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  1. Nov 2017
    1. nothing, more than education, adorning the prosperity, the power and the happiness of a nation.

      This reminds me of what education reformer Horace Mann said in 1848: “Education, then, beyond all other divides of human origin, is a great equalizer of conditions of men—the balance wheel of the social machinery.” Like Horace Mann said, education can empower people—despite social, ethnic, or gender differences—to ameliorate societal conditions. Although this time period was characterized by racism and sexism, the mentality demonstrated in these lines in the Rockfish Gap Report is a progressive one. In this line, it does not say "white men are the key to the power and happiness of a nation." "Nothing, more than education" it asserts, is key to a nation's prosperity and posterity as well. Jefferson wholeheartedly believed that the values we hold dear, such as democracy and liberty, depend on providing people with a quality education for years to come. In this paragraph of the Rockfish Gap Report, he makes his views on the importance of education abundantly clear to emphasize the necessity of establishing a college that will serve for years to provide high-quality, comprehensive educations that will enable people to partake in bettering society. This article has a little tidbit about Thomas Jefferson's view on education

    1. On this model, students are responsible for their own education, often forming communities or societies to collaborate. Professors typically worked one-on-one with students, but from time to time would be enlisted to offer a series - or 'course' - of lectures on a given topic. The lectures could be (and often were) public, and were frequently attended by other professors in the same field.

      Reminds me of @KevinCarey1 describe the original university of Bologna, in his End of College. Don’t have the quote handy (one of many cases where #OpenAccess would allow for more thoughtful discussion), but the gist of that paragraph sounds similar to what @Downes is describing here

    1. 10,000 hours

      this reminds me of how much goes into an education because it is so much more than just classes, it is volunteering, working jobs, homework, and extra curricular. so much more goes into an education then just classes its more of the experiences where you learn things

    2. 10,000 hours.

      Sounds about right to me, reminds me of the saying it takes 2000 hours to get good at something. Keep in mind being a master does not mean you have nothing else to learn

    1. unfortunately, a Mrs. Finch had come to the meeting uninvited, and she squeaked out, ‘We don’t build nests to hold water, but to hold eggs,’ and then the thrushes stopped cheering, and Solomon was so perplexed that he took several sips of water. ‘Consider,’ he said at last, ‘how warm the mud makes the nest.’

      This entire scene (continuing into the next page) reminds me of the group conversation scene in Alice where all the animals have finished escaping from the flood and are arguing about how to get dry. The humor uses similar techniques and they both involve a sardonic way of looking at the ridiculous parts of ordinary life.

    2. ‘Poor little half-and-half!’ said Solomon,

      Peter Pan is caught halfway between worlds. He could be said to be stuck within the portal rather than on one side or another. This reminds me of the white rabbit in Alice in Wonderland and other guide figures in portal fiction, but I can't think of other examples where the guide figure is also (more or less) the main character.

    3. But, like all the most wonderful things that happen in the Gardens, it is done, we concluded, at night after the gates are closed.

      Reminds me of the Labyrinth, where the maze kept changing.

    4. From the Hump we can see the gate that is called after Miss Mabel Grey, the Fig I promised to tell you about.

      Reminds me of Wizard of Oz, in the sense that there are different locations with different types of characters and/or different fantastical elements. Like how there is Munchkinland and Haunted Forest in Wizard of Oz, here there is the Figs and the Hump.

    5. Her eyes glistened with admiration when he told her of his adventures, especially of how he went to and fro between the island and the Gardens in the Thrush’s Nest:

      This reminds me of the end of Alice in Wonderland when Alice is telling her sister and her dreams/adventures in wonderland

    6. Immediately the last clang had died away Maimie distinctly heard a voice say, ‘So that’s all right.’ It had a wooden sound and seemed to come from above, and she looked up in time to see an elm-tree stretching out its arms and yawning.

      This part with the trees reminds me of the Wizard of Oz

    7. ‘The window I flew out at will be open,’ Peter said confidently. ‘Mother always keeps it open in the hope that I may fly back.’

      This quote reminds me of the quote on p 26: "...for to have faith is to have wings."

    1. Secondly, being able to think abstractly, is very significant to me. It is so important to have different ideas that may even seem impossible.

      This reminds me of outside of the box thinking and creative problem solving that is inherent with IDS

    2. Declaring this major feels like me declaring, “I will not settle for less! I will make the most of my opportunities!” And that feels really good because unlike many other majors where it is easy to feel trapped or to feel stuck in this routine that everyone who has graduated with your degree has gone through- the same process; this study has me standing alone and in this case, that isn’t a bad thing.

      This reminds me that I am not using the cookie cutter major. I'm developing something unique to me, it's not an already existing mold, it's my mold, and YES, I agree, it does feel really good.

    1. There was something in his appearance remarkably beautiful and engaging. His black hair, fine as floss silk, hung in glossy curls about his round, dimpled face, while a pair of large dark eyes, full of fire and softness, looked out from beneath the rich, long lashes, as he peered curiously into the apartment. A gay robe of scarlet and yellow plaid, carefully made and neatly fitted, set off to advantage the dark and rich style of his beauty; and a certain comic air of assurance, blended with bashfulness, showed that he had been not unused to being petted and noticed by his master.

      This reminds me of how in all of the other narratives about Madison Washington was described as very attractive and handsome for a black person.

    2. Yes, I consider religion a valeyable thing in a nigger, when it’s the genuine article, and no mistake

      Why is religion such a hot commodity here? Do they believe the religious morals make the slaves more like them? There's something about this that reminds me of people dressing up their pets. They're trying to make their pets look like them, yet this very thing sets the pets further apart from humans. They become dolls. Is that what the slaves were being reduced to?

    1. There are problems within individual disciplines; divisions between childhood education, legal and social service providers and social science and humanities researchers; as well as divisions within the medical sciences, social sciences and the humanities in their examination of medical ethics for childhood.”

      This reminds me of the saying "it takes a village to raise a child"; it takes multiple disciplines to solve a problem.

    2. Reminds me of a analogy of stove pipes. Instead of having multiple stove pipes or disciplines, we become integrated, and allow information to flow more easily.

    1. Katandabaliko

      This one the most seems like a pokemon to me. Pokemon names usually are portmateau, and this ogre's name has "katana" in it. These descriptions are written just like pokedex entries too. It talks about their powers, where they live, and how they feed.

      This one specifically reminds me of the pokemon Froslass. "When it finds humans or Pokémon it likes, it freezes them and takes them to its chilly den, where they become decorations."

    1. a genuine, popular, and sustainable alternative to capitalist digital media

      Your argument reminds me that nonprofit/open resources have such a uphill battle in ways that are analogous to or really isomorphic with co-ops more broadly in late capitalism: for every Park Slope Food Co-op that thrives next door to Whole Foods/Amazon (for now, at least!), there are innumerable scrappy, idealistic small-scale outfits that lose: it's hard to convince folks to pay the tax, so to speak, of $$ and convenience to work within the nonprofit structure's limitations.

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    1. oth professionals, such as the band Girl Talk

      This reminds me of something that was touched on in last week's playlist. Artists almost have to proactively LOOK for music that sounds like what they have just written so they can avoid an accidental copyright suit.

    1. the exaggerated reverence for the text,

      . . . reminds me of the "broken" textures you often find in proletarian/working-class writing, where we can see the shattered/distorted mirror-image of canonical authority . . . or, as Stephen Dedalus opines of his/Joyce's Calibanesque/colonial status: "It is the symbol of Irish art. The cracked looking-glass of a servant." . . an inspiration perhaps for Naipaul's later "mimic men"?

    1. ‘Den I went an’ stood upon some high ol’ lonesome hill, An’ looked down on the place where I used to live.’

      Reminds me of the end of Zora Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God"

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

      This reminds me of the infamous "They're taking out jobs" excuse when in reality those who use this phrase do Not want said jobs that are being "taken."

    3. She sang

      This reminds me of the Hughes' comment on how it's usually the black artists who are the ones able to retain some of their black identity when progressing in the world. She seems to be a cultrally important icon to african americans everywhere, as it's not just New Orleans that's affected by her songs, but it's also all sorts of places.

    1. It would surely count toward completion of Module 19, which emphasized empathy for the dispossessed.

      It seems like this new government controls emotions, understanding of social experiences, intelligence, etc. This reminds me of Spiderhead and how their little jail system was able to control people and make them all the same; similar to that of robots.

    1. To the poor, the hungry and the homeless, we are help and hope. To the refugee, we are safety and the promise of a brighter tomorrow. To the immigrant, we are a path to acceptance and participation. To the person immobilized by addictions, we are a road to recovery.

      Though brief, this part of the program overview does a good job of stating the goal or aim of CCS with each type of client. It also works effectively on an emotional level.

      The inspiring and optimistic style that these are written in reminds me of the beatitudes in the bible. 'Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted.' They begin with a type of person (the meek, pure in heart, etc.l) and then are followed up with a brief outcome (they shall inherit the earth, see God, etc.). In this text the poor will find help and hope, the refugee will be safe, the immigrant accepted, etc.

      By using this writing style the writer takes the readers thoughts away from the large and messy issues surrounding each of these topics and makes them think and feel of the person, the "one", as Christ did. Being tied to a church I can see why they took this approach.

      Recent immigration news.

      Recent refugee news.

      https://operationriogrande.utah.gov

    1. breaking it up into smaller and smaller unconnected fragments of academic specialization, even as the world looks to colleges for help in integrating and synthesizing the exponential increases in information brought about by technological advances

      This reminds me of the clusters at Plymouth state and how we're moving towards more integrated majors

    1. Friends, ye are there! Woe me,—yet I am not He whom ye seek? Ye stare and stop—better your wrath could speak! I am not I? Hand, gait, face, changed? And what I am, to you my friends, now am I not?

