MY VALUE

  I think my life has more value than what I give it credit for. I can't really say what value or impact my life has on the world. I'm one person out of what seems to be an infinite amount of people. My actions won't affect a lot of peoples lives but a few of them. An addition to that my life has barely begun and I'm in the stage where I'm discovering myself. None the less I feel like I do have something valuable to offer the world, I just haven't found out what it is exactly.

THE VALUE OF CHOICE

A) I think I'd like to focus on the ideas of reading and post reading. It's a great way of understanding what you're reading and/or why you've just read. Especially for a person like myself who isn't the strongest reader and interpreter.
B) I would like to acquire the skill to read and perfectly analyze a book to its meaning.

NetVibes

Netvibes is a website that provides shortcuts to your favorite websites. It makes searching the internet easy and fun. It's a great way to manage time and to stay organized. I don't know if you're reading this, but thank you Dr. Preston for introducing me to this website. I still haven't quite learned how to control and the my netvibe to it's greatest potential, but hopefully with guidance i can learn.

VOCABULARY #6

Vocabulary #4
Definitions:
1. Accede- (Verb) Agree to a demand, request, or treaty.
2. Brandish- (Verb) Wave or flourish (something, esp. A weapon) as a threat or in anger or excitement.
3. Comprise- (Verb) Consist of; be made up of.
4. Deft- (Adjective) Neatly skillful and quick in ones moments.
5. Destitute- (Adjective) Without the basic necessities of life.
6. Explicit- (Adjective) Stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt.
7. Extirpate- (Verb) Root out and destroy completely.
8. Inopportune- (Adjective) Occuring at an inconvenient or inappropriate time.
9. Ironic- (Adjective) Using or characterized by irony.
10. Musty- (Adjective) Having a stale, moldy, or damp smell.
11. Officious- (Adjective) Assertive of authority in an annoyingly domineering way, esp. with regard to pretty or trivial matters.
12. Ominous- (Adjective) Givig the impression that something has or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening.
13. Pinnacle- (Noun) The most successful point; the culmination.
14. Premeditated- (Verb) Think out or plan beforehand.
15. Rampant- (Adjective) (esp. Of something unwelcome or unpleasant) flourishing or spreading unchecked.
16. Solace- (Noun) Comfort or consolation in a time of distress or sadness.
17. Stately- (Adjective) Having a dignified, unhurried, and grand manner; majestic in manner and appearance.
18. Supple: (Adjective) Bending and moving easily and gracefully; flexible.
19. Suppress- (Verb) Forcibly put an end to.
20. Venal- (Adjective) Showing or motivated by susceptibility to bribery.
Sentences:
1. The authorities did not accede to the striker's demands.
2. The murderer took out his weapon brandishy.
3. The country comprises twenty states.
4. Most soccer players have a deft piece of work.
5. The charity cares for destitute children.
6. The speakers intentions were not made explicit.
7. The use of every legal measure to extirpate this horrible evil from the land.
8. A storm blew up at an inopprotune moment.
9. His mouth curved into an ironic smile.
10. I entered a dark musty library filled with old books.
11. A policeman came to move them on, an officious, spiteful men.
12. There were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead.
13. He had reached the pinnacle of his career.
14. He was sentenced life in jail for committing premeditated murder.
15. Political violence was rampant.
16. She sought solace in her religion.
17. He has a tall and stately wife.
18. Her supple fingers can bend to her wrist.
19. Why should these venal politicians care how they are rated?
20. The soldiers suppressed the enemies.
Vocabulary #5
1.) Adroit- (Adjective) Clever or skillful in using the hands or mind: He was adroit at tax avoidance.
2.) Amicable- (adjective) (Of relationship between people) having a spirit of friendliness; without serious disagreement or rancor: There will be an amicable settlement of the dispute.
3.) Averse-  (Adjective) Having strong dislike or opposition to something: As a farmer CLA director, he is not averse to secrecy.
4.) Belligerent- (Adjective) Hostile and aggressive: A bull-necked, belligerent old man.
5.) Benevolent- (Adjective) Well meaning and kindly: She has a benevolent smile.
6.) Cursory- (Adjective) Hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed: A cursory glance at the figures.
7.) Duplicity- (Noun) Deceitfulness; double-dealing: I wonder if twins buy clothes of duplicity.
8.) Extol- (Verb) Praise enthusiastically: He extolled the virtues of the Russian peoples.
9.) Feasible- (Adjective) Possible to do easily or conveniently: It is not feasible to put most finds from excavations on public display.
10.) Grimace- (Noun) An ugly, twisted expression on a person's face, typically expressing disgust: She gave a grimace of pain.
11.) Holocaust- (Noun) Destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, esp. caused by the fire or nuclear war: A nuclear holocaust.
12.) Impervious- (Adjective) Not allowing fluid to pass through: An impervious layer of basaltic clay.
13.) Impetus- (Noun) The force or energy with which a body moves: Hit the booster coil before the flywheel loses all its impetus.
14.) Jeopardy- (Noun) Danger loss, harm, or failure: Michael's job was not in jeopardy.
15.) Meticulous- (Adjective) Showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise: He had always been so meticulous about his appearance.
16.) Nostalgia- (Noun) A sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations: I was overcome with acute nostalgia for my days in college.
17.) Quintessence- (Noun) The most perfect or typical example of a quality or class: He was the quintessence of political professionalism.
18.) Retrogress- (Verb) Go back to an earlier state, typically a worse one: She retrogressed to the starting point of her rehabilitation.
19.) Scrutinize- (Verb) Examine or inspect closely and thoroughly: Customers were warned to scrutinize the small print.
20.) Tepid- (Adjective) Showing enthusiasm: The applause was tepid.

