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  1. Jul 2019
    1. helpful

      He repeats this word many times. It reminds me of the line from The Emperor's New Groove: "Oh, right. The poison. The poison for Kuzco, the poison chosen especially to kill Kuzco, Kuzco's poison." in which slightly different phrases that mean exactly the same thing are said so much that it's completely overdone and almost comedic, which stands in stark contrast to the event that had just occurred. As the father had just died and the children are in mourning, society expects that no one would laugh so soon afterwards.

    2. the sheet up to her chin

      It makes me feel like if she is drowning. Her pose reminds me of Ophelia’s death in Hamlet. Like even though she is still physically alive, her mind is so unsettled that she drowns herself in her thoughts, and these thoughts bothers her, dragging down to a deeper abyss. It is not that she is evil, it’s just the sense of despair within her. Describing her as a statue staring at the ceiling creates this sense of infinity as well, like as if she is kept in this state, not able to get out.

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    1. The side kept hidden from the general notice, exhibited this same gentleman in the totally different character of a man of pleasure, with a villa in the suburbs which was not taken in his own name, and with a lady in the villa, who was not taken in his own name, either.

      This reminds me of Miss Clack. The satirical tone describing her devotion to the religion can also be used to refer to her obsession towards Godfrey, sanctimonious and hypocritical.

    2. newspapers.

      She reminds me of Catherine, the plain alien immigrant in a Japanese animation who was originally a cat burglar but ended up working for a kindly old woman at a bar.

    3. foreign varnish

      I find this term interesting. A varnish is "a clear transparent hard protective finish or film. Varnish has little or no color and has no added pigment as opposed to paint or wood stain which contains pigment" (Wikipedia). From this, I infer that Betteredge thinks all the other "personalities" of Franklin are just protective guises and the true Franklin is the one he likes the most, which is an awfully selective way of viewing a person. Varnish is also added upon a painting and wood of furniture, which reminds me of the painting he did with Rachel, and the cabinet. Perhaps he has something to do with the missing Diamond, as the Diamond is associated with those things as well.

    4. The Devil (or the Diamond)

      For someone who purports he doesn't believe in superstition (or "hocus-pocus"), Betteredge's language is very superstitious. An explanation for the awkward dinner party could be because everyone's mind are on the diamond (they want it for themselves). This reminds me of the scene in the beginning with the quicksand when Rosanna describes the sand as looking like "hundreds of suffocating people," like the dozen of people at the party suffocating under the heavy atmosphere, failing at conversation. All because the (moon)stone was thrown into the party.

    1. I think Theseus would have enjoyed the World Wide Web in 1997; the adventure and excitement that it fostered. Its labyrinthine shape full of passages, turns, tunnels, and the unknown. Websites often eschewed the formal navigation systems we have come to rely on and expect in favour of more open-ended or casual solutions. Moving around a site—much like moving around the Web in general—was a journey that embraced the forking, wandering naturing of hypertext and allowed the user—with varying degrees of agency—to choose their own path through cyberspace, the hero of their own self-authored epic.

      Love the idea of the web as a labyrinth. It reminds me of what was espoused of in Eastgate Systems' Hypertext Gardens and Mike Caulfield's view of the ideal web as a garden.

    1. Reciprocal teaching revolves around four global comprehension strategies: predicting, questioning, clarifying, and summarizing. The teacher explains these strategies to small groups using a shared text, first modeling their use, and then asking students to lead the groups.

      This reminds me gradual release

    1. he believed he could not live if he were forced away without being so happy.

      for some reason this reminds me of Romeo, "must thou leave me so unsatisfied?"

    1. The [missionaries] approach people in provinces and districts to make them their followers, and let them destroy shrines and temples. This is an unheard of outrage. When a vassal receives a province, a district, a village or another form of a fief, he must consider it as a property entrusted to him on a temporary basis. He must follow the laws of this country, and abide by their intent. However, some vassals illegally [commend part of their fiefs to the church]. This is a culpable offense

      It is especially interesting to me that the exclusion of missionaries and the destruction of their shrines and temples is unheard of. This act kind of reminds me of entrusting one's money in a bank and then that bank invests the money without the true owner of the money approving, but that investment goes bad and so the original owner does not get their money back. This is what led to the economic crash in 2008 and is very similar to this. These vassals are entrusted, temporarily, with the land of the missionaries. And yet they still perform very subtle exclusions of the missionaries. Some destroyed the homes and land which, in my opinion, was probably the most common way of expelling the missionaries. In reality, the vassals were donating the land to the church, thus getting the missionaries out while still looking great in the eyes of the church and to the community.

    1. he chickadees in flocks, which, picking up the crumbs the squirrels had dropped, flew to the nearest twig, and, placing them under their claws, hammered away at them with their little bills, a

      He is so observant of the animals around him. It is as if they are almost friends of his. This reminds me of the Disney Movie Cinderella, when she is cleaning her only friends are the mice and birds.

    1. Let the scenes abound with light, especially coloured and varied; and let the masquers, or any other that are to come down from the scene, have some motions upon the scene it self before their coining down; for it draws the eye strangely, and makes it with great pleasure to desire to see that it cannot perfectly discern. Let the songs be loud and cheerful, and not chirpings or pulings: let the music likewise be sharp and loud, and well placed. The colours that show best by candle-light, are white, carnation, and a kind of sea-water green and ouches, or spangs, as they are of no great cost, so they are of most glory.

      This scene sounds so pretty. It reminds me of a scene from one of my favorite movies Labyrinth. There's a scene where the main characters are at a masquerade ball and the scene described in this story is so accurate to the setting of the movie with the colors and the music playing the whole spectacle of the ball.

    1. the entry into the rock

      This reminds me of the movie Alice In Wonderland. In the movie, Alice falls into a tree. Waking up, she finds herself in a mysterious new world. In this piece, it seems like the cave is almost a place of solitude. Maybe a place away from her sadness? That is up for discussion.

    1. hrough collaborative production, friendly competition, civic action, and joint research, youth and adults make things, have fun, learn, and make a difference together.

      shared interests and collaboration are instrumental for connected learning; reminds me of the phrase "great minds think alike"

    1. Thou hast made me, and shall thy work decay? Repair me now, for now mine end doth haste, I run to death, and death meets me as fast, And all my pleasures are like yesterday; I dare not move my dim eyes any way,

      This reminds me of the Shakespeare sonnet 62 where Shakespeare talks about his youth being gone and being old and wrinkly

    2. Which is, to keep that hid.

      He did something but won't tell anyone what he did. Reminds me of the different stories of knights we've read, and to do something because it's the right thing to do and now because they want a reward or recognition.

    1. MEPHIST. Then, Faustus,[83] stab thine arm courageously, And bind thy soul, that at some certain day Great Lucifer may claim it as his own; And then be thou as great as Lucifer. FAUSTUS. [Stabbing his arm] Lo, Mephistophilis, for love of thee, I cut mine arm, and with my proper blood Assure my soul to be great Lucifer’s, Chief lord and regent of perpetual night! View here the blood that trickles from mine arm, And let it be propitious for my wish. MEPHIST. But, Faustus, thou must Write it in manner of a deed of gift.

      this part reminds me of the new 'Sabrina' show on Netflix where they have to write their name in the devils book with their blood to receive their full powers

    2. Exit.

      I think this is the "darkest" story we've read in this course thus far. I pretty much enjoyed it because it deals with contrasting themes that fascinate me, such as good vs. evil, damnaton vs. salvation, destiny vs. free will, and power vs. knowledge. This story somehow reminds me of The Canterbury Tales, since both stories question whether a sinner can be pardoned and the reasons why humans are aware of sin and damnation but are not totally understand its importance. Sadly, Faustus doesn't repent in the end, because his heart is "hardened," and he's always struggling to find reasons to renounce magic and repent. He never repents because he loses faith in God and of course, in himself.

    3. GOOD ANGEL. O, Faustus, lay that damned book aside, And gaze not on it, lest it tempt thy soul, And heap God’s heavy wrath upon thy head! Read, read the Scriptures:–that is blasphemy. EVIL ANGE

      This reminds me of those scenes that you see in movies, where the angel and the devil are both on someone's shoulder, and they are interfering with their decision.

