I'm Self- Reliant (Emerson Notes)

What I understood out of "On Self- Reliance":

• Do not try to be consistent ----------> blocks your creativity
• Trust yourself and don't concern yourself with what you've said or done in the past
• Emerson talks about letting yourself free, learn, grow, and extend our understanding
• You have the right to be who you are and you shouldn't let anyone decide you future for you.
• Everyone's life should be unique and original.
• "envy is ignorance; imitation is suicide" -------> Everyone has something great to express. We shouldn't try to imitate anyone, and if we do imitate someone else, our originality will be killed.
• Nobody knows your special gifts and you won't know until you express them. 
• Follow your interest and interest will lead you where you need to go

Quotes from the Essay I don't know what they mean (mind as well copy and paste the whole essay)

• Another sort of false prayers are our regrets. Discontent is the want of self-reliance: it is infirmity of will. Regret calamities, if you can thereby help the sufferer; if not, attend your own work, and already the evil begins to be repaired. Our sympathy is just as base.
• Travelling is a fool's paradise. Our first journeys discover to us the indifference of places.
• Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation; but of the adopted talent of another, you have only an extemporaneous, half possession.
• Society is a wave. The wave moves onward, but the water of which it is composed does not. The same particle does not rise from the valley to the ridge. Its unity is only phenomenal. The persons who make up a nation to-day, next year die, and their experience with them. 
• Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let him not peep or steal, or skulk up and down with the air of a charity-boy, a bastard, or an interloper, in the world which exists for him. But the man in the street, finding no worth in himself which corresponds to the force which built a tower or sculptured a marble god, feels poor when he looks on these.

Author in Progress

I think I did well on the short response test I took last Thursday. Usually taking tests like that I always feel regret. Even though I didn't really get the BEST grade on the short response test, I didn't really care. All I know is that after taking the short response test, I felt confident and I HOPE I get that same feeling with every test I take. Dr. Preston told me that I needed to "give more meat to the bone", and I 1 agree. Receiving my paper back and comparing with others, I lack information. I got the key points, but I just need to figure out how to put more evidence to back the main ideas up. Also, I noticed that I don't really answer the questions. I need to work on that also. But hey, practice makes perfect :D. Overall, I found that confidence feeling after I took the test more important to me than the grade.

What I put on the Mind Map

"No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that of this; the only right is what is after my constitution,the only wrong what is against it."

I added that section on the mind map because this section relates to the main theme of Emerson's idea "On Self- Reliance". I also added to the mind map on what I think the translation is from that section which was that the law of our nature should be the most important to us. Regardless on what the outside world is saying, you should stick to your morals whatever the popular vote is. I believe that that section is very important to remember. I also added an example to that section on which I related it to Abortion. I put that some people think that abortion is good, and some people think that abortion is bad, but what matters is what you personally believe.

Something interesting about the book I'm reading

Something interesting about this book is that this book is all about a girl who gives thirteen reasons why she committed suicide.

My Book Choice for Literature Analysis #3

The book I chose for literature analysis is "Thirteen Reasons Why". I chose this book because my cousin would not stop babbling about how good this book is and how she stayed up all night reading it. So I decided to see what is up with this book that made my cousin obsessed.

My American Voice

How do you know when to speak up ? When someone is getting bullied, speak up. When you see someone being rude, speak up. When you get a F on a test and you know you didn't deserve it, SPEAK UP! People speak up when they know something is wrong. But the problem is, we're afraid to speak up because we don't want to say anything wrong that will make the situation worse, so we remain silent. When someone is getting bullied right in front of you, take the risk and speak up because how are you going to make a difference if you just stand there and observe. I think it just depends on the situation. On our past experiences, obviously we know when to speak and when to be silent (well some people) being silent isn't necessarily bad. For example, if your friend's hamster passed away, the act of just comforting and hugging them is more effective then saying "Sorry for your loss". So silence can also be a powerful thing. One of the hardest decisions in the world is whether you should speak up or shut your mouth. There was this time when I went to go buy school supplies at Wal-Mart, and came across a mother yelling at her 10 year old son. This mothers yelling was so loud,  that she can be heard 5 ailes away. I didn't know what to do, a part of me wanted to go tell that mother "Excuse me, but you're making a scene and you're embarrassing your son. Can you please keep it down ?" and then a part of me wanted to keep quiet since it's none of my business. When I speak up, usually I don't think before I speak. It just comes out. If I'm trying to talk myself out trouble by my parents, I usually just speak without thinking.