NO CHILD LEFT UNTABLETABLE

           I agree and disagree with the changes the United States is offering with the structure of education. I agree that we spend a lot of money on education and that a lot of people take it for granted and don't really progress. I also agree that we need to change something in our teaching curriculum. I'm not sure if a Tablet for K-12 graders is that change. Kids in kinder garden don't even know how to turn on a television. What makes us think we can hold them responsible enough to take care of a tablet and use it on a daily bases. I believe nothing is impossible. So lets say we they are capable of managing a tablet. They would be exposed to a lot of things that involve technology, but won't have the privilege to learn in a community where you learn and communicate face to face. Everything would be taught on screen, which I think can be a huge dilemma for the future. Maybe we ought to do something about our teaching curriculum, but in my honest opinion Tablets aren't the way to approach this change.

Declaration of Learning Independence

• My goals are to graduate from Righetti High School, attend Cal Poly, and graduate from Cal Poly with a Masters Degree in Architecture & Engineer.
• I can see myself working on a large project, designing a house for a multi-millionaire. Except I won't consider it work, I'll be doing what I love to do, which is to draw and measure mathematically.
• I am the one who should take full responsibility for this goal, not only because it's something I would like to accomplish, but it's my future.
• My goal is supposed obtained between now and six years from now, give or take. It might take me longer it all depends if I can support myself economically.

TIP(Monday)

Selling(time): 10 hours and 20 minutes
Giving(time): 3 hours
Spending(time): 2 hours
Passing(time): 3 hours

VOCABULARY #5

1.) Adroit- (Adjective) Clever or skillful in using the hands or mind: He was adroit at tax avoidance.
2.) Amicable- (adjective) (Of relationship between people) having a spirit of friendliness; without serious disagreement or rancor: There will be an amicable settlement of the dispute.
3.) Averse-  (Adjective) Having strong dislike or opposition to something: As a farmer CLA director, he is not averse to secrecy.
4.) Belligerent- (Adjective) Hostile and aggressive: A bull-necked, belligerent old man.
5.) Benevolent- (Adjective) Well meaning and kindly: She has a benevolent smile.
6.) Cursory- (Adjective) Hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed: A cursory glance at the figures.
7.) Duplicity- (Noun) Deceitfulness; double-dealing: I wonder if twins buy clothes of duplicity.
8.) Extol- (Verb) Praise enthusiastically: He extolled the virtues of the Russian peoples.
9.) Feasible- (Adjective) Possible to do easily or conveniently: It is not feasible to put most finds from excavations on public display.
10.) Grimace- (Noun) An ugly, twisted expression on a person's face, typically expressing disgust: She gave a grimace of pain.
11.) Holocaust- (Noun) Destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, esp. caused by the fire or nuclear war: A nuclear holocaust.
12.) Impervious- (Adjective) Not allowing fluid to pass through: An impervious layer of basaltic clay.
13.) Impetus- (Noun) The force or energy with which a body moves: Hit the booster coil before the flywheel loses all its impetus.
14.) Jeopardy- (Noun) Danger loss, harm, or failure: Michael's job was not in jeopardy.
15.) Meticulous- (Adjective) Showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise: He had always been so meticulous about his appearance.
16.) Nostalgia- (Noun) A sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations: I was overcome with acute nostalgia for my days in college.
17.) Quintessence- (Noun) The most perfect or typical example of a quality or class: He was the quintessence of political professionalism.
18.) Retrogress- (Verb) Go back to an earlier state, typically a worse one: She retrogressed to the starting point of her rehabilitation.
19.) Scrutinize- (Verb) Examine or inspect closely and thoroughly: Customers were warned to scrutinize the small print.
20.) Tepid- (Adjective) Showing enthusiasm: The applause was tepid.

