SOMETHING INTERESTING

I think someone's mom texted me saying "Get up kids it's time for school!" and I just found it as some sort of random motivation. I texted the person shortly after asking who it was and they responded the next day saying it's time for school, around the same time again. Weird experience.

IMMIGRANTS IN OUR OWN LAND

The poem, ' Immigrants in our own land' by Jimmy Santiago Baca translates to me as a immigrant going into new land and then comparing it to life in prison.. Immigrants go into new land expecting it to be great but then it ends up being not what they expected. They get clustered into their own 'sections' & still not feeling like it's home or not feeling right. The author'stone gave us a sense a reality, it went straight to the point and gave no 'foreign language'. The poem somewhat feels more personal to my family and I because my parents have experienced the same things in this prom but have learned over time,

MY MAD DREAM OF A ESSAY

Remember that time you ate that spicy sandwich just before you went to bed on the night before the big graduation?  Oh, that weird dream you had about the 2016 presidential election.  When you woke up you couldn't quite remember the horrendous details, but after reading "On Self-Reliance" and "A Sound of Thunder" it's all coming back to you now.

The dream started badly.  You were in line with your family at Target waiting to be sent to a steep cliff.  Everywhere you looked there were posters of president-elect Sin Melox, looking like a crazy cat] who could eat a whole possum.   

Suddenly, there was Ralph Waldo Emerson telling you, "Nothing can bring you peace but yourself"  You realized that you have something to contribute to the world so you decided to dance.  But it wasn't easy.  First you had to put on a fancy dress and foot long heels and then you had make a package to go back in time to the museum so you could convince people to learn about the candidates and the immigration issues.

But right there in the museum there was a giant rabbit and it started roaring at everyone.  People started to cry.  You grabbed a broom from a nearby janitor and yelled we can change things that need to be changed.  Everyone stopped and listened, so you kept going.

Every decision in our lives always changes our future. Even the smallest change or decision can affect our lives and how they will look like, such as  what shoe to wear or doing our homework. Basically, everything we're doing right now at this moment, is affect our lives and maybe even the people surround us. If you look at our 'small' decisions all together, it doesn't look like a big emo act on our lives, more like a routine. An example will be when in 'A Sound Of Thunder', eckels doesn't expect a big change in his future from just stepping off the path and killing the butterfly. We can also be the change in which society wants/needs. We can change our future for the better, as Emerson explains in his essay, "My life is for itself and not for a spectacle", we can't keep wanting what others want but what ourselves want. We don't need to depend on others for the decision, we ourselves can be the change that we need.

SOMETHING INTERESTING ABOUT THE BOOK I'M READING

The book that I am ready is 13 reasons why by Jay Asher, this book is very different from what i usually read. The book has a different formatting and timeline than other books, also it has a very unique plot. The book is basically about a girl who commits suicide but before she does, she records herself why she did it, 13 reasons why she did it.  After the girl dies, the tapes of her 13 reasons why she killed herself are released.

SOMETHING INTERESTING ABOUT THE BOOK I'M READING

The book that I am ready is 13 reasons why by Jay Asher, this book is very different from what i usually read. The book has a different formatting and timeline than other books, also it has a very unique plot. The book is basically about a girl who commits suicide but before she does, she records herself why she did it, 13 reasons why she did it.  After the girl dies, the tapes of her 13 reasons why she killed herself are released.

MY AMERICAN VOICE

I think that it is important to speak up when the topic concerns you or effects you in anyway. If the topic doesn't concern you, I would say not to speak up, it wouldn't be very relevant to you to the point to not really do anything. If the topic is relevant to you then I would 100% say to speak up on the matter, to not be shy to say something that you clearly believe is right or wrong. It is always nice to prove someone wrong or right,

