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  1. Sep 2020
    1. learner-driven, playful, and open-ended inquiry in contrastto test-driven, text-based, and teacher-centered science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education

      The role of the facilitator is really interesting to me in this context. It sort of reminds me of elements of ‘play theory’ that encourage students to lead activities, because naturally they will gravitate to what is developmentally fulfilling. Often there is an emphasis on caution above all else in a classroom, and although it’s not easy, I think there are certain points where we ought to release that control based on assessed risks and developmental stages of students. In short I think to truly be 'learner driven' we should let students break stuff sometimes, and I hope this source would agree.

    1. Pro-Innovation or Anti-Innovation Bias

      This reminds me of when a social media app updates, like Instagram,and at first everyone complains and says that the update is horrible. Then, over time people get used to it and stop complaining about it.

    1. Residents in these sacrifi ce zones where the factories were concentrated knew that more affl uent whites did not have to endure the kind of heavy pollution that rained down on their side of town, but few of them could afford to pro-tect themselves by moving.

      This reminds me of the video we watched about the Flint water crisis. The residents were becoming ill but a lot of them weren't completely aware about how bad it was until later. It became a part of their normal and had to find ways to live around the problem, because there wasn't much else to do.

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    1. This conflict was ended by a god and a greater order of nature, since he split off the earth from the sky, and the sea from the land, and divided the transparent heavens from the dense air.

      This reminds me of the myth of Pan Gu, who had to split the earth and sky apart, and had to push them further apart each day.

    2. And the Nymphs nurtured the child on a mixture of honey and milk

      Reading this reminds me of how as a kid, I had to drink more milk to be tall and strong and had honey for when I was sick.

    3. Either the creator god, source of a better world, seeded it from the divine, or the newborn earth just drawn from the highest heavens still contained fragments related to the skies, so that Prometheus, blending them with streams of rain, moulded them into an image of the all-controlling gods

      I love how here, humankind contains elements of the earth itself. "Fragments related to the skies", "blended with streams of rain", how beautiful! Maybe this is why we feel such a pull to nature, it's like a call back home. Also, made in the "image of the all-controlling gods" reminds me of Christianity, where it's stated that mankind is made in the image (with the breath) of God. Another correlation between two creation myths!

    4.   First it was Chaos, and next broad-bosomed Earth, ever secure seat of all the immortals, who inhabit the peaks of snow-capped Olympus, and dark dim Tartaros in a recess of Earth having-

      "First there was darkness, then there was light." is what this reminds me of. It seems a lot of the creation myths like to say that the world was born out of darkness and chaos.

    1. The divide was always there if you were willing to look. Living side by side is not the same as living in solidarity, not when you’ve been given the scraps of prosperity and told it’s enough to feed you and yours.

      This sentence, at the end of the article stuck out to me. I really like the way the author of this article made it personal. "The divide was always there if YOU were willing to look.", the way the author put this on the reader makes you feel liable in a sense, makes you feel you should've done something about this issue. The second sentence reminds me of the phrase "equality isn't the same as equity". Just living side by side doesn't mean you have the same experiences or struggles as the others living next to you.This is moving and powerful as well.

    1. I was intrigued by this being organized by books. It reminds me of the Bible in a way. It also has titles of each book like book one is The Argument. This is similar to the bible however the bible is titled in names.

    1. “entitled to take such measures as are necessary to prevail, politically and culturally,” anywhere they are outnumbered because they are part of “the advanced race.”)

      Reminds me of how white supremacy (KKK) is not considered a terrorist group because some people don't think it's wrong to believe this

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    1. iewed the languages, literacies, and cultural ways of being of many students and com-munities of color as deficiencies to be overcome in learning the demanded and legitimized dominant language, literacy, and cul-tural ways of schooling

      This reminds me of my experience as the oldest of immigrant parents from Mexico and learning English through school. My elementary school wanted to put me in ESL in the 1990 but my mother refused because she did not want me to be viewed as unintelligent or deficient. She told me years later that she knew I would figure English out and did not want me to be treated or viewed differently because I only knew Spanish. Not only this but at home we were only allowed to speak Spanish because my mother would say that in the U.S. to assimilate you have to leave a part of who you are, your culture and heritage and we were Mexican and always would be. For someone who was new to the country and had little education she understood this concept and how I would be perceived and she did not want that to hold me back or influence how I viewed myself. This way of thinking is very damaging to students academically and personally.

    1. The knowledge it aims at is the kind of knowledge which gives unity and system to the body of the sciences, and the kind which results from a critical examination of the grounds of our convictions, preju-dices, and beliefs

      this unified thinking and analysis of prejudices reminds me of the asian philosophy of Confucianism.

    2. he knowledge it aims at is the kind of knowledge which gives unity and system to the body of the sciences,

      This reminds me of the other Essay by Blanchard which said "Philosophy is the interdepartmental conciliation agency, the National Labor Relations Board, or if you prefer, the World Court of the intellectual community" (Blanchard, 65)

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    1. Although each of the clinical cases in this book fo-cuses on a particular neuroanatomical system, lesions almostinvariably affect neighboring regions as well. These neighbor-hood effectsare often critical in localizing neuroanatomical le-sions.

      This reminds me of what we read and discussed with localization vs. equipotentiality vs. pluripotentiality

    1. But the scientist would be aghast if, before he used a microscope or a telescope, he had to settle the question whether knowledge was possible through per-ception, or whether there could be a logic without ontol-ogy.

      This reminds me of the concepts of axioms in Math. There are some fundamental things that cannot be proven so they need to simply be assumed to be true in order for the rest of Math to work.

    2. , beyond the red end of the spectrum, there is a broad band of infrared rays; and on the other side, beyond the violet end, are the ultraviolet rays

      this reminds me of the when I learned about spectrums in chemistry and how they all work together through the electrical energies.

    3. ut to think about them is to reveal depth after depth of unsuspected meaning.

      This reminds me of when my AP Lang class used this image of an iceberg. On top of the iceberg is the visible things we can observe in culture like dress and food, then below the iceberg were things like values. Relative to science, the tip of the iceberg could be science and the bottom of the iceberg is philosophy which searches for the greater depth and meaning behind what is visibly observed

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    1. MICHAEL PERRY: We've tried to make the robot as customizable as possible so that our customers can do exploration and really totally understand what the value of a legged robot is in the real world.

      This reminds me of how Japan is more poplar on making robots. I also think that legged robots are helpful and will success in the future.

    1. Soothing my impatience, my mother said aloud, "My little daughter is anxious to hear your legends."

      This reminds me of my hispanic culture. We have many family gatherings in which my grandparents would always tell us about stories and experiences they had growing up.

    1. wait a little

      This is the third time that Sergeant Cuff is saying “Wait a little” to Betteredge. This phrase, although creating an aura of mystery/suspense, reminds me of the request at the beginning of the novel to the family to suspend judgment until the story is over (and thus maybe is a reminder to the reader?). However, the phrase is also kind of funny to me because at this point, “wait[ing] a little” to the audience really has the opposite effect, despite the suspense the phrase creates: instead of putting down the book and literally waiting, we actually want to keep reading. This makes me think that there might be an interesting way to measure suspense in literature (this one being some kind of technique through reverse psychology?)

    2. Including the family, they were twenty-four in all. It was a noble sight to see, when they were settled in their places round the dinner-table

      I really enjoy the "dinner party mystery" trope, and am super excited to see it here. I found this scene as a whole to be extremely entertaining and humorous, and I think the campiness of the characters and the painful awkwardness of the dialogue heightened the drama and the wacky vibe of the novel. (sidenote: it reminds me of the game Clue). I also imagine that Victorian readers found this scene to be extremely entertaining and relatable, especially upper-class women who frequently hosted dinner parties.

    1. But every book I picked up had few sentences which didn’t contain anywhere from one to nearly all of the words that might as well have been in Chinese.

      I found this to be more-so humorous than anything. His comparison to learning to write and read in english to a foreign and difficult language, puts a frustrating visual into the readers head. reminds me of when i was a child and would pretend to read chapter books, when the words on the pages looked like alien hieroglyphics.

    2. I spent two days just riffling uncertainly through the dictionary’s pages.

      This reminds me of how we learned how to read as a child. As children, we memorized sight words until they became fluent. This is what he did to start to learn to read.

    1. Contemporary video games allow youth to play with sophisticated simulations and, in theprocess, to develop an intuitive understanding of how we might use simulations to test ourassumptions about the way the world works.

      This reminds of a game I used to play called Kerbal Space Program. The game simulates realistic calculations and physics involved with space launch, flight, and travel. I have learned more about how difficult it is to launch crafts into space from this game alone than any other textbook could ever teach me.

    1. Following the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision in 19 73, anti-abortion activists became solidified as a political minority, and minority politics are often focused on rights and legal challenges.

      This reminds me of an article I read in one of my other Legal Studies courses titled "Roe Rage" -- and the notion of democratic constitutionalism. Within this realm of thought, it has been noted that an adoption of what people considered to be enumerated rights in the constitution by groups of people (in this case, conservative enclaves) have been used to provide the backlash for their own movement.

    2. Some of their issue positions are quite different too, though others are merely refashioned with the veneer of rights talk. In the process, the culture wars have been refashioned.

      It's really interesting to see how conservatives use euphemisms to make their once "controversial" policies/beliefs sound more socially acceptable. This reminds me of J.B. White's "Law as Rhetoric, Rhetoric as Law", in which White examines the central role of rhetoric (namely, diction) in composing an effective legal argument. In this piece, White advances the notion that the same legal argument can be construed in various ways, all of which convey a distinct message- all based on word choice. It would seem that conservatives, too, utilize liberalized diction to win cases and establish their policies in a socially acceptable manner.

