Sunday, September 29, 2013
TO ACT OR NOT TO ACT
After comparing the differences in both speeches I realized I prefer Jobs speech. For one in Job's speech he is speaking in a language/native tounge that is more clear to my ears. Yes shakespere makes good points on whether or not you are going to act. Job had all of those ingredients in his soup and some.
DEAR STEVE
Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish
No offense to anyone reading this or to the course but I was finally given a good piece of words or literature or what ever you call it today. I think the reason it impacted me so much right now is because I am currently applying for colleges at the moment. And have to choose my major. And have to decide where I want to be for the next four years of my life. And have to make sure Im going to like it because if I don't. If I don't find what I love or do what I love to do for the rest of my life then it's a waste of life. My life. So now I'm on a mission a new declaration of learning shimimabob. I have to discover what I love, fast. Because the decisions I make right now as a 17 year old are going to shape who I am as a person career and happiness wise 5, 10, 20 years from now!
No offense to anyone reading this or to the course but I was finally given a good piece of words or literature or what ever you call it today. I think the reason it impacted me so much right now is because I am currently applying for colleges at the moment. And have to choose my major. And have to decide where I want to be for the next four years of my life. And have to make sure Im going to like it because if I don't. If I don't find what I love or do what I love to do for the rest of my life then it's a waste of life. My life. So now I'm on a mission a new declaration of learning shimimabob. I have to discover what I love, fast. Because the decisions I make right now as a 17 year old are going to shape who I am as a person career and happiness wise 5, 10, 20 years from now!
Friday, September 27, 2013
Journal #31
When ever I find out something of put two and two together I get this sense of triumph ! I have no idea why but I just do. For example when I'm doing my evil ap physics homework I always get stumped and the teacher doesn't give me all the help I need he rather me understand te concept and derive he solution. So when I come to enlightenment and actually figure out the answer to the question it makes me the happiest teenager in earth ! Humans don't like secrets or not knowing a certain subject, we like to be in control.
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Value of life
I didn't want to learn about the value of life so I guess I'm not at engaged in it as I should be. After taking a glance at the module , I realized time and life are short. Make the best of it everyone says but no one does. I'm still young and know I need to mature more but once Ido the sky is not the limit with me. Chickowww
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE AFTERLIFE. SERIOUSLY
I really liked the perspective laid out for me on life after death or no life after death. Author talks about how we take for granted people containing living their lives after we die. I never thought of just dying and nothing ever happening after that. Like I don't want it to be that way, I want to go to heaven but articles like these really question if there is even a heaven? I'm glad I read this article because it made me realize how short our lives are and how we need to use it more wisely. We only have so much time and with a little confidence and knowledge we can apply some skills to make an impact in the world. It takes focus, dedication, and curisma. Something many people struggle with. Worrying about what people think about ourselve.
Monday, September 16, 2013
- Adroit; skilful or dexterous " That is one adroit runningback he can jump,catch,and run proficiently"
- Amicable: characterized by or showing goodwill; friendly; peaceable " That was such an amicable deed Alondra, giving that hobo your bread"
- Averse: having a strong feeling of opposition, antipathy, repugnance, etc.; opposed " I am not so averse to doing drugs every now then"
- Belligerent: of warlike ousacter; aggressively hostile; bellicose "Dr. Preston scolded me with a belligerent tone for being late to class, AH HEEE"
- Benevolent: characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings " Even though I was scolded by Dr. P I was kind and benevolent with a response of "im sorry", "
- Cursory: going rapidly over something, without noticing details; hasty; superficial "Dr. P gave a cursory lecture on the assignments due today"
- Duplicity: speaking or acting in two different ways to different people concerning the same matter; double-dealing " I have such a duplicity in my friend ships, treat them all differently for certain reasons.:
- Extol: to praise highly "I was extolled on my good performance for the quiz we took yesterday"
- Feasible: Capable of being done : " This is not feasible assignment, way too much work for one night I HAVE A LIFE"
- Grimace: Afacial expression that often indicates disapproval " Dr. P gave me a grimacing look as I walked late into class"
- Holocaust: A great or complete devastation or destruction " The holocaust in ww2 is just unhuman"
- Impervious: not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable: " That girls virginity was so impervious, many tried and failed"
- Impetus: moving force; impulse " That drink gave me a impetus feeling in my body"
- Jeopardy: Exposure to loss, harm " I played the game jeopardy and lost everything"
- meticulous: taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough " I meticulous when it comes to my women, im a gentlemen not no suckahhh"
- Nostalgia: a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, " Nostalgic character in this old 56 chevy"
- Quintessence: the pure and concentrated essence of a substance. " That story in the quintessence of true love"
- Retrogress: to go backward into an earlier and usually worse condition: " I was walking and retrogressed into my old habits, drugs"
- Scrutinize: to examine in detail with careful or critical attention. " I scrutinized my lock so no one can steal it"
- Tepid: moderately warm " that water is tepid, weird cause i thought it would be cooler"
DECLARATION OF LEARNING INDEPENDENCE
"Mental and physical health problems is the product of individuals eating garbage food, It's a physical and mental fight to end these problems. Invest in our bodies now before death is the only escape route."
