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  1. May 2020
    1. A prominent Negro clubwoman in Philadelphia paid eleven dollars to hear Raquel Meller sing Andalusian popular songs. But she told me a few weeks before she would not think of going to hear “that woman,” Clara Smith, a great black artist, sing Negro folksongs. And many an upper -class Negro church, even now, would not dream of employing a spiritual in its services. The drab melodies in white folks’ hymnbooks are much to be preferred. “We want to worship the Lord correctly and quietly. We don’t believe in ‘shouting.’ Let’s be dull like the Nordics,” they say, in effect.

      It is really sad and jarring for me to see such an outward rejection of black culture within the community. Although I don't feel super in touch with my culture, I still always support artists in my community trying to branch out. This really highlights the self-loathing within the community and reminds me of "the veil". The blacks see themselves the way they whites see them, and in turn reject how they see themselves.

    2. If white people are pleased we are glad. If they are not, it doesn’t matter.

      Heck yeah !! This is something those with prejudice and privilege seem to not understand. It's cool if you like it, but it's not made for you. This is true of art and style, clothing and fashion and music. This reminds me of two things:

      1. It reminds me of when people say "women wear too much makeup" or "guys like it better if you wear this". That's nice, but women don't wear makeup or put on specific outfits to please others.
      2. It reminds me of the Wounded Knee Massacre where hundreds of Natives were fleeing persecution from the US government for doing the Ghost Dance. Hundreds were killed, including children and pregnant women, because US officials disapproved of the dance. It's not for you, it doesn't have anything to do with you.
    3. d the mother often says “Don’t be like niggers” when the children are bad. A frequent phrase from the father is, “Look how well a white man does things.”

      They are taught that the n-word is shameful and bad while acting white is somewhat a higher class that they should be aiming for. This passage reminds me of a poem that I read in the past named Incident by Countee Cullen. In it is the incidents of the narrators encounters with racism and how it affected them even by an older age. This passage is similar as in the mother telling her children how to act in a certain way according to a certain ethnicity is impactful in a negative way.

    4. The Negro artist works against an undertow of sharp criticism and misunderstanding from his own group and unintentional bribes from the whites.

      This reminds me or artist like Sor Juana and Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot) having to hide their identity in order to be heard and save their work from ridicule.

    1. protective social mimicry forced upon him by the adverse circumstances of dependence

      This reminds me of the main character of August Wilson's "Fences", Troy, who is stuck in the "old" mindset because he was conditioned to buy into it. One of the key words here is "protective"; in order to survive, one must assimilate, and upon assimilation, one loses their own sense of identity as it was and it becomes something warped: who I am and who I will never be. This is also present in the histories of the Indigenous peoples in North America.

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    1. one-pagers

      This reminds me of an economics class in which we were allowed to bring a 3x5 index card of notes into the final. I copied my whole notebook in tiny handwritten print! The focus of that concentrated writing is what helped me remember the concepts.

    1. Lots of people in the world have made you feel powerless. Run-of-the-mill bullies; both of your parents, and most adults, when you were a child; unflinching bureaucrats at the DMV, the post office. A doctor who didn't believi:_ you were sick, approximately two minutes before you projectile vomited against the wall. A cadre of nurses who pried you~ arms away from your body to take your blood when they thought you had cancer. (You didn't have cancer, but, they never did figure out why you spe~t so much of your childhood cramping with agony.)

      This paragraphs reminds me of how women are less of a priority in medical research and how women are generally less likely to have their concerns and voice taken seriously. It's as if society is conditioning one to be silent and not to "complain" but of course, these conditions have severe repercussions when it comes to lack of diagnosis, abuse, and is the reason why the "Me Too" movement exists. Machado writes that all these experiences make her feel powerless and self-loathing, and assigning blame to herself for her "own suffering." Machado goes on further to say how it's hard to describe the type of person who makes one feel powerless and how words and descriptors can have different connotations and fail to communicate the proper meaning to describe this feeling or these actions. All the words she tried using all have homophobic connotations of the past and they haunt her. Also all the people she described that have made her powerless are the family/agencies/professionals that are supposed to be there to help her.

    2. That's what people do, when they're mad at the person who would otherwise sleep next to them.

      This reminds me of the vignette that talks about the movie Gaslight and accentuates how her standards of behavior, normal or outlier behaviors stem from movies, books, friends' experiences, but never from any personal experience. In this scene, she sleeps on the couch and justifies this action based on movies. This aspect of her creates a level of vulnerability while simultaneously shields her from sleeping next to her girlfriend after her actions.

    1. life has to be lived well or is not worth living.

      It reminds me very much of the Egyptian revolution in 2011 before I arrived to the USA, people no longer cared if they will make alive or not, all they wanted is a better future for the next generations, the majority of the deads were young souls even teenagers too.

    1. an entire hemisphere's worth of culture

      While the immediate association with regional culture might be "niche", pointing out that it's actually "an entire hemisphere's worth of culture" reminds us that this is a large and rich cultural tradition, and thus more open-armed and welcoming. It makes me feel like I'm more likely to enjoy it, while also giving it more ethos / authority.

    1. So do her friends and yours. Anyone who knows her contributes to her social identity. The sum total of stories about your mom is the grand narrative of who she is.

      Kind of reminds me of the heart aspect in Homestuck where each individual splinter of a character is considered a vector or crude imitation of the whole piece.

      So like each Dirk splinter has an individual story that when amassed together produces the "Ultimate Self".

    1. In this respect, military education and training in a national liberation movement and among the people is regarded as an integral part of the revolution. The goal is development of a political-military force of the masses

      The ZAPU's plan for a military was carefully thought out. Their emphasis military training and education reminds me of Machiavelli's The Prince when he mentioned that being successful in war requires studying the art of the war. ZAPU realizes it's important for its military to focus on strength and strategy.

  3. Apr 2020
    1. The attitude of the two had a terrible resemblence to a child forcing a kitten’s nose into a saucer of milk to compel it to drink.”

      This also reminds me of the book A Doll's House when the main female character is almost dehumanized mainly because of her sexuality.

    1. I saw the monster cower back

      I found this interesting that "monster" and "cower" are used in the same sentence. This immediately reminds me of the story in the bible about "David and Goliath". Much like Goliath, Dracula is viewed as the bigger more powerful character but, in this setting, is beat by the "underdog", Van Helsing.

    1. For the sake of the Fatherland we must make sacrifices and endure hardships for a certain time.

      This reminds me of Hitler's writing regarding Germany as the "Motherland" and the sacrifices that must be made to bring peace and prosperity. This is why countries with strong nationalistic ideals are so dangerous. The best type of soldier is one who has real reasons to fight. Not for money, but to protect his home.

    2. Because if we do not wage the Resistance war, the French will occupy our country once more. They will enslave our people once more. They will force our people to be their coolies and soldiers, and to pay them every kind of taxes. They will suppress all our democratic freedoms. They will plunder all our land and property. They will terrorise and massacre our brothers, sisters, and relatives. They will burn down or destroy our houses, pagodas and temples. You will realise this by seeing what they have done in Hanoi and Haiphong.

      All that Ho Chi Minh says here appears to be greatly exaggerated and stigmatized. It reminds me of the kind of fear mongering an propaganda that occurred in Nazi Germany in which the truth was stretched on order to illicit a strong emotional response among the masses. By demonizing the French, it makes it all the more easier for the people to blindly follow what the leader is saying and fight against a wholly evil enemy

    1. "meanings don't come out of the air, we make them out of a chaos of images, half-truths, remembrances, syntactic fragments, from the mysterious and unformed

      I really like this quote on meaning. I t reminds me of admiring art, or going to an art museum. People will spend a lot of money and time viewing pieces of art that have a different meaning to each person viewing it.

    2. Composing is a process of making connections, rearranging materials (words, images, concepts) in unexpected ways.

      Love this. Really reminds me of how people describe music. Music is just the same 12 notes rearranged in countless different ways. Pretty crazy to think about it that way - how people are still able to create original music when everyone's been using the same 12 notes for how many years...

    3. "meanings don't come out of the air, we make them out of a chaos of images, half-truths, remembrances, syntactic fragments, from the mysterious and unformed. When we teach pre-writing as a phase of the composing process, what we are teaching is not how to get a thesis statement but the generation and uses of chaos"

      This reminds me of when we would find symbolism in books or poems in high school. Normally, the symbol might not mean anything to a first-time reader, but upon looking closer, you can make some pretty cool connections.

    4. composition teachers might also engage students in crafting works of interactive hypermedia that value and enact the process of discovery through inventive juxtaposition.

      This reminds me of sites like TikTok, the entire idea of a duet is a series of juxtapositions.