    3. their focus on rights is centered more on political individualism than expres­sive individualism.

      This ideological distinction reminds me of Jazz's earlier annotation regarding conservatives using law to bolster what directly benefits them, but not necessarily everyone (the example used being that conservative Christians might espouse religious freedom, yet simultaneously be opposed to a Mosque being built in a predominantly Christian area). In this case, I see Jazz's point much more clearly, so this is some evidence of that!

    4. “ culture war.”

      This reminds me of customs and norms. In the United States where our social solidarity is very organic, it makes sense that we have this "war" on who's morals and norms are the correct ones to follow. It is interesting to think about how religious communities are turning away from the idea that they should have laws that reflect their society's morals to embracing individual rights.

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    1. Abstractness, or the non-figurative, has in itself still not proved to be an altogether necessary moment in the self-criticism of pictorial art,

      This reminds me of the quote by Danto stating that "Abstract painting is not without content". I am relating Danto's quote to this sentence by Greenberg because in Greenberg's sentence he is stating that Abstract art is not necessary in the self-criticism of pictorial art. Pictures have subject matter whereas abstract paintings do not, indicating that they can not be a base line criteria for pictorial art. One is without the other.

    2. Modernism criticizes from the inside, through the procedures themselves of that which is being criticized.

      This reminds me of how in modern America, we are now beginning to understand and criticize certain systemic issues because we can watch the issues play-out within the foundations which we have created. Legal systems, social systems, and other systems are being criticized internally by the people who must live out the systems.

    3. The apparent contradiction involved was essential to the success of their art, as it is indeed to the success of all pictorial art. The Modernists have neither avoided nor resolved this contradiction; rather, they have reversed its terms.

      I have found so many contradictions in abstract artist philosophy and their actual art, but maybe the contradictions are part of the process, and maybe that is part of my own personal process shedding the more traditional thought forms that I have, forcing me to see things differently. Like Rothko's analysis to flatness leading to transparency and simplicity, I saw this to be very contradicting to his early works were not simplistic at all. They were rather symbolic and complex, and I thought his style looked like child's play. Yet, he defended himself by conjugating the critics (like myself) by reversing the comment.<br> If the critic thought they gained a point, the artist was able to flip it, and negate it. Reminds me of algebra, to find the conjugate of 1 is -1 which equals nothing, in essence artist were able to reverse conjugate their critics, they addressed them but never resolved the citism, in math that would = 0 and nothing can exist over 0, i.e the critics had no argument to hold above the nothingness.

    1. Pollock's choice of great sizes resulted in our being confronted, assaulted, sucked in.

      This reminds me of Rothko's choice to use massive canvases for his paintings, to impress a great effect upon the viewer. The result is something similar to the 19th century idea of the sublime, of being overwhelmed.

    2. America was celebrating a "sanity in art" movement,

      The way in which Kaprow states "sanity in art" movement is very interesting to me. When is there ever sanity in art?!? This phrase reminds me of the Academies in France in the 18th century, I can see a professor saying this and comparing academic art to that of the insane art of the modernists and avant-garde artists.

    3. Objects of every sort are materials for the new art:

      To me this seems like it is the beginning of the use for different objects inserted into art. This statement reminds me of the piece shown in one of the lectures that had sand on it to provide texture.

    1. When and where was the piece originally published? Research the original publication. Does that publication have a perceived bias? Is the original publication highly regarded?

      This instantly reminds me of censorship in many countries today. Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist, was killed in 2018 for his dissident work at The Washington Post. His work was an example of text that broke through censorship. Unlike him, most authors will oblige to how they're told to write. You always have to keep in mind when and where a text was written/published due to censorship around the world whether in a certain region or during a certain era.

    1. Later I had the opportunity of meeting other Indians, Achi Indians, the group that lives the closest to us. And I got to know some Mam Indians too. They all told me: ‘The rich are bad. But not allladinos are bad.’ And I started wondering: ‘Could it be that not allladinos are bad?’ I used to think they were all bad. But they said that they lived with poorladinos. There were poorladinos as well as richladinos, and they were exploited as well. That’s when I began recognizing exploitation. I kept on going down to thefinca but now I really wanted to find out, to prove if that was true and learn all the details. There were poor ladinos in thefinca. They worked the same, and their children’s bellies were swollen like my little brother’s. So I said: ‘It must be true, then, that not allladinos are bad.’ I was just beginning to speak a little Spanish in those days and I began to talk to them. I said to onepoorladino: ‘You’re a poorladino, aren’t you?’ And he nearly hit me. He said: ‘What do you know about it, Indian?’ I wondered: ‘Why is it that when I say poorladinos are like us, I’m spurned?’ I didn’t know then the same system which tries to isolate us Indians also puts up barriers between Indians andladinos. I knew that allladinos rejected us but I didn’t know why. I was more confused. I still thought allladinos were bad.

      The rejection of solidarity from the poor Ladino Menchú interacted with is not surprising. The colonialist powers created such a strong caste system that permeated throughout culture and family. It reminds me of the treatment of African Americans by Afro-Latino or African immigrants. There is a desire to not admit to having the same struggles as the “lowest”. I question this mentality, because if one were to align with the “lowest” and to fight for their freedoms, wouldn’t all other freedoms be included in that revolt? If the poor Ladinos were to just advocate for themselves, the indigenous people would be excluded from this fight, but if they were to fight together with the indigenous people, all of their freedoms would be given. Parallel to America, how BLM can be questioned by non-Black POC as they want to focus on their communities struggles, unaware that if they were to liberate the Black community, their liberation would come along with that.

    2. Prison is a punishment for the poor

      This line really resonated with me because it reminds me of the Prison Industrial Complex that is upheld in the US, where the rich and the government work together and have carefully designed a violent system of imprisonment to punish and oppress a certain group so that the power and money is more and more concentrated within a small group at the top of the ladder. Also the way that the Indigenous people are exploited for their labor, forced out of their homes, and deceived by the government all reflect the same internal and external exploitation that occur at the hands of the US government.

    1. Bailey describes how his classmate’s speech on affirmative action made him feel that he did not belong at the university. Bailey felt silenced because he felt that if he cri-tiqued his classmate’s speech, he would have been playing the “race card.”

      This comment makes me think of my own experience during my senior year of high school. One of my friends, although joking, said "oh you'll be fine getting into a good college, you're Asian, a girl, and from Maine." This definitely made me wonder if I had had to work as hard to get where I was or if I had been given things due to my identifying traits.

      This also reminds me of the school scandals and when Asain-American students sued Harvard over affirmative action last year. I didn't follow the case too closely, but I wonder how this trial affected how students viewed affirmative action, especially how white students viewed the case and what happened afterwards considering the thoughts of classmates Bailey describes.

    1. cultural forms that continue to resonate powerfully as part of what Raymond Williams calls a "selective tradition" (115).14

      Williams says that the selective tradition chooses cultural work-art/literature- to highlight and obscure based on the dominant ideology. Work that maintains the dominant ideology-capitalism- is generally highlighted and canonized, while work that is truly subversive is hidden and obscured. This is a somewhat unconscious process. So when we think about why we study Marlowe, and why he has been canonized we have to consider that the reason the culture keeps selecting him may be because he maintains the dominant ideological structure. This reminds me of Bartel and all of those critics from our first readings claiming that Marlowe is truly subversive. While he may have been for his own time, perhaps he isn't for ours and instead upholds our current culture of capitalist globalization.

    1. Contextualize Water has always been using a lot in the ancient Chinese thinkers’ philosophy; everything is called wanwu (万物) in Chinese is derived from water. However, according to the different philosophers in ancient China, there are always the various meaning of water. In the reading, Confucius said, “What passes is perhaps like this: day and night it never lets up.” (1997, Allan 11). It expresses the thoughts of how time changes frequently, even it did not mention water in the saying, but it is metaphors that time is just like water; when it flows past, it will not come back. When I finished the reading, it reminds me of a saying in Analects, “The Master said, ‘The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills. The wise are active; the virtuous are tranquil. The wise are joyful; the virtuous are long-lived.” Back in high school, when I learned this, my Chinese teacher explained this saying to us that wise and virtuous are both excellent characters that gentleman should have. However, different in different periods, a gentleman is looking for different characters. When they are young, they are more active like water, and when the gentleman gets older, they are more mature like hills. Now think back to the saying “What passes is perhaps like this: day and night it never lets up.”, I have different thoughts, time will pass by and will not come back, but the process of the time is different; it is changing by the time.

      C., & Lau, D. C. (1998). The Analects (Penguin Classics) (1st ed.). Penguin Classics.

    1. Obviously, if a par-ticular activity is to yield sustained happinesschange, the person must keep performing theactivity over the long term.

      this reminds me of the idea of hedonia vs. eudaimonia -- if a person wants eudaimonia, it's harder because it takes more effort over a longer period of time

    1. Constrains block our thinking and idea generation. Naturally, we consider constraints as soon as an idea germinates, so eliminating even some of these constraints can encourage creative idea generation; for example, ask participants “What if there is no gravity, how can we improve the flying experience?”

      This reminds me of the process of listing out your assumptions to then question them. Are they the same?

    1. -edges will grow light.    Till then I see what’s really al

      This poem reminds me of Papa Po. He liked it when I sent it to him at the start of our first year teaching AP together.