VOCAB Fall List #6

meme -  an amusing/ interesting picture or video that is spread widely through the internet
1. Pepe the frog, crying jordan, or celebrities caught off guard would be consider to be iconic memes.
virus - a computer program that is usually hidden in another nontoxic computer, it produces copies of itself into other computers to usually destroy or mess with data 
2. A disk that contains software checks for viruses in a computer.
viral- spreading very quickly through people usually through the internet 
3. A video of a person dancing became viral over the internet. 
blog - a website that is basically a person's journal online.
4. Our class created blogs for our English class to write our assignments.
wiki - a website that lets visitors make changes, corrections or contributions 
5. Wikipedia would be considered a wiki website due to it letting others write and correct topics on the website.
URL - the address of a website 
6. The URL of my blog would be http://fatixmaca.blogspot.com/ .
website -  a place on the World Wide Web that contains information 
7. This vocabulary list will be posted on my blog which is on a website.
www - World Wide Web
8. Www starts in all websites URLs to find it worldwide 
Internet - an electronic communications network that connects computer networks and organizational computer facilities around the world
9. The internet helps connect friends and families faster and collect information.
2.0 - an advanced version of something
10. A iPhone 6s would be the 2.0 version of a iPhone 6.
open source - 
11.

ESSAY 1 REVISED

After reading my colleagues' work and sharing ideas, I realized I could improve my first essay by including a hook and work on mechanics.
If I had to  choose family over patriotism? I would pick family without hesitation. The argument of personal relations being more important than causes or patriotism, is true being that personal relations are more meaningful than patriotism. I agree that personal relations are more important because personal relations can actually spread positively while patriotism can spread negatively. People may say that their country or state is better than others which can start arguments, hatred, and competiveness  between other countries and states. Others may say patriotism is more important by saying 'what's so bad about loving your country'? , well many will do anything to promote their country whether it is in a good or bad way.
Personal relations is essential to a happy and positive life. Such as, having a relationship with family is basic human nature and provides support and comfort between people. A relationship with family can be all peace and calm while patriotism can be aggressive and debatable. Indeed, Patriotism can unite people together and make people agree on one thing however, it can start wars and put countries or states against one another. Supporters recognized wanting the best for their country and promoting it in that way, still they do not recognize many promote in a way that degrades other countries.
Therefore, personal relations are more important than patriotism in a way of spreading more positively. Personal relations is essential while patriotism is unnecessary unless used in a way to unite others together. Patriotism is mainly used in a negative way to bring other countries down, rise hatred and mistrust

fall vocab #5

1. venomous - full of or containing venom
2.  stolid - calm or showing little emotion
3. . hypnotized - to fascinate or produce state of hypnosis
4. suspended - temporarily prevent from continuing
5. transformed - make a change in form, appearance or character of
6. accuse - charge with offense or crime
7. anticipate - expect or predict
8. fringe - threads left loose or formed in tassels or twist
9. melancholy - feeling of pensive sadness
10. earnestly - serious in intention
11. dissolve - to melt or liquefy
12. aggravate - make worse or serious
13. illuminate - light up
14. capillary - any of the fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules.
15. proboscis - nose of a mammal

A HUG IS NEARLY A GUN SPELLED BACKWARD

The argument of personal relations being more important than causes or patriotism, is true being that personal relations are more meaningful than patriotism. I agree that personal relations are more important because personal relations can actually spread positively while patriotism can spread negatively. People may say that their country or state is better than others which can start arguments, hatred, and competiveness  between other countries and states. Others may say patriotism is more important by saying 'what's so bad about loving your country'? , well many will do anything to promote their country whether it is in a good or bad way.
Personal relations is essential to a happy and positive life. Such as, having a relationship with family is basic human nature and provides support and comfort between people. A relationship with family can be all peace and calm while patriotism can be aggressive and debatable. Indeed, Patriotism can unite people together and make people agree on one thing however, it can start wars and put countries or states against one another. Supporters recognized wanting the best for their country and promoting it in that way, still they do not recognize many promote in a way that degrades other countries.
Therefore, personal relations are more important than patriotism in a way of spreading more positively. Personal relations is essential while patriotism is unnecessary unless used in a way to unite others together. Patriotism is mainly used in a negative way to bring other countries down, rise hatred and mistrust.