    5. crafting new knowledge through the process of making and interpreting unexpected connections

      This reminds me of the Oulipo writers that put various constraints on their work (i.e. to not use the letter 'e' in a novel, or rolling a die and leaving to chance the words that are used in a poem). I believe these kinds of texts would qualify as hypertexts.

    1. pick stroke into the roads has the value of a bullet shot

      Great comparison here, and very accurate. This section reminds me of when we discussed why Native Americans were not easily enslaved. Because they knew the land and were used to the climate, they could easily escape bondage. The same is true here for the Vietnamese; because the Vietnamese people were conditioned to their environment, they automatically has an upper hand over any enemies.

    1. Seven years ago, Patrisse Cullors wrote a sort of mission statement for Black Lives Matter: “Provide hope and inspiration for collective action to build collective power to achieve collective transformation.

      Reminds me the song "White Privilege II," by Macklemore.

    1. f her love for you has sharpened and pinned you to a wall.

      It reminds me of people who collect insects and compile them into a shadow box with pins. Similarly to Autobahn who was the curator for collecting and compiling a database of birds in the world. The curator controls who and how the subjects are displayed to the world. This short passage displays how arrested Machado is under her partner.

    2. There is something sensual about it, almost erotic, until everything begins to go bad. Every time you open the fridge it smell~ more and more like a garden (dirt, rain, life), and then like a dumpster, and then, ~ventually, like death. You mention it once, but then she does that thing where she repeats what you've said a few times, each time getting a little more sarcastic until you apologize, though you never know what you are apologizing for. It is her money, yes, her fridge. And her rot.

      I find Machado's vignette Dream House as Pathetic Fallacy particularly interesting. Pathetic Fallacy as a literary device attributes human feelings to inanimate things. Thus, Machado is using pathetic fallacy in order to invoke an image of her decaying abusive relationship. Just like the vegetables in the fridge which are healthy and lively in the beginning slowly start to rot and spoil; the same can be said for Machado's relationship with her girlfriend. At this point in her memoir, Machado no longer views her relationship as something that is viable and alive. Rather, it has become "like death" and "rot." Machado's use of pathetic fallacy reminds me of Anzaldua in terms of their writing style. Both Machado and Anzaldua are able to give life through their writing and use of fantastical language.

    1. In this way the question of the oppressed nations become one of supporting the oppressed nations, of rendering real and continuous assistance to them in their struggle against imperialism for real equality of nations, for their independent existence as states.

      I find it extremely ironic how Joseph Stalin can even bring up themes like equality and oppressed nations when he literally killed hundreds of thousands, if not more, of his own people. Stalin connects imperialism to the oppression of people when he has hundreds of thousands of his own citizens starving to death. This reminds me of when Columbus and other explorers used religion to justify their actions in foreign lands.

    1. Formerly, the principle of self-determination of nations was usually misinterpreted, and not infrequently it was narrowed down to the idea of the right of nations to...cultural autonomy, i.e., the right of oppressed nations to have their own cultural institutions, leaving all political power in the hands of the ruling nation.

      This statement reminds me of the "Scramble for Africa" during the 1880s because the Europeans did not account for tribal boundaries when drawing the new borders of a colonized Africa, leading to great conflict. Although the Soviet Union was not involved, it certainly drew upon the principles that inspired the issue by involving itself in colonial conflicts. In fact, much like the alterior motives that fueled the rapid takeover of Africa in the late nineteenth centry, the Russians likely participated in colonial efforts to protect their commumist ideals in the face of American capitalism. These efforts also produced conflict via proxy warfare.

    1. What kind of monsters?” I’d ask, wide-eyed. It became a sort of routine. “Awfulhunched-over ones with rotting skin and black eyes,” he’d say. “And they walked likethis!” And he’d shamble after me like an old-time movie monster until I ran awaylaughing

      This reminds me of the movie the bird box for some reason

    1. Throw the children into the river

      This line reminds me so much of the novel Pudd'nhead Wilson. In that novel Roxy, a slave, contemplated killing herself and her son by drowning herself in the river, so that her son wouldn't have to grow up and live through a life of servitude and mistreatment.

    1. issociate Caesar’s spirit from his body

      Interesting that they use the word "spirit". It reminds me of Caesar's ghost, which is haunting Brutus. Brutus wanted to seperate key aspects of Caesar in order to create a somewhat perfect ruler, and he did not succeed which is why Caesar's ghost appears to him.

    1. Those to whom evil is doneDo evil in return

      This part stood out to me because it made me think about the golden rule you learned in kindergarten, "do to others as you would have them do unto you" although Auden seems to put this idea into the bully's perspective, that because evil has been done to them they continue to do evil. It reminds me of the cycle of abuse that plagues our society. When someone is hurt they often turn around and continue to hurt others.

    1. rationale

      Instead of a Problem, Solution, Rationale triple, the Y Combinator folks talk about a Problem, Solution, Insight triple. The insight concerns unfair advantages related to growth. It could come from across several "suits": Founders, Market, Product, Acquisition, and Monopoly.

      Whereas the rationale concerns repeatable patterns, startup ideas concern more time-, location- and context-specific opportunities. So, OK, there are some differences: but it seems to me that the common features between these two design languages is worth keeping in mind!

      The breakdown across different "suits" reminds me also of the multiple capitals theory used by XinX.

    1. t was not by mere chance that the first forms of civilization arose where the Aryan came into contact with inferior races, subjugated them and forced them to obey his command. The members of the inferior race became the first mechanical tools in the service of a growing civilization.

      This reminds me of the "White Man's Burden" and the idea that white or in this case the Aryan race was physically, intellectually, religiously, etc. more competent. While this idea was widespread throughout Europe and the entire world, Hitler took it to new extremes. Throughout this semester we have seen the enslavement of people and raping and pillaging of villages, but Adolph Hitler was performing genocide on one of the largest scales ever.

    2. This very fact fully justifies the conclusion that it was the Aryan alone who founded a superior type of humanity; therefore he represents the archetype of what we understand by the term: man.

      This statement not only reminds me of the "white man's burden", but it also shows how historically a patriarch was in place. Hitler's specific language referencing 'man' shows how during this time there was a male dominant society in place.

    3. The situation is the same in regard to what we understand by the word ‘propaganda.’ The purpose of propaganda is not the scientific instruction of the individual, but rather to attract public attention to certain facts, events, urgent needs, and so on, the importance of which can be brought home to the masses only by this means.

      This frustrates me and reminds me of things we see today. Often we see things in our own media that are emblematic of propaganda. When in reality even when one reports the news. Even if one reports facts, the matter in which it was reported skews the perspective of the viewer. For example: the US has a sizable trade deficit. This is a fact. However, politicians like to use this statement as leverage, because to the average American it seems like a very scary and negative thing that slows GDP/hurts the economy. When in-fact this is not true and if you were to ask an Economist about this they could explain why this isn’t big scary danger, and how it is typical of developed countries with advanced economies. My point is that this is common/easy to take advantage of viewers even when you aren't technically lying about facts.

    4. If Nature does not wish that weaker individuals should mate with stronger, she wishes even less that a superior race should intermingle with an inferior one

      This statement reminds me of our last class lecture, in which we discussed how the French believed they were superior to the Spanish because they were "above" slavery. The French also believed it was in inferior races best interests to be civilized by those who thought themselves superior.

    1. Statistics are not cold hard facts – as Nate Silver writes in The Signal and the Noise (2012): ‘The numbers have no way of speaking for themselves. We speak for them. We imbue them with meaning.’ Not only has someone used extensive judgment in choosing what to measure, how to define crucial ideas, and to analyse them, but the manner in which they are communicated can utterly change their emotional impact. Let’s assume that £350 million is the actual weekly contribution to the EU. I often ask audiences to suggest what they would put on the side of the bus if they were on the Remain side. A standard option for making an apparently big number look small is to consider it as a proportion of an even bigger number: for example, the UK’s GDP is currently around £2.3 trillion, and so this contribution would comprise less than 1 per cent of GDP, around six months’ typical growth. An alternative device is to break down expenditure into smaller, more easily grasped units: for example, as there are 66 million people in the UK, £350 million a week is equivalent to around 75p a day, less than $1, say about the cost of a small packet of crisps (potato chips). If the bus had said: We each send the EU the price of a packet of crisps each day, the campaign might not have been so successful.

      The second problem is that we are carrying out repeated significance tests, as each year’s new data are added and another test performed. Fortunately, it turns out that there is some remarkable but complex theory, delightfully known as ‘the law of the iterated logarithm’. This shows that if we carry out such repeated testing, even if the null hypothesis is true, then we are certain to eventually reject that null at any significance level we choose.

      Fortunately, there are statistical methods for dealing with this problem of sequential testing. They were first developed in the Second World War by teams of statisticians working on industrial quality-control of armaments and other war materiel.