Literature Analysis #1

Literature Analysis: Nonfiction Analysis

‘’The Greek Way’’

Topic(s) and/or Event(s):

1.       A) This book begins 5 hundred years before Christ in a little town on the far western border of the civilized world, a different new power was at work. The formation of civilization as we know it today. It was a miracle; the anthropologists and archeologists have been unable to explain how the passion of truth, beauty, simplicity and freedom developed in a rocky little seaport in the midst of barbarian superstition, despotism, and splendor. There a light was lit that can never go out and that have never been matched in the centuries since. For in those brief centuries, which reached their summit in the few years of the Great Age of Pericles, literature, science, philosophy, art, democracy, religion-the main achievements of the modern world-developed almost overnight, full-blown  in many cases and as perfect as they could ever be. Edith Hamilton, the author of this book, has illumined it for us with a spirit similar to its own, complete sympathy and identification, and in a style that is an echo of the Greek grace, clarity, simplicity and warmth. B) This book describes in detail the formation of civilization, that of which is known today, formed by the Greek.

2.       I think the author wrote this book because he wanted to recognize the people responsible for one of the greatest contributes to the new free world.

3.       I chose this book because I find the ancient civilization interesting. I’ve always loved learning about the Greeks. Mainly on their beliefs. For example, Greek mythology. It was just fascinating to me. I found it appealing because it explained what the Greeks contributed to the world we know today. To be honest nothing really made me want to continue reading the book. I only did it because I was assigned to.

4.       I did find this book realistic, because it’s part of ancient history. Now I don’t know if the Greeks believed in a civilization of peace. I made a connection with the world we have today and how we believe in peace and equality. The Greeks had some of the same rules as we do. Like one of the examples in the book, if I were to kill a person it wouldn’t be right and I’d be punished for my actions.

People:

1.       In this book the author, Edith Hamilton, didn’t include any characters specifically, but he did include the people of Greece. He described them as prideful people. All over Greece there were games, all sorts of games; athletic contests of every description: races-horse, boat, foot, torch races; contests in music, where one side out sung the other; in dancing – on greased skins sometimes to display a nice skill of foot and balance of the body; games where men leaped out of flying chariots; games so many one grows weary with the list of them. They valued life. I think the author chose to write about the Greeks and their ways to show how magnificent those people really were.

2.       Like I stated earlier the author doesn’t give us specific characters, he talks about the people in general of Greece. It does say that while one of the largest and most powerful civilizations in the world at the time, Egypt, submitted and suffered and turned her face towards death, Greece resisted and rejoiced and turned full face to life. The Greeks brought something new into the world; the joy of life found expression.

3.       Everything about these people makes it great to write about them. Their beliefs, their ideas, their, their life styles, their talent, and interests.

Style:

1.       The author used a journalist style as a tool to write his piece of nonfiction. He explains how the world was when Egypt ruled most of the world. Because they had such a huge influence on the world, people adopted their beliefs. Then Greece entered the picture. People wanted to life of peace and happiness so they began to adopt the Greek ways. Then eventually, thanks to the Greeks, the world today was formed.

2.       The author uses lengthy descriptions lengthy descriptions of places. For example, the book states that Egypt is a fertile valley of rich river soil, low-lying, warm, monotonous, a slow-flowing rover, and beyond, the limitless dessert. While Greece is a country of sparse fertility and keen, cold winters, all hills and mountains sharp cut in stone, where men must work hard to get their bread. Because the author includes this in the book it gives the reader and overall effect of how different Greece was compared to other nations at this time.

3.       The author only states positive things about the people of Greece and how they contributed to life as we know it today. It’s shocking how people centuries ago thought similar to the way we think today.

4.       Well like I’ve stated earlier I think he just wanted to give some recognition to the people of Greece. They had a huge impact on the world.

5.       The author doesn’t use any resources. He just stated what we know about the Greeks so far. Of course not everything about the Greeks has been revealed. We still lack some information on them.

Enduring Memory:

                This book talks about the many things the Greeks contributed to life. They not only secured the safety of the people, but they also changed the way people thought and viewed the world. One of the things this book states that I’ll never forget is the poem that was written during that time. The poem:

‘’And, truly, what of good ever have prophets brought to men?

Craft of many words.

Only through evil your message speaks.

Seers bring aye terror, so to keep men afraid.’’

The conclusion might be drawn from the words that something of that sort of power was in fact wielded then by the priest and prophet, but what is certainly true is that the poet who spoke them to a great audience, with the most important priests sitting in the front row seats, win for himself not disapproval but the highest mark of favor the people could give. There is nothing clearer and nothing more astonishing than the strict limits the Greeks set to the power of the priests.

