1. Pretend that you are talking to a blind man and have to describe for him what "red" is. You should use narrative and descriptive writing techniques, and try to appeal to his other senses!
The color red is a very unique color unlike others. For some people it can mean something affectionate or special to them such as a rose or a heart. When they see red maybe that is what comes to there mind. Somebody who is in love or who loves somebody else can see red and imagine a rose, a heart and romance. For people who are inlove the color red may bring them some romantci thoughts about somebody because red is also the color of a rose and the color of the heart. The color red can symbolize love and romance for people. For others however red can be a very grotesque and gory color maybe because of an awful experience that they may have gone through. An example is that red is the color of fire and blood. Fire obviosuly burn people in contact and scars them, it can even kill peoplem through really severe and awful wounds/ burns. Maybe somebody who has been through that awful experience may hate the color red because they are reminded by that. Red can also symbolize blood for others. Since blood is portrayed with sickness, disease, suffering and death. Blood can be very awful so some people have the reaction of not liking the color red because for some they are reminded of blood. So then if i was talking to the blind man, He can have an image of what red may be. If the man is inlove or has feelings for somebody when they hear red they may be reminded of love and that special somebody they love. But maybe if they had an awful experience either with fire or maybe with blood than for them red can be something brutish and nasty to them. But it will depend on the man and his experiences wether he likes or dislikes the color red based on my descriptions and what he thinks of them.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Journal #2
2. How does competition function in our society? To what extent is it healthy/unhealthy? Offer some real world examples taken from your life, community, culture, state, nation, or world.
What i believe is that competition can both unite people but it divides them at the same time. Because yoy could think about for example in sports. Differen teams dont get together because of distance apart from eachother. But during sporting events teams get together and play for the fun of it. So in a sense competion can bring people togetherduring those events. Competition can bring us together for a short time but soon different people are divided again and resume their normal lives sometimes not seeing the people thay met at competiion again. When competition is over people resume living being divided because of the end of competition. During competitions there can be bitter rivalries between the groups which will make them remain seperate during and after competition. When groups have a bitter ruvalry between eachother and hate eachother just to win a competition it results as unhealthy and evil for our society. However when they compete against eachother for the fun of it then it is not evil and healthy for the two groups. For example im in marching band. When we perform fieldshow or mach we compete against other schools. Sometimes we can have really fun and perform the best we can to win awards. Its not always that way. One time we had fun was during the veterans day parade as we were waiting to participate in the parade we competed musically against madison high school. it was fun and we got along because we enjoyed doing it. So this battle of the bands that we had was an example of a healthy relationship since we didnt hate eachother and got along. We were united by the competition of bands but sadly we are now divided because of the end of band competitions.
What i believe is that competition can both unite people but it divides them at the same time. Because yoy could think about for example in sports. Differen teams dont get together because of distance apart from eachother. But during sporting events teams get together and play for the fun of it. So in a sense competion can bring people togetherduring those events. Competition can bring us together for a short time but soon different people are divided again and resume their normal lives sometimes not seeing the people thay met at competiion again. When competition is over people resume living being divided because of the end of competition. During competitions there can be bitter rivalries between the groups which will make them remain seperate during and after competition. When groups have a bitter ruvalry between eachother and hate eachother just to win a competition it results as unhealthy and evil for our society. However when they compete against eachother for the fun of it then it is not evil and healthy for the two groups. For example im in marching band. When we perform fieldshow or mach we compete against other schools. Sometimes we can have really fun and perform the best we can to win awards. Its not always that way. One time we had fun was during the veterans day parade as we were waiting to participate in the parade we competed musically against madison high school. it was fun and we got along because we enjoyed doing it. So this battle of the bands that we had was an example of a healthy relationship since we didnt hate eachother and got along. We were united by the competition of bands but sadly we are now divided because of the end of band competitions.
Journal #3
3. How have you taken something that you have learned in the classroom and integrated it into your nonacademic life?
Some of the things that we learn in classrooms stay with us for a long time and we can use them into our no-academic life. Something that i have taken from my class and integrated it into my life was in my theory of knowledge class. About a few months ago we were on the perception unit and talked about how our senses and emotions influence how we perceive other people and situations. Since i learned that sometimes im blinded by what i feel or by my other senses i may not completely perceive my surroundings nor other people. Its a common ideology to say that sight is the most inportant sense that we have. However this is not true because all of our senses should be of equal value and equal importance. no sense is ever better than anothe sense. But since i always rely on my eyes in my perception i sometimes may not notice my surroundings which could be detected by my other senses. What i sometimes do in my nonacedmic life is close my eyes and try to use my other senses. When i practice my flute on my own i cant really listen to intonation by ear so i rely on a tuner. But when i try to tune myself i close my eyes and try to listeen to the wave lenghts prodeuced by the notes of my flute to determine wether i am flat or if i am sharp. Its still hard for me to determin intonation even by closing my eyes. But i am getting better at it a bit. SPlaying my flute and checking my intonation by closing my eyes is something i took from my TOk class and try to fit into my life. Emotion is another factor which affects my perception. When i am really mad, depressed, or in love my mood influences my perception. I try not to let that happen so i can really observe what is going on around me. Perception, something i learned in my theory of knowledge class is something i try to fit into my normal life and pay attention to more.
