Journal 9

I think this photo is trying show that that fast
foods especially the whopper from Burger King can
be harmful to you health




I think this photo is trying to show how the
United states is not exactly fair when it comes
to 18 because your not old enough to drink but your
of the age to be drafted into the army.

"Evolution as fact and theory"

1. Gould defines facts as the "world data" and refers to observing an apple fall from the tree as Isaac Newton is alleged to have done. Identify some of the facts Gould present as evidence to suport the theory of evolution.
* "perfection covers the tracks of past history, and past history the evidence of descent- is our mark of evolution, evolution. lies exposed in the imperfections that record a hitory of descent.
* "fossils that are not common, and shouldn't be. but not because of our understanding of evolution.
* Paragraph 17.* "the etymology of september, october, november, december ( seven, eight,ninth, and tenth, we know that two additional ones must be added to an original calendar of ten months."

2. Gould defines theories as "structures of ideas that exsplain and interrupt facts," such as Newton's theory of gravitation, which was introduced to exsplain the facts like falling apples. In addition to facts, Gould states, the theory of evolution is supported by reasonable inferences that he sites as evidence.
paragraph 16 (months) & Paragraph 17 (humans)


3.Gould begins this essay with allutions to the scopes trial of 1925, Darrow, and Bryan. He seems to assume that his readers will know what he is talking about. If you know about this event, how does this refrence set the scene for his 1981 essay? If you dont know about it, was your understanding reduced.
I think that he's exsplaining or showing something that is really important for him and for the person that he was in this part of history.

Is the earth round or flat?

Question of active reading.

1. Using the active reader technique from chapter 2, read thew first and last paragraph of this article. Now that you have read the entire article, would you say that the technique gave you a good preview?In my opinion i would say it does. it has questions of interpretation,analysis and evaluates; according to chapter 2 these are important things that this text has and its good idea to have them because the type of information.

2.Why is it important to know that Lightman is a scientist? would an artist or a social worker write about this subject in this way? //I think they would, I believe that they want the audience to know that he's a scientist because it would make what he's saying sound more realistic, and i believe that if we knew that it was not a scientist we probably take the text or article like just a reading and wouldn't take it on.

3.Where is lightman using a lighthearted tone? identify some phrases that show this. where is he serious? Identify some phrases that show this?

In these examples lightman's tone was very light hearted and sarcastic to was .and sometimes when i read this it makes me think that the way he says the stuff is an a tone that shows that he is jealous or has envy or what others did and he didn't.

- Paragraph 5: "with little scrabbling on a piece of paper you an see that those observations imply around earth."
- Paragraph 7: " there is no question that many people believe the earth was round, I wonder how many knew this"
- Paragraph 10: "i suspect that they're quite of few items you take on faith,even important thing you could verify without much trouble"

Journal 8

(Image 1)

A. People make bad choices
B. People make bad choice because they only see the good
C. People make choices because they only see the good but the grass isn't always greener on the other side.




(Image 2)
A. Humans are very bad people
B. Humans are very bad people because they don't care about one another
C. Humans are very bad people because they don't care about one another and they
feel this is a dog eat dog world

In the NEWS

Youth vote is in, and it says Obama will win




1940, student voters have accurately picked all but Laura T. Coffey of the TODAYShow.com contributor updated 10:05 a.m.ET, Tues., Oct. 14, 2008