    1. (Pg. 260) "Each time I heard the approaching footsteps, I jumped back into bed and feigned sleep."

      This reminds me of myself when I was younger. I was so passionate about and obsessed with books that on school nights I stayed up late just reading and pretended to be asleep when my dad checked on me.

    2. pg 266 "In fact, prison enabled me to study far more intensively.." this reminds me of when I used to buy workbooks and they would make me work and study way more than normal. They were so fun and addicting workbook pages I just kept working and working, learning and learning.

    1. Use the cards to be inspired individually first

      This reminds me of an artists table of inspiration where a round table was made of movable rings full of nouns, verbs, and adjectives that could be manipulated and rearranged like these cards.

    1. It's much more than an environmental issue; it's also a civil and human rights issue.

      This sentence reminds me of the last article we read about how one cannot be an environmentalist and racist.

    2. We need to make sure that people of color are a part of the business community and workforce building these new systems.

      This reminds me of the readings from the first week when we learned all about what environmental justice is and about how in order to resolve climate issues we need to put the people who are most often adversely affected by them in a position of decision making power

    1. Somemillionsofpigeonsweresupposedtohavealreadypassed,thatmorning,overthevalleyofTempleton;butnothingliketheflockthatwasnowapproachinghadbeenseenbefore.Itextendedfrommountaintomountaininonesolidbluemass,andtheeyelookedinvain,overthesouthernhills,tofinditstermination.

      This description reminds me of an article I read about how expansionists had to essentially battle swarms of locusts out west. I wonder if the difficulties of clearing out land like that reinforced industrialist ideas that clearing out the land was improving it.

    2. Thegullsarehoveringoverthelakealready,andtheheavensarealivewithpigeons.

      This depiction kind of reminds me of the reading we did about early settlers who assumed the land to be plentiful. In this case, it's almost detrimental for them to deal with wild pigeons regularly.

    1. We noticed similar reading behaviors that were considered errors on informal reading invento-ries and running records of previously read texts, but over time, we grew to understand that those “errors” reflected students’ strengths and current proficiency with English as they approximated book language.

      This reminds me of what we talk about in class. That every student has strengths they bring to the classroom. You have to look for them.

    1. If you grow up think-ing that porn sex is normal sex you may not have the tools to negotiate the kind of sex that works for you.

      This reminds me of this interview with a porn actress whose mission was to repeat this message to those that watch porn regularly the fact that it is not reality- what her and others in the pornography industry are showing are a fantasy, and not representative of what normal relationships and sex always look like

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    1. "We're going to have to control your tongue,"

      This reminds me of how we have freedom of speech in the U.S., but we are punished for when we speak out against the wrongdoings of this country.

    2. 36 GLORIA ANZALOOA communicating the realities and values true to themselves -a language with terms that are neither espa/;al "i ingles, but both. We speak a patois, a forked tongue, a variation of two languages. Chicano Spanish sprang out of the Chicanos' need to identify ourselves as a distinct people. We needed a language with which we could communicate with ourselves, a secret language.

      This reminds me of what people now call aave, but also know as ebonics. When you can't assimilate fully, then you find a way for your community to thrive in their own way.

    1. In answer to this, it has been claimed that the Negro can survive only through submission. Mr. Washington distinctly asks that black people give up, at least for the present, three things, — First, political power, Second, insistence on civil rights, Third, higher education of Negro youth,– and concentrate all of their energies on industrial education, the accumulation of wealth, and the conciliation of the South.

      Here W.E.B Dubois is showcasing some arguments or disagreements between himself and Washington. Washington reminds me of Martin Luther King and his peaceful protest and mild mannerism. Washington wanted for unity within the south between the whites and African Americans by working their way up to become a superior wealthy negro and in a ways "proving" their right to be free and active in the field and strong workers in their communities. Dubois on the other hand wanted all rights legally fought for and obtained. He believed in civil rights and laws that should be followed no mater your socio-class or status. so who is correct and who is not? I would say that it's all about how you understand what's going on and your opinion on what's right and whats wrong. I say that both were successful at achieving rights for African Americans during this time just with different strategies.

    1. f we want to have a truly unique idea, the theory goes, we must lock ourselves away with inspiration in order to get it. But the reality is that isolation is important for only one stage of the creative process.

      Here the author is debunking a myth. This reminds me of the "little engines" you wrote last week. Most people think , but in reality__. If you have a topic that fit that engine you could adopt the organization of blog.

    1. The devastation reminds me of our fleeting imprint on the landscape, the impermanence of our man-made world, the way nature responds to our folly— our own culpabil-ity writ large in the damage wrought by Katrina

      This is a very eloquent and poetic line... I think that Trethewey was trying to remind the audience of our own mortality and how easily our lives are affected by nature.

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    1. Social transgression (a woman acting like a man) was figured as sexual transgression

      this reminds me of the readings and how the hand was considered to be masculine and manly. In the lecture video we talked about painting being a 'man's job' because it required manual labor

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      The idea of fluidity and shifting in the way categories shift reminds me of ideas brought up in my Intro Women's Studies course. In talking about the patriarchy, we discussed that one must look at the multiple categories people fit into within a larger, baseline category to see how some who are oppressed or minority groups can still benefit from larger systems in relation to others in one of their shared groups; For example, a straight black man will benefit from the patriarchy as a straight man, but will face oppression for being black. However, there is still male privilege because a straight black woman may be oppressed for her gender identity and her race.

      This goes back to the intersectionality we discussed with the Nash reading as well. Getting into further levels of identity will show how a person can be a part of a marginalized group of people but not share the same experiences because of individuality as Ames pointed out in class, and also because of the many identity groups one may identify with. As we discussed in my Intro Women's Studies class, men generally benefit from the patriarchy but not all men have gained equally from it.

      In this case, Billings is stating that although part of a marginalized group, she still benefits more than someone else may in a marginalized group because she has the social position of being highly educated and English speaking.

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    1. male bias that satu-rates the standards themselves.

      This reminds me of Michelle Alexander's analysis of racial inequality in her novel The New Jim Crow: a central premise of hers is that although America appears to be a more racially-equitable state, these supposed "equities" are actually constructed out of a Eurocentric model of society. Because society and its moral standards are centered on what (particularly) white men deemed morally just, if these same standards are applied to all races/ethnicities, we only have the guise of equity with the underlying fact that white people still maintain subtle control over our society. Interesting how this same idea presents itself in this article as well.

    2. "If you have to break the law to make the law juSt, then so be it," added another. In short, the activists have embraced law not to defend the status quo, but rather as a tool for "disorder" and "reordering" unjust social relations

      This reminds me of what Martin Luther King Jr. said in his Letter From the Birmingham Jail, "An unjust law is no law at all."

    3. "Unlike many union bargaining demands, comparable worth is an ideological issue as well as an economic one.

      This reminds me of the idea of "moral majority" and how for hundreds of year, men were the majority of society so their morals were so prominent. Women have to convince society that their work is of equal work as men's.

    1. What under the sun Moa Artua on these occasions had to say to Kolory I never could find out; but I could not help thinking that the former showed a sad want of spirit in being disciplined into making those disclosures, which at first he seemed bent on withholding. Whether the priest honestly interpreted what he believed the divinity said to him, or whether he was not all the while guilty of a vile humbug, I shall not presume to decide. At any rate, whatever as coming from the god was imparted to those present seemed to be generally of a complimentary nature: a fact which illustrates the sagacity of Kolory, or else the timeserving disposition of this hardly used deity.

      Is Tommo attempting to attribute baby-jesus-like qualities to the Typee's beliefs? similarly this reminds me of Oronooko

    2. One day in returning from this spring by a circuitous path, I came upon a scene which reminded me of Stonehenge and the architectural labours of the Druids.

      Tommo describes the Typee a lot through how they compare to European/White people and civilization, as I will futher annotate, but I am curious as to why? It's probably a number of reasons. This reminds me a little of Aphra Behn's Oronooko in how it presents the abject.

    1. PBL tutorial cycl

      Agreed. It reminds me of the Scientific Method and how most problems are address in public policy meeting. Where real life problem are mapped out and a road map is made toward a solution.

    1. One thing that this nascent evidence base does show is that technology can be linked to improved learning.

      This is something that reminds me of being so personal, that science won't be able to justify all the outcomes. Some people will be able to succeed with technology at their fingertips, but then other won't be able to. Hence the can.

    2. The truth is that infants, in particular, learn by interacting with our physical world and with other humans,

      This statement reminds me of the videos of young children interacting with Ipads and magazines--trying in both cases to manipulate the screen and being surprised when the magazine does not work. I wonder if some of that research was used here.

    1. But Justine’s presence in the movement is important — particularly because disability is so often left out of police brutality narratives.

      This sentence and the previous paragraph reminds me of the Garland-Thomson (2002) reading and how she points to the multitude of intersectional issues that can combine with an individual's disability and affect the way that they are perceived as well as how they are treated. As the article says, Justine's presence in the BLM movement indeed is important because Thomson (2002) would infer that disabled folks, but especially disabled women, disabled queer folks, and disabled people of color are always subject to discriminations that entail eugenic programs, hate crimes, lynching, domestic violence, genocide, racial profiling, the list goes on. The article informs us that disability is often left out of police brutality and Thomson would explain that this issue and so many others like it are "legitimated by systems of representation, by collective cultural stories that shape the material world, underwrite exclusionary attitudes, inform human relations, and mold our senses of who we are" (9).

    1. many lines of evidence, including epidemiologic data and data from extensive clinical and experimental studies, indicate that early life events play a powerful role in inf luencing later susceptibility to certain chronic diseases.