Some of the things that we learn in classrooms stay with us for a long time and we can use them into our no-academic life. Something that i have taken from my class and integrated it into my life was in my theory of knowledge class. About a few months ago we were on the perception unit and talked about how our senses and emotions influence how we perceive other people and situations. Since i learned that sometimes im blinded by what i feel or by my other senses i may not completely perceive my surroundings nor other people. Its a common ideology to say that sight is the most inportant sense that we have. However this is not true because all of our senses should be of equal value and equal importance. no sense is ever better than anothe sense. But since i always rely on my eyes in my perception i sometimes may not notice my surroundings which could be detected by my other senses. What i sometimes do in my nonacedmic life is close my eyes and try to use my other senses. When i practice my flute on my own i cant really listen to intonation by ear so i rely on a tuner. But when i try to tune myself i close my eyes and try to listeen to the wave lenghts prodeuced by the notes of my flute to determine wether i am flat or if i am sharp. Its still hard for me to determin intonation even by closing my eyes. But i am getting better at it a bit. SPlaying my flute and checking my intonation by closing my eyes is something i took from my TOk class and try to fit into my life. Emotion is another factor which affects my perception. When i am really mad, depressed, or in love my mood influences my perception. I try not to let that happen so i can really observe what is going on around me. Perception, something i learned in my theory of knowledge class is something i try to fit into my normal life and pay attention to more.
Journal #4
4. If you could go back in time and be someone in history, who would you choose to be? Why?
If i could go back and be anybody in history i would choose to be the britsh prime minster from 1940-1945 Winston Churchill. Churchill became the prime minister of great britain shortly after the eruption of world war two. He replaced Neville Chamberline as prime minister. Churchill as well commanded most of britains military forces during the second world war. I choose to be Winston Churchill if i went back to time because he had a very important role in the war in europe against the nazis and the fascist. I believe that he had oppurutnities to win the war before the fall of france in 1940. if there was a window of oppurunity to defeat the germans before their occupation of france, if i was winston churchill id take the oppurunity and fight to keep france free from nazi control. That way france and britain would work together during the war to protect the nations of western europe from nazi control and tyranny. and if the soviets entered the war fighting against the axis as well then germany could be surrounded from the west by the british and the french and surrounded from the east by the soviets. This way World War two wouldnt be as gruesome as it was in history and the u.s wouldnt need any involvement. As well germany wouldnt need as many restrictions as it had during history and there would be no cold war neither not a war against communism. Nor any proxy war that took place during the cold war era. But i wouldnt know how society would be if germany was defeated before u.s involvement, might have been better or worse from the society we live in today. But if I was Winston Churchill id take the chance to keep france free from nazi control
If i could go back and be anybody in history i would choose to be the britsh prime minster from 1940-1945 Winston Churchill. Churchill became the prime minister of great britain shortly after the eruption of world war two. He replaced Neville Chamberline as prime minister. Churchill as well commanded most of britains military forces during the second world war. I choose to be Winston Churchill if i went back to time because he had a very important role in the war in europe against the nazis and the fascist. I believe that he had oppurutnities to win the war before the fall of france in 1940. if there was a window of oppurunity to defeat the germans before their occupation of france, if i was winston churchill id take the oppurunity and fight to keep france free from nazi control. That way france and britain would work together during the war to protect the nations of western europe from nazi control and tyranny. and if the soviets entered the war fighting against the axis as well then germany could be surrounded from the west by the british and the french and surrounded from the east by the soviets. This way World War two wouldnt be as gruesome as it was in history and the u.s wouldnt need any involvement. As well germany wouldnt need as many restrictions as it had during history and there would be no cold war neither not a war against communism. Nor any proxy war that took place during the cold war era. But i wouldnt know how society would be if germany was defeated before u.s involvement, might have been better or worse from the society we live in today. But if I was Winston Churchill id take the chance to keep france free from nazi control
Journal #5
5. If you had the responsibility to decide where $1 million should be spent to improve conditions somewhere in the world, what project(s) would you choose? Why?
If i had the responsibility of deciding where to spend $1 million, i would choose to spend it to save the starving citizens of Africa. People who live in poverty areas in africa dont have alot to eat, if they can; and suffer from disease, famine, and wars. There are some african nations that are torn apart by civil wars and the people of the country suffer and need as much help as others can provide. Mainly by food supplies that they need to live. Every six seconds a child in africa. But it can be prevented by sending money, food, and supplies to the people in africa. Its very sad to see them starvem, suffer from illness, and being torn apart by wars that occur over there. I believe that they need the $1 million more than other people in the world. I want to help the citizens get better and to continue living through their struggles.
If i had the responsibility of deciding where to spend $1 million, i would choose to spend it to save the starving citizens of Africa. People who live in poverty areas in africa dont have alot to eat, if they can; and suffer from disease, famine, and wars. There are some african nations that are torn apart by civil wars and the people of the country suffer and need as much help as others can provide. Mainly by food supplies that they need to live. Every six seconds a child in africa. But it can be prevented by sending money, food, and supplies to the people in africa. Its very sad to see them starvem, suffer from illness, and being torn apart by wars that occur over there. I believe that they need the $1 million more than other people in the world. I want to help the citizens get better and to continue living through their struggles.
