MY UNIVERSITY

Today was a short day and even though our period was cut to a short thirty minutes, I managed to get quite a bit done. First, I got my journal out of the way. That took about 10 minutes. After completing my journal, my group and I compared some of our Beowulf comprehension questions. We did this for the rest of the period. By doing this collaborating, it was very helpful. I got clarification on the things I wasn't so sure of in the epic and, hopefully, I can manage to answer the rest of the questions with no problem at all. 

August 23, 2014

So today has been one year since my cousin, Kenny, has been gone. This last year has been so crazy. I remember the exact day and time i found out he was gone. All the way down to the clothes i was wearing and what i was doing. To this day, I still trick myself into refusing that he's not gone, he's still just overseas and my family is awaiting his return from Afghanistan. Kenny has brought to me in life that no one else will be able to. He has taught me how to be strong, no matter what the situation. You no longer being here has taken a HUGE chunk out of our family and you can tell nothing will ever be the same at family gatherings cause we'll always be missing our "Godfather" hahaha. I'd do literally ANYTHING just to talk, see, or touch you one more time. We all miss you like crazy. You may only be gone for a year, but all the pain makes it feel like you've been gone for a lifetime. I don't know how I can thank you enough for not only risking for your life for our country because freedom sure in hell isn't free, but for teaching me one of the most important traits in my life; remaining strong. The greatest honor in my life is being able to call you my cousin. I'm certainly blessed. I love you, and i hope you're havin fun up there. Rest in Peace, soldier. See you on Monday for lunch. #KCA 

From Legend to History: Notes Pgs. 2-14

This Life is Your Life

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RSKeGQqSKm8

My Opinion Isn't A Right

Notes: 

• So, Jack is adding irrelevant information/throwing in other topics into the argument to make his argument sound better after being "shut down" by Jill.
• One of the main ideas of this is that we all have rights, but nothing, not even yourself, is truly free.
• While in arguments, people tend to use fallacies like "I have the right to my opinion" to blow off the relationship and surrender, without actually surrendering.
• It is irrelevant to bring anything else into the argument other than that that you are debating about.
• If  you are entitled to an opinion, your opinion is supported by various pieces of evidence.
• When people claim they have a right, question them on what duty it exposes and see if their 'right' is really a 'right'.

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge- This links to the video about how the ice bucket challenge started. So cool and inspiring!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCoKB_tU9ng

For those of you who don't know, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, is a disease of the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movement. ALS is also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

Reflections On Week 1

1. If anything affects my participation in this class it would be either family or my schedule. Lately I've been spending an enormous chunk of time with my family because so much has been going on. And later on in the year, I'm going to become so busy (with practices and other homework from classes). 

2. A memorable learning experience for me was sophomore year english. I learned a whole lot in Mrs. Byrne's class. She always knew how to get you involved and was never afraid to use "constructive criticism". 

3. So far, I'm liking this Open Source Learning. It's really cool that we get to type everything out on our phones and post them on a blog for a whole bunch of others to see. It's like your life on one URL. In learning, I look forward to becoming more open-minded and looking at the thought process with a whole different meaning to get that deeper side of things.