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Sunday I was scheduled to work from five o'clock in the evening to nine.  I was already upset when I had seen this on my work schedule that Friday.  Before the start of the semester, I had given my boss a copy of my school schedule upon her request.  I wrote down what I wanted (no nights past eight o'clock, no more than sixteen hours, etc.).  She never seems to honor my schedule, and this is becoming very frustrating. 

When Sunday came around, I decided that I was not going to work.  I am consumed in homework.  The assignment that required most of my attention was The Beak Of the Finch Assignment.  Well, I called in and said I was sick.   I stayed up all night reading the damn thing, and I even woke up a three in the morning yersterday, just to find out that there was an extension on the assignment!!! Wonderful! I realize how much I can't stand the total use of computers.  I don't think we should rely on these devices for everything.  After feeling like I could just hide under a rock and sleep my day away, I started thinking about how I could have studied for my chemistry quiz and my math test!  Where does Time hide?  I cannot seem to organize my time and schedule.  I am not easily adjusting to this huge change.  I'm not enjoying my college experience like I should be able to do.

Hmm...

The quote by Friere concludes that education can functions as two things: an instrument to which an individual can conform to a present system (society) or it is a way to deal with reality through actively and intelligently becoming engaged with ourselves as we transform into independent individuals. Freire believes people will be divided into those that are socially aware of themselves and those that are aware of themselves as an individual. Each person's perception will ultimately reflect his/her's education directly. The quote is very universal and simply stated. The message is very powerful, though. Will I conform to popular beliefs-the crowd-and do only what is required of me, or will I rise above my comforts and challenge myself through my strengths and weaknesses? It is a choice everyone must make.  I think that we must compromise and obtain both functions of education.  We can broaden our perceptions by seeing every option.  The choice will determine what is to become of us as individuals.

Observation Proposal

NEW OBSERVATION PROPOSAL:
I will be observing a childrens soccer game. The soccer team consists of girls and boys between the ages of four and six. I will be observing the interactions between the teams' players and those of the crowd. Also, I will take not of my surroundings: place, time, weather, etc..

OLD OBSERVATION PROPOSAL:
Education is slowly getting more and more restricted. There are so many tests that require specific, vague knowledge in most high school classes that students cannot extend their quest for knowledge. It is clearly a problem. I would like to sit in my old high school chemistry class and compare and contrast the differences that have been made in order to simply "pass" students. I would also like to interview the teacher, Mr. Dalton Huffman, and get his thoughts on this year's changes and what he thinks about them. I will also be observing the students behaviors, expressions, etc. as he teaches the course subject.

Observation in Class

Is being forced to engage in conversation naturally easy for individuals? Elliot and Bobby seemed to struggle with the instruction to communicate with each other. The discussion was not supplied with a topic which made the two boys create one(s) on their own. The task appeared to be difficult. The conversation roughly began with Bobby rapidly spitting-out random questions to a slow responsive Elliot. As the two squirmed in their chairs, they made every effort to avoid eye contact with one another. The jittery movements appeared to be a sign of nervousness as each guy was trying to think of a question to ask. The questions helped give an understanding of the differences and similarities between Bobby and Elliot. They have different tastes in music and dogs. Both share the same dislike toward Dr. Freilich and the book about Darwin.
After a series of questions asked and answered, the conversation went from a moderate pace to a halt. The conversation ran very dry. With the help of the teacher, a topic was supplied. The subject was just tossed to them. They each had to consider his thoughts as an unusual topic was presented. The facial expressions on their faces appeared to be just as annoyed by the unfamiliar material just as much as the ones they had to create.
The way in which a person speaks, the pace of the conversation, the body language, the posture, and the facial expressions all conclude something about the individual. Personality, knowledge of the subject matter, and deliverance of opinion can help to lead a conversation as this project demonstrated. By observing, one can broaden his/her thoughts and learn through others perceptions, as well.

