Friday, January 28, 2011
The English Language
The English language is in fact getting worse. Humans are making the English language itself bad. We are the ones changing the style of not just how we write the English language, but speak it as well. In other words, you can say the English language is getting bad.
Orwell is a person who also believed that the English language is getting bad because he says, "It becomes ugly and inaccurate," (par. 2). He says this because he believes that our thoughts are getting foolish. He also says this because the English language is bad already. He is trying to say that worldwide, the English language is becoming somewhat of a problem.. Now, it becomes more easier to think or create foolish thoughts. People seem to not care no more about whether speaking the English language good, as it is supposed to be spoken like. Although Orwell states this, he also believes that we can make that progressive change. He says that we can avoid the foolish thoughts if we are just willing to take the necessary trouble. And if we can do this, we would be able to think , more clearly and that this would be the first step in to fighting against the English language that we have all supposedly damaged.
Orwell also compares the English language to a drunk man. He describes that a man is taking a drink because he is a failure. So basically, because he is a failure in life, he feels the need to drink. Orwell says that this relates to what is happening to the English language. It is kind of funny how he uses a drunk man to symbolize the English language, but he wants to show, that like a drunk man, the English language is all over the place and that it is out of our control. When he said that when people do not care no more and that is why they decide to do more bad things as in trying to ruin our version of our own language. We are persuaded to drink the same way that we are persuaded to have to speak a certain way, which might not be the right way. When people start to speak the English language, they tend to not care whether or not they are speaking it well or not and a drunk guy does not care whether or not others care about his drinking. So then, that can lead to them doing it more often. It is mostly like a cycle that a person continues doing.
Orwell gives strong evidence about why he thinks the English language is becoming ugly and inaccurate, but he also gives off ideas of how we can take the first step in teaching others the importance of speaking the right way. To fix this problem of how we talk and write the English language, it will not only take one person, but together, we can. To stop the bad habits that we have with our way of speaking, we need to all work together in order to get it done.
I do agree with Orwell;s idea, and I also think that the English language is getting sloppy and it is being misused in many occasions. An example of these bad habits is when people text.People seem to always have to switch up how the words are written when they text. When people text with their phones, the word or phrase that they would actually be saying would be texted with acronyms. Instead of saying "You.", they text "U". People take the shortcuts to writing in order to text faster. Also, some people seem to text like this; "WhAt ArE YOu DoInG?" People seem to forget that that you can only capitalize the first letter of a word at the beginning of a sentence, people, places or names. Since people think it is okay to not write the English writing well when they are talking to their friends, they would most likely assume it was okay to speak it improperly as well.
Overall, I agree with Orwell's ideas about the English language getting all nasty and how it becomes our silly little mistakes due to our foolish thoughts. The English language is becoming this thing in which it leads to other factor, in this case, it leads to both speaking and writing all wrong.
Orwell is a person who also believed that the English language is getting bad because he says, "It becomes ugly and inaccurate," (par. 2). He says this because he believes that our thoughts are getting foolish. He also says this because the English language is bad already. He is trying to say that worldwide, the English language is becoming somewhat of a problem.. Now, it becomes more easier to think or create foolish thoughts. People seem to not care no more about whether speaking the English language good, as it is supposed to be spoken like. Although Orwell states this, he also believes that we can make that progressive change. He says that we can avoid the foolish thoughts if we are just willing to take the necessary trouble. And if we can do this, we would be able to think , more clearly and that this would be the first step in to fighting against the English language that we have all supposedly damaged.
Orwell also compares the English language to a drunk man. He describes that a man is taking a drink because he is a failure. So basically, because he is a failure in life, he feels the need to drink. Orwell says that this relates to what is happening to the English language. It is kind of funny how he uses a drunk man to symbolize the English language, but he wants to show, that like a drunk man, the English language is all over the place and that it is out of our control. When he said that when people do not care no more and that is why they decide to do more bad things as in trying to ruin our version of our own language. We are persuaded to drink the same way that we are persuaded to have to speak a certain way, which might not be the right way. When people start to speak the English language, they tend to not care whether or not they are speaking it well or not and a drunk guy does not care whether or not others care about his drinking. So then, that can lead to them doing it more often. It is mostly like a cycle that a person continues doing.
