Something Different

Well Tuesday I was out of class for a school related function and here are a few photos from my day. I went to Makenzie Jr High school, along with my fellow cheerleaders, to perform for the 8th graders there. It was a different experience for all of us but also fun. Our space that we had to perform was very limited,but we made it all work. The students after were so sweet, telling us how good we did. I really appreciated the feed back we got while we went to promote the spirit program for Righetti High School.  

Catcher in the Rye

Just by reading the first chapter, which is only 6 pages, I've taken much interest into the book. it's not like most books. When the author describes someone/something he usually does so in long, run-on sentences. The author also uses cuss words frequently which you usually don't find in a book assigned for a reading in an English class.

The Next Steps

• My topic is still somewhat undefined in a way, I have an interest in culinary and also want to tie in medical. I've been talking with family and doing some research and think that a way I can pursue them both is to become a dietitian. 
• My interest for food started at a young age, I believe it was 6 years old, and since then I've been in the kitchen helping in any way possible. I recently have taken an interest into the medical field and have been bouncing in between the two trying to figure out which one I would like more. I feel that these two matter to me so much because my family has a history of diabetics and I know that having that condition limits what they can and can't eat. Maybe by me going into these two fields I can keep my family healthy and help them with what they can/can't eat. 

MUSIC AS LITERATURE

                                  Literature is defined as "writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays." Also in a sense music should be added to that list because it is a type of literature. Music is a way of expressing emotion through words with a back-beat to it. In all reality, music is a story expressing how the artist feels or flashes back to a time in the artists life that they felt was significant. 

Fall Vocabulary List #8

Ruinous:bringing or tending to bring ruin; destructive; disastrous

Quavered:to shake tremulously; quiver or tremble

Certitude:freedom from doubt, especially in matters of faith or opinion; certainty

Notch:an angular or V -shaped cut, indentation, or slit in an object, surface, or edge.

Perspired: to sweat

Manifested:readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain:

Latrine:a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.

Uttered:to give audible expression to; speak or pronounce

Parried:to turn aside; evade or dodge

 Oracle:the agency or medium giving such responses

Conscious:aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc

Feigning:to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of; Fake

Leisurely:acting, proceeding, or done without haste; unhurried; deliberate

Conjure:to affect or influence by or as if by invocation or spell

Anesthetized:to render physically insensible, as by an anesthetic

Tyranny:the government or rule of a tyrant or absolute ruler

Folly:a foolish action, practice, idea, etc.; absurdity

Dreary:causing sadness or gloom

Grotesque:odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre.

Reckoning:an accounting, as for things received or done.

FAHRENHEIT 451 ESSAY 1

In the book "Fahrenheit 451" I have seen that it is very similar, but also different to our society today. The technological advances that are brought up so far are in close relation to the technology we have today. Bradbury predicted big flat screen televisions and ear pieces which in the time the book was written they didn't exist. I've also seen some big differences such as firemen starting fires instead of putting them out. In our society the purpose of firemen are not to start fires but to put them out. Books are also a huge difference in Montag's world. Instead of books being looked at as a positive aspect in life they are looked down upon. In fact they are not allowed to read and if they are caught then the books will be burned.

WHAT I'VE LEARNED IN THIS COURSE SO FAR

So far in this course I have learned to not depend so much on a teacher for guidance and to be more independent in a course. I have also discovered that different social media websites can come in handy for classes such as; Twitter and Blogger. This course had expanded my writing skills in a very positive way in getting me to write on a daily basis whether it's on the blog or in my journal.