yourself in it. Can you taste it? Smell it? Feel it? What if that memory were taken away from you? Would it still exist?
The most important memory to me would be the last time I had saw my grandmother. I can feel the warmness in her room, the smell of her nail polish, and the metal pressing against my thighs as I sat on the air vents. If this memory was taken away from me, I don't know how'd I feel if that memory was taken away from me because it is something only I can personally remember, with my feelings and thoughts of that moment included but it would still exist, just not from my point of view. My mother and sister were there that day so the only way I'd be able to hear about that moment would be through them. It wouldn't be the same.
Final Reflection: You previously interpreted the quote “I think, therefore I am.” Interpret the quote once again as it relates to Clive. In other words, does Clive know he exists? Does he exist? What does all of this say about memory? Finally, what’s your brainy explanation for Clive only remembering love and music? Post this final reflection on your blog.
Clive does exist and he knows he exist because of his memory of love and music, you can't remember something that didn't happen so if you can then that means that it did which means you were there when it took place and in order for you the be there you have to physically exist as well. "I think therefore I am." In order to think you have to have think about something. Thinking about an events that took place requires you to have a memory, thinking about how you're feeling requires for something to happen in order to get you to feel anything, and in order to have a memory to make all of this happen you have to be there when that moment is taking place. Your brain records moments that you witness, it records what the eyes are watching, what the heart is feeling and what the brain is thinking. So if you're thinking, you do exist. Only memories, thoughts, and feelings can happen to those whom exist.
The most important memory to me would be the last time I had saw my grandmother. I can feel the warmness in her room, the smell of her nail polish, and the metal pressing against my thighs as I sat on the air vents. If this memory was taken away from me, I don't know how'd I feel if that memory was taken away from me because it is something only I can personally remember, with my feelings and thoughts of that moment included but it would still exist, just not from my point of view. My mother and sister were there that day so the only way I'd be able to hear about that moment would be through them. It wouldn't be the same.
Final Reflection: You previously interpreted the quote “I think, therefore I am.” Interpret the quote once again as it relates to Clive. In other words, does Clive know he exists? Does he exist? What does all of this say about memory? Finally, what’s your brainy explanation for Clive only remembering love and music? Post this final reflection on your blog.
Clive does exist and he knows he exist because of his memory of love and music, you can't remember something that didn't happen so if you can then that means that it did which means you were there when it took place and in order for you the be there you have to physically exist as well. "I think therefore I am." In order to think you have to have think about something. Thinking about an events that took place requires you to have a memory, thinking about how you're feeling requires for something to happen in order to get you to feel anything, and in order to have a memory to make all of this happen you have to be there when that moment is taking place. Your brain records moments that you witness, it records what the eyes are watching, what the heart is feeling and what the brain is thinking. So if you're thinking, you do exist. Only memories, thoughts, and feelings can happen to those whom exist.
4/23/14 - 4/24/14
Quick Write: What does imagination mean to you? How important is it? What about memory? Can you have one without the other?
To me imagination is the creative part in your brain, you imagine things and you create things in your mind. It is important to have imagination because if not then it's as if your brain is just blah and boring. However, memory to me is more important because a memory is something you remember that actually took place, something that was real and not made up in your imagination. But can you have one without the other? Of course you can, remembering something as small as what you did 5min ago and not be imaginative is very possible, or not being able to remember anything because of some type of problem going on in your brain but having an imagination is very possible as well.
Friday, April 11, 2014
4/11/14
Quick Write: Reflect on what you learned in detail this week in at least one well-organized paragraph.
During this past week I have learned a great amount of things. Some of the things I learned was what locked-in syndrome is, some of the causes, and a man named Jean-Dominique Bauby with the syndrome that wrote a memoir about his life with the syndrome, which later turned into a movie. So what is locked-in syndrome? Well, locked-in syndrome is a condition in which a patient is aware and awake but cannot move or communicate verbally due to complete paralysis of nearly all voluntary muscles in the body except for the eyes. What can cause this is Lou Gehrig's disease, diseases of the circulatory system, medication overdose, multiple Sclerosis, damage to nerve cells, particularly destruction of the myelin sheath, caused by disease (e.g. central pontine myelinolysis secondary to rapid correction of hyponatremia), a stroke or brain hemorrhage, usually of the basilar artery, or traumatic brain injury. However, the chances getting locked-in syndrome is about the about same chance as winning the lottery so it is rare but not impossible. This rare disease happened to Jean-Dominique Bauby, a well-known French journalist, author and editor of the French fashion magazine ELLE and writer of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly after catching a massive stroke. So how can a man with Locked-in syndrome write a memoir? With his left eye. There's an alphabet he uses that contains the main letters used in the French alphabet that helps him blink to the letters he wants and make sentences out of them.
During this past week I have learned a great amount of things. Some of the things I learned was what locked-in syndrome is, some of the causes, and a man named Jean-Dominique Bauby with the syndrome that wrote a memoir about his life with the syndrome, which later turned into a movie. So what is locked-in syndrome? Well, locked-in syndrome is a condition in which a patient is aware and awake but cannot move or communicate verbally due to complete paralysis of nearly all voluntary muscles in the body except for the eyes. What can cause this is Lou Gehrig's disease, diseases of the circulatory system, medication overdose, multiple Sclerosis, damage to nerve cells, particularly destruction of the myelin sheath, caused by disease (e.g. central pontine myelinolysis secondary to rapid correction of hyponatremia), a stroke or brain hemorrhage, usually of the basilar artery, or traumatic brain injury. However, the chances getting locked-in syndrome is about the about same chance as winning the lottery so it is rare but not impossible. This rare disease happened to Jean-Dominique Bauby, a well-known French journalist, author and editor of the French fashion magazine ELLE and writer of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly after catching a massive stroke. So how can a man with Locked-in syndrome write a memoir? With his left eye. There's an alphabet he uses that contains the main letters used in the French alphabet that helps him blink to the letters he wants and make sentences out of them.
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
4/9/14
Quick Write: Do you believe animals have souls? Explain.
I do believe animals have souls. Animals are living, breathing, thinking, feeling creatures just like us. Just because we don't walk on four legs and speak their language doesn't mean that animals are any less living to have one. To animals we are considered animals, we kill one another, we love one another, we are somewhat just like them.
I do believe animals have souls. Animals are living, breathing, thinking, feeling creatures just like us. Just because we don't walk on four legs and speak their language doesn't mean that animals are any less living to have one. To animals we are considered animals, we kill one another, we love one another, we are somewhat just like them.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
4/8/14
Jean-Dominque Bauby
Positive, growth mindset kind of guy with a good sense of humor. He sees him self in a situation where he's as good as a vegetable but keeps himself going by using his imagination to see the better in things and to keep himself busy.
Positive, growth mindset kind of guy with a good sense of humor. He sees him self in a situation where he's as good as a vegetable but keeps himself going by using his imagination to see the better in things and to keep himself busy.
Friday, April 4, 2014
4/4/14
Quick write.
1) peer edited our argument essays.
4 - I was the only one here and Ms.Becker help me improve my introduction to my argument essay
2) strengthened our final drafts by revising them based on the feedback we got.
4 - I changed my topic and became more connected to it. I feel more confident writing my essay now then I did before.
3) participated in a Socratic seminar on public selective schools.
4 - During the Socratic seminar I asked a well developed question, I participated, I listened to my peers, gave my opinion, used a good tone of voice, and made eye contact with everyone.
4) analyzed and connected some essential questions and quotations to literature.
4 - I connected a quotation by Henry Ford to one of my literary books Fahrenheit 451, I connected my knowledge on mindsets to the main character Guy Montag and to the dystopian setting.
5) reflected on the impact of the neurological condition known as locked-in syndrome.
4 - After watching the video in class yesterday on locked-in syndrome I added my 3 observation, 2 essential question and 1 feeling I had towards the video and the situation itself. I connected the situation the lens of mindsets and to my own personal opinion.
1) peer edited our argument essays.
4 - I was the only one here and Ms.Becker help me improve my introduction to my argument essay
2) strengthened our final drafts by revising them based on the feedback we got.
4 - I changed my topic and became more connected to it. I feel more confident writing my essay now then I did before.
3) participated in a Socratic seminar on public selective schools.
4 - During the Socratic seminar I asked a well developed question, I participated, I listened to my peers, gave my opinion, used a good tone of voice, and made eye contact with everyone.
4) analyzed and connected some essential questions and quotations to literature.
4 - I connected a quotation by Henry Ford to one of my literary books Fahrenheit 451, I connected my knowledge on mindsets to the main character Guy Montag and to the dystopian setting.
5) reflected on the impact of the neurological condition known as locked-in syndrome.
4 - After watching the video in class yesterday on locked-in syndrome I added my 3 observation, 2 essential question and 1 feeling I had towards the video and the situation itself. I connected the situation the lens of mindsets and to my own personal opinion.
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