Orwell gives strong evidence about why he thinks the English language is becoming ugly and inaccurate, but he also gives off ideas of how we can take the first step in teaching others the importance of speaking the right way. To fix this problem of how we talk and write the English language, it will not only take one person, but together, we can. To stop the bad habits that we have with our way of speaking, we need to all work together in order to get it done.
I do agree with Orwell;s idea, and I also think that the English language is getting sloppy and it is being misused in many occasions. An example of these bad habits is when people text.People seem to always have to switch up how the words are written when they text. When people text with their phones, the word or phrase that they would actually be saying would be texted with acronyms. Instead of saying "You.", they text "U". People take the shortcuts to writing in order to text faster. Also, some people seem to text like this; "WhAt ArE YOu DoInG?" People seem to forget that that you can only capitalize the first letter of a word at the beginning of a sentence, people, places or names. Since people think it is okay to not write the English writing well when they are talking to their friends, they would most likely assume it was okay to speak it improperly as well.
Overall, I agree with Orwell's ideas about the English language getting all nasty and how it becomes our silly little mistakes due to our foolish thoughts. The English language is becoming this thing in which it leads to other factor, in this case, it leads to both speaking and writing all wrong.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
How do we stop human Overpopulation?
What is the most important step we can take to help control human overpopulation?
The best thing that we can do to stop the increasing rate of humans throughout our country is by teaching the teenagers that the best way to not end up pregnant is by using birth control.
We obviously can not stop the adults from doing what they want to do as in having kids, but we can say something to the teenagers so they won't be the ones out there having unprotected sex and ending up pregnant at such a young age. I think that in schools, there should be more awareness of teen pregnancies and sex. Schools should be able to teach their students that they should be using some type of birth control to protect themselves. For the teenagers that are sexually active, which is a large percent, they should be taking some kind of method to prevent them form getting pregnant. It might not be the right thing to do, but if a teenager happens to end up pregnant, they should be able to have an abortion if they please to instead of keeping the baby if they can not raise it. Also, parents are a big factor in all of this. They should be able to talk to their kids as well about sex because there are a lot of parents out there who do not like to talk to their kids about it. They think that by not talking about, then their kids are not going to be out there doing it, but instead, their kids end up pregnant. If we were to take these steps, we would see that it can make a difference as in not increasing the rate of the human population due to kids that didn't use birth control.
This is basically what the United States is left to do if there was really anyway that human overpopulation can be reduced. If we just let the teenagers of today go on and have children of their own and not do anything about it, then the world would eventually run out of resources for us to live as comfortable as have.
The best thing that we can do to stop the increasing rate of humans throughout our country is by teaching the teenagers that the best way to not end up pregnant is by using birth control.
We obviously can not stop the adults from doing what they want to do as in having kids, but we can say something to the teenagers so they won't be the ones out there having unprotected sex and ending up pregnant at such a young age. I think that in schools, there should be more awareness of teen pregnancies and sex. Schools should be able to teach their students that they should be using some type of birth control to protect themselves. For the teenagers that are sexually active, which is a large percent, they should be taking some kind of method to prevent them form getting pregnant. It might not be the right thing to do, but if a teenager happens to end up pregnant, they should be able to have an abortion if they please to instead of keeping the baby if they can not raise it. Also, parents are a big factor in all of this. They should be able to talk to their kids as well about sex because there are a lot of parents out there who do not like to talk to their kids about it. They think that by not talking about, then their kids are not going to be out there doing it, but instead, their kids end up pregnant. If we were to take these steps, we would see that it can make a difference as in not increasing the rate of the human population due to kids that didn't use birth control.
This is basically what the United States is left to do if there was really anyway that human overpopulation can be reduced. If we just let the teenagers of today go on and have children of their own and not do anything about it, then the world would eventually run out of resources for us to live as comfortable as have.
