An Earth Shattering Fart

My response to "A Sound of Thunder" was how crazy one little small change, can make a big difference. For example, in the story Eckels just got out of the pathway and stepped a butterfly in the past and when he came to the future, the writing was different and it changed the presidency. So all Eckels did was step on a butterfly and it changed many big things. I also found the story interesting because of the time traveling and hunting dinosaurs.

Something Interesting

Something interesting is that I'm trying to catch up on my blogs for this course.

WOW, THAT WAS QUICK

All I can say is that time goes by so fast. I still remember the first day of class, where we had to choose blogs or books and the final exam was a long time yet to come. Now we took the final exam and the first semester is almost over. I find it crazy.

"Immigrants in our land"

So today during English class I re-read "Immigrants in our land" by Jimmy Santiago Baca and Jessica  Para's analysis and I agree with Jessica. I agree on how the poem is saying how immigrants are leaving because of the bad things that is happening in their native land, but the place they migrate to is no different. Also, I think that immigrants have high hopes and probably get disappointed because, like I mentioned, it's no different.

Also, when my table and I were talking about the poem, we were talking about how we can see Jimmy Santiago Baca point of view when he was in jail. I can see his point of view when he says that his old clothes are taken away and how he has to wear an overall "mechanic wear". Another thing, is that he talks about what people were, what they did,  in the "old life"  and now in the "new life" (jail) "counselors" tell them what to do.

vocab: fall list #6

1.) meme: an element an element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means, especially imitation
2.) virus: a piece of code that is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect, such as corrupting the system or destroying data
3.) viral: relating to or involving an image, video, piece of information, etc., that is circulated rapidly and widely from one Internet user to another
4.)blog: a regularly updated website or web page, typically one run by an individual or small group, that is written in an informal or conversational style
5.) wiki: a website that allows collaborative editing of its content and structure by its users
6.) URL: (Uniform Resource Locator) an address that identifies a particular file on the Internet, usually consisting of the protocol, as http, followed by the domain name
7.) website: a location connected to the Internet that maintains one or more pages on the World Wide Web
8.) www: (The World Wide Web) is a network of online content that is formatted in HTML and accessed via HTTP. The term refers to all the interlinked HTML pages that can be accessed over the Internet
9.) internet: the global communication network that allows almost all computers worldwide to connect and exchange information
10.) 2.0: used to denote a superior or more advanced version of an original concept, product, service, etc.
11.) open source: denoting software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified

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.

vocab: fall list #5

A HUG IS NEARLY A GUN SPELLED BACKWARD

           

There is a famous quote that I’ve always heard which is, “Family is the most important thing in the world.” I’m conjecturing that E.M Foster, a writer, agrees with this quote. Foster states that, in his point of view, personal relations are more important than causes or patriotism.  This got me thinking and wondering if I agree with him. Therefore I put myself in the situation, which was if I would pick my family and friends over my nation. And, I agree with E.M Foster that personal relations are more important than patriotism.

            I think friends and family is more important because they have been with you almost your whole life. You know their life stories and they know yours. For example, they know your interests, goals, dislikes, personality and everything about you. Also, your personal relationships involves love and care. I don’t think my whole nation cares about me or even knows I exist because they don’t know me and I don’t know them, they are strangers. Another reason why I would choose them over my whole nation is because if you concentrate on just your nation and try to make it better then you’ll end up alone and miserable because all you will end up with is a big union that barely even know you. 

            Some may argue that causes and patriotism is more important than personal interest because your whole nation is more people and your friendship is less. They may also include that you are being selfish because all you care is your people and not the others. In my point of view the whole nation doesn’t compare the way you friends/family protect and help you out. You communicate with them, unlike communicating with the whole nation, for me, it would be impossible having a conversation. Also, yeah there’s lots of people in our nation than our family, but our family is technically our own world.

            In conclusion, I’m with E.M Foster, that personal relations are more important than patriotism. Even though, some people may disagree because it would make a better place, I think most people care about their family out all the things they have. Family is pretty much all you have and an important thing.

BIG QUESTION DISCIPLINE/S

My big question was how do people get interested in things (music, people, tastes, smells etc.) ? I think this question fields in sociology and science.

Fall List #4

 

Satire Project

http://mgomezsmhs18.blogspot.com/2016/09/disclamer-warning-if-you-get-offended.html

Vocabulary #1 sentences

Theme: The theme of the essay was about the story we read.
Tone: The tone the author uses is sadness.
Mood: The mood of the girl is happy.
Diction: The presentation was a formal diction.
Syntax: The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Syllogism: There was a syllogism for the argument we had.
Stupid: The lady called the teenager stupid by the way he was acting.
Adumbrate: The picture on my phone was slowly adumbrating.
Apotheosis: I'm almost in the apotheosis of the book.
Ascetic: His ascetic was a monk.
Beguile: The girl beguiled the guy with her charm.
Burgeon: They're bills are burgeoning because there is more family members.
Complement: I think its nice when a girl complements another girl because its rare when that happens.
Contumacious: The boy was being contumacious because he was tired of being bossed around.
Curmudgeon: The man is always curmudgeon because he stresses a lot.
Faux Pas: She had a faux pas moment because she tripped in front of a crowd.
Fulminate: They all fulminated because it was too much work.
Exculpate: The newspaper exculpated the man that supposedly robbed the bank.
Disingenuous: The disingenuous boy was standing there innocently.
Fustian: The student made a fustian speech.
Hauteur: He was being a hater because he had too much pride.
Inhibit: The buy was inhibited from our school.
Jeremiad: He made a few Jeremiad because he had regrets.
Opportunist: The man is an opportunist because he's taking advantage of her kindness.
Unconscionable: The boy was unconscionable due to his act.
Didactic: The book was a didactic book because it showed us a lesson.
Bauble: We put the bauble on the Christmas tree.

Voab #1 Definitions

 

Response ''The Conscience Hacker''

This article reminds me of how some people assume things. For example, some kids are using technology to do good things while some people assume its all bad. Another thing is that its giving us two different perspectives his and a second perspective that think technology is bad. Like he said its his world and he's not judging people how they look, like they are. He sort of uses irony when he mentions that how the other perspective thinks he's a criminal when they are all being racist, start wars, are murders, and are liars. And I  think this makes the article interesting, by using two different perspectives.

MY BIG QUESTION

My big question is... How do people get interested in things? For example, music, people etc.

Examples of Satire

 This is an example of satire because its making fun of what has happened in the US recently, how polices have been killing innocent people.




 This is another example of satire because its using irony by saying that smoking keeps cancer away.


This an example of satire because its making fun of how nowadays adults think everything is bad.

Reciting "The Laughing Heart" by Chareles Bukowski

Responses

While reading "The Right to Your Opinion" I realized that people argue just to be right and I have to admit I do it sometimes. When people say "I have a right to my own opinion," they just want to end the argument because they realized they are wrong and don't want to admit. I find this very true and always hear that excuse.

In "The Laughing Heart" I think its about even if your feeling lost, there is always a way out. You just got to stay positive and that there is way more to life than you think.

Welcome

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