"What do you think you are, for Chrisssake, Crazy or somethin'? Well you're not! You're not! You're no crazier than the average asshole out walkin' around the streets and that's it."
1. This story takes place in a mental hospital in the Pacific Northwest in the 1950's. One of the main characters, Chief Bromden, is also the narrator of the entire book. The story starts with an introduction to a few characters such as the "black boys", they work with the Antagonist, Nurse Ratched, by taking any given opportunity to torture the hospitals patients. Chief Bromden describes how both the Chronic and Acute patients stay their separate ways due to the fact that most of the acute patients fear of one day becoming chronic patients. The story then breaks into the introduction of the protagonist, R.P. McMurphy, a violent, "gambling fool" who has full intention on taking over the mental ward. It is clear from the beginning that he will be creating a lot of ruckus later on in the story. Nurse Ratched exclaims that McMurphy is an manipulator, it soon become apparent of her fear of losing the wards pristine structure. The story continues with a constant battle between Ratched and McMurphy, they clash consistently until McMurphy realizes that the nurse is the key to his freedom. He becomes less aggressive and plays the passive role in hopes for his freedom. After his new passive lifestyle leads to the death of a patient, McMurphy begins to question his sanity and strength. He devises a plan to help Billy, a fellow patient lose his virginity to a prostitute and escape without the help of Ratched. Billy loses his virginity successfully but McMurphy fails to escape after becoming to wasted to carry out his plan. Nurse Ratched finds Billy in bed with the prostitute and loses her temper. This results in yet another patients suicide. McMurphy becomes enraged and confronts Ratched for her outburst. He attempts to murder her by ripping her dress open and trying to strangle her, but he is knocked unconscious before successfully murdering her.Miss Ratched chooses to have McMurphy lobotomized and he becomes a chronic vegetable. A majority of the patients are soon transferred out of the mental ward due to the hospitals unstable state. When McMurphy returns, Chief Bromden suffocates him so that McMurphy can die with dignity, he then breaks a window with the shower room control panel and escapes.
2. I think the theme has something to do with standing tall as an individual and staying true to you are. The character McMurphy battles himself a lot in this story. He has to decide whether to himself and stay where he's at or to become someone he's not for his freedom. During that battle between himself, he loses two friends on both ends. By being himself, he lost a friend out of poor choices and by being someone he was not, he lost a friend out by "following the rules." Mcmurphy was driven into insanity and rage which was his downfall in the end. Not only did he lose himself completely, he lost the ability to change himself. It make's me wonder if things would have changed if he never bothered changing. It's good to stay true to ourselves but is who we are always who we should be?
3. Kesey's tone is somewhat difficult to determine considering it was told in Bromdens voice. It appeared to be sympathetic. He seemed to care a lot about the patients and felt pity on them for the brutalities they had to endure before being switched out of the ward. The staff was royalty and their patients were dirt underneath their feet. When McMurphy was lobotomized, Kesey decided to have him killed instead of letting him suffer. I feel like this shows compassion on Keseys part.
4. Diction: "I guess it would b-b-be you. You're the p-president of Pay-Pay-Patient's Council. This m-man wants to talk to you."
Setting: Corrupt Mental Hospital
Flashback: When the black boys we're trying to shave Chief, he hides and ha a flashback of back when he was with his dad at the banks of the Columbia River.
Assumption: Many of the patients and workers assume Chief is unintelligent because he doesn't speak.
Conflict: The entire novel was based on the conflict between McMurphy and Nurse Ratched.
Foil: In a sense, McMurphy made Chief appear as a better man, and in the end, he completely turned him into a more confident man.
Implication: (can't find the exact quote) In the first or second chapter, Nurse Ratched covers up her chest implying that she is insecure about her sexuality.
Point of View: This story is told in Chief's (story character) first point of view.
Speaker: The speaker is Chief, I feel like Kesey did this so that the story had a better effect on the readers compared to if the story had been in Keseys voice.
Exposition: The beginning of the novel was very descriptive on each character, this made the novel easy to understand.