      It reminds you that he wrote this at the end of his life when he was alone and sick. You can feel his sorrow and loneliness as he is rejected from the people he cares about. He welcomes them with open arms and love however, because he is no longer the same as he was before he is turned away in a time when he needs them the most. The desperation is very clear throughout the poem.

    1. “She ain’t come back.”

      The girl's grammar isn't the greatest with everything she says, reminds me of the way the narrator talks in "The Semplica Girl Diaries". Maybe she doesn't have any education?

    1. we can’t really stop the national news from making us freaked out about remote things that have no impact on our daily life.

      Reminds me a tad of the thesis in The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Comsumption by Clay A. Johnson

    1. On Sept. 15, nine days before the elections in Germany, the Green party complained to Facebook about a popular series of attack ads deriding its stances on gender-neutral bathrooms, electric cars and other topics. The party accused the advertiser, Greenwatch, of providing false contact information on its Facebook page and blog, which would violate a German Media Authority regulation requiring accurate contact information.

      This reminds me of Russian intervention in the 2016 presidential elections

    1. Triple-Entry Vocabulary Journal strategy

      This is such a great vocabulary tool. It reminds me of a Frayer Model, but there are several differences to note. I love the definition in the student's words- the Frayer has an exact definition but I think this type is more beneficial. The Frayer also includes synonyms and antonyms which could aid in student understanding in this Triple-Entry science journal.

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    1. I submitted before your needs, and I knew thenthatI must survive for something morethan survival's sake.I must survive for you.

      This reminds me of a study that was done, I can't remember the name of it. They took women (ex gang members) and put them in treatment, most went back to the gangs and all the rest who didn't ended up pregnant. Having a child gave them a sense of belonging, a reason to survive despite condition.

    1. who was born to be happy and has lived miserably

      Reminds me of how the defalcation of independence has changed from "Life, Liberty, and Property " and now the "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness" and is such an innocent and pure statement that we all should seek happiness and no one should be left out.

    1. She doesn’t care for the Winold Reiss’ portraits of Negroes because they are “too Negro.” She does not want a true picture of herself from anybody. She wants the artist to flatter her, to make the white world believe that all negroes are as smug and as near white in soul as she wants to be

      This reminds me of something that was brought up in my ENG460 class yesterday, which was the comparison of John White's watercolors of the Algonquian to the engravings of Theodor De Bry. The engravings of De Bry took inspiration from White's watercolors, but he did take some liberties to tweak his engravings in a way that would fit the white idealization more. De Bry's engraving gives off a Renaissance like feel, while White's watercolor is probably closer to what the people depicted in the pieces looked like. I attached the images down below. Top: John White Bottom: Theodor De Bry

    2. “I want to be a poet–not a Negro poet,”

      This reminds me of the Johnson's novel "The Autobiography of An Ex-Colored Man". The main character is a colored man whose skin is light enough to 'pass' for white. He tends to got back an forth when it suits him, eventually living out the rest of his life as a white man. Through the novel he realizes that he too the easy way out. That it would have been much braver to live has a colored man. The novel also speaks to the 'artist' in him as he is a musician and he deals with being the best "Negro" musician vs. the best musician.

    1. because the Old Negro had long become more of a myth than a man

      Ugh, listening to this sounds like what white school teachers in the 1800s would be telling there children about Black people. It reminds me of the scene in Django Unchained where DiCaprio's Calvin Candy justified slavery through the debunked science of phrenology.

    1. Start on the first red bead. This is the first day of your period. Red beads indicate the days you are menstruating. Red symbolizes the blood. Most women bleed for 3-7 days

      My first reaction was to be a little bit annoyed with the very short choppy sentences here. But, as I remembered the audience that this is intended for, I felt grateful for the consideration. Being that they use this document to teach young girls/women in schools in Swaziland, South Africa, where contraception is very difficult to come by.

      In fact when thought of in this way, maybe some of the word use could have been even more simple. Especially as we read on in the hand out, the document does seem to be slightly heavy on the use of large words. With words like, "neutrality," "symbolize," and "probability," it seems like the document could have been made more accessible if more simple words were used. It reminds me of the rhetoric youtube video we watched in class about Trump's answer to one question. I believe he uses a 4th grade reading level of language on average. While most of us may quickly jump to the conclusion of that being ridiculous. It was actually a tactic that could have gained him some political points among the general public, because there was a huge group of people that could now fully understand him, he could not previously connect to politicians.

      This is where audience becomes very important. Here are some photos of the intended audience for this document...

    1. This is a challenge because these elements are found almost everywhere on ships -- even on new plastic surfaces,

      This reminds me of my conversation with Todd Taylor, the ocean engineering teacher, about invasive species and hoe easily ships transfer them

    1. Behold a child.

      The beginning reminds me of a description of baby Jesus. Considering the role that the Catholic Church plays throughout the story and the victimization of the "home babies", this creates a strong sense of irony throughout the piece.

  4. Oct 2017
    1. Without going outside his race, and even among the better classes with their “white” culture and conscious American manners, but still Negro enough to be different, there is sufficient matter to furnish a black artist with a lifetime of creative work. And when he chooses to touch on the relations between Negroes and whites in this country, with their innumerable overtones and undertones surely, and especially for literature and the drama, there is an inexhaustible supply of themes at hand.

      This reminds me of entertainer Issa Rae who's show I watch really explores such an in depth and variety of situations of race and society.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxUngY1sIhY

    2. We build our temples for tomorrow, strong as we know how, and we stand on top of the mountain, free within ourselves.

      This line reminds me of one of the final lines of The Waste Land when Eliot writes, "These fragments I have shored against my ruins". Both artists share a desire to create something with the strength to save them from their current conditions.

    1. The chefs-d'œuvre of the sculptress need the polish of the master chisel; and the female pencil has never yet limned the immortal forms of beauty. The mind of woman is, perhaps, incapable of the originality and strength requisite for the sublime.

      This passage really bothers me. It makes no allowance for the limited access women had to artistic training. It is not a lack of talent but a lack of opportunity that produced fewer female geniuses. This reminds me of Jane Eyre's line about sisters needing as much exercise of their faculties as their brothers. While Sanford acknowledges that women can influence the world by influencing their husbands, this remark about the inherent lack of female talent and intellect is deeply troubling. Perhaps though she is following her own advice of maintaining humility.

    1. As the knowledge constructed is anindication of how the world might be, a variety of theoretical possibilities areacceptable

      While I generally agree with this, I would add that some frameworks can be simply wrong. It reminds me of what a friend of mine in grad school said in response to a student who claimed that there is no right or wrong answer when interpreting literary texts. He replied that there may not be a right interpretation, but there are definitely wrong ones.

    2. ehaviourist principlesconsider the learner to be atabula rasa, filled with transmission-based teaching thatimproves stimulus–response connections, thereby communicating and instilling a set ofpredetermined and agreed facts (Reeves, 1992).

      Reminds me of Paulo Freire...

    1. Mr. Earnshaw told me to wash it, and give it clean things, and let it sleep with the children.

      Here, we see Heathcliff referred to as "it" 3 times in one sentence. As soon as Heathcliff enters the house as a small child, it is clear that the Earnshaws do not recognize his humanity. Their discussion of him as an "it" reminds me of the objectification that Fanny faced when she went to live with the Bertram's in Mansfield Park. Like Fanny, Heathcliff is thought of as an object not a person. This is even more obvious when he is later described as a "stupid little thing." In addition to being called "it," Mr. Earnshaw's instructions for the boy make it seem as though he is an animal: "was it, and give it clean things, and let it sleep with the children." It sounds as if they are discussing a stray puppy, not a young child. It is interesting that Nelly is instructed to "let" Heathcliff sleep with the other children. Sleep is a biological need and a right that everyone should have, but Heathcliff needs to be allowed to sleep.

    1. psychologists used their knowl- edge of evaluation and testing to help assess the skills of trainees and select the individuals who were most likely to benefit from particular train- ing programs. For example, at one point in the war, the failure rate in a particular flight training program was unacceptably high. In order to overcome this problem, psychologists examined the general intellectual, psychomotor and per- ceptual skills of individuals who were able to successfully perform the skills taught in the pro- gram, and then developed tests that measured those traits. These tests were used to screen can- didates for the program, with those individuals who scored poorly being directed into other pro- grams. As a result of using this examination of entry skills as a screening device, the military was able to significantly increase the percentage of personnel who successfully completed the progra

      For some reason, this reminds me of a kind of precursor to adaptive learning / mastery pathways. I know it is a screening mechanism, but I coudl see how it could be the start of the individualized learning.

    1. the experience of read-alouds enabled chil dren to express themselves as individuals, connect with others, and make sense of the world

      This reminds me of the last module we did. Where students can relate to books through the real world.

    1. symptoms, which in turn may have contributed tostrained relationships. For example, one PND mothersaid:I do most of my work with water. I get a cold becauseI wash clothes.

      This line reminds me of the many superstions my parents had when I was growing up, ways that I would potentially become sick. One that is germane to the question is the idea of me getting sick because I'm in the rain without an umbrella. The woman rationalizes her distress by computing the cause as contact with water. She fails to address the authentic biomedical model related systems of her sickness. This may stem from her isolated, unfulfilling relationships that are linked to her stress and subsequent depression.

    1. You may prolong this branching out process for a while, until a reasonably coherent picture emerges.

      Brainstorming, breaking it down, drilling down, etc. I see how it definitely applies to multi fascited and complex subject matter. It reminds me of the onion, multiple layers form an onion, but one onion is usually good for a dish when cooking a meal. It's but an ingredient to the entree.