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Literature Analysis
Topics and or Events:
1) Every Second Counts is about the remarkable story of Lance's Armstrong comeback from testicular cancer and how he fights the odds and wins the Tour De France 5 consecative times. It captures the mindset of a man who has to make time for his family as well his love for biking. But along this perilous journey he talks about his experience with cancer which ironically taught him to live life day by day.
2) Lance wrote this book to let everyone know how his life was during cancer and how precious time is. he wanted to let the whole world understand that he is just an ordinary man like everyone else, he explicitly stated over and over again that if he can survive cancer so can you.
3) I chose this book because I myself am an athlete and thought it would be easy to read about a biography of an athlete. From the front cover of Lance Armstrongs exstatic smile I could already relate and conncet to the book. Once I started reading I was hooked. He quickly talks about his first encounter of finding out he had cancer, from that point on I knew I would like this book. " now that I know im going to die, what will I do?" this quote from the book is a perfect example on how realistic and logical this book is.
4)
This question made me laugh. Yes this book is as real as it gets and some! Cancer, bike riding, family, how much more real can it get? His thoughts and feelings towards cancer really inspired me to do my best in life. Appreciate what I have today because in fact it could all be gone or change tomorrow. I connected to lance in a life threatening sickness and athletic point of view.
People:
1) Lance talks a lot about his family; wife named kik, son luke, and twin daughters. There are so many people mentioned in this book that it would to much to list them all but the ones he talks about most and sincerly is his family. He describes hiw wife as supportive and strong minded. he has very good communication with her but never mention any fights. I'm sure they do fight but why would he want to but that in a book as inspiring as this? I bet if I met his family in person it would be the typical kids playing and couple arguing about something situation. but after reading the book and understanding how Lance Embraces life I came to a conclusion, the way he describes his family is the way they actuall act. Man had life threatening cancer for petes sake! His life is in no way normal.
2) His cancer friend Sally reed is a cancer survivor patient who clocked in over a thousand volunteer hours devoted to helping cancer patients. Down side is lance is not very good at physically describing people so I can not do the honor of giving you a full description of a certain person. He more describes ones personality and action which is fine, you dont judge a book by the cover.
His wife kik, very beautiful slender women with green eyes. She has blonde hair is a very strong hearted women says armstrong. She helped hi, get through cancer.
Luke lance's son is a almsot split image of himself. Though lance did not really describe how his son looked his described his sons ambition and love for biking " He fell off his bike face first and after some bruises, cuts, and crying he got right back on it, Just like his daddy". I can tell from how he talks about his sone he is very proud and happy to have one. He gets deep pleasure and satisfaction to know he has a prodigy of his own.
3) Well the fact that Lance Armstong himself talks about them a lot says it all. With all the people he sees, cancer patients, public, press, cycylist; he seems to talk about these the most. These individuals mean the most to him in his precious life. They deserve to be talked about.
Style
1) The author used a more journalist/biography approach with hints on the symbolism of life terms. For example, " What I didnt and couldnt address at the time was the prospect of life.".
2) Lance loves to use lenghty descriptions of everything. Forexample in the beggining of the book I loved how he described the giant waterfall he goes to jump in just to clear his mind. " Its a drop so long.... Long enough to think first one thing, A Little fear is good for you." .This quote really captured the use and the meaning the water fall has to him. Most books will describe the water fall magnificent or even try to glorify it cliche. lance describes it for what it is and what its made to be used for and that is clear your mind from all the obstacles life gives you.