Video Observation

Differences in settings provoke different thoughts and perceptions. The class assignment was to observe a video about a man and his mother. Encouraged to use our senses, we watch it multiple times alternating among two senses: sight, hearing, and the two combined. After completing my first observations in class, I observed the video a second time, thereafter, at my house.In class, I observed a man with his mother as indicated through the dialect. The son was vis iting his parents. The mother asks the boy if he likes fish, and the son replies “No, mom, I don’t like fish.” The mother was very consistent and asked the same question, more specifically, if the guy liked tuna. Responding in the same manner, he told her no once more. She said she prepared the tuna with celery to give it a crunch. He was still uninterested in the dish, so the mother began trying to convince him and persuade him to taste it by using examples. He continued to reject her requests with the same “I don’t like fish” line. He eventually tastes the fish and does not like it as he has said before. The mother says he can wait for dinner anyway, because they were going to the restaurant. He agreed with going to a restaurant, and said he was ready. The mother, once more, was not having this, and started nagging about his clothes. He gives her the same responses objecting whatever she asks. They went to a restaurant and it was packed, so his mom suggested a different one: a seafood place.
After bringing the assignment home and watching the video at my house, I was able to analyze the details behind my observation. The story follows the same however, I noted more observations that I has not considered earlier. The son in the video seems to be around his late twenties or early thirties. Information about his age in combination with the way and pace at which he answers his mother allows the viewer to assume this conversation has taken place before. The way the mother presents herself as is very pushy and annoying. She seems to use her technique often to persuade her son to try something or whatever should be the case. The pictures were always being drawn as the story unfolded. I think the pictures are being drawn as the story is told verbally, because the drawings express the story nonverbally. The video observation helped to break down how we use the senses to uncover a message and analyze it. The observations in class will always be different if that is the first observation constructed. The second time we don’t have to try and figure out what is the overall message or conflict. The analysis of what has been observed is the main point in the second observation. By observing, not only once, we can understand details and perceptions through the use of

One Day Maybe

There is a study posted in Science News about monkeys being able to see color. The study showed that it was possible to inject a strand of the virus that constructs eye color into the monkeys eye and within a short time it could see color. The discovery is very fascinating. The study demonstrates the movement of our technology and how we are applying it today. The experiment was actually expected to not work. The monkeys were able to distinguish between yellow, green, blue, and red through color tests. The project is hopeful, but has yet to be demonstrated on humans. The Science News said the experiment was arousing many vision experts and that it might possibly help explain the evolving of color vision in time.




The article:
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/47396/title/Monkeys_get_full_color_vision

"unbeWEAVEable"

During my senior year, I was enrolled in a health science course. It was broken down into two classes: Medical Therapeutics and Clinicals. We covered the material very rapidly which left extra time each class period. In order to fill in for this extra time, my teacher would pull up current news videos or articles on the computer. I really enjoyed the class, however, this was not my favorite part of it. I typically found other ways to apply my attention to whenever she began. In one instance, she began as usual to search the news until she came across one that completely caught my attention. It was a video about an African American Kansas woman whose life had been saved by her weave. The story’s contents provoke thoughtful laughter. It is sad that she was trying to be murdered, but it is humorous that she had been saved by nothing more than her tightly woven weave. To this day, I am still baffled by this article. The only word that I could possibly describe it as is “unbeWEAVEable!”


The actual video is linked below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL2utgOCVUw

The link below is a video about the situation: (This video is simply for entertainment. It is very funny!!!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baQQ9Io599Q

Autobiography Rough Draft

In 2006, my sister, Sam, her friend, Katie, and my friend Ashley and I went to the Beale Street Music Festival. This was the first time our parents allowed us to attend a major event without parental supervision. Since my aunt lives in midtown, we thought it best to stay over there for the couple of days we were allowed to attend due to the convenience of her house. We were dropped off that Saturday afternoon psyched about the line-up and the fun atmosphere. It is not unusual to save the biggest act last (who always plays at midnight), which that year it was Godsmack. After hours upon hours of non-stop music and total enjoyment, it was time for the big act. All four of us had managed to squeeze our way to the very front. Then, a roar of screams from the crowd arised as the music began to play; this was it. The band sounded amazing! I was having a blast, and I looked up to see if my group was too. That's when I saw my sister...crying. She came toward me with the most unexplainable look: very cross, concerned, and afraid. I asked what was the problem, and she replied that some guy in the crowd was inappropriately touching on her chest. She kept saying that she wanted to leave, and I, as her big sister, assured her that we were on our way out. I turned around and started pushing through the crowd. We forced our way through and dodged the many mosh-pits. I seemed to be doing well in my attempt to get her away from the commotion until I crossed swords with this physically unattractive, chunky, and rude woman. After politely trying to get past her, she refused to let me move past. Still determined to deliver my sister to a safer place, we engaged in a rather friendly conversation. After the engagement, I threw my arm back and popped her right across her face. Needless to say, I got by the troll. As we kept pressing forward trying to find the end of the crowd, Katie is complaining the whole time about her feet, about how tired she was, and anything else that seemed to come to mind. I eventually had enough of the consecutive complaints and voiced my opinions on such things. After finally breaking off, I realized Ashley was not with us, and the last time I had seen her was back in the crowd. She was talking to some guy nobody knew. It hit me faster than a speeding bullet! Panic officially set in. She had no cell phone to call, so I did not know what to do. I found an officer on duty that night and told him our situation. He was absolutely no help. We walked around for two hours after the concert ended, yet still no sign of my friend. Finally, we found her. What a night.





