HACKING MY EDUCATION

What do you want to learn more about?
I want to learn more about my major and what I can be doing now to prepare myself for it in the near distant future. (Architectural Engineer)
What skills do you want to demonstrate?
The skills that I want to demonstrate are the skills to be able to use my time more wisely and effectively. I know we covered this topic, but in the future when I have no one to hold my hand and tell me exactly what my next steps are to get to the place I want to be. The time when I'm on my own and I am making choices for myself.
How do I show that I've done what I said I was going to do?
A possible way for me to show that I did what I said I'd do is by making decisions for myself and by myself.

THE CHOICE

1.) "Choice" is referred to the decision Rebecca has to make. She either has to take the medicine herself or have her parents force the medicine into her.
2.) I don't think she has a choice. If she doesn't drink or consume the medicine she will die.
3.) The author refers to the medicine as poison, because his daughter doesn't have the choice to not drink the gooey liquid.
4.) The reason why the daughter of the author wants to play with a toy that is intended for older children is because she is well aware of the fact that she will never reach the age requirement for the toy, so she wants to play with the toy while she still can. I do agree with her because I think she deserves to experience playing with the toy at least once in her life before she passes away.
5.) If I knew I wasn't going to live up to the age of 30 I'm not sure what I would do right now. I know for a fact that I wouldn't be doing the thing(s) I'm doing now and I would try to live life to it's potential.
6.) Helping out a loved one or doing something for someone's own good even though it may be very discomforting is a legit circumstance that makes sense to endure.
7.) I don't think suffering is a necessary condition of life and love because I can't see how a person can enjoy life for it's true beauty when they're suffering.
8.) Why can only imagine the pain the author must feel from seeing his daughter suffer everyday. He knows that she hates having to consume the "poison".

Studypong

http://prestonproject2014.wix.com/studypong

7 TIMES

Erica Marquez portrays a tone in which she's both understanding/lenient with the police that shot Andy Lopez, because of certain circumstances, but at the same time she thinks the the police officer's made a ridiculous reaction to the point where she may even consider that it was a gesture to signify racism. After reading what the news had to say it stated that the boy Andy Lopez was carrying a toy rifle that appeared to be real. The police told Andy to drop his weapon and the first thing Andy did was point his fake rifle to the police. The immediate reaction of the police was to shoot the boy dead on the spot. The boy wasn't just shot once or twice. He was shot 7 TIMES. Erica draws the conclusion that yes the police would have reacted correctly if the rifle was indeed real and loaded, because they'd prevent their lives and other civilians lives from being in danger. Then she states that once shot would have been enough to definitely stop him from causing any harm and even kill him but the report says that the boy was shot 7 TIMES. 7 TIMES was completely unnecessary. The end of her post was probably the most effective way to get her message through. She wrote:

 

''bullet 1. and he was probably down or even dead

bullet 2. definitely dead 

bullet 3. still dead

bullet 4. still dead

bullet 5. still dead

bullet 6. still dead

bullet 7. still dead

WHY 7?''

I think Javi's blog explains the facts in which took place at the scene where the boy was tragically murdered. Erica does state both perspectives as well, but she gave her own personal input in her writing, which I think makes her writing more effective.

VOCABULARY #9

1) Ultimate-(adjective) Being or happening at the end of a process; final: Their ultimate aim was to force his resignation.
2) Interactive-(Adjective) (Of two people or things) influencing or having an effect on each other: Fully sighted children in interactive play with others with defective vision.
3) Principle-(Noun) A fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning: The basic principles of Christianity.
4) Guidance-(Noun) Advice or information aimed at resolving a problem or difficulty, especially as  given by someone in authority: He looked to his father for inspiration and guidance.
5) Collaboration-(Noun) The action of working with someone to produce or create something: He wrote an art and architecture in collaboration with John Betjeman.
6) Formative-(Adjective) Serving to form something , especially having a profound and lasting influence on person's development: His formative years.
7) Summative-(Noun) The process of adding things together: The summation of numbers of small pieces of evidence.
8) Intelligence-(Noun) The ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills: An eminent man of great intelligence.
9) Racism-(Noun) The belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races: The isn't as much racism in the US today as there was 40 years ago.
10) Hyperbolic-(Adjective) Having the same relation to rectangular hyperbola as the unqualified function does to a circle: I finally understand the math lesson with the hyperbolic functions.
11) Consent-(Noun) Permission for something to happen or agreement to do something: No change may be made without the consent of all the partners.
12) Doctrine-(Noun)A belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a church, political party, or other group: The doctrine of predestination.
13) Hunch-(Verb) Raise (one's shoulders) and bend the top of one's body forward: He thrust his hands in his pockets, hunching his shoulders.
14) Predominant-(Adjective) Present as the strongest or main element: It's predominant color was white.
15) Discretion-(Noun) The quality of behaving or speaking in such a way as to avoid causing offense or revealing private information: She knew she could reply on his discretion.
16) Provision-(Noun) The action of providing or supplying something for use: New contracts for the provision of services.
17) Seizure-(Noun) The action of capturing someone or something using force: The seizure of the Assembly Building.
18) Warrant-(Noun) A document issued by a legal or government official authorizing the police or some other body to make an arrest, search promises, or carry out some other action relating to the administration of justice: Magistrates issued a warrant for his arest.
19) Infraction-(Noun) A violation or infringement of a law, agreement, or set of rules: Commit an infraction and you may end up in the cellar.

WHAT I SEE IS ALL IN MY HEAD

As I did what I was instructed shockingly I didn't see the gorilla walk through the scene in which I was focusing my attention/eyes in. It was surprising to find this out. I was completely unaware. In order for me to see the gorilla I would need to not pay as much close attention to the ball and how/where it moves through out the video. My focus would have to expand to the entire screen.

Tools That Change The Way We Think

"Back in 2004, I asked [Google founders] Page and Brin what they saw as the future of Google search. 'It will be included in people's brains,' said Page. 'When you think about something and don't really know much about it, you will automatically get information.'

'That's true,' said Brin. 'Ultimately I view Google as a way to augment your brain with the knowledge of the world. Right now you go into your computer and type a phrase, but you can imagine that it could be easier in the future, that you can have just devices you talk into, or you can have computers that pay attention to what's going on around them and suggest useful information.'

'Somebody introduces themselves to you, and your watch goes to your web page,' said Page. 'Or if you met this person two years ago, this is what they said to you... Eventually you'll have the implant, where if you think about a fact, it will just tell you the answer."

-From In the Plex by Steven Levy (p.67)




  Technology has advanced exponentially throughout the last 20 years. It has become the greatest learning source that's ever existed. Because of this, the internet is a resource that's becoming commonly used by the people. This is both a positive thing and a negative thing. It's a positive thing because we will all have the exact information as everyone else. Then, just like everything else when you abuse it, it can become a negative thing. You begin to be reliant on this source to the point where you can't overcome obstacles with your own knowledge.