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  1. Nov 2016
    1. 3) Script: Scripts are what we might think of as cursive- or handwriting-style fonts. They generally have connecting letters. You’ll find that script fonts come in many different styles, from elegant, to fun and casual, to hand-drawn.

      Script font reminds me of Pinterest worthy thank you notes or cute headers for personal blogs or online boutiques. I wouldn't use this font specifically on GCCA's website because it doesn't set the right tone for the type of information we are dealing with. GCCA has very important state juridical matter and also legal terms, business information, etc that are all serious. Like we talked about during our presentation in class, although they deal with children, it's still a very serious organization and everything must have a professional look and feel to it and script doesn't do it here.

    2. You wouldn’t wear a bathing suit to a job interview; then again, you wouldn’t want to wear a suit and tie during your vacation on the beach either. There’s an element of appropriateness to consider.

      I believe this is very important to consider when thinking about how we wish to display our content. In this passage Klienman discusses how our fonts and typefaces are similar to the clothes we wish to wear and I believe that this is true.

      This reminds me of something I've learned/overheard many times from my wife: don't use Comic Sans. Anytime someone uses Comic Sans, the author will lose credibility. Unless writing an actual comic book, the font is useless. In my humble opinion.

      I believe that when working in the professional world, especially when that work uses design in anyway, the technical writer needs to understand how the content they are creating looks. If that content looks unprofessional, that content will lose credibility. So by having a firm grasp on fonts and typefaces we are working towards implementing better design, more effective content and a brighter future.

    3. 1) Serif: Serif fonts have little “feet” or lines attached the ends of their letters. They’re generally thought to look more serious or traditional.2) Sans-Serif: “Sans-serif” literally means “without serif” — these fonts don’t have the extra lines on the ends of letters. For that reason, they’re generally thought to look more modern and streamlined.Though this point is often debated, it’s commonly said that serifs make long passages (in print) easier to navigate visually, helping move your eyes along the lines of text. However, because serifs are usually small and thin, they often don’t display as well on pixel-based screens (looking distorted and “noisy” rather than clear and crisp), so many designers favor sans-serif fonts for web use, especially at small sizes.3) Script: Scripts are what we might think of as cursive- or handwriting-style fonts. They generally have connecting letters. You’ll find that script fonts come in many different styles, from elegant, to fun and casual, to hand-drawn.4) Decorative / Display: When you hear a font categorized as decorative, display, or novelty, it all means the same thing — that font is meant to get your attention. They’re often more unusual than practical and should only be used in small doses and for a specific effect or purpose.

      All these different specific types of fonts can be dictated to help intrigue the reader of a webpage. As a technical writer you have the ability to manipulate different fonts helping the reader engage in multiple ways. This is reminds me of the last article I read on universal design. When it comes to fonts there is a specific most used font that being serif, which can can considerably be font's universal design.

    1. . And it would be very hard to prove the magnitude of the benefit accruing to the corporation which gave up one night of a variety or quiz show in order that the network might marshal its skills to do a thorough-going job on the present status of NATO, or plans for controlling nuclear tests.

      This reminds me so much of the Hunger games in the idea that people watching this real life dangerous life ending event could influence lives in such a great way for no other reason than there amusement. A distopian procedure that year by year our society gets dangerously close to.

    2. I have no feud, either with my employers, any sponsors, or with the professional critics of radio and television. But I am seized with an abiding fear regarding what these two instruments are doing to our society, our culture and our heritage.

      This reminds me of the AlterNet reading that we did a few weeks ago. Both of the writers are trying to make people a bit more aware of the effect of media on our society, culture, and heritage. Media has grown leaps and bounds for the past so many decades and is so common nowadays that it's had a profound effect on all of us.

    1. Words have a dialectical relationship with nearby images. Words comment onimages; images help illustrate or explain verbal content. The viewer's eye tends tobe drawn to the visual, but words also shape the reader's perception.

      This reminds me of the Kuleshov effect in film making wherein two unrelated images are edited together in order to create a single idea. the placements of information and other media in a single space creates a similar effect. The audience unconsciously associates two pieces of information when they are delivered in tandem. While this is a great way to organize information within a single piece of content like an infographic it can also be used disingenuously to associate two pieces of information in a way that favors a bias,

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    1. major client of your company has issued a request for proposals. The maximum length is 25 pages. You have written your proposal and it is 21 pages. You worry that you may be at a disadvantage if your proposal seems short. In order to make your proposal appear longer, you slightly increase the type size and the leading (i.e., the horizontal space between lines). Is this ethical?

      This reminds me of the article we read for our last annotations that discussed how the concrete definitions and parameters within the Academic world differ from the business world. The expectations change, which means there are new ethical conundrums to address.

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    1. So at best, design principles are a kind of lore. Lore is a kind of contingentknowledge based in practice, and as North has argued for composition studies, ithas a value that is often overlooked. However, lore being what it is—anecdotal,implicit, and often idiosyncratic—I think there is good justification to bringresearch to bear on it. Accordingly, in this article I apply empirical techniques tounderstand the lore of design principles more fully

      Kimball says that design principles are "lore"which sounds like he means it is made up and loose rather than absolute. In this work he tries to apply scientific reasoning for design principles, which reminds me of the Enlightenment era propensity to use science to explain what may not fall under its domain.

    1. One of the most effective ways to provide a sense of balance is to choose a single focal point for your layout. A good example of this in practice is the use of a large image as the biggest single element on a page.

      This somewhat reminds me of the Dragga article about ethics because by choosing one image or point to be the most important or take up more space than it somewhat deemphasizes everything else. In most cases that is okay like in headings but if like in the article said if you are working with a warranty and making the details of it harder to read then that is not ethical.