Kids across America have got the 2008 presidential election all figured out.
In a poll of a quarter of a million students who are too young to vote, Democratic nominee Barack Obama sailed to victory with 57 percent of the vote while Republican nominee John McCain received 39 percent.
It may be easy to dismiss the poll — orchestrated every four years by Scholastic, children’s publishing and media company — as mere child’s play. But here’s the uncanny thing about this educational exercise: Since 1940, student voters have accurately chosen all but two presidents.
The two off-base years were 1948, when students picked Thomas Dewey over Harry Truman, and 1960, when they chose Richard Nixon over John F. Kennedy.
“Dewey-Truman was really close … and newspapers got that wrong, too,” noted Suzanne Freeman, executive editor of Scholastic Kids Press Corps and Scholastic News Online.
And officials with Scholastic like to point out that students cast their votes for Nixon and JFK before the first televised debate between those two candidates proved to be such a key turning point in that election.
Why so accurate?
The election poll, conducted through paper ballots found in Scholastic’s classroom magazines and online at Scholastic News Online, was open to all elementary, middle and high school students across the United States. The poll opened at the start of the school year and closed on Oct. 10. Most voters were in the third through eighth grades and ranged in age from about 8 to about 13.
“It’s important to let kids have a voice,” Freeman said. “It helps prepare them for when they’re older and they do get the vote … It makes them feel more entitled to knowing what’s going on in an election.”
How do such young people consistently pick the right candidate? Scholastic officials say they’re likely mirroring what they hear their parents talking about at home — to a point, at least.
“Kids are more excited about this election than they were in the last two,” Freeman said. “They’re following it closer, and I think we may be getting more of what the kids really think …
“I’m sure a lot of it still reflects what they’re hearing at home because kids are like that … but these kids are much more involved.”
Scholastic introduced online voting for the first time in 2000. This year Scholastic was careful to include a variety of filters on its Web site to prevent adults from weighing in and skewing the results.
Millions of young people have cast their votes for the next president since Scholastic began giving them the opportunity to do so in 1940.
In the recent past, students chose George W. Bush over John Kerry and Al Gore in 2004 and 2000 — meaning that in 2000, student voters still got it right even though they didn’t reflect the result of the popular vote.
Write-ins and swing states
This year saw the highest percentage of write-in votes in the history of the poll, with 4 percent of students voting for other candidates. Write-ins included Sen. Hillary Clinton, Congressman Ron Paul, Independent candidate Ralph Nader and a smattering of votes for TV personality Stephen Colbert.
Obama swept both his home state and McCain’s, garnering 67 percent of the vote in Illinois and 54 percent in Arizona. McCain received 30 percent of the vote in Illinois and 42 percent in Arizona.
Here is a look at how students voted for McCain and Obama in key swing states:

• Colorado: McCain, 61 percent; Obama, 36 percent
• Florida: McCain, 41 percent; Obama, 55 percent
• Indiana: McCain, 51 percent; Obama, 47 percent
• Iowa: McCain, 48 percent; Obama, 49 percent
• Michigan: McCain, 40 percent; Obama, 57 percent
• Missouri: McCain, 49 percent; Obama, 47 percent
• Ohio: McCain, 47 percent; Obama, 51 percent
• Pennsylvania: McCain, 46 percent; Obama, 50 percent


1. Do you think it makes sense to let children have a Mock Election or election, or is it just child’s play?
2. Do you think children between the ages of 8-13 actually know what their talking about or do you think there just getting it from adults, parents, or people in the community?
3. Do you think that it’s accurate to say that children can actually pick the right candidate for the presidential election?

Project 1 Revised

When I was about 14 years old it was said that a hurricane name Georges was going to hit the Virgin Islands. This was nothing new or of surprise because we experienced hurricanes all the time. It was all over the news, “Hurricane Georges heading toward the V.I. at a category two”. As usual everyone boarded up all their windows and doors. My family had tripled the work because my father owned apartments so he had to board those up as well. After a long night of waiting patiently for the storm, nothing came. Everyone was inflamed. The same day we took the boards off of all the windows of the apartments as well as the house. After a long days work we turned on the television and heard that the storm had turned around and would hit us in a couple of hours but this time as a category four.We quickly hurried back outside in fear because we had already packed away the boards. After we got them back out my father decided to do the apartments first because the house was stronger, by this time the wind had already began to get stronger. It was even harder than the first time because the force of the wind shifted the boards making them extremely difficult to screw down. When we got to the last apartment it had already began thunder, lightening, and rain. By the time we got back it was too, late leaving no time to put the boards on our house.My mother with furious but came to the conclusion that it would have been too dangerous to go outside and try to do it.By this time it was really bad, we were all huddled up in one room waiting for it to be over. After a while of creaking noises we suddenly heard a crash, we ran to see what was happening and realized that a piece of the neighbors’ roof flew straight into one of the windows in the house. A few moments later a gust of wind suddenly came through the window and suddenly peeled the roof off of our house. In fright and discomposure, we took some towels and sheets out of the closet and placed them on the floor sealing the room off preventing water from running all around the house. After that point we all found our self under the dining room table. After a long night of trying to keep calm and warm the storm was finally over. After my parents said it was safe we all went outside to see what it was like. I was shocked there were trees everywhere not to mentions peoples things like televisions, lamps, table, beds, dressing tables, microwaves, and everything you could think of. Shortly after we all got in the truck and drove to see the apartments. As we came closer I could see the fear in my parents eyes because there were trees on peoples car as well as telephone poles on others houses. When we got to the houses we were shocked and surprised to see that nothing happen to them when the house right next to it was practically gone, everyone was devastated. I even remember on the radio someone saying a rhyme that said, “Hurricane Georges came through the back door at a category four”. When we got back to our house my father, brother, and I quickly put a cover over the roof to prevent any further water damage while my mother and my sister got the inside of the house back in order. After a couple hard weeks of labor the roof was back on, and besides no current. Unlike everyone else our home was some what back to normal. This experience thought me never to take anything for granted, always be thankful. If you think you have it bad look at the person next to you and you will see that they will almost always have it worst than you. Also, if the person next to you is doing better than you never be jealous them because you never know what they had to go through to get where they are.