      This reminds me of some information I've heard about specific races can eat more of specific foods because they have a higher tolerance to it while other races may develop chronic diseases. I remember talking about lactose, gluten, and even something in relation to grain. Not sure if it completely connects, but I was brought into that direction after reading this for sure!

    1. There is also a great danger here, particularly in how we demonize or exclude others, draw harsh distinctions that may not exist, or claim something to be “the way it’s always been” rather than looking at the way something could be.

      Yes, it reminds me of a TED talk by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. It is about the way we draw boundaries by telling a single story of other cultures. For example, we see African is a place of poverty and disease. The truth is many cities in an African country is just as developed as cities in another continent. Telling stories like this creates stereotypes. The fact is we are not so different in the modern world.

    1. It is clear that Cantonese is defined as a dialect under the political power of the CPC. The ultimate purpose of the CPC is to eliminate all the ‘dialects’ and finally leave only one Chinese language, Mandarin, to represent the PRC as one unified nation.

      Feel like the article is too radical. Reminds me of times reading headlines accusing the CPC's movement on border and territory issues on Wall Street Journal recently.

    2. I would argue that spoken communication is the primary purpose for a language. Every person speaks a language but not everyone is literate. Using writing language as a primary standard is against the primary purpose of language.

      This reminds me of Hebrew. Remember there's something special about pronunciation in Hebrew but not so sure.

    1. When the child sees that theadult is there, totally involved with the child, thechild doesn’t forget.

      This reminds me of the Maya Angelou quote, "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

    2. Children need to know that we are theirfriends, that they can depend on us for the things theydesire, that we can support them in the things thatthey have, but also in the things that they dreamabout, that they desire

      This reminds me of an ECE article I read criticizing the use of the word "friends" in the classroom. If we say things like, "Hurrry, your friends are all waiting for you".... Of course they are! That's what friends do! If we are their friend, that means that we are supportive, loving, willing to listen, willing to help. This helps me see how much of the child I should know personally, instead of holding back because I am their "teacher".

    3. a child isalways in search of relationships.

      This reminds me of the PRL readings from last week. Relationships are such an important part of early childhood. I wonder how many of the behaviors I automatically view as disruptions are really children exploring and building relationships with their peers?

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    1. I see this wild arena where we are harnessed by alien electric shadows.

      This line stands out to me because the "wild arena" reminds me of America; where everyone is 'running' wild, going crazy mentally and physically not knowing what to do and what's next. And the "alien electric shadows" reminds me of the government and Corona virus because the government is releasing selective information to the country to make it appear as though they have everything under control when they don't. A little about me:

      I was born and raised in Brooklyn

      I love to draw

      I like solving/ building puzzles (LEGOS)

      And watching Chicago P.D.

      Welcome everyone, I hope everyone has a great semester. Stay safe! :)

      Hudson M.

    1. didn’t think democracy could even function if voters paid too much attention to what their representatives did between elections. “Electorates normally do not control their political leaders in any way except by refusing to reelect them,”

      This mindset reminds me of the idea of "Ignorance is bliss", i could say that most people dont pay attention to the changes that a lower representative may do, and if they did they would potentially have more of a say in who their representatives are.

    1. A thousand years later, critics fear that digital technology has put this gift in peril

      Reminds me of the essay, "Reader, Come Back Home" which we read at the beginning of the semester -- and I do agree that as I've become more intertwined with technology, it feels like I've lost more brain cells than I have gained.

    2. It uses the affordances of your phone or tablet to do what literature is always trying to do: give you new things to think about, to expand the world behind your eyes

      This reminds me so much of David Foster Wallace's use of subtext and physical things you can include in a written text to be inventive and keep the reader from reading left to right, top to bottom.

    1. We don’t want to teach childrensomething that they can learn by themselves. Wedon’t want to give them thoughts that they can comeup with by themselves.

      This reminds me of what we read from Rinaldi in The Pedagogy of Listening, "Don't steal their "why".

    2. Thisis a dialogue that needs to be continual between theadults and the children. The adults ask questionsfrom the world of adults to the children. Thechildren will ask questions to the adults. The expec-tations that the children have of the adults and theadults have of the children are important. We mustspend some time talking about these expectations

      This section reminds me how important it is to slow down. That some of the most important work of the day is investment in the relationships. It's so easy to get busy with tasks that opportunities to build relationships are lost.

    3. Teachers need to learn to see the children

      This reminds me of the article from our observation class that discussed observing the actual lives of children rather than imposing our adult interpretations of them.

    1. Celebrityendorsementsoften invo lve fa llac ious appea ls to author -it y becausebeing famous doesn’t necessaril y give you any spe cial

      reminds me of influencers on social media as well, especially seen surrounding dieting and weightloss

    2. reced ents. A pr ecede nt is a ca sethat has alreadybeen de c

      reminds me of a lemma or axiom in mathematical proofs, one must accept them for true if other proofs are to work

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    1. The imagery Edwards used in "Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God" though powerful now in the world we live in would've been even more revolutionary in its time. A sermon talking so much about suffering for all eternity and the idea of an unforgiving, angry God would have hit early Americans hard as a healthy life was so uncertain and the harsh New World so unforgiving. Imagine hearing this sermon after seeing most of your friends and family die from unknown disease and infection. This reminds me so much of the West borough Baptist Church's methods because it is solely meant to instill fear in people which would then "force" them into following Christianity. This would make sense as a tactic to use when expanding and trying to promote your religion and ensure that this religion "sticks" during expansion. It's jarring to read, but it obviously worked due to the amount of Christianity we see in the world today.

    2. And let everyone that is yet out of Christ, and hanging over the pit of hell, whether they be old men and women, or middle aged, or young people, or little children, now hearken to the loud calls of God’s Word and providence.

      This statement reminds me of the Schism of 1504 that surrounded the topic of excommunication, or the cutting off of communication with God. When Pope Leo IX gave Michael Cerularius and his followers an excommunication decree because of a number of misunderstandings, it caused a schism between East and West since Michael Cerlarius was the leader of the East and Pope Leo IX was the leader of the West. I can imagine this line being said by Michael Cerlarius at that time, who seems to relate to Jonathan Edwards in a way when they both sort of started major religious movements in history. Moreover, both men had conflicts with other religious followers because of a different interpretation of several religious doctrines.


      “East-West Schism.” n.d. Britannica.Com. Accessed September 3, 2020. https://www.britannica.com/event/East-West-Schism-1054.

      Emily Arendt et al., “Colonial Society,” Nora Slonimsky, ed., in The American Yawp, eds. Joseph Locke and Ben Wright (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2018).

    3. .

      I find this paragraph strong. It is like he is saying, that one of the greatest sins of all is assuming one would be going to Heaven. He reminds the people to wake up and be humble because they are at the hands of the grace of God. This reminds me of going to church the the priest trying to instill fear in the parishioners through their sermon. Although both the priest at my church and this gentleman try to instill fear, I find Jonathan Edwards more intriguing.

    4. This paragraph reminds me of John 3:16 for God so love the world that He gave His only Son to take away our sin. Although the preacher casts the Vengeful God to cast fear to the listeners, God in the bible has forgiven us for all our sins. Even when we are in our wicked ways, He has forgiven us, and thats how much He loves us.

    1. Vatican’s claim that a person is fully present from conception,

      I disagree with Vatican's argument because embryos do not have the five traits mentioned earlier. It reminds me of a quote from the reading on page 49 that says "What makes something a person is what it can do, not what it is made of."

    2. an immaterial mind could never interact with material things or events like the electrical impulses and biochemical activities occurring constantly in and between our neural cells.

      I agree with this quote and I think this it relates to the neuroscience aspect of this question. It reminds me of NCC (neural correlates of consciousness). In my Intro to Psychology class we are learning about how scientists are using functional magnetic resonance imaging, which detects which regions of the brain are responsible for specific things. For example the cerebellum is the large structure that encompasses the cerebal cortex. Here is where our sensory information is processed and we are able to distinguish ourselves and the outside world. The cerebellum needs to work with other parts of the brain like the spinal cord and brains stem in order to generate the experince of consciousness.

      https://www.visiblebody.com/learn/nervous/brain

      https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-consciousness/

    3. Whole-brain deathi.e., the loss of function of the entire brain:

      This section reminds me of one of the tensions found in my philosophical health check.

      "Statements 22 and 15: What is the seat of the self? ...You agreed that: Severe brain-damage can rob a person of all consciousness and selfhood. And also that: On bodily death, a person continues to exist in a non-physical form"

      It can be connected to the first section as well when the author is taking about the possibility of the soul surviving after death.

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    1. Moreover, as individuals themselves, offendersare worthy of moral concern.

      Reminds me of therapeutic jurisprudence (TJ), a legal theory approach which sends this same message that offenders are people too, worthy of moral consideration. The significant practice which differentiates therapeutic jurisprudence from this seemingly act-based morality view is that unlike act-based morality, TJ often sends redeemable offenders to community courts where they receive rehabilitative treatment and are reintegrated into society (e.g. Cook County Treatment Center).

    2. Person-centered morality refers to judgmentsabout aperson’soverall moral character, whereas act-based morali-ty refers to judgments about the rightness or wrongness of anact.

      This distinction between person-centered and act-based morality perspectives reminds me of Packer's "Crime Control Model", a model in which criminals' guilt is assumed, and his contrasting "Due Process Model", which claims the opposite- innocence of the offender until proven guilty. It also reminds me of the contrast of the retributive perspective which seeks vengeance on a presumably guilty offender (more reminiscent of person-centered morality) of as well versus the restorative model, which, like the act-based morality perspective, condemns the act- not the individual.

