AN EARTH-SHATERING FART

My response to "A Sound of Thunder" is how fascinating one little thing as a butterfly can change an entire future. You never know if you make a decision instead of another, your life can possibly change. I was a little confused at the end of it because I think that they killed Eckels but I'm not sure. This story was very fascinating to me because its grabbed my attention and it kept me hooked the whole time.

WOW, THAT WAS QUICK

This semester has passed by so fast, I remember when we all decided that blogs would be a good idea. The last thing on my mind was having to worry and stress about finals. Time passes by like a flash, because today we had to take our final for this class and it's pretty much having to remember and use everything you have learned in this passed semester.

Something Interesting

Something I found interesting is how pretty much all my teachers are making me take a final the week before. For example, I took my final tests for this class, Spanish, math, and chemistry. Plus in some classes I still have to take test on finals week. That is interesting to me.



Immigrants in our own land Reflection

 

The way that I understood this poem was that it talks about immigrants coming into this new land to have a better life for themselves and their families, but end up disappointed by how they're treated when arriving. Their administration makes the different races segregated because they say that the cultures should not be mixed. To think of it "like in the old neighborhoods we came from." The poem ended with saying that this world is not what everybody imagines it to be. Pretty much saying that it'll ruin immigrants' lives. The tone that I got from it was resentful, as if the author resented leaving his home to come to the country to just be disappointed. Disappointment was another tone that I picked up because he imagined this extraordinary country for a better life, but was faced with bad conditions. A literary device that Baca uses is metaphor, for instance when he says "My cell" when he really means his living space but uses the word "cell" to make us envision how bad it was. The mood is also disappointment because with all the things that he says and describes, led me to think that he was expecting a country full of opportunities for a better life, but when he actually got there, he saw how it truly was and saw that it was not at all what he expected. 

AUTHOR IN PROGRESS 

I feel that one thing I did good & feel confident with my writing was how I expressed myself. I was able to easily put thoughts from my head onto the paper. Something that I can improve on is being able to get good ideas under pressure with time, I would hav to practice more on timed writings. Over all thought I felt very good about my writings reading over them once I was finished :)

Team Vocab

 When it comes to the elections of this year many people can anticipate these two candidates to surely accuse each other from doings of the past. Each canadate tries to remain stolid but Hilary definitely outbeats trump. It's aggravating because trump and Hilary are constantly sticking their proboscis into everyone's business and venomously attacking each other. With each debate America is left suspended to watch the next one just to see the two yell at each other. Both Candidates try to hypnotize the world into thinking their fit to be president trying to prove that they can transform this world into something greater, but they simply just illuminate each other's faults.

TODAY I'M A GOOD HUMAN

Being a good human being is really important to me because I hav mostly always been told that I'm a really nice person. To me being a good human being is helping out people even with just the smallest things. Something as little as opening a door for someone or giving up your seat for someone else that needs it more than you do makes a big difference. I remember one day at church it was really full that most people were standing but I was sitting, and I saw that a pregnant woman got there, so without hesitation I gave her my seat. I knew that she must have been tired so I didn't mind giving my seat away. Being a good human being, to me, only counts if you do good deeds with good intentions and expect nothing in return. I'm grateful that there are good humans in this world because if not, it would be a horrible place to live in, where nobody would ever smile at a stranger or do something nice for them just because.

Vocabulary: Fall List #5

 

1. Venomous: full or containing venom; poisonous

    -The venomous snake bit the lady, and she died.

2. Stolid: not easily stirred or moved mentally or emotionally

    -A very stolid worker showed excitement.

3. Hypnotized: to put in a state of hypnosis; to fascinate

    -The cat was hypnotized by the string.

4. Suspended: to keep from falling or sinking, as if by hanging

    -He suspended the swing from the tree.

5.Transformed: to change in form

    -He transformed his manners.

6. Accuse: to charge with the fault, offense, or crime

    -They accused him of stealing.

7.Anticipate: to realize or feel beforehand; foresee

    -We anticipate that we will run into problems.

8.Fringe: a decorative border of short threads, cords, or loops

    -The curtain had a fringe at the bottom of it.

9.Melancholy: a gloomy state of mind; depression or dejection

    -The little girl was in a melancholy mood after the death of

      her mother.

10.Earnestly: serious in intention, purpose, or action

    -The earnest young man had no use for jokes.

11.Dissolve: to (cause to) become undone; (cause to) come to an

                     end

    -He helplessly watched his marriage dissolve.

12. Aggravate: to make worse or more severe; intensify; to annoy

    -The constant noise aggravated the readers at the library.

13. Illuminate: to supply or brighten with light; light up

    -The streets were well illuminated for the holidays.