      Armaments coming off the production line were being monitored by steadily accumulating total deviations from a standard, much in the same way as monitoring excess mortality. Scientists realised that the law of the iterated logarithm meant that repeated significance testing would always lead eventually to an alert that the industrial process had gone out of strict control, even if in truth everything was functioning fine. Essentially, if we keep on checking on a process, in the end something will look odd just by chance alone.

      This last part reminds me of Buffet: "If a cop follows you for 500 miles, you're going to get a ticket”

    1. In particular, fetal phase, infancy and childhood are uniquely vulnerable to environmental forces as shown in a review of studies on the developmental origin of disease.

      This slightly reminds me of the article we read about urban evolution. Specifically, because environment was talked about heavily as affecting the humans, animals, and plants that live there.

    1. Tis true: there’s magic in the web of it:

      This reminds me of the first few scenes where Desdemona's father said she would not love him if he didn't use magic.

    1. This point made regarding production cost here reminds me of the PPF, by using cost of production and law of returns to figure out the actual amount of money coming in.

    1. You tried to tell your story to people who didn't know how to listen.

      This reminds me of the last chapter of "This is how you lose her". Although it is about someone else, there is a realization of their life. With all the actions that occur, the words don't mean anything. In other words, actions speak louder than words. The narrator does have pity for the other person but there is only so much that the narrator does feel.

    2. Her knife raps against the cutting board with unnervihg precision

      This description reminds me of the atmosphere of a thriller or horror film. The unnerving, slow build to a break of some sort...

    3. She unbuckles her seat belt, and leans very close to your ear. "You're not allowed to write about this," she says. "Don't you ever write about this. Do you fucking understand me?" You don't know if she means the woman or her, but you nod.

      This reminds me of Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried. When Lt. Cross asks the narrator to never write about his failure of leadership with regard to Ted Lavender in the Vietnam War. But the narrator writes about it anyway.

    1. actually in service of the settler colonial state’s “economization of emotion”?

      Reminds me of Charles Eisenstein's arguments about a growth economy that seeks to privatize ever more of the public domain—while there may not be all that much left of it, affective experience seems a likely candidate to me for future pushes.

    1. The last major innovation in K-12 education was Montessori, which traces back to the 1960s; we’ve been doing education research that’s never reached practical deployment for 50 years since

      This painfully reminds me that a few years ago, in the primary school of my kids, the Montessori structures (cross-age classes, constructionist materials) were torn down to make way for more pupils per class and less experienced personnel :(

    1. acquired the ability to digest potatoes, a domesticated crop derived from wild tubers.

      This reminds me of something I read recently about a particular enzyme that is only found in red algae and the digestive tract of the Japanese. Because red algae is a staple in the Japanese diet, it has adopted itself into their gut flora to assist in digestion of raw seafood.

    1. Nausea, for one, comes with real implications for dynamics of gender within digital cultures. Both official studies, including work by danah boyd, and a significant number of anecdotal reports have shown that women are more likely than men to experience nausea when playing VR games.

      Interesting knowledge that reminds me of the lack of use of women in drug testing etc.

    1. False promises. giving people the hope of a democracy, silently knowing it will never come. Reminds me of Uhuru, the policy he promised to implement at the beginning of presidency.

    1. The truth, of course, is that plagues have no meaning. All they are is a virus perpetuating itself inside and alongside us. Period. We know this now — unlike many of our ancestors — because of science.

      Reminds me of Marcus Aurelius' "See things for what they truly are." Sex is just the rubbing of two bodies and some liquid. Wine is just fermented grapes, etc.

    1. Many of the first known cases clustered around a seafood market in Wuhan, China, a city of 11 million and a transportation hub.

      I mean it's not just Wuhan that's crowded but most of China, I think east side mostly or near the ocean. This is like the ideal conditions for plague inc because it allows for the virus or disease to spread quickly. This also reminds me of some of the prisons where it's cramped and people are getting sick in their which is why some people are free.

    1. drain more of our mental resources while we are reading

      In the abstract, the study cited points to "dual-task effects of fulfilling the assignment and working with the computer resulting in a higher cognitive workload".

      Although this load may decrease with people getting more and more familiar with computers (and computers getting more and more intuitive), it is also the case that more distractors are available too.

      This reminds me of a webinar hosted by Hypothesis in which Amanda Licastro mentioned Cathy Davidson's book "Now you see it" to talk about "Productive Multitasking". In the view that Amanda presented (at least what I understood of what she said), multitasking and distractions are unavoidable, but we can canalize them productively through web annotation, for example -instead of switching to Facebook and disconnect from what we were reading.

    1. will become signs that carry meanings.

      This again reminds me of documentation. With documentation all of these images described in this paragraph can come to life and be explored and re-visited.

    2. He needed to make a statement to the citizens of Reggio Emilia about the importance of preschools, and offer proof of his beliefs

      This reminds me of the importance of community in the Reggio Emilia philosophy.

    3. We recognize that all these languages need to be considered with equal dignity and value. They should receive support and adequate competent support from the adults and the environment.

      The power of observation and documenting child assessment in order to recognize the languages and build on these progressions for children. This reminds me how important it is for teachers to receive professional development opportunities and to know and understand the power of observation and intentional planning.

    1. All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.

      Reminds me of how right now there's less pollution and animals are returning to places that got too dirty for them or are coming out into vacated public places when people aren't there; in this poem it's before anyone is awake and before people start affecting the land that it is beautiful.

    1. if you write a bad sentence, you don't publish it. You delete it and try again. Often you abandon whole branches of four or five paragraphs. Sometimes a whole essay.You can't ensure that every idea you have is good, but you can ensure that every one you publish is, by simply not publishing the ones that aren't.

      This reminds me of something that Joel Speranza shared:

      Also published on Read Write Collect

    1. posthumanist exploration of the deep and growing entanglements between the worlds of people and of things in robotics and artificial intelligence;

      This reminds me of Chiang's The Lifecycle of Software Objects.

    2. he Internet grew by breaking, bumping up against the limits of existing protocols and practices and work-ing around them, leaving behind almost by accident some of the proper-ties that we now enumerate as key and distinctive virtues of the Internet as an infrastructural form.

      This reminds me again of glitch theory, the notion that things breaking reveals the capacity of that system to work in unexpected ways.

    3. some are more on the receiving end of globalization than others

      This reminds me the article Bridget reviewed a few weeks ago. The Global South is responsible for innovating/upcycling old tech with very little pay-off.

    4. Here, then, are two radically different forces and realities. On one hand, a fractal world, a centrifugal world, an always-almost-falling-apart world. On the other, a world in constant process of fixing and reinvention, recon-figuring and reassembling into new combinations and new possibilities—a topic of both hope and concern.

      This reminds me of when I was just listening to Lauryn Hill's MTV Unplugged performance, she said something about taking her family to Disneyland and being taken the VIP way, through the behind-the-curtain bowels of where the Disneyland employees work and how it was dark & sweaty & smelly, the complete opposite of what the outside world sees. She noted that people need to see the underbelly, the cost that enables the luxury, because they can't appreciate anything while living a lie. I see the same thing happening with the real world ramifications of all the manufacturing waste piling up on our shores as we revel in 24/7/365 entertainment, the latest phone, etc

    5. The world of technology is more complex and less orderly than that, full of dynamics, tensions, and powers that neat binary distinctions—and the systems of explanation built on them—struggle to explain. Modes of thought that expand our cast of characters, including but certainly not limited to the breakers, fixers, and maintainers highlighted here, are therefore necessary and promising additions to the field.

      Another great point. This reminds me of at time at my previous job when we were implementing a new CRM system which sent data back and forth between two other systems. It was constantly breaking down/in constant need of repair. Everyone was extremely frustrated by the constant maintenance needed to sustain the system, but when you're moving large amounts of data between multiple systems I think breakdown is inevitable and should have been anticipated.

    6. are in process of coming apart, perhaps to be replaced by new and better stories and orders, but perhaps not.

      This reminds me of Mark Fisher's explanation of capitalist realism-- the inability to conceive of a future that is not late stage capitalism (okay, I probably butchered that explanation). In any case, despite the clear signs of our world being broken, so many are unable to see or acknowledge the need for a radical, systemic change.

    1. Shukhovtookupsomeofthesteamingmortaronhistrowelandslappeditintotheappropriateplace

      the brick making reminds me of those tiktoks where the kids make houses out of dirt and mud in their backyards and stuff

    1. diversity is introduced through the presence of the two co-teachers

      This reminds me of my first "real" job at the brand new John Hancock corporate child care center in Boston. We taught as a team of three, and our personalities were very diverse, which I believed offered the children a rich mix of adult connections.