    4. And necromantic books are heavenly;

      Interesting phrase- The necromantic books (book of dark/ satanic magic) are heavenly? This reminds me of the debate over whether or not all sins are just sins or if they have levels of severity.

    1. with dreams, with drugs, with waking nightmares

      This reminds me of PTSD, with living nightmares that some have abused substances in an attempt to stop.

    2. I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix,

      Right off the bat, the speaker gives us this image of a generation subjected to chaos and madness. This generation is vulnerable and weak apparently. He uses the words "destroyed" and "staving" which reminds me of Eliot's "Wasteland". In both texts, society is described as something that is falling apart and out of control. Both authors focus on this destruction of society and consciousness which plagues American society.

    3. who got busted in their pubic beards returning through Laredo with a belt of marijuana for New York,

      This just reminds me of the 1970's when this stuff was coming through the area. In this poem, it felt like this moment is when having drugs on you got into trouble with the police.

    4. last furnished room emptied down to the last piece of mental furniture, a yellow paper rose twisted on a wire hanger on the closet, and even that imaginary, nothing but a hopeful little bit of hallucination—

      this section reminds me of "The Yellow Wall Paper" in which the theme was mental health. Here it seems Ginsberg is telling us about the "who" in his letter/poem and the struggles the "who" has had that destroyed the best minds.

    5. who lit cigarettes in boxcars boxcars boxcars racketing through snow toward lonesome farms in grandfather night,

      This reminds me of Kerouac's On the Road which was published two years after Howl. They were contemporaries and friends. I love the phrase "grandfather night" it reminds me of a clock and perhaps it is time ticking away that Ginsberg wants us to remember as his people race on madly into the holy night near the farms.

    6. dreaming of the pure vegetable kingdom,

      This reminds me of today's vegan hipsters who are obsessed with organic foods and not using animal products. They care for the environment and for the lives of animals who are often treated with cruelty to obtain meat from them. The vegetable kingdom is something they would relish in since a large part of their diet is fruits and vegetables.

    7. who disappeared into the volcanoes of Mexico leaving nothing behind but the shadow of dungarees and the larva and ash of poetry scattered in fireplace Chicago,

      This reminds me of the cycles and time that exerts it force on poetry as it too has a life cycle. I think he is looking at how poetry is breaking down and dying or at least becoming ash, perhaps in an attempt to let us know that it can be turned into something new. A new kind of poetry!

    8. I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked,

      This opening remark reminds me of CWC’s “To Elsie” where it argues that “The pure products of America/go crazy.” They identify the craziness/illness in society that is eroding what makes America, America. This also reminds me of the Wasteland where we see the madness of its generation seeing the negative things to come.

    9. machinery

      Machinery and machines are a bit theme within this poem. It reminds me of Henry Adams. The machines seem to be modernization that is the cause of their frustration, angst, and misery. And perhaps machines's also howl. Later in the poem, Moloch appears to be the machine that bashes their skulls and ate up their brains.

    10. who jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge this actually happened and walked away unknown and forgotten into the ghostly daze of Chinatown soup alleyways & firetrucks, not even one free beer,

      Even though this section refers specifically to parts of New York, I feel that these references could easily be replaced by the Golden Gate Bridge and the Chinatown of San Francisco. Walking out into the city, I have often seen the remnants of unknown and forgotten people on the streets, and the sadness evoked by these lines reminds me of that scene.

    1. HewishesIwerestillakid. Hehasn’tknownhowtoacttowardmesinceIgrewbreasts.”“Well, that development was a shock for him. Give him time to recover.”“It’s been years, Mom. How long is it gonna take?”

      this reminds me of my dad so much! he's so overprotective and thinks of me as a little toddler. i feel like a lot of fathers are like this w/ their daughters.

    2. ndthentherewillbethetimeswhenIseeyoulaughing. Likethetimeyou’llbeplaying with the neighbor’s puppy, poking your hands through the chain-link fenceseparating our back yards, and you’ll be laughing so hard you’ll start hiccuping. Thepuppy will run inside the neighbor’s house, and your laughter will gradually subside,lettingyoucatchyourbreath. Thenthepuppywillcomebacktothefencetolickyourfingersagain,andyou’llshriekandstartlaughingagain. ItwillbethemostwonderfulsoundIcouldeverimagine,asoundthatmakesmefeellikeafountain,orawellspring.

      this imagery is just so powerful to me. it really reminds me of how simple childhood is, like how the smallest things like playing in sprinklers or having a dog lick your hands can really bring so much joy. this is beautifully written.

    3. because I didn’t want to see what ourgovernments might do with it

      This reminds me of a specific transformers movie when a scientist creates a super destructive tool that can destroy the world only so that if he has it they need not worry about someone else having it. But by the end of the film the scientist understands that some things are better off not being understood. In this passage she fears that again with the great power of knowledge, in technology, it can be used with bad intentions.

    4. I wrote out the semagrams for “process create-endpoint inclusive-we,” meaning“let’s start.

      This reminds me a lot of coding. There communication is very similar to a way in which we would speak to or command a computer to act. It is long and arduous compared to the simple "let's begin" this shows again, how complex it can be when things must be translated rather than communicating directly in one fashion. Although in this instance the meaning was not miscommunicated it still was far more difficult than the original meaning and takes much more time to communicate.

    5. It’sliketheyexpresstheideaof‘clearly’bychangingthecurve of those strokes in the middle

      I thought this was rather interesting! A simple word that can be altered to change its idea of it. Reminds me of the Mandarin, where a simple change in the intonation of the word "mài" which means sell, to "mǎi" which means buy, changes the meaning of the word entirely!

    6. Considerthephenomenonoflighthittingwateratoneangle,andtravelingthroughit at a different angle. Explain it by saying that a difference in the index of reactioncausedthelighttochangedirection,andonesawtheworldashumanssawit.

      I've been trying to find a way to make reference to Lewis Carrol's "Through the Looking Glass." It's basic but the whole premise of the story is that Alice enters a mirror image of her world, but everything is reversed, including logic. It very much reminds me of this story where Louise, through learning this language, is able to think in the complete opposite way that she is used to.

      I held out hope that the times this story mentioned "the looking glass" was not a coincidence, and I like to think it wasn't.

    7. orldview did the heptapods have, that they wouldconsiderFermat’sPrinciplethesimplestexplanationoflightreaction

      This reminds me of Babel-17's point about how languages are created around what a society considers important.

    8. I know that the heptapods have occasionally stopped talking to us for briefperiods. That may be a tactical maneuver on their part. If we were to stop talking tothem tomorrow—”

      This reminds me of the saying "fighting fire with fire" because they are trying to do the same thing to others as what already happened to them.

    1. My professor shows us slides, but, um, the book is not used at all

      The student's description of the course reminds me that conversations about OER go hand-in-hand with conversations about pedagogy. How does adopting and (co)creating OER texts affect the how's and why's of teaching and learning? And for instructors (and students) new to OER, how can they receive support before, during, and after the use/creation of an OER text?

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    1. Fled to the wastfull wildernesse apace,   From liuing eyes her open shame to hide,   And lurkt in rocks and caues long vnespide.

      This reminds me of the very first creature he fought.

    2. In which his torment often was so great,   That like a Lyon he would cry and rore,   And rend his flesh, and his owne synewes eat.

      This reminds me of Julian of Norwhich. Where she inflicted pain on herself to be pure.

    3. By which he saw the vgly monster plaine, Halfe like a serpent horribly displaide, But th’other halfe did womans shape retaine, Most lothsom, filthie, foule, and full of vile disdaine.

      The monster kind of reminds me of medusa.

    4. By which he saw the vgly monster plaine, Halfe like a serpent horribly displaide, But th’other halfe did womans shape retaine,

      This reminds me of Medusa. Half snake and half women sounds like it to me. There is ancient history of a creature called Naga that sounds like her to me

    1. At same time, I am drawn to the value of thinking of things as the gathering of something diffuse without anything becoming discrete

      This reminds me of the wonderful expression, “Don’t make this a thing.” What McCormack is suggesting is, in fact, making something a thing through fieldwork.