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1. Direct: "What the chronics are- or most of us -are machines with flaws inside that can't be repaired, flaws born in, or flaws beat in over so many years..."
The chronic patients were born mental, or made to believe that they are mental to the point beyond repair. Kesey is saying that there is no way these patients could go about living day to day life.
"...other than me, the chronics don't move around much, and the acutes just say they'd just as leave stay over on their side, give reasons like the chronic side smells like a dirty diaper."
The acute patients try to avoid the chronic patients due to their fear of becoming one of them, they even go as far as to making excuses on why they don't talk to the chronic patients.
Indirect:
2. Keseys Syntax and Diction change depending on the character whose voice he is speaking in, an example would be Billy. He has a stutter so Kesey changes the diction of the novel when he speaks; "I guess it would b-b-be you. You're the p-president of Pay-Pay-Patient's Council. This m-man wants to talk to you."
3. McMurphy is somewhat static and dynamic. In the beginning of the book, it seems like McMurphy will never change who he is for anything or anybody, but once he becomes aware that good behavior can result in an early release from the mental ward, he becomes passive and appears to have changed, he soon lashes back into his normal self and becomes the aggressive McMurphy we all know and (kind of sort of) love. I suppose in the end, he's a pretty static character. His first change was staged and his second change was caused by a surgery. Chief on the other hand, appears to be very dynamic. He starts off quiet and kept to himself but gains confidence as the novel progresses. Once he gains full confidence in himself, he realizes his potential and forever leaves the asylum both confident and proud.
4. I somewhat felt like I met Chief. He reminds me of my old self. I liked to go unnoticed and hide under the radar. I used to always get marked absent in class because I was so quiet but over time, just like Chief, I met someone (well actually a few people.) who changed that side of me. I gained my confidence and stood taller than before and I broke out of my own mental asylum (but I occasionally seemed to get readmitted sometimes) and walked away a better person.
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Vocab #4
Interior monologue (n.) : a piece of writing expressing a characters inner thoughts.
Inversion (n.) : the action of inverting something or the state of being inverted.
Juxtaposition (n.) : the fact of two things beings seen or placed together with a contrasting effect.
Lyric (adj.) expressing the writers emotions, usually briefly and in stanzas.
Magic(al) realism (n.): a literary or artistic genre in which realistic narrative and naturalistic technique are combined with surreal elements of dream or fantasy.
Inversion (n.) : the action of inverting something or the state of being inverted.
Juxtaposition (n.) : the fact of two things beings seen or placed together with a contrasting effect.
Lyric (adj.) expressing the writers emotions, usually briefly and in stanzas.
Magic(al) realism (n.): a literary or artistic genre in which realistic narrative and naturalistic technique are combined with surreal elements of dream or fantasy.
Metaphor (n.)
-Extended metaphor: author exploits a single metaphor or analogy at length through multiple linked vehicles, tenors, and grounds.
-Controlling metaphor: a symbolic story, where the whole poem may be a metaphor for something else; motif
-Mixed metaphor: a combination of two or more incompatible metaphors, which produces a ridiculous effect.
Metonymy (n.) : the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example suit for business executive, or the track for horse racing.
Modernism (n.) modern character or quality of thought, expression, or technique.
Monologue(n.) : a long speech by one actor in a play or movie, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program.
Mood (n.): the atmosphere or pervading tone of something
Motif (n.) : a decorative design or pattern.
Myth (n.) : a traditional story, esp. one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.
Narrative (n.) : a spoken or written account of connected events.
Narrator (n.) : a person who narrates something, esp. a character who recounts the events of a novel or narrative poem.
Naturalism (n.) : a person who narrates something, esp. a character who recounts the events of a novel or narrative porm
Novelette/Novella (n.) : a short novel, typically one that is light and romantic or sentimental in character.
Omniscient point of view (n.) : reader is all seeing and all knowing
Onomatopoeia (n.): the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.
Oxymoron (n.): figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.
Pacing (v.): speeding up or slowing down the story.