    2. All too often, experts forget that “problems of society do not come in discipline-shaped blocks

      This reminds me of the example we discussed in class last week. Obesity is not a simple problem; it is a multi-faceted health crisis with components ranging from diet to genetics to socioeconomics to physical inactivity. It cannot be solved by simply stating that "obese people need to get more exercise." All of the components need to be addressed.

    3.   To look beyond . . . is to be overwhelmed by the ocean’s magnitude: better to remain ignorant of all but our own tiny province. . . .  

      This statement reminds me of being in school and being so overwhelmed with everything going on around me and in school

    1. Being literate today does not necessarily ensure that one will be fully literate tomorrow since new technologies will always appear, regularly requiring additional new literacies.

      I agree! Technology is becoming more advanced as time progresses. This reminds me of the evolution of Apple and Microsoft. Both are providing new technologies every year! and new learning techniques are evolving along with that.

    1. Wheel

      Repetition. I feel the concept of an ever turning wheel relates to the unreal, undying city which persists in its attempt at progress but never really goes anywhere. Reminds me of Sisyphus. Perhaps this poem has the bones of existentialism.

    1. The man who stole me as soon as I was born, recorded the births of all the infants which he claimed to be born his property, in a book which he kept for that purpose.

      This reminds me of how Douglass talked about salve owners not allowing the slaves to know their ages because they were trying to not allow them to have that knowledge to use for rebellion

    2. The handle was about three feet long, with the butt-end filled with lead, and the lash, six or seven feet in length, made of cow-hide, with platted wire Page 15on the end of it.

      The whip used to beat the slaves reminds me of the whip they used for the crucifixion of christ, especially with the platted wire on the end. Maybe this is another biblical reference slaves owners used as a scare tactic for the slaves?

    1. Maggie had long been the favorite maidservant of her mistress, havingattained the position through merit. She was also nurse and foster mother tothe two last children of Mrs. Franks, and loved them, to all appearance, as herown. The children reciprocated this affection, calling her “Mammy.”

      This reminds me of the movie "The Help" where the maidservant were the ones taking care of the children and practically raising them. I wonder if this is another depiction of southern women.

    1. For hark ! I will tell you low . . . Iow . . . I am black, you see,– And the babe who lay on my bosom so, Was far too white . . . too white for me; As white as the ladies who scorned to pray Beside me at church but yesterday; Though my tears had washed a place for my knee.

      The speaker reveals that she carries a child with her on this journey, and the her child was a result of rape by her master. She describes the disconnect she feels when she looks at her child, as his face reminds her of the trauma of slavery and rape that was brought on by her master, and thus she cannot feel the maternal connection. Her trauma during her enslavement is emphasized here as the white people she was surrounded by treated her as sub-human, and the child's proximity to whiteness retraumatizes her all over again. The infanticide described in the next few lines is born out of this gruesome experience with whiteness, and her killing the child is a way of reclaiming agency and control of her own life as whiteness has stripped her of everything during her enslavement.

    1. The president did not answer questions from reporters about whether he rejected the support of white nationalists or whether he believed the car crash was an example of domestic terrorism

      Trump proceeds to dismiss acts of hatred in America because he is one of the main sources or hate this country has ever seen. He reminds me of Hitler. He uses language to destroy others in a subtle manner. As the president he is obligated to keep us informed.

    2. "His failure to address what really happened in Charlottesville, and the role of white supremacists, I think also sends a message that he is not recognizing the real causes of crises even within our own country," Panetta said.

      This statement is something that I believe is overlooked by many people. People are too quick to say that there is violence, but I don't believe people actually take a step back and ask why it is happening. This really reminds me of the quote "Those who do not take a stance in times of injustice stand on the side of the oppressor". This makes me believe that Trump does not truly care about the violence and the harm that it causes. He is concerned about keeping people down so he can rise above in shady ways.

    1. “Nothing is pain free,” he said, “but it’s a relatively easy fix so far.”

      This reminds me of a songs called Scars To Your Beautiful, by Alessia Cara. It says over and over how nothing good comes free, how we have to go through pain to get what we want. I feel as if this is quite applicable here.

    1. "No, she won't!" Thus, talk ing back to the story and addressing characters directly begins to blur the distinction between the story world and the children's world

      This reminds me of the story don't let the pigeon drive the bus. The readers are being spoken to in the book and they have to talk back to the pigeon and the bus driver.

    1. Terribly. I find it hard...hard to sleep at night. I have trouble concentrating.It pulled me off my normal life-routine. Especially since I see the scenes...which reminds me again what happened. I prefer to forget it, not to rememberit any more.

      This sentence of Yosef describing life after the accident he witnessed is a good indicator that he has embodied the experience and truly let it impact his life. He imagines the accident when he walks around his house, he has trouble sleeping, it seems like it has become a daily part of his life. Based off of what he describes it seems like he can vividly relive the moment and this is negatively impacting his mental health. What sticks out most to me as an embodied term is when Yosef says he would prefer to forget it yet it stops him from doing such basic, necessary things as sleeping and concentrating. These basic parts of life are so important and yet this experience has changed them completely.

    2. Why did I suddenly arrive at the clinic? [YEHUDA: Yes.] Because of theaccident I saw.YEHUDA: And what happened there?YOSEF: A woman fell on the ground and had a lot of blood. Afterwards, I saw thatthey covered her and took her away, and I understood that she died. Thisinfluenced me terribly.YEHUDA: In what way did it influence you?YOSEF: Terribly. I find it hard...hard to sleep at night. I have trouble concentrating.It pulled me off my normal life-routine. Especially since I see the scenes...which reminds me again what happened. I prefer to forget it, not to rememberit any more.

      The patient clearly states that the accident he saw affected his day-to-day life. However, interesting is that he showed up at the medical clinic, after he was seeking help with his rabbi. The world 'suddenly' exposes that this decision was somewhat reluctant. As a religious man, he was supposed to be satisfied with his rabbi advice. We know that his wife influenced that decision and that reveals him not being comfortable with secular treatment of his mental condition. This shows his personality being torn between his religious and traditional ways of living and secular/western civilization impacting his community and culture. Being nervous about his visit at the clinic, show that this appointment also adds to his already existing anxiety about how hi will be perceived by the Haredi community and the rabbi. Therefore he is embodying his religion, his traditions, his upbringing with the word ‘suddenly’, as this appointment is as unexpected and unanticipated as the accident he just witnessed

    1. no person hath a right to this that hath not a permanent fixed interest [i.e. landed property]

      It's jarring to us nowadays that landholders would be considered the only people in England to have a real interest in the government of the country. This is an argument that continued in one form or another for centuries. It wasn't just in England. I think part of Ireton's argument is that landholders are better informed than other members of the British public. It reminds me of the debate over iq tests and voting rights in America-- as though individuals had to prove that they were citizens worthy of making decisions.

    1. Learn to lurrrrrvveee yerrrrr currrrrvveees,” adding, “I actually used to hate them.”

      This quote here reminds me a lot of all the "big" teenage girls on instagram that now start posting their bodies on instagram saying they are not insecure about their body like before, and remind her followers that they should always embrace their curves, when before they would always complain about it. I have seen this a lot with many girls from my school, so in my opinion these girls get these ideas from celebs like Lovato.

    1. When anything that was read or related displeased him, he was observed to smoke his pipe vehemently, and to send forth short, frequent, and angry puffs; but, when pleased, he would inhale the smoke slowly and tranquilly, and emit it in light and placid clouds, and sometimes, taking the pipe from his mouth, and letting the fragrant vapor curl about his nose, would nod his head in approbation.

      this reminds me of the devil wears prada when Miranda has certain facial expressions that represent her opinions without speaking ahaha

    1. A firm terrible a firm terrible hindering, a firm hindering have a ray

      This is also very confusing, but again, the repetition is interesting. It kind of reminds me of computer glitching out or a robot malfunctioning. This line says, "A firm" three times for no obvious reason.

    1. alert the public about epidemic outbreaks

      This reminds me of readings a few weeks back where we learned how social networks are used in giving warnings about public epidemic outbreaks. For example, bird flu. In fact, the SNA is also used for need of a disaster response via social media.

    1. To develope the reasoning faculties of our youth, enlarge their minds cultivate their morals, & instil into them the precepts of virtue & order.

      I feel like the goal of many ideas (religious, political, historical) is to make sure the youth are involved in some way shape or form. I guess it is because of the cliche that the "youth are our future." Here, it is made sure that the minds of the youth are enlarged along with their morals. This reminds me of my Debating Islams engagement where we have discussed the 3 main radical ideologies, all in which push the participation of the youth and the passing of ideas to the youth.

      This also brings to mind the idea to "cultivate their morals." It kind bewilders me that their definition of morals made it okay to enslave a whole population of people because they felt they were inferior to them due to pigmentation of skin, or more of their lack of. You would think to have "morality" is to have compassion, to have some sense of "hmmm maybe this isn't right", "hmmm maybe they are human beings that do deserve rights."

    2. each of these was unexceptionable as to healthiness & fertility.