 

 

VOCABULARY #4

Definitions:
1. Accede- (Verb) Agree to a demand, request, or treaty.
2. Brandish- (Verb) Wave or flourish (something, esp. A weapon) as a threat or in anger or excitement.
3. Comprise- (Verb) Consist of; be made up of.
4. Deft- (Adjective) Neatly skillful and quick in ones moments.
5. Destitute- (Adjective) Without the basic necessities of life.
6. Explicit- (Adjective) Stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt.
7. Extirpate- (Verb) Root out and destroy completely.
8. Inopportune- (Adjective) Occuring at an inconvenient or inappropriate time.
9. Ironic- (Adjective) Using or characterized by irony.
10. Musty- (Adjective) Having a stale, moldy, or damp smell.
11. Officious- (Adjective) Assertive of authority in an annoyingly domineering way, esp. with regard to pretty or trivial matters.
12. Ominous- (Adjective) Givig the impression that something has or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening.
13. Pinnacle- (Noun) The most successful point; the culmination.
14. Premeditated- (Verb) Think out or plan beforehand.
15. Rampant- (Adjective) (esp. Of something unwelcome or unpleasant) flourishing or spreading unchecked.
16. Solace- (Noun) Comfort or consolation in a time of distress or sadness.
17. Stately- (Adjective) Having a dignified, unhurried, and grand manner; majestic in manner and appearance.
18. Supple: (Adjective) Bending and moving easily and gracefully; flexible.
19. Suppress- (Verb) Forcibly put an end to.
20. Venal- (Adjective) Showing or motivated by susceptibility to bribery.
Sentences:
1. The authorities did not accede to the striker's demands.
2. The murderer took out his weapon brandishy.
3. The country comprises twenty states.
4. Most soccer players have a deft piece of work.
5. The charity cares for destitute children.
6. The speakers intentions were not made explicit.
7. The use of every legal measure to extirpate this horrible evil from the land.
8. A storm blew up at an inopprotune moment.
9. His mouth curved into an ironic smile.
10. I entered a dark musty library filled with old books.
11. A policeman came to move them on, an officious, spiteful men.
12. There were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead.
13. He had reached the pinnacle of his career.
14. He was sentenced life in jail for committing premeditated murder.
15. Political violence was rampant.
16. She sought solace in her religion.
17. He has a tall and stately wife.
18. Her supple fingers can bend to her wrist.
19. Why should these venal politicians care how they are rated?
20. The soldiers suppressed the enemies.

WILL STUDY FOR FOOD

The name of the scholarship HSF/Haz La U Scholarship Program. I would use this scholarship to Pay for the tuitions of the schools I apply to and the supplies needed for the different courses. And if I do make it into one of the UC's I apply to I will also use the money to pay for full time classes. This scholarship offers from a range of $2,500-$15,000.

Vocabulary Fall #3

Definitions:
Accomplice- A person who helps another commit a crime.
Annihilate- Destroy utterly; obliterate.
Arbitrary- Based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system.
Brazen- Bold and without shame.
Catalyst- A person or thing that precipitates an event.
Exodus- A mass departure of people.
Facilitate- The process to make easy or easier.
Incorrigible- Not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed.
Latent- Existing but not yet developed or manifest; hidden; concealed.
Militant- Combative and aggressive in support of a political or social cause, and typically favoring extreme, violent, or confrontational methods.
Morose- Sullen and ill-tempered.
Opaque- Not able to be seen through; not transparent.
Paramount- More important than anything else; supreme.
Prattle- Talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way.
Rebut- Claim or prove that (evidence or an accusation) is false.
Reprimand- Rebuke (someone) officially.
Servitude- The state of being a slave or completely subject to someone more powerful.
Slapdash- Done too hurriedly and carelessly.
Stagnant-Having no current or flow and often having an unpleasant small as a consequence.
Succumb- Fail to resist (pressure, temper, or some negative force).

Sentences:
Accomplice- The accomplice handed the bag to the thief.
Annihilate- A simple bomb of this type could annihilate them all.
Arbitrary- His mealtimes were entirely arbitrary.
Brazen- He went about his illegal business with a brazen assurance.
Catalyst- The governor's speech acted as a catalyst for debate.
Exodus- Every time after a president gives a speech there's an exodus moment.
Facilitate- Schools were located on the same campus to facilitate the sharing of resources.
Incorrigible- She's an incorrigible flirt.
Latent- Discovering her latent for diplomacy.
Militant- Jonathan is a militant nationalist.
Morose- My father get morose whenever my sister doesn't clean her room when he has asked her to.
Opaque- The windows were opaque with steam.
Paramount- The interests of the child are of paramount importance.
Prattle- She began to prattle on about her visit to the dentist.
Rebut- He had to rebut charges of acting for the convenience of his political friends.
Reprimand- Officials were dismissed or reprimanded for poor work.
Servitude- Americans fought for freedom and to annihilate servitude.
Slapdash- He gave a slapdash performance.
Stagnant- There is a stagnant ditch down the road only at night.
Succumb- He has become the latest to succumb to the strain.