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    1. Mixed income housing has the potential to overcome some of the barriers that are exacerbatedby segregation, but it will take more than just physical integration. ‘Right to the city’ providesa foundation for social integration that goes beyond a superficial level of social interaction.Through encouraging diversity, a respect for different cultures can be fostered.

      This reminds me of Sara Schindler's article about discrimination and segregation through the physical design of the built environment. In contrast to what Schindler address in her article, middle income housing seeks to eliminate segregation by physically integrating communities through middle income housing. As the article says, however, this is easier said than done. In order to enfranchise (if you will), members of the community must feel that they have a right to where they live and connect to their community.

    1. When POSA is “over” no one reallywants to leave.

      This reminds me of a program here in New Haven. The children are more willing to learn from these programs as opposed to learning at school. They want to be at these programs to better themselves.

    1. The discussion over which teacher utilized technology better is interesting but also reminds me the ways in which schools tend to evaluate teachers' use of technology in the classroom. All too often, teachers who are being evaluated will incorporate technology into a lesson simply because they know their principal will be able to check off that box. After reading this, I am reminded that in order for technology to actually be beneficial in the classroom, it needs to be used with purpose and direction.

    1. •• thts, my mind ,.,,hdrcv. to th< \1.1thm

      The mind drawing within in couple with the phantasmic state Dante the pilgrim is in reminds me of Aldous Huxley's "The Doors of Perception" in which he talks extensively about "the mind at large" in which the use of psychedelic drugs allow for us to actualize the perception of everything happening in the universe and recall anything that has ever happened to us. Because of the nature of Dante's epic and all of its imagined aspects from the very design of the after-life to instances when he draws within; I must ask myself, "Was Dante using psychedelic drugs?"

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    1. “What’s happened to me,”

      This is a quiet, timid, very Gregor-y way to illustrate the horrific incident of waking up as a "monstrous bug." This uncharacteristic reaction almost reminds me of disassociation, a symptom of mental illness where the afflicted person feels "out-of-touch" of reality, either being desensitized to outer stimuli or feeling as if their watching their life in third person (like a movie). Their movements grow mechanical; some might find themselves in areas that they do not even have recollection of going there. Disassociated people also react slowly, or don't react at all, because they cannot register that there is a reaction in the first place.

    1. This poem is like good gossip, full of delicious visual details. It has a tongue-in-cheek quality that reminds me of Dorothy Parker, the funny lady who once told someone: “Don’t look at me in that tone of voice.”

      Lots of satire evident, wonderful use of descriptive adjectives.

    1. The strength of intellectual property rights must vary inversely with the cost of copying. With high copying costs, one needs weak intellectual property rights if any at all.

      Reminds me of when the Bible was translated and made available to the general public instead of just church leaders

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    1. it may lose some color.

      Reminds me of The Red Death. All of the rooms where described as vibrant, lively colors, except for the red room which was dark and lacked as much color as the others. Color=Life and happiness

    1. You couldn’t charge people to use Python, for example, any more than you could charge someone to speak English.

      This reminds me of Elionnor Ostrom and Antonio Lafuente examples of language as a common.

      Do we have a sustainability model for the commons?

    1. Now, sons of Eve, persut in arrogance. 70 ua haughty uance, do not let your eyes bend, J, • you be forced to see your e.U path!

      This reminds me of the original Adam and Eve story, where their arrogance led them to go against God's wishes and ate the devil's fruit. Dante warns the figures to not let their hearts waver from what is right and just, unless they want to be see their "evil path" just like what Eve had done by doing the wrong thing.

    1. This part of the article reminds me of an article by James Paul Gee called "Good Video Games and Good Learning." Gee says that learning should be more like video games: more fun, more engaging and more stimulating. In relation to technology, learning can be even taken further to be in/through games not just like games. I played an old game called Oregon Trail in my Eng Ed Seminar class, and I had fun, and surprisingly was reminded a lot of what I learned in high school history class. Such usage of technology/game can be stimulating and intriguing.

    1. the custom-tailored humanoid robot designed specifically for YOUR UNIQUE NEEDS, FOR YOU AND YOU ALONE

      ominous -- this would be equivalent of replicants? This almost reminds me more of i,robot

    1. We invite any interested researcher to join us (send us your models or volunteer to assay the candidates we identify through this effort against any of the flaviviruses),

      Collaboration. Reminds me of

      What if everyone in the world were in your lab – a ‘hive mind’ of sorts, but composed of countless creative intellects rather than mindless worker ants, and one in which resources, reagents and effort could be shared, along with ideas, in a manner not dictated by institutional and geographical constraints?

      from https://doi.org/10.1242/dmm.003285

  7. Oct 2016
    1. Reality-based art hijacks its material and doesn't apologize.

      This reminds me of a fairly new (published 2009) piece entitled Aurora Awakes by John Mackey. In it, Mackey unapologetically uses the guitar riff from U2's "Where the Streets Have No Name" as a marimba ostinato (where a musical phrase is continuously repeated). The driving feel with a lighter tambre (instrument sound and color) helps push the theme (daylight arising from a cold and dark night) forward.

      Furthermore, Mackey also takes Holst's final chord from the Chaconne of his First Suite in Eb and (after adding crotales, which had only been around for about 30 years at the time that First Suite was released and they weren't all too popular as a result) uses that as his final chord for Aurora Awakes.

    1. Sunil Singh asks us to stop promoting mathematics based on its current applications in business and science. Math is an art that should be enjoyed for its own sake.

      This reminded me of A Mathematician's Lament by Paul Lockhart. This is a 25-page essay which was later worked into a 140-page book. (And Sunil Singh has read at least one of them. He credits Lockhart in one of the replies.)