Parable (n) : simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson
Paradox (n.): a statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory.
Monday, January 27, 2014
What's the story?
To be completely honest,I just put the pieces together earlier today that we had to continue our studies on Tale of Two Cities. After finishing off my literature analysis book, I plan to brush up on the book with my group. It was a difficult book to read, understand and stay interested in. Thinking back, it took every last ounce of energy just to browse it. I plan to have it together by Wednesday night. Any late assignments from the returning semester will be posted and all of my work will be complete. Apologies for the inconvenience. A Tuesday power nap and a breathe of fresh air will get me back on the right track!
Friday, January 24, 2014
Lit Terms #3
Expositions: beginning of a story that sets forth facts, ideas, and/or characters, in detailed explanation.
"Once upon a time, there were three bears who lived in a wood cabin."
Expressionism: movement in art, literature, and music consisting of unrealistic representation of an inner idea or feeling.
Fable: a short, simple story, usually with animals and characters, designed to teach a moral of truth.
Aesop's fables. (Tortoise and the Hare)
Fallacy: erroneous reasoning that makes arguments unsound, a false or misleading notion.
Falling Action: part of the narrative or drama after the climax.
Farce: a boisterous comedy involving ludicrous action and dialogue.
Figurative Language: imaginative language characterized by figures of speech.
Flashback: a narrative device that flashes back to prior events.
Foil: a person or thing that, by contrast,make another seem better or more prominent.
Folk Tale: story passed on by word of mouth.
Foreshadowing: a device to prepare the reader for the outcome of the action; "planning" to make the outcome convincing, though not give it away.
Free Verse: verse without conventional metrical patter, irregular patter or no rhyme.
Genre: a category of class of artistic endeavor having a particular form, technique, or content.
Gothic Tale: a style in literature characterized by gloomy setting, violent or grotesque action, and a mood of decay, degeneration and decadence.
Frankenstein
Hyperbole: an exaggerated statement often used as a figure of speech or to prove a point.
Imagery: figures of speech or vivid descriptions conveying images through any of the senses.
Implication: a meaning or understanding that is to arrive at by the reader but that is not fully stated by the author.
Incongruity: deliberate joining of opposites or of elements that are not appropriate to each other.
Inference: a judgement or conclusions based on evidence presented
Irony: a contrast or incongruity between what is said and what is meant, or what is expected to happen and what actually happens.
"Once upon a time, there were three bears who lived in a wood cabin."
Expressionism: movement in art, literature, and music consisting of unrealistic representation of an inner idea or feeling.
Fable: a short, simple story, usually with animals and characters, designed to teach a moral of truth.
Aesop's fables. (Tortoise and the Hare)
Fallacy: erroneous reasoning that makes arguments unsound, a false or misleading notion.
Falling Action: part of the narrative or drama after the climax.
Farce: a boisterous comedy involving ludicrous action and dialogue.
Figurative Language: imaginative language characterized by figures of speech.
Flashback: a narrative device that flashes back to prior events.
Foil: a person or thing that, by contrast,make another seem better or more prominent.
Folk Tale: story passed on by word of mouth.
Foreshadowing: a device to prepare the reader for the outcome of the action; "planning" to make the outcome convincing, though not give it away.
Free Verse: verse without conventional metrical patter, irregular patter or no rhyme.
Genre: a category of class of artistic endeavor having a particular form, technique, or content.
Gothic Tale: a style in literature characterized by gloomy setting, violent or grotesque action, and a mood of decay, degeneration and decadence.
Frankenstein
Hyperbole: an exaggerated statement often used as a figure of speech or to prove a point.
Imagery: figures of speech or vivid descriptions conveying images through any of the senses.
Implication: a meaning or understanding that is to arrive at by the reader but that is not fully stated by the author.
Incongruity: deliberate joining of opposites or of elements that are not appropriate to each other.
Inference: a judgement or conclusions based on evidence presented
Irony: a contrast or incongruity between what is said and what is meant, or what is expected to happen and what actually happens.