Vocab #3

catharsis - the process of releasing, and results to providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.
taboo - religious customs prohibiting certain things
sordid- involving dishonorable actions and motives
 swindle - a trick or a scheme to get money or possessions
 frivolous - not having any purpose or value
 inadvertently - without intention; accidentally
 incendiary - designed to cause fires
 jargon - slang ; expressions or phrase used by particular group & its difficult for others to understand
colloquialism - word or phrase that is not formal, typically used in ordinary conversation
 archaism - something that is very old or old-fashioned
 cudgel - short thick stick used as a weapon
 egregious - outstandingly bad; shocking
 anesthetize - give anesthetic to a person or animal
 euphonious - pleasing to the ear
 scrupulous - extremely attentive to detail & carefully thorough
 perverted - showing or having sexual desires that are not acceptable or normal
 superfluous - unnecessary or excessive
 Saxon - Germanic people that inhabited central and north germany
 slovenly - messy and dirty
 provocation - action or speech that makes someone angry

bad words

I think what makes words bad are the way people think of certain words, they may think certain words as impolite or rude. Also, the way the words are being used or in what tones they say it in. Such as, someone who stubs their toe wouldn't say a 'good' word but a 'bad' word to expression how they feel. I think the use of 'good' and 'bad' words help express what a person is thinking & expand how they want to express a certain situation or mood. I think the use of euphemism would be appropriate to use when talking/approaching someone superior & I think it becomes confusing when used in certain tones.

Satire " white lives matter"

White lives matter and it's time for everyone to bring attention to all the white lives lost. These white lives were lost due to black hate crimes and resistance. I mean, black lives have been lost but white lives matter more right? There have been more white lives lost, about 414, according to CNN but only 233 black lives.



 Due to the higher rate we should be more concerned about the white lives, not any other races'.  The murders of white innocent lives have been kept quiet by people with high platforms on social media & media outlets have been focusing more on the black lives lost more than the whites. I mean white lives matter more, right ?

Vocabulary #2

intercede - to act on someone's behalf in a agruement
1. Students were complaining about the teacher but the substitute interceded.
hackneyed - unoriginal ; made commonplace
2. She ordered from another hackneyed Chinese restaurant's ake-out.
approbation - approval or praise
3. The mother gave her son approbation for his fiancé.
innuendo - statement that indirects someone who has done something improper
4. The teacher's reputation was ruined by their previous students' innuendo to their superiors.
coalition - combination or alliance 
5. The French and Indians joined coalition to go against the British.
elicit -  to get a response or statement from someone
6. He was able to elicit anger from his friends.
hiatus - a break or a pause in time period
7. Francisco took a social media hiatus for 2 months.
assuage - to make something less painful.
8. He tried to assuage his sadness from his breakup
decadence - behavior that shows low morals and a great love of pleasure, money, fame, etc
9. They both showed a decadence attitude towards having a job.
expostulate - to disagree or go against something
10. The boy's mom expostulate to the idea of him going out with his friends to the beach. 
simulate - to look, feel or behave like something
11. The younger sister tried to simulate her older sister.
jaded -  feeling or showing a lack of interest and excitement caused by having done or experienced too much of something
12. After drinking too much juice, the little boy jaded in playing with his friends.
umbrage -a feeling of being offended by what someone has said or done
13. Mexicans felt umbrage after Trump's speech about bashing them.
prerogative - a special right or privilege that some people have
14. Teens and Kids have a prerogative opportunity in education that most teens and kids have in other countries.
lurid - involving sex or violence in a way that is meant to be shocking ; shining or glowing with a bright and unpleasant color
15.
transcend - to rise above or go beyond the normal limits of something 
16. Her worries and problems transcend other's normal problems.
provincial -  a person who lives or comes from a place that is far away from cities.
17. The family live in a small city provincial from Los Angeles
petulant - showing the attitude of people who become angry or annoyed when they don't get what they want
18. The little girl showed a petulant attitude towards her mom because her mom didn't buy her a candy bar.
unctuous - used to describe someone who speaks and behaves in a way that is meant to seem friendly and polite but that is unpleasant because it is obviously not sincere
19.  She was unctuous towards her friend because her friend did not say hi to her last week.
meritorious - deserving honor or praise
20.  The boy was given a meritorious award after completing a course with a A+.

