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  1. May 2021
    1. Takes me home, lights are off he's taking off his coat (Hm yeah)

      This reminds me of how Taylor could be envisioning the good times that have happened before in the past.

    2. Cause we never go out of style, we never go out of style

      this line reminds me of clothing, however she is relating it to their relationship, it never gets old for neither of them

    1. dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix

      This line reminds me a lot of drug addiction--but that makes me think, how big of an issue was this in older times? Did drug addiction sweep through poor communities just as it does today?

    2. Moloch! Moloch!

      The repetition and exclamation of Moloch throughout the end of the poem reminds me of political rhetoric, particularly that of Trump. The name and word takes on a new power and meaning if it is said enough, it becomes unstoppable

    1. dolls

      This reminds me of an episode of The Office where Toby (pictured) is desperate to buy a popular doll as a Christmas present for his daughter. He buys the last one from another office worker, a black man (who had purchased it for his own daughter). Toby is visibly surprised to see that the doll is black - clearly he was expecting a white doll.

    1. She was joyous now, and had a rose-bloom in her cheeks, and was one of the prettiest creatures, and seemed one of the happiest, that the world could show. But the lady stole noiselessly behind her and threw the veil over her head. As the slight, ethereal texture sank inevitably down over her figure, the poor girl strove to raise it, and met her dear friend's eyes with one glance of mortal terror, and deep, deep reproach. It could not change her purpose.

      Another foreshadowing, but with Zenobia coming out on top instead. The first part of this reminds me of Priscilla first making an appearance and being shy. Then, she started to blossom into someone that everyone loved. Everyone lit up when she came around. There was no denying that she had contributed to the happiness in Blithedale. However, Zenobia sort of threw this in her face when she told this story with the veil being thrown over the girl's head. It's also interesting that she then places the cloth on Priscilla's head, as if to replicate the story.

    1. The role of the poor-law tradition in shaping recent welfare reform highlights some of the interpretive failures of popular accounts of neoliberalism. Most of these accounts focus on neoliberalism’s overriding investment in the notion of personal responsibility.

      Cooper if nothing else examines the role of the poor law tradition, which reminds me greatly of high tax policies and how Democrats generally want such policies for society. They try to bring the middle class up, the "private family," I believe.

    1. So for generations in the mind of America, the Negro has been more of a formula than a human being

      Reminds me of when people say the "winners write history." Is Locke saying that the ones in power are dictating the narrative of who "The Old Negro" is"?

    1. Greeks what Newfoundland is to us.

      Is this meaning more of "a new world to explore" or "a new land to pillage and conquer"? It reminds me of the advent of Hellenization after the death of Alexander as increasingly more Greek settlers made their way to "barbaric lands" like Bactria. The Greek saw those lands as ripe with raw resources for their own purposes.

    1. Sometimes a certain smell will

      This to me has a impact on me because we all have that one person that has that smell, like every time you go there you know where you are because it just has this certain smell and he is saying that something in his life reminds him of it

    1. However, modern society has muddled this concept of identity. Today, nations and corporations conflate driver’s licenses, social security cards, and other state-issued credentials with identity; this is problematic because it suggests a person can lose his very identity if a state revokes his credentials or even if he just crosses state borders. I think, but I am not.

      Christopher Allen posits that modern society has muddled the concept of identity by equating it to a driver license or national id card, thereby implying that it is something that can be taken away.

      I would say that it is not society, but the modern state that has not muddied, rather corrupted the concept of identity.

      This also reminds me of idea of how to draw the line of definition for a component with which greater complexity is built up.

    1. outsider

      This reminds me of part of the discussion we had in class last week where one of our classmates talked about how when she was growing up it was almost frowned upon to use technology. In addition, I feel like sometimes people portray technology as an outsider because maybe they do not know much about it or do not have enough experience with it so they push it away.

    1. The execution was accompanied by a whole ceremonial of triumph; but it also included, as a dramatic nucleus in its monotonous progress, a scene of confrontation:

      Reminds me of movie scenes where someone is executed at the gallows; the public humiliation allows for more power over the individual prior to their death through punishment.

    1. 'Cause, darling, I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream

      Another mischievous line, this line is confirming that the girl is definitely bi-polar. Speaking of bi-polar, the song Lola by Iggy Azalea is what this line reminds me of. With the lyrics "I'm a angel and a demon/ Happy when I act the meanest..."

    1. He did it in a cold, impersonal way, indicating the outer form of the scene without any attempt to put life or depth into it.

      This almost reminds me of a white lie but in performance form. It is interesting how many times we do this in daily life (or at least I do). This is another central argument to Hcschild's work, the importance of surface acting

    1. These attempts reached a climax in the late 19th and early 20th centuries with forced integration and relocations

      This reminds me of Andrew Windy Boy and other Indigenous people who were in colonial schools

    1. These narratives often conflict with one another, but each contributes to Bitcoin's overall brand presence

      This description reminds me of how we tend to experience people: prismatic, contradictory, etc.

    1. This outlook reminds me of child play, saying, “See, now you know how it feels.”

      I don't think that's what he meant. That's not the reason he doesn't think white people should say it, that's why he thinks white people can't accept not being allowed to say it.

    1. There are also dangers of what are called “false positives,” when a computer links two things that shouldn’t be connected—as when facial recognition software recently matched members of Congress to criminals’ mug shots.

      This section really stood out to me, because I feel like the general public forgets what a computer is. Even as algorithms and code become more complicated and approach intelligence, it is nothing more than a powerful set of circuits performing lightning fast computations. The computer isn't aware of what it is doing, it is just following directions given to it by a human. These false positives highlight this. This reminds me that I need to focus on my own biases and personal shortcomings when designing code and algorithms because ultimately the computer isn't responsible for those, I am.

    1. It generated an awareness that the issues of children and childhood cannot be treated separately from the issues of women, men, families, and society.

      This reminds me of past readings about children are citizens now and future. They are part of the community, and even at preschool, the issues of race, religion, gender, etc. should be included.

  2. Apr 2021
    1. she had now the pleasure of sometimes hearing her father and mother remark on her personal improvement. “Catherine grows quite a good–looking girl — she is almost pretty today,” were words which caught her ears now and then; and how welcome were the sounds

      Reminds me of what Wollstonecraft wrote about women and the love for superficial goal,her parents remarks on her looks made excited her greatly. I know both sexed love to be complimented on their looks but women seem to enjoy it the more.

    1. This outlook reminds me of child play, saying, “See, now you know how it feels.”

      I interpreted what Coates said differently, in which he was saying this just goes to show you how it is living as a black person in America, not as reasoning for white people not to say the n-word

    1. Each time I heard the approaching footsteps, I jumped into bed and feigned sleep. And as soon as the guard passed, I got back out of bed onto the floor area of that light-glow, where I would read for another fifty-eight minutes—until the guard approached again.

      kind of reminds me of how when I was a kid and I would pretend to be asleep.

    1. in-creased proportions of leaky dioecy in the breeding systems of populations on or near ancient Native American population centers.

      Reminds me of the last article on ancient forest gardens.

    2. Amazonian Dark Earth (ADE), patches of rich, anthro-pogenic soils scattered throughout the Amazon forests of South America ( Schmidt et al., 2014 ), as well as the growing evidence of extensive, pre-Colombian urbanism that has impacts on modern biodiversity ( Heckenberger et al., 2007 , 2008 ) have ended the belief in a pre-Colombian pristine tropical forest in Amazonia (

      An interesting assumption that I did not realize we have, but when I do think of pre-colombian urbanism I do think of untouched forests/earth. I wonder if it is because of a lack of evidence, or because of how we are taught about history in the United States. This is an interesting crossover of the American public school system and our assumptions on ancient cultures and their respective agricultural practices. It reminds me of how we were taught that Native Americans and early colonists were friends, and we have an entire holiday about it when it reality, colonists murdered and raped Native Americans. They also try to kill off all the bison because they wanted to starve Native Americans, which I just learned about the other day. I wonder if we were to ask Eastern civilizations about ancient agricultural practices in South America, if they would assume the same things we do (which would mean a lack of evidence/knowledge) or if they assume that the landscape was shaped by ancient civilizations (which would mean we were taught to think otherwise). This would be a really cool sociological experiment.