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    1. we need to be comfortablewith the restless nature of life

      Yes! And how very difficult this can be. This reminds me of the Rinaldi chapter when she spoke of being "open to crisis."

    2. Of course, many things that happen in school can beseen ahead and planned beforehand. But manythings that happen cannot be known ahead of time.Something will start to grow inside the child andsuddenly what is happening in the school will movein that direction. Sometimes what happens startsinside the adults. School can never be alwayspredictable. We need to be open to what takes placeand able to change our plans and go with whatmight grow at that very moment both inside thechild and inside ourselves.

      I love this so much as it reminds me that we are all real and that education can be a more natural part of life. We strive to be respectful listeners of children's voices, but this reminds me that we need to listen to our own inner voices to, to take care of ourselves, as our connectedness and intuition will be able to guide us and, possibly, make us feel comfortable with flexibility and the unknown.

    1. Comparisons up and down this vast ladder have been a popular scientific pastime, but all we have learned from them is how to measure other species by our standards. Keeping Aristotle’s scale intact, with humans on top, has been the unfailing goal.

      Something that I find really interesting and funny about how we classify ourselves in the Scala Naturae is that it reminds me of how we are taught to see ourselves in my religion. I am a Jain, and in Jainism, humans are seen as superior and beings that have superior cognitive and emotional abilities than animals, plants, and microorganisms. Now, even though some of this may be true as humans and sunflowers do not have the same cognitive ability, I find it fascinating that even in religion we draw this distinction between humans and animals are coherently different.

    1. Beacon Hill: I enjoyed reading about Beacon Hill because it reminds us of the importance of community spaces as central for change. Community is so integral because there is power in numbers. At Beacon Hill, black and white people collaborated and joined forces to bring about change. Reading about Beacon Hill reminded me that we all can contribute to the cause of building a better world.

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    1. f combining freedom and cont

      if people have some sort of freedom, they will follow the rules more than if it is just full control. this reminds me of a kid who has very strict parents - they will tend to sneak out of the house more than the kid whose parents allow them to go out.

    1. At this point, you need only to point to a tickling spot, not even touching it, and hewill throw another fit of laughter.

      Reminds me of Jaak Panksepp's study on rats' ultrasonic laughter.

    1. Enthusiasm and belief in the Gloucester sea serpent continued, with repeated sightings throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (the last documented sighting was in 1962). While the identity of the creature has never been established, several candidates have been proposed, including a row of leaping porpoises, giant eels, sea snakes, whales, seals, and, of course, our good friend the oarfish. The spontaneously-created scientific name Scoliophis atlanticus is now considered a synonym of the basking shark, revealing yet another likely identity for the monster. No evidence confirming the existence of a new-to-science species off the coast of Massachusetts has been found.

      This paragraph caught my attention because even though there is no proof or evidence of a sea monster ever existing and there are many different animals that could fit the description of the animal they claim they saw, many people are still avid believers in this mysterious "sea monster", and people still claim they saw it just 60 years ago. This reminds me of the people today that are firm believers in other things that we have no proof of existing, like mermaids, aliens, sasquatches, etc.

    1. Most moral relativists say that moral right and wrong are to be relativized to a community’s “moral code.”

      reminds me of how in Mcbayer's article he talks about how facts and opinions can be subjective from person to person - one's own moral code can be formed from their own opinions/beliefs, such as eating meat. Certain societies/religions belive it is morally wrong, but can it be factually wrong?

    1. “Then the earth, teeming with grain and vegetables of various kinds, which she pours forth in lavish abundance- does she appear to give birth to this produce for the sake of the wild beasts or for the sake of men? What shall I say of the vines and olives, whose bounteous and delightful fruits do not concern the lower animals at all? In fact the beasts of the field are entirely ignorant of the arts of sowing and cultivating, and of reaping and gathering the fruits of the earth in due season and storing them in garners; all these products are both enjoyed and tended by men.” (p. 275)

      CONTEXTUALIZE:

      In Reinventing Eden, it is also addressed that narratives are ideals that only address or include bits or biases. Religion and ethic give permission to address and exist with nature in different degrees of severity. (p. 36) Cicero writes in this second passage selected that the "lower animals" have no desire or concern for the harvested and cultivated. Perhaps it is the time at which he writes compared to my modern day perspective, but it seems as though this statement is avoidance of addressing the landscape these lower animals live and will continuing living on devoid of the natural resources humanity has depleted it of in production of the vines and the olives that are spoken of. Of course, just because the crop itself may be of no interest to animals, the land that the crop is being produced on is transformed and therefore affects the natural world in its entirety. It is the moral, the ethic, and the story we tell ourselves that permits us to act. It is as though we believe we are doing the right thing- which is evident especially current day.

      Merchant, Carolyn. Reinventing Eden: The Fate of Nature in Western Culture. London: Psychology Press, 2004.

      RELATE:

      Lucretius’ On the Nature of Things (De Rerum Natura) (ca. 99-55 BCE)

      As for planting and grafting, the original pattern for these operations was provided by creative nature herself, since fallen berries and acorns in due time produced swarms of seedlings beneath the trees; and this gave people the idea of entrusting slips to branches and of planting young saplings in the earth all over the countryside. Then they kept on experimenting with new methods of cultivating the little plot of land they loved, and saw wild fruits improve in the ground in response to their kindly care and coaxing. And day by day they forced the forests to retreat farther and farther up the mountains and surrender the parts below to cultivation, so that on hills and plains they might have meadows, ponds, streams, crops, and exuberant vines, and so that the distinctive gray-green zone of olives might run between, spreading over down and dale and plain. They created landscapes such as we see today—landscapes rich in delightful variety, attractively dotted with sweet fruit trees and enclosed with luxuriant plantations.

      In mimicking the landscape we are able to produce and even regenerate with the hopes that our efforts can reinvent our idea of an original Eden. Lucretius' prose reminds me so much of the intimacy that is written in Carolyn Merchant's Reinventing Eden between woman and the earth, i.e. Eve and her curiosity in the serpent and in the ways and wonders of the earth. Cicero's description of agriculture seems respectful and observant of the earth in agricultural practice but never addresses the human tendency to cross the line between need and desire for more. Lucretius does, however address, human expansion for agricultural practice later in the prose which is ultimately paralleled to the fall of the Roman Empire- the overuse and the over-extraction of what Cicero is calling earth's "overabundance" in this passage.

      Lucretius Carus, Titus, J. S. Watson, and John Mason Good. 1901. Lucretius on the nature of things. London: G. Bell.

      These readings also remind me of my favorite book called Ishmael. Ishmael, a philosophical novel, by Daniel Quinn, was written in 1992 addressing the unspoken cultural/spiritual/ethical biases driving modern day progress, industrialization, and expansion. Quinn's book addresses the Green Belt Revolution so it is really fascinating to see how deeply rooted this battle between the ethical choice of humanity and earth is within our ancestry, or planet, and humankind in total- not just within the Western world.

    1. Kitzmann ultimately found that the students she worked with were "less disruptive, changed their attitudes, and had a stronger drive to succeed in school" after exposure to the Two-by Ten strategy. In addition, the class as a whole was "running more smoothly."

      This reminds me that the student's who use their behavior as a way to gain attention can feel at ease and begin to use words instead of actions to get the attention they need and are seeking from the adults the surround them. The Two- by -Ten strategy allows the child to access teacher attention without using behavior that is inappropriate in order to receive that need.

    1. Kraken gif created by Richard Naples [Smithsonian Libraries], based on a drawing by Denys Montfort in Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des mollusques: animaux sans vertèbres et a sang blanc, v.2, 1801. (Smithsonian Biodiversity Heritage Library)

      This image reminds me of the recent incantations and interpretations of the legendary Kraken sea monster tale. A couple of examples of representation of the Kraken in popular culture are the Pirates of the Caribbean series version, which greatly displays the change and detail applied to the image of the Kraken in comparison to old drawings, and the video game Sea of Thieves. Denys Montfort's drawing of the Kraken is basically a huge squid with large empty eyes. The detail in the Pirates of the Caribbean is well innovated and built upon a common stereotype that the Kraken was more colossal and more mysterious in showing its full form. This change shows that representation in popular culture will undergo many versions over time.

    1. Don’t pack up your things as the class is ending.

      A lot of these things, especially this one reminds me of "college culture". It's so unintentional and happens naturally, you wouldn't even think it's wrong.

    1. The nineteenth century lynching mob cuts off ears, toes, and fingers, strips off flesh, and distributes portions of the body as souvenirs among the crowd. If the leaders of the mob are so minded, coal-oil is poured over the body and the victim is then roasted to death.

      The brutality and inhumanity demonstrated by the white slave owners reflects how little they thought of black people. The unwarranted cruelty becomes somewhat of a spectacle to the crowd. This act reminds me of the tarring and feathering of tax collectors during the American Revolution, but in this case, the black people are completely innocent and undeserving of such crimes committed against them. There is absolutely no reason for such hate to be fostered and no reason for this level of hate and atrocity to exist.

    1. The initial contact with family of an Infant report reminds me of the "Initial Parent Teacher conferences we the teachers have to complete with the first 3 days of a new child in our classrooms. This form has questions that help us understand the child better. While doing these report at work you get to know more about what goes on at home and is a time for the parents to lay their questions and concerns.