      It also reminds me of this article on the history of Gaussian elimination and the birth of matrix algebra. Newton's algebra text included instructions for solving systems of equations -- but it didn't have much practical use until later. (Silly word problems are as old as mathematics.)

    1. Byzantine churches in particular were constructed at a time of architectural change, with their domes and arches built to be these immersive experiences.

      This is a great way to talk about experience. I feel like so much of the worship is connected to experience, so it makes sense for artists and architects to focus on creating this "immersive experience". This also reminds me a lot of the fairly secularized and more modern art of creating installation art pieces that usually aim to engage multiple senses to create an immersive experience.

    1. He advocatedrelentlessly for a more holistic understanding of social life, one that is always attentive to the manyaspects of human experience (Lefebvre, 1991/1974).

      This reminds me of a saying that my band instructor would use: "Humans are a product of their environment." I understand that Lefebvre realizes that humans experience different things in life but I have a hard time believing that if I come from a poor environment that I will not be a productive citizen.

    1. A spatial dimension of social justice

      I think this subtitle is very interesting. It makes me think of how in both English and Perspectives we discussed how the built environment establishes gender in ways that are not necessarily blatant. The fact that the writer refers to the "spatial dimension" as a place that needs social justice reminds me of sexism in the built environment. Humans inherently are discriminatory, at least they have been in history. The fact that we have built buildings and environments that are also discriminatory should not be surprising, yet it kind of is. How could the construction of four walls and a door lack in providing social justice? Well it does, without proper awareness of the builder.

    1. To extend the metaphor to teaching: Like yoga practitioners, teachers who are committed to professional growth also take up stances (or poses) toward their practice, and reflect on areas in which they wobble with the intent of attaining flow—those provisional moments that mark progress in their teaching. In the sections that follow, we unpack the meaning of each of these terms one at a time, show how they work together by drawing on classroom examples, and then make suggestions for steps you can take to enact P/W/F cycles in your own teaching. Before we do that, though, we want to point out three essential features of the model.

      This reminds me of the analogies Dr Yemi Stembridge makes about teaching and yoga. I think there is also something to say about how veteran yogis might make flow look easy and that newcomers need to know the habits of mind and practice in order to develop.

    1. Is the goal to celebrate youth savvy or to destroy their practices? Do people intend to recognize native knowledge as valuable or as something that should be restricted and controlled?

      This reminds me of my talk I had in World Religions class. Religions around the world obviously have to adapt to current generation advancements and ideas or it wouldn't be able to continue. Relating this to the text, I think there is no need to destroy youth savvy practices. We need to adapt to our current generations and future generations and not stop them.

    1. looking at the data it actually seems that while fewer story collections sell, the ones that do can sell almost as well as novels

      The idea of short story collections definitely reminds me of comic books. Every comic issue is a short story that connects to the next in line of that series depending on whether a villain is defeated or not. I can see why short story collections can maintain popularity in this way.

    1. I also found the Kindle Unlimited interface to be the clunkiest of the three. It’s not easy to find the Kindle Unlimited home page, and you often end up browsing a list of Kindle books, looking for choices that are free.

      This reminds me of one article saying, "publishing industry hasn't exactly made accessing books on screen easy."

    1. We live in an old chaos of the sun,  Or old dependency of day and night,  Or island solitude, unsponsored, free,  Of that wide water, inescapable.

      This kind of reminds me of the idea of Gaia, the watery first state/mother of Earth.

    1. Years later, the lottery winners were interviewed again, this time the results were quite surprising. As it turns out, their happiness level had dropped significantly to levels so low that most of the winners where more unhappy now than before winning the lottery. In contrast, the happiness of the group of paraplegics was very high, equal to or higher than before the accident.

      This reminds me of Matthew 19:30, and of the New Testament in general, with cripples ending up in a better position (which is sometimes seen allegorically).

    1. As a printed page is flipped, all components — book, head, and eyes — are adjusted to accommodate the flow. Meanwhile, the brain hides what is usually an abrupt break in a line, a thought, a sentence, a paragraph, a gap that’s unnatural, in the same way the gap between letters is unnatural

      Our brains are so cool in this way! Reminds me also of how our brains block out our noses:

      "The main reason is stereo parallax. Each eye sees the nose in a different position because it is so close. You can notice this if you look down at your nose and alternate closing the right or left eye. The visual region that is blocked by the nose with one eye is "seen" by the other eye. During the first stage of visual processing, the brain forms a unified image from both eyes and takes the region from the eye that is not blocked by the nose. You can also notice this effect if you put a hand in front of one eye close to your face. You can still your hand but it looks semi-transparent."

      https://www.quora.com/When-looking-straight-ahead-do-we-see-our-nose-or-does-our-brain-just-block-it-out-for-us

    1. That friend had a friend and that friend had a friend, and now when you go to dinner at Kathy and David’s house on Thursday night there might be 15 to 20 teenagers crammed around the table, and later there will be groups of them crashing in the basement or in the few small bedrooms upstairs.

      Reminds me of Beatrice de Regnier's May I Bring a Friend

    1. and many of her friends, simply refused to discuss the matter or to correspond with her any more

      This isolation kind of reminds me of the Grace Galloway had when she was losing her home and going through crisis. It says a lot about the exiled and how long sympathy lasts in an environment that is completely based on who is loyal and who is not. Again, I believe that family is destroyed through the war but it also messed up friendships because people were either too afraid or they were not really able to do much about the situation.

    1. so white that we can see the blue veins running through his skin like rivers. When the Indian woman steps out of her dress, the white man gasps at the endless beauty of her brown skin. She should be compared to nature: brown hills, mountains, fertile valleys, dewy grass, wind, and clear water.