    1. Not sweet at all, because Noemi doesn’t give it to you! Th ree Saturdays in a row she sleeps over, and three Saturdays in a row nada. A little kissing, a little feeling up, but nothing beyond that. She brings her own pillow, one of those expensive foam ones, and her own toothbrush, and she takes it all with her Sunday morning. Kisses you at the door as she leaves; it all feels too chaste to you, too lacking in promise.

      This is almost humorous because Noemi is unlike the girls and women that Yunior has been romantically/sexually involved with in the past. Throughout this book, Yunior has been sexually involved with women and rarely romantically. We know that social expectations, as well as cultural ones, supported by the idea of machismo expect boys and men to be sexually active/dominant as well as promiscuous. We see it here again, because Yunior is surprised when Noemi isn't explicitly sexual with him. Actually, this bit reminds me of Miss Lora and how much different Noemi is from her. I think that this bit showcases how Yunior feels when women don't reciprocate sexual energy. He says "A little kissing, a little feeling up, but nothing beyond that" as if he's expecting something more. The fact that she brings her own stuff (pillow, toothbrush) tells us that she is independent and isn't up for attachment, a large contrast from past women like Miss Lora who was very much physically attuned with Yunior. The fact that Yunior finds a problem with this/finds it odd tells us so much about what he expects from women.

    1. Time for you and time for me,And time yet for a hundred indecisions,

      This stanza reminds me of the passage in Ecclesiastes 3 when Solomon (the writer of Ecclesiastes) talks about how there will be a time for everything... "A time to be born, a time to die, a time to plant, a time to uproot" etc. There is a lot of Biblical referencing in this poem, which makes it seem almost like a prayer of sorts. Even though it is a "love song," I think he is just crying out to whoever would hear him in his time of anguish.

    2. Theyellow fogthat rubs its back upon the window-panes,The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window-panes

      These two lines interested me mostly because the speaker personified the yellow fog and the yellow smoke. Even though the fog and smoke are the same, he gives them each it's own characteristic. "The yellow fog rubs its back on the window-panes", this reminds me of a cat arching its back to rub it on something to scratch its back. "The yellow smoke rubs its muzzle on the window panes", reminds me of a dog rubbing its snout against something. Also, the fog may indicate the location like an over-populated city because it produces a lot of pollution so the air is very yellow.

    1. The Second Coming!

      What comes to mind about this phrase is an aspect of religion, especially in the Bible. In the Bible, the Second Coming is regarding the future, the return of Jesus Christ after he ascended into heaven, and it is talked about in the book of Revelation, (ironically, during the due time on Easter). I do think that Yeats brings in a religious aspect. However, I don't think it is in any way Christianity because, in the following line, he talks about Spiritus Mundi, which I believe is another spiritual figure mixed with a lion and the head of a man. (Side note: that description of Spiritus Mundi, reminds me of Narnia.)

    1. People like us spend our lives in the world of ideas and wonderfully so. They are thecurrency of academic life. But not all ideas are created equal and the ones I will talkabout today have two peculiar characteristics

      This also reminds me!

    1. These forms of beauty have not been to me, As is a landscape to a blind man's eye:

      I think that this is just a beautiful line. It reminds me a lot of “the eye of the beholder” as well as the episode from the Twilight Zone, where the lady wanted to be beautiful.

    1. it to be animated

      Reminds me of Frankenstein's monster. The machine isn't brought to life rather becomes part of us. I understand this in thinking about like prosthetic legs. You don't bring it to life once you start walking on it. It IS a part of you and the process of you walking.

    2. natural constituency needs defense jobs

      this "need" for defense jobs/the military-industrial complex reminds me of our readings which associate the masculine with violence (which is not always a helpful reading, but here seems to be the point that Haraway is making)

    3. he international women'smovements have constructed 'women's experience', as well asuncovered or discovered this crucial collective object.

      This reminds me of the idea that "women are excluded until someone 'discovers' their absence" (The Gender Gap in Patents -Sue Rosser, page 125)

    1. it

      This idea of cause and effect leeching into the forms of interaction we see within all cultural institutions reminds me of a less strict and matter of fact "needs" or functional understanding of how we explain the use of these systems within our culture.

    1. n communities located near coal power plants, disproportionately black, brown, and low-income, this has direct consequences for public health including greater rates of asthma and infant mortality

      Reminds me of the many anecdotes and examples we read in "Race After Technology" earlier in the semester

    1. The most effective systems leave a sufficient level of inefficiency in order that they can be resilient in changing contexts.

      This reminds me of the inefficiency of educational technology staff and professional learning in schools. Trainers and coaches can be seen as inefficient because change is slow and implementation of digital tools is uneven and seemingly detached from performance metrics. Still, having people who are knowledgeable and capable of providing job-embedded coaching and support is vital at a time like this, when schools are called upon to be resilient.

    1. To those colonies and territories which as a consequence of the late war have ceased to be under the sovereignty of the States which formerly governed them and which are inhabited by peoples not yet able to stand by themselves under the strenuous conditions of the modern world, there should be applied the principle that the well-being and development of such peoples form a sacred trust of civilisation and that securities for the performance of this trust should be embodied in this Covenant.

      This statement reminds me somewhat of the "White Man's Burden" in that less developed groups of people were believed to be in need of assistance and stability. Although the context of the "White Man's Burden" was vastly different, it is clear that the winners of World War I gave themselves political and economic power over the colonial territories of the losers of the war, whether these territories accepted their help or not.

    1. And other withered stumps of time Were told upon the walls; staring forms Leaned out, leaning, hushing the room enclosed. Footsteps shuffled on the stair. Under the firelight, under the brush, her hair Spread out in fiery points Glowed into words, then would be savagely still.

      The first motif that catches my eyes is time, indicated in the "withered stumps of time." This motif stays on theme with the warped sense of time constant throughout the poem. In this piece, Eliot frequently alludes to desire, and being unable to fulfill that desire. "Withered stumps of time" reminds me of decaying time, as if this wealthy woman surrounded by her riches has wasted away alone, with nothing but her treasures. There is a sad longing in this motif, as if she longs for something more fulfilling than just her riches. When she hears the "footsteps sheffled on the stair," her "hair spread out in firey points." This indicates that at the sound of life, of company, something within her ignites, thus indicating her desire for company.

    2. In this decayed hole among the mountains In the faint moonlight, the grass is singing Over the tumbled graves, about the chapel There is the empty chapel, only the wind’s home. It has no windows, and the door swings, Dry bones can harm no one. Only a cock stood on the rooftree Co co rico co co rico In a flash of lightning. Then a damp gust Bringing rain

      Relating to my previous annotation, this passage also explores the dry/wet motif, but this time focusing more on the wet. It also ties in a different aspect of zombies, as well as fragments and exile. The opening line discusses a “decayed hole among the mountains”, which reminds me of my previous passage discussing the “withered stumps of time.” A few lines down, “dry bones” can also be a great example of zombies, discussing bones that have been decaying and drying up in ties with the idea of passing time and mortality. Discussing fragments can also relate to these fragments of bones, and even the fragments of this decaying environment that is trying to hold onto its last pieces. The empty chapel seems lonely and exiled from the world, with fragments of architecture barely holding on, and fragments of life scattered and hard to recognize. The single cock that remains seems to be the only source of life left in this environment, and even the cock is exiled as it crows into the storm. The end lines bring back the dry/wet motif, with the heat and dry of lightning, then followed by the wet of the rain. “...a damp gust” can also represent both wet and dry at the same time, since a gust of wind is normally thought of as dry air being blown around, but this time the gust brings rain, thus turning this into a wet and dry type of weather at once.

    3. The hot water at ten. And if it rains, a closed car at four. And we shall play a game of chess, Pressing lidless eyes and waiting for a knock upon the door.     When Lil’s husband got demobbed, I said— I didn’t mince my words, I said to her myself, HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME Now Albert’s coming back, make yourself a bit smart. He’ll want to know what you done with that money he gave you To get yourself some teeth. He did, I was there.

      The first motif that I noticed in this part of II. A Game of Chess was that of wet/dry. The passage I've highlighted opens with "The hot water at ten. And if it rains, a closed car at four". I don't know exactly how bathing worked back then, but I'm sure people still preferred hot water, so Eliot is setting up people who are looking forward to hot water and hoping for no rain. People could wait for the rain and bathe themselves in it, instead of waiting for the hot water. I see a connection here between un/natural time, too. The people want to be clean for sure by ten; they won't wait for nature to pick a time to provide water. Nature provides people with what they need, but not always a way to form these things to suit themselves. I'm thinking toilet paper, loin cloths, fire, etc. People manipulate nature, including its timing, to create comfort and order.