    1. Enter the Ghost of Caesar.     How ill this taper burns! Ha, who comes here?    I think it is the weakness of mine eyes    That shapes this monstrous apparition.    It comes upon me. Art thou anything?    Art thou some god, some angel, or some devil    That makest my blood cold and my hair to stare?    Speak to me what thou art.  GHOST. Thy evil spirit, Brutus.  BRUTUS. Why comest thou?  GHOST. To tell thee thou shalt see me at Philippi.  BRUTUS. Well, then I shall see thee again?  GHOST. Ay, at Philippi.  BRUTUS. Why, I will see thee at Philippi then. Exit Ghost.

      Written Text: The Ghost of Caesar can be taken literally as a foreshadowing message from the grave which in my opinion would be very boring. The ghost of Caesar has to symbolise the state of mind Brutus is now in, seeing him from a very logistical man to someone speaking to his own guilty subconscious. The ghost could have been any random ghost, so why does Shakespeare choose Caesar? By making Brutus very tired and almost asleep from reading a book, the audience questions whether the ghost is really there. I also love the very succinct conversation between Brutus and the ghost, reminds my of the interaction between the narrator and raven in "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe

    1. JOURNAL OF EDUCATION 77 Several children: (Groan) Not again. Mr. B, we done this yesterday. Child: Do we put the date? Teacher: Yes. I hope we remember we work in silence. You're supposed to do it on white paper. I'll ex- plain it later. Child: Somebody broke my pencil. (Crash- a child falls out of his chair.) Child: (repeats) Mr. B.; somebody broke my pencil! Child: Are we going to be here all morning? (Teacher comes to the observer, shakes his head and grimaces, then smiles.) The children are successful enough in their struggle against work that there are long periods where they are not asked to do any work, but just to sit and be quiet.9 Very often the work that the teachers assign is "easy," that is, not demanding, and thus receives less resistance. Some

      This reminds me of my school site. The students were highly successful in resisting work. This resistance was usually misconstrued as unintelligence, struggle, slowness.

    2. ed that knowledge and skills leading to social power and reward (e.g., medical, legal, manageri- al) are made available to the advantaged social groups but are withheld from the working classes, to whom a more "practical" curriculum is of- fered (e.g., manual skills, clerical knowl

      Reminds me of the system of "tracking" we see often in mathematics.

    1. The Sociologist, The Philanthropist, the Race-leader

      Reminds me of the a Biologist, Anthropologist and Psychologist from the book ‘annihilation’

    1. The strong men . . . coming on The strong men gittin’ stronger. Strong men. . . . Stronger. . . .

      The "New Negro" of the 1920s is well educated and has a resilience and drive to succeed. This kind of determination reminds me of "I Too Sing America" by Langston Hughes. A Black American who reads this poem can hope to be rejuvenated by Brown's words and take pride and comfort in being Black and working towards a brighter future.

    2. They gave you the jobs that they were too good for,

      This reminds me of the debate surrounding Mexican Americans as immigrants. Some would argue that they aren't crowding out jobs that White Americans seek but instead are taking jobs that White Americans wouldn't take in the first place.

    3. When Ma Rainey Comes to town, Folks from anyplace Miles aroun’,

      The poem reads very melodically. The syllables and rhyme scheme help carry it along. This reminds me at some parts (including this one) of "slave songs". I'm not sure if that's the intention, but I see it.

    1. Ah, little dark girls who in slippered feet Go prowling through the night from street to street!

      Something about the wording here reminds me of a prostitute or a street walker. I wonder if they are sex-workers out of necessity and how poverty has afflicted them and what role their culture plays in their condition.

      Are they the same as the "half-clad" girls mentioned later in the poem?

    2. And realize once more my thousand dreams Of waters rushing down the mountain passes.

      Interesting to see many of the writers use mountains as metaphors. The "waters rushing down" reminds me of Eliot and the cleansing the water provides.

    1. Does it stink like rotten meat?

      This line reminds me of how people reminisce on missed oppurtunities and dreams. Hughes seems to be highlighting that the "what if" in our lives will always be there and wont allow us to forget them.

    1. “In the past, a common curriculum did not materialize because teachers had not bought in. Involving teachers was the most powerful thing we have done. They were at the table deciding what our students would learn and how they would learn it. Everything else followed.”

      This reminds me of something my school is trying to do this year. Technically we've had a schoolwide writing curriculum, but so few teachers implemented it that it was rendered ineffective. Every teacher, regardless of content area, is supposed to use this writing program so we have consistency as a school. This year, our principal intends to enforce this program and if all participate, I'm excited to see the results.

  3. Jun 2019
    1. “I want to be a poet–not a Negro poet,” meaning, I believe, “I want to write like a white poet”; meaning subconsciously, “I would like to be a white poet”; meaning behind that, “I would like to be white.

      This reminds me of the double-consciousness that is always present in W.E.B Du Bois. Thinking of the artist in relation to how he sees himself and how he is perceived by others. Not so much as that the young poet wants to be white, but that whiteness is more important than being an artist. This reminds me of the new critics we discussed in class a couple of weeks ago, thinking of the American identity moving away from the Eurocentric culture in the arts. With this essay, Langston moves even further making specific to African American identity and thinking little of what the white man thinks of his poetry. It makes me thing about how we tend to read the artist into his/her art, would Hughes consider that the artist is irrelevant after he/she is separated from the art? Is there such a thing as art that is independent from its creator?

    2. One sees immediately how difficult it would be for an artist born in such a home to interest himself in interpreting the beauty of his own people. He is never taught to see that beauty

      This reminds me of the "double-consciousness" that W.E.B. Du Bois spoke of in "Of Our Spiritual Strivings." The African American artist, having been raised in a home that devalues his or her own being, one that teaches him or her to act in accordance with the views and expectations of the external world, will have to struggle with the "sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others" (Du Bois). This can be very crippling for an artist to develop his or her own individual voice.

    1. but if any man goes out of the city to which he belongs without leave, and is found rambling without a passport, he is severely treated, he is punished as a fugitive, and sent home disgracefully; and, if he falls again into the like fault, is condemned to slavery. 

      Crazy but this kind of reminds me of the way the illegal immigrants get treated sometimes while being punished by being in camps and being treated ill and being separated from their families and months later being sent home. Just saying.

    2. ; for if you suffer your people to be ill-educated, and their manners to be corrupted from their infancy, and then punish them for those crimes to which their first education disposed them, what else is to be concluded from this but that you first make thieves and then punish them?’

      This statement is true. You really can not fully judge them or blame them for committing crimes that make sense to them. maybe its the only way for them to get buy. This sort of reminds me of Maslows Hierarchy of Needs and how self actualization comes last and first for most is food and shelter and if those needs are not met than the person moral compass is not fully developed and their decision making is altered as well.

    3. The delight they find is only a false shadow of joy.

      This reminds me of Boethius. He said that once people have a lot of wealth and are on top they must continue their whole lives to fight to be on top- leading to a life of pointless misery.

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    1. My condition is man’s soul to kill; If I save one, a thousand I do spill;

      This reminds me of income inequality. If great wealth is accumulated by one or few there is less to go around for everyone else.

    1. I am resigning from the American Legion It reminds me of a dog I used to have That picked up toads in her mouth And was sick of the yellow acid in their glands But did it again and again, the dumb fool And the more misery and famine and bunk The more the Legion seems to like it. But I am not a dog and can understand That now is the time to end capitalism.

      The speaker views capitalism as an illness that exists in America. Moreover, the image of the toad-eating dog is oddly reminiscent of a drug addict who seeks to quit their addiction but continues to use regardless. Just like the dog continuously devours the toads which make it sick, a heroin addict will work endlessly to obtain their next dose. The author brings up the misery and dreadfulness which comes along with this type of behavior but comments that the worse the problem gets, the more the powerful individuals in charge seem to enjoy it.