      This reminds me of Pocahontas in a way. She was a Native American who saved a white Englishman, John Smith, who was being held captive. Later in life she was held captive, converted to Christianity, took the name "Rebecca" and married a white man. Even her story has been romanticized, which is what Alexie is showing here. Even from the Disney movie, we know that Pocahontas was "one with nature" and was beautiful.

    1. He who was living is now dead We who were living are now dying

      This line really strikes me because, all his books are about death and it seems that no matter if you are living or dead, your always dead or surrounded by death either yourself or the people around you. It also reminds me of the walking dead, they are surrounded by the dead and are dying one by one.

    2. who was once handsome and tall as you

      Obviously on some level a warning about our helplessness in the face of death, but also reminds me of Marie talking about her childhood feeling free in the mountains. She was "free" and Phlebas was "handsome and tall," but the trajectory seems to point down for everyone in more ways than physical as they approach death (whether by old age or not).

    3. deep sea swell

      This is an interesting juxtaposition to me. Water swells at the surface, not in the deep..To have a swell without a surface reference point is essentially impossible. It even reminds me of, "If a tree falls in the woods and no one is around to hear it, did it even make a sound?"

      Swell Defintion

    4. He who was living is now dead We who were living are now dying

      The circle of life, revolves around death and life but also the in-between and what we don't know about the after life is a big mystery, which takes us back to the unseen, the living dead, or just the dead. It reminds me of the lilacs that bloom from dead land, which could possibly signify that even though we lose people, we also gain new life.

    1. If a picture is worth a thousand words, what is a Cinemagraph worth? A novel.

      I think cinemagraphs are really cool because they're a lot more authentic-looking than gifs - often there's no obvious looping and the image feels very real. It reminds me of the moving images in newspapers and such in Harry Potter - the cinemagraph most accurately represents what those would look like.

    1. Between 1998 and 2002, Rhizome commissioned artists to produce splash pages for its website. It’s hard to imagine landing pages like this functioning on today’s frantically paced web, but in a time of modems and slow-loading websites, these splash screens were a fast way to introduce viewers to the kind of content one might expect on the site.

      This reminds me of the way websites used to be designed - very tacky with a bunch of GIFs and stamps everywhere and overall horrible design.

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    1. In countering you bring a different set of interests to bear upon a subject, look to notice what others have not.

      This is my quote from the texts. It relates to my writing in the course in that I discuss a dystopia that addresses societal issues such as abortion, gender inequality, and euthanasia. These are broad and complex topics. While one person's opinion or ideas alone on one of these topics is limited to "x" amound of knowledge, multiple people's views on the subject would give a greater scope of the issue. Therefore, in my essays I have included Lois Lowry's (author of The Giver) opinions, the author of a secondary source's opinion, and this quote reminds me to also add my own opinion or views. This will result in the reader having more viewpoints on the subject.

    2. the aim of academic writing should not be simply to prove how smart you are but to add to what can be said about a subject

      This reminds me of our discussion on forwarding in that we are not creating a new idea altogether, but rather adding on to a previous idea with some of our ideas or views attached. This will in hope bring another side to the subject and allow people to grasp a larger understanding of how the topic effects different people.

    1. You would be cruel indeed if, thinking what 40 my heart foresaw, you don't already grieve; and if you don't weep now, when would you weep?

      This quote reminds me of how Dante, the poet and author, must feel talking about and writing about Dante, the character... After all he knows the fate that will become of the written Dante, since the author already lived it!

    1. There’s a stake in your fat black heart    And the villagers never liked you.  They are dancing and stamping on you.

      This almost reminds me of Frankenstein, the villagers burning the monster, etc.

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      This kind reminds me of more modern day "treaties" that never turn out to work the way it was expected. When America left Iraq we left the country falling apart.

    1. Such an approach also goes beyond advertising the aesthetic value of the campus open spaces for student recruitment purposes to recognizing the entire campus landscape as a learning space and advertising its educational value – that is emphasizes something deeper than what meets the eye

      This reminds me of the Schindler reading. To everyone else a simple object has only one meaning but Schindler exposes the hidden meaning behind everyday objects. In this case, the landscape and open spaces on college campuses are looked upon as something that is just pleasing to the eye but in this reading we discover that their is a deeper meaning for why the landscape and open spaces on college campuses really do exist

    2. forging a campus identity, creating a sense of community, curbing escalating campus density, serving social and recreational needs, providing environmental benefits, and facilitating fundraising and recruitment of both faculty and students

      This reminds me of the class discussion we had in class about the "feel" or "identity" of the city of Atlanta, and what caused certain large cities to have a feeling to them. A campus landscape aims to create an identity and a community for its students, just as a city does.

    3. Learning is a lifelong and year-round pursuit, which takes place throughout the campus, not just fragmented indoors in designated instructional spaces

      This concept is not as important as it should be in American society. Many schools, from elementary to college, do not put as much emphasis on holistic learning, but rather focus on memorizing information through standardized testing. Learning can and should occur anywhere, not just in a typical classroom setting. In fact, a lot of useful information for life comes outside of the classroom. It reminds me of a quote by Mark Twain “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education”. People should always be in a state of learning, figuring out new things and expanding their minds in multiple ways, not just in narrow subjects that come in school.

    1. They can be used in a classroom setting in order for students to demonstrate their learning

      this reminds me of the online platform called Portfolium that SDSU students can use to showcase their work. I wonder how many students actually use it and whether employers actually use it as a tool when making hiring decisions.