Monday, January 20, 2014
Lit Analysis #2
Circumlocution. (n.)
1. a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea.
example : rambling.
Classicism. (n.)
1. the principles or styles characteristic of literature and art of ancient Greece and Rome.
2.Classical style in literature and art.
Clihce. (n.)
1. a trite, stereotypes expression; a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a popular or common thought ot idea, that has lost originality, ingenuity, and impact by long overuse.
Climax (n.)
1.the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something; culmination.
example: his career reached its climax when he was elected president.
Colloquialism (n.)
1.a colloquial expression
2. characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation
3. casual expression
Comedy. (n.)
1. a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending.
2. a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance.
3. the comic element of drama
Conflict: (v.)
1. to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; class
2. to fight or contend.
Connotation. (n.)
1. the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning
2. something suggested or implied by a word or thing, rather than being explicitly named or described.
Contrast. (v.)
1. to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purpose, etc.
2. to exhibit unlikeness on comparison with something else.
Denotation. (n.)
1. the explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression, as distinguished from the ideas or meanings associated with it or suggested by it.
2. a word that names or signifies something different.
example: "wing" is a denotation for air in natural motion.
Denouement.(n.)
1. the final resolution of the intricacies of a plot, as of a drama or novel
2. the outcome or resolution of a doubtful series of occurrences
Dialect. (n.)
1. Linguistics. a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar and vocabulary.
2. a special variety of a language
3. Language considered as one of a group that have a common ancestor.
Dialectics. (adj.)
1.of, pertaining to,or of the nature of logical arguementation
2. (n.) the art of practice of logical discussion as employed ininvestigating the truth or a theory or opinion.
3. (n.) logical argumentation
Dichotomy. (n.)
1. division into two parts, kinds, etc.
2. division into two mutually exclusive, opposed, or contradictory groups
Diction. (n.)
1.style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words
2. the accent, inflection, intonation, and speech-sound quality manifested by an individual speaker
Didactic. (adj.)
1. intended to teach
2. inclined to teach or lecture others
Dogmatic. (adj.)
1.of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas
2. asserting opnion sin a doctrinaire or arrogant manner.
Elegy. (n.)
1.a mournful or melancholy poem.
2. sad mournful music composition.
Epic. (adj.)
1. noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style.
2. heroic; majestic; impressively great
3. resembling or suggesting such poetry
example: Beowulf
Epigram. (n.)
1. any witty or pointed saying tersely expressed
2.a short, often satirical poem dealing concisely with a single subject and usually ending with a witty turn of thought.
Epitaph. (n.)
1. a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument about the person buried at that site.
example: tomb stone
Epithet. (n.)
1. any words or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality.
2. a characterizing word or phrase firmly associated with a person or thing and oten used in place of an actual name
example: "mans best friend" for "dog".
Euphemism. (n.)
1.the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh or blunt.
example: "To pass away" is a euphemism for "to die."
Evocative. (adj.)
1. tending to evoke or produce.
1. a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea.
example : rambling.
Classicism. (n.)
1. the principles or styles characteristic of literature and art of ancient Greece and Rome.
2.Classical style in literature and art.
Clihce. (n.)
1. a trite, stereotypes expression; a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a popular or common thought ot idea, that has lost originality, ingenuity, and impact by long overuse.
Climax (n.)
1.the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something; culmination.
example: his career reached its climax when he was elected president.
Colloquialism (n.)
1.a colloquial expression
2. characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation
3. casual expression
Comedy. (n.)
1. a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending.
2. a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance.
3. the comic element of drama
Conflict: (v.)
1. to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; class
2. to fight or contend.
Connotation. (n.)
1. the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning
2. something suggested or implied by a word or thing, rather than being explicitly named or described.
Contrast. (v.)
1. to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purpose, etc.
2. to exhibit unlikeness on comparison with something else.
Denotation. (n.)
1. the explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression, as distinguished from the ideas or meanings associated with it or suggested by it.
2. a word that names or signifies something different.
example: "wing" is a denotation for air in natural motion.