      The focus on healthiness and fertility reminds me sickeningly of the treatment of slaves and of women throughout history, as land, a place for a school to be built, was regarded in the same way that human beings were -- property; only worthy of life if they met specific criteria. A slave was only useful if it was healthy enough to perform the work necessary of its existence (as the slave owners thought). If a slave could not work in a field or in the home, they were a useless slave and often times killed for their inability to perform. The fertility of a slave and it's ability to reproduce was profitable as slave owners were able to buy a slave (if they raped their females) or two (male and female), and have their slave continue to produce more slaves and therefore more bodies able to do the slaveowner's biding. Such is similar to the view of women, as health and fertility were the most important aspects of a woman to society, besides obedience. Women's fertility could be manipulated and used for gain of both men and society. In some instances, women were only considered worthy of life if they produced male offspring. Such is seen in royalty, as King Henry vehemently believed that Catherine "was condemned by God not to have a boy and that Anne would provide him with one". This belief that the only worth of a woman is their ability to produce male heirs was carried into society for a long time after the Tudor times. And although the thoughts towards women are not as strict in modern society, the stigma towards women unable to have children or who do not want children has continued into modern society.

      source link : http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/tudor-england/henry-and-divorce/

    3. Education generates habits of application, order and the love of virtue; and controuls, by the force of habit, any innate obliquities in our moral organization. We should be far too from the discouraging persuasion, that man is fixed, by the law of his nature, at a given point: that his improvement is a chimæra, and the hope delusive of rendering ourselves wiser, happier or better than our forefathers were.

      These sentences really reminds me of the beginning of the book II of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, where Aristotle states that moral virtues are acquired by repetition of the coresponding acts. And the second sentence, I believe, is used to combat the belief that a man is fixed, that a good deed is done because there is a good man, and that there is just man first and then just deeds second. It is through the formation of habits, the habits that brings good and utils to people, that people start to do good deeds and just deeds. And through doing good deeds and just deeds, people become good and just, but not the other way round. So in a sort-of Aristotle way, UVA is devoted to the development of moral virtues and finally human happiness that originates from moral virtues.

    4. leave us free to do whatever does not violate the equal rights of another.

      This passage seems rather ironic, and it reminds me of the Declaration of Independence. The document states "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." For much of American history, "all men" simply referred to white men. Thus, this statement in the rockfish gap report refers only to white men as well. Black men and women were excluded from the university and employed as slaves. White women were barred entry from the university too. Although Jefferson advertises the term "equal rights", his university champions racial and gender inequality.

    5. Thos. Wilson Phil. Slaughter Wm. H. Cabell

      These are really familiar last names, and I would assume that Wilson Hall, Slaughter Center, and Old/New Cabell Hall are named after these people who founded the university. I really wouldn't have known this information without reading this report to the end. I believe our University should really provide us with more information of the history of UVa: no matter how positive or negative the history is, we current students need to know. This really reminds me of a reseach I did before one of my Engagment classes. The advocacy of Eugenics was a big part of our University's history and Pinn Hall, a building in the medical school, was previously named after Harvey Jordan, a Eugenics researcher and former Dean of the Department of Medicine. However, the university decided to rename the Hall into Pinn Hall recently. Indeed the new name enbodies the spirit of the school better than the old one, but the Student needs to know about the unknown part of the history behind the change of the name. Just simply changing the name of a hall cannot and should not erase the fact that the university has once supported a pseudoscience, and we need to face, and at lease try to preserve our history. http://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2017/02/uva-school-of-medicine-looking-ahead-from-eugenics-roots http://exhibits.hsl.virginia.edu/eugenics/2-origins/

    6. We should be far too from the discouraging persuasion, that man is fixed, by the law of his nature, at a given point: that his improvement is a chimæra, and the hope delusive of rendering ourselves wiser, happier or better than our forefathers were. As well might it be urged that the wild & uncultivated tree, hitherto yielding sour & bitter fruit only, can never be made to yield better: yet we know that the grafting art implants a new tree on the savage stock, producing what is most estimable both in kind & degree. Education, in like manner engrafts a new man on the native stock, & improves what in his nature was vicious & perverse, into qualities of virtue and social worth

      Hearing Jefferson discuss the potential to create a “new man…into qualities of virtue and social worth,” despite whatever “wild & uncultivated tree” he might originally appear to be, reminds me of his contrasting words from Notes on the State of Virginia (1785). In the context of contrasting the natural state of white men and black, he states, “…the difference is fixed in nature…and this difference is of no importance? Is it not the foundation of a greater or less share of beauty in the two races?” and then later, “It is not their condition, then, but nature, which has produced the distinction” (Query 14). Though Jefferson claims to firmly believe that no man is fixed in his state of being, it cannot be overlooked that Jefferson’s belief was qualified by his own words. Though he is remembered as a believer in the potential “social worth” of each individual, he always fell short in grasping this idea completely; he never reached beyond the thinking that this was not the case for “those of colour.”

    7. It was the degree of centrality to the white population of the state which alone then constituted the important point of comparison between these places:

      This sentence highlights the pertinent racism within the group of Commissioners. During this time all of the wealthy, important, educated people who did things like build Universities were in fact white men. Although this is generally common knowledge, this sentence draws attention to just how common and accepted this societal racism was. They noted that "centrality to the white population" was indeed the most important factor in choosing location. What is so unfortunate is that this practice isn't completely gone today. It reminds me much of the practice of gerrymandering and redlining that still often occurs in our political system today. Then the intentions were to make services available to white people by location and excluded interest of other ethnicities, and now it is used to benefit political groups (dominated by white men) or to exclude certain ethnic groups.

    8. Education, in like manner engrafts a new man on the native stock, & improves what in his nature was vicious & perverse, into qualities of virtue and social worth; and it cannot be but that each generation succeeding to the knowledge acquired by all those who preceded it, adding to it their own acquisitions & discoveries, and handing the mass down for successive & constant accumulation, must advance the knowledge & well-being of mankind:

      I found this quote interesting because it refers only to white men and how they can attain virtue and social worth from education but people of other races and backgrounds cannot. This reminds me of an article that I read in my engagement class about affirmative action because the minorities were pushing for equal treatment and the opportunity to learn and receive the benefits that education would give them. The author of the article, Richard Rodriguez, was not underprivileged as a kid because he could afford education, so he did not identify with the rest of the minorities because he claimed that have the opportunity to receive an education automatically makes you not a minority. His claim relates to this quote because he sees education as a privilege that brings you up in the world because it gives you virtue and many benefits. In the modern society, people of all races and backgrounds can reap the benefits of education and knowledge, not just white men, and they are able to pass on their knowledge to future generations. It is interesting to see how far society has come in who can receive education and what education can do for everyone in the world.

    9. beginnings, in short, to be developed by time, as those who come after us shall find expedient. They will be more advanced than we are, in science and in useful arts, and will know best what will suit the circumstances of their day.

      I really liked this point because it reminds me of the Constitution's Necessary and Proper Clause. They recognized that relevant and important arts and sciences are going to change over time, and they are entrusting this to "those who come after" them. I like that they are looking into the future of the University and want the University to stay current and mold and grow with the times.

    10. To improve by reading, his morals and faculties

      This reminds me of a moment in our engagement class when we were asked, ‘Are your moral compasses fixed before you enter college?’ Many people believed it was, but we soon came to realize that our moral compass is fluid, always changing as we gain more experiences and go through life. We are currently reading the New Testament, and how it was used over the years to argue both for and against slavery, temperance, and even the Holocaust. I think it’s an extremely important skill to be able to critically read texts, and understand them so as not to be swayed by the first person that cites a text. I think Jefferson wanted students to be well-read and knowledgeable for this reason. While it could be argued that reading does not improve morality, it does give readers a better perspective on the world, and thus helps them make more informed opinions and decisions.

    1. embedded

      I like this word. Why? Because it reminds me of 'embodied'. Writing is complex, networked, social, and apt. Although something that is appropriate might be variable. YMMV.

    1. verted  this  railway  construction  into  an  instrument  for  oppressing  a  thousand  millionpeople

      It reminds me of the construction of the Congo-Ocean Railway (from Brazaville to the sea) which was constructed at the beginning of the 1920s, using forced labour (and thus opressing African people)

    1. Over slick highways                             constructed over old trails

      Reminds me of how the lower end of manhattan around wall st. And how the roads were paved over Native American trails.

    2. They eat everything

      reminds me of the ted talk which mentions the word Wašíču- lakota word for european people, also means the man who takes the best meat for himself.

    3. There’s a rat scrambling

      the mention of a rat gives me a sense of mess and destruction. also reminds me of the ted talk when the speaker mentioned the poverty many native american indians live in.

    1. Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold

      The language of this poem reminds me of a sticky-note that would be left on a fridge door by one sibling to another. It has an attitude of sarcasm, feigning sincerity, which also makes the poem quite humorous.

    2. patches of standing water the scattering of tall trees

      This fraise reminds me of the seemingly randomness of some of the paintings from the Armory Show. Particularly the words, "patches" and "scattering" shows the randomness of nature.

    1. In the Caption box, type Click image to learn more.

      Using captions reminds me of the GEOG 258 class I took where we used many of the similar concepts here in our projects, such as attribute data.

    1. He enlightened them; he showed (them) a way; and the way is the truth which he taught them.

      Reminds me of what Eric was talking about Origen and the circular model of salvation

    1. a disconnect between classroom and everyday learning

      This reminds me of the AEE conference I attended last year. A similar motto to "not all classrooms have four walls". Classrooms settings teach structure whereas most of the actual learning is done everywhere else.

    1. While certain musical genres evoke particular racial identities. these identities are aestheticir.ed and therefore are accessible to audiences and per-formers regardless of race or ethnicity.

      This reminds me directly of how we were considering the "whiteness" of country music. I believe that the lack of exclusivity of music makes it fair game to express oneself or one's culture freely.

    1. I would say words I’d heard these imaginary figures say, phrases like poetry. I would repeat them aloud, playing with sound.

