TODAY I WAS THINKING

Today I was thinking about the word mindful and how it can mean different things for so many people. To me it meant like be open minded and to think outside the box. Mindful also meant to me to be in peace and no one to disrupt your thinking.

THE EARTH ON TURTLE'S BACK

Today in class we read a story about a myth that the Native American's told their children and family member's on how the earth was made. They didn't have any idea on how the earth was made so they made up a myth, that would give them at least and idea on how the earth was made. At first I thought wow this is just another fairytale people tell their kids when they are young, like they did when I was young. But this actually had meaning. I thought this was a great way to tell a story to a child. Whenever my parents told me a myth it was one of those scary ones where he would say, "if you don't behave good the llorona will come for you" so I knew I always had to behave good. But the way they explained the story on how the earth was made was very interesting on how creative they were.

I CARE ABOUT YOUR UNDERSTANDING

Today I am going to talk about me being understood. I'm also going to talk about how social media has taken our attention away from the real world. I myself am also kind of addicted to social media, it's like a powerful thing for us teenagers. Kids all ages are now apart of social media. It's like it has sucked them into the technology world. People all over the world use social media as a way to entertain themselves. They sometimes don't see the dangers there is too it. Social Media can be dangerous place for some people, because they can steal your identity or even try to track you to kidnap you. I know right creepy. Some of us don't realize that until we go through that.  Social media has all of our information as we know it, they have everything we let them access to. Such as our pictures, contacts, where we live. We never know who is actually behind that app. I'm pretty sure half of us here don't even read the terms and conditions, because I know I don't. We all just click agree and move on to the more entertaining part of it. It can also be a dangerous place because people do online bullying or harassment. Many people commit suicide because of online bullying or real life bullying. Some people don't know what people are going through online, most parents don't even check what their child is posting or doing. I mean what teenager wants their parents to check their social media, I mean I wouldn't. But I think that parents paying attention to what their child is doing or posting is good because it can make sure their child is not harming anyone in any way.

Everything is a remix

A remix is something you combine, transform, and copy. Domain is being able to speak just like everyone else. I think it was Dylan I'm not sure I wasn't able to quite catch the name but he copied the Great Gatsby because he wanted to know how it felt like to write an amazing book.

The Making Of An Essay

In the past in my sophomore year I used to write good essays. I mean I was decent at them I used to get B's and A's. I used to like writing essay's on my opinions because I like my voice to be heard, well sometimes.  I used to not really like trying on essay's because they were just like any boring essay's, you had to have your topic sentence thesis etc. But today in class our teacher said that we should try very hard on it. And I will if I ever do get an essay to do.

The first 50 pages

The first few pages in my book I was like " what in the world is going on!" I was so lost but as I  re read it I finally understood. I read more than 50 pages I read 60 pages. I actually really like the book, it's  pretty interesting. I judged the book by it's cover first, I was like " I already know I'm not going to like it." But I ended up being into it. The book is about a like 30 year old woman who opens up a detective place without knowing anything about it. She opened up the place with her dads money because her dad had just passed away. The main character Mma Ramotswe didn't think she would get her first case but she did, a young lady's husband disappeared, but turns out an alligator ate him. There's more to it than just that, there are different perspectives in the story, like her father's point of view and hers. In some parts it is sad but it some parts it gets intense. I am so far enjoying the book and can't wait what is yet to come in the story.

Getting to know you

Today's class experience a kind of nice because we got to know what other people liked. I wasn't here that day but that' what I heard from my group. I wish I was there to actually experience the class time, and see what others liked to do.