    1. Derrida, Foucault, even Donna Haraway do not need any more citations. If you HAVE to cite them just to get your foot in the door, put them in the footnotes. Or just put them in parentheses at the end of a sentence. Save those in-sentence mentions for the people you want to SHINE on.

      This reminds me of Sara Ahmed’s note about citations chains and Jacqueline Jones Royster’s comment about critical imagination—an elsewhere constellation of what research, knowledge, and theory could look like.

    1. What laughing lips will never show: How tears and torturing distress May masquerade as happiness:

      This reminds me of the line from "Heritage" by Gwendolyn B. Bennett -- "I want to feel the surging / Of my sad people's soul / Hidden by a minstrel-smile." Same idea of hiding one's pain with a laugh or smile.

    2. How tears and torturing distress May masquerade as happiness

      This all reminds me of blues music. I can't remember the exact quote, but it's the way blues is described:

      To loosely paraphrase, "The tune sounds like it's laughing, but the lyrics are crying." And here, it's quite apt for existing in the face of constant racial struggles.

    1. Make sure your team spends time with varied types of assessment data, like essays, short stories, projects, science labs, and notes from classroom discussions.

      This reminds me of something from Dr. VR's assessment class: "multiple measures." It is important to provide a variety of assessments in different formats in order to better understand the students' knowledge and skills. One assessment cannot and should not determine an entire evaluation of a student.

    1. More than 100 Facebook pages, profiles, groups, and Instagram accounts with at least 1,000 followers or members each dedicated to QAnon. The largest of these have more than 150,000 followers or members. In total, the documented pages, groups and accounts count more than 3m aggregate followers and members, though there is likely significant overlap among these groups and accounts.

      Honestly, the conspiracy group types are not exactly my favorite. This type of reasoning definitely reminds me of anti-vaxxers or flat-earthers.

    1. by pouring out a small portion of the food, in a certain place, for the spirits of departed relations,

      This reminds me of a mexican culture holiday called Dia de Los Muertos since they often put up an offering table.

    1. Digital citizenship is not about replacing who we are in the real world but about expanding the possibilities of who we might become when we know and understand how to harness the power of our digital tools.

      This reminds me of one of my artifacts from my structured choice journal. I created a lesson plan about teaching students digital citizenship. The lesson was for the students to create a poster that displays a rule about digital citizenship such as asking for permission and going to age appropriate websites and which digital tools are safe to use.

    1. What is a city?

      This picture reminds me of the reflection in water. I think it’s a very unique way to draw city street. The buildings don’t need to be right side up to be buildings.

    1. The collection was compiled in the first half of the 19th century and used by Morton to justify white supremacist theories; it contained the remains of Black Philadelphians as well as 53 crania of enslaved people from Cuba and the US, which will now be repatriated or reburied.

      Science and medicine have a very long and terrible history they need to reckon with.

      Also, reminds me of that Bodies exhibit that was so popular a few years ago, where they suspect many of the bodies used were those of executed political prisoners from China (see: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/bodies-revealed-exhibit-may-be-using-executed-chinese-prisoners-says-rights-group-1.2757908)

    1. I should lay off those Snicker bars, those liverwurst sandwiches with gobs of mayonnaise and those Goddamned caramel sundaes.

      realizes and acknowledge the things he eats; reminds me of binge-eating, might regret later

    1. This is Faith. Six months of schooling, now she’s a happy sixth grader who dreams of becoming a pilot someday, and her family now supports her, and best of all, her younger sisters will follow in her footsteps.

      It amazes me that such a young child knew exactly what was necessary for a better life. It also doesn't surprise me that her family only supported her after the fact. It seems that human nature is typical in not wanting to stray from societal norms and ideals. However, it also stikes me that a commonality between all strong women is their courage and willingness to do whats best for them, no matter the risk. She reminds me of Malala Yousafzai.

    2. real ways women can help us lift out of poverty

      Women definitely have something to contribute. More than just babies and dinner! Although I have babies and do indeed love making dinner, I'm more than that. And I'm so lucky that I'm allowed to be. Just imagine what some of these places could be (the places that oppress women or don't allow them to be anything other than wives) if they only lifted women up rather than pushing them down. Women have done so many amazing things! What could these women do, if they were only given a chance? I think her ideas on educating women lifting their community out of poverty are spot on! Also, it reminds me of another anecdote: In high school, my best friend was a girl who's family came from Ukraine. She was amazing and her family was wonderful! The problem was that her parents came from a culture that believed women should be wives, so they pulled her out of school in sophmore year and she never got to go back. She was incredibly smart and talented and I think she could have done great things if she'd only been given a chance. And that also shows that, even though we live in America, we still have some problems to fix as well. Which is really surprising, in this day and age.

    1. more important than working to become “com-petent” in the cultures of those with whom we work and interact

      I really like their definition of cultural humility and find it interesting that there is a discussion on if cultural humility or competency within a particular culture is more important. This kind of reminds me of the "jack of all trades" vs. "expert in a field" discussion and veterinary careers. As a veterinary student we have a very diverse background of knowledge to be able to address a wide variety of conditions and diseases. Some individuals decide to pursue board certification and expertise in a particular field of veterinary medicine. Even though a veterinarian may be boarded in cardiology and primarily see cardiac patients, it is important to remember other systemic conditions that can lead to similar symptoms/ lesions and to be able to address them accordingly. From this stand point I think that having proper cultural humility and competency within particular cultures that you work and interact can be equally important. If you predominantly work within a certain culture, it is natural to become more competent to interacting with individuals from that culture. At the same time it is important to maintain culture humility so you can properly and respectfully address people from all cultures.

    1. not all of them considered themselves activists, however, unlike the following individuals who were comfortable with the label of activist, which often implies “radical” in hawai‘i

      this reminds me of the label "feminist" because people often are in support of what feminism is but do not identify as a feminist.

    2. the united states seized the island of Kaho‘olawe (see Map 2). since the 1920s the usmilitary had used the island for bombing practice, increas-ing that use after the December 7 attack. The bombing of Kaho‘olawe did not cease at the end of world war ii, however, and continued unimpeded until 1976. an executive order (eo 10436), issued on february 20, 1953, by Dwight eisenhower, secured the island for the use of the usnavy as a bombing target, and placed the island under the jurisdiction of the secre-tary of the navy.

      This reminds me of Kwajalein with how the US bombed the hell out of the island and justified it. I question why the US army would even bomb an ENTIRE island in the first place, especially one that was so culturally, historically, religiously, and socially important to an ethnic group.

    3. The population of Kanaka Maoli declined to horrifically low levels, just shy of 40,000 people in 1896, due to contact with foreigners and the alien diseases they brought to the islands

      reminds me of the missionaries in Tanna Times and all the diseases they brought with.

    4. archaeologists do not necessarily need to be indigenous to do indig-enous archaeology.

      This statement reminds me of the point that Narayan made in her article.

    5. Through interviews with archaeologists and Kanaka Maoli, whose personal knowledge of and experiences with the discipline of archaeology extends back to the 1940s, i examine past and present rela-tionships between people interested in the protection, perpetuation, and preservation of hawaiian culture. These interviews, conducted in 2005, pro-vide insights into the character of contemporary relationships as well as identifying past events and practices contributing to current tensions

      I like the combination of past and present in this thesis... reminds me a bit of Ka'ili's concept of ta and va.

    6. The population of Kanaka Maoli declined to horrifically low levels, just shy of 40,000 people in 1896, due to contact with foreigners and the alien diseases they brought to the islands

      This reminds me of Hernan Cortes with the Aztecs and Francisco Pizarro with the Inka. Both conquistadores used diseases such as smallpox, measles, influenza, STDs to wipe out millions of natives.

    1. or a clown (How amusing!).

      This reminds me of minstrel shows, in where they would have black people portray black face and white people deem it as more authentic, when in reality it is not, it is far from the truth.

    2. still hold their own individuality in the face of American standardizations.