Chapter 6 Questions

1. How would you revise the essay?· I revise my project number 1. Putting more information like why do I believe in it, why people believe in this, and how did it happen, how does this believe develop in life’s, what type of impact does it have, and what is the important thing about it. In audience, I make sure that the essay is clear and concise with the ideas and that it may be a topic that the reader would feel familiar with. Structure is the most important part in the essay, because everything has to go in the right place, at the right time, and with the right words. The development is kind of open and just gives you the idea straight up. And the voice is trying to open the eyes and give the reader an idea of what they have to be concern and open mind it about.2. Reread:· When I reread my essay I found some mistakes in the punctuation that when they weren’t there the text was kind of confusing.3. Quotes:· Yes it does. It makes me think that the person is actually talking and expressing himself in the text. And it’s helpful to understand the examples that are being expose in the text.I think quotes are one of the important things in a text, because when you have quotes you give life to the text, you show that someone is with you, or helps to express the moment more clearly.

Journal #7

Journal Entry #7



In this essay, Orwell suggests that the English language is on the decline because the people who use English are misusing the language. What sort of things does he mention as proof that the English language is in trouble?

-· I think that he is saying that thoughts are foolish and people sometimes have a lot of foolish thoughts, and try to imitate others. Those are sometimes big mistakes to make.

Orwell wrote this essay almost 60 years ago. Do you think the English language is in a better or worse condition than when Orwell wrote his essay?

No. I think English still the same thing or probably worst. Now days people use
English in short sentences like: cuz: because, gonna: going to, and like he
Said these type of things still around because of imitation.

Can you think of modern examples of how people misuse language?

Orwell puts two examples of bad writing which had a lot to do with the bad use of English, he says how people never finish to write their thoughts, or they just write stuff not thinking of the facts, and what is written has to make s sense.



What do you think of Orwell’s list of rules to improve your writing?

·
For now days he’s rules or tips are not going to be to helpful, but I think that they are very good rules that we have to keep in mind all the time when we are writing.probably number 3 can help, because sometimes people and even me, put words In the text that they’re really more that what you need to explain the thought.



Orwell wrote the following in the provided excerpt:

Probably it is better to put off using words as long as possible and get one's meaning as clear as one can through pictures and sensations. Afterward one can choose -- not simply accept -- the phrases that will best cover the meaning, and then switch round and decide what impressions one's words are likely to make on another person.

What do you think he means when he suggests that one should focus on “pictures and sensations” before one sits down to put words on the page?
Have you ever done this? Does it help you write better?