    1. They can plan what each is to do or refrain from doing

      This sort of reminds me of Durkheim's views on morality, and to a degree Silver's. Parties come together with inherent values which provide the basis of laws as guardrails. It's curious to see this work out in contract law, though.

    1. Even if he follows the straight and narrow, he’s more likely to have police interactions than are his white peers — much like Tim Scott, James Blake, and every black male friend with whom I’ve discussed this issue. That’s going to be true no matter what Congress and state legislatures do in the coming months and years.

      Sadly true. People say all you have to do is follow orders and comply and they won't hurt you but that is proven to not be true. Reminds me of the social worker and a disabled kid, who tried to protect him because the other couldn't understand what was going on. Even with his hands up and to the sky he was considered a threat.

    1. In short, like wilderness generally, glaciers came tosymbolize those wild places saved from the nefarious consequences of theindustrialized, overconsuming modern world.

      This also reminds me of an article I had to read for my Intro to Environmental Analysis class. The article was titled 1491, and it was about how Western views of North and South America as places of "pristine wilderness" have tainted conservation and environmentalist views. The article states that it is very likely that the indigenous people in both North and South America altered the landscape to fit their agricultural needs. This quote that I have highlighted in Carey's article reminds me of that "pristine wilderness" myth.

    2. By rendering glaciers and glaciated areas as the domain of Westerners, theendangered glacier narrative simultaneously ignores local residents and thediversity of their glacier views.

      This reminds me of an article I read for Intro to Environmental Analysis class. The article was about decolonizing field ecology. Both articles discuss how Western scientists tend to disregard the local people when conducting their research. As a result, scientists tend to speak for the local people without consulting them, which demeans the indigenous people.

    1. An idea is nothing more nor less than a new combination of old elements

      This reminds me of the book Steal Like an Artist, which preaches that at this point nothing is original and all art is made from stealing bits and pieces of inspiration from different things that the artist has seen.

    2. two self-consistent but habitually incompatible frames of references.

      This reminds me of the Montaigne quote where he talks about how we see ourselves in different ways.

    1. embrace the democratic ideals of a common good. We are the most likely to support programs like universal health care and a higher minimum wage, and to oppose programs that harm the most vulnerable.

      This reminds me of the ideals of the BLM movement. Some said the looting in the BLM movement is a protest against the capitalists who take all the money.

    1. “He was drunk, he didn’t know what he was doing” with “She was drunk, what did she think would happen?” Rape prevention cam-paigns have long told women not to get drunk, or warned them to watch drinks being made (thus guaranteeing they have not been spiked). Yet the equivalent campaigns telling men not to spike drinks and not to have sex with

      This reminds me of what I said earlier. Girls are always told not to get raped, but men are never told not to rape.

    1. the sheer power of voice, which could not be restricted

      A very interesting perspective... though POC aren't granted many freedoms, everybody, theoretically, has the freedom of speech by nature. This reminds me of slave songs, blues, and other ways that POC have defied these types of boundaries over time.

    1. Quetzalcoatl's Northern Origin

      Reading about the different gods and their purposes reminds me of Greek and Roman mythology, where there is a specific god for everything imaginable.

    1. The chaos manager is concerned with the credibility of the organization and ensures that positional authority is aligned with personal authority.  That the people in leadership are the ones people want to follow.  While the Marine Corps has a clear position hierarchy, they have a deep understanding of this idea.  Official authority is a function of rank and position and is bestowed by organization and by law. Personal authority is a function of personal influence and derives from factors such as experience, reputation, skill, character, and personal example. It is bestowed by the other members of the organization.…Official authority provides the power to act but is rarely enough; most effective commanders also possess a high degree of personal authority

      The Marine Corps draws a distinction between positional authority and personal authority.

      Reminds me of lateral leadership.

    2. “Working backwards”  from customer needs can be contrasted with a “skills-forward” approach where existing skills and competencies are used to drive business opportunities. The skills-forward approach says, “We are really good at X. What else can we do with X?” That’s a useful and rewarding business approach. However, if used exclusively, the company employing it will never be driven to develop fresh skills.

      This reminds me of the Product Management interview task of coming up with a new product. You can start with a SWOT analysis, but then you'd be missing out on thinking from the customer's point of view.

      Bezos calls the former the skills-forward approach, and the latter the working backwards approach.

    3. However, I quickly realized the problem.  Kotter’s approach puts the senior executive at the center of the story and the leader’s task is to force a change on a resistant organization.  To him, the business leader “defines what the future should look like, aligns people with that vision, and inspires them to make it happen despite the obstacles” Chaos theory, in contrast, removes the senior executive from the center of the story and puts the system at the center.  That is exciting for people who enjoy thinking about complex systems, but isn’t likely to be profitable to a consulting firm which sells projects to senior executives.

      Looking at a organization through a chaos lens would be more accurate and fruitful, but because it removes the CEO from the center (and replaces it with the system), it's not something a management consultancy would pitch (as they pitch to CEOs).

      This reminds me of pharmaceutical companies not having an incentive to research a drug they cannot patent and thus cannot make a profit on.

    1. Currently, she said, the nation has a patchwork of disclosure laws in different states that often don’t take into account future flood risks. FEMA’s flood maps are often outdated and incomplete, she said, and many states don’t require property owners to disclose the flood history information to prospective buyers. “This is not a consumer-friendly world we are talking about,” she said. The real estate industry, for example, hasn’t always welcomed increased flood disclosures, due to concerns that they could slow sales or cut property prices.

      This reminds me of the discussion from class about the law in North Carolina preventing the government from using updated climate models/maps. Increasing disclosure and making sure that scientific information is properly presented /accounted for is critical to planning for the future in a proper manner.

    1. For example, all languages have principles for constructing sentences that ask questions needing a yes or no answer, e.g. Can you hear me?, questions inviting some other kind of answer, e.g. What did you see?, sentences that express commands, e.g. Eat your potatoes!, and sentences that make assertions, e.g. Whales eat plankton.

      Really reminds me of how we speak. Some people uses polite phrases which I call them. For example, "May you pass me the spoon" vs "Give me the spoon". Sometimes our upbringings impacts us to how we speak.

    1. I sometimes fancy that in my condition if I had less opposition and more society and stimulus—but John says the very worst thing I can do is to think about my condition, and I confess it always makes me feel bad.

      This kind of reminds me of hysteria? Female hysteria was something that was often used to diagnose women. Any emotional outburst was seen as a symptom, so if a woman was worried or emotional about anything, it was just another medical condition symptom to ignore, rather than something to actually take seriously.

    2. If a physician of high standing, and one’s own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression—a slight hysterical tendency—what is one to do?

      This kind of reminds me of hysteria? Female hysteria was something that was often used to diagnose women. Any emotional outburst was seen as a symptom, so if a woman was worried or emotional about anything, it was just another medical condition symptom to ignore, rather than something to actually take seriously.

    1. As Damon’s feelings forElena grow, eventually becoming a mutual romantic relationship, Damon’s moral charac-ter shifts from antagonist to anti-hero to hero.

      Although I have only seen a couple seasons of The Vampire Diaries, the way that Elena makes Damon a better person throughout the series reminds me of the character Nathan Scott from One Tree Hill changes throughout the show. For example, he was this popular kid who had it all but then met a girl who was not popular and by being with her made became a better person.

    1. Since ourinstitutions respond slowly, inefficiently, and reluctantly, welearn not to complain, not to pursue our grievances or claim ourrights.

      This reminds of me of low political efficacy.

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    1. You needn't be afraid of them Wh . . en you see them, JUSt remember that you, too, like all other human bemgs, were once a monster in one of your previous lives Neither hate them nor do battle with them, just continu~ on your way. There is only one thing you must remember: when you are in the city where the Fire Bird lives, you must not drink a single drop of water:'

      Has anyone ever seen Guillermo del Toro's "Pan's Labyrinth"? This section reminds me of a specific scene where the fawn instructs Ofelia to journey into a "monster's" lair and he tells her she cannot touch the banquet that lies before her. Not to mention, she creates her own door to the lair using a piece of chalk (creating her own crossing). The importance of journeying to a new land but maintaining a non-presence evokes the same imagery as not drinking any water where the Fire-bird lives.

    1. and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.

      This reminds me of a point made in the lecture on how woman often used manipulation to control men. I don't necessarily think Abigail Adams needs to do that with him, but this line did read a tad bit like that. Urging him to not be like his ancestors, who we all know they messed up pretty bad.

    1. However, this procedure wouldresult in the death of the fetus.

      This decision is based on the mother's choice. This also reminds me of a detrimental childbirth, when sometimes the father has to make a choice on whether to save the child or the mother in birth that could kill one or the other. How is someone supposed to make that decision?

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    1. Informal collaborative relationships develop as learners share knowledge and codevelop interests.

      Reminds me of the topic on cliques we discussed

    1. He baptized them when they were born and staged elaborate funerals when they died.

      Interesting. I am in an anthropology class right now and we recently discussed the personification of animals in myths and religions. This reminds me of that a bit, I love the respect that Lewis has for his animals though. He believes they're worthy of his religion, I think that's quite interesting and reflective of his morality.

    1. For young people without access to digital media at home, after-school programs can be an important place for experimentation and play, provid-ing technical and social resources and a time and space for messing around with technology that they do not have at home.

      This reminds me of the other reading we did for INTE 2500, the one with the Computer Clubhouse. That was really a safe haven for kids and teens to mess around with technology, to understand how to use it in ways that develop you as a person and skills to use the tools that can help you grow

    2. As we describe in this book’s introduction, contemporary teens generally see their peers at school as their primary reference point for socializing and identity construction. At the same time, they remain largely dependent on adults for providing space and new media and they possess limited opportunities to socialize with peers and romantic partners without the supervision of adults.