Vocab List #6

1) Meme: an element of a culture or a system of behavior passed on.
     -- The hilarious meme became popular from one place to another.

2) Virus: a piece of code that is capable of copying itself; destroys data.
     -- My dad opened up a scam and accidentally downloaded weird apps which caused a virus.

3) Viral: image or video that is circulated rapidly on the internet.
     -- People all around the world, tries to create a simple viral video to become famous or to be recognized.

4) Blog: a regularly updated website or web page.
      -- In my AP English class, everyone is required to write a blog to stay away from the old fashion way such as reading and writing on books and paper.

5) Wiki: website that allows collaborative editing of its content.
      -- Wikipedia has a lot of information you need.

6) URL: Uniform Resource Locator; synonym to web address.
      -- In order for me to turn in my essay, I had to type the URL.

7) Website: a location connected to the internet that maintains one or more pages on the world wide web.
      -- There are many different websites that can help you get the information you need.

8) www: The World Wide Web: refers to all the interlinked HTML pages that can be accessed over the internet.
      -- Whenever I see "www", I know that that is a website.

9) Internet: Global communication of network.
      -- Kids in this generation cannot live without the internet since it started in their generation.

10) 2.0: more advanced version of an original concept
      -- There was this old viral video, "How to be Ninja", and now the creators of that video, after 10 years, made a parody called "How to be Ninja 2.0"

11) Open source: denoting software; made freely avaibalbe and may be redistributed and modified
     -- The history test is an open source test.

Team Vocab

When it comes to the elections of this year many people can anticipate these two candidates to surely accuse each other from doings of the past. Each candidate tries to remain stolid but Hilary definitely outbeats trump. It's aggravating because trump and Hilary are constantly sticking their proboscis into everyone's business and venomously attacking each other. With each debate America is left suspended to watch the next one just to see the two yell at each other. Both Candidates try to hypnotize the world into thinking their fit to be president trying to prove that they can transform this world into something greater, but they simply just illuminate each other's faults.

I AM A GOOD HUMAN

I consider my self as a great friend. Whether they are class friends, best friends,church friends, or even family friends, all I want is for them to be happy. I'll do whatever I can to make my friends cheer up if they're having a bad day. If they have problems or they are stressed, I'll ask to see if there is anything I could to help. I know my friends perfectly well, so I know when to shut my mouth and then start talking. If my friends accomplish anything, I always show how proud I am. I support their decisions, unless they're stupid decisions. All in all, I hate to see my friends upset, stressed, or angry. I am a good human.

Literature Analysis # 2

Book: "Every Day" by David Leviathan

1) I found this book and was interested when I got bored so I started reading the summary at the side of the front cover. "Every day a different body, every day a different life. Every day in love with the same girl." This was the first sentence of the summary and this was what drew me in in the first place. I expected the main character's life to be tragic since it talked about his love with a girl.

2) What kept me on reading was that every page was so descriptive and every chapter was a different story. The story of "Every Day", shows a different person's life and struggles, and that is another reason why I love this book so much, because I'm always eager to find out what happens next.

3) My reading habits involves of peace and quiet. Reading in a loud atmosphere distracts me and lose focus on the reading. Usually when I read, I like to have a little snack with me, mostly fruits. One of the best places to read for me is my backyard. My backyard has tables and comfortable chairs, and depending on the weather, it really feels like no one can interrupt you. It feels good because it is just you, the book, and your imagination.

Letter to my Mentor

Big question: Is it too late to do anything ? Is it too late to pursue your dreams at an old age ?

Dear Walt Disney,

                        Hey Walt! I was hoping you can be my mentor ? I'm curious and I want to know how did you get the courage to pursue your dream after all that negativity talked about how you lacked imagination and had no good ideas ? How did you receive courage and hope ? Did someone talk you out of you giving up or did you talk to yourself ? I really hope you accept my request on becoming my mentor. I have so many questions to ask you. I feel like you'd give me really good advice on how I should handle a situation on not knowing who to be when I grow up. Thank you for taking the time to read this letter. Later Walt.