      This reminds me of the period in the 1970's with the hippie movement( counterculture movement), where a huge sum of people rejected the more mainstream American lifestyle.

    1. If we make money the object of man-training, we shall develop money-makers

      This reminds me of the the American dream from everyone they say we need to graduate High school then graduate collage then get a job and make money for the rest of your life until you retire.

    2. The Negro race, like all races, is going to be saved by its exceptional men

      This reminds me of how Moses saved his people and they were finally free from pharaoh.

    1. Before we get there, however, there’s one other issue to address: how much has to go in the head, and how much can be in the world? 

      Reminds me of Maria Anderson's new ESIL learning objective scale.

    1. When you can fly, there’s no burden you can’t bear. When you can fly, gravity can’t touch you. When you can fly, you can do anything”.

      This reminds me of the ongoing metaphor in "Jubilee" of the slaves being cage birds. So with Augustus him having education, him being a free man, it gives him the ability to fly like a bird. Much like the age old saying the "the skies the limit".

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    1. We have had many voices of all kinds as fine as his and America was and is as deaf as she was for years to him

      Many voices have spoken out about the propaganda of this world but only a few listen. This reminds me of how Martin Luther King jr was such a vital person in history

    1. Students selected an American author to research and were required to read at least five lengthy pieces from this writer. Students were asked to write a 7- to 10-page paper comparing the various pieces of literature in the context of the historical and cultural times in America. The student writing we read analyzed the writings of Flannery O'Connor.

      I think this is a cool assignment! I like how students were able to select their own author to read and analyze in the context of the historical and cultural times in which they were writing. This assignment reminds me of the EQ I am having my students think about now as we read through a variety of works by the same author, Haruki Murakami: How does reading multiple works by the same author impact our reading and understanding of their work and purpose?

    1. Still, it is so distant that it would appear to Earthlings as a doughnut on the moon.

      The perspective kind of reminds me of Carl Sagan's quote, which I quoted on a different annotations, because we're just one spec, and yet we've 'conquered' black holes and discovered pictures of them, this truly is fascinating on how far we've come.

    1. Seattle’s Garfield High School website lists volunteer opportunities alongside its scholarship and internship opportunities.

      This reminds me of many other schools that give you opportunities to volunteer by bringing you to the place you will volunteer and encourage it.

    1. the process by which a designer creates acontext, to be encountered by a participant, from which meaning emerges.4

      This quote reminds me of how teachers design learning for kids. This statement allows teachers to use a classroom context, have the student encounter it, and work to create meaning. What contexts and designs are implemented are up to the stakeholders and create agency.

    2. Games are notjust about following rules, but also about breaking them

      This reminds me of the Couros book we read in the last TIP class, when he said you have to innovate "inside the box"; meaning, develop and innovate within the parameters you are given. I see this a lot with the sports I watch. When someone develops a new strategy or technique, he/she has an advantage over everyone else until they catch up.

    3. This reminds me of the Couros book we read in our last TIP class, that you can innovate "inside the box." Meaning, even if there are rules and parameters, people can innovate to varying degrees. I notice this a lot with the sports I watch. They evolve in real time, and when a new strategy or technique appears, the one who has developed it has an advantage over others, until they catch up.

    4. game creates its ownmeanings (blue means enemy; yellow means power-up), but also trafficswith meanings from the outside (horror film music in a shooter meansdanger is coming; poker means a fun evening with friends).

      This reminds me of Cope and Kalantzis' "Grammar of Multimodality."

    5. Literacy and even media literacy are necessary but not sufficient for oneto be fully literate in our world today.

      I think the idea of media literacy was innovative when it was first raised. Just the recognition that reading/writing literacy was not enough, was important. This reminds me of Bill Cope in one of the early week videos saying that consumption of similar media by everyone (i.e., before the tech advances that enable us all to be creators) was a 20th-century phenomenon.

    1. Pitifully calling me, the quick ones and the slain?

      It reminds me of how when some people are about to die a traumatic or violent death, their last moments are spent crying for their mother.

      I do not know if the narrator is necessarily a mother--but it all the same speaks of seeing people call for her compassion, only for her to be unable to give it.

    1. Shaken from firm, brown limbs, Or heads thrown back in irreverent mirth.

      This reminds me very much of "Ma Rainey" by Sterling Brown. This is an occasion of both merrymaking AND a release of sadness, in the tune of a blues performance.

      The tune is laughing, but the lyrics are crying, as I remember the saying goes.

    2. A-shoutin’ in de ole camp-meeting-place, A-strummin’ o’ de ole banjo.

      Bennett uses music in her poems as a way of expressing its importance to her people, like Hughes and Brown. I like how she suddenly switches to dialect. It reminds me of Brown's poem "Ma Rainey."

    3. I am weaving a song of waters,

      This line reminds me of the opening line in Hughes’ poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”. Maybe this line is a nod to it?!

    1. He can even re-alize that his former Catholic inhibitions will not let Bead Bead take up a madam's offer of a free trip to her (female) brothel.

      This reminds me of a game I play called Divinity Original Sin 2 with choices like this. The relationship between virtual and real-life identities that cause us and our characters to make these choices is very interesting.

    1. GRADE K-4 GRADE 5-6 GRADE 7-8 GRADE 9-12 SPANISH TECH TEACHER Teacher Sign Up Sign In Teacher Sign Up Sign In GRADE K-4 GRADE 5-6 GRADE 7-8 GRADE 9-12 SPANISH TECH TEACHER TT GRADE K-4 GRADE 5-6 GRADE 7-8 GRADE 9-12 SPANISH TECH TEACHER Teacher sign up Sign In Why did ancient Greeks and Romans eat lying down? (Thinkstock) Why did ancient Greeks and Romans eat lying down? By: Ask Smithsonian, Smithsonianmag.com November 25, 2015 Published: November 25, 2015 Lexile: 1230L var addthis_config = { services_exclude: 'print,printfriendly', data_ga_property: 'UA-6457029-1', data_track_clickback: true }; var addthis_share = { url_transforms : { shorten: { twitter: 'bitly' } }, shorteners : { bitly : {} }, templates : { twitter : '{' + '{title}' + '}: {' + '{url}' + '} via @TweenTribune' } }; 530L 780L 1040L 1230L Assign to Google Classroom You asked us, "Why did ancient Greeks and Romans eat lying down?"   Reclining and dining in ancient Greece started at least as early as the 7th century BCE and was later picked up by the Romans.   To eat lying down, while others served you, was a sign of power and luxury enjoyed by the elite. People further down the social ladder copied the laid-back dining style, if they could afford to.   I mean, who wouldn't want to stretch out while chowing down, but not everyone was so lucky in ancient Greece. You see, women didn't generally get invited to banquets except for rare occasions like wedding feasts and even then they had to sit upright.   It was only in ancient Rome that customs changed, allowing upper-class women to lounge alongside men, and while it sounds sweet, all that lying down and eating can't have been good for the heartburn. Source URL: https://www.tweentribune.com/article/teen/why-did-ancient-greeks-and-romans-eat-lying-down/ Filed Under:   Video Culture Odd news Smithsonian Assigned 49 times CRITICAL THINKING QUESTION Why did people “further down the social ladder” copy people above them? Write your answers in the comments section below Please log in to post a comment COMMENTS (15) arellanoj-rob 11/30/2015 - 09:46 a.m. I think that people "further down the social ladder" copied people above them because they thought it'd earn them some sort of respect. It probably gave them sense of power back then. julianc-bag 11/30/2015 - 07:32 p.m. I don;t like eating at the dinner table I prefer the living room. ShawnaWeiser-Ste 12/02/2015 - 03:56 p.m. This seems quite unnecessary and dangerous. Its very common for people lying down to choke while they are eating, I mean come on. Good thing the women and the poor were not allowed to engage in such activities; they probably lived much longer than the rich men. laurenc-bag 12/03/2015 - 09:18 p.m. People "further down the social ladder" copied people above them, possibly to make themselves look a little wealthier than they were. It was a sign of luxury and was only enjoyed by the elite, so they wanted to experience that as well. laurenc-bag 12/03/2015 - 09:21 p.m. And, most likely, my weirdest custom at home is listening to music while watching a video on my phone while FaceTiming my friends, if that even counts as a strange custom... But, I also pray before I eat every meal with my family, which might seem strange to some people. laurenc-bag 12/03/2015 - 09:30 p.m. (It didn't allow me to take the test for some reason...) carsonb-2-bar 12/03/2015 - 10:28 p.m. In the early 7th century reclining and dining in Greece started and later on picked up by the Romans. According to the article it was a sign of power, especially when others served you. People in lower social classes copied it. The lower class people probably copied the upper-class people to be cool. Maybe it made them feel powerful. I thought the article was interesting. I never knew why many pictures back in the 7th century show people eating while lying down. I guess you could say they were the first couch potatoes! bellae1-lin 12/04/2015 - 02:57 p.m. People "further down the social ladder" copied people above them because they wanted to feel luxurious and wealthy. They would want to feel this way because they may not be treated like luxury, and they wanted to see with the eyes of a wealthy being. briannec-ste 12/07/2015 - 05:09 p.m. I personally don't like to eat laying down because I feel like I am being choked. I don't understand how laying down and being fed was a sign of wealth. The laying down not at all but the getting fed I understand. gisellem-pay 12/08/2015 - 11:11 a.m. I think that this concept is similar to our current society. Many people find or develop a custom, in which will catch on to others just to prove their power or how modern they believe they are. This also reminds me of China and foot binding. This tradition was passed down for women as a beauty concept. 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      The central idea of the text is that people ate lying down during Ancient Greece because lying down when eating was considered to be a luxury, and symbolized a high class, although high class men and women had different standards. High class women didn't have the right to lie beside men until Ancient Rome, when the customs finally changed.