3) The author uses his own thoughts to set a certain tone in parts of the story.
4) I believe Lance had very different perspectives towards cancer. Its a diease that could of killed him but having survived it gave him new motive to do better and work harder in life, " My house is burned, but I can see the sky." Its very ironic how he is in some way happy the thing that was going to kill him saved him? MAde him appreciate the little things in life and with nothing to lose and everything to gain lance is just a dangerous man to be around. Its the reason why he is so optimistic, postive and happy in to be alive.
5) Author didnt really offer any articles excpet what you can hear from the Tour De France skeptics. But if you take a close look into the book he talks about articles accusing him of doping up, doubt he wants to prmotoe those articles
1) Every Second Counts is about the remarkable story of Lance's Armstrong comeback from testicular cancer and how he fights the odds and wins the Tour De France 5 consecative times. It captures the mindset of a man who has to make time for his family as well his love for biking. But along this perilous journey he talks about his experience with cancer which ironically taught him to live life day by day.
2) Lance wrote this book to let everyone know how his life was during cancer and how precious time is. he wanted to let the whole world understand that he is just an ordinary man like everyone else, he explicitly stated over and over again that if he can survive cancer so can you.
3) I chose this book because I myself am an athlete and thought it would be easy to read about a biography of an athlete. From the front cover of Lance Armstrongs exstatic smile I could already relate and conncet to the book. Once I started reading I was hooked. He quickly talks about his first encounter of finding out he had cancer, from that point on I knew I would like this book. " now that I know im going to die, what will I do?" this quote from the book is a perfect example on how realistic and logical this book is.
4)
This question made me laugh. Yes this book is as real as it gets and some! Cancer, bike riding, family, how much more real can it get? His thoughts and feelings towards cancer really inspired me to do my best in life. Appreciate what I have today because in fact it could all be gone or change tomorrow. I connected to lance in a life threatening sickness and athletic point of view.
People:
1) Lance talks a lot about his family; wife named kik, son luke, and twin daughters. There are so many people mentioned in this book that it would to much to list them all but the ones he talks about most and sincerly is his family. He describes hiw wife as supportive and strong minded. he has very good communication with her but never mention any fights. I'm sure they do fight but why would he want to but that in a book as inspiring as this? I bet if I met his family in person it would be the typical kids playing and couple arguing about something situation. but after reading the book and understanding how Lance Embraces life I came to a conclusion, the way he describes his family is the way they actuall act. Man had life threatening cancer for petes sake! His life is in no way normal.
2) His cancer friend Sally reed is a cancer survivor patient who clocked in over a thousand volunteer hours devoted to helping cancer patients. Down side is lance is not very good at physically describing people so I can not do the honor of giving you a full description of a certain person. He more describes ones personality and action which is fine, you dont judge a book by the cover.
His wife kik, very beautiful slender women with green eyes. She has blonde hair is a very strong hearted women says armstrong. She helped hi, get through cancer.
Luke lance's son is a almsot split image of himself. Though lance did not really describe how his son looked his described his sons ambition and love for biking " He fell off his bike face first and after some bruises, cuts, and crying he got right back on it, Just like his daddy". I can tell from how he talks about his sone he is very proud and happy to have one. He gets deep pleasure and satisfaction to know he has a prodigy of his own.
3) Well the fact that Lance Armstong himself talks about them a lot says it all. With all the people he sees, cancer patients, public, press, cycylist; he seems to talk about these the most. These individuals mean the most to him in his precious life. They deserve to be talked about.
Style
1) The author used a more journalist/biography approach with hints on the symbolism of life terms. For example, " What I didnt and couldnt address at the time was the prospect of life.".
2) Lance loves to use lenghty descriptions of everything. Forexample in the beggining of the book I loved how he described the giant waterfall he goes to jump in just to clear his mind. " Its a drop so long.... Long enough to think first one thing, A Little fear is good for you." .This quote really captured the use and the meaning the water fall has to him. Most books will describe the water fall magnificent or even try to glorify it cliche. lance describes it for what it is and what its made to be used for and that is clear your mind from all the obstacles life gives you.