I think he’s trying to put the sensation and the picture as the biggest thought that are not organize and he wants to re-organize them like that they can be a sensation when you put them in a picture or let’s say the paper in this case

Revision

Project #2

“What Goes Around Comes Around”

The phrase, "what goes around comes around," is a very widely used phrase used not only by parents to children, but as a somewhat threat towards someone who has done you wrong, or hurt you in any way. Despite the length of the phrase, "what goes around comes around," basically falls deeply into the term of Karma.
Karma is one of those words we don't translate. Its basic meaning is simple enough, action, but because of the weight the Buddha's teachings give to the role of action, the Sanskrit word karma packs in so many implications that the English word action can't carry its entire luggage. This is why we've simply airlifted the original word into our vocabulary.
But when we try unpacking the connotations the word carries now that has arrived in everyday usage, we find that most of its luggage has gotten mixed up in transit. In the eyes of most Americans, karma functions like fate bad fate. At that, an inexplicable, unchangeable force coming out of our past, for which we are somehow vaguely responsible and powerless to fight. "I guess it's just my karma," I've heard people sigh when bad fortune strikes with such force that they see no alternative to resign acceptance. The fatalism implicit in this statement is one reason why so many of us are repelled by the concept of karma, for it sounds like the kind of callous myth-making that can justify almost any kind of suffering or injustice in the status quo: "If he's poor, it's because of his karma." "If she's been raped, it's because of her karma." From this it seems a short step to saying that he or she deserves to suffer, and so doesn't deserve our help. I believe that we need beliefs like karma, I can’t even begin to imagine how we would act if there was no religious or cosmic justice for how we act. We as humans already go about our lives doing what we please knowing that there are consequences for our actions and still do what we want. The word karma leads the phrase “what goes around comes around” which is also followed by the related phrases “what goes up must come down”, “live by the sword die by the blade” and, “ If you make the bed be prepared to sleep in it”. In my opinion they are all tied up into the golden rule which states “do unto others as you would have them do unto you”. I believe karma in the world of today has a very simple definition to us, and we don’t rely as strongly on it as other cultures do. For example, a female singer Alicia Keys sang a song entitled “Karma” as well as a male artist name Justin Timberlake who sang a song entitled “What Goes Around Comes Around”. This shows that it’s just a saying or a phrase rather than a way of life. From the standpoint of karma, though, where we come from is old karma, over which we have no control. What we are is a nebulous concept at best and pernicious at worst, when we use it to find excuses for acting on unskillful motives. The worth of a tribe lies only in the skillful actions of its individual members. Even when those good people belong to our tribe, their good karma is theirs, not ours. And, of course, every tribe has its bad members, which means that the mythology of the tribe is a fragile thing. To hang onto anything fragile requires a large investment of passion, aversion, and delusion, leading inevitably to more unskillful actions on into the future.
Karma is the concept in Hinduism which explains casualties through a system where beneficial effects are derived from post beneficial actions and harmful effects from post harmful actions. Creating a system of actions and reactions taught a person’s reincarnated life. Karma literally means deed or act and more broadly names the universal principle of cause and effect, action and reaction, which Hindus believes govern all life. I firmly believe that if Americans followed this same principle along with the ones that we already have the United States would be a much better place. I also believe that believing in karma would affect one's moral outlook and one’s sense of responsibility because if people believe that their prosperity and happiness lies in their hands, they would be more likely to do what they feel is right. It is believed that only beings that can distinguish between right and wrong such as adults and humans can accumulate karma. Animals and small children are not responsible and cannot accumulate karma as they are incapable of discriminating between right and wrong.
Karma is not fate. Humans are believed to act with free will creating their own destinies. For example, if an individual sows goodness, he or she will reap goodness. If he or she sows evil, he or she will reap evil. Karma refers to the totality of mankind’s reactions and the concomitant reaction in current and previous lives all of which is determined by the future, however many karmas do not have an immediate effect, some accumulate and return unexpectedly in an individual’s later life. The contrast of karma has believed to lie in intelligent action and dispassionate reaction.
Karma is the action of doing, any kind of intentional action whether mental or physical is regarded as karma. It covers all that’s included in the phrase "thought, word, or deed," generally speaking all good and bad action constitutes karma. There are many quotes and saying that people use when referring to karma some of them being. “How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours”. By Wayne Dyer, “There are the waves and there is the wind, seen and unseen forces. Everyone has these same elements in their lives, the seen and unseen, karma and free will.” By Kuan Yin and, “Who so ever diggeth the pit shall fall therein.” (By: Proverb).
All in all there is one concept that could sum up everything that was just said. To help you make wise decisions and wise actions, you must always remember that whatever you do always try to do well. Always put your best effort in someone or something that you know you are responsible for. Forsake that past and go on with the future. Don’t let what happen before in life that you regret contribute to who you are today. Try to live to that best of your ability! And always remember if you sow bad fruits, your will reap bad fruits, but if you sow good fruits there is always good that comes out of it.