    1. ethnobotany

      I never heard of this term before reading this paper. its actually interesting. it reminds me of sociology and botany mixed together. I think its interesting to learn what tribes used for their medicine back in the day and to see if we can use for modern medicine to further human health.

    1. advantageous to ensuring the long-term funding of security.

      This is false because freedom to issue new money, in the best possible case, will be stable for only brief periods of time, and unstable in the long-term. Any level of issuance causes distortions in incentives and build up over time.

      What bitcoin did was innovate a way to take issuance out of the long term equation to minimize distortions caused by issuance. It doesn't work either to have issuance and drainage somewhere else because that just introduces different incentives and distortions.

      This reminds me kind of the current credit based system. Money supply is created in a loan and destroyed via paying off the loan. This distorts economic activity toward financialization and short term thinking. Debts get rolled, leverage builds up, and there are periodic crises.

      Long story short, this is not a way for long-term stability.

    1. You stumbled, as blind men will. . . .

      This reminds me of how white people have historically promised something to a non-white person, or groups of people, in words that were meant to have a double meaning so that the white person could take full advantage of the other individual.

    1. In any discussion about race matters it is vital to situate yourself in a tradition, in a larger narrative that links the past to the present.

      This specific line reminds me of another work I read last semester on Kimberly Crenshaw's theory of intersectionality and how in society we often can't help but to notice color and that these biases are what cause a larger issue in oppressive systems.

    2. Focusing on race, class, and gender, West is an outspoken critic of contemporary American society in the name of decency and dignity, freedom and democracy.

      West brings up many themes of what reminds me of intersectionality and how the interlocking systems of oppression rule in our democratic society. Also feels that he's explaining his reasoning for his argument.

    1. he meaning and the cause of it?' Uneducated people pass judgment and walk on

      I enjoyed reading Swamiji's story. This immediate narrative gave me a better understanding of the differences. This story reminds me of the school's teaching the five Ws. (Who, what, when, where, why). We're constantly analyzing and questioning everything once we're placed in school.

    1. In the tropics alone, the total coverage ofplantation forestry increased from approximately17 million hectares in 1980 to 70 million hectares

      This reminds me of how palm oil is made. Palm trees are naturally occurring in tropical rainforests and some of the most abundant trees in the Amazon and other rainforests. In order to get palm oil however in Malaysia they burn down large sections of the rainforest so they can plant and harvest palm trees to make palm oil more easily. This is a huge problem because it is destroying natural biodiversity as well as send huge amounts of CO2 in the air. https://qz.com/1711172/the-global-demand-for-palm-oil-is-driving-the-fires-in-indonesia/

    2. Reduced ImpactLogging (RIL) techniques have been developedthat involve careful planning and controlled har-vesting

      This reminds me of some articles I saw going around a few years back that made an argument for switching to hemp or bamboo for paper & certain wood products as opposed to timber. The points were that they grew much faster, in a smaller space, and could be harvested and regrown more efficiently and readily so it was more renewable. I don't think it ever got off the ground, though, maybe because there wasn't enough public interest, logging companies depressed people's attempts, or because it'd rely too much on foreign import? Here's a paper I found explaining the pros and cons: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4165839/

    3. More work is urgently needed to prescribestrategies for effective biodiversity conservationin managed forests.

      This section on logging reminds me of incredibly high lumber prices. I found an article that discusses how lumber prices skyrocketed due to factory shut downs from the pandemic. Some contractors are even slowing down on construction in an effort to lower prices. I wonder if this causes more forests to be cut down as companies try and meet back up with demand.

      https://www.businessinsider.com/why-is-lumber-so-expensive-homebuilding-real-estate-newbuild-inventory-2021-3?op=1

    1. its reputation as a panacea may have been earned more by virtue of its irregular distribution, rarity, and use by the rich and privileged members of Chinese society than by its actual effects

      Interesting point. It was used by the nobles because of its mild effects. They were wealthy enough to get as much of it as they wanted. By virtue of the cost and time they spent to get it, the peasants probably thought of it as a mystic herb.

      In many ways, this reminds me of [[San Pedro]]. The herb has mild effects, but the story around the use of the herb, the ceremony etc is what creates the effect. It's the stories power that is being used to enact change, not necessarily the plant.

    1. These newcomers also carried a vision that “Englishmen” would replace the Indigenous people, including women planters, as the rightful inhabitants of this land

      Again, just absolutely infuriating. It reminds me of Columbus who took upon receiving a war welcome from indigenous people concluded they would make excellent slaves.

    1. Tell me, what has become of my rights?Am I invisible 'cause you ignore me?

      Jackson calls out the government here for encroaching upon his rights to life and liberty. How is he supposed to live and be free when he lives under the constant threat of harm by a government-funded institution (the police force)? He argues that the government finds a way around this argument by simply ignoring the pleas of Black Americans across the nation. This point reminds me a lot of Flint, Michigan, where a predominantly Black community has been without clean water for YEARS just because the government decided it would save money by skipping the process of filtering water from the Flint River to remove lead and other contaminants.

    1. I would much rather my students read one chapter closely, so that they’re able to understand its central concepts and discuss them in class, than skim three chapters and barely remember what they read

      Reminds me of a shift I've done based on student feedback... In a course evaluation for one particular semester of my Material Culture course, someone said that I had assigned too many texts for what we did with them. Had it been a complaint about the burden of reading all of these texts, my reaction would have been quite different. In that case, it'd have been about learners using these texts efficiently instead of spending so much time reading them. In this case, though, it was constructive criticism about the fact that we didn't do enough with these texts to justify the load. So, the next semester, I reduced the reading list to one text per week and we really dug through each of them. That's a technique I kept using for several courses.

      Another technique I've used, which is pretty much the mirror opposite: I list a large number of texts each week and each learner is responsible for one of those. Then, as learners work together, they get a bite out of each text and all of this material contributes significant to the week's topic. That technique is rather tricky. It's not one to enhance student satisfaction. It does have some important advantages, especially in terms of making learners responsible for their own process. Which is contrary to the customer-based approach.

    1. Progressiveness and diversity themselves have become commodified as yet another fad that the web of global media can exploit while patting itself on the back.

      Very good point. It reminds me how businesses only support the LGBTQ+ community in pride month. This is creating the illusion that our world is already very equal, which it certainly isn't.

    1. Civilization advances by extending the number of important functions squads can perform without thinking.

      Reminds me of Hayek's, "Civilizations advance by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them."