    1. he FHA had adopted a system of maps that rated neighborhoods according to their perceived stability. On the maps, green areas, rated “A,” indicated “in demand” neighborhoods that, as one appraiser put it, lacked “a single foreigner or Negro.” These neighborhoods were considered excellent prospects for insurance. Neighborhoods where black people lived were rated “D” and were usually considered ineligible for FHA backing.

      This reminds me of a book I read in 8th grade named Freakanomics, it was the first time I read about these injustices. I am curious to see the redlining here in this state and in California. Two states so ethnically diverse and "progressive" there is still very much segregated neighborhoods.

    1. Traditional Slovenian food changed the food culture of Pueblo because the Slavic immigrants created food that fed a hungry working class creatively and efficiently which then evolved to passionate and artisanal cuisine

      I like the theme of evolution from practicality to something more. It reminds me of the cultural artifacts described in Three Squares.

    1. Education is, first and foremost, an enterprise of sharing. In fact, sharing is the sole means by which education is effected. If an instructor is not sharing what he or she knows with students, there is no education happening.

      I love this statement, I completely 100% agree that education is all about sharing. It reminds me about how important the internet and technology is in our day and age, and connecting through that really does help nowadays.

    1. People literate in braille often prefer to read by that method rather than by listening to texts. Reading content through braille provides a deeper understanding of that content for many, yet producing well-formatted braille files is accomplished through one of two expensive methods

      This reminds me that our library at GSU has braille paper available for print. I have seen it behind the desk. Though, I do not know if we have blind technology. I am sure we must have some, but it would be interesting to find out if we did.

    2. And the growth of touch screens, primarily but not exclusively available on mobile devices, bring the possibility of a mouse-less future ever closer

      There are so many different technologies these days that are beneficial to society that people do not know about. Even the talk-to-text feature is something just now becoming popular, but it has been out for a long time. You can easily speak your message and your phone, tablet, or computer will type it out for you. It seems people are just now getting used to it to where it is becoming a social norm. This reminds me of when I was about 13 years old when wi-fi wasn't popular in homes (well maybe not for my age group) and my peers wouldn't understand the concept of wireless internet. When I would ask about wi-fi they wouldn't know what I was talking about and weren't open to the change. I've had many experiences like that because I am fairly up to date with technology.

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    1. Instead, technical communication “represents a shaping forcein the unfolding story” (p. 11). And it is this shaping potential that may be most im-portant, post–Eldred v. Ashcroft.

      I like how this is phrased, it reminds me of Wickman's "Wicked Problems in Technical Communication." The technical communication profession is a necessary one. Technical communicators are versed in rhetoric, and finely tuned rhetorical techniques are essential to make social and political changes. As technical communicators, we deliver important information to our users in the most accessible way. Even though it may not be our intended goal, we can create changes through our work.

      Wickman, C. (2014). Wicked Problems in Technical Communication. Journal Of Technical Writing & Communication, 44(1), 23-42.

    1. identification with whiteness was associated with what the historian George Lipsitz (1998) termed a “possessive investment in whiteness”—manifested, in this case, by opposition to policies that diminish White privilege.

      Said in other terms, increased pride in whiteness equates to increased opposition to legislation that could negatively impact white privilege. This reminds me of the fact that most violent or murderous incidents in the news lately have been committed by white men who have considerable white pride and act out against people or groups threatening their privilege.

    1. I so many flocks of naked souls all ttping m1 erably, and it seemed' the · were ruled by different decrees.

      This passage reminds me of the analogies made in the earlier cantos, how each level of hell had souls that were tormented based on what their sin was. "Ruled" reminds me of canto 5, where the lustful were constantly buffeted by wind as an analogy to their lack of self-control and impaired self-judgement. They are ruled by their desire, therefore ruled by their punishment, and of "different decrees", because of the variety of sins they have committed which also goes the same for any other sin in any other level of Hell.

    2. I so many flocks of naked souls all ttping m1 erably, and it seemed' the · were ruled by different decrees.

      This passage reminds me of the analogies made in the earlier cantos, how each level of hell had souls that were tormented based on what their sin was. "Ruled" reminds me of canto 5, where the lustful were constantly buffeted by wind as an analogy to their lack of self-control and impaired self-judgement. They are ruled by their desire, therefore ruled by their punishment, and of "different decrees", because of the variety of sins they have committed which also goes the same for any other sin in any other level of Hell.

    1. As Robert McRuer notes, disability does not designate a subset of humanity but a spectral prospect that haunts everyone: “If we live long enough, disability is the one identity that we all inhabit”

      To me this is one of the more interesting and saddening quotes of the article. Robert McRuer notes that as we age all of us will eventually succumb to one disability or another. This reminds me of the saying, "...we start dieing the day we're born". That hits home for me as well since I've seen my own vision degrade over the years. When I do not have my glasses on, I rely on familiar shapes and my memory of what certain words look like since I can't make out each individual letter.

      When we as technical writers are creating content whether for the web or any kind of print media, we need to be conscious of potential disabilities. When we write for the web, some of that content may always be on the web. People will age with the content. What could have been clear and effective writing in the present, could be confusing or even wordy in the future. There may be no solution to making sure our content is just as effective now as it will be 50 years from now. By planning for as many disabilities and trying to reach as many audiences by using every mode possible, we as writers could get close this Utopian ideal. As I learned from a Lynda.com tutorial, good writing is already SEO optimized. I believe that applies to all writing. Good writing is good writing. Shakespeare lives on because his content was good enough to outlive changes in language. By accounting for disabilities we too can improve the chances of our writing outlasting ourselves.

    1. At some point, methods can become so complex that the only results that you can believe are those that match you expectations. At that point, the research has lost something very important: research should be able to change your mind.