      The thing about the teeth could be connected to to zombies, as well as desire frustrated. Lil needs new teeth because our bodies only give us one set, which can (and often does) decay before the rest of our bodies. This decay -a dead or dying thing residing within a living person- reminds me of zombies. Somewhere in the corpse that is a zombie something lives. Not unlike how in the body of a living person something dead (fake teeth) can live. That she wants and needs new teeth because at age 31 a person is expected to still have them is an example of her desires being frustrated.

    1. Gentlemen, these are considerations that merit the full attention of patriots.

      This statement reminds me of the growing sense of nationalism that emerged in the late 1800s (eventually leading to World War I in the early 1900s), as the colonial policies that Ferry supported created a worldview with France at the center of it (a "Franco-centric" worldview).

    2. they have a duty

      This paragraph reminds me of the white man's burden we discussed in another reading last week. I think it is interesting that Ferry does not explain why "superior races" have this right. I think if he would have explained this it would of derailed his goals of expanding more or his message would come across as urgently.

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    1. the dimensions of the danger were being inflated by a U.S. government eager, in September 2001, to rally an increasingly hostile public to its support and to distract its citizens from the ecological and social concerns underlying the growing protest movements of the previous two years

      I talked a little bit about this in an earlier annotation. How the events from 9/11 changed the American mindset. I agree that the U.S. government had much to do with this because they made it a constant point to make the Islamists to seem like the biggest threat to America and the negative feelings that people had from the event grew even more from this. When a society focuses on an enemy as a root for their problems then they become blind to all of the other issues and the root of their societies real distress. This causes for unnecessary war as mentioned later which definitely does more harm because now people and resources are being used up and invested. This reminds me of parallel concepts between 1984 and the how the U.S. government acts when in war. In 1984 they distracted their citizens with the constant state of war and focused their minds on who the "enemy" was to their society even though they suffered from many other problems.

    1. n the upper house of the Parliament, a two-thirds majority of members voted to dissolve Kashmir’s last legal right to self-determination and protection, and in the lower house—the Lok Sabha—a better than 5:1 majority of India’s popularly elected representatives endorsed the move. The rest applauded the government for having the courage to take such a risk. There was a sinister grin on the face of the Parliamentarians. It wasn’t the smile of pride or satisfaction that one sees on the face of a patriot after doing something for the nation. It was the sadistic grin that emerges after you’ve humiliated a people.

      This issue here reminds me of the reasons the Americans revolted the British Monarch in the first place. They felt their rights being stripped away and had no representation during government choices. The Kashmir deserve better treatment and should be allowed to follow their culture

    1. Google Analytics Premium (later to be renamed Google Analytics 360)

      Google Analytics Premium was a better name, because it is very clear what it is.

      Google Analytics 360 sounds dumb to me. What does 360 have to do with anything?

      Reminds me Xbox Live 360 (and, though an unrelated number, Office 365). Are they copying Microsoft?

      Reminds me of YouTube Red. Where do they come up with this stuff?

    1. Natural his-tory, as a study of expiration, also engages with this mythic aspect of innovation.

      This reminds me of how scientists are constantly trying to classify and dissect the material world in order to order the chaos. It will be interesting to see how we will order dematerialized or rematerailized items/creations since we perceive the immaterial world as zero matter. How will we go forth discussing the virtual world after the COVID19 ?

    1. e toll could have reached as much as 100 million, and it not clear that we will ever know for sure how many people fell victim to the disease

      Kind of reminds me what is going on right now in China. I have read articles that speculate that the death toll is far higher in China than they are actually reporting.

    1. n the early stages of sifting throughconversations with these teachers, whatemerged was their reticence to engage ques-tions of race and culture in education, es-pecially when these questions shifted theattention to them as “White.” I found thatthis group of teachers did not see them-selves as having a racial identity, or at leastnot one that they were comfortable articu-lating. In recounting her work with Whitepreservice teachers, Pearl Rosenberg (1997)observed, “For some, their identity as whitepeople only takes shape in relationto oth-ers” (p. 80).

      This reminds me of White Fragility by Robin Diangelo

    1. tethered

      This might be a reach, but this reminds me very much of Jordan Peele's film "Us." It could be the use of the word "tethered" but Bhabha uses language like "splits his presence, distorts his outline, breaches his boundaries, repeats his action at a distance, disturbs and divides the very time of his being," which is exactly how uniquely American inequalities are portrayed in the film. Bhabha has an idea of "ambivalence" - that those who are colonized can have a split in their identity. Partly their colonizers identity, partly their own identity, the self and the other. These ideas are deeply etched into the colonial identity. Fanon wants to snap the tether.

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    1. depend on the plot of original unity out ofwhich difference must be produced and enlisted in a drama ofescalating domination of woman/nature.

      This reminds me of the story from Plato's symposium about the world beginning with everyone having another human attached to them until Zeus cut them in two.

    2. specter of the ghost

      this is an intereting transition from two very conrete thinsg (organism and machine) to the more contestable otherworldly concept of a spectr. It almost reminds me of the first paragraph wherein she equates blasphamy and religion to the cyborg... I wonder why she doesn't acknowledge these transitions between the concrete and the fantastically theoretical.

    1. Lugete, o Veneres Cupidinesque,et quantum est hominum venustiorum:

      I really really love these first two lines. We start off with this really fancy address to higher power beings, the Venuses and Cupids, and then we have a total shift to a rather colloquial sounding phrase. It reminds me of the poems we went over on Friday, where Catullus speaks of the endless stars in the sky, and the uncountable grains of sand. Although the two do not exactly correlate with one another, I think it is easy to see the fondness Catullus has for creating tension and comparison between different groups.

    1. he stoplights here are long, two minutes or more. Badu would have had time to sit and consider what he was doing.

      Reminds me of the way Baran walks Flowers' route. The act of recreating what the subject did often reveals new information.

    1. In school, most youth only consume digital stories and resources. We need to transition from consumption to creation of digital content, from students as consumers to students as creators of digital content. When students create digital content that they value, they are much more likely to be engaged.

      This is an accurate and relevant observation. Students will not be empowered to use the digital content that they are presented with if they are only consumers of this technology. When students are given the position of creator, they get to consider the rheotrical impact of their digital content (audience, purpose, etc.) in the same way that they do while composing a more traditional piece of writing. This reminds me of the stop-motion example that we watched in technology class. Considering that the kindergartners took an active role in transforming the children's book into an interactive video, the students will be encouraged to pick up this technology in their future.

    1. never stops

      This reminds me of a video I saw online of Californians being surprised about being able to hear lots of birds due to the lack of noise from the quarantine. That's very interesting to me, because it emphasizes the fact of the beauty that birds represent being ever-present, even in times of great distress, like now.

    1. I almost think I can remember feeling a littledifferent. But if I ’m not the same, the nextquestion is, Who in the world am I

      This reminds me of the physical changes that many go through in adolescence and from middle school to high school. Many during these years ask themselves and some just unconsciously try to figure out what their identity is when going through adolescence

    1. e judge, assess, give feedback to, and grade writing by students of color

      This reminds me a lot about discussions we had in RWS 602 regarding codeswitching and Vershawn Ashanti Young recognizing a need for codemeshing.

    1. The Idea that women could a) not like children and b) not have children is baffaling and outrageous to some people. Your ability to have children determines your worth as a woman, and wife. it however does not determine your capabilities of rasing children. Here. a woman's choice in wanting children is ignored and children become more of an obligatin that is meant to be fulfuilled. This reminds me of the character Christina Yang from Grey's Anatomy how she cried that she was free when Dr. Burke broke off their wedding, and when she was struggling in her relationship with Dr. Hunt because she did not want children. Its a constant battle between the ideas of feminity and womanhood and individual choice.

    1. disconnected from a con-crete reality. Each unique child is tightly connected and linked to conditions in time and space.

      This reminds me of the beautiful story we just heard about with the children wanting to help clean up the rubble after the destruction in TN. Children are connected just as we are to what is and has happened around us. It is important that we honor this right of theirs.

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    1. However, I am quite ready to enter your name, should your answers be what a really affectionate mother requires.  Do you smoke?

      This section reminds me of a job interview or a form for renting an apartment. Clearly, Lady B. does not care about the importance of love. This interview also commodifies Gwendolen into something to be qualified or earned rather than a person that can choose who they want in their lives. It is commentary on the state of marriages for the rich during this time. It all sounds like business.

    1. he task of those who ducate is not only to allow the differen es to be expressed, but to make it possible for them to be negotiated and nurtured through exchanging and comparing ideas.

      This reminds me of conflict resolution and why it is so important to understand why a child did what they did. Emotion is often the immediate catalyst for a child's behavior which is why I stress emotional validation.

    2. Listening should recognize the many languages, symbols and codes that people use in order toexpress themselves and communicate

      This reminds me of the hundred languages of children. Just as there are multiple ways for children to express themselves, there are multiple ways to really listen to these expressions.

