Emerson is trying to say that the education system tries to mass produce educations. Instead of teaching students, they teach classes as a whole. But each student needs an individualized version of what the class gets. Students may still get a quality education but it could be exponentially better if the curriculum was aimed at the student and not the student body as a whole.
I believe that, for the most part, education is similar to what it was when Emerson wrote his essay. In some classes (like the 1st semester of pre-ap chemistry last year) students are encouraged to work on their own. This allows students to work ahead, or behind, of each other so no one is held back and no one is being pushed too hard. But the most positive aspect of this is: teachers get more 1-on-1 time with students. Teachers can work with only the students that need help and leave the other students that are not struggling to continue working like normal without holding them back by tacking away class time to explain something to a single student. But there are not any classes at our high school like that anymore. It is not a popular teaching method anywhere in the nation. Teachers continue to teach very generalized lessons that do not have anything that will help individual students but simply covers the required information. The entire purpose of some classes is to pass another standardized test.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
Got Milk?
I chose to do the "Got Milk?" ad for this assignment. It is trying to persuade readers to drink more milk to maintain strong bones. The ad uses ethos, logos, and specifically pathos to aid in the persuasion of the reader.
The ethos in this ad is obvious from the moent you look at it. This ad was put up by a very prestigeous company. Everyone recognizes the "Got Milk?" campaign. When a campaign as successful this has been around as long as it has, people take notice and assume that what it says must be true. It usually uses famous people to draw attention to it and so it will have more influence on the people who see the ad. The people are usually very attractive and This particular ad uses a very attractive model to draw the attention of a specific audience. The ad explains that milk can help you grow strong, healthy bones and maintain them once you reach 35 or older. This sets up the logos. It is presenting important facts that make it seem logical that you should drink more milk.
To appeal to pathos the makers of the ad used a very attraactive model to draw attention. Men will look at the poster simply to see a person so attractive. Women may look at the poster and see that person and think about what they wold give to look like that. Most everyone wants to look better and using attractive, famous people gives them an idea of what they want to be. This is how the ad uses pathos to appeal to the audience.
The ad makes effective use of ethos, pathos, and logos to appeal to an audience and make the message sink into the audience to persuade them to drink more milk.
The ethos in this ad is obvious from the moent you look at it. This ad was put up by a very prestigeous company. Everyone recognizes the "Got Milk?" campaign. When a campaign as successful this has been around as long as it has, people take notice and assume that what it says must be true. It usually uses famous people to draw attention to it and so it will have more influence on the people who see the ad. The people are usually very attractive and This particular ad uses a very attractive model to draw the attention of a specific audience. The ad explains that milk can help you grow strong, healthy bones and maintain them once you reach 35 or older. This sets up the logos. It is presenting important facts that make it seem logical that you should drink more milk.
To appeal to pathos the makers of the ad used a very attraactive model to draw attention. Men will look at the poster simply to see a person so attractive. Women may look at the poster and see that person and think about what they wold give to look like that. Most everyone wants to look better and using attractive, famous people gives them an idea of what they want to be. This is how the ad uses pathos to appeal to the audience.
The ad makes effective use of ethos, pathos, and logos to appeal to an audience and make the message sink into the audience to persuade them to drink more milk.
Friday, June 24, 2011
Sense: Design
I decided to do the activity called "Put It on a Table." The first object I chose to do this with is one of my hats. When I look at it the first thing I think of is my girlfriend Jazminne. It was the first gift she ever gave me. It was just before Christmas in 9th grade and it was only the 1st or 2nd time we had gone out anywhere. Its the most comfortable hat ever. Its got a band around the inside that is really soft and not itchy like a lot of hats. It doesn't really have a smell or make a sound so i can't say anything about that... I think Kansas said it best when he called it "bad ass". If i think about it there's nothing I don't like about it. I can see some connections between my feelings about it and my sensory clues. I would automatically like it because i got it from Jazminne. But I cannot stand to wear uncomfortable things so it is a really good thing that its comfortable. I like the way it looks and I really try not to wear things I don't like.