      This is a very powerful message, one that I hadn't heard before. It immediately reminds me of Richard Feynman’s “Cargo Cult Science“ piece where he talks about physicists’ shameful behavior after Millikan’s oil drop experiment:

      When they got a number that was too high above Millikan's, they thought something must be wrong—and they would look for and find a reason why something might be wrong. When they got a number close to Millikan's value they didn't look so hard. … this long history of learning how not to fool ourselves—of having utter scientific integrity—is, I'm sorry to say, something that we haven't specifically included in any particular course that I know of. We just hope you've caught on by osmosis.

      And now you, Dr Salganik, tell us that this is absolutely imperative!

      (source)

    1. Less good perhaps, every site would, in principle, be monitorable from every other and would be so monitored by institutions with the appropriate infrastructure.

      reminds me of big brother

    1. It feels like it is way too much fun to “count” as a science and technology capstone project.

      This is all at once fascinating, sad, and familiar--that students expect learning and assessment to be boring. This reminds me of Csikszentmihalyi and the concept of flow--maybe they got there, and that is a worthwhile goal.

    1. That's none of YOUR business, Two!' said Seven.

      This conversation between these characters reminds me of the little conversations/arguments between two bickering toddlers who are usually fighting over a silly little object. The author portrayed these characters as if they were only small and immature children who were bickering over a something useless.

    2. `YOU'D better not talk!'

      This is a funny conversation between gardeners. I think Carrol effectively used capitalizations of certain words to illustae the nonsense of the gardener, making the story even funnier. This part of the story reminds me of the cartoons I used to watch as a child.

    1. The table was a large one, but the three were all crowded together at one corner of it: `No room! No room!' they cried out when they saw Alice coming. `There's PLENTY of room!

      This quotation reminds me of the characteristics of small children who refuse to share any of their belongings with anyone else. The three who were crowded around one end of the table refused to give up more of their space to a stranger, which also made them seem very selfish; having a grudging nature of not wanting to make one feel welcome in their territory.

    1. There's no sort of use in knocking,'

      The footman's character reminds me of Alice's temperament in last chapter. He is disconnected and hard to communicate with. He is inconsiderate and has his own way to accusing people. But I am surprised that Alice is not loosing her temperament.

    1. Although I have but a few moments to write, I have sat down to tell my beloved sister how it

      This reminds me of what we had talked about earlier in the semester about how people would sometimes apologize at the beginnings of their letters for them not being perfect, since letter writing was such a big deal. She seems to want to let her sister know that the materiality of the letter may be a little sub par, maybe her writing was messy or her message was rushed, because she didn't have a lot of time to write it as she says. She also makes sure to say that even though she has so little time she really wanted to make sure to get some news out to her sister, indicating that their relationship was important to her and she truly cared about her. Its cool to see concepts we talked about pop up in different letters that we read.

    1. `I'm sure I'm not Ada,' she said, `for her hair goes in such long ringlets,

      This passage reminds me of something Anne Hathaway said in an interview about Alice trying to figure out who she's not by process of elimination. But her thought process is really weird here. The world around her is different, therefore she must be different. Her hair is still the same, therefore she can't be Ada. Alice still has the same physical appearance, and the same thought processes, so how could she possibly be anyone else? And I like how prideful she is when comparing herself to Mabel. It shows that she gets a lot of self-confidence from trying to be smarter than everyone else.

    1. While he certainly profits from his celebrity, he seems at the same time to hate the fact that he can no longer completely retain his underground persona. Moore yearns to transcend his status as a commodified cult icon, but this very struggle keeps consumers buying his comics

      Kind of reminds me of the hipster stereotype and the whole "things are cool when their underground/indie" mindset.

      So by shunning the mainstream and fame, Moore appears cooler to the consumers who turn around and give him the fame he doesn't want? It's like a weird cycle.

  10. Sep 2016
    1. This ability to focus one’s attention is essential for effective performance of many of life’s necessary and daily activities, such as acquiring and using selected information; making and carrying out plans; and self-regulation of responses and behavior to meet desired goals

      This type of learning reminds me of elementary, middle, and high school when teachers would "teach to the test." There would be no stimulating and "outside of the box teaching". Teachers drilled facts and vocabulary as a result learning fatigue sat in.

    1. Pat ten

      Maybe it's trying to show us how similar words and phrases can be? Kind of reminds me of when I was younger and had to write poetry in class. I would try to see what rhymed.

    1. Human relationships and contact are thoroughly influenced by images of commodities people are made to feel they need,

      In some ways, this reminds me of the Jenny Rice article. Individuals are comfortable in this environment of mass media telling them what they need or want to know. Nobody is challenging each other, or learning ideas that are outside of their comfort zone. People are relying on what they think is safe, but they have no other thoughts to contrast these ideas with.

    2. A tourist’s map will guide a visitor to theaters, restaurants, shopping centers, and museums. Meanwhile, every unprofitable location is treated as an abyss on traditional city maps.

      This reminds me of Schindler and her ideas

    1. They were taken aback by the amount of control they were given to learn on their own terms. They hesitated, they waited for signals and structures. It was a delicate dance in supporting without commandeering process. I had to practice a certain kind of discipline in mirroring back to them their own inquiries

      How do we, as educators, learning experience designers, learning engineers, learning scientists... what have you... approach this balance? How do we provide support and perhaps some structure until those we are facilitating are able to stand on their own?

      I love the thought here of mirroring back. It reminds me a lot of my experiences with therapy/counseling. It is not the therapist/counselor who is doing the work but ME. They are there mostly encouraging me, lending a hand where I need it, but largely providing positive support for the tentative steps I take...