Denouement.(n.)
1. the final resolution of the intricacies of a plot, as of a drama or novel
2. the outcome or resolution of a doubtful series of occurrences
Dialect. (n.)
1. Linguistics. a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar and vocabulary.
2. a special variety of a language
3. Language considered as one of a group that have a common ancestor.
Dialectics. (adj.)
1.of, pertaining to,or of the nature of logical arguementation
2. (n.) the art of practice of logical discussion as employed ininvestigating the truth or a theory or opinion.
3. (n.) logical argumentation
Dichotomy. (n.)
1. division into two parts, kinds, etc.
2. division into two mutually exclusive, opposed, or contradictory groups
Diction. (n.)
1.style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words
2. the accent, inflection, intonation, and speech-sound quality manifested by an individual speaker
Didactic. (adj.)
1. intended to teach
2. inclined to teach or lecture others
Dogmatic. (adj.)
1.of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas
2. asserting opnion sin a doctrinaire or arrogant manner.
Elegy. (n.)
1.a mournful or melancholy poem.
2. sad mournful music composition.
Epic. (adj.)
1. noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style.
2. heroic; majestic; impressively great
3. resembling or suggesting such poetry
example: Beowulf
Epigram. (n.)
1. any witty or pointed saying tersely expressed
2.a short, often satirical poem dealing concisely with a single subject and usually ending with a witty turn of thought.
Epitaph. (n.)
1. a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument about the person buried at that site.
example: tomb stone
Epithet. (n.)
1. any words or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality.
2. a characterizing word or phrase firmly associated with a person or thing and oten used in place of an actual name
example: "mans best friend" for "dog".
Euphemism. (n.)
1.the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh or blunt.
example: "To pass away" is a euphemism for "to die."
Evocative. (adj.)
1. tending to evoke or produce.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Lit Analysis #1
Allegory: A symbolic narrative
example: Allegory of the Cave. Enlightenment v.s. Shadows
Alliteration:The commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group.
example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Allusion: Metaphor, making a casual or indirect reference
Ambiguity: Doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention.
example: Shakespeare is a very ambiguous writer.
Anachronism: Something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time.
example: He's such a Romeo(different century) with the ladies.
Analogy: Similarity or comparability.
example: The analogy of the test answers only added to the evidence that the two girls had cheated.
Analysis: Process of studying the nature of something or determining its essential features and their relations.
example: She made a proper analysis of the situation before reacting
Anaphora: Repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences.
Anecdote: A short account of a particular incident or event., especially of an interesting or amusing nature.
Antagonist: A person who is opposed to, struggles against or competes with another; opponent; adversary.
Batman v.s. Joker
Antithesis: Opposition; contrast; the direct opposite.
Aphorism: a terse saying embodying a general truth, a astute observation.
Apologia: An apology, as in defense or justification f a belief.
Apostrophe: Used to indicate the omission of one or more letters in a word, whether unpronounced or pronounced.
Argument: An oral disagreement, verbal opposition.
Assumption:Something taken for granted,a supposition; hypothesis.
Audience: Group of spectators at a public event; listeners or views collectively
Characterization: Portrayal; description; act of characterizing.
Chiasmus: a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases.
example: Allegory of the Cave. Enlightenment v.s. Shadows
Alliteration:The commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group.
example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Allusion: Metaphor, making a casual or indirect reference
Ambiguity: Doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention.
example: Shakespeare is a very ambiguous writer.
Anachronism: Something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time.
example: He's such a Romeo(different century) with the ladies.
Analogy: Similarity or comparability.
example: The analogy of the test answers only added to the evidence that the two girls had cheated.
Analysis: Process of studying the nature of something or determining its essential features and their relations.
example: She made a proper analysis of the situation before reacting
Anaphora: Repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences.
Anecdote: A short account of a particular incident or event., especially of an interesting or amusing nature.
Antagonist: A person who is opposed to, struggles against or competes with another; opponent; adversary.
Batman v.s. Joker
Antithesis: Opposition; contrast; the direct opposite.
