This week we started out presentation. I didn't do as great as I could of done this week honestly. I talked a lot with my friends and got behind in my work. Ill try to separate myself from distractions so this doesn't occur again.
While looking up my sources i read a lot about these dudes named Bernard Bruth and Gandhi. The are some dope people who inspire a lot of people. Im not really sure what else to put because we mostly worked on our presentations but the picture Im posting is a pic of this shirt saying " I put the pro in procrastination" because i procrastinate literally everything
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This week I wrote my This I Believe paper. I always learn stuff about myself when I write. I learn stuff because things I would never say out loud just come out on paper. It is easier to write things down because you do not have to worry about anyone hearing it and judging you for the things you say. The This I Believe paper was a great project, I hated doing it, I hated the idea that I had to record my voice and play it for everyone, I hated the idea that everyone got to hear my thoughts, when I write i like to write because no one will hear or see it, but now that it is over and i have watched other people’s, and learned what other people believe in, I see that the things people believe can really help other people, because the things people say are something’s that other people need to hear. As we get older we do not realize that sometimes just hearing the right thing at the right time can change our perspective on everything.
What we did this week was interesting
We read a lot but it was ok because it was just a super chill week. The book i was reading was "Brave New World" and its a super interesting book about cloned people. Reading this book I not only learned about the various characters in this book but I also learned about time management and building up my comprehension skills. What we discussed in class that stood out to me was the importance of shared leadership.
Without shared leadership, we would be screwed. Having just one appointed leader would be bad because there's only one view on a topic. In that video we watched in class called "The Obsolete Man", it shows just one appointed leader and why its very bad. They were saying that the librarian was obsolete and not needed anymore so the chancellor decided to have him killed off. For obvious reasons, this isn't something that should be happening. They shouldn't decide whether a person should live or not based on their everyday life. Not letting the people voice their opinion isn't good. That chancellor showed so many bad qualities of a leader. The first one that comes to mind is when the chancellor argued to the man that theirs not god which shows he doesn't allow the people to believe what they want. Another thing the chancellor did was use the fear of death to shape the society. I read in a article about that and it made me really think like wow he did do that and that is super crazy. Watching the video I tried to put myself into the mans shoes and deciding what I would do and it shouldn't be that way. The picture I chose for this post was a quote from the film where the narrator says this. I feel that this is super crazy because i feel that he basically is saying that if you are different and have self uniqueness, you are obsolete. This week felt more like a work week more then anything. We worked on our "This I Believe" essays. Some of us are still writing while some of us are recording our voices for the video we are gonna do.
We were read a couple of great poems that I found pretty interesting. My favorite one was the one about the father having to take his son in to jail. The poem was well written. This week reminded me of a chill winter workshop. It was super chilly out so thats mostly why I picked it. I usually like when we work in groups but this week felt cool to just work on my own. We learned lots of important ideas this past week. One idea that we talked about is that stories are powerful. I think stories are powerful because its something that will always stick to you no matter whats it about so youre always learning something new. That can range from learning something educational or something that applies to life. Also stories are very powerful because you get to leave reality for a little bit. Another idea we talked about was that creative writing is so much more then just non stop writing for a certain amount of time. You get to just let your brain and heart leave its ink on the paper. This is were you get the most sincre writing when you just keep writing without thinking. I like how we talk at our tables and discuss in the class what we talked about. I like how we get to hear everyones ideas its very neat. Something that stuck out to me was when a student in my class talked about what they learned. They told the class they learned that we are more a like the different. we seem to always focus on our differences then the similaries with in each other. I really liked how he worded that. I would rate myself a 10 out of 10 with my understanding because everything we have talked about seemed to reach me in a good way. I really like the discussions we have in this class because they actually make sense. |
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