      Should I now consider myself a learning therapist, or learning counselor? I'll have to ponder it, as I like the possibilities.

    1. "This is the crown of the building, a glass box and glass surfaces, because the major requirement was the visual link to the Acropolis.

      This reminds me somewhat of the political statement the Athenians were trying to make when initially building the Parthenon complex. It was a one of power and defiance toward the world and more specifically the Persians that had destroyed the past temple. With this new museum Greece is trying to show that not only do they have the perfect place to showcase these pieces but the most ideal facility so that it does not seem like a question of who deserves to have them on display.

    1. The mouse and thepen-based interface allow the user the immediacy of touching, drag-ging, and manipulating visually attractive ideograms. Immediacy issupposed to make this computer interface “natural” rather than arbi-trary.

      Thoughts I've gathered so far: I think a contemporary example of remediation is the evolvement of the screen interface. User-interface interaction has developed further to increase immediacy through touch screen technology. This technology allows manipulation of on-screen objects to be less removed and more direct by affording direct touch; and this is arguably more "natural" and an improvement of the original medium. Technology becomes an extension of human ability more seamlessly with immediacy-driven design. Reminds me of Marshall McLuhan's Understanding Media: The Extension of Man (1964). E.g. iGlasses an extension of sight. What do you think?

    1. Even when pre-sented with instructions that “anyone” should be able tounderstand and follow, practical troubles still arise. Trou-bles arise in that instructions do not specify the embodiedactions required to realize them.

      I think I understand this well. It reminds me of the exercise where students have to explain to someone how to make a PB&J sandwich, but they run into trouble because their instructions have to be more detailed than they expect (such as remembering to tell the person to unscrew the lid to the peanut butter before telling them to spread peanut butter onto one half of the bread).

    1. The experiment with the two boxes reminds me of a psychological experiment. Researchers would have an infant crawl across an elevated section of floor. There would be someone at the end encouraging the infant to crawl towards them. What the infant didn't realize was that a section of the floor was clear plastic and the pattern at the bottom, from the infant's perspective looking down, made t to be one solid floor. The infant saw only the same pattern everywhere, so it was not afraid of the big difference in height as it traversed the false floor.

    1. full of lazy days, blueberry picking, sunsets on the beach, homemade ice cream and spending a week camping and hiking in France

      Starts off with nice imagery, and even reminds me of my own summer memories.

    1. Inside Bad Boy Family Reunion, 2016's Most Hit-Packed Tour

      This reminds me of how corrupted media is now. If this is how we get entertainment it doesn't make much sense. Almost every story on this site is filled with bias.

    2. Inside Bad Boy Family Reunion, 2016's Most Hit-Packed Tour "For the amount of dates we doin', I'm losing a lot of money," Puff Daddy says. "This is not about the money"

      This reminds me of a Katy Perry tour because she used a lot of props, which costed a lot of money.

    3. Inside Bad Boy Family Reunion, 2016's Most Hit-Packed Tour "For the amount of dates we doin', I'm losing a lot of money," Puff Daddy says. "This is not about the money"

      This reminds me of a big comeback from someone who fell off and no one remembers.

    4. Inside Bad Boy Family Reunion, 2016's Most Hit-Packed Tour "For the amount of dates we doin', I'm losing a lot of money," Puff Daddy says. "This is not about the money"

      This reminds me of the meet and greet I went to because people went crazy.

    5. "We're putting a legacy on tour," says creative director and choreographer Laurieann Gibson, who's worked with Combs since his days as an A&R for Uptown Records.

      This reminds me of singers that are still to this day remembered by what they would say.

    6. Minutes before he was belting his 1998 hit "Victory" from a riser extending high up into the smoky air of New York's Madison Square Garden, rapper-mogul Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs seemed in search of the right vibes: three bouquets of roses adding a fragrant touch to his cabana-style backstage lounge, a request for some gospel, then some James Brown followed by some Soul Train videos on his big-screen TV. During a quick meeting with production manager Bobby Schneider, he attempted to similarly set a mood for the packed crowd.

      I know that Puff Daddy is a very famous performer and he reminds me of the people who don't act all that due to the fact that their famous.

    7. Inside Bad Boy Family Reunion, 2016's Most Hit-Packed Tour "For the amount of dates we doin', I'm losing a lot of money," Puff Daddy says. "This is not about the money"

      Reminds me of a person who doesn't care about the money

    8. he attempted to similarly set a mood for the packed crowd.

      this reminds me of when I went to a concert and they had special guest stars to set a mood for the crowd and so they could enjoy the show before the actual singer came out

    9. he attempted to similarly set a mood for the packed crowd.

      This reminds me of when I went to concert because they have special guest to get us in the mood.

    10. Inside Bad Boy Family Reunion, 2016's Most Hit-Packed Tour "For the amount of dates we doin', I'm losing a lot of money," Puff Daddy says. "This is not about the money"

      I already know that Puff Daddy is a very famous performer and it reminds me of other famous people who don't act differently because of all the money they get.

    11. Inside Bad Boy Family Reunion, 2016's Most Hit-Packed Tour "For the amount of dates we doin', I'm losing a lot of money," Puff Daddy says. "This is not about the money"

      This reminds me of the game pokemon because when theres a pokemon they run after it.

    12. Inside Bad Boy Family Reunion, 2016's Most Hit-Packed Tour "For the amount of dates we doin', I'm losing a lot of money," Puff Daddy says. "This is not about the money"

      This reminds me of my cousin who plays soccer he loves playing soccer its not even about the money its just they love what they do.