Friday, January 21, 2011
Political Power
In my opinion, political power does corrupt people who attain it. It is really easy for people to abuse the power that they have. People strive to be the best at everything that they do and that can relate to political power.
If we were to look at our history, we would see a lot of men who obtained power, but somehow found a way to abuse of that power that they had. For example, Hitler is the most notorious tyrant in history. In the beginning, the people that voted for him had no idea that he would turn into this maniac who killed millions of Jewish people just because of their race. He committed genocide because he had the power to do so. His people basically handed over the power to Hitler when they voted for him. All of this hatred and the abuse of Hitler's power resulted in World War 2.
Other men in history such as Stalin, from Russia, and Mao, form China, killed many of their own people also because they had the power to do as they pleased. They became tyrants because they were in charge and there was no one there who had the right to tell them what to do or what not to do.
When it comes to the point of power, we need to make sure that it does not fall in to the wrong hands or else, we will end up with an all new Hitler.
I think George Orwell, the author of Animal Farm, would answer the question by agreeing that political people does corrupt people. He writes about animals revolting against the humans to take over their farm. This story relates to history because I can predict a new leader will come out and become the dictator of all the animals.
All we need is one quote to predict what will happen next,
If we were to look at our history, we would see a lot of men who obtained power, but somehow found a way to abuse of that power that they had. For example, Hitler is the most notorious tyrant in history. In the beginning, the people that voted for him had no idea that he would turn into this maniac who killed millions of Jewish people just because of their race. He committed genocide because he had the power to do so. His people basically handed over the power to Hitler when they voted for him. All of this hatred and the abuse of Hitler's power resulted in World War 2.
Other men in history such as Stalin, from Russia, and Mao, form China, killed many of their own people also because they had the power to do as they pleased. They became tyrants because they were in charge and there was no one there who had the right to tell them what to do or what not to do.
When it comes to the point of power, we need to make sure that it does not fall in to the wrong hands or else, we will end up with an all new Hitler.
I think George Orwell, the author of Animal Farm, would answer the question by agreeing that political people does corrupt people. He writes about animals revolting against the humans to take over their farm. This story relates to history because I can predict a new leader will come out and become the dictator of all the animals.
All we need is one quote to predict what will happen next,
“All animals are equal,” (Orwell 43).When The United States said this in the U.S Constitution, they didn't really mean it. If all men were created equal, then why was there slavery for some time? It only makes sense to say that the book will most likely end with a revolt among the animals to overthrow their new leader. This cycle of abusing of power is endless.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Free Write
“Camel you are staying outside the whole period, I’m tired of you coming in late!” Mr. Fargher said.
Camel did not want to stay outside waiting in the rain for the whole period. So he decided to go to Starbuck’s. On the way to Starbuck’s, Camel sees Tramy. Camel started walking with her and asked her if she wanted to go to Starbuck’s with him. Tramy says yes and as soon as they started walking, she says, “Sham!” and trips him. Next thing you know, Camel’s face falls straight into a puddle of water. His whole white ASTI polo gets dirty and wet. Tramy then starts walking back to school laughing. When Camel came back to school, Mr. Fargher makes him come in class and throws the Starbuck’s coffee away. Camel gets mad, but does not say anything.
When we went to Mrs. Corbally’s class, we had a substitute. We all got to sit down where we wanted to. In the back, it was Jair, K.C, Camel, Rubs, Maxito and Tramy. Mario comes to ask Camel for a piece of paper, but as soon as Camel was going to give Mario the paper, he says, “Shhhhhhhham!” we all laughed. Then, Mario says, “Shhhhhhhham this!” and slaps him across the face. He slapped him so hard Camel turned black. We all started laughing again. Then we started to throw papers at Maxito. Camel tells K.C, “Hit him!” and K.C tells him, “Oh look at him!”, but instead of K.C hitting Maxito, K.C hits Camel on the back of the head with the paper. Camel thought he was cool when he really wasn’t. We all started laughing once again.
Suddenly we hear the substitute talking. He kept going on and on and Jair says, “What are you talking about?! No one ever knows what you are talking about! You are like a hungry Chihuahua who never stops barking!”