Aphorism: a terse saying embodying a general truth, a astute observation.
Apologia: An apology, as in defense or justification f a belief.
Apostrophe: Used to indicate the omission of one or more letters in a word, whether unpronounced or pronounced.
Argument: An oral disagreement, verbal opposition.
Assumption:Something taken for granted,a supposition; hypothesis.
Audience: Group of spectators at a public event; listeners or views collectively
Characterization: Portrayal; description; act of characterizing.
Chiasmus: a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases.
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Reminiscing
I began to reminisce on my experience last year in Dr. Preston's class by visiting my old blog. I ended up watching the video me and my group made for our final project. The editing was sketchy and some of the scenes got sped up but the message was so powerful. I remember my fifth period class being so silent you could hear a pin drop, people were overwhelmed by the emotion and truth of the video. So I thought I would re-share it on my current blog .
AP Prep Post: 1. Siddhartha
1. What does enlightenment look like in Siddhartha? Is It a feeling? An attitude?
2. What does he fear if he stays home and continues in his father's religion?
3. What roles do thinking, intuition, valuing (feeling), and sensation play in obtaining enlightenment for Siddharatha?
4. Why is Siddhartha unhappy ? Why is his spirit like a "waiting vessel"?
5. What is the "Self"? Why has it occupied Siddhartha so?
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Due to the fact that I have never read or even heard of Siddhartha until yesterday, I am currently unequipped to answer these questions. I'm sure with a little research and help from my colleagues, I could answer this questions in an hour and a half or so. The best way to answer them with a full understanding would be to read Siddhartha as a whole.
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These questions made me realize how important it is to read everything in depth and to always be alert for messages the author may be trying to send to the reader. I don't always read in depth for literature I'm unfamiliar with and I'm starting to realize how fast that can drag me down. It's important that I don't overlook anything that the author says, I never know if that information will be important later one.
2. What does he fear if he stays home and continues in his father's religion?
3. What roles do thinking, intuition, valuing (feeling), and sensation play in obtaining enlightenment for Siddharatha?
4. Why is Siddhartha unhappy ? Why is his spirit like a "waiting vessel"?
5. What is the "Self"? Why has it occupied Siddhartha so?
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Due to the fact that I have never read or even heard of Siddhartha until yesterday, I am currently unequipped to answer these questions. I'm sure with a little research and help from my colleagues, I could answer this questions in an hour and a half or so. The best way to answer them with a full understanding would be to read Siddhartha as a whole.
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These questions made me realize how important it is to read everything in depth and to always be alert for messages the author may be trying to send to the reader. I don't always read in depth for literature I'm unfamiliar with and I'm starting to realize how fast that can drag me down. It's important that I don't overlook anything that the author says, I never know if that information will be important later one.
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Hacking My Education .
I'm not fully conscious on what I want to do and how I want to do it. However, I do know that I would like to help people in some way shape or form. Not just people individually but as a whole. I don't want to be a social worker or become a therapist, I plan to go big or go home. Maybe I can create a business known nationwide that is dedicated to paying it forward and bringing other up so that we can strengthen ourselves as a nation. I'm not fully aware on what I want this business to be or how I want it to work, but whenever I start thinking about who I'm going to be ten, twenty years from now, I see a successful businesswomen out to make a change in the way the world works. Through this class I hope to earn better people skills and hopefully get a more clear vision on what I really want to do and how I'm going to do it. I also want to gain more experience in helping others.
If that doesn't work out then all I want to leave with is the confidence that I will be the best college student I can be when I leave for school. My idea above is such a jumbled mess that solely depending on it to work out for my education would be a waste of time. I honestly don't know my future, that's why I really want to focus on my actual education. Studying and time management skills with the grades to prove it. All of my experience would show in my grades and work. If anything, I really want to walk down that graduation stage knowing that I have the tools and motivation needed to find myself and my purpose. The only real way to do that is by taking advantage of my education and getting everything that I possibly can out of it .
Peers. Public. Experts.
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