    2. It reminds me of a dog I used to have That picked up toads in her mouth And was sick of the yellow acid in their glands

      Modernists seem to rely on images in their poetry. I think this a great example of an extension of modernism. The speaker uses the image of the dog to describe the Legion and even without the context of what exactly it is, I can make out some kind of idea.

    3. Entrust no hope to stone although the stone shelter the root – – see too-great burdens placed

      This reminds me of the Tao-Te-Ching and there is something zen about this metaphor. A stone is an inanimate object yet it is stable it can only be withered by years of rough weather so I'm not sure where the writer is going with this metaphor.

    4. That now is the time to end capitalism.

      This socialist manifesto reminds me of the radical left. Bernie Sanders had some socialist policies up his sleeve and ultimately controlling some of the more cut-throat tendencies of big businesses can benefit the poor.

    5. I am resigning from the American Legion It reminds me of a dog I used to have

      Comparing the American Legion with a dog described as "the dumb fool" shows that the speaker is radical, rebellious, and unafraid of breaking free from fixed order.

    6. And wow he died as wow he lived, going whoop to the office, and blooie home to sleep, and biff got married, and bam had children, and oof got fired, zowie did he live and zowie did he die, With who the hell are you at the corner of his casket, and where the hell we going on the right-hand sliver knob, and who the hell cares walking second from the end with an American beauty wreath from why the hell not,

      This reminds me of the "Death by Water" part of "The Wasteland" as it echoes life and death.

    7. Comrade Lenin of Russia Rises in the marble tomb: On guard with the fighters forever – – The world is our room!

      The repetition of cycles and giving way to the new generation and the possible future reminds me of the way T.S Eliot’s looks at the cycles. Asking Lenin to resurrect to continue with his work of helping those in need, the forgotten ones.

    8. The million men and a million boys, come out of hell and crawling back, maybe they don’t know what they’re saying, maybe they don’t dare but they know what they mean:

      This reminds me of “The Waste Land” as the ideas of the horrors of war seep into the following decades. “Dempsey” a boxer who signifies the battle fought as the U.S is trying to fix the problem of the world and sacrificing a “million men and a million boys" in the process not knowing if their sacrifice was worth it for the following generations.

    9. the spring that came the next year and the years that followed

      It just reminds me of images of the Great Depression in the 1930's where spring just repeats itself over and over.

    10. High in a marble tomb,

      The progression of Lenin in his marble tomb... high, alive, honored, and finally rises. It reminds me of the Christian resurrection story. It's interesting that it specifies a marble tomb, implying he is above the others when communism allegedly has no one better than the others.

    11. Down countless avenues the senses feel impending change: the clues that guide our burdened hearts, heavy with pain,

      This reminds me of Eliot's poem on when each section changes. I think of images of avenues changing on a street in one pattern and a heart that's in pain. A broken heart or memory.

    1. Twit twit twit

      The onomatopoeia of twit twit twit reminds me of tick, tick, tick. Not very pleasant and it symbolizes ugliness. Is it that the beauty of the nightingale's song cannot be sensed as beauty in the dirty riverside of the city, where humans are empty and corrupt?

    2. DA Damyata: The boat responded

      The voice from above that seems to provide the least guideline in navigating through the waste land are mere fragments; they are thunderings from the sky. Although slightly different, this reminds me of the idea of lightning casting light on the horizon, but only doing so momentarily.

    3.   What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow Out of this stony rubbish? Son of man, You cannot say, or guess, for you know only A heap of broken images, where the sun beats, And the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief, And the dry stone no sound of water.

      This reminds me of the fragments theme we discussed in class. All that we are able to take hold of are "a heap of broken images" in this waste land. There's no center, no orienting point of departure; it's all wandering through an arid land.

      This "fragment" image occurs at the ends of the poem, too; in that case, with the thunders (cf. comments there).

    4.   April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain. Winter kept us warm, covering Earth in forgetful snow, feeding A little life with dried tubers

      this section reminds me of the idea of April showers bringing may flowers. April being gloomy rainy weather and the earth slowly coming back to life.

    1. But the “baby bells” wouldn’t stay divided for long. In 1997, they were able to start merging back together into a corporation even bigger than before the break-up.

      This reminds me of Mickey's broom in Disney's "Fantasia". Can I write "Mickey"? Or will I be sued by Disney Corporation?

    1. X-ray

      This reminds me of the censor that Elbow mentions as present during the writing process. Elbow suggests that writers shoo away the censor so that all ideas--every idea--finds the page.

      When we invite the censor back, we are asking h/er to go in with surgeon-like judgment and precision and remove the extraneous.

    1. In additon, you don’t actually change types in Dark. Instead, you make a copy of the type, and make your changes on that new copy. This allows you to prototype with the new type and test your change easily, making cheap iterations (and new types) as you try out new ideas. Once you are confident in your new type, you replace the uses of the old type (with semi-automated tooling).

      oooh this is super interesting! Reminds me of http://unisonweb.org/posts/

    1. The two sets of laws are nevertheless very differentfrom one another·. The laws ofnatureare laws according towhich everythingdoeshappen; the laws of morality are lawsaccording to which everythingought tohappen; they allowfor conditions under which what ought to happen doesn’t

      This is very interesting and again puts into perspective the idea of what is versus what ought to be. It is an enlightening concept to me that what happens naturally and is our natural inclination to a situation can sometimes be against what we're ought to do. This kind of goes against the things I would hear growing up as people would always say "listen to your gut/instincts/heart". All of those things get at the same idea that we know how to act intrinsically. This also reminds me of Utilitarianism, even though the two philosophies are very different from one another and Utilitarianism has to do with nature and how it governs pleasure and pain (and how we act versus how we ought to act in regards to pleasure and pain).

    1. n this Little Thing I saw three properties. The first is that God made it, the second is that God loveth it, the third, that God keepeth it.

      This reminds me of a little kid keeping rocks or marbles in his/her pockets. To the child, that's his/her most important thing in the world.

    1. Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale

      This introduction on how women should be treated as equally as men are treated. Bringing up the idea of equality, it reminds me of the piece "Salve deus rex Judaeorum", which was the very first known piece to try to encourage women's power. Since this piece follows, maybe the author of this story got inspiration from "Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum."

    1. !

      This text seems like a typical Netflix series from now-a days/ But it also reminds me of the knights tale, in terms saying that it is two men fighting over one women. It is a little different, but the same context. And it is interesting that the carpenter fell for the world is flooding non-sense. It is as if the astrologer is thought as god in the scene. My question is what happened after the story. Did the carpenter get put into jail? Since he was laughed at, was he thought as a crazy man?

    2. “For, s’help me God, it is not ‘come kiss me.’ I love another, or to blame I’d be, Better than you, by Jesus, Absalom!

      Reminds me of Lanval. The insult isn't I have someone else, it's someone else is better.

    1. Pause.

      This kind of interesting since we are being suggested to “pause” our reading and take a break from it all. The poem seems to be a really fast-paced one that it seems to require a pause. This also reminds me that the poem can perfectly end here, but we are only asked to pause and keep going.

    1. Fat was this lord, he stood in goodly case. His bulging eyes he rolled about, and hot They gleamed and red, like fire beneath a pot; His boots were soft; his horse of great estate.

      Imagery. I love how the author goes into specific detail about each of these characters. It reminds me of some of the characters from robin hood.

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

      Kind of cliché. Reminds me of that thing that a girl protagonist will do in movies sometimes where they pick at petals of a flower saying "loves me" "loves me not" alternating until the last petal which gives them the answer. Sort of a hopeless romantic thing.

    1. Ever since the development of pocket watches, timepieces have always had a role in communicating social identity and status. After wristwatches became popular, how-ever, this role became even more pronounced. Many people regard watches as sym-bols of wealth, status, taste or personality. It makes a big difference to us whether or not someone is wearing a Rolex or a Casio. In fact, with the ubiquity of time on computer screens, mobile phones and other devices, the timekeeping function of wristwatches is becoming less important than their function as markers of social identity and status.

      This totally reminds me of wealthy people in older movies. I can always recall then having a pocket watch and swinging it around, kind of funny.