14. Capillary: one of the tiny, hair-like blood vessels between the

                       arteries and the veins

    -We as humans, have many capillaries.

15. Proboscis: the long, flexible nose of certain animals, as of an

                        elephant

    -A honey bee has a proboscis which is like a tiny drinking straw

     that sucks up nectar from flowers.

 



A HUG IS NEARLY A GUN SPELLED BACKWARD

 

 

I agree with the enforcer, that personal relations are more important than causes or patriotism. Patriotism is the love a person has for their nation no matter what. I believe that to some people, personal relations is more important than their entire nation.

 

I believe that this statement is true because there has been many greedy people in this world that don't care at all about their country, just as long as they are satisfied with themselves. Since right now the presidential elections are going on, I will be using candidates as examples, as well as other people. Not necessarily just Clinton and Trump but all the presidential candidates from the past. I feel like most people are so selfish that they wouldn't give something up for their nation. For example, if a random person was told that either they had to die or a large population of the nation would die and the person would be safe, I think about maybe 50% wouldn't sacrifice themselves for their country. Most people would only think about themselves and not save a large populations just so they can be safe. Especially when it comes to money, people get even more greedy. Sadly that's just how the world is.

 

I feel that the presidential elections are fake. Some candidates don't even care at all about the nation they want to be in charge of. All they want is the power the position comes with. I'm not going to say any names because I somehow feel that at one point, all candidates are greedy. All they do is plan to "make the nation better again" but they usually never do anything about it. They just make promises that they usually don't keep. Sometimes by the persons' greed they even make the nation worse. They power gets to their head and they forget about the people and only care for themselves. For example, Fidel Castro was the ruler of Cuba and had really bad conditions in the country that were not good for the people. All he wanted was the power that came with being a ruler of a country. That's why I usually don't take any candidate seriously because of this.

 

In this world there are many selfish people. I know that I'm repeating myself in this fraise, but only because it's true. This world is filled with greedy people. All most of them want is power over a population, in which they care nothing about. There are some rare cases that some candidates actually fall through with their promises, but I feel like it's only once in a blue moon. I hope it wouldn't be like this, but it sadly is.

 

In conclusion, I repeat my statement that I agree with the enforcer that personal relations are more important than causes or patriotism. I have many reasons for this, in which I have talked about in this essay.

Mistakes For Presidents

 

Knowing about this debate, I knew that Trump and Clinton were going to throw blows at each other, but I didn't they would throw that much shade. From Clinton saying that "Trump was one of the people why the United States went into debt" to Trump saying that "Clinton can't bring back jobs" also that "Clinton has been a senator for 30 years and how come she's barely trying to make a change". Clinton also told Trump that he's full of himself which made me laugh. Both of them trying to interrupt each other in order to get their point across. Clinton wants to raise taxes for the rich so that they can now be easier and less for the poor. Talking about throwing blows, Clinton and Trump talk about ISIS and non relatable and personal comments towards each other. Trump says that Clinton has no leadership which I think is one of the many bull shit comments that come out of Trumps mouth. Well this is getting me frustrated, so I think I'm going to change it and leave it at that. 

The mass shooting from the Orlando Pulse Nightclub was a terrible loss for many families and America. I think that this news really grabbed my attention was because all those innocent peoples lives who were taken. That guy had no fucken right to kill all those innocent people just because they were from the LGBT community! It was the largest mass shooting in American history, he killed 49 people. Of all ages, from 30-50 year olds to the youngest which was an 18 year old girl. It's so shocking how he actually got into the nightclub without the securities noticing he was armed. It's just something I will never understand, like why the fuck do people do this. The news also said that he was also "supposedly" of the LGBT community, so I don't understand why he had to shoot up the nightclub. If he was mad at himself for being the way he was (which I have nothing against) he should've dealt with his own shit instead of going on that selfish rampage. It's just a huge tragedy, my condolences to all those families and friends of the victims. 🙏❤

Fall Vocab 4

 

Adroit: clever of skillful in using the hands or mind

          -The scholar was an adroit speaker.

Amicable: characterized by or showing goodwill; friendly; peaceful

          -The divorce was amiable.

Averse: having a strong feeling of opposition to; unwilling

          -Her dad had an averse feeling of letting her go out.

Belligerent: showing readiness to fight

          -She was belligerent because she was removing all her

           jewelry.

Benevolent: desiring to help others

          -The students were being benevolent to whoever needed

            help.

Cursory: going rapidly over something, without noticing details

          -She had a cursory glance at the book.

Duplicity: deceitfulness in speech or conduct; false behavior

          -He had behaved with duplicity.

