My biggest takeaway from yesterday's and today's EdCafe was that there are so many deeper meanings to things in the book that I had never thought about before. They brought out a lot of interesting things that I did not even realize the author meant. I think the most significant thing i discussed was about the true meaning of the title and relating killing a mockingbird to accusing an innocent person like Tom Robinson or even how the kids make fun of Boo Radley it could apply to him as well. I really learned a lot of new things during these discussions and now i will notice a lot more deeper meanings from the book.
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I moved to Normal, Illinois when i was 7. Although none of my extended family lives here I have grew close to many friends in this town. But I do not feel at home in this town. Normal in general is not the place for me, I've always been excited for the day I can move on to something better.
My first teacher was Mrs. Webber. She was my kindergarten teacher in Nebraska. I remember how kind and caring she was with all of her students. She really made us feel smart and a part of something even though we were so small. I cannot remember a specific time that I did something I shouldn't have. I have always been a rule follower. Occasionally I wish I had a little more of a wild side, and could do something out of my comfort zone. But I am a follow the rules kind of person. Every year for Christmas my family and I travel to Colorado to see my mom's side of the family. We stay at my Aunt Lisa's house. She has taught me so many things and I trust her with everything. She is almost like a second mom. I do not know what I would've done without her in my life. My mom is the most caring, loving, and selfless person I have ever known. I do not think anyone could care for anyone the way my mom cares for me. I am her everything and she shows that in all that she does. She has taught me so many life lessons about heartbreak, bad friendships, and continues to help and guide me through all of life's troubles. She supports me and everything I do even if its not considered the best decision she trusts my personal choices and I am very thankful for that. There were days near the end of Junior High that I did not want to go to school. I obviously had to, I had perfect attendance. Junior High girls that I thought were my best friends weren't always the nicest. These girls that made me cry every night for the last week of school, and cry at lunch while I literally sat a table with girls who refused to talk to me for no reason at all. I learned that those mean girls you see in movies really do exist and you cant trust everyone, I learned that these things were not my fault, but theirs, and it is better to have a few good friends than more bad ones. When I was a child I was a sweet, caring, curly-haired little girl. I did not have a lot of friends, but a couple good ones. I was always kind but I did not take crap from anyone. If someone was rude to me I wasn't just going to stand there and let them keep doing it. I was fearless, more fearless than I am now. I always wanted to grow up. I wanted to be in high school with a boyfriend, wear pretty dresses to dances, and drive. I was a typical little girl. I feel like this part of the book was its own section of the book to give the reader more information about the characters. Think part one of this book was solely used to get to know each character and their personality traits maybe so we could understand the rest of the story a lot easier. If the author jumped right into the story, considering there is an abundance of characters involved, it would've left the reader very confused as they would not know who the people are and why they are reacting to things the way that they are. That is why they separated it into its own part. I enjoyed part 1 a lot but it was sort of slow considering the large amount of detail the author had to use to introduce each of the characters and set the story up. Although part one was very good but I am hoping part 2 is even better.
I think that the universe of obligation was a very eye opening activity. It allowed me to visually see who is most important to me and who I have no desire to associate with. It also showed me though that there are many people that i may not think of on the daily but if something were to happen to them, it would deeply affect me which made me appreciate these people in all circles of the universe of obligation. I think that the people closer to the inside of my circles will stay there, i feel like it would be hard for any of them to move out as well as it would be hard for anyone to move in as i keep my circle of people i really care about very small.
I feel like communities decide what belongs and what doesn't belong in many different ways. I feel like many communities have had ways that have been the same for so long that change is hard for them so they decide those changes do not belong and everything that they are used to do belong. Also based on personal beliefs, so an individual opinion on what belongs and what does not can be based on geographical placement or also mental, personal ideas. People choose to associate themselves with people that have similar ideas and beliefs creating a community and people that don't align with those beliefs would be outcasts. Consequences of challenging the rules determining who belongs and who does not could include that the person challenging the rules could be pushed even further towards not belonging in the community by the people that think they do belong.
The videos we watched and the articles we read and commented on in class were very eye opening. This type of language is not something that i personally think about a lot because I do not use it. I agree with Oprah on the fact that I feel like the word should not be used in rap songs, in everyday life. But I feel like in literature talking about historical events involving African Americans this type of language is acceptable. I think Harper Lee included this language in her book to not only correctly represent a time period in our history but also adding emphasis on what was wrong back then, allowing people and students today to compare how it was back then to how far we have come since then.
I learned a lot in class today. I realized that race may not even be something we need. It only really describes physical traits as we think of it today which at this point in time its kind of pointless to have. I realized you cannot assume someones race just by looking at them. The activity showed me that no matter what someone looks like they may be a race that you had never thought. It really taught me a lot about how I personally view others and how some people automatically assume other peoples races.
I am okay with how I did first semester. I was very happy with how I did in this class. I feel like I worked very hard on my portfolio and accomplished a lot so I am happy with the grade i got in this class. I will continue to do my best and work hard in this class. I am not as happy with my other class grades. I was hoping for an A in french but ended with a B. So this semester I will study harder and work towards an A. I also got a C in honors chemistry and I was hoping for a B. I tried my best though so I will continue to do that this semester. My GPA was brought down to a 4.95 so my goal is to bring it back up to a 5.0. I am excited to continue working hard and continue doing my best this semester and continue to improve in this class and all of my others.
If i woke up and everything that I thought I knew was different I would be really scared. That would be a very scary situation but I personally would want to take a stand and make a difference for my people. I would want to make an effort to make things the way they used to be, I am proud of my country and how it is right now and I couldn't live any other way, I would have to try to make a change. If a new government was in place and they promoted and enforced an ideology that affected me personally and restricted my personal freedoms and safety I would have to stand up for myself and work to get my country back to the way it used to be no matter if it is dangerous or not. I think this could be possible in the country I live in, I am confident we are safe right now but in the future, elected presidents could be corrupt and turn the country in the wrong direction without our people even realizing it is very possible. Many of the US people are uninformed or misinformed about current politics and I can definitely see things going south in the future. But i strongly believe we have many leaders and citizens that would be able to pick it up and fix the problems that would be caused.
From watching other peoples projects today I gained a lot of insightful information that I had not thought about before for the themes of Macbeth. Many of my classmates had very eye opening pecha kucha's that made me view the story of Macbeth in different ways. Things that I hadn't thought about before were brought out from watching my classmates pecha kucha's. One of the best projects that I saw was Kenzie's, her theme was similar to mine so I could definitely see her point and relate to her pecha kucha. I thought she was very well spoken and her project was very well made.
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