      I completely agree with the type of watch you have making a big difference. Having a Rolex seems like such a sign of "making it" in life and financially. Before getting my AppleWatch last fall, I was not a watch wearer at all, ever. I got it for the fitness aspect of it but find myself constantly checking the time now.

    1. unless you have a leman, a lover, that you like better,

      This again reminds me of Lanval. In that case Lanval is accused of having no attraction to women, here Gawain is accused of having another lover that he must like better than the queen.

    2. to a young thing, to yearn to show and teach some tokens of true love’s craft What! Are you ignorant

      She lists all of his characteristics as a knight that he has and she praises him. Yet then she insults him because he won't admit anything about love. It reminds me of the green knight-who got his battle by offending the king.

    1. embroidered and bound with the best gems on broad silken border,

      This reminds me of the other story we read on Sir Orfeo where their outfits were also described as being embroidered and bejeweled. It seems that this may have been very elegant back in the day.

    2. ever was Arthur highest, as I have heard tell. And so of earnest adventure I aim to show,

      Britain seems to currently be the most powerful nation/region in the world. King Arthur reminds me of Beowulf, where he seems to be the most powerful born king.

    1. First, that software developers should not be afraid to mix, match, and layer protocols. There is no rule that says you can't do this, yet I've noticed people picking one protocol and sticking to it out of some kind of loyalty. When really, as a developer, your loyalty should be to your values of an open, decentralized internet, whatever those are.

      Reminds me of Alan Kay mentioning how we tend to think tactically rather than strategically. Smaller picture rather than bigger picture. Values will lead to the proper tools, however singular or multiple.

    1. Be Awesome

      This reminds me of Robby Novak AKA Kid President. He used to say this all the time. I use his you tubes in my public speaking class all the time.

    1. Alongside these official responses, a loose collective of developers and techno-utopians that calls itself the IndieWeb has been creating another alternative. The movement’s affiliates are developing their own social-media platforms, which they say will preserve what’s good about social media while jettisoning what’s bad. They hope to rebuild social media according to principles that are less corporate and more humane.

      Reminds me of what Wendell Berry advocated for in his essay "Think Little":

      "But the discipline of thought is not generalization; it is detail, and it is personal behavior. While the government is 'studying' and funding and organizing its Big Thought, nothing is being done. But the citizen who is willing to Think Little, and, accepting the discipline of that, to go ahead on his own, is already solving the problem.

      A man who is trying to live as a neighbor to his neighbors will have a lively and practical understanding of the work of peace and brotherhood, and let there be no mistake about it. he is doing that work."

    1. Walled gardens like the App Store are user-friendly and developer-hostile.

      There is the rub. While they isolate developers they bring people in through sleek design and frictionless experience.

      It reminds me of IndieWeb's idea of learning from what the walled gardens do right. User-friendliness is one of things. The question becomes how we incorporate this so that software platforms are both user-friendly and developer-friendly.

    1.  Yes, faith; it is my cousin’s duty to make curtsy and say ‘Father, as it please you.’ But yet for allthat, cousin, let him be a handsome fellow, or else make another curtsy and say ‘Father, as it please me.’

      In this scene Beatrice is seen talking about Hero’s role as a dutiful daughter and out of love reminds Hero that she should and can be more selfish. Beatrice displays her sisterly love for her cousin by supporting her independence as who she is rather than a man’s daughter or someone’s wife. Their relationship displayed in this specific quote is most like a modern mother and daughter relationship; in today’s standard most mothers would push their daughters to be more independent. Beatrice's supporting figure is also seen when her loyalty is tested as Hero is accused of wantonness, and Beatrice is the only one who doesn't believe in the accusations. Beatrice’s continuous love and support for her cousin may be linked to their gender. Beatrice can relate to Hero because she understands what it is like to be a woman at that time and it is seen throughout the play that beatrice is not satisfied with the role of women in the Elizabethan society, who were seen as subservient to men. This quote is significant since it reveals the intimacy between the cousins as well as distinguishing the difference between the cousin’s thoughts on the role of a Elizabethan woman.

    1. I’m of the opinion that web software is a trend-driven media industry and not engineering. It’s akin to fashion or cinema: an industry that wouldn’t exist without advanced technology and industrialisation and cannot function with a shit-ton of engineering but as an experience it is fundamentally defined by creative choices.

      Reminds me of Alan Kay's remark that programming (you could lump web software into it) is a pop culture rather than an actual culture because, like Bjarnason states, it is a trend-driven media rather than being based on those who came before (a la biology and physics).

    1. Beowulf parts I and II had an energy that was aggressive and triumphant despite themes of isolation, but part III there seemed to be a melancholy tone that set the stage for Beowulf's final battle. After all of the years of fighting and death Beowulf reminds me a bit of Grendel in heorot hall in Part I. Grendel was unable to sit on the throne (which is symbolic of his inability to ever rule over an empty room) just as Beowulf is the king but has no heirs and has found isolation in the void that accompanies so many deaths. Beowulf is further abandoned in his final battle by all but the loyal Wiglaf who stands alone with him as he faces the final dragon. I find it interesting that the final battle ends in mutual destruction between Beowulf and the dragon. There is a lot of violence and action, but I am struck by the pervading sadness and loneliness throughout the story.

    1. As strange as it might seem, people’s knowledge and understanding may actually dwindle as gadgets grant them easier access to online data stores.

      This reminds me of the circle and how dangerous this efficient company had become by the end of the novel. People came dependent on the circle, even the government leading to a society that does not have to think for themselves. Sounds extremely efficient but kind of scary as well. It becomes unclear what individual motives are when everyone is expected to just do as they are told.

    1. Viewed from an Indigenous perspective, the ideas expressed in posthumanism do not constitute a ‘new paradigm’, and there is nothing especially new about the vibrant ‘new materialism’ presently gaining traction in the philosophical academy

      Such a succinct statement that captures various critiques of new materialism from Indigenous perspectives. Reminds me of Kim TallBear's now often-cited point. She writes, "First of all, indigenous peoples have never forgotten that nonhumans are agential beings engaged in social relations that profoundly shape human lives."

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      This reminds me of Organic Chemistry labs. When data points don't make sense, something must have gone wrong in the experiment. It was vital to ensure that the source was found to determine if it would effect the results or if the experiment needed to be redone.

    1. Anxiety over the potential mindlessness of note-taking took on particular urgency during the digital annotation session, at which panelists debated whether the Internet and social media had ushered in a golden age of notes or doomed us to watch all our fleeting thoughts — if not our brains themselves — sucked down a giant digital drain, beyond the reach of future historians.

      Just a mass of dots we are collecting rather than connecting them and making meaning out of them. Social media feeds can especially feel this way. We keep scrolling and yet does more meaning come? Any advancement of an ongoing narrative?

      Interesting point of none of our notes being in reach of future historians. Who knows what technological limitations could get in the way? Reminds me of Isaacson's point about DaVinci's notebooks standing the test of time. Will we say the same of Brain Pickings or Kottke.org? Can they be conserved by places like the Library of Congress or the Internet Archive?

    2. In a talk on note-taking in Shakespeare’s time, Tiffany Stern, a professor of early modern drama at Oxford University, described the way people carried “table books,” with specially treated erasable pages, to sermons and plays, not just to take notes but to advertise themselves as note-takers — much as an iPad might today. (“They said you are highly literate, and wish to write all the time,” she said.)

      Reminds me of Oliver Sacks taking notebooks with him to concerts.

      I find it interesting that it served as a sign of high culture, like people carrying around phones as a sign of industry or productivity. Interesting parallel with tablets.

  5. May 2019
    1. His “evidence” is anecdotal at best and, at worst, a dangerously racist viewpoint that characterizes most gaming tribes, and deÌnitely the most successful, as greedy, law-bending criminals

      This reminds me of the talk that Trump had about Indian Gaming that we watched in class on Thursday.

    1. In the United States, the average cost of installing those countertops runs from $2,000 to $8,000, but the price charged by Indian exporters for polished red granite is just $5 to $15 per square meter—that comes to about $100 for all the granite your kitchen needs

      It reminds me of how within my lifetime the cost of Quinoa has risen from dirt cheap in Peru to nearly costing a leg when comparing prices from then and now. Cha-ching!