    1. Furthermore, our analysisexcluded students who identified as transgender, as factorsrelated to MH service use and treatment needs likely differfor LGBQQ students and transgender students[31], and therelatively small number of transgender students identified in ourstudy is insufficient for a separate analysis. Future studies areneeded to better understand MH treatment need, service use,and barriers to seeking on-campus MH services among trans-gender students.

      Can someone explain why 176 trans respondents were insufficient for a separate analysis? I don't have much of a grasp on statistics. Is this related to statistical significance in calculating the adjusted odds ratio? Is it that they don't want to compare a gender identity to a sexual orientation? It seems that 176 individuals would be more than "insufficient" statistically, to at least contribute to their own analysis as a gender. This reminds me of how American Indian and Alaska Natives are left out of analysis for being insignificant or, literally, "Other"-ed.

    1. “I was trying to get it to go. Preservation was not a priority. But we’re getting older now.”

      This shortcoming has grave effects in the internet today. While not as impactful, this reminds me of the USB cable and how it is not reservable. Ajay Bhatt, the creator of the cable, says that he "blew it" by not making the cable reversible. An internet where each page was preserved would be vastly different as people would have their content permanently stored online. However, as Safiya Noble points out, having a sort of social forgetfulness is beneficial for society. This is because the harmful content online disproportionally effect marginalized groups (often reinforcing stereotypes and bringing up criminal search results).

    1. but I could not figure out how to buy them without children seeing me and de-manding their share.

      I just find it interesting to how some people feel obligated a share of something that is not theirs. This reminds me of how the Orokaiva people felt towards sharing. if one person has something then it needs to be displaced evenly within the community.

    2. Our typical diet was plain white rice and fresh fish or canned tuna

      Reminds me of the Orokaiva back in PNG. Their diet was very similar to those living in Liklob. Canned fish/meat & white rice.

    3. As just a couple of examples of how the United States has failed, the nation moved numerous Marshallese populations off of their native land; ignored these populations as they starved on new atolls unsuitable to human habitation; contaminated many atolls with nuclear fallout, refused to give reparations to many affected residents and used Marshallese people in nuclear medical testing without consent; failed to invest in Marshallese education, health care, or transportation; and created a simultaneous malnutrition and obesity epidemic through providing packaged food as aid and transforming the Marshallese diet

      This reminds me of Dvorak's book regarding Kwajalein. He stressed how the U.S. military ruined life for many indigenous Marshallese and messed up the naturalness of the island and its surrounding area. The U.S. has done more harm than good.

    1. Playing the game reminds me of when Han Solo has to maneuver in an asteroid field and C3PO says "Sir, the possibility of successfully navigating an asteroid field is approximately 3,720 to 1!"
    1. Storytelling has the potential to revolutionize the way we engage with cultural heritage and has been widely recognized as an important direction for attracting and satisfying the audience of museums and other cultural heritage sites.

      This is very interesting! I agree that storytelling has a lot of "potential to revolutionize the way we engage with cultural heritage." It reminds me of old folk tales told by your elders. The original ways of telling a story around a fire. Cultural heritage is a significant since its helps us understand other cultures than our own.

    1. Conversely, those who’d been assigned to the low-score group said that they thought they had done significantly worse than the average student—a conclusion that was equally unfounded

      This reminds me of how a lot of people will blindly subscribe to certain ideas because the politicians/parties they follow believe in them, even if they go against their core morals. People are very impressionable.

    1. Our smartphones pulse with memories now. In normal times, we may strain to remember things for practical reasons—where we parked the car—or we may stumble into surprise associations between the present and the past, like when a whiff of something reminds me of Sunday family dinners. Now that our memories are digital, though, they are incessant, haphazard, intrusive.
    1. ee-hunting is another interesting and contro-versial incentives program that has been used inparts of Africa to raise revenues and build localsupport for wildlife conservation. A limited num-ber of licenses to hunt game animals are sold,with a portion of the revenues being returned tothe local communities on whose land the huntingoccurs.

      This is interesting! It reminds me a bit of how moose hunting permits in Maine are sold. Last year, there were only 3078 permits issued out of 65,361 applications. To even get one, you have to enter a lottery where you pay $15 per entry, and the chances you'll actually get one are slim - and then, you pay an additional $52 for the permit itself. If you are not a resident, both of these costs are higher. The funds collected go toward preservation of Maine wildlife!

      If you're a statistic geek like me, you can find more of those numbers here:

      https://www.maine.gov/ifw/hunting-trapping/moose-permit.html

    2. An example of an incentive wouldbe a cash payment to a landowner for maintain-ing the habitat of an endangered species.

      I remember that one of the criticisms of the ESA is that it is reactive rather than proactive, but it seems like an emphasis on incentives could make it more proactive. Wilcove mentions that incentives are more useful in the recovery phase, but is there a way to incentivize industries to not allow species to become endangered in the first place? This is especially important to ask if the disincentives are not effectively enforced, which may oftentimes be the case.

      Also, I want to add that the example in this section reminds me of a conservation easement when planning for open space.

    1. largely the same kind of encouragement one would give a sideshow freak (A colored man writing poetry! How odd!) or a clown (How amusing!).

      This reminds me of the piece, “Circus Dwarf” from the gallery walk we looked at a few weeks back. I remember the subject looking rather indifferent, but there was a certain pain behind the eyes. I assume he is an example of this comparison.

    1. ‘Sharing’, theconstitutive activity of Web 2.0 (John2013) is mobilized as a form of expressingsolidarity.

      Reminds me of Instagram posts nowadays such as ''one like = one more tree planted''. Social media allows for easy forms of donations and it is a form of expressing solidarity.

    1. “(President Herbert) Hoover says (Strange Fruit) is un-American.”

      This reminds me of the current attitude some have towards Black Lives Matter. It answers the question why we haven't had anti-lynching legislation. Because some folks think even talk about it is "un-American."

      Also how many Congress members are affiliated with white supremacy groups?

    1. Human beings can respond to both digital and physical phenomena in similar ways aswell.

      This reminds me of how bullying can occur digitally but might not occur physically. The effects are still the same. Bullying physically or digitally will still produce the same outcome, but they are just separated by the digital or physical world.

    2. The human need and desire to form intimate relationships is so strong that it happens allthe time online, often without great difficulty. Mobile and social media play a big part inthis.

      This reminds me of 'FOMO', fear of missing out, which can be leads to depression and social anxiety among teenagers.

    1. It was only when they gathered as a team that things became fraught. By contrast, her case-competition team was always fun and easygoing. In some ways, the team’s members got along better as a group than as individual friends.

      While reading this it reminds me of the first dysfunction a lack of trust and how overcoming this can look. Having trust makes it easier to be happy and get along in a group.

    1. In addition, the professor wanted her students to recognize that much of what they encountered in the form of everyday music and youth culture could serve as content for intellectual engagement and good writing.

      I so appreciate that this moment in students' learning demonstrates an emerging reciprocal engagement in the process of writing. Classroom practices and literature do not often reflect the worlds of students “who communicate in numerous languages, claim multiple identities, and often have ties that extend beyond our nation’s borders” (Campano & Ghiso, 2011, as cited in Ghiso et al., 2012, p. 15). This moment reminds me that centering student music and culture combat systems of oppression that exist in traditional forms of schooling

    1. to do that, you need to play.

      This reminds me of the Facebook motto - "Run fast and break things". It is the idea that you cannot create something that hasn't existed before without getting outside the rules, outside the norm and find that innovation.

    1. Mine is the future grinding down today Like a great landslip moving to the sea,

      This reminds me of the mountain metaphor featured in Hughes' work, only the complete opposite in which someone's life and future is on the decline.

    2. The Negro mind reaches out as yet to nothing but American wants, American ideas. But this forced attempt to build his Americanism on race values is a unique social experiment, and its ultimate success is impossible except through the fullest sharing of American culture and institutions.