I tried this with another object. One I didn't think I would have any emotional connection to. The book our summer assignment is based on. A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink. But when I looked at it and really thought about it, I was fill with emotions. None of them happy ones. I felt angry that I had to spend my summer doing summer work. (Not just for English) I became frustrated because I didn't like the book. It started good but then just got progressively worse. I just felt like summer work, despite what the wiki says, is meant to ruin our summer by making us stress about remembering due dates and writing long blog posts or essays.
I tried this with another object. One I didn't think I would have any emotional connection to. The book our summer assignment is based on. A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink. But when I looked at it and really thought about it, I was fill with emotions. None of them happy ones. I felt angry that I had to spend my summer doing summer work. (Not just for English) I became frustrated because I didn't like the book. It started good but then just got progressively worse. I just felt like summer work, despite what the wiki says, is meant to ruin our summer by making us stress about remembering due dates and writing long blog posts or essays.
I REALLY dislike this book...
This is a really bad picture of it, but this is my hat.
Monday, May 23, 2011
Inspired Poetry
Some say the world will end in sun
Some say rain
From what i know of fun I say sun
But if it has to end again
I say I know enough of pain to say,
that for destruction
Rain is also good
and would satisfy
Some say rain
From what i know of fun I say sun
But if it has to end again
I say I know enough of pain to say,
that for destruction
Rain is also good
and would satisfy
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Harlem
What happens to love unspoken
Does it haunt a person forever?
Like a restless ghost
Or stalk like a starving tiger
and then consume a person whole?
Does it burn like forest fire?
Or is it ice cold
Like a midwinter night
Maybe it just fades away
Like a mirage
Or does it simply die...
Does it haunt a person forever?
Like a restless ghost
Or stalk like a starving tiger
and then consume a person whole?
Does it burn like forest fire?
Or is it ice cold
Like a midwinter night
Maybe it just fades away
Like a mirage
Or does it simply die...
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Creon
To most people Creon would appear to be the “bad guy.” However, if the play is analyzed as a whole, he could be considered a “good guy.” He is simply trying to maintain the peace in a time that could easily become chaotic, yet Antigone insists upon challenging him. Creon is not nice or yielding by any means, but he tries his best while Antigone persists on bringing out the worst in him.
Creon can be interpreted to be the protagonist if the dialog is read closely. Sophocles indicates that Creon is the protagonist of the story when Creon states that “[he] would never be silent if [he] saw madness creeping among the citizens in a place of salvation.” By saying that, Creon is stating that he would always do what was best for his city. He is telling everyone that his voice will be heard in any situation if he feels that something needs to be done to keep the peace. He said that Antigone had “[gone] beyond the laws put before her” and she would “not escape the worst fate.” To put this statement in simple terms: Antigone broke the law and would suffer the consequences. Creon is simply trying to punish an enemy (Polynices) and she is challenging him by trying to honor the same enemy.
Despite his position as the “good guy”, Creon remains your stereotypical, egotistical ruler. His vanity and inflexibility show when he says “let him go and think superhuman thoughts, but he will not save these girls from their doom.” To him his word is law and nothing can change that. He will not even save the life of his own son’s fiance because he already decreed that she would die. Creon believes that “the city” is “thought to be her rulers.” In his mind he believes the city is his personal property. This belief makes him the stereotypical ruler because he believes his first choice is always the best and rarely, if ever, changes his mind.
Creon is a major character that plays a huge role in the story. He decrees that Polynices “shall neither be buried nor mourned by anyone.” The declaration is the sole cause of the conflict in the story. His laws make up the root of the problem and his dialog makes up an extremely large portion of the reading. During a conversation with Creon, Antigone says “by nature I offend you.” A statement such as that shows one person openly opposing another. The conflict between Antigone and Creon embodies one of the oldest moral rivalries in history, the battle between civil and religious laws.
