My Learning Fall and Rise

When coming to class in August 12 I was already coming a bit late and I felt anxious because I had a AP class in the beginning of school. So I had general idea on how AP teachers acted, but when I walked in I felt welcomed and overwhelmed on how open the class is. Knowing we'll be posting blogs was something I would expect in a million years for a AP class.

When I took my seat, I noticed my teacher was a male which was a first. I never had a male English teacher, I always had female English teachers. The options the class was given by Dr. Preston was very unexpected, especially when we the class had the choice to choose how we wanted to learn for the rest of the year.

Doing the Journals was fairly to do and the Blogs weren't hard to do at all, but the difficult part was to memorize poetries. For me this was a difficult task because I have a awful memory, I would always forget things and I still do. Then posting videos to prove we memorized the poem was nerve racking because I'm very insecure about look.

The hard part was when we had to do an essay which was very standard, but I hate writing essays and I find writing essays very difficult. I realized doing all these Blog posts and Journal entries wasn't very different from doing an essay. Once I started doing the essay it didn't feel very stressful from previous experiences. Doing the Journal entries was very helpful towards writing a essay.

Throughout this semester I've been unconsciously been making routines for school and outside school. This class has been excersing the best trait I have which is being understanding. It never crossed my mind is when writing you want your audience to understand you. What didn't cross my is being understood comes both ways from author to reader and reader to author. I always thought it was author to reader, and this information has been very important and helpful in improving my writing skills. This journey from August 12 to present day has been very insightful and constructive in building my personality and techniques that will help me forever.

How did I do?

I'm interested in your feedback.

Self-Reliance Part 4

• If you see good idea take it don't stay loyal to the bad idea
• If u had an idea but the next day is different so what you are just interrupting for it to be understood
• People who really know that person understand the action they do and understand the value of his/her action
• People earn respect are those who don't try to earn respect but just act like themselves 

Honorable Quote: 'People who look at you or come across with you, they get an idea or image of who you are (one's characteristics)'

First Impressions on Self-Reliance 2

• latin the roots
• impersonating somone you die
• thinking of something but to ashamed to say but someone selse said it and take the credit

Ralph Waldo Emerson creates environment, where, everyone could relate even though this essay is 150 years old. It's such a relate-able piece of concept because it shows no matter the time period, who you are, we are all humans. Ralph stated if we impersonate someone and become it, then, that who you were before dies. Why you ask? That person who you were before is nowhere to be seen.

First Impressions on Self-Reliance

Ralph Waldo Emerson creates environment, where, everyone could relate even though this essay is 150 years old. It's such a relate-able piece of concept because it shows no matter the time period, who you are, we are all humans. Ralph stated if we impersonate someone and become it, then, that who you were before dies. Why you ask? That person who you were before is nowhere to be seen.

The Value Of My Time

   Take it from someone who doesn't invest in their time properly that doing so will not get you nowhere in the future and right now. What I'm doing in my time is playing video game and of course I'm going nowhere with that. I could go pro in gaming I know I do have the skill to do it, but there's a slim chance I'll make it and a huge risk I'm not willing to take. Everything you do can be a benefit for yourself if you only invest time in it. For example, I explained how I can turn gaming beneficial for myself if only I truly invest time in it. My main point is, please invest your time wisely for the benefit of your future.

