MEET NICK

In the Great Gatsby, chapter 1, the character Nick Carraway is a young man from Minnesota who moved to the West Egg of Long Island. He is with his cousin Daisy Buchanan. A few things that I believe are important to know is that Nick seems to be the kind of person people can tell their secrets too. The whole story also seems to be told by Nick's point of view.  I don't know what else I'd say.

BEHIND THE IGNITE TALKS

Two speakers that had impressed me with their ideas and enthusiasm was Giselle and Citlalli.

Giselle's Big Question: "Can a person of color be racist?"
Giselle came up with her question because during her summner break she had went to a camp where they talked about all the isms( for example: genderism,sexism, and racism) she was never given a direct clear answer if people of color could be racist or not. So she said that this would be a great time for her to fully research her question and get an answer.

Citlalli's Big Question: "How is a student's home environment correlated with success in school?" Citlalli basically came up with her big question with things that were related to it like people in her life or personal experiences.

DARK PATTERNS

Dark patterns are ridiculously crazy... and super smart. I like the tack as a person who wants someone to stay on their website, etc., but as a customer it is so annoying. Thumbs up for the website though, because they trick the customer to stay using the website, etc. longer.

At the moment, I can't recall a personal experience going through dark patterns. Once my dad was trying to cancel a subscription my mom got him into. Basically what happen was that a women would come to our house every month or so and show magazines of stuff to buy like Tupperware. My mom and her sister buy a lot of stuff so that's why dad wanted to cancel. He went to the lady one day and she said something along the lines of "you have to go to our office and schedule an appointment to blah blah blah" I honestly forgot but it was such a hassle.

HERE IS A GRAPHIC DESIGN

I'M IGNITED

Big Questions that are interesting:

• Can we reduce poverty?
• Is the supernatural real? 
• How is a student’s home environment correlated with success in school?
• why isn't saving the earth our top priority?

All these questions got my attention because I also am interested is figuring out why "they got money for war but can't feed the poor" (a song from Tupac). We pay billions of dollars on weoponry, why can't we help out the less fortunate, and people in general who desperately need it. Does that make sense? I also want to know if ghosts are 100% real, I do however believe in them. I also am interested in why people who can have a totally negative space at home and over achieve in school or vice versa. Last, but not least I would like to know why we keep harming our planet, if we keep at this we may some day become extinct. 

HOPEPUNK

So HOPEPUNK is America's newest literary genre. Hopepunk means basically genuinly and sincerely caring about something, anything, and it requires bravery and strength. This is about standing up for what you believe in and for others, I personally am starting to like this.

 Author's think this is an genre because it symbolizes the phrase "keep fighting, no matter what". That kind of phrase is really important in times like the ones we are living in now. 

LAST CENTURY'S WRITING STYLES

 Liminal- not quite we used to be but not quite what were going to become

modernism- where we started to break the rules and traditional forms 
naturalism- theory or practice in literature emphasizing scientific observation of life without idealization 
realism- viewing the lives of ordinary people 

The difference between these 3 are that they're all different writing styles?

ARGUE THIS

syllogism- the simplest form of arguemnet

true- factury verifiable 

validity- does conclusion follow the premisses (does it support it?)

How to evalute a syllogism.

Many people want to be happy;
Many people are sad and don't understand why;
What do we need to understand about this in order to help others lead more fulfilling lives? 

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE

Class Notes:

•  categorically-
• irredeemable- unable to fix 
• transcendent- to go above and beyond
• indelible- born into us

Anything good is better when you have something meaningful to compare it to. Reading something with conflict is more interesting, it's not boring. "you can't have a sense of one without the other"

Today in class we started reading an aritcle called "John Steinback on Good and Bad, the Necessary Contradictions of the Human Nature, and Our Grounds for Lucid Hope" by Maria Popova. After I finished reading this article, and debating which link to read I decided to follow the link "Strength of Character Amid Difficulty" because something about bettering selfs character just grasped my attention. Personally I am always trying to find ways to improve myself physically, mentally, and academically. From the link "Strength of Character Amid Difficulty", I learned that paying attention is a form of generosity. This article mentions that in order to help strengthen our character one must "taste" the world, to be able to give true meaning to happiness. A qoute from the article "... our world is poisoned by it's misery", people who haven't strengthen their character are real unhappy, in a way its a form of bringing themselves down. People must never forget the importance of finding true happiness.

NOTES FROM TODAY'S LECTURE

My Observations: 

• ethos - elements of the messenger   and can be verbal and non-verbal 

MLK  used smart vocabulary that helped grasp on to the attention of the audience. Most of the people in the audience are people who didn't have access to a higher educatuon, MLK also uses alot of metaphors, imagery, and figurative language. He says things like "sunlight the path of justice" and "now is the time", he really understands the people and the reasons for their goal; justice and civil rights. 

TODAY I INTERVIEWED AN EXPERT

NOTES:

• there was a time when technology didn't seem like a big thing 
• monopolys were illegal back then but now google owns youtube, etc. 
• the enviorment movement is a good example 
• insteadof teaching a skill, it would be better to teach a critical approach 

From the skype conversation with Cory Doctorow I learned that there was actually a time where people weren't interesed in technology and not everyone was out carring a phone ; it just didn't seem like a big thing. I also learned that monopolies were illegal back, places like Google couldn't buy companies like Youtube; they can now though. Something that Mr. Doctorow said that just stuck out to me was "instead of teaching a skill, it would be better to teach a critical approach". This is basically doing something that is out there, be you... Being able to participate in an interview with a best selling author and public intellectual was awesome, like when will I ever experience something like this again? These are the kind of people I would like to learn from in the future, also people who aren't afraid to speak up (if that makes sense).

WORD CLOUD

From what I see hear, I would have to say that some of strengths include being a good friend, I'm caring, and kind. I talk to people, understand them, and give advice.