      I love this idea. It reminds me of having a sensation of feeling sound and having it be the physical thing it is. It makes it seem more kinesthetic and tangible. I also love the idea of playing with the sound until it just comes out as words.

    1. nto the jail without d

      It's not hard to see the seeds of future European revolutions in these smaller peasant revolts. This particular storming of a local jail reminds me of the Bastille. It is an interesting question whether or not these people were genuinely coerced into helping in the revolt or if they were swept up in the mob mentality and became willing participants. Surely some of these people were jailed for unfair reasons, including debts.

    1. Thesefindings have important implications for prevention special-ists and treatment providers.

      This reminds me of analysis by Yang et al. They suggest that often social network that includes many other drinkers or even one drinker, an individual's risk of relapse increases. I wonder how this analysis may apply to egocentric network. They also mention how Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) help drinkers with their social networks, they help reshape their network with those who may be role models. They try to reduce pro-drinking ties and increase pro-abstinent social ties. I feel like applying SNA in such networks can really produce positive results on both individual and community level.

  5. Sep 2017
    1. may be neurally "hardwired."

      The idea of "mirror neurons" being hardwired reminds me of an experiment I once read about called the Bobo Doll Experiment. Here's a summary of this supplemental reading:

      In the experiment, children would sit in a room with adults, being told that only the adults could play with certain toys in one corner while the children had to play with their own (this mimicked the sort of separation that exists between children and adults in society). One group of children would be exposed to an adult being violent, both physically and verbally, to the Bobo Doll, while the other group was not exposed to this violent behavior. The children exposed to the violent behavior were much more likely to become violent once they were frustrated as compared to the other group of children who were not exposed to the violent adult.

      Here's a photo of the doll that the adults would be violent to during the experiment:

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobo_doll_experiment

    2. With the students' permission, I made a video of how my classroom appeared from where I stood and then projected it at the front of the room

      This sort of experiment reminds me of a book I once read called 'The Honest Truth About Dishonesty.' The fact that Rheingold made the students aware that he was recording them could have vastly skewed his results (even if some students did still surf the web or check their emails). If somebody knows they're being watched, they're much less likely to engage in a behavior that's perceived as being bad, such as surfing the web instead of paying attention in class or playing an RPG while the teacher is trying to lecture. Many more students may have engaged in these behaviors and, therefore making for different observations, if the students were not made aware that they would be filmed. I can see how filming without consent could be considered unethical and an invasion of privacy though.

      Here's a PDF of the book:

      http://meshesblog.weebly.com/uploads/5/6/3/0/56303307/the_honest_truth_about_dishones_-_dan_ariely.pdf

      Obviously you can't read the whole thing in a short amount of time, but even looking over a few chapters is interesting.

    1. Spanish is highly interesting to us, as the language spoken by so great a portion of the inhabitants of our Continents, with whom we shall possibly have great intercourse ere long; and is that also in which is written the greater part of the early history of America.

      It is worth noting that the writers of "The Rockfish Gap Report" recognized the importance of international affairs, particularly when it came to their closest neighboring states. The desire to teach Spanish further reveals the wish that students of the University of Virginia might play an active role in those international affairs by effectively communicating with the populations of those neighboring states. This section of the report reminds me of the Monroe Doctrine when James Monroe declared the independence of the Americas from European colonialism in 1823. Therefore, the desire to teach Spanish reflects the desire to form a powerful allegiance among the states of the Americas, particularly against Europe. I also found it interesting that they mention that the early history of the Americas was written in Spanish. As a result, by teaching Spanish, the students will be able to directly translate and learn of the history of the Americas.

      -- David

    2. We should be far too from the discouraging persuasion, that man is fixed, by the law of his nature, at a given point: that his improvement is a chimæra, and the hope delusive of rendering ourselves wiser, happier or better than our forefathers were

      This statement brings to mind the idea of growth vs. fixed mindset that man's mind should be developed into one that continues to grow and gain knowledge rather than staying within the human nature of staying static. The use of the metaphor of the chimaera brings a image of an amazing monsterous entity that represents the physicality of the mind to morph and change depending on how we learn and change from this gain of knowledge. The second part of this statement is even more interesting as it reminds me of passages of Latin text from Epistulae Morales Ad Lucilium by Seneca. It states that true happiness lies in the completion of knowledge/wisdom. However, there is no way of learning everything and having complete knowledge by the end of one's lifetime. Thus, the text says that being in the process of completing that knowledge/fulfilling that wisdom also makes one happier than a person that does not try to gain wisdom. The last half of the sentence makes me believe that the searching for of knowledge within this institution will give basis to hope of a happier, wiser life than that of the previous generations.

    3. and tho rather, as the proofs of the being of a god, the creator, preserver, & supreme ruler of the universe, the author of all the relations of morality, & of the laws & obligations these infer, will be within the province of the professor of ethics;

      It is noteworthy that the authors of the report choose to place these matters of religion under the jurisdiction of the department of ethics. It sets up an interesting relationship between religion and ethics. The document suggests that it is more responsible to think in terms of ethics than in terms of religion. This reminds me of Jefferson's personal Bible, in which he omitted anything miraculous or scientifically problematic. I think we see strong traces of his influence in this paragraph.

    4. Ideology is the doctrine of thought

      This quote in the Rockfish Gap Report reminds me of the honor code at UVA today. Ideology according to the New Oxford American Dictionary is a system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy. The honor code here is completely student run and extremely important in all facets of daily UVA life. It helps to create a community of trust and a set of beliefs for the community so we can further our education.

    1. Stripped of those _r,•r h-~ human race. Bequeathed to a l t. d <l t.:ranl ._ no . Boun to a petty _Y • 1--h . ·1 o.-1 ler c1ce. Beca.use e wears • r • I' ... . . h 1· eedon1. 11 e~ \\"as it for this. l at r . .·., -, \,\'ere 1-.inJlcd b) your patriot _s

      This reminds me of how other African Americans such as Henry Garnet and David Walker use God as a steady reference as to why everyone has the right to be treated equal. They all seem to get the same point across that God granted everyone the same rights of freedom and liberty but the white man has stripped that away from the African Americans. Here, Whitfield refers to the white men as tyrants, signifying the oppression they afflict upon the blacks.

    1. To her the cares were sometimes almost beyond the happiness; for young and inexperienced, with small means of choice and no confidence in her own taste, the “how she should be dressed” was a point of painful solicitude;

      At the beginning of this passage I was thinking that Fanny was "fitting in" yet because of the passive nature of the last paragraph the warm cloth of knowledge has been ripped away. Especially this sentence, the thoughts of what she has and what she doesn't have makes the line of understanding blurry. Parts of Austens writing reminds me of a backhanded compliment. First half of the paragraph Fanny is being identified with the other girls. Until that switches to the comparison of clothing and confidence. I found myself rereading this passage to try and figure out what was truly going on.

    1. her qualms were vanquished by the sensational and most unexpected happening that followed. The man beside her emitted an unearthly and uncultured yell and rose to his feet. She saw him spring over the front seat, leap to the broad rump of the wheeler, and from there gain the wagon.

      The sudden deviation from his typical character reminds me of the narrator's actions in The Yellow Wall Paper. Similarly, Freddie has finally broken free of the prison he has been held captive in, and is finally able to embrace the identity within him, albeit without the loss of his sanity. It could be argued, however, that the trade-off is Catherine's happiness and expectation.

    2. The Slot was the metaphor that expressed the class cleavage of Society, and no man crossed this metaphor, back and forth

      The back and forth between classes reminds me of what Du Bois spoke about regarding the veil, which separates people. But this example of "class switching" reminds me of Gilman's "Yellow Wallpaper" with how John and his wife are middle class, but they secure an upper class mansion for a summer stay.

    3. And that night, coming out of the cannery, he was interviewed by his fellow workmen, who were very angry and incoherently slangy

      This reminds me of Levine's piece, "they feed they lion". In Levine's poem, slang was used to really set the stage. But also, it involved people working in a factory and struggling to make ends meet.

    4. The ghost of Bill Totts had been successfully laid, and Freddie Drummond with rejuvenescent zeal tackled a brochure, long-planned, on the topic of “diminishing returns.”

      "ghost", implying the fact that the identity of Bill Totts haunts him. Also, this reminds me of Frost's poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", where the speaker wants to stay, like Freddie wants to be Bill, yet knows he cannot.

    5. His first idea of the r”le he would play was that of a free and independent American who chose to work with his hands and no explanations given.

      This premise of playing a role of someone to fit into the working class's view of what is "normal" reminds me of Du Bois double consious and the idea that African Americans saw themselves through the lens of the hegemonic white power structure.

    6. Freddie Drummond and Bill Totts were two totally different creatures. The desires and tastes and impulses of each ran counter to the other’s.

      And yet they both exist in him. Reminds me of Du Bois and his double consciousness, and also the way Adams is written, the possibility of two I's existing in a single body.

    7. He made a practice of living in both worlds

      This statement reminds me of Du Bois' depiction of how the average black man often as to deal with two different "souls." Two identities that's been constructed from the expectations of two different societies. Freddie Drummond, too, has to deal with a divided life. He has two types of "views" and "identities" in the world that's been constructed for him based on class expectations from society. Only difference is, Freddie's able to successfully come into terms with his separate identities.

    8. He made a practice of living in both worlds, and in both worlds he lived signally well.

      This somehow reminds me of Jay Gatsby and how he was a part of both worlds, the rich and the poor.