3) The author uses his own thoughts to set a certain tone in parts of the story.
4) I believe Lance had very different perspectives towards cancer. Its a diease that could of killed him but having survived it gave him new motive to do better and work harder in life, " My house is burned, but I can see the sky." Its very ironic how he is in some way happy the thing that was going to kill him saved him? MAde him appreciate the little things in life and with nothing to lose and everything to gain lance is just a dangerous man to be around. Its the reason why he is so optimistic, postive and happy in to be alive.
5) Author didnt really offer any articles excpet what you can hear from the Tour De France skeptics. But if you take a close look into the book he talks about articles accusing him of doping up, doubt he wants to prmotoe those articles
Monday, September 9, 2013
VOCAB : Fall #4
Accede:to give consent, approval, or adherence; agree. "I acceded with the fact the we live in a Chicka chicka Pow pow world.
Brandish:to shake or wave, as a weapon; flourish: " I brandished my pistol to the thugs so they would not steal my wallet."
Comprise: to include or contain "My class comprises of mexican's and white students."
Deft: dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever " My deft hands quickly slapped Jared unexpectedly, his fault for talking about my mother dearest."
Destitute: without means of subsistence; lacking food, clothing, and shelter "Destitute of children in my community cry for food and some clothes but yet are so optimistic."
Explicit: fully and clearly expressed or demonstrated "The music I listen to contains explicit lyrics."
Extirpate: to remove or destroy totally; do away with; exterminate " As I walked in the kitchen my mom totally extirpated all the dirty dishes."
Inopportune: inappropriate; inconvenient; untimely or unseasonable "That was a very inopportune comment, you made my sister cry."
Ironic: coincidental; unexpected " Its ironic I got "Best Pick" award for picking strawberries."
Musty: Dank, moldy, stale " This is some musty chips, I do not want to eat them"
Officious: objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services " No stop officiously putting my clothes away, I can do it myself."
Ominous: Forebidding, Threatening, harmful " That is a Ominous crowd of people, there caring knives."
Pinnacle: the highest or culminating point, as of success, power, fame " Tupac at the pinncle of his fame, died tragically to a gun shot wound"
Premeditated: to meditate, consider, or plan beforehand " He premeditated that murder."
Brandish:to shake or wave, as a weapon; flourish: " I brandished my pistol to the thugs so they would not steal my wallet."
Comprise: to include or contain "My class comprises of mexican's and white students."
Deft: dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever " My deft hands quickly slapped Jared unexpectedly, his fault for talking about my mother dearest."
Destitute: without means of subsistence; lacking food, clothing, and shelter "Destitute of children in my community cry for food and some clothes but yet are so optimistic."
Explicit: fully and clearly expressed or demonstrated "The music I listen to contains explicit lyrics."
Extirpate: to remove or destroy totally; do away with; exterminate " As I walked in the kitchen my mom totally extirpated all the dirty dishes."
Inopportune: inappropriate; inconvenient; untimely or unseasonable "That was a very inopportune comment, you made my sister cry."
Ironic: coincidental; unexpected " Its ironic I got "Best Pick" award for picking strawberries."
Musty: Dank, moldy, stale " This is some musty chips, I do not want to eat them"
Officious: objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services " No stop officiously putting my clothes away, I can do it myself."
Ominous: Forebidding, Threatening, harmful " That is a Ominous crowd of people, there caring knives."
Pinnacle: the highest or culminating point, as of success, power, fame " Tupac at the pinncle of his fame, died tragically to a gun shot wound"
Premeditated: to meditate, consider, or plan beforehand " He premeditated that murder."
Friday, September 6, 2013
VOCAB 3
Rebut- to prove evidence false
Reprimand- lecturing what someone did was wrong
Facilitate- to make something easier
Accomplice- partner In crime
Brazen - bold
Annihilate- utterly destroy
Exodus- movement of the people
Stagnant- in a rut, blockage of flow
Arbitrary- subject to individual will or judgement with out restriction
Incorrigible- beyond correction or reform
Latent- hidden talent
Militant- vigorously active
Morose- gloomy
Opaque-not clear; transparent
Paramount- supreme
Prattle- chatter; talk foolishly
Servitude- slavery
Slapdash- to put together quickly
Succumb- to surrender
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