1.) Audible actions are a kind of stimuli that calms you. They are important to calm someone down or help them to focus. 2.) A phoneme is a term for two words that look the same but have completely different meanings. Lalling is when your speech has a kind of staggering to it, and your words don't sound right. Lalling is something you can try to control while you can't control a phoneme. 3.) It's a new variable or something that is more than it seems. 4.) A metaphor can mean something different to different people based on their perception. That is why a metaphor can be considered an organ of perception. 5.) Postman says that is school they test kids "smartness" however, kids can be smart in different ways. There are multiple ways to explain how kids will be either an over or underachiever in school.
6.) I have to map the reality of a college student. The words that help me map the territory are work and experience. College does take a lot of work to learn what I need to in my time here. However, the experience of college will also help me learn a lot and work my way through the map of college.
1.) Bacon says that idols are errors in society. We can find the errors in ourselves, false teachings, and our culture. I feel that he uses the term idol incorrectly though. To me an idol is a positive thing that people can look up to and gives them the drive to be a better version of themselves. 2.) Bacon says the word idol means that these are the false images in which a person has an error. We have the tribal idol that symbolizes our natural human errors as a group. The idols of the cave are our errors that come from ourselves. The idol of the marketplace represents errors that come from others. A marketplace idol is sort of like a rumor. I believe that the least severe idol is the idol of the tribe. The most severe idols are the idols of the marketplace and idols of the theater.
3.) The idols that are the result of social intercourse are those of the tribe and marketplace. The idols that are the result of individual reflection are the idols of the cave and theater. If a person was restricted in society they would be trapped with the idols. We would be exposed to more of the idols of the cave. This is why a hermit would not be completely free of the idols, not only this but they would be ignorant in all facts. Socialization is always good, this how we learn street smarts and natural instinct. People who travel know more, and people who are around other people are more knowledgeable as well.
1.) Survival of the fittest means that the strongest of a species will survive to pass their traits on to their offspring. The weak will die off because they do not have the skills or traits that allow them to keep themselves alive. A good example would be the runt of a litter of dogs. They will usually die off because they are not strong or big enough to fend off the other dogs to get food.
2.) When people breed animals, they get to choose certain traits to carry on and they breed those animals to keep those traits prominent. Natural selection has more chance to it because the animals don't understand genetics and they can only guess what the best mate for them will be. Breeding is a more efficient way to get rid of the weak traits in a species. However, natural selection is very important though because that is the natural way to have genetic improvements without humans interfering in any way.
3.) Darwin would have liked the idea of cloning because it is a way for humans to select certain traits to keep in the blood lines. This helps to keep the strongest traits around and get rid of the "weak". I feel that cloning won't undo the work of natural selection. It will just be a different way to get genetic change to improve the species.
4.) Human social policies is undermining the survival of the fittest idea. They are allowing sick humans to have medicine that makes them better to survive longer. In the wild, they would just die off but we now have ways to make them better so they don't die off.
1.) I believe that using our senses is very important. Using all of them is what helps us gain an understanding of the world around us. To take some of our senses away, we won't get the full "view" of the world as we know it. However, people that have lost one sense are still able to live and understand the world without it, however, their view still isn't quite as complete as if they had all five senses.
2.) I don't think it is materialistic because we are using what we were given to help us navigate the world. However, some of the alternates we could use would be knowledge, common sense, critical thinking, and logical facts would help us to give a similar understanding. 3.) I feel experiencing the world without the senses would be very boring. The Earth would lose some of its wonder because everyone would view the world the same. Part of the Earth's beauty comes from everyone seeing things a little different. Just using facts would cause the world to become less different and less vibrant. 4.) If I could choose a sixth sense to have it would be the sense of understanding others struggles. As people tell me a story I would be able to tell what it was like to live through that. I feel this would help me to fully realize the struggles other face on a daily basis and help me be more accepting of others. 1.) All of my dreams are random and I don't think they have any relevance or are important to understand because they are all very straight forward and don't have anything new to tell me.
2.) The dreams that most mystify me are the ones that are normal and not unusual in any way. I don't understand why I would dream about me eating lunch with my friends but sometimes I have those dreams. When my dreams could be anything, they are boring and that is the most intriguing to me. 3.) The most frightening dreams are the ones when you see someone you love get hurt. Those are the ones that stick with you because it is hard to imagine life without them and your dreams sometimes forces you to imagine what that world would be like and how terrifying it would be. 4.) I feel that dreaming is a mental activity. Sometimes I think dreams are trying to tell you something but most of the time I think you dream because your brain gets bored for lack of a better word. Sleeping is a long time for your brain to do little activity and dreaming is a way to keep your brain busy.
1.) Her essay talks about the hardships that women had faced. She uses Shakespeare's sister as an example to get her point across to her audience, women, that they are not considered equal.
2.) The title reveals that women don't have control over their lives and are often controlled by men. The men in their lives will usually beat them to show they have full control.
3.) The biggest different would be made from education. Women are not supposed to be talented because it breaks the norms set in society. They would be made fun of if they went against the norm. Women were not educated at the time, only men were. If women were educated they might be better prepared to use their talents.
1.) Both the men and women are described as ruthless and positively sexed individuals. Women are supposed to be more gentle and poised but Mead says they are not.
2.) The price is hectic situations that causes one sex to feel less important than the other.
3.) The price that is paid is the creation of social labels. The social norms for men is that they are supposed to be tough while women are supposed to be silent. If someone steps out of the social norm, they will be harassed and made fun of.
4.) Primitive cultures had different standards for men and women. These cultures didn't respect men and women equally. This has caused problems in our modern industrialized society.
1.) The pernicious effects talked about is what was done to women. Wollstonecraft talks about the fact that women do not have the same rights as men do. Society was run by men which is why this evil was able to be done. Women had no way to stand up for themselves so they accepted that they were inferior and that was harmful to a whole group of people because no one should be considered less a person for any reason, especially because of their gender.
2.) At the time of this essay, women were considered to be property. They were not able to make a much money as men, they were told they needed a man in order to survive, and men told women what to do in every situation. Because of this, women were seen as inferior. Wollstonecraft argued against this and said women should have the same rights and opportunities as men.
3.) I believe the way women are treated do affect how they act in society. For so long they were oppressed and told they were inferior. For just as long they believed that and were willing to go along with it because they were told that is right. Eventually after a long time they started questioning it and since then women learned what is right and are willing to fight for it because they now know the truth. If women were now treated equal they wouldn't be so loud in their fight for equality.
4.) Kozol says diversity in schools is pretty much non-existant. Teachers teach about the civil rights movement but they don't talk about the fact that most schools still don't have a lot of diversity. Kozol said that we need to pay attention to the segregation we are still facing. To me, diversity is a mix of a bunch of different people of race, gender, economical status, beliefs, and sexual orientation, in a certain area. I don't believe schools have reach full diversity since there are a lot of classes I have been in that are only white people of middle to upper class status. Until we experience more diversity, we won't learn how to be more excepting of everyone.
5.) Woodson meant that African Americans in this country can become educated but not in the correct way. They are taught how to conform to white culture because schools do not teach that blacks are considered equal. They are taught throughout history that they were inferior until they decided to fit into white culture and then they received some freedom. No schooling teaches that the African American citizens can have their own culture without being looked down upon. That is why Woodson said African Americans can be educated but they won't learn the truth behind black history.
1.) The basis is freedom for the students. The students can learn in multiple ways and are respected. It helps them feel important and in turn encourages them to learn. Also the students are encouraged to use hands on learning which just helps them learn in ways outside of just sitting in a classroom. 2.) The classroom must be an environment that is comfortable for the students. Being comfortable helps encourage the students to stay focused an absorb as much information as they can. The more fun the classroom the more excited the students will be to come learn. 3.) The children have to have freedom in order to gain the most out of their education. Once they learn the information they need to be free to go use it in hands on work or in the real world. Children will be more willing to use what they learn if they have the freedom to use the knowledge how they want. 4.) He says thinking in education means that you have to grow and learn through the classroom. In order to think fully and critically, one has to have experiences that go with the learning and the best way to get that is through hands on learning. 5.) In order for students to have thinking in education their must be topics that interest them so they stay invested in learning. They also must have hands on activities that cause them to use problem solving. Finally, they must be able to apply the new knowledge to the real world in order have a full understanding of what they have learned. 6.) Dewey supports the idea of an interactive and social learning. Learning has to come from hands on work in order to have the interactive learning. However, learning also has to come from others and working with others. One of the best ways to learn is by learning from those around you.
1.) Smith wrote his book in order to say that to fix the wealth of a country you have to start with the country. Products are made from the supplies in the country so in order to make more products the country needs more supplies. Smith was also right that wealth comes from the country not the town so in order to make the individual more wealthy, the country has to be wealthier. Smith does a good job to satisfy my curiosity of how a nation becomes wealthier and he explains it is a good way.
2.) In today's society, we do not see our wealth in the terms of land. We see wealth based on how big your house is, how nice your car is, the brand of clothes you wear, and the investments you have. The wealthy find a secure capital investments in the things they invest in because that is what will make them more wealthy and rich people like to make themselves richer.
3.) In some ways Smith was right. We do have a huge dependence on farming in order to grow things and feed the country. The cities do depend on the country for products and the country depends on the cities for supplies. However, in today's world the U.S. depends on manufacturing just as much. Manufacturing supplies a lot for the country and contributes to a lot of the money for the country. In turn we rely on foreign trade to supply fuel for the country. While we do rely on farming, we also need manufacturing and foreign trade in order to run the country to the best it can be.
2.) A phoneme is a term for two words that look the same but have completely different meanings. Lalling is when your speech has a kind of staggering to it, and your words don't sound right. Lalling is something you can try to control while you can't control a phoneme.