    13. Inside Bad Boy Family Reunion, 2016's Most Hit-Packed Tour "For the amount of dates we doin', I'm losing a lot of money," Puff Daddy says. "This is not about the money"

      This reminds me of Kanye West because Bad Boy if i remember is a raper like him. Plus they both share a term similar where Kanye did performances but still lost money somehow.

    14. Inside Bad Boy Family Reunion, 2016's Most Hit-Packed Tour "For the amount of dates we doin', I'm losing a lot of money," Puff Daddy says. "This is not about the money"

      This reminds me that this guy cares about his fans not the money.

    15. Inside Bad Boy Family Reunion, 2016's Most Hit-Packed Tour "For the amount of dates we doin', I'm losing a lot of money," Puff Daddy says. "This is not about the money"

      This reminds me of a movie that talks about a group of close family or friends that been through a lot. Then in the end they either found hope or a miracle happen in the end and everybody gets together to celebrate.

    16. Inside Bad Boy Family Reunion, 2016's Most Hit-Packed Tour "For the amount of dates we doin', I'm losing a lot of money," Puff Daddy says. "This is not about the money"

      This reminds me of other famous people who act like they don't care about money

    1. Human rights advocates have condemned the Thai authorities' attempts to suppress even symbolic gestures of protest.

      I think this is very strict governing and in some ways reminds me of the governing system in the previous dystopian novels I've read.

    1. govern

      "Govern" seems to be an important theme in this poem. The poem is called "Design", and a design must have a designer. However, the poem ends by asking the question if design is even a factor in this miniature world. If design is possibly irrelevant in this world, then does it govern in the realm of humanity? This reminds me of the "The Road Not Taken" as well; the speaker in that poem could have chosen a different path and altered the course of their whole life. Life could just be a series of random events and choices in the end.

    1. the user must be “constructed”; and the consumer must be “caught.”

      This reminds me of how the creators of new media and technology want society to be shaped. For instance, they target or create the direction they want people to go in then they use the "caught" method to see if people go the direction they are aiming for. If it doesn't work, they may try a different tactic.

    1. Bush had restricted federal funding for embryonic stem cell research to cells derived from embryos that had already been destroyed (as of his speech of Aug. 9, 2001). While I favor moving that moral line to additionally permit the use of spare fertility clinic embryos, Obama replaced it with no line at all. He pointedly left open the creation of cloned -- and noncloned sperm-and-egg-derived -- human embryos solely for the purpose of dismemberment and use for parts.

      This reminds me of family guy because Stewie and Brian clone themselves.

    2. While I favor moving that moral line to additionally permit the use of spare fertility clinic embryos, Obama replaced it with no line at all. He pointedly left open the creation of cloned -- and noncloned sperm-and-egg-derived -- human embryos solely for the purpose of dismemberment and use for parts.

      This reminds me of different religious beliefs and how someones morals can allow someone do things another person wouldn't.

    3. Bush had restricted federal funding for embryonic stem cell research to cells derived from embryos that had already been destroyed (as of his speech of Aug. 9, 2001). While I favor moving that moral line to additionally permit the use of spare fertility clinic embryos, Obama replaced it with no line at all. He pointedly left open the creation of cloned -- and noncloned sperm-and-egg-derived -- human embryos solely for the purpose of dismemberment and use for parts.

      This reminds me of Jurassic Park because of the cloning with dinosaurs.

    4. Bush had restricted federal funding for embryonic stem cell research to cells derived from embryos that had already been destroyed (as of his speech of Aug. 9, 2001). While I favor moving that moral line to additionally permit the use of spare fertility clinic embryos, Obama replaced it with no line at all. He pointedly left open the creation of cloned -- and noncloned sperm-and-egg-derived -- human embryos solely for the purpose of dismemberment and use for parts.

      This reminds me of the Spongebob episode when he drew his own clone and he tried getting his own life.

    5. . While I favor moving that moral line to additionally permit the use of spare fertility clinic embryos, Obama replaced it with no line at all.

      this reminds me of jurassic park

    6. Bush had restricted federal funding for embryonic stem cell research to cells derived from embryos that had already been destroyed (as of his speech of Aug. 9, 2001). While I favor moving that moral line to additionally permit the use of spare fertility clinic embryos, Obama replaced it with no line at all. He pointedly left open the creation of cloned -- and noncloned sperm-and-egg-derived -- human embryos solely for the purpose of dismemberment and use for parts.

      This reminds me of the horrifying movie The Human Centipede.

    7. Bush had restricted federal funding for embryonic stem cell research to cells derived from embryos

      This reminds me of other controversial topics that Obama had to deal with

    8. Bush had restricted federal funding for embryonic stem cell research to cells derived from embryos that had already been destroyed (as of his speech of Aug. 9, 2001). While I favor moving that moral line to additionally permit the use of spare fertility clinic embryos, Obama replaced it with no line at all. He pointedly left open the creation of cloned -- and noncloned sperm-and-egg-derived -- human embryos solely for the purpose of dismemberment and use for parts.

      This reminds me of Jurassic World, where the the Indominus Rex is the mixture of many different creatures' genes and DNA.

    9. I declined to attend. Once you show your face at these things you become a tacit endorser of whatever they spring. My caution was vindicated. Bush had restricted federal funding for embryonic stem cell research to cells derived from embryos that had already been destroyed (as of his speech of Aug. 9, 2001). While I favor moving that moral line to additionally permit the use of spare fertility clinic embryos, Obama replaced it with no line at all. He pointedly left open the creation of cloned -- and noncloned sperm-and-egg-derived -- human embryos solely for the purpose of dismemberment and use for parts.

      This reminds me of an article that i read at the doctors. It had to do with funding for embryonic stem sell research.

    10. Bush had restricted federal funding