    1. Deepmachinelearning,whichisusingalgorithmstoreplicatehumanthinking,ispredicatedonspecificvaluesfromspecifickindsofpeople—namely,themostpowerfulinstitutionsinsocietyandthosewhocontrolthem.

      This reminds me of this Reddit page

      The page takes pictures and texts from other Reddit pages and uses it to create computer generated posts and comments. It is interesting to see the intelligence and quality of understanding grow as it gathers more and more information.

    1. We can paraphrase Thurston as saying that mathematicians often don't think about mathematical objects using the conventional representations found in books. Rather, they rely heavily on what we might call hidden representations, such as the mental imagery Thurston describes, of groups breaking into formations of circular groups. Such hidden representations help them reason more easily than the conventional representations, and occasionally provide them with what may seem to others like magical levels of insight

      Hidden representations reminds me of a passage in Gleick's bio of Feynman:

      "Feynman said to Dyson, and Dyson agreed, that Einstein's great work had spring from physical intuition and that when Einstein stopped creating it was because 'he stopped thinking in concrete physical images and became a manipulator of equations.'

      "Intuition was not just visual but also auditory and kinesthetic. Those who watched Feynman in moments of intense concentration came away with a strong, even disturbing sense of the physicality of the process, as though his brain did not stop with the gray matter but extended through every muscle in his body."

    1. Therehas alsobeena growinginterestinmeasurablefactors whichallowkeyaspectsofprogressto be expressednumericallyand displayedbymeansofgraphs

      This reminds me of a marketing class that I took at Georgia Tech last semester. We measured the success of specific ads based on increased visibility and ultimately revenue for the company. However, we never focused on the negative effects that certain ads and repeated messages could have on society as a whole. Could certain messages broadcasted by tech. companies create an underlying, subliminal message that negatively affects society?

    1. Books that accurately and positively depict children from low-income or rural families are few in number. While there are increasing numbers of authentic and respectful books about children of color, they do not yet cover all of America’s many ethnic groups and cultures.

      This reminds me of one of the things that teaching tolerance teachers do: make content relevant to the demographic in their class. Although this is important, it is also important to not to do this all the time when planning a unit. When appropriate and possible, this can help students to see themselves in what they are learning to make it more meaningful.

    1. Hyperlinks would not have solved the other weakness of Phillips’s notebook: its inability to track, at a fine-grained level, changes to a page or to his thinking over time. Digital notebooks, however, could overcome this challenge as well. The solution here is version control, a technology familiar to the open-source software world and embedded (behind the scenes) in many of the tools historians already use. Microsoft Word’s “track changes” feature is essentially a version of version control, a way of seeing precisely how a text has been modified at a particular moment of time. Wikipedia’s “history” pages provide a more powerful version of the same feature. And as Konrad Lawson has shown in a recent Profhacker series on Github, programs like Git provide the most powerful version control systems of all, allowing their users exceedingly fine-grained views of when and how files were changed.

      I found this entire paragraph interesting because it takes into account the method of checking, in this case "version control". Version control reminds me of micromanagement; the devil's in the detail. I think that is where the problem lies, because historian have so much data to synthesize, the ability to trace back sources for that information can be so difficult. By simplifying interfaces to help others help you (similar to how Microsoft word has done), this task of micromanaging your sources no longer exists allowing historians do what they do best which is tell our history.

    1. These parents are worried that their kids are influenced by the gender-identity exploration they’re seeing online and perhaps at school or in other social settings, rather than experiencing gender dysphoria.

      This reminds me about what we learned in class, about sex and the city. Sometimes the government and setting affect the way people portray themselves and their sexuality. The fluid is different and sometimes may or may not be as welcoming. So this can relate to the article since they feel their social setting is the cause of gender dysphoria. Some laws in different states also prohibit same sex marriage ultimately, causing them to think more heterosexually.

    2. But progressive-minded parents can sometimes be a problem for their kids as well. Several of the clinicians I spoke with, including Nate Sharon, Laura Edwards-Leeper, and Scott Leibowitz, recounted new patients’ arriving at their clinics, their parents having already developed detailed plans for them to transition. “I’ve actually had patients with parents pressuring me to recommend their kids start hormones,” Sharon said.In these cases, the child might be capably navigating a liminal period of gender exploration; it’s the parents who are having trouble not knowing whether their kid is a boy or a girl. As Sharon put it: “Everything’s going great, but Mom’s like, ‘My transgender kid is going to commit suicide as soon as he starts puberty, and we need to start the hormones now.’ And I’m like, ‘Actually, your kid’s just fine right now. And we want to leave it open to him, for him to decide that.’ Don’t put that in stone for this kid, you know?”

      This reminds me of David Reimer who was a part of the study that became known as the John/Joan case in the 60's and 70's.

      After a botched circumcision, David was resigned as a female and later reasserted himself as a male later in life. He eventually ended up committing suicide at 38. Much like David's parents, these parents are also imposing a gender identity onto their children.

      You tend to see this sort of thing happen with parents who subconsciously want a child of the opposing sex. Like if a parent wanted a boy they teach their girl how to box and play baseball. Because in their mind, boys like to fight and play sports.

      To enroll your children in activities not normally associated with a specific gender is fine and should be encouraged. Keep in mind that in doing so you are influencing their future taste, preferences, and behavior. That girl may one day grow up to be an aggressive/assertive person based on the nature of their upbringing. She is acting that way because of how she was raised, not because she was assigned the wrong gender at birth.

    3. because they weren’t really trans, or hadn’t been living as a trans person long enough, or were too mentally ill

      This line reminds me of how medical institutions in America have worked with the state in order to identify sexual tendencies as sexualities in order to control and monitor them. Labeling those who would sleep with older gentleman, same sex partners, or who would touch themselves as mentally ill or perverse.

    1. “Do you know what you’re having?” “A lawyer,” I often answered. Or, “a doctor.” Occasionally, I’d say, “a rock guitarist.”

      I appreciate this response on so many levels. I feel like this type of humor reminds me of Maggie Nelsons narration of the Argonauts. She apologetically avoids homonormativity, (or maintain her queerness,) in a similar way that this author wishes to avoid the reveal of her unborn child's gender. I feel that us as humans often fall into social norms such as finding out the babies sex, as a way to please others, and avoid confrontation, which is why its probably easier to learn the sex as a means of preparation. But if we were to analyze that further- why do we want to know the sex? So that the baby shower registry will enlist blue or pink clothes, toys, accessories and more? Or so that we may day dream about having a Samuel or a Samantha? But at the same time, is that structure necessary for our children to develop an early concept of who their identity is? In this article; http://www.soc.ucsb.edu/sexinfo/article/raising-your-children-gender-neutrally the author expresses in more depth, the ideology behind allowing your child to pick his/her own gender. Her opening paragraph reads; "In recent times, it has become much more common and socially acceptable for parents to raise their children in gender neutral ways. As queer rights, feminist movements, and gender equality take on a greater social relevance, many caregivers no longer expect their children to behave stereo typically “masculine” or “feminine;”" Personally, I don't know where I necessarily stand on the topic of allowing a child to decide their own gender, however I think people should be aloud to be whoever they are from day one, regardless of the body parts you are born with. By not revealing the baby's sex, there is an opportunity to allow your child to come into the world without a predisposed concept of who they will be. And probably alot less pressure about fitting into that category as they grow older. (Another interesting article I found but didn't have time to read in its entirety is William Wants a Doll.Can He Have One? Linked here; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0891243204272968 in case anyone wants to read even more so in depth on this topic.)

    1. According to some scholars and pundits, I probably shouldn’t have done this.

      This opening sentence shows the author's determination to experience e-book reading, although many experts and scholars do not recommend it. This attitude reminds me of a truth that seeks truth through practice. Only when I have experienced it, I have more experience.

    1. For your children learn from watching their elders, and if you want your children to do what is right, then it is up to you to set the example.