      This line of Americanizing oneself in order to fit in reminds me a lot of ancestral history. That when POC come to the United States, they must adapt to American values and leave a lot of their cultural traditions in order to be socially accepted. However, even by Americanizing oneself, people are still subjected to racism, criticism, etc. They are not granted a voice, they are forced to accept the rules of American society.

    3. to see himself

      Reminds me of W.E.B. Du Bois' theories of the veil and double-consciousness; seeing as how The Souls Of Black Folk came out about 20 years before this piece, it's tempting for me to try and seek for signs of irony that might have trickled down from Du Bois' work.

    1. I think of all the atrocities we have committed as members of the church: I am saying “we”, not “they”: “we”. The Constitutions of my own congregation reminds me: In Christ we unite ourselves to the whole of humanity, especially to the poor and suffering. We accept our share of responsibility for the sin of the world and so live that his love may prevail. (SHCJ Constitutions #6). I think all of us must acknowledge that our mediocrity, hypocrisy and complacency have brought us to this disgraceful and scandalous place that we find ourselves as a church.

      [8:01 - 8:54]

  4. Mar 2021
    1. jake2h@chrisaldrich that spreadsheet party is so brilliant! I would love to attend events in all kinds of mediums, tools, and games. @nastroika, do you think your cohort could automate a cyberparty together as a group project?

      @jake, your comment also reminds me of the atmosphere created by the game Candy Land which was designed for a particular setting which we often forget about today. There's an Atlantic article about it which helps to underline the idea of designing for particular contexts to make people feel welcomed and empowered: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/07/how-polio-inspired-the-creation-of-candy-land/594424/

    1. The reaction to failure, once so direct, now becomes less and less direct. Materials are no longer close to hand. Build­ings are more permanent, frequent repair and readjustment less common, than they used to be. Construction is no longer in the hands of the inhabitants; failures, when they occur, have to be several times reported and described before the speciali st will recognize them and make some permanent adjustment. Each of these changes blunts the hair-fine sensi­tivity of the unselfconscious process' response to failure, so that failures now need to be quite considerable before they will induce correction.

      Reminds me of the increase of friction sometimes noticed when introducing higher level abstractions + specialization in the maintenance of computer systems (think platforms).

    2. Instead of orienting the house carefully for sun and wind, the builder conceives its organization without concern for orientation, and light, heat, and ventilation are taken care of by fans, lamps, and other kinds of peripheral devices.

      Reminds me of the cruft that arises around, and within, less well designed software libraries.

      Simple models vs epicycles.

    3. such a list of require­ments is potentially endless

      Reminds me of requirements and tests; and the asymmetry between correct behavior and bugs.

      Also the problem of "inductive proofs".

    1. The development of metabolic models for medicinalplants to predict

      This reminds me a lot of some of the papers I focused on for my bio seminar presentation. Creating the models is a really interesting way to look at possible future models, a setback is that it may not include all possible changing factors.

    1. while the former study centered English curricula, the latter focused on empowering students as producers and creators of knowledge, was grounded in freedom, and aimed to improve the critical thinking and critical literacy skills students already had

      It is helpful to look at these examples next to each other and to unpack what is really different about the approaches and what it looks like to be "grounded in freedom."

      It reminds me of another post written by author Latrise Johnson in the NCTE blog which helps to get underneath why we need diverse books in the first place (ie. not just for the sake of diversity):

      https://ncte.org/blog/2016/04/students-dont-need-diverse-literature-just-diverse/

    1. First, low-income teens and students of color are noticeably less likely to own computers and use the internet than their peers. Because of their students’ lack of access, teachers in high-poverty schools were more than twice likely (56 percent versus 21 percent) to say that their students’ lack of access to technology was a challenge in their classrooms. More dramatically, only 3 percent of teachers in high-poverty schools said that their students have the digital tools necessary to complete homework assignments, compared to 52 percent of teachers in more affluent schools.

      The quote reminds me of an article on digitalpromise.org that I have read prior to reading this one. The digitalpromise.org article explained that schools should have a plan for students that can't afford computers or can't get access to the Internet. All students need access to learning material. If teachers can accommodate all students with technology, it will help students improve their learning. It keeps students supported and engaged if teachers can give students their own access and solutions to technology.

    1. An article last year in the European Journal of Social Psychology called “An exploration of spiritual superiority: The paradox of self‐enhancement,” by Dutch behavioral scientists Roos Vonk and Anouk Visser, found that “the road to spiritual enlightenment may yield the exact same mundane distortions that are all too familiar in social psychology, such as self‐enhancement, illusory superiority, closed‐mindedness, and hedonism (clinging to positive experiences) under the guise of alleged ‘higher’ values.” This spiritual form of narcissism reminds me of Chansley’s language on Facebook around star seeds. According to Evans, it’s derived, in a copy of a copy kind of way, from an idea in Gnosticism — a collection of beliefs from early Christian sects, popular in alternative spirituality, that there are spiritual aliens who are different species: “You are from another planet, you’ve fallen into this prison of the material world, and you’re working to ascend to your true home. It’s an extreme expression of spiritual alienation and spiritual narcissism.”

      Good example of integrating outside information with quotes and then linking those ideas back to the author's original focus.

    1. Theheart of the IUCN Red List lies in assessment ofvulnerability at the species level, specifically inestimation of extinction risk (Figure 11.5)

      I like how this graph details the parameters that make a species threatened vs. endangered. I have always wondered how they draw that line and this figure explains it well. This reminds me of the Northern Spotted Owl and even though it is classified as threatened (and probably soon endangered) on the IUCN Red List, there was an effort to reduce their designated critical habitat. I wonder where scientists fit this species in their conservation prioritization? I wrote a public comment opposing the rule for my public administration class. Here is the rule in the federal register:

      https://www.regulations.gov/document/FWS-R1-ES-2020-0050-0579

    1. ‘You are stupid enough, I suppose. But if you are clever enough to get through life tolerably to your satisfaction, you have got the better of me, Man as I am, and Mutton as you are!’

      This section reminds me of the saying "ignorance is bliss." If you aren't aware of the problem, then you don't have to spend the time and energy worrying about it. I feel like looking at animals and being envious of how simple their lives are is common in times of conflict and stress, which Wrayburn is definitely experiencing.

    2. ‘Then idiots talk,’ said Eugene, leaning back, folding his arms, smoking with his eyes shut, and speaking slightly through his nose, ‘of Energy. If there is a word in the dictionary under any letter from A to Z that I abominate, it is energy. It is such a conventional superstition, such parrot gabble! What the deuce! Am I to rush out into the street, collar the first man of a wealthy appearance that I meet, shake him, and say, “Go to law upon the spot, you dog, and retain me, or I’ll be the death of you”? Yet that would be energy.’

      Dickens does a great ob at truly showing Eugene's frustration in this passage. He gets so worked up merely over a six letter word, and I found it quite comical. This dialogue reminds me of my grandfather, who also extremely dislikes this term "energy", as well as "vibe" which are both very commonly used in society today. I feel like this small amount of dialogue speaks a lot on Eugene's character, and reading it made it feel as though I were watching this as a movie.

    3. Bella put another of those finger-seals upon his lips, and then said, kneeling down by him as he sat at table: ‘Now, look here, sir. If you keep well up to the mark this day, what do you think you deserve?

      The way that she is using her finger seals and taking her time walking him to breakfast reminds me of a daughter buttering up her father for something she wants. A picture of the present day "Daddy, I love you..." way of trying to make sure they are in a good mood before asking for something.

    1. All students will become expert learners if barriers are removed and they are given opportunities to self-differentiate.

      This really reminds me of 'growth mindset,' which I think is incredibly important for teachers to have. Believing that some kids are inherently and thus permanently unskilled or unintelligent is so harmful. Everyone can work towards improvement and become 'expert learners.'

    2. If students don’t have these opportunities to “choose, do, review” their way to expert learning, they will become what Zaretta Hammond has coined as “dependent learners.” Dependent learners are overly reliant on the teacher to carry the load of cognitive tasks and are unsure of how to tackle new tasks because they aren’t given opportunities to learn how to be expert learners.