    1. In what way could this sentence also serve as a signal for a ritualistic use of this narrative?

      This sentence reminds me of the stock phrases we use to introduce or end fairy tales. The “thus it was” could function in a similar way, as a closing formula to a certain type of narrative shared by a specific (the Lakota) culture. The sentence serves as some kind of concluding wrap-up comment on the story told and it emphasizes the relevance of both the “Beautiful Woman” and her precious gift. It marks the preceding narrative as a story about the origin of an important cultural ritual and object and therefore makes it very suitable for ritualistic use and retelling.

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    1. as captive kingsought to be, the living picture beside the father’slifelessimage:butCaesarthusshowed offthe toddlerasa rightful prince.

      This is different from previous instances where most would have killed the son. This reminds me of Cleopatra's and Caesar's son Caesarion who was the heir to Caesar's rule was killed by Augustus, which allowed for Augustus to take power over Rome.

    2. Massinissa was caught between humanpietasto wife and tofriend,fidesto personal and (as king) political morality. Powerless to keep herphysically safe, he could only help her to die–a classic Punic honour-suicide,like that of her brother Hannibal, self-poisonedc. 183 BCE to escape imprison-ment, and of Hasdrubal’s wife in 146

      This reminds me a little of The Illiad where Andromache fears that if her husband Hektor goes to war she would be taken as a prisoner. In this case Sophonisba ad Massinissa saw honor in suicde.

    1. Find a quiet, comfortable place to sit, then close your eyes and let your body go loose. A reclining armchair is ideal. You can lie down, but this will increase your chances of falling asleep. Although relaxing before bed can improve your sleep, the goal of this exercise is to learn to relax while awake. Wear loose, comfortable clothing, and don’t forget to remove your shoes. Take about five slow, deep breaths before you begin. This reminds me of guided meditation. Another great tool that should be used on a regular basis to be of any benefit. I would need to implement these into my own life in order to help someone else to implement it into theirs. Jennifer

    1. Chester The Cat Feels Anxious! Identifying Anxiety in the Body

      I like this cute little picture of Chester the cat. It's simple and is a great visual guide to help you and your student/child to discover where in their body they are feeling the anxiety. This reminds me of when my daughter was little, every time she was about to see her biological father she would get a tummy ache. I never told her it was anxiety around seeing her father but I knew it was. I am grateful to now have something I can give her to cope with her anxiety, if she will take it and use it. Jennifer

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      Flip it reminds me of "Plan B" from Ross Greene's book; "Lost at School" except FLIP it encourages using their steps quickly (1-10 minutes) and they're for ages 3-8 years old. FLIP it is probably what most teachers and parents would want to use because it is less time consuming. Plan B on the other hand, you can use for all ages and it possibly has better results in the long run because you take more time to nurture the relationship. Jennifer

    1. Bill Totts would have to cease.

      This sequence reminds me of "The Yellow Wallpaper" and the narrator's struggles to decipher the figures within the wallpaper, and what to do about them when they were stuck inside

    1. the germs of empires.

      This reminds me of the wording of pollution theory. Where as it's usually minorities that are compared to being "germs" and "viruses," in this case, it is flipped, calling large empires the germs instead which would even complicate Moore's and Douglas' theories.

    1. it is the soul of the soul.

      In response to discussion question 2, Mussolini claims that the Fascist State is a spiritual force. In many people's views and even in certain religions, spirituality is not necessarily linked to religion as a whole. They look at spirituality as a personal link to themselves, their community, and the universe. The phrase "it is the soul of the soul" reminds me more of this line of thinking than a strictly religious line of thinking.

    2. here is no concept of the State which is not fundamentally a concept of life;

      This reminds me of how many people think about religion. People live their lives by tenets of religion, which makes the concepts in the religion "fundamentally a concept of life." In this way, Mussolini is stating that people should be living their lives through the tenets of the state just as they would live through tenets of a religion.

    1. triving to be perfect will hold you back because it causes a lot of anxiety. When every task or test is a measure of one’s self worth, school can certainly feel very risky, full of potential land minds. While mild to moderate levels of anxiety can be motivating (think of how hard it would be to get motivated to study for a test if weren’t anxious at all), high levels of anxiety actually interfere with learning and get in the way. It can take SO much time too. Perfectionism can also take a huge toll on your mood

      This reminds me of a student of mine, who was constantly trying to be perfect in everything. He ended up being very sick for awhile, and as it turns out, his stress and anxiety level was so high that he just couldn't do it anymore.

    1. The difficulties faced by African writers of dystopian fiction are representative of those faced by African novelists in general, who must often strain against the generic characteristics of the fundamentally bourgeois form within which they write.

      A challenging dichotomy of form versus message. Books are purchased largely by the upper classes, so it has to be revolutionary, but not too revolutionary so as not to alienate the largest purchasers of them. It reminds me of Lindsay Ellis's video on Rent and how subversive storytelling on Broadway cannot be too subversive or else it will alienate the predominantly upper class, white purchasers of Broadway tickets.

    1. “the ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change.” 

      This reminds me of the saying "you're stronger than you know." Resilience is bouncing back, being strong when you feel weak, it is the art of pushing through when you feel like everything is holding you back.

    1. But spam begins to make sense only when we get specific and separate out the different types, motives, actors, and groups.

      This reminds me of Jeong's definition of harassment in Internet of Garbage, pointing out the trickiness of definitional multiplicity.

    2. Attention, the scarce resource of human notice,

      Reminds me of one of the first texts that we read, and how harassment seemed to be targeted at the amount of attention that a person or group was receiving as much as, if not more than the message put forth by that person or group.

    1. this drawing conveys with artistic precision the sense of smallness that children often experience in the world of adults.

      This reminds me of the importance of adults in an early childhood setting being on level with the children. We loom large in the eyes of young children when we do not put ourselves on the floor with them.

    1. Reflective Practice Sessions are a time to talk about the work you do to support children and adults. The sessions focus on experiences, thoughts, and feelings directly connected with the work you are doing with young children and the adults in their lives.

      Reminds me of the sessions that we have at Eric Hamber Secondary, where we sit down and talk about the work that we do, and reflect on the practices that we use.

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

      This reminds me of the quote "When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they'll eat the rich". When everyone is eating filth the prisoners will be fed? I don't know, I think I'm missing something from this idea.

    2. By constantly tormenting them with reminders of the lice in their children’s hair, the School Physician first brought their hatred down on him. But by this familiarity they grew used to him, and so, at last, took him for their friend and adviser.

      This entire poem reminds me of the demeanor of Freddie when he goes South of the Slot. Especially when he gets beaten up in the beginning of the story for not knowing the art of shirking. Eventually, Freddie, known as Bill Totts, is accepted by the working class people that live South of the Slot. This poem is similar in that respect because the school physician gets reprimanded by the poor parents for doing the right thing, but eventually "[take] him for their friend and adviser".

    3. peasant traditions to give them character

      Sometimes I think peasant traditions are the only place where character can be found at all. It reminds me of bohemia, or what we'd call "hipsters" today.

    4. which have no peasant traditions to give them character

      These couple of verses makes me think that William maybe be describing the lives of peasants that predominantly live in the mountain regions of Kentucky, and New Jersey. The type of people that live here, however, are, its deaf-mutes, thieves, and reckless men who venture out for railroading. Kind of reminds me of the "Mystery Text", in particular, those that live South of Slot.

    5. Lifeless in appearance, sluggish dazed spring approaches

      The themes of lifelessness appears once more, something that's consistent throughout this piece. It reminds me of the ideas of the veil, separation, and themes of life and death especially in Du Bois, along with the ghosty topics.

    6. By constantly tormenting them with reminders of the lice in their children’s hair, the School Physician first brought their hatred down on him

      This reminds me of "the veil" and how even the poor have a veil, not just people of color. By tormenting someone about the lice in their hair, it not only reminds them that they cannot afford proper hygine, but they internalize that they are dirty and it dehumanizes them.Here we see how the poor can develop a double consciousness, and one's hate for them can become hate for themselves.

    7. But by this familiarity they grew used to him, and so, at last, took him for their friend and adviser.

      This reminds me of that phrase "familiarity breeds fondness." Is it really true? Granted, in this situation the school physician is actually trying to help.

    1. They are now finding their way into scholarly communication

      This reminds me of the "Is Social Media a Viable Platform for Scientific Research?" article / blog published by a student of PUB 480's 2018 cohort.

    1. So he pulled out a feather and laid it beside the sleeping man. Then he left them and went off a short distance, for he knew that a woman was being formed from the feather.