Creon ruled the way he believed was right. The decisions he made were so because, as a new ruler, the approval of the people was very important. He was just trying to keep peace and not be sacrilegious. But by doing so he ended the lives of three people and affected many more.
Creon can be interpreted to be the protagonist if the dialog is read closely. Sophocles indicates that Creon is the protagonist of the story when Creon states that “[he] would never be silent if [he] saw madness creeping among the citizens in a place of salvation.” By saying that, Creon is stating that he would always do what was best for his city. He is telling everyone that his voice will be heard in any situation if he feels that something needs to be done to keep the peace. He said that Antigone had “[gone] beyond the laws put before her” and she would “not escape the worst fate.” To put this statement in simple terms: Antigone broke the law and would suffer the consequences. Creon is simply trying to punish an enemy (Polynices) and she is challenging him by trying to honor the same enemy.
Despite his position as the “good guy”, Creon remains your stereotypical, egotistical ruler. His vanity and inflexibility show when he says “let him go and think superhuman thoughts, but he will not save these girls from their doom.” To him his word is law and nothing can change that. He will not even save the life of his own son’s fiance because he already decreed that she would die. Creon believes that “the city” is “thought to be her rulers.” In his mind he believes the city is his personal property. This belief makes him the stereotypical ruler because he believes his first choice is always the best and rarely, if ever, changes his mind.
Creon is a major character that plays a huge role in the story. He decrees that Polynices “shall neither be buried nor mourned by anyone.” The declaration is the sole cause of the conflict in the story. His laws make up the root of the problem and his dialog makes up an extremely large portion of the reading. During a conversation with Creon, Antigone says “by nature I offend you.” A statement such as that shows one person openly opposing another. The conflict between Antigone and Creon embodies one of the oldest moral rivalries in history, the battle between civil and religious laws.
Creon ruled the way he believed was right. The decisions he made were so because, as a new ruler, the approval of the people was very important. He was just trying to keep peace and not be sacrilegious. But by doing so he ended the lives of three people and affected many more.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Abortion is Murder
Would you like to have your life ended before you even get to take your first breath? No, you wouldn't. No one would. But that's what happens to babies when a mother gets an abortion. A life is ended before it even starts. I was researching for my world history and English projects when I found a very good website. On Abortionfacts.com (http://www.abortionfacts.com/) I discovered a lot of things I would have never know. A person is alive and a human being from the moment of conception. “The heartbeat begins on the 21st day after conception.” (abortion) Abortionfacts.com gives you not only their pro-life opinion, they explain all the technical details of the operation, and even explain other points of view.
I believe everyone has a right to live. Most people agree. But there are those people that believe it is okay if you simply do not want to baby. That's no better than murder in my opinion. Then there are the people who only believe it is acceptable in 3 situations: Rape, incest, or if it will kill the mother. In the cases of rape and incest, I realize it may be traumatizing but is it right to punish the child because of what happened to you? If seeing the child would only make you unhappy, simply put it up for adoption. I'm not going to call anyone selfish or even comment on if it will kill the mother. My life has never been in danger like that so I would have no insight into the situation. I will only say that I don't believe abortion is right in ANY situation.
"Abortion Facts." Abortionfacts.com. Heritage House, 2006. Web. 17 Feb 2011.
I believe everyone has a right to live. Most people agree. But there are those people that believe it is okay if you simply do not want to baby. That's no better than murder in my opinion. Then there are the people who only believe it is acceptable in 3 situations: Rape, incest, or if it will kill the mother. In the cases of rape and incest, I realize it may be traumatizing but is it right to punish the child because of what happened to you? If seeing the child would only make you unhappy, simply put it up for adoption. I'm not going to call anyone selfish or even comment on if it will kill the mother. My life has never been in danger like that so I would have no insight into the situation. I will only say that I don't believe abortion is right in ANY situation.
"Abortion Facts." Abortionfacts.com. Heritage House, 2006. Web. 17 Feb 2011.
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