      This speech really reminds me of MLK's "I have Dream Speech" The audience for both speech are White Americans. Reputations were used through out the speech, and the arguments relate to future generation were also occurs in the speech.

    2. They are hostile, and eager to exercise the sanctions of the United States to subjugate the Indian people.

      Crazy that the marshals and FBI men were basically allowed to do whatever they wanted with the Native people without punishment. Kind of reminds me of what still happens with police and minority people even today...

    1. When we teach youth that pleasure in sex is only for certain bodies, we’re creating a culture of sexual entitlement: that some bodies exist solely for the use of others; that some people are entitled to use other people’s bodies however they desire; that they have the right to enforce power and control over those bodies. This directly reinforces rape culture.

      This part reminds me that, a large number of rape actually done by known and close one. especially, in many culture man dominate's women in their sexual life. Women don't even realize that they are the victim.

    1. When I am lost in my thoughts or feeling frustrated about all of my work, seeing those buildings recenters me and reminds me of why I am here. The concrete image of these buildings offer inspiration by representing my hopes for the future.

      This part of my essay is essential because it establishes that I know where I want to end up after college. I included this to emphasize that despite knowing this, I don't really know the means of getting there. The view is a concrete image of where I want to end up, and keeps me motivated, but I need to figure out what I am passionate about first.

    1. we discovered that four students work better than six for a semester-long project

      I'm a bit hesitant about the universal language here. I think I'm wanting to know how some of the course's structural limitation are inputs into this outcome.

      Also, maybe humans aren't very good at this kind of collaboration yet, so maybe this is a local (temporally speaking) truth rather than a global one? It reminds me of some of the Sudbury critique about most educational research being conducted in the artificial environment of school (when it's not in the even more artificial environment of a controlled experiment).

    1. It is so easy to surrender as prisoner to one’s schedule, to go from moment to moment and place to place without actively living in the times in between. So often do stairs come across as merely a means of transportation or a middle ground that is worthless except to help one get to his or her next destination.They are cursed and dreaded and avoided for elevators. But to me, the stairs are a place for personal revival: a place that reminds me of the people I love back home, while also encouraging me to cherish all that I have here. They allow me to look out past BC in the very same moment that they take me to BC. They are not an obstacle I need to overcome on my way somewhere; they are their own distinct, sacred place.

      Compared to my first conclusion, this conclusion is definitely better in that it provokes new thought and explains a little more into why I treasure the upper stairs so much. My first draft introduced too many new topics, such as how their physical structure complements their purpose. I tried to incorporate these ideas earlier on instead of in the conclusion in this final version of the paper. However, upon further reflection, I wish I had concluded this essay in a better way. Annotating my own piece allowed me to be more critical and observant of my work in terms of how I presented my ideas. Through annotating this piece, I tried to read it objectively, keeping in mind that other readers didn't have the prior knowledge that I obviously did while writing it. This piece, I feel, was incomplete in its evaluation and analysis of the stairs and why they are so important to me. The conclusion would have been a good place for me to wrap up my thoughts more effectively, but I seemed to make statements that were instead too broad.

    2. When I look out, however, I don’t think of the brownstone shops on Newbury Street or the roaring fans throwing popcorn in TD Garden. For a brief moment, as my eyes linger on the city and my feet continue to descend, my mind wanders home to Manhattan. The stripes on the tallest building resembles those on 432 Park Ave, one of Manhattan’s iconic skyscrapers, and the Boston building grows taller and thinner as it morphs into that very structure in my mind. From there, my imagination swoops down to the New York City sidewalk, as I predict what my mom and brother JohnJohn are doing in this very moment: probably fighting the wind as they climb the unforgiving hill on 135th Street to his high school. Catie is fiddling with her pen in her English class; Cormac has just gotten off the school bus with his spelling test flashcards in hand. I see my dad sitting at his desk in Philadelphia, typing away as he listens to Miles Davis’ “Someday my Prince Will Come.” An airplane that had just taken off from Logan reminds me that I soon will be returning to them, uniting with a warm and prolonged embrace. The buildings disappear as I approach the next group of steps. I can’t help but smile as I look down and flip to the next page of my study guide.

      From the moment I decided I was going to write about the Upper Stairs for my Meditation on Place, I knew I was going to discuss the view of Boston I see every morning from the top of the stairs. In my first draft, however, I was not satisfied with what I made of the view; it didn't serve much of a purpose in the first draft. After many mornings walking down the Upper Stairs and looking out onto the buildings, I realized that the reason I appreciated the view so much was because it make me think of my home in New York City and each of my individual family members. As a writer this year, especially while revising this piece, I have learned that the most effective way to write is to allow myself to include the personal aspects to my argument and to my writing. In the first draft, I seemed to be a bit too nervous to discuss my family and how I thought about them. However, in the revision, I mention each individual member of my immediate family and how I think about what they are doing each morning--because I do think about them, every day. By including this personal component, I at once am able to convey what makes me as a person unique and what makes the stairs unique. My relationship with my family is extraordinarily strong, which is why the stairs are so special to me; they give me the space and time to think about my family as I start my day. Had I not included this small part in my introduction, my whole meditation on the stairs would be incomplete, because above all, the time the stairs give me to talk to and think about my family is the biggest reason they are so important and sacred to me.

    3. I salivate in anticipation of the cinnamon coffee muffin I am about to devour. The walk down the stairs to breakfast reinforces the immediacy of home here. Although I may not have my family to greet me each morning, I delight in sharing my breakfast with other fellow 9-am-takers. Just as the particularly tired mornings at home go by without one word being spoken, so, too do my mornings here consist of an unvoiced coexistence. Though I do not personally know most of the individuals I see every morning, it is their presence and constancy that makes the transition from the top of the stairs to the bottom not only bearable, but something I eagerly await. I leave the thoughts of my family for a short while, only to be graced by my new family.

      I then go on to discuss how I appreciate the "unvoiced coexistence" of my mornings here at school. In my first draft, I again only briefly mention the other people's silence in the morning as we are all on our way to class. But, after reflecting on what sharing these mornings with these people means to me, I realized that sharing a morning with the same people here reminds me a lot of sharing my mornings over breakfast with my family at home. So, I decided to make this connection in this paragraph after telling the reader about the cinnamon muffin I have every morning. I think this passage is very important to my piece as a whole because it gives another reason as to why the stairs are a place worth writing about. I am making the point that one does not have to be constantly talking to people are actively engaging in exciting activities to feel as though he or she is part of a community. By explaining that although I do not "personally know" most of the people I see each morning, but still enjoy and appreciate their presence as I am walking down the stairs, I give the reader more insight into why the stairs are so notable to me. At the end of the passage, I discuss how as I transition from the top of the stairs to the bottom, I "leave the thoughts of my family for a short while, only to be graced by my new family." This statement again was something that was in the back of my mind while writing my first draft, but never explicitly put forth. I included it to show the reader that the stairs act as a physical symbol and place that allows me to fully immerse myself into life here at BC.

    1. without necessarily visiting the site where you publish.

      This reminds me of a decision I made as a Peace Corps Volunteer--rather than blogging, I wrote regular emails, under the assumption that people would be more likely to read them if they showed up in an inbox than if they had to visit a blog.

    1. Inoch is really creepy, especially since he is a little boy. It is so twisted how much he seems to enjoy controlling, and annilhating, his clay men. I wonder if he is doing this because he didn't have that kind of control before he came to the children's home, and he is making up for it now. It also may be something he learned from someone he knew in his past life…or has heard of. He kind of reminds me of the way Hitler controlled his people, but on a much smaller scale.

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    1. PROPOSITION 1. In contrast to the traditional,unidirectional research model typically employedin the laboratory, an ecological experiment mustallow for reciprocal processes; that is, not only theeffect of A on B, but also the effect of B on A.This is the requirement of reciprocit

      I realize that Bronfenbrenner is referring to reciprocity within research studies; however, this particular section reminds me of the importance of reciprocity within our classrooms, as well. I would agree with Bronfenbrenner's statement that although the concept of reciprocity is highly applauded, it is also one that is commonly (and most often unintentionally) missed. By modeling and fostering reciprocity within our own classrooms and community, children are not only invited to engage on a deeper level, but also community and family connections are strengthened.