The Pedestrian Essay

Alone In The World

          Bradbury feels that everybody has lost connection to the real world and stuck inside the digital world.  While Bradbury enjoys and appreciates all of Earth's features alone, he get put into a position where he is now framed as a criminal for walking out at night.
          Bradbury's tone in his story is a calm and peaceful way where you just feel you're just with him. " He listened to the faint push of his soft shoes through autumn leaves with satisfaction, and whistled a cold quiet whistle between his teeth, occasionally picking up a leaf as he passed, examining its skeletal pattern in the infrequent lamplight's as he went on, smelling its rusty smell"(Bradbury). Bradbury heavily describes the character's surrounding where the audience also feels this sense of peace and relaxation just equivalent to the character.
           The character is characterized as man who is not afraid to be different and won't be easily be brainwashed like society. "And on his way he would see the cottages and homes with their dark windows... Sudden gray phantoms seemed to manifest upon inner room walls where a curtain was still undrawn against the night, or there were whispering and murmurs where a window in a tomb-like building was still open. Mr Leonard Mead would pause, cock his head, listen, look, and march on, his feet making no noise on the lumpy walk" (Bradbury). Bradbury believed he saw someone moving inside the house, instead of being time locked watching TV.
        We get to see Bradbury perspective on life and how he lives his life unlike others or unlike the whole world. "'Hello, in there,' he whispered to every house on every side as he moved. 'What's up tonight on Channel 4, Channel 7, Channel 9?...Ever since a year ago, 2052, the election year, the force had been cut down from three cars to one. Crime was ebbing; there was no need now for the police, save for this one lone car wandering and wandering the empty streets." (Bradbury). We see in this time period there's no crime but only peace and quiet, but Bradbury being different and enjoying his life different. He's seen differently, out of the ordinary, and seen as an animal out of a cage.

Read Talk Understand

Students feel stressed out when an essay is assigned to them, but Montaigne view on writing is quite inspirational because he writes to be understood, not to write in pressure. Dr. Preston read his work which was very hard to understand, but Dr. Preston explained it for us to comprehend that writing is meant to be for one's thought to be understood. Use this information to become a better a writer.

The Making of My Essay

I hate writing because I have a hard time creating the Introduction and when I'm trying to start it I get off topic. Creating essay is one of my academics weaknesses, but through all the journal entries I help ed my writing skill improve so this should easier than my previous years of writing essays.

Notes- essay

Literature

• Montaigne tried to write his thoughts down and write in a way where everybody can understand it
• Writing something taking your time to make sure the audience will understand what you are writing down
• Writing an essay is to make sure people understand what we are writing
• If you really try to make sure write be understood this will make you a better writer

I Care About Your Understanding

Today I want to say, I truly want my audience to understand what I'm writing about. I also need feedback to make sure people truly do understand. I just want to make it clear that this blog is a two way interaction where I can see people can understand if not I have to be more clear to make sure my thought can be understood, received the way I want it to be.

Training my Brian like a Champion

I might honestly have worst memory in the world, but I've figured a way, technique that really helps memorize things. I create analogy's with things I'm very familiar to so I won't forget the analogy either. I recommend this technique, but remember their are other methods to memorizing things so find the best methods for yourself.

Communication Strategies Of A Hacker

"The Conscience of a Hacker" by The Mentor uses diction to show how all kids are evil. He uses profanity to describe the teenager who has been arrested for hacking and doesn't talk badly about him only, but to all teenagers. In syntax, Mentor uses it like if he was expecting th




Syntax- is way how a author put those words together

Diction- style of speaking or writing, determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer

Tone- its the author attitude towards the audience, topic, or character

Conscience of a Hacker

In "Conscience of a Hacker"  juveniles are judge or seen as stereotype teenagers who don't listen and don't work by teacher/adults. This is honestly a problem because they don't know their life outside or inside school. People need to be more understanding and stop assuming things.

The Right To Your Opinion [Notes]

• keep focus on the issue
• explain why you don't like things
• claim or right a opinion does get closer to the truth
• shared understanding
• syllogism- is the simplest form of argument                                 

Hello welcome to my blog! My name is Luis I will posting my thoughts, work, readings, or my experiences throughout this this year and the half of next year. Feel free to comment on anything and don't be afraid to be explicit. I won't take any offense. What I hope out of this blog is to get people
interacting with each other and start conversation where everybody can join. I also hope to get answers for personal or professional reasons, but in the end I hope this site becomes a memory for me later in the future.

Socratic Method

The Socratic Method is a way to get everybody into a conversation about a topic. Even though not everybody may not want to speak out, they have a chance to speak and share their thought or show a new perspective. Depending on the host and environment people may not join in the conversation so make a comfortable environment for everybody.