It was lunch time and we decided to go to the cafeteria again with Bossman and his sidekick. K.C asked him if he could drive his black on black Mercedes. He says, “Sure when you get your license.” We all got the same thing, cheeseburger with fries and a soda. When we get our order, we go and sit with Maxito and Peanut Head. We were all eating and then you see about five fries in the air straight to K.C’s head. They had just done a drive by on K.C. Then you see…
TO BE CONTINUED!
Camel did not want to stay outside waiting in the rain for the whole period. So he decided to go to Starbuck’s. On the way to Starbuck’s, Camel sees Tramy. Camel started walking with her and asked her if she wanted to go to Starbuck’s with him. Tramy says yes and as soon as they started walking, she says, “Sham!” and trips him. Next thing you know, Camel’s face falls straight into a puddle of water. His whole white ASTI polo gets dirty and wet. Tramy then starts walking back to school laughing. When Camel came back to school, Mr. Fargher makes him come in class and throws the Starbuck’s coffee away. Camel gets mad, but does not say anything.
When we went to Mrs. Corbally’s class, we had a substitute. We all got to sit down where we wanted to. In the back, it was Jair, K.C, Camel, Rubs, Maxito and Tramy. Mario comes to ask Camel for a piece of paper, but as soon as Camel was going to give Mario the paper, he says, “Shhhhhhhham!” we all laughed. Then, Mario says, “Shhhhhhhham this!” and slaps him across the face. He slapped him so hard Camel turned black. We all started laughing again. Then we started to throw papers at Maxito. Camel tells K.C, “Hit him!” and K.C tells him, “Oh look at him!”, but instead of K.C hitting Maxito, K.C hits Camel on the back of the head with the paper. Camel thought he was cool when he really wasn’t. We all started laughing once again.
Suddenly we hear the substitute talking. He kept going on and on and Jair says, “What are you talking about?! No one ever knows what you are talking about! You are like a hungry Chihuahua who never stops barking!”
It was lunch time and we decided to go to the cafeteria again with Bossman and his sidekick. K.C asked him if he could drive his black on black Mercedes. He says, “Sure when you get your license.” We all got the same thing, cheeseburger with fries and a soda. When we get our order, we go and sit with Maxito and Peanut Head. We were all eating and then you see about five fries in the air straight to K.C’s head. They had just done a drive by on K.C. Then you see…
TO BE CONTINUED!
Debate- Colleges
In a 7-way debate over the idea of which colleges matter the most, we get to hear two sides. Some responses speak of the great opportunities at elite colleges, while the other responses speak of the unimportance of elite colleges.
After reading through all of the responses, I found two. One was very persuasive to me and the other was not.
The response that was the least interesting to me was "Numbers Favor Top Schools" by Richard D. Kahlenberg. He makes some points in which he talks about how the elite colleges were not even about teaching their students anything. He says that people who attend elite colleges are there more to meet people than to take the classes.
I think that Kahlenberg does not do a good job by adding in a story. If he's trying to prove a point, then he is basically opposing the elite colleges which is not what he is trying to say throughout the rest of his response. Therefore, I think that this response is the least persuasive."At selective institutions, a student is surrounded by talented and high achieving peers, a fact illustrated by the story of physicist Freeman Dyson, who many years ago asked his daughter Esther, a Harvard undergraduate, why she was ignoring her coursework. “Dad, we’re not here for those classes,” she replied. “We’re here to meet each other.”
The response that was the most persuasive was "Skip the Admissions Game" by Kevin Carey. He has strong points because he mainly talks about how it really doesn't matter if you go to an elite college or not because you can still get a good education if you look at the right places. Community colleges can give you good opportunities as well as elite colleges can.
"It turns out that the best community colleges do a better job than the average elite research university at teaching freshman and sophomores. That means that even if you're not among the chosen few, you can still get a great college education -- if you know where to look."I found this response to be the most interesting and the most persuasive because he tells his readers about the greatness of community colleges as well and how they can turn out to be a place where you can learn a lot without it being an elite college or Ivy League school.
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