References


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“http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/karma.html
Karma by
Thanissaro Bhikkhu……..Revised: Tuesday 2007-08-14”
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You've identified a belief system (karma) and juxtaposed it with a common phrase ("what goes around comes around"). This is interesting because I don't think people who use this phrase would necessarily think that they believe in karma. This could easily give you a nice opening line--something about most people not knowing they're part Hindu. The challenge now is to develop your own perspective on karma that goes beyond defining it. You've got several different statements about what karma is, but you've got to get to why this matters. Who cares that some people believe in karma. What’s your perspective on it? What do you want to point out about believing in it? What reasons do people have for believing in it? In what situations do we tell ourselves "what goes around comes around"?Here are a few questions to get you thinking about why believing in karma matters: - how does believing in karma affect one's moral outlook? One’s sense of responsibility?- How strict is karma? If something bad happens to someone, do you assume they did something wrong (in a previous life?)?- Who/what enforces karma? Does one have to believe in a god? In nature? In cosmic balance?- How is believing in karma different from believing in an afterlife where you get punished or rewarded?- would Americans act differently if they believed in karma?- Why do we need beliefs like karma? How would we act if there was no religious or cosmic justice for how we act? Where do atheists get their morals? - Is it true, as Voltaire said, that "If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him?" If we have karma, do we need God?These are just a few ways you can develop your sense of why thinking more deeply about karma is important.As you rewrite, you also need to acknowledge sources. There's a lot of "patch-writing" here--sentences taken from other sources and strung together with no acknowledgement of the original source (in other words, parts of this essay are currently plagiarized).I look forward to seeing the revised draft Posts

Project #2

" What Goes Around Comes Around"



The phrase "what goes around comes around" was a very widely used phrase used not only by parents to children, but as a somewhat threat towards someone has has done you wrong, or hurt you in any way. Despite the lenght of the phrase "what goes around comes around" it basically falls deeply into the term of Karma.





Karma is the concept in hunduism which exsplains casualties through a system where benificial effects are derrived from post benificial actions and harmful effects from post harmful actions. Creating a system of actions and reactions throught a persons reencarnated life. Karma literally means deed or act and more broadly names the universal principle of cause and effect, action and reaction, which hindus believe govern all life. I firmly believe that if americans followed this same principle along with the ones that we already have the United Staes would be a much better place.



It is believed that only beings that can distinguish between right and wrong such as adults and humans, can accumalate karma. Animals and small children are not resposible and cannot accumilate karma as they are incapable of discriminating between right and wrong.



Karma is not fate. Humans are believed to act with free will creating their own destinys. For example if an individual sows goodness, he or she will reap goodness. if he or she sows evil, he or she will reap evil. Karma refers to the totality of mankinds reactions and the comcenitant reaaction in current and previous lives all of which is determined by the future, however many karmas do not have an immediate effect, some accumilate and return unexspectadly in an individuals later lives. The contrast of karma has believed to lie in inteligent action and dispassionate reaction.



Karma is the action of doing, any kind of intentional action whether mental or physical is regarded as karma. It covers all thats included int eh phrase "thought, word, or deed" genarally speakin all good and bad action constitutes karma.

" Did The Trooper Do It"

In The News #7......

In my opinion I would like to give the Trooper the benifit of the doubt because I strongly believe that a person with no feeling toward someone would just want to hurt another person. But on the the other hand the way that the world is today, andything is possible. People do things for no reason all the time. So if the trooper does turn out to be gulity it wouldnt be that suprising.

Questions.....

1. Who is speaking in this momologue, and who is beingspoken to? how can you tell?
- think this mnologue is talking about friendship. and the diffrence between men with friends
and women with friends. The story basically focus on the topic about friendship.

2. What are the properties of correct behavior for a ''girl'' according to this speaker, and what
are the concequeces of defying that behavior? I feel that the author is trying to say that
there is a specific way that female should act and if they dont act in that manner their would
be concequences

3. There's a phrase thats repeated three times in this monologue. what is the sentence? Why is it
repeated, and how does it forshadow the very last lines of this mo nologue?