    1. The world has arrived at an age of cheap complex devices of great reliability; and something is bound to come of it.

      This reminds me of the Creative Media Lab at MIT, as many of their inventions came prior to many recognizable computer functions, like GPS and a proto-type to Google Earth, but they did not patent nor have enough capital to sell the product. They just made it.

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    1. At present, too many schools focus on cramming information. In the past this made sense, because information was scarce, and even the slow trickle of existing information was repeatedly blocked by censorship.

      I have found that this is one of schools' falling points, this reminds me of the article that focuses on growth mindset vs fixed mindset

    1. post-humanism completely moves away from the idea of the human body as "ideal" and embraces other forms of embodiment

      This sounds more like transhumanism to me... In class, we spent quite a bit of time discussing the role of embodiment for posthumanism - it reminds us of our eco-relations and of the human as dependent upon the planet as habitat.

    1. Actually the lndians did not need the approval of the Commissioner, but when their decision affected treaty annuities or educational services, the Com-missioner had to be infonned so that the bureau could make changes.

      It mentioned once their decision affected the educational service they have to get approval from the bureau. This shows even the Congress approved the native to self regulate themselves, but they still want Native kids to receive the same white education to insure them to not to go back their old life. This reminds me of the other U.S colonization countries, after the country claimed independent, they still adopt the U.S education system. Is this strategy can be seen as another form of colonization.

    1. less clear-sighted and infallible

      Diana's being unable to make mistakes is a trait that reminds me of other Austen characters such as Emma from "Emma." While they both mean well they carry themselves with an sense of being "all knowing" and never wrong.

    1. Or is this simply an example of knowledge being carried through in packages wrapped up neatly in the reproductive cells of the affected animals?

      This reminds me of a great science fiction book I just finished - The Children of Time - in which a species of evolved spiders develops on a planet created by a human scientist. The spiders pass knowledge down from one generation to the next in exactly these kinds of 'neatly wrapped packages'.

    1. The type of knowledge and communication being employed in religion can be likened to a multiversity in Posthumanism-- the knowledge is supposed to be shared freely and symbiotically, and the attempt to break down the exclusive walls between an institution and the people it is trying to each is paramount to the knowledge's validity.

      I love your comparison to a multiversity that moves beyond the institution. It also reminds me of Rousseau's idea that patterns can be best learnt by observing nature.

    1. Although the size of the step a human being can take in comprehension, innovation, or execution is small in comparison to the over-all size of the step needed to solve a complex problem, human beings nevertheless do solve complex problems. It is the augmentation means that serve to break down a large problem in such a way that the human being can walk through it with his little steps, and it is the structure or organization of these little steps or actions that we discuss as process hierarchies.

      This reminds me so much of my favorite Doug story, which I wrote about here after he passed away. Doug loved bicycles, and so many of his great metaphors involved them, including this one:

      As a kid, he and his brother used to challenge neighborhood kids to see who could perform the most difficult tricks. Doug had a trick that always worked. He would challenge the other kids to ride their bikes with their arms crossed.

      What was so hard about this? Riding straight with your arms crossed was easy. The only tough part was turning. If you wanted to turn right, you’d have to move your left arm. If you wanted to turn left, you’d have to move your right arm. In other words, you simply had to do the opposite of what you normally had to do.

      Two rules easily grasped, yet none of the kids could ever do it without falling off their bikes. Why? Because learning, in order to be applied, needs to be embodied. We need to build that habit and, sometimes, that means changing old habits.

      This is hard, but it’s not impossible. That was the other key lesson of this story. Doug could do the trick, not because he was smarter or more physically gifted than the other kids, but because he had trained his body to do it through lots and lots of practice.

    1. Of course, it’s okay for them to fly – Emma Thompson jetted first-class from LA to London to lecture us plebs about all our eco-destructive holidaymaking.

      This reminds me of the numerous shots of Al Gore at an airport or on an airplane in the 2006 environmentalist film An Inconvenient Truth.

    1. it also includes the unconscious ways in which particular approaches to art marking (Le. styles) resonate with ecological concerns2

      This reminds me of Pollocks unconscious showing through in his art.

    2. We are proposing an ecological use for art, or at least for that art which most transparently depicts the environment: landscape art.

      This reminds me of the theory of child development that they will grow up as their environment influences it. There are many theorists who argue this to be untrue and true, and i think we can argue both sides for art as well.

    1. Satan, whom now transcendent glory rais’d

      This reminds me of the story Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, when no one would volunteer and then King Arthur gets up and volunteers.

    2. And dig’d out ribs of Gold. Let none admire [ 690 ] That riches grow in Hell;

      This reminds me of the story where the man/King wanted everything he touched to turn to gold, then he turned his daughter into gold I think. I see a correlation there.

    1. ontinued to be widespread through the late 1800s. White settlers were permitted to claim public lands on the Great Plains as “open range” to raise purchased cattle

      This reminds me of what is currently happening in other parts of the world. Claiming land that actually belonged to others.

    1. .

      Holy hot mess of a story and I LOVED IT, a bit long winded like at the questions part but I overalled loverd this world she mad reminds me of sci fi a lot. I had so many star wars and star trek vibes. The world is so vivid and colorful its like the utopia of some sorts but yet she just comes in and becomes queen. Her self-insert sorta feels overpowered with a great deal of plot armor.But hey I was mostly in this for the mythos and world building she provided in this story. Solid Story

    1. This, my dear, you must not enter, nor even put the key into the lock, for all the world. If you do not obey me in this one thing, you must expect the most dreadful punishments.”

      reminds me of the last story it is a set up. A;so reminds me of Adam and Eve

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    1. Some accountants, therefore, impressed the tokens on the surface of the envelope before enclosing them inside, so that the shape and number of counters held inside could be verified at all times (Fig. 1). These markings were the first signs of writing.

      Reminds me of our knowledge of twill weaving on the silk road via impression on the surface of pottery. (h/t Michael Frachett's Long Now Foundation talk, "Open Source Civilization and the Unexpected Origins of the Silk Road."

    1. Topics will change each week. Students will find themselves examining religious metaphors, behaviours and ethics, and drawing links between them and the Habs.

      This reminds me of my religion class I took through Ashland.

    1. When we don’t engage students in what matters to them—autonomy, connection, competence—the components that actually create motivation—when we don’t involve students in the process of teaching and learning, then the problem is ours, not theirs.

      I'm a bit lost here (obviously not with the abstract SDT level). Those three words are conceptual labels for describing things students care about--rather than the things themselves. Kids might care about being able to have spaces outside adult supervision, for example (autonomy supportive from a functional significant perspective). Labeling it in this way is useful because it helps us conceptualize the thing, and I want to be cautious about saying those are the things that matter directly (not that I'm terribly committed to this line of thought). I think meeting these needs implicitly might be more effective than highlighting them explicitly, say, through instruction by "Teach[ing] them about cognition, and neuroplasticity, and resilience, and self-determination theory." It reminds me of Carol Dweck's caution on how her work has been mischaracterized and misused.

    1. teacher Kara’s food justice unit through the lens of a pedagogy of spatial justice. We

      I am so curious about Kara's own background in Food Justice work, and her curation of the curriculum materials and resources. It reminds me so much of the work of the youth activists that worked with the Agaston Urban Nutrition Initiative in Philadelphia. I remember attending a workshop led by the youth, and seeing them make so many connections between politics, economy, history, society, biology - and they then translated these understandings into actions in their community. One difference was that they ran their own school garden, and sold the vegetables at a local farmers market in their neighborhood, as a means of disrupting the "food desert." I'm not sure if they are still doing the activist kind of work they did years before, but I know the program is still around - here is a link: http://www.nettercenter.upenn.edu/what-we-do/programs/university-assisted-community-schools/agatston-urban-nutrition-initiative

    1. she was not aware of the historical significance her words carried, nor did she transfer contextual knowledge to the students in my class.

      Ouch. This is so strange, adapting to other culture's practices without knowledge of cultural significance. Reminds me of tourism.