    1. Heather's father Mark Heyer said his daughter had strong convictions and was passionate about helping people.

      A woman named Heather Heyer was viscously killed from a twenty year old white supremacist purposely drove down a road where counter protestors were located to hurt them. This resulted in many people injured, and the death of Heather Heyer. She was there to stand in solidarity with her friends who were being oppressed and as this quote demonstrates who she is as a person, trying to help others which I find quite heroic. Heather is a hero for dying to stand with and for other people, and I highly admire her for this. This goes to show the type of person Heather was and how she left a legacy of being passionate and helping people. This is such a tragic event as it feels society is repeating history. It reminds me of World War II with the Nazis, along with terrorists driving into people of purpose which is what James is: a terrorist. We must honor Heather in her bravery to die for helping others as well as having a deep reflection of ourselves and what we are or will do to fight the good fight.

    2. Thirty-two-year-old Heyer was killed

      Heather Heyer, a young woman fighting on the counterprotesters side of the Unite the Right rally, was killed when a 20 year old man rammed his car into her and plowed down many others. She was a paralegal helping people with filing for bankruptcy who was fighting for her friends who were gay. This is significant because it was one of the many horrific outcomes of the peaceful turned deadly rally. This reminds me of the 9/11 attack on the twin towers.

    1. “Blood and soil!” “You will not replace us!” “Jews will not replace us!”

      These were just a few of the slogans that were getting chanted by the white nationalists during the Unite the Right rally in August 2017. There were also statements like "White lives matter!" and "Our blood, our soil!". This is significant in the fact that yes they have the first amendment right to freedom of speech but no one has more right over another to be a US citizen. America represents freedom and no one should have to hear those things in this manner. This reminds me of segregation of whites and blacks and times of slavery when whites thought they were better than blacks because of their skin color when really we are all the same color - our blood is all the same.

    1. Charlottesville recovery concert

      Famous artists such as Pharrell, Justin Timberlake, Ariana Grade, and Stevie Wonder performed at the University of Virginia in honor of those who were hurt or lost during the Unite the Right rally on August 12. I think this is significant because even though the rally was a very horrible event that tore our country apart, this just goes to show that even in bad times we can still come together as a country, as one, in support. Wherever there are tributes like this, it reminds me of the times our country has come together for support during those unforgettable school shootings or police officer brutality attacks.

    1. Deadly Charlottesville rally cost local police department nearly $70,000

      Between salaries and logistical costs, Charlottesville police spent a total of about $70,000. Included was a breakdown of some of the costs including lodging, food, water, and portable bathrooms. This is significant because this is a large amount of money the police station shelled out for this two day span of horrors. There was no reason to waste all this money. This reminds me a little of the massive amounts of money spent on homicide cases and such.

    1. Unite the Right rally

      Unite the Right was a rally held by nationalist and white supremacy protesters who were fighting against the removal of the Lee statue. The ally turned violent after a man ran down a crowd of people with his car. I think this event is significant because it goes to show how our history is doing a better job of tearing us (the US) apart than bringing us together. Even though the KKK was involved, it reminds me of the KKK involved with fires at black churches.

    1. Squiér,

      The squire reminds me of the the romance we talked about in class about the two professors. The genre of romance seems to hold strong in early English literature as the squire himself is a lover, such as the knight in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

    1. We have conceptualized such particular discursive spaces as the third space in which alterna-tive and competing discourses and positionings transform conflict and difference into rich zone

      This also reminds me of what we learned in Prof. Fulmer's course last semester. The idea of Inclusive Leadership pushes people towards consensus and allows those involved to sit in this uncomfortable 3rd space while negotiating terms that eventually lead to a more collaborative environment.

    1. Man, doughty Man, what power has brought you low, That heaven itself in arms could not persuade To lay aside the lever and the spade

      To me, the poem seems to be a reflection on mortality, with an underlying sense of futility. It is also in recognition of a power separate from "heaven", responsible for digging the "doughty" man's grave with lever and spade. Reminds me of a Bob Dylan tune: "He was only a hobo but one more is gone, leavin nobody to sing his sad song"

    1. This degree of medical information is such as the mass of scientific students would wish to possess, as enabling them in their course through life, to estimate with satisfaction the extent and limits of the aid to human life and health, which they may understandingly expect from that art; and it constitutes such a foundation for those intended for the profession, that the finishing course of practice at the bed-sides of the sick, and at the operations of surgery in a hospital, can neither be long nor expensive. To seek this finishing elsewhere, must therefore be submitted to for a while.

      It is interesting to see how limited the resources given to medical section of education are considering its importance in society. However, in stressing this weakness, they at least recognize the need for a communicative and functioning medical system in order to give students the necessary understanding in this profession. This reminds me of a TedTalk by Dr. Brian Goldman, who stressed the importance of communication of mistakes and experiences while treating the human body (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUbfRzxNy20). Because the profession involves such a unique relationship between social, physical and mental skills, it requires a vast array of knowledge shared between many different people to make strides forward in the field.

    1. into carnal sin.

      Given the stipulation above mentioning the need for a lord's approval prior to marrying out of the manor, I wonder if this "carnal sin" applies to marriages that the lord had not approved of. This reminds me of King John's treatment of women when he required widows to pay a fee if they did not want to be forced into another marriage. There's something deeply troubling about the entire notion. No only does a lord own the land and the products produced by those working the land, but he also has monetary claim over their bodies.

    2. if he is not a guildsman

      It's easy to see how intimidatingly powerful some guilds must have become. They almost operate by mafia rules. This particular passage reminds me of royal rights to forests in which all game in the forest belonged to the king. Here people are limited by whether or not they are members of a guild.

    1. commons is more than the numbers.

      reminds me of the move to look at other factors relating to a nation's progress aside from the typical GDP numbers. When assessing progress, data should be analyzed holistically!

    1. Page 176: This reminds me heavily of the need for democratic society in order to produce democratic schooling. I think it gives new meaning into the way in which the outside world has its own place in the classroom. Not only is it the way in which our political world effects our students personally a force in our classroom, but the values of our society inform the way in which we structure education.

    1. If my educational practice is not seen by the powerful as threatening totheir dominance, as terrifying to their sense of entitlement and control, then I am not anintercultural educator.

      This reminds me of Audre Lorde's assertion that the master's tools cannot dismantle the master's house. Gorski asserts that he must be disliked by and threatening to people in power in order to be an intercultural educator.

    1. This article reminds me of the phrase, "necessity is the mother if invention". The link is that product or service inventions are the result of an overriding need. Not sure what the authors mean on p. 39 when they mention looking for needs, not solutions. Are they referring to a process sequence - first determine the need and then a solution can be worked through?

      Agree heavily on defining a needer group (p.41). This is what Harley Davidson, the motorcycle manufacturer did to save the company. They focused on Baby Boomers and learned that a motorcycle provided a freedom and midlife "escape" rather than just being a transportation source.

      Finally, it would be interesting to learn what went wrong when researchers believe they have found a need but it really does not exist. Perfect case is the Pontiac Aztec of a few years ago. GM was convinced of the need for this type of vehicle but the public rejected this offering.

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    1. I have lived in Greece, florida, texas and now colorado.

      Arthadius this reminds me of myself as I have lived in multiple states as well, California, Colorado, Connecticut and Wyoming, however Florida, Texas and Colorado should be capitalized.

    1. . Inform them that all you desire is freedom, and that nothing else will suffice

      This kind of reminds me of how early white colonists felt during the revolutionary war repeating the cycle of oppression and revolution

    1. disputes are always matters ofcharacter

      Reminds me a bit of fundamental attribution error. If politicians are unable to see opponents as individuals of character apart from the mistakes they've made in the past, they are making what psychology and also many voters call an error.

    1. The inhabitants of Harar live well. The best meat, as in Abyssinia, is beef: it rather resembled, however, in the dry season whenI ate it, the lean and stringy sirloins of Old England in Hogarth's days. A hundred and twenty chickens, or sixty-six full-grown fowls, may be purchased

      This paragraph reminds me about the article that we read about how to write about Africa. The article taught us to talk about African cuisine like this. I do not really know why the article goes into so much detail about these statements and the rest of the paragraph.

    1. For some to have honor in this sense, it is essential that noteveryone have it

      This reminds me of the millennial trend of handing out participation awards - if everyone is receiving "honor", doesn't it lose its value?

    1. Kellie was seven months pregnant in 2007 when she was arrested on a misdemeanor drug possession charge

      It's sad what drugs can do to people. It is Good that Kellie turned her life around and is now educating others with her experience. This story reminds me of an article I recently read about a child who was born three months before the due date caused by her mother who drank alcohol. The child has a condition because of this effect. Sad.

    1. Afterward, before this doleful time ended with me, I was turning the leaves of my Bible, and the Lord brought to me some Scriptures, which did a little revive me,

      I feel like this is most of what Mary says throughout these removes. Everything is doleful, and everything reminds her of, and is remedied by, a psalm.

    1. The continuance of this relation demands that the owner of the labour-power should sell it only for a definite period, for if he were to sell it rump and stump, once for all, he would be selling himself, converting himself from a free man into a slave, from an owner of a commodity into a commodity. He must constantly look upon his labour-power as his own property, his own commodity, and this he can only do by placing it at the disposal of the buyer temporarily, for a definite period of time. By this means alone can he avoid renouncing his rights of ownership over it. [3]

      Marx is talking about the power of labor, and how it is the sole commodity we have as a person. Someone without wealth will exchange themselves at some rate of labor for another commodity. Marx notes the importance of limiting the labor you sell so that you still control ownership of it. It reminds me of the video we watched about the Lawrence strikes. Those workers were selling to much of their own property for nothing, and it was resulting in horrible lives and living conditions

    1. And so, for the interval, he was oblivious of his creature, which, not oblivious of him, and true to its creation, and true to its heedful winding up, left its post precisely at the given moment, along its well-oiled route, slid noiselessly towards its mark, and, aiming at the hand of Una to ring one clangorous note, dully smote the intervening brain of Bannadonna, turned backwards to it, the manacled arms then instantly upspringing to their hovering poise. The falling body clogged the thing’s return, so there it stood, still impending over Bannadonna, as if whispering some post-mortem terror.