      It reminds me of how man and woman was formed in Christianity. Which I'm no longer part of but i thought I'd quote the Bible verses for comparison. 7 Then the Lord God formed a man[c] from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. 18 The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”But for Adam[f] no suitable helper was found. 21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs[g] and then closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib[h] he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

    1. He further states that “[a]s an unmarked category against which difference is constructed, whiteness never has to speak its name, never has to acknowledge its role as an organizing principle in social and cultural relations” (p. 1). As these scholars indicate, “whiteness” works as an invisible and elusive structure of privilege, one that allows for constant reinvention and rearticulation to protect the interests of a white racial ruling class.

      This reminds me of the video on meritocracy by DeRay how white privilege is built into power structures to help white people while also being invisible to allow others to think that there is a shot at merit based advancement.

    1. The metaphor of “catching the ball that the children throw us, and then tossing it back to continue the game” is a favorite one in Reggio Emilia

      This reminds me of the zone of proximal development...where growth happens.

    2. importance of tuning in to exactly what children say (verbally or nonverbally

      This idea reminds me of something I was taught early in my teaching career that all behavior is simply a form of communication. It is up to us as the adult and teacher to decipher what is trying to be said. Get into the intention behind the action, which can be two completely different ideas.

    3. but must act in such a way as to persuade children that they deeply share this image.

      This reminds me of a reading we previously had that stated much of early childhood education gets lost when being transferred from theory to practice. I love that an emphasis is placed on practice.

    1. 

      "Of or relating to a dualistic view of the world, dividing things into either good or evil, light or dark, black or white, involving no shades of gray." I did not know what that term meant but this description of it reminds me of antinomies

    1. This keychain is my favorite one because it reminds me where I'm from and who I am .

      Those little reminders can make a bad day into a good day by just one glimpse. I can totally relate to this.

    1. Confrontational politics in Washington

      This reminds me of Netflix's House of Cards (dramatized originally on BBC). Career politicians allow for party elites. One way to look at how the party elite represents a constituency is if they vote in favor of what their constituents want or what lobbyists/influencers propose to win votes(or favors) in future elections.

    1. As for why I like this photo was because looking at the clouds reminds me of future possibilities.

      would enjoy a bit more insight on specifics on what makes you like this scenery

    1. Do learners consciously make connections between their work and that of the greater community?

      This is why I think it is important for students to write for an audience other than the teacher. If students are simply creating work for the purpose of receiving a grade, then nothing meaningful is resulting from the assignment. Students are empowered to thoroughly consider their audience and purpose when working on a project that will eventually be presented to a larger audience. This reminds me of the video from a Portland school that we watched in technology class, where the students had to write grant proposals to install historic art around the city. Students need to be writing for an audience outside of their individual instructor because this prepares them for real-world practices.

    1. if that same individual also carries an allele that results in a fatal childhood disease,that fecundity phenotype will not pass to the next generation because the individual will not live to reachreproductive age.

      This would probably be a relatively rare occurrence. Odds are the individual would've inherited the favorable reproductive trait from the parent and they may have also been effected by a rare genetic disorder that results in infant mortality. This reminds me of Tay Sachs, a fatal genetic disorder with a childhood onset.

  7. Feb 2020
    1. Anxious children and teens worry in excess and to an extreme. They worry about more things, more often, and in more extreme ways than their peers. Socially anxious teens are not just worried about saying the wrong thing once or twice, but are afraid that they will say the wrong thing repeatedly, be judged harshly by their peers, and embarrass themselves beyond repair for the rest of their lives!

      This reminds me of when Anxiety Canada refers to anxiety as a fog, it is something those with anxiety cannot see through or look past. Even when we know that its irrational, it is still next to impossible to accept seeing it from a different perspective.

    1. e. When you drain your cup, you will see fine grains coating the bottom. The effects soon hit. Emperors of the world, beware

      This entire article in general just reminds me how certain things can have such large effects. Money is an example- some people can be all about money, to the point where it takes them over and controls them. It is crazy how things can just snowball into something that we probably did not even imagine, which is what happened with coffee and the Ottoman Empire... or how things that we love so much, can become poison at some point and cause a lot that we did not ask for. These were just all of my thoughts that were running through my head while reading this.

    2. Coffee houses gave men somewhere to congregate other than in homes, mosques or markets, providing a place for them to socialise, exchange information, entertain – and be educated.

      This is very similar to what we have today. This actually reminds me of places like Starbucks or Panera bread where people get their coffee or other beverages and hang out or do work. Could these modern establishments be influenced by this?

    1. But then Loyaan is a far cry from the individualist heroes of most Western detective fiction, and it is clear throughout Sweet and Sour Milk that Farah’s focus is on Somali society and not on his protagonist Loyaan. For one thing, the split between the twins Soyaan and Loyaan already destabilizes the bourgeois notion of unique identity. For another, Soyaan is far more “heroic” in his opposition to tyranny than is Loyaan, and the focus on the relatively passive Loyaan undermines any attempt to read the book as a story of individual heroism

      Reminds me of the points made by Marcia Lynx Qualey about how Non-western writing bucks conventions and standards of western genres

    1.  It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul,—Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars!—It is the cause. Yet I’ll not shed her blood;Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow,3305And smooth as monumental alabaster.Yet she must die, else she’ll betray more men.Put out the light, and then put out the light:If I quench thee, thou flaming minister,

      This reminds me of the monologue Macbeth does before he murders King Duncan. Both works have a character engage in monologue before they kill someone who is close to them. Interesting to see this in another one of Shakespeare's plays

    1.  Thisne!”—“Ah Pyramus, my lover dear! Thy Thisbe dear and lady dear!

      Reminds me of those "plays" when someone dresses up one side of themselves as one character and the other side of their body in another costume so they can play both parts.

    1. do not show any signs of agreeing with the second specification

      hahaha he's mad because no one in his little club likes his rule he reminds me of Angelica from Rugrats

    2. —never consider anything as dogma

      This seems against what the point of the essay was. It reminds me of Hillbilly Elegy where a point is being made but it's not consistent or fought for strongly.

    3. All this, however, some may consider open to debate.

      I wonder why there is a need to debate these subjects, and particularly now. It reminds me of the current political debates now, where rules need to be followed or compromises need to be made.

    4. Direct treatment of the “thing” whether subjective or objective. To use absolutely no word that does not contribute to the presentation. As regarding rhythm: to compose in the sequence of the musical phrase, not in sequence of a metronom

      These steps for what constitutes poetry or this "new wave" of poetry reminds me of the movie, The Dead Poet's Society. Theres a couple scenes in the film based around this book that students have to study when reading analyzing poetry; there's a scientific scale for the goodness and brilliance of the poetry. These steps are similar to that scale, but in a more specific context and in a less offensive way.

    1. One to Ones: Expanding our collective capacity to get things done through relationships

      WOW! This reminds me of some of the things high school coaches are talking about in their relationships w/ some of the staff. I wonder how powerful 1 to 1 talks could be with stakeholders in our area (ie. MPS employees/officials, university officials, etc.)

    1. His funeral, in spite of the time that had elapsed since his death, was carried out as follows. In the Roman Forum a wooden platform was constructed hard by the marble rostra, upon which  p169 was set a shrine, without walls, but surrounded by columns, cunningly wrought of both ivory and gold. 3 In it there was placed a bier of the same materials, surrounded by heads of both land and sea animals and adorned with coverlets of purple and gold. Upon this rested an effigy of Pertinax in wax, laid out in triumphal garb; and a comely youth was keeping the flies away from it with peacock feathers, as though it were really a person sleeping.

      Wow this reminds me of that funeral passage Prof. Yarrow read out in class.

    2. As for the various cities and private citizens, Severus punished some and rewarded others; of the Roman senators he slew none, but deprived most of them of their property and confined them on islands. He was merciless in his raising of funds; thus, for example, he exacted four times the amount that any individuals or peoples had given to Niger, whether they had done so voluntarily or under compulsion. 5 He himself doubtless perceived that he was ill spoken of because of this, but, as he required large sums of money, he paid no attention to what people said.

      Reminds me of the concept of benficium, particularly with Caesar. He grants clemency to his enemies and gifts to his allies in order to hold them to a certain conduct and standard.

    1. please the patriarchy, and maybe, just maybe, be of enough merit to hover somewhere near the highest rank’s spot on the social pyramid

      This reminds me of trying to figure out how to behave in high school so that the popular people will start inviting you to their parties and let you sit with them at lunch.

    1. The patriarchy these characters face marks a convergence of traditional Middle Eastern beliefs with contemporary Western culture

      This reminds me of the criticism we've spoken about in class regarding Western values held by Middle Eastern directors. The tendency to condemn filmmakers for this fact feels harsh in a sense because no one's belief system goes untouched by Western culture due to the violent history of imperialism and colonialism.

    1. All men recognize the right of revolution

      This value reminds me of the first amendment, the right to petition the government. The amendment isn't as intense but it is still sending the same message, that if the government is wrong, we then have the right to tell them they are.