Extol: to praise highly; laud

          -She extoled her beauty.

Feasible: capable of being done or accomplished

          -The work was feasible, but she didn't do it.

Grimace: a facial expression, often ugly or twisted, indicates

                disapproval, pain, etc.

          -She did a grimace face because she had a stomach pain.

Holocaust: destruction or slaughter on a mass scale

          -Not that many people survived the holocaust.

Impervious: material not allowing fluid to pass through

          -The paint is impervious to moisture when its dry.

Impetus: the force that makes something happen or happen more

               quickly

          -The wheel eventually lost impetus and stopped.

Jeopardy: danger of loss, harm or failure

          -George was in jeopardy of going to jail for a long time if

            convicted.

Meticulous: showing great attention to detail; precise

          -The meticulous surgeon never made a mistake.

Nostalgia: a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past

          -The sound of the traditional music was full of nostalgia

            and old memories.

Quintessence: the most perfect or typical example of a quality

                                   or class

          -Our mayor is the quintessence of honesty.

Retrogress: go back to an earlier state

          -If somebody doesn't continue their physical therapy, their

           leg muscles will retrogress to a weakened state.

Scrutinize: examine or inspect closely and thoroughly

          -Lets scrutinize these figures and see if they add up.

Tepid: only slightly warm (especially of a liquid)

          -Martha slid into the tepid bath water, shivering.



              Big Question Discipline/s

 - the DMV
 -laws
 -accident reports
 -age of drivers in accidents

     Vocab Test

AP English is like a cudgel knocking some sense into your head. In this course you cannot slack off and turn in work that is slovenly. If you don't do your work you can provoke your teacher. You may say it was inadvertently, but by you not doing your work was the cause. Its already hard enough for teachers to understand the jargon language students use, but they still expect us to do our work. It seems that they expect us to use archaic language that we don't even understand. We'll write a lot of words that are superfluous. By us trying to use that language, we can turn in egregious and frivolous work. I think that if students use the language they know and understand, they will feel catharsis about the work they turn in.

BAD WORDS!

I think that "bad" words are considered on how you say them and the intentions behind them. Using bad words may get you're point across better because people may get surprised at your language and take you more seriously. Same goes for "good" words, I guess it just depends on the type of audience you're talking to and what point you want to get across. An appropriate usage of euphemism is when you want to get a point across but don't want to be too straight forward or sound rude. It has a limit to when it's appropriate and then to when it's just plain out being rude.

Satire Project

Disclamer: Warning! If you get offended easily stop watching. This video may affect the public.

Vocabulary

Diction: style of speaking or writing as dependent upon            choice of words
ex: The student's poor diction prevented the teacher from understanding her paper.
Theme: the central topic a text treats
ex: After the walk, they returned to the theme of American values.
Mood: a state or quality of feeling at a particular time
ex: After she aced her test, she was in a jolly mood the rest of the day.
Tone: quality or character of sound
ex: From the tone of her voice I could tell she was very angry.
Apotheosis: the elevation of a person to the rank of a god
ex: When she walked down the aisle in her wedding gown everyone thought she was the apotheosis of beauty.
Exculpate: to clear from a charge of guilt or fault of blame
ex: The woman was exculpated for the murder of her husband because there wasn't enough evidence to prove that she was guilty.
Syntax: the study or rules of the formation of grammatical sentence in language
ex: The editing program will highlight any sentences containing inaccurate syntax use.
Faux pas: an embarrassing social error

"Conscience of a Hacker" is a great story because it has the perspective of an actual hacker and not of what other people think they are. It teaches us how sometimes you can see something or someone and judge it without really knowing, when you really shouldn't. "Conscience of a Hacker" tells us how a hacker feels and sees things. It let's us understand them and know why they do the things they do.

My Big Question:
Why do they let old people drive when they can cause a lot of accidents?

"The Laughing Heart"

This image is another great example of satire because it is the definition of irony combined with some humor. First of all, the sign says "No posting of signs on public property", while this is clearly a sign that was posted in that exact property! Then, it also shows a picture of what they don't want you to do, but for that sign to be up there it's clear that they had to do it to get the paper there in the first place.

This image is also an example of satire because it shows the stupidity of one of the teenagers in the picture. They are in a pretty troublesome situation, but the male is happy that he finally "aced a test". While in this case I think anyone their age would prefer to fail this type of test.

This image represents satire because it is ironic how all these hints are "supposedly" how to spot a criminal. When in reality this is just a description of a normal/non problematic teenager. There are also no signs that this teen is a criminal by anything that he is wearing or doing. 

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." -Confucious 
This is a quote that I really like