      In my opinion, "dependent learner" lacks self-help learning. They will only complete the tasks assigned by others, rather than see what they want to learn, which is very detrimental to students' creativity and learning ability. This reminds me of when I took the TOFEL exam, my teacher said why Chinese students do well in listening and reading, but sometimes there is a big gap between the oral part and the writing part. I think innovation and self-learning ability are the most critical for students.

    1. I find that the most powerful use of technology in education

      This reminds me of a webinar I attended on Inclusive Design Thinking with Ric Grefe in April 2020. Some of the phrases I heard at that webinar were:

      • Creative collaboration
      • observe how people observe
      • encourage the design team to realize the diversity in the audience - don't do it just with your own thoughts
      • make the people you're designing real for yourself.

      My understanding:

      "Do" UDL and inclusive design first. Then ask: Will technology make it better? more useful? will it improve the user experience?

      Put the questions first. Ask What's wrong? What don't we know? Read about What's wrong in Inclusive Design and Design Justice: Strategies to Shape Our Classes and Communities

      Visit Design Thinking at Williams College. Ric Grefe is the Design Thinker in Residence at Williams College at the time of the webinar.

    1. Certain tools and apps are more suited for specific pedagogical approaches and subjects than others,

      I thought this was a great point to bring up. It reminds me of our recent class activity when we identified if certain apps are made for a specific purpose. Like Quizlet, it's a great tool for repetition and memorization. But you can't use it as a creative outlet for creating/building.

    2. Other tools steal student work or data and sell it to make a profit (see the Evaluating the Cost, Privacy, and Data chapter)

      this reminds me of the past week when we had to discuss cookies and accepting it. People need to be cautious of what they accept because it steals your data.

    1. John B. Watson, who believed that love was an innate emotion elicited by cutaneous stimulation of the erogenous zones.

      This reminds me of Freud's "obsession" with all drives being sexual in nature. I believe there is some truth to this and I believe that the truth can be found by comparing nearly all of life's experiences. In most all situations, we want things to be somewhat what pleasurable at first and build to a climax at the end; just like the experience of sexual intercourse and the pleasuring of erogenous zones. The fact that achieving orgasm is the chief goal of sex, ensures that people will always inhabit the earth and continue humanity's existence. Procreation is primary to life and all experiences thereafter, therefore it is ensured by sex and the seeking of orgasm. Has anyone else considered the link between these two?

    1. Yes — wariness over the way social networks and the publishing platforms they provide shift and shimmy beneath our feet, how the algorithms now show posts of X quality first, or then Y quality first, or how, for example, Instagram seems to randomly show you the first image of a multi-image sequence or, no wait, the second.

      The structure of these Instagram posts, which isn't always obvious to need to scroll sideways to see the other photos reminds me of some of the UI built into reveal.js as a slideshow feature or that found in Fold.

    2. Ownership is the critical point here. Ownership in email in the same way we own a paperback: We recognize that we (largely) control the email subscriber lists, they are portable, they are not governed by unknowable algorithmic timelines.3 And this isn’t ownership yoked to a company or piece of software operating on quarterly horizon, or even multi-year horizon, but rather to a half-century horizon. Email is a (the only?) networked publishing technology with both widespread, near universal adoption,4 and history. It is, as they say, proven.

      This is very IndieWeb in flavor.

      It reminds me of Stanley Meyer who would read newspapers and magazines every day and cut out articles which he put into envelopes for his friends and children and mailed out every couple of weeks. Essentially his own newsletter, but by snail mail.

    1. . And nally, ambitious families may arrange a navegenien asori(big feast) where more substantial gi s of pigs, kava, food, baskets, mats, dyed bark skirts, blankets, and cloth are exchanged, o en a er the birth of the couple’s rst child.

      This reminds me of the Orokaiva in Papua New Guinea. Both communities placed a high importance onto feasts and gift giving.

    2. Bennett proposed further scienti c experimentation with Elau. Could she, he wondered, be schooled? Might a savage be civilized?

      This reminds me of how in the late 1800s, Americans forced Native American children into "Western" schools. Their goal was to get rid of their "savageness" and teach them "the ways of white people" to make them "civilized". Pretty depressing history.

    1. For example, it turns out that botanistsand landscape architects classify and think about trees quite differently. Theirdifferent contexts, social practices, and purposes shape their thinking (andreading) in different ways. Neither way is “right” or “wrong”in general.

      this reminds me of vectors in mathematics and physics. the meaning and purpose of vectors change

    1. We used the computer programINESTto estimate the frequency of null alleles ateach of the four loci (Chybicki and Burczyk, 2009). Unlike other approaches,which assume random mating to estimate the prevalence of null alleles,

      This reminds me what I (we) did in Dr. Y's class, when we were working with an organism on the a computer program and entering different factors to impact the organism in many different ways to see how long it could survive.

    1. What is Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy

      In this video on Bloom's Digital Taxonomy, they say to teachers: ask yourself: Which tools can help challenge student's higher-level thinking skills? This reminds me of an article about Serena Williams and also of Piaget's theory of equilibration.

      In "Hanging with the Guys" Serena William's coach says: "But in order to become better, if you’re not challenged, you have no chance." Serena trained by finding the best players from the men's tour "to raise the intensity of her practices."

      Similarly I wonder: Can you use an app that is clearly more than you know so that you can be challenged to grow to that higher-level thinking? I think so. This reminds me of Piaget's theory of equilibration that I read in The Learning Theory of Piaget and Inhelder.

      Piaget explains equilibration with a marbles test. He puts one marble in one container and three in the other. Then asks children (4-5 years): Will the containers have equal amounts if I keep adding the same amounts to each container? They didn't get it right at first but some do eventually.

      Piaget says children learn through discovery and invention. For me this means, "I see, touch and move the physical marbles."

      How would Piaget evaluate digital apps using his theory of equilibration? Does a digital app give the same hands-on experience? The child is not feeling the marble. If the app involved the child using a physical marble along with the app, is that equally as challenging? I wonder.

    1. All being discarded, perfectly edible, because they’re the wrong shape or size.

      I'm surprised by how much food is thrown away because of cosmetics. This reminds me of how much food restaurants throw away after the store closes. The food is in near perfect condition but we still refuse to eat it. I feel like this type of food is something that can be easily used to help someone. Since the food is already made, the amount of effort to feed someone is a lot less.

    1. Saura suggests that not only is our present de- termined by our past, but our past is reshaped by the present. The mediator is the individual consciousness

      reminds me of collective memory theory

    1. to the land under me, stolen and unceded

      Reminds me of the essay "Teaching on Stolen Ground" written by Deborah A. Miranda: "[...] everywhere we step, we walk on indigenous soil [...]".

    1. good digital citizenship also involves using digital tools to do good things in the world?

      Great point. It brings in the idea of encouraging students to be leaders. Also, it reminds me of being a connected learner and using tech tools to help others.

    1. this reminds me of stacked shipping cart houses. There are communities of them that are built on top of each other. I wish I could remember the picture I saw I'll try and find it.

    1. dialogue can be one of friendship or of foe, one of accomplice or of exploitation, one of exaggeration or of disregard

      reminds me of the Seagram building, learning about the environmental impact that resulted from the resources used for its construction

    1. Idon’twantChristinaMiliantoreadmytweetaloudontheairlikethat

      This reminds my how people can figure out your location based on what hashtags you use. I remember seeing a video online of a guy who would go to, say, Santa Monica Pier and, based on that hashtag, would find other people there, look up their profile, and then go meet them and pretend they knew each other. Of course, he came clean to the other person, and used their exchange as a teaching moment; nevertheless, it was creepy, and made me instantly aware just how public the twitter-sphere is.

    1. have strips of“precursor”cellsthat span the cambium layer that, given the rightcues, develop rapidly into epicormic buds.

      This kind of reminds me of extremophiles. Some protists and prokaryotes can live in really extreme condition and continue to create their own food and reproduce. For example there are some bacteria at the bottom of the ocean that are auto-chemotrophs. They use pockets of warm water to make their own food as an adaption to living without light. there are also some that live in extremely hot geysers.