1. The elements at stake were my friend and my responsibility.

2. What does that say about you?

• Always looking to have fun
• Enjoys large events with provided entertainment
• Defensive of family
• I like to try and stay positive; Do not like negative attitudes
• Worry under pressure

3. What is different about that than the way you would like to be perceived?

I am a very laid back person, and I don't get angry very easily.

4. What is it about this experience/anecdote that would make anyone be able to know the experience as something that they can feel/think/remember/understand? . . . . . . UNIVERSALITY

Everyone can relate to standing up for a family member. Most know that serious situations make people become stressed.

Autobiographies: Do They Really Matter?

Autobiographies are personal accounts of a person's experiences and the times to which their life corresponds. Biographies are impersonal annals that are not experienced and written by the same person. The importance of these distinctions is defined by the way in which they are used for research, knowledge, etc.. Autobiographies are primary sources that allow readers to understand the emotions, opinions, and experiences that the author has personally been involved. They are ideal tools for research and understanding through genuine documentation. Biographies are detailed presentations of a subject's experiences in life told and written by someone else. These are standard resources for collecting basic facts about memorable times in a subject's life. I believe autobiographies are worth reading for a broad knowledge of an individual, so that one may understand the individual to a more personal degree. By learning about other's reality, one can grasp a better perception of another individual and his/her understanding.

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1. The last extremely difficult writing assignment was for my AP English class. I had to write an analytical essay comparing and contrasting two poems using specific elements. Poetry does not interest me, and I have a hard time comprehending the elaborate language often chosen. It was very hard to motivate myself to do the assignment.
2. The entire class was given the same assignment from our teacher. The essay was considered tough to the class, but our teacher thought it to be an assignment that would apply what we had been practicing. In order for my essay to be valid, I had to dissect the poems, evaluate how each part contributed to the work as a whole, and distinguish among the most important lines and those that simply gave detail. I highlighted the lines that seem to be of greater impact, and began to construct my work. We had to share our essays with each other to help us develop a broader outlook and knowledge about analyzing literature. By sharing information, I learned what other key terms or figurative elements to look for.

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1. split, lose, paused, considered, vanished, rounding, trailed, picked, follow, chased, knew, smashed, entered, ran, coming, wound, chased, strained, pounding, thought, fling, point, forget, aim, drive, go, impelled, compelled, follow, running, improvising, running, choosing, find, slow, discovering, dismayed, exhilarated, save
2. paused, considered, vanished, rounding, picked, smashed, chased, expected, choking, pounding sliding, impelled, compelled running, failing, dismayed
3. “It’s wide black door opened; a man got out of it, running.” “It was an immense discovery, pounding into my hot head with every sliding, joyous step, that this ordinary adult evidently knew what I thought only children who trained at football knew: that you have to fling yourself at what you’re doing, you have to point yourself, forget yourself, aim, dive. ”
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1. in city clothes, suit and tie, street shoes, thin man,[normal], skinny, redheaded, [furious], [sainted]
2. my lips felt swollen, couldn’t see out the sides of my eyes, coughing, [ordinary], [normal], [anger], [usual]
3. His allusion to the man’s description evolves around the narrative pace.

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1. passionately, I wanted the glory to last forever, precisely, prolong the drama of the chase and cap his glory, brooded, dismembered us piecemeal, staked us to anthills, exalting pursuit,
2. we could have ran through every backyard, snowy backyard, nothing has required so much of me since as being chased all over Pittsburg in the middle of winter-, running terrified