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!
If i was talking to a blind man and had to described what the color red is, i would explain to him how the color is used in our world. In literature it could represent danger, also passion and emotion. Red in our everyday life is mostly used to warn us about something that can psychically hurt us. The stop sign is a bright red which makes it clear that our car needs to stop or you might crash. If something is hot, usually food, there will be a sign that warns you not to touch it in red letters. When i think of red i think about all of those things plus how it also represents warmth. I would tell the blind man all of this and possibly read him a book that shows the symbolism of the color red. Maybe even give him something warm to touch and tell him that warmth represents red.
“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” ― C.S. Lewis
Sunday, December 4, 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.
Competition is rarely healthy in my viewpoint. I think its unhealthy when it comes down to playing sports. Sometimes when the players get carried away they purposely hurt members of the other team to win. There has been many cases where players have broken body parts or are even in a short coma because of competition. I also believe competition is really unhealthy when it comes to boxing. Boxers become deformed and most of the time get brain cancer. Black friday is extremely bad competition. I will never go to a store on black friday ever again. A example of healthy competition was at my mothers job; every employee had to put money into a jug for the Ronald Mcdonald House fund and the person who would donate the most money would get a day off. Most of the time there is always just one winner, but in this circumstance both parties won.
Competition is rarely healthy in my viewpoint. I think its unhealthy when it comes down to playing sports. Sometimes when the players get carried away they purposely hurt members of the other team to win. There has been many cases where players have broken body parts or are even in a short coma because of competition. I also believe competition is really unhealthy when it comes to boxing. Boxers become deformed and most of the time get brain cancer. Black friday is extremely bad competition. I will never go to a store on black friday ever again. A example of healthy competition was at my mothers job; every employee had to put money into a jug for the Ronald Mcdonald House fund and the person who would donate the most money would get a day off. Most of the time there is always just one winner, but in this circumstance both parties won.
journal #3
3. How have you taken something that you have learned in the classroom and integrated it into your nonacademic life?
Since a child at school i have been taught to treat the kids in your classroom with kindness and respect. I used that out of school and i still use it. You should always treat people kindly for you don't know what they are going through. You also don't have the right to treat them in a mean manner anyways. Even if the other person doesn't treat you with respect, show them that you're the better person and always be kind. It is always better to be polite. You can always say you have been a kind person and not many people get to say that. Always treat others the way you would like to be treated.
Since a child at school i have been taught to treat the kids in your classroom with kindness and respect. I used that out of school and i still use it. You should always treat people kindly for you don't know what they are going through. You also don't have the right to treat them in a mean manner anyways. Even if the other person doesn't treat you with respect, show them that you're the better person and always be kind. It is always better to be polite. You can always say you have been a kind person and not many people get to say that. Always treat others the way you would like to be treated.
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 in time i would choose to be Charlie Chaplin. He was an original comic and will always be known for his silent clean humor. I would like to see what he went through growing up and all the struggles he had to face as he became famous. I would value my life more if i had gone through what he did. He lived in poverty for a long time and was ripped away from his mother at a young age. Also i would love to know how it feels to be famous and be loved by millions of people all over the world. To know how it feels like to have gone from having nothing to all of a sudden having everything and knowing everybody. Another reason for wanting to be him was because i found out he frequently went to stay over at Hearst castle. That place is beautiful and to stay there would be a dream come true and he was there. I love Charlie Chaplin and his beautiful silent movies that still make everybody crack up.
If i could go back in time i would choose to be Charlie Chaplin. He was an original comic and will always be known for his silent clean humor. I would like to see what he went through growing up and all the struggles he had to face as he became famous. I would value my life more if i had gone through what he did. He lived in poverty for a long time and was ripped away from his mother at a young age. Also i would love to know how it feels to be famous and be loved by millions of people all over the world. To know how it feels like to have gone from having nothing to all of a sudden having everything and knowing everybody. Another reason for wanting to be him was because i found out he frequently went to stay over at Hearst castle. That place is beautiful and to stay there would be a dream come true and he was there. I love Charlie Chaplin and his beautiful silent movies that still make everybody crack up.
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?
That is a really hard choice in my opinion. All over the world there is people in great need of money and it would take me forever to figure out where i would want a million dollars to go to. After a lot of thinking i would probably send it to the UNICEF program. Its goal is to reduce child mortality rate. They try to prevent deaths that can easily be prevented. UNICEF goes around the world giving water, food, education and everything else they need to survive. Even though there is a lot of other programs and projects i would choose this one. Its helping out the future generation of this world and children that should anyways have all of these things for them. It is sad to see children dying of hunger when there is so much food all around.
That is a really hard choice in my opinion. All over the world there is people in great need of money and it would take me forever to figure out where i would want a million dollars to go to. After a lot of thinking i would probably send it to the UNICEF program. Its goal is to reduce child mortality rate. They try to prevent deaths that can easily be prevented. UNICEF goes around the world giving water, food, education and everything else they need to survive. Even though there is a lot of other programs and projects i would choose this one. Its helping out the future generation of this world and children that should anyways have all of these things for them. It is sad to see children dying of hunger when there is so much food all around.
journal #6
6. How have you tried to effect change in relation to an issue of personal, local, or national significance?
journal #7
7. If you could introduce one new idea or material thing to a primitive culture, what would it be?
I would choose to show Native Americans the Brita water filter. I would like to show them electricity but theres enough pollution in this world already. It would come in handy many times to have filtering bottles around. There would be less sick people from drinking dirty water since it cleans out most impurities. Water also taste better when its been purified by Brita. Maybe it would help the future if we had started with something along the lines of Brita. There would be less plastic waste from water bottles now since we would be purifying water from the tap. About 70% of the plastic bottles go to waste and are not recycled. It takes up to 2,000 times more energy to produce a bottle of water than it does to produce tap water. This product is what our present world needs. It needs it way more than any primitive culture.
I would choose to show Native Americans the Brita water filter. I would like to show them electricity but theres enough pollution in this world already. It would come in handy many times to have filtering bottles around. There would be less sick people from drinking dirty water since it cleans out most impurities. Water also taste better when its been purified by Brita. Maybe it would help the future if we had started with something along the lines of Brita. There would be less plastic waste from water bottles now since we would be purifying water from the tap. About 70% of the plastic bottles go to waste and are not recycled. It takes up to 2,000 times more energy to produce a bottle of water than it does to produce tap water. This product is what our present world needs. It needs it way more than any primitive culture.
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