      This sort of reminds me of the concept of "cliques." You have a "small group of people with shared interests," which is the official definition, but you also have the idea that it helps construct your identity. For instance, I was involved in theatre in high school, and so were a lot of my friends (many of whom I still keep in contact with), so that socialization sort of helped to identify me as a "theatre kid"

    1. Unverifiable

      This is an important term that reminds me of the way that so many high-level and important members of the United States (and other as well) government go totally unidentified. Many members of the CIA hide that they are so, and there are billionaires who essentially are always off the grid because they are so wealthy and able to be above the law. We never truly can know when they are watching--the government, or the companies ran by the billionaires.

    1. The next consideration is how this love comes to be wrought. Adam in his first estate was a perfect model of mankind in all their generations, and in him this love was perfected in regard of the habit.

      Self sustained increase sounds good in comparison to the Spanish plantation approach of claiming a section of land and its inhabitants. It is almost creepy in a way that it seems a little fascist that would breed a group of people out of existence. Too I can see why the puritans were all about this approach especially since they clearly had something against the native peoples claiming them to be savages, and the bible has a popular scripture on the topic of having lots of children. May your quiver always be full the saying goes. I dislike this approach too for the reason it reminds me of germs. The people came to the land and immediately started breeding taking up land rapidly multiplying. I just couldn't imagine just walking into someones house and growing a family of my own in their until the one in residence had left.

    1. gardens, then, in statues, pictures, and architecture, and then, in the mirrored views of life which a descriptive writer can call up before the mind's eye.

      This quote reminds me of the fact that we all see life differently by whatever we see with our own eyes, through the objects, materials, the surroundings and how they are viewed as. The things that we see mirror back to us as if it reflect back to us before our mind can form an understanding of it. That is what it is beautiful about, especially, when it comes to these crafts of such fairy tales that takes us to somewhere that is beyond words that cannot even describe.

    1. assèd

      This word reminds me of when we talked about rhythm and rhyme in poems. This acute on the letter "e"makes us pronounce the word so it flows with the rest of the poem.

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    1. we know the patterns so well that we frequently complete them in our minds, before the storytelling is complete.  We fill in the blanks.  

      This reminds me of the reminder in cognitive coaching to STOP guessing and filling in people's blanks if you want to be a better active listener. it's one of the hardest things to do I think! ANNNND please don't think I'm a lunatic, but it also for some reason reminds me of the hilarious scene in Men in Black where Will Smith explains why he shoots the little girl avatar in the training session lol

    1. but I'm in love.'

      this poem reminds me of this thing i saw about how people have been leaving traces of themselves for all of time. i.e. cave art, hand prints, writing in concrete, leaving your name on a wall, grafiti, art, literature, graves.

    1. Life has to be somewhat agitated and upset, a bitrestless, somewhat unknown

      Reminds me of another reading we did that discussed being in crisis and how quick we are to resist this, but ultimately this is where growth happens.

    1. It begins by having students use their own words, pictures, or dia-grams to describe mathematical situations to organize their own knowledgeand work and to explain their strategies. In later units, students graduallybegin to use symbols to describe situations, organize their mathematicalwork, or express their strategies.

      This reminds me of the math game that Dr. Lira introduced us to in learning sciences. Dragonbox Algebra. Remind me to show it during class.

    1. But could not make themfit

      This line makes me think of Dickinson trying to show how the speaker of this poem is desperately attempting to put their brain back together. It also reminds me of a puzzle. Like the speaker of the poem is putting together a poem and the pieces just don't fit. She doesn't say "puzzle" but I think that is a great metaphor for the brain. It also symbolizes how legitimately difficult it would be to put a brain back together.

    1. When a writer decides or intuits that a particular genre is called for by the situation, he or she takes up the genre and uses it to frame a written response to the situation.

      This reminds me of what I'm learning in sociology - we all put on a "performance" based on our audience and what is deemed appropriate by predetermined rules (how we act with our teacher vs. how we act with friends differs because of the positions they hold in society).

    2. direct sphere do—like the coders who design, and redesign, the social media platforms you use and participate in, and whose design decisions affect how you participate.

      reminds me of ecology

    1. This market function ofstarsis only one aspect or their economic importance. They are also a property on the strengthor whose name money can he raised for a film: they are an asset to the person (the star him/herself), studioand agent who controls them; they are a major part or the costof a film. Above all, they are part of the labour that producesfilm as a commodity that can he sold for profit in the marketplace.

      This quote is really sad to me, but is unfortunately incredibly true. I feel as though as the years have gone on, this has gotten worse and worse. Agents and big companies signing these stars completely control and over work these people to the point of exhaustion. This reminds me of the theory about popular artists having no control over their own life down to them being able to drive a car. This specifically happened with Brittney Spears and it is a really upsetting story and if you do not know about it I definitely recommend researching more into it.

    2. Star images have histories, and histories that outlive the star's own lifetime.

      I follow the music career of Gabbie Hanna and listen to the podcast she produces, since she has gotten into music she has changed her hair retty recently. it wasn't until she mentioned it on her podcast that she changes her hair for the EP or album that is coming out, for her first EP she was blonde, the following EP she had pink hair, the last one she had green hair and now with this new album she has basically white hair. A lot of people associate her work with the color hair she has and I think that is kinda interesting. It also reminds me of the episode of Hannah Montana where she meets Iris who changes her look often and already knows what her "Next next" look will be.

    1. the more dissatisfied he became with his condition and the deeper he yearned for freedom

      This reminds me of a young adult wanting to move out of his/her parents house who is currently house hunting (Yes, this is personal)

    1. Cheetos and Yoo-hoos

      All jokes aside this was my favorite snack as a kid. This reminds me of my environment growing up and how I didn't know things were hard for my family until I got older. I know what its like to get by even though as a child my mother never let me see the struggle. That gave me the skills I needed to make it through anything.

    1. Does economic liberalization lead to political democracy?

      Reminds me of one of Milton Friedman's quotes in which he says that "History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom"

    1. At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for example, the computer scientist Adam Chlipala has designed theorem-proving tools that generate cryptographic algorithms — traditionally written by humans — to safeguard internet transactions.

      Gosh, somebody reminds me of my past research 5 years ago.

    1. Not only does every language have syntax, but similar syntactic principles are found over and over again in languages

      This reminds me of how some English phrases are reversed in Spanish. For example, the phrase "Next summer" in Spanish is "El verano que viene" meaning "The summer that is coming".

    1. Brennan calls people who don’t bother to learn about politics hobbits, and he thinks it for the best if they stay home on Election Day.

      This reminds me of a statement made above which stated "American voters have remained ignorant despite decades of rising education levels." I believe that everybody has the choice to be ignorant or not and unfortunately now in society a lot of people lack open-mindedness and motivation to learn and further educate themselves. Most people are living in a state of content and if we did what Brennan said and let the "hobbits" stay home on election day, we enable a ignorant society instead of encourage education for not only self betterment but to also make a positive contribution to society.

    2. This talk of political authority reminds me of an idea in philosophy. The term 'philovictor' is used to describe someone who argues only to be right, not to learn. Those with political authority tend to do this...its as if too much power gets into the head and makes us lose sight of what is right and wrong. Being in charge should not make anyone exempt from learning and being reasonable.

    1. ial justice is especially important in our community, wh

      This article reminds me a lot already of a textbook I read called Black Ants and Buddhists. The textbook gave many examples on how touchy/un-talked about subjects we brought to light in the classroom positively.

    1. Borrowing from the rhetorical modes, specifically description, Earlereconceived the standard description paper into a mechanism orproduct description

      reminds me of Darwin's utilization of Art/Science to relay information.

    1. student learning and understanding. When teachers are designing lessons, units, or courses, they often focus on the activities and instruction rather than the outputs of the instruction. Therefore, it can be stated that teachers often focus more on teaching rather than learning.

      This reminds me of the 1st year teacher handbook I am reading in my internship sced 499 class. It said in order to have a successful classroom we must have the classroom be student-based and not teacher-based. Therefore, we must track the students' progress, create goal-oriented lessons, and show them the purpose behind the lessons. -AS

    1. People in positions of power did illegal things they did not even attempt to cover up and were unapologetic when caught.

      This reminds me of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal as I just watched the docuseries about it on netflix. Politicians, celebrities, and literally anyone who has an aura of power have a history of getting away with very serious crimes.

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    1. Di d Jesusreallywa lk on the water or on ly appearto becausehewas wal kingon rocksbelowthe surfac

      This question reminds me of the video we watched of the magician walking on clear plexiglass under the surface of the water to make it appear that he was walking on top of the water.

    2. us. Ex -posing FatherColli ns’s ‘exorcisms’as fakesis the finestpieceof sleuthingI havehad the privilegeof seei ng inal mosttwentyyearsin this j

      The illegitimacy of the "exorcisms" reminds me of the different Church- related scandals that have occurred during my life and others I have heard about. It is very disbelieving that the institution that teaches others how to follow God and become the best followers that you can be indeed commits its own sins as well.

    3. it. He will not likeit one damnbit. But wh at couldI do? It’s the

      I have always been a firm believer that the importance of telling the truth no matter what the consequences may be is astronomical. This line reminds me of the ninth of the Ten Commandments of the Bible, Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor". Mike Flanagan is following the Commandment by telling the truth of the matter rather than lying to Monsignor Pagello.