      Reminds me a lot of Icarus. Banadonna created something so grand and ambitious and in the end it was his downfall.

    1. The occasion (as I thought) of their moving at this time was the English army, it being near and following them. For they went as if they had gone for their lives, for some considerable way, and then they made a stop, and chose some of their stoutest men, and sent them back to hold the English army in play whilst the rest escaped. And then, like Jehu, they marched on furiously, with their old and with their young: some carried their old decrepit mothers, some carried one, and some another. Four of them carried a great Indian upon a bier; but going through a thick wood with him, they were hindered, and could make no haste, whereupon they took him upon their backs, and carried him, one at a time, till they came to Banquaug river.

      This reminds me a lot of how the Nazis marched the Jews when they knew they were going to loose the war.

    2. I was at this time knitting a pair of white cotton stockings for my mistress

      This quote reminds me so much of slavery... which is why it is so interesting that the author is WHITE

    1. The user friendly part reminds me of the topic we have during class about whether Apple really pays attention to user experience or not. Many students including professor complain that Apple does not do user test which lead to bad user experience for iphone, iwatch, etc. However, I think what apple is doing now is about the future, they want to apply new technology into product and change people's behavior instead of adapt to it. Like Alan Rath's C-Clamp literally face, although it is in a uncomfortable way, it is still a good try for a new kind of interface. What Apple does is far more better than that, it let us communicate with machine in a totally new way so actually we are tester for people in future.

    1. Who doesn’t walk out of a movie that just scared the pants off of them mercifully comforted by the mundane walk to through the parking lot and the world outside?

      this reminds me of my experience wtaching IT.

    1. Some of this has to do with coming from a large family. Always afraid that I wouldn’t get enough

      This reminds me of the Weasley family from HP- massive, everybody rushing to get the best food, and especially Ron, always hungry

    1. As mentioned in the reading, the core of participatory design is to involve all stakeholders in the design process to better fulfill their needs and also make sure the product is usable. This actually emphasizes the importance of letting people in to create a co-design environment, which ensures designers make the most use of all resources. However, in reality, when we talk about user-centered-design we tend to put ourselves into users' shoes instead of let user speak and behave themselves; we weight our users' opinions greatly but we don't really give them the power to make the decision, which can easily end up in less useable design. But in an idealized situation, when designers empower those people to make design decision and use professional tools, it is also very likely that they will never come to an agreement on how should the final design work as they each have own perspective of what needs to be done. This is a somewhat contradictory but mutually reinforcing approach of design and finding the balance of two sides should be the essence of this theory. It kind of reminds me of the video of designing a shopping cart that we watched in class. The design group split up with various stakeholders and finally came up with multiple solutions related to their (user's) focus, which made the whole design both effective and comprehensive. But they could only have one final design under that circumstance, so they had to take extra time to merge all these solutions together and eventually get "the best" shopping cart, which turned out not quite appealing for users.

    2. The Bauhaus laid the foundation fOr \vhat we today think of as 111odcrn design -'usefiil' functionalist, tran~parent objects qf design: bt1ildings, furniture and utensils, cotnbining tradition~ tnaterials like glass and leather vvith '1nodern' nL1terials like steel and reinforced concrete and later, plastic con1posite 1n::iJeriaJs and infOnnation technology. 'Art and Technology - a ne; U~ity' bec::in1e after a few years the constructivist n1otto for turning social utopi::is into industrially onentcd product design and architecture.

      It reminds me of the famous Bauhaus design chair "cantilever chair", featuring the aesthetic appearance and available for mass produce. On the context of 1919, many industries applied manufacturing process in their factory, and the artists then shift their focus from aesthetic-only view to practical view. The founder of Bauhaus once said that "Architecture begins when engineering ends". I think that interaction design in HCI field are just the same thing. We always need to make sure our design can be implement on the technology framework. It seemed that no matter in 20 century or in nowadays, finding out a way to balance design and engineering is a critical challenge all interaction designs should faced.

    1. The illness narrative is a story the patient tells, and significant othersretell, to give coherence to the distinctive events and long-term courseof suffering . . . The personal narrative does not merely reflect illnessexperience, but rather it contributes to the experience of symptoms andsuffering.

      This is an interesting passage because it reminds me of our discussion last class. The realist may view the literal disease and its effects. However, the actual experience of the disease is subjective from patient to patient. It's interesting to know that each person has their own narrative of a sickness. I hadn't given much thought to diseases other than their literal definitions before.

    1. From this perspective, the individ-ual is a container with a sort of substance (albeit,symbol-based) called ‘knowledge’ inside. Learningis the acquisition, construction, and qualitative re-organization of this substance (knowledge), andthe success of the learning process is measured bythe transfer (application) of this substance from oneplace (the context in which the knowledge wasacquired) to another (a different context in whichthat knowledge should be used).

      This idea of an "individual as a container" from the Symbolic Processing Theory reminds me of the Banking Approach to education that Pablo Friere discusses as an oppressive form of learning in Pedagogy of the Oppressed (1970). Wheres as the authors in this text describe human beings as ones that process information and are "the container" for the input (knowledge), Friere describes how children are banking accounts that receive information. Although Friere may have discussed this from a sociological standpoint, I would argue that one can make a strong link between the Symbolic Processing Theory and the unauthentic and oppressive forms of learning described by Friere.

    1. But, as the object rose, a statuary present observed, or thought he did, that it was not entirely rigid, but was, in a manner, pliant. At last, when the hidden thing had attained its final height, and, obscurely seen from below, seemed almost of itself to step into the belfry, as if with little assistance from the crane, a shrewd old blacksmith present ventured the suspicion that it was but a living man.

      This observation of the old blacksmith reminds me of "The Artist of the Beautiful." Possibly Bannadonna is working on a project that is half human, half machine.

    1. Lining out, the reading of a hymn by a leader before it is sung back by the congregation, was a common solution to uneven levels of literacy and book ownership going back to the Eng-lish Renaissance,

      This reminds me of when the pastor back home reads a scripture and wants the congregation to respond back. I never knew where its origin came from but its very interesting to know that it was done for people who were not able to read

    1. Too many fall from great and good For you to doubt the likelihood.

      This line specifically reminds me of the line from "The Clerks" by Robinson; "And you that feed yourselves with your descent,". There seems to be an echo of the same message/theme of the Robinson poem here.

    2. The witch that came (the withered hag)

      This line reminds me of Vladmir Nabokov's writing style. By interrupting the story, as if passive aggressively whispering to himself, it relates to Nabokovian writing style, as he is known for this.

    3. But it’s not elves exactly, and I’d rather He said it for himself.

      This line reminds me of the "unasked question" from W.E.B . Du Bois. The speaker starts the poem by describing a thing but does not name it. Here, that same thing reappears but remains unnamed. The wall itself seems to be the physical manifestation of what separates the speaker and the neighbor. While the wall is there to physically separate, the unnamed thing does so as well.

    4. Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black.

      Frost's conflicting likening of the two roads through their inherent differences reminds me of Robinson's poem, "The Clerks." Here, Frost describes his compulsion to travel either road due to its aesthetic, similarly to how the clerks in Robinson's poem are valued (or not) based on their physical qualities, both past and present. Yet despite his inclination to one road or the other, he admits that, really, the physical look of the road does not make either any more or less worthy of travel. This echoes the air of fruitlessness that is so prevalent in Robinson's poem, as Robinson points out that, ultimately, we are all united and all similar, despite our apparent differences and focus on them.

    5. He only says, “Good fences make good neighbors.” Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonder If I could put a notion in his head: “Why do they make good neighbors? Isn’t it Where there are cows? But here there are no cows. Before I built a wall I’d ask to know What I was walling in or walling out, And to whom I was like to give offense.

      This passage reminds me a bit of the end of the "Seth Compton" poem, from Masters' Spoon River Anthology. Although it seems to lack the acidity that Masters' poem has, instead seeming to be an attempt at reasoning with the narrator's neighbor, it is still a passage which serves to remind listeners that our perceptions of the world are entirely individual. Just as Compton laments that people will continue to "Choose your own good and call it good," it appears that the neighbor in Frost's poem seems to follow this mindset, repeating his father's refrain despite the narrator's counterpoints. Despite the refusal to let go of his mindset, however, I do believe that the narrator of Frost's poem is far more compelling in his argument, as he appears to be discussing for the sake of understanding, rather than for the sake of winning, or of placing himself above his audience. This is perhaps because Compton, in Masters' poem, is dead and possibly resentful of the life he left behind, whereas the narrator in Frost's poem is still alive, and still has the desire to mend the bond between him and those around him.

    6. Die early and avoid the fate. Or if predestined to die late, Make up your mind to die in state.

      Something about this stanza reminds me of Phillip Larkin's "Old Fools." The poem seems to have a similar cynical view of mankind as Frost, semi-sarcastically suggests that to 'die' is the only way to escape the inevitable patterns of life.

    7. Oh, just another kind of outdoor game, One on a side

      The dismissing comment of how the speaker's efforts of handling the wall is reduced to being seen as a simply kind of "outdoor game" by another group, reminds me of our class discussions on the dead village. The idea of how two groups of people, those close-minded and open-minded view the same things differently based on how they see their situation. One side sees their activities as a game, another sees it as some kind of hardship.