                               

                                                                                                 A person who looks up to you,

                                                                                                                     Abigail Cardenas

Essay 1 Revised

After reading my colleagues' work and sharing ideas, I realized I could improve my first essay by using good vocabulary and is understandable. I also wi


                E.M Forster believes that personal relationships are more
important than patriotism, and I agree.(I thought I could have thought of a better hook) Patriotism is the love for your country while personal relationships are the bond and love you have with people. While patriotism and personal relationships are both good, I personally believe that personal relationships are more important. You cannot have patriotism without personal relationships because how can you love your country if you don't love the people in your country ?
                              Personal relationships are important because it brings you
closer to people and it makes us feel like we're not alone in this world. Personal relationships creates this unforgettable bond we have for our friends and families that will last a lifetime making us feel happy and loved. Without personal relationships, we would have a world that would look like the purge. People wouldn't have the courage to talk to each other making them shy ( I feel like I could have found a better explanation or vocabulary word for "shy"). Unlike personal relationships, patriotism causes chaos.
                              Now don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with loving
your country. When you love your country, you give full respect and can proudly say "I'm proud to be an American!" It's just that patriotism can cause friendship or in this case, personal relationships to end. For example, the "All Black Lives Matter" movement and the "All Lives Matter" movement. If my friend supports the "All Black Lives Matter" movement and I support the "All Lives Matter" movement, it creates chaos.(I could've explained this better) We would be fighting on who is right and who is wrong.

Hope you enjoyed reading it!

Vocab List: Fall #5

1) Venomous: (of a person or their behavior) full of malice or spite.
        ---I find people venomous when they talk behind your back

2) Stolid: calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation.
      ---It surprises me how my classmates can be so stolid taking the exam.

3) Hypnotized: capture the whole attention of (someone); fascinate
       ---The singer hypnotized the audience with her beautiful voice.

4) Suspended: temporarily prevent from continuing or being in force or effect
       --- The principal suspended the student for starting a fight twice a day.

5) Transformed: make a thorough or dramatic change in the form.
      --- In the movie, the cars transformed into robots.

6) Accuse: charge (someone) with an offence or crime.
      --- My sister accused me of eating her food.

7) Anticipate: regard as probable; expect or predict.
      --- I anticipated that this movie would be great.

8) Fringe: threads left loose or formed into tassels or twists.
      --- The tassel on a graduation cap is an example of a fringe.

9) Melancholy: A feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause.
      --- AN air of melancholy surrounded the class.

10) Earnestly: showing sincere and intent conviction.
      --- An earnest students is a students who never gives up.

11) Dissolve: solid becoming a liquid to form a solution.
      --- The mentos can be dissolved in coke or soda.

12) Aggravate: make a problem more worse or serious.
     --- My friends aggravate a lot since they enjoy watching or being in drama.

13) Illuminate: to light up.
      --- The flashlight illuminated the room.

14) Capillary: blood vessels.
      --- In Phy/ Anatomy, I learned about the neurons and capillaries working together.

15) Proboscis: The nose of a mammal, especially when it's long.
      --- The proboscis of an elephant can reach food from a tree.

A hug is nearly a gun spelled backwards

                              E.M Forster believes that personal relationships are more
important than patriotism, and I agree. Patriotism is the love for your country while personal relationships are the bond and love you have with people. While patriotism and personal relationships are both good, I personally believe that personal relationships are more important. You cannot have patriotism without personal relationships because how can you love your country if you don't love the people in your country ?
                              Personal relationships are important because it brings you
closer to people and it makes us feel like we're not alone in this world. Personal relationships creates this unforgettable bond we have for our friends and families that will last a lifetime making us feel happy and loved. Without personal relationships, we would have a world that would look like the purge. People would not talk to one another making them antisocial. Unlike personal relationships, patriotism causes chaos.
                              Now don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with loving
your country. When you love your country, you give full respect and can proudly say "I'm proud to be an American!" It's just that patriotism can cause friendship or in this case, personal relationships to end. For example, the "All Black Lives Matter" movement and the "All Lives Matter" movement. If my friend supports the "All Black Lives Matter" movement and I support the "All Lives Matter" movement, it creates chaos. We would be fighting on who is right and who is wrong.