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    1. The meaning and reasoning behind the Avebury Henge is still a mystery that has many people searching for answers. Many skepticize as to what purpose the henge served. Was it created for theatre for rites and ceremonies? Or was the building of it more sinister as for pagan and devil worship?

      Could it be that the civilization behind this construction in Avebury was building a clearing away from the forests as to keep the demons of the forests away while also trying to appease them with offerings? Avebury is a landscape that provokes thought and asks many questions.

      The idea behind Avebury's construction reminds me of the movie "The Ritual".

      English Heritage, "History of Avebury Henge and Stone Circles." August 28,2020.

      https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/avebury/history/

    1. Research on interdisciplinary medical research2 has spawned a vibrant science of team science

      It reminds me of a Podcast that we listened to in the Cognitive Psychology class, in which behavioral scientists give practical tips on how to effectively reduce the times we touch our faces during the pandemic. It's amazing to see how that behavioral/psychology perspective complements to medical policy making and communications

    2. A first step in establishing a shared interdisciplinary language is to understand how different disciplines develop their own dialects

      This first step reminds me of first started to another new language. It is always better if you can understand the origins and meanings behind the vocabularies or sentences which help efficient learning and collaboration.

    1. “Design thinking taps into capacities we all have but that are overlooked by more conventional problem-solving practices. It is not only human-centered; it is deeply human in and of itself. Design thinking relies on our ability to be intuitive, to recognize patterns, to construct ideas that have emotional meaning as well as functionality, to express ourselves in media other than words or symbols. Nobody wants to run a business based on feeling, intuition, and inspiration, but an overreliance on the rational and the analytical can be just as dangerous. The integrated approach at the core of the design process suggests a ‘third way.’ “ – Tim Brown, Change by Design, Introduction

      The core Idea is to find balance between Analytical and Emotional . Reminds me of the essential balance between Abstract and Specific in Design and Software Architecture

    2. These patterns of thinking are often referred to as schemas, which are organized sets of information and relationships between things, actions and thoughts that are stimulated and initiated in the human mind when we encounter some environmental stimuli.

      Thinking Schemas, this is interesting. Reminds me of The modes of thinking mentioned in the "Learning how to learn" course on Coursera by Barbara Oakley

      Diffuse thinking and Focused thinking

      Investigate more patterns of thinking (schemas) to solve different categories of problems

    1. Raven Tales are the traditional human and animal creation stories of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast.

      This particular sentence reminds me of fables. At the end of all fables the story being told, teaches the readers a lesson. For example the Tortoise and the Hare, the fox and the grapes or the lion and the mouse.

    1. First of all, true Christians are of one body in Christ, 1 Cor. 12.12: Ye are the body of Christ and members of their part. All the parts of this body being thus united are made so contiguous in a special relation as they must needs partake of each other’s strength and infirmity; joy and sorrow, wale and woe. 1 Cor. 12. 27: If one member suffers, all suffer with it, if one be in honor, all rejoice with it. Secondly, the ligaments of this body which knit together are love. Thirdly, nobody can be perfect which wants its proper ligament.

      Here he is referring to the colony as the body of Christ, they are all one being living unified in one community. Not only was this a metaphor but this specific passage really stood out to me because of the way it is compared with the colonies strength and infirmity.

      There is this huge idea that they are all one body. No man is higher than another, if your brother suffers you are suffering as well. Which is such an interesting thing to think about when you compare it to the way we live in our society now. Pretty much everyone is out for themselves these days, heck I mean even my ex boyfriend had the mentality that you don't talk to your neighbors. You don't ask them for a cup of sugar or even acknowledge them, that is how antisocial and closed off a lot of our community is. Thirty years ago neighbors were close knit communities and if we go even further back to Puritan times, they solely relied on each other to further growth.

      The Puritan idea sort of reminds me a bit of communism, just in the way that no one makes more than someone else and they are very self-sustaining.

    1. people are “actors.”

      Reminds me of the social standards we were taught when we were young: manners, right from wrong, and more. We had to "act" a certain way

    2. The stories speak of heroic individual protagonists—the chosen people—whose manifest destiny is to make a positive difference in a dangerous world, even when the world does not wish to be redeemed.

      This reminds me of the idea of the "American Dream". This unrealistic expectation that anyone can be who they want and live happily ever after such as in The Great Gatsby.

    3. And some lies have enough truth

      This reminds me of the book The Things They Carried by O'Brien. This book is a fictional war story but held truth in the emotions of the narratives.

    4. happened the way she thought they did

      This reminds me of the saying, there are always three sides to every story, his side, her side, and the truth. One's perspective may be different from someone else's.

    5. different narratives for different realms of her life—career, romance, family, faith.

      This reminds me of when I was younger. I used to separate different things in my life and didn't want them to cross paths. For example, church, school, family, friends, all had to be separate. When I got older is when I realized, they all intersect.

    6. “It’s sort of like people put out a new version of themselves and lived their way into it,” Adler says.

      This reminds me of the law of attraction: if you think positively it will bring positive experiences and if you think negatively it will bring negative experiences.

    1. Thou art the grave where buried love doth live,Hung with the trophies of my lovers gone,Who all their parts of me to thee did give,That due of many now is thine alone:     Their images I lov'd, I view in thee,     And thou--all they--hast all the all of me.

      this person that he is in love with reminds him of all the other people that he has loved

    1. What we do as adults is the result of what happened to us as children. C

      Reminds me of Freudian psychology Where oral fixation is caused by unmet oral needs in early childhood

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    1. The power of science for good and for evil has troubled other minds than ours.

      This reminds me of Robert Oppenheimer's (The Father of the Atomic bomb) dilemma in the Manhattan Project because he knew that his work was doing good for his country, but it would wreak havoc to so many others.

    1. All the disagreement over immigration policy I have been hearing about in the news lately reminds me that while I believe in the rule of law, I feel profoundly uncomfortable with the idea of keeping people out who are desperate to come in. Is illegal immigration actually wrong? Is it unethical to cross a border without permission? I don’t have a clear vision yet of what the right border policy would be, and I admit that completely open borders would put our security at risk. But surely there are ways to regulate the border without criminalizing people who are driven by need and good intentions. If I were raising children in an impoverished third-world community plagued by violence, and if I had a chance to get my family to the U.S., I would take it. I would try to cross a border illegally so my children would get enough to eat and would have a more stable childhood and a chance at a better education and a better career. What parent would sit on their hands and tell themself, “I want to give my child a better life, but oh well. If I don’t have the papers, I guess it would be wrong”? If most of us, under desperate circumstances, would cross the border without permission and feel no moral qualms about doing so, then we must recognize this crossing as an ethical, reasonable act. If it is ethical and reasonable, then how can either a wall or a detention center be on the side of justice? We must find a policy that treats migrants as we would want to be treated--with empathy, respect, and offers of help.

      I mean but the fact we all feel this when when economics are set aside and we cause most of the issues happening in neighboring countries and we still don't have a better program then caging family units seperatly and caging them and individuals for long periods of time in un healthy environments is sad

    1. EZRA POUND (1885-1972)In a Stationofthe Metro

      The title of this poem gives a different feeling than the poem itself. The urban and industrial idea of a station is replaced by a tree, water, flowers. It is hard to know if the equation of wet petals is the mood of the environment or something more literal like faces. But the idea of wet petals reminds me of something gentle or fragile pressed down by the weight of water, against a dark branch of presumably a tree. Does he find the people in front of him oppressed or unhappy, are they being rained on or stuck on the wrong tree? Their faces are faint, ghostly, numerous, for whom he may have empathy.

    1. The books I read sometimes are the same as to what is going on around me" (implying that assigned books are not connecte

      This reminds of the time when "Diary of a wimpy kid" was big back in elementary school. I remember almost every guy in my class had read it. Including myself.

    1. How about ideas of what counts as sex, who should be having sex,

      This reminds me of a law and order svu episode. A teenage girl with down syndrome was found to be pregnant with the baby of an autistic boy that she loved. The basic question of the episode is whether or not she had the mental capability to know what was going on, and whether or not she would be able to care for the child. I think it's important to talk about/acknowledge the fact that people with disabilities have sex, as it's something often forgotten when talking about consent

    1. Crucially, Apple’s use of copyright locks gives it the power to make editorial decisions about which apps you may and may not install on your own device. Apple has used this power to reject dictionaries for containing obscene words; to limit political speech, especially from apps that make sensitive political commentary such as an app that notifies you every time a U.S. drone kills someone somewhere in the world; and to object to a game that commented on the Israel-Palestine conflict.

      If your phone can limit what words you know and use, what news you have access to etc. based on corporate policy, do you really have freedom of speech? This reminds me of the time I read that TinyLetter was censoring writers who mentioned 'bitcoin' and sent out letters with a banned words list.

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    1. for example, the night sky begins to take shape through the careful choices of First Man and First Woman, but this process is disrupted by the wily Coyote, who snaps a blanket that randomly scatters stars across the sky.

      This section, like mentioned earlier above, gave me a familiar sense of a story I've heard before. As a Christian, the indigenous story of the careful choices of the First Man and First Woman reminded me of the first man and woman in the Genesis of Judeo-Christian origin's Adam and Eve. The trickster Coyote reminded me of the serpent in the garden. And the consequence of the Wily Coyote changing the way of their blanket reminds me of how the serpent changed the way of humanity by tricking Adam and Eve. However the contexts are varied and different, I still saw a connection, which is how all people have an idea of how the origin of life as we know it began.