    1. This tactic illustrates the group’s understanding that East Harlem’s housing problems and displacement are intimately bound up in flows of global capital, and the ways financial actors can mobilize these flows in service of real estate development

      this reminds me of the national recognition and participation in Native American protests against pipeline construction

    2. 7Finally, some activists reworked spaces of finance through building solidarities in the tracks of global capital flows

      God, I hate this language! Reminds me of grad school!

    3. rather than anchoring wealth in place via property, today mortgages facilitate global investment and the extraction of value from place-bound property

      note "extraction of value." reminds me of "rent-seeking," described by Sitglitz and others

    1. Cycling around the peninsula, weekend after weekend, taught me that what I have been taught to see, and what I expect to see, and what I have learned to name and connect, did not give me the tools to “think” the con-nections that my bicycle was making, slow spoke by slow spoke.

      This reminds me of the wrong belief "Science is the ultimate truth". I think her seeing for herself gave her a much needed new perspective and question the way we have been taught to think. I feel this interweaving of her personal story in this paper made this all the more insightful, sort of from an insider's point of view rather than just examining from the outside.

    1. We could not eat this money, wear it or burn it for warmth; but as if by magic it could be changed into such things.

      I think this whole passages brings out how important society makes money when at a time there were more important concerns. This quote caught my attention because it brings up a significant point. Society taught us to value money because it could change our lives, as if it were like magic. However, this quote tells us that we cannot actually do anything with money. This just reminds me of how money has one function which is to spend on items we need to survive. So are we better off having a society that only cares about how much money you have when money only has one function?

    1. takes knowledge and capabil-ities from one setting and adapts them to quite a different setting

      This reminds me of our Found Poetry assignment, only we're using images of words instead of a theory or new element of knowledge.

    1. half an inch high;

      Reminds me of the classic Rick Moranis film, "Honey, I Shrunk The Kids" The entire adventure (at least before the sequels) takes place in the home/backyard of the family. It's a new and exhilarating world, although it's the same one that's always been there.

    1. e had learned to see in a par­ticular way and to lay his lines in accordance with the requirements of some particular con­vention or system of linear structure

      This reminds me of the constantly resurfacing aspect of print in that print makers are often working within restrictions

    1. cleptoparasitic

      This reminds of me 'kleptoparasitism' seen in animals. Kleptoparasitism in the animal world is when a species steals food from another species. A great example of an animal that is kleptoparasitic is the hyena. Hyenas are known to be great scavengers and often steal the food of other species such as lions.

    1. anyone else who once upon a time might have felt this work was within reach is quickly vanishing from the economic spectrum

      this reminds me of how in a earlier section, we were asked why a poster of an image is cheaper than an actual painting. a lot of these artists make art for rich people. however, can they be blamed for that though? considering how a lot of people don't have supplemental income to support artists, creatives have to find a way to make money somehow. some food for thought.

    1. You are white— yet a part of me, as I am a part of you.

      This reminds me of In Lakesh. Does it matter that he identifies the instructor as white? Is that important in the greater context of the statement?

    2. I went to school there, then Durham, then here    to this college on the hill above Harlem. 

      The work of Langston Hughes both delights and haunts me as his works consistently pop up in my life. I recited "Let America Be America Again" in 8th grade for a poetry contest and from there, I've found his work in my life and my life in his work. This line is full circle in that my maternal grandmother is from Durham and my formative years in NYC as a working professional and designer took place in that "college on the hill above Harlem" It reminds me that as much as we open up our vulnerabilities, we create space for connection, for deeper understanding, and for extensions. It's what I hope our collective work in education will do.

    1. who is included and who pays also have the biggest say in what the networks stands for, and how it relates to the broader field of work.

      This reminds me a lot of the UN and other big international organizations. E.g. we had a lead UN recruiter come speak at Sciences Po during a career fair and on the topic of how western these organizations are and she told us that despite her having both US and a British passport she was considered to be from underrepresented nations in accordance with UN employment policies.

    1. and we degraded prisoners destined to hunger until we eat filth

      This reminds me of “Hunger Under A Bridge” by Eugine Higgins. This painting is about seeing people for what they are. About not merely focusing on the social elite, but seeing everyone as a possible subject for art regardless of (because of) their social status. Here Williams is saying The same thing, that the less priveleged are destined to hunger until they eat filth out if necessity. Both of these works are highlighting poverty stricken realities.

      https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.saam.media/files/styles/x_large/s3/files/images/1983/SAAM-1983.97_1.jpg?itok=2HcAZswE

    2. sent out at fifteen to work in some hard-pressed house in the suburbs—

      This reminds me of “Third Class Train car” by Honorè Daumier. It's where a working class family rides in the train and they are supposedly hard-pressed to find work as well. These two works highlight the working class and the unfair struggles they experience, juxtaposed to the assumed wealth of the upper classes.

      http://deyoung.famsf.org/files/imagecache/exhibition_preview_large/1996.51.jpg

    3. The pure products of America

      Reminds me of Marcel Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 and the baffled reaction it garnered for its cubist style: how "there were prizes offered [In American Art News] to anyone who could find the nude," as if to suggest that the painting couldn't truly be of nude bodies because they aren't immediately recognizable or "pure."

    1. Agriculture was close to impossible in Ebeye’s postwar rubble and crowded setting.

      This reminds me of Ancient Rome & Carthage. When Rome conquered Carthage, the legionaries threw salt onto Carthage's land so that they could never grow crops there again. This similarly happened with the US & Ebeye, just in a more modern-day technological setting.

    1. He calling me a baby killer. He's calling me all type of baby killers and cowards, and just belittling me, all around the board. It was to the point that I just couldn't take it no more. I was cuffed up. I didn't know what was going on. I think they was trying to scare me to, like, tell on myself. But I—

      This reminds me of the Central Park 5 kids who were interrogated for hours and being forced to confessed to a crime they didn’t commit. The belittling, the name calling.

    1. Brian Massumi has used this paradox to expose thesupposedly binary thinking underpinning cultural theory’s tendency toimagine subjects as occupying externally determined positions–‘maleversus female, black versus white, gay versus straight, and so on’(2)–onthe cultural grid.18Understanding humans in terms of the externaldeterminants of subjectivity renders them immobile, like the arrow inflight, but the subordination of the arrow’s motion to its positionobscures the fact that the arrow‘was neverinany point’but‘inpassageacross them all’(6). Likewise, the subject moves through multiple,complex and contradictory positions on the cultural grid–never being,always becoming–and only subsequently can the subject be back-narratedinto a determinate position.

      I really like how the reading discusses the reflexivity of films both from its genesis, Eadward Muybridge, to its very revolution, The Matrix, and then chooses to segway into discussing the idea of the Zeno Paradox. This very description presented by Brian Massumi, reminds me very much of the state of narrative storytelling today. The idea of "binary thinking underpinning cultural theory's tendency to imagine subjects as occupying externally determined positions", "subject moving through multiple complex and contradictory positions" and "being rather than becoming" LL work for external determinants of subjectivity. Would these work for internal determinants of subjectivity? Would the Zeno Paradox make sense if we judged someone based on their internal compass? We can certainly connect to movies like The Dark Knight. Nolan's Dark Knight explores good vs. evil in a different sense. It's a binary tale consisting of two positions, law enforcement and criminals with Batman and Joker in the center of it. The two oppositions clash, creating a distinction of morals, and driving our hero to change himself, becoming rather than being. The very quote "this is what happens when an unstoppable force, meets an immovable object". Perhaps, if comment doesn't sound so rubbish, there might be some explanations to that quote.

    1. does the hypothesis team use hypothesis in any way when they're building hypothesis

      This is something I "confronted" TBL and the Solid group about recently: complete lack of dogfooding—they're all using GitHub and Gitter and whatnot, not their own tools. (Natural question arises: "if you aren't even using your own tools in your own work, how/why should we believe you when you say it will be good for us?") It's a phenomenon that I've seen commonly summarized as "X for thee, not for me".

      It also reminds me of McCarthy's response to Steve Russell's proposal to actually implemeent eval: "ho, ho, you're confus[ed]".

    1. individual is spectator, not re­creator.

      C: this reminds me the importance of stressing the concept that the student can re-create the world by learning.