    1. when he heard that sentence of death had been pronounced against him, too, drank the blood of a hare

      I find this interesting, because it reminds me of the Cleopatra readings. Instead of letting himself be put to death by others, he chose to do it himself. Was this an act of self pride?

    1. some cancer cells are able to “hide” from the immune system.

      This was a striking sentence for me. I was unaware that there are some forms of cancer cells that go undetected by the bodies natural immune system. The fact that cancer cells are able to, in a sense, not listen to the "turn off switch" reminds me a bit when we talked about lactose, and how some people who are unable to ingest dairy is because the gene which is "turned on" and "turned off at birth, my connection is how for people who are able to eat dairy, their "turn off" switch never reacted.

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    1. For many of us, friends are a vital source of social suppor

      this reminds me of the times I spend with my friends after we have not seen each other for months on end. After spending time with my friends and conversing with them, I find that my mood changes and I feel happy and refreshed.

    1. Abstract Recent technological advancements have had a drastic impact on the way individuals communicate.

      Unlike my other sources so far, this one reminds me of the scholarly articles we analyzed in class, this source contains an abstract and discussion which are key parts to expert articles.

    1. and he scoffs openly at any talk of things not to be felt and seen and put down in figures.

      Reminds me of the ways Dubois' was oriented in academe alongside his Blackening of American Sociology. How he had to reckon with the ways Blackness was deemed immeasurable and thus presented/perceived as myth or only "real" through the insidious ideologies/beliefs/assumptions of an inherently racist [white] American consciousness. I am also reminded of the incredible work of Ida B. Wells and Zora Neale Hurston.

    1. I am constantly surprised by the craftsmanship and artistry capable of artisans from long ago. In my mind, I imagine metal workings and carvings as a modern art because it appears long an tedious; but, seeing all of the inventions from long ago reminds me how innovative our ancestors are.

    1. Traditional authority is granted to individuals regardless of their qualifications.

      Outside the obvious Traditional authority of monarchs and religious authority this reminds me of people born into wealth. Though people may have never earned the wealth themselves they begin with a step up over others. Unless brought up in a family that makes their children work for their money, this could result in people carrying this traditional authority without ever earning it.

    1. Peer Review?

      Denise, I recommend including the term 'Peer Assessment' in the title or at least in the first paragraph as well. I don't think you need the definition of peer review from Merriam-Webster as it reminds me of peer reviewing journals. I think just jump right into the definition you have below the Merriam-Webster. Another option is to include a definition from the literature rather than dictionary definition.

    1. better but also enjoy the process, because the issue is real to you and your “intrinsic motivation

      This reminds me of a breakup. Where you are given a problem and do not know how to deal with it then you start going on, doing better for yourself, learning how to be on your own again, and creating new mindsets with memories

    2. The questions you ask should not be structured in a way that they seek one correct answer, per se, but rather perspectives or experiences of scholars that have come before you

      This reminds me more of how I would approach a scientific paper, not an English paper.

    1. accordingtotheAlaskantale

      The differentiation of tales reminds me somewhat of evolution with different stories branching off of similar feelings that a human feels when interacting with the world. Over time we learn more and more and therefore collectively change our perspectives and interactions.

    1. . When the doctor arrived, he explained that I was probably just too fat and that spotting was normal and he sent me home. Later that night my ass started hurting. Just behind the butt muscle and off a bit to the side. I walked. I stretched.

      This was crazy, it reminds me of when I had a discussion about how women often get misdiagnosed due to male doctors believing that they are over exaggerating their symptoms, especially with heart disease. This shows the importance of cultural competency in the medical field. Doctors need to be more open minded and listen to patience concerns.

    1. The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.

      This is a Beautiful quote from FDR. Everyone can help someone. He gave optimism to people at a time where it felt like there was no hope. Reminds me of the Ronald Reagan quote. You can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.

    1. What I was walling in or walling out,

      This reminds me of the short story graphic The Neighbor where the fence was was used to emphasize the distance between two people who lived next to each other.

    2. The witch that came (the withered hag)

      The way Frost specifically points out the witch is a "withered hag" reminds me of how women have been villianized and dehumanized throughout history over accusations of being a witch. What does this line say about the time period this was written in? Do you think this is this a slur to women?

    1. "Now John," quod Nicholas, "I wol nat lye;                     "Now John," said Nicholas, "I will not lie; 3514         I have yfounde in myn astrologye,                     I have found in my astrology, 3515         As I have looked in the moone bright,                     As I have looked on the bright moon, 3516         That now a Monday next, at quarter nyght,                     That now on Monday next, after midnight, 3517         Shal falle a reyn, and that so wilde and wood                     Shall fall a rain, and that so wild and raging 3518         That half so greet was nevere Noes flood.                     That Noah's flood was never half so large. 3519         This world," he seyde, "in lasse than an hour                     This world," he said, "in less than an hour 3520         Shal al be dreynt, so hidous is the shour.                     Shall all be drowned, so hideous is the shower. 3521         Thus shal mankynde drenche, and lese hir lyf."                     Thus shall mankind drown, and lose their lives."

      I found it very intriguing that Nicholas decides to use religion as a means to trick the carpenter, It reminds me of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight because in both their is a strong dependence on faith and religion. There definitely seems like there would be simpler ways to get the carpenter out of the house for the night. Something also gives me a suspicion during this part of the story that the idea may have come from the encounter between Nicholas and Alisoun at the beginning of the story because they both used religion to justify their actions and intentions there as well.

    1. opportunity for men with antifeminist ideas to broad-cast their views to more people than ever before

      Kind of reminds me of the fall of Tay, how quickly and the volume at which these ideas can infiltrate an AI system.

    2. also responded to the incident with a blog post, this one titled “Campus Special Snowflakes Melt upon Contact with Greek Myth ology.”47

      This critique of universities reminds me of the controversy at UArts last year (when I was still working there) where students protested the public lecture given by faculty member Camille Paglia. The administration refused to cancel the lecture, a move that was praised by alt-right factions of the internet. The protesters were harassed by online trolls and administrative offices even received random emails making derogatory comments about the protestors and praising the decision made by President Yager.

    1. With scientific data becoming increasingly complex, scientists will need to continue developing new kinds of visualizations to handle that complexity. To make those visualizations effective — for both scientists and the general public — data visualization designers will have to apply the best research on humans’ visual processing in order to work with the brain, rather than against it

      This article reminds me a lot of the bio stats class I am currently in. It makes me wonder how data presentation will change with time.

    1. heory of the hundred lan-guages of ch

      This reminds me of the quote from The Little Prince, "Here is my secret. It is very simple: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."

    1. biggest surprise from today to social with #TinyHabitsCourse

      There is a certain amount of goofing around--Fogg's words. That reminds me of Mimi Ito's acronym (HOMAGO) to which I add (SO): hanging out, messing about, geeking out, sharing out) A certain amount of experimentation and loose play in devising and implementing tiny habits.

    1. And what is love but a rose that fades?

      I like this line a lot, it reminds me of Shakespeare's well known sonnet but puts a sad twist on it. Roses aren't usually used as symbols of love for their short-lived life spans.

    2. What is this I hear of sorrow and weariness, Anger, discontent and drooping hopes? Degenerate sons and daughters, Life is too strong for you– It takes life to love Life.

      This note is not necessarily for this passage, but for the three poems as a whole. I like how Lee connects these poems through a shared background of Spoon River. It reminds me of other fictionalized places that writers return to again and again, like Faulkner's "Yoknapatawpha County" (I had to look up how to spell that, yikes) or Sherwood Anderson's "Winesburg, Ohio". Having this place populated and realized gives the poems a novelesque feel when read together, which I have not experienced in much poetry.

    3. That no one knows what is good

      This reminds me of something out of an Alan Watts books I've been reading. "One cannot know pleasure without knowing pain". It's a yin and yang statement as old as time. One cannot understand the ethics of what is morally "good" unless one knows what NOT to do "evil".

    1. The authors considered how to use Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) and wireless technology to provide access to information about an area in ways that would be entertaining and informative for users.

      This reminds me of an app we purchased last summer before we went to Yellowstone. It was called Gypsy Guide and, using GPS when we entered the park each morning, gave us recommendations, facts, stories, and suggestions about which geysers and places of interest to see, which to skip. We had thought about booking a tour, but this was so much better as we could do it on our own time in our own car.

    1. civilization

      I wonder why he's chosen three phases of human civilization and if it's totally arbitrary. It reminds me of the old racial scientists who disagreed whether there were three, five, or twelve races. I wouldn't be surprised if another scholar identified five phases of human society, or another eighteen, while a hundred years pass and nobody realizes what a red flag it is to be unable to reconcile that.