Vocab #1

theme - a topic/ thesis
tone - attitude of piece of writing/ the way it is being read
mood - state of mind or feeling
diction - phrases/ use or/and choice of words
syntax - arrangement of words
syllogism - logic of if two statements are true, then the conclusion must be true

stupid - lack of intelligence/ common sense
adumbrate - foreshadow; report or represent outline
apotheosis - climax, highest point of development
ascetic - a monk / person who dedicates themselves to self-discipline, usually religious reasons
bauble - inexpensive piece of jewelry
beguile - to hypnotize or to charm someone
burgeon - flourish or to grow rapidly
complement - a thing that brings to perfection
contumacious - stubborn or disobedient to authority
curmudgeon - bad tempered of a person
didactic - to teach people something
disingenuous - fake / not true
exculpate - to show someone is not guilty
faux pas - a embarrassing act in a social situation
fulminate - coming on severe or sudden
fustian - strong cotton and linen fabric
hauteur - appearance of being arrogant, superior and disdainful
inhibit - restrain or prevent an action or process
jeremiad - a list of woes ; prolong complaint
opportunist - someone who tries to get an advantage or something valuable from a situation without thinking about what is fair or right
unconscionable - not right or reasonable

My response to "The Conscience Of A Hacker"

The reading, in my opinion, is in a more sarcastic tone & what society wants you to be, basically put you in this box. If you are smarter than others, you are bored in class, cheating and a overachiever.  The author writes his experiences in high school, being put in a box & only being limited teaching material by teachers and adults. Society wants everybody to be a certain way and think a certain way, not to think different than others, unless you'll be defined as a overachiever or a underachiever.

My response to " A Modest Proposal"

In the reading, Swift talks about how women shouldn't get abortions and keep their children, but also says women shouldn't have as much kids. The author states women/ wives as breeders, but questions why the poor are having more children. Swift then completely changes his thoughts and thinks children would be a great meal to eat, & doesn't find children as "humans". Satire is in this reading by showing a strange and humorous topic being read/ written in a serious tone

EVERYTHING'S AMAZING

In the video, 'Louis CK everything is amazing and nobody is happy' it shows examples of satire used but not directly criticizing one person. A example that Louis CK used was electronics/ cellphone development over time, he was basically saying that nowadays calling someone is much more easier to do in a press of a button but it was harder in the past to dial a '0'. Louis CK whole point of talking how advance we got in technology, from when he was a child, is that we take our technology for granted and don't actually appreciate it enough.

Satire

1.

                                    2.     Dylan sprouse being mocked by teenagers

3.Donald Trump in Mean Girls

These videos are all examples of satire because someone is mocking and making fun of another person. These are all sarcastic and/or ironic, they use it in a way to criticize another person. Also, from what I found, many videos were using to mock Donald trump and politics in a negative way.

My response to "The Right To Your Opinion"

"The Right To Your Opinion" talked about how people are entitled to their own opinion but may not always know how to back up their opinions. People's opinion on things may not always be right but no one can tell you are wrong. As the author stated, "You may be interested in whether or not their opinion is true, but take the hint, they aren't". People DO have the right to their opinion but should as well be open to other's opinions.

My response to "The Laughing Heart" by Charles Bukowski

My thoughts on "The Laughing Heart" is that Bukowski expresses how he feels and sees life. The poem itself is a dark motivation speech to, what sounds, like a suicial person. Bukowski writes how life is your life, and to not let those dark thoughts take over because there will be light. There might not be much hope but to always be grateful for your life.

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