Journal #6
6. How have you tried to effect change in relation to an issue of personal, local, or national significance?
In my experience i had a struggle from eight grade to ninth grade i had an internal conflict wih myself and i was alone most of the time without anybody. I was isolated, i didnt had many friends, i hated my teachers and my classes, i got my heart brokend by somebody i loved and i just hated that time. That was when i was studying at chula vista. I also kept alot of my issues inside and didnt spoke with anyone not even my own parents or family members. I was just sad, angry, upset, jealous, unhappy and had all these mixed feelings. I wanted to get better by getting involved in school groups. I was in the middle school band, i joined asb in middle school, and i also joined a group called math field day which is a group that competes in the district in math games and math events. But i was just occupied because of that i wasnt happy neither. Then i wanted to socialize with others and make friends but that wasnt very successful. I felt as if nobody liked me and i had to be alone. In high school the first semester of ninth grade didnt get any better. I still had the same issues and had the same problems. the bestthing i did was startover and move to a new school. I wante to move to schools in the east like eastlake, bonita, otay, or olympian but i couldnt because the school year started and i couldnt transfer to those schools. I only had the option of swetwater and castle so i chose castle park. I transferred schools and i became much happier. I made friends, i have great teachers, great classes, and im doing everything i want to do. The only thing i did to change how i was feeling is moving somewhere else and starting anew. Coming to Castle Park was the best choice i ever made. =)
In my experience i had a struggle from eight grade to ninth grade i had an internal conflict wih myself and i was alone most of the time without anybody. I was isolated, i didnt had many friends, i hated my teachers and my classes, i got my heart brokend by somebody i loved and i just hated that time. That was when i was studying at chula vista. I also kept alot of my issues inside and didnt spoke with anyone not even my own parents or family members. I was just sad, angry, upset, jealous, unhappy and had all these mixed feelings. I wanted to get better by getting involved in school groups. I was in the middle school band, i joined asb in middle school, and i also joined a group called math field day which is a group that competes in the district in math games and math events. But i was just occupied because of that i wasnt happy neither. Then i wanted to socialize with others and make friends but that wasnt very successful. I felt as if nobody liked me and i had to be alone. In high school the first semester of ninth grade didnt get any better. I still had the same issues and had the same problems. the bestthing i did was startover and move to a new school. I wante to move to schools in the east like eastlake, bonita, otay, or olympian but i couldnt because the school year started and i couldnt transfer to those schools. I only had the option of swetwater and castle so i chose castle park. I transferred schools and i became much happier. I made friends, i have great teachers, great classes, and im doing everything i want to do. The only thing i did to change how i was feeling is moving somewhere else and starting anew. Coming to Castle Park was the best choice i ever made. =)
Journal #7
7. If you could introduce one new idea or material thing to a primitive culture, what would it be?
A new technology that is very common here in the united states and other countries around the world that i would like to introduce to a primative culture if i had the oppurutniy would be cell phones. In a culture like africa where most people are seperated from time through because of war, hunting, or any other reason it is difficult for them to reunite again or to find eachother again. And people in africa also done have access to technology. Another example is the incan empire which relied on roads and messangers to communicate with eachother through a long distance. It takes a long time to just send messages over to eachother through messages and it would be much easier and faster if cell phones were introduced for the incans to communicate. Cell phones in my opinion are the most useful technological invention, besides the car that has been introduced. There wouldnt be a need to send people over long distances for communication. By calling somebody it would be easier to have a direct communication with him/her instead of waiting for a period of time to communicate with the person. In war torn countries in africa its very sad that families get seperated because of a war and never get to see eachother again. If cell phones where available for everybody then it would be possible for family members to see eachother again and not lose communication. Cell phones just make communication easier and would help people contact each other. So if i could introduce a new invention to a primative culture i would introduce the cell phone.
A new technology that is very common here in the united states and other countries around the world that i would like to introduce to a primative culture if i had the oppurutniy would be cell phones. In a culture like africa where most people are seperated from time through because of war, hunting, or any other reason it is difficult for them to reunite again or to find eachother again. And people in africa also done have access to technology. Another example is the incan empire which relied on roads and messangers to communicate with eachother through a long distance. It takes a long time to just send messages over to eachother through messages and it would be much easier and faster if cell phones were introduced for the incans to communicate. Cell phones in my opinion are the most useful technological invention, besides the car that has been introduced. There wouldnt be a need to send people over long distances for communication. By calling somebody it would be easier to have a direct communication with him/her instead of waiting for a period of time to communicate with the person. In war torn countries in africa its very sad that families get seperated because of a war and never get to see eachother again. If cell phones where available for everybody then it would be possible for family members to see eachother again and not lose communication. Cell phones just make communication easier and would help people contact each other. So if i could introduce a new invention to a primative culture i would introduce the cell phone.
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