Sunday, 5 January 2014

Where I can be me.

1. Where can it be held?
I think a good place for it to help in would be my living room. Although its generic, its the only place that holds a lot of strong memories for me.
2. Two strong memories in my living room are when I first started watching The Walking Dead and Breaking Bad. And also its the first place I ever bit into a pulled pork sandwich. The reason most of these memories aren't that fantastic is because I am not as an amazing person as Oprah puts me out to be. Actually, I have no clue why Oprah would ever want to interview me.
3. It reflects my personality because most things found in a living room are inanimate and don't move around. I don't like to move around. I like to stay still and look at the TV.
4. Magazines, Newspapers, Laptops which can access all kinds of web-based texts, text on a TV screen, posters arranged around the room.

My favourite book this semester

My favourite book this semester was Maze Runner by James Dashner. I liked this book the best due to the fact that it pulls you in after reading it for only five minutes, and never wants to let go. It was almost as if I was attached to the book. The characters were all unique, the setting was spectacular and James Dashner used imagery very well to express just how colossal everything was, and to top it off, the story was fantastic! Every time a chapter ended there was something brand new and exciting  to make you want to read more. I never wanted to stop reading this book.

Due to the sheer awesomeness and fantastic use of literary devices I would have to give it a 9 out of 10. Not a full ten because sometimes I felt it difficult to connect with the main character.

Short Fiction Reflection

Yes, probably because of my short attention span. They are small, charming, and get to the point.

I enjoyed most of the stories.

They were the shortest ones. They didn't involve a bunch of reading. Not that I don't like reading, but I when you're expecting a short fiction story and get a long one it disappoints you.

They were all long.


Socratic Circles

I would say that overall, we did well. Other than Joe not speaking as much as he should have, we had decent conversations and everyone brought thoughtful questions that we discussed.

I felt that I talked enough and had a good question. I addressed many things, tried to get everyone involved in the discussion, and brought up insightful points. Maybe a weakness was I didn't try to get all my ideas out there when I felt that I should have.

I felt prepared. I knew my question and the characters in the story well. Maybe reading the story more than once might have benefited me.

I noticed that every other group were not only discussing things intellectually, but they were actually enjoying themselves. Jokes were thrown about, people were laughing, people were really focused and having a good time. Isn't that what its all about?

The question I would have liked to add is, was it a true story?

I do think so because it allows for us to get all of our pent up questions and thoughts about the things we are reading, rather than keeping them to ourselves.


1,2,3, little native americans (indians is disrespectful)

The golden mean for responsibility is dealing with your duties and obligations, but not prioritizing them over things that are more important.

Excess: Overworked, burdened, pushy

Deficiency: Lazy, unmotivated, untrustworthy

Big Tom has a deficiency of responsibility because he was responsible for his kid's health, but wouldn't deal with it right away. This was due to him being too concerned about money and other problems, when he should have been more concerned about the obligation of caring for his child.

Mary has an excess of responsibility because she was working and doing other tasks when she could have been caring for her baby. She put her tasks before what mattered, the kid.

Mr. Cooper has the Golden Mean of responsibility because when him and Tom were fishing, he realized that the baby's health was more important than fishing, and acted. He was able to do what really mattered, instead of dealing with his other duties.

The driver has an excess because instead of doing what mattered, driving Tom to the hospital, she did what she needed to do, which was dropping off her kids.