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.
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.