    8. We keep the wall between us as we go.

      This reminds me of Dubois and the "color-line" issue. Keeping a wall or line to separate from one another. Just like the unasked question.

    1. lynch mobs had a justified reputation for hanging minorities first and asking questions later

      Reminds me of a blurb in the MIT Press about "DIY citizenship", and how people are taking action (positively and negatively) into political and societal spheres

    1. Many students simply want to know what their professors want and how to give that to them. But if what the professor truly wants is for students to discover and craft their own desires and dreams, a personal cyberinfrastructure provides the opportunity. To get there, students must be effective architects, narrators, curators, and inhabitants of their own digital lives.6 Students with this kind of digital fluency will be well-prepared for creative and responsible leadership in the post-Gutenberg age. Without such fluency, students cannot compete economically or intellectually, and the astonishing promise of the digital medium will never be fully realized.

      This definitely reminds me of Intro to Interdisciplinary Studies and I couldn't be happier with the pedagogy.

    1. No one shall be compelled to perform any greater service for a knight's fee, or for any other free tenement than is owed from it. . . . No constable or other bailiff of ours shall take anyone's grain or other chattels, without immediately paying for them in money, unless he is able to obtain a postponement at the good-will of the seller. No constable shall require any knight to give money in place of his ward of a castle if he is willing to furnish that ward in his own person or through another honest man, if he himself is not able to do it for a reasonable cause; and if we shall lead or send him into the army he shall be free from ward in proportion to the amount of time by which he has been in the army through us. No sheriff or bailiff of ours or any one else shall take horses or wagons of any free man for carrying purposes except on the permission of that free man. Neither we nor our bailiffs will take the wood of another man for castles, or for anything else which we are doing, except by the permission of him to whom the wood belongs. No free man shall be taken or imprisoned or dispossessed, or outlawed, or banished, or in any way destroyed, nor will we go upon him, nor send upon him, except by the legal judgment of his peers or by the law of the land. To no one will we sell, to no one will we deny, or delay right or justice.

      This section reminds me of the Bill of Rights in our own Constitution. These laws are laid out clearly for the king to obey on behalf of the common people, much like our own amendments which limit the government's powers.

    1. if Shulman’s work was created in “a different way” than mine, then it would not violate copyright

      Kind of reminds me of when I learned about plagiarism and we listened to a some modern songs and old songs that sounded a lot like them and they were considered copyrighted.

    1. that’s the big issue

      The way he talks about growth here reminds me of Seattle where you can visualize how the city has grown since only 1960, I know that Seattle is currently a huge Amazon and Starbucks and industry hub, what groups have been squashed in that process? What has/did/does gentrification look like there?

    1. One of the Austrian women stepped forward, and she tried to takeover the translating.

      This reminds me of when Wes Moore tried to stop selling drugs but was dragged back into the game.

    2. And where it was so much where I was almost about to pass out because the rush was so great.

      This reminds me of when people don't even exaggerate their emotions because it is real. They are talking about something that almost/did happen to them.

    1. A person is born in bondage to a cruel master; he or she observes a first whipping, struggles to obtain literacy, attempts to flee, fails, and later successfully escapes to the North

      Reminds me of the Hero's Journey guide. People's lives were reduced to a template of a broad adventure

    2. that centers around the brutalization of black people

      This reminds me of movies like Gladiator or the Hunger Games, where oppressed people were viewed as entertainment. People might still be in that headspace.

    1. She put some food in her basket and wandered off, saying to herself, "I will continue wandering around until I die."

      It's interesting how she did exactly what her step-mother said to do without really outwardly questioning it. It says she was hurt by the nagging, which makes sense. The beginning of this story reminds me of Cinderella and her evil step-mother.

    1. ,,,t41

      That reminds me of Paulo Freire's banking education, in which knowledge is simply "deposited" in the learner's mind. It also assumes that learner's are what John Locke called "tabula rasa", a blank slate - or an empty hard drive waiting to assimilate new information.

    1. Hence cognitive adaptation, like its  biological counterpart, consists of an equilib-rium between assimilation and accommodation.

      The concept of pure assimilation reminds me of the Freirean idea of a Banking education.

    1. The fury of a demon instantly possessed me

      This line reminds me of a book i read for another class called Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Were Dr.Hyde share some similarities with the character in this story. Were Dr.Hyde had a type of dark side he considers pure evil and it started to appear after he drank a potion. Which is similar to how the character violent and evil side take control of him after drinking

    2. One morning, in cool blood, I slipped a noose about its neck and hung it to the limb of a tree; — hung it with the tears streaming from my eyes, and with the bitterest remorse at my heart; — hung it because I knew that it had loved me, and because I felt it had given me no reason of offence; — hung it because I knew that in so doing I was committing a sin — a deadly sin that would so jeopardize my immortal soul as to place it — if such a thing were possible — even beyond the reach of the infinite mercy of the Most Merciful and Most Terrible God.

      This reminds me of Adam and Eve. Later on the narrator further details that this tree the cat was hung on was in the garden. Here, the narrator talks about deadly sin and how he hung the cat for no other reason other than because he knew it was wrong. In the story of Adam and Eve they are lead into temptation by an animal (a snake). In this story, the narrator tries to make us believe his actions are being lead by an animal as well (the cat).

    1. Life all around me here in the village: Tragedy, comedy, valor and truth, Courage, constancy, heroism, failure– All in the loom, and oh what patterns! Woodlands, meadows, streams and rivers– Blind to all of it all my life long.

      I enjoyed reading this free verse poem because it was rhythmical and melodic. It reminds the readers that there is beauty in all the small, common things in life. All the trivial components in our day to day routines or sights and visions we overlook, such as the ones listed in his poem, can offer artistic outlets such as comedy, tragedy, etc.

    2. “What is the use of knowing the evil in the world?”

      This reminds me of a quote I once read that suggested insanity comes from knowing about all the evil in the world - that the insane are actually the ones that are in the know? I think that's how it went.

    3. “What is the use of knowing the evil in the world?”

      "Seth Compton" speaks with discontent and disdain for the inconsiderate public who in the speaker's mind intend to censor or suppress works deemed "unpleasant", "dark", or investigating of evils. Reminds me of the film Pleasantville.

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    1. What he means is that the Perfect Man lives without separating himself from the environment. He sees himself as part of nature rather than as an individual in opposition to the environment. He does not make the distinction between internal and external.

      This philosophy loosely reminds me of a point made in Biss's book On Immunity An Inoculation. She quotes Rachel Carson who uses the phrases, "intricate web of life" and "bodies are not boundaries" (43). These ideas indicate a sense of limitlessness between the self and the surrounding ecosystem.

    1. was designed for early 20-century workforce needs,

      It was the period of Cold War. I used to read a material, which said that to compete against Soviet, American government focused on engineering a lot. This sentence reminds me of Chinese education. Students experienced a similar time. The development of engineering boost industries.

    1. The thrust of serial killer movies is to construct a stereotype of the violent predator: abnormaL incomprehensible, be-yond the pale of humanity, bloodthirsty, sexually twisted, and lurk-ing in our midst, a threat to us all.l

      This reminds me of our reading on Foucault this week. Criminality and insanity are linked here through the serial killer film. The serial killer is predatory and dangerous but able to disguise it. It makes me think of how Foucault describes the implications of the existence of a homicidal maniac. One implication is that insanity is hidden within a person, sometimes without their knowledge, and bursts out at random in a way that no one but a specialist can predict.

    1. Saint Nicholas

      The name Saint Nicholas reminds me of Santa Claus. I never ran across this name used for anything else so it's interesting to me to see this.

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    1. construction of Ali as an online predator is particularly prominent whenJennifer seems like an innocent, naive victim

      This makes me think of how much our society loves binaries, to a fault. Ali and Jennifer are placed at two extreme ends of a binary: online predator or naïve victim. Predator/Prey. This binarization leaves no room for reality, which is rarely simple enough to fit into two clearly-recognizable, opposing categories. The author addresses an instance here where the assumptions that follow identifying someone as an on line predator were flawed and damaging. This also reminds me of the in-class articles on the woman who was killed in South Africa and how the men implicated seem particularly monstrous (and the beliefs of the woman's parents particularly contusing) when juxtaposed with a woman made out to be exceedingly selfless, generous, brilliant, etc.

    1. Ontheonehandismaturation,whichdependsdirectlyonthedevelopmentofthenervoussystem;ontheotherhandislearning,whichitselfis also adevelopmenta

      This idea reminds me of Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development, which is actually based on Piaget's work.

      All his ideas started from the research he performed with very young children as his subjects. He found out that children are faced with different moral issues, and their judgments on whether they are to act positively or negatively over each dilemma are heavily influenced by several factors. These factors also effect learning.

    1. A computer is, was, and will be a weapon.

      Reminds me of the previous chapter, in which he talked about hackers. Yes, computers are valuable because of all the information that they offer us. It just depends on what you do with that information.

    1. This reminds me of the stories of the bible that teach a lesson by showing examples of what not to do. It also gives you a list of how to act in this society

    2. Sounds like the narrative of Star Wars at the beginning of each movie. It reminds me of the Book of Proverbs from the Hebrew bible. Professor talk about the importance of studying these historic times because it teaches us a lot about the importance of writing to mankind. This written text is considered by many as possibly the oldest surviving written text. Shuruppag was a Sumerian king, and he wrote this for his son.

    1. But most damning, perhaps, was the photo that accompanied the article: the Skinner babyenclosed in the crib, with her face and hands pressed up against the glass.

      Even if the baby is smiling, it makes parents uncomfortable. It reminds me of little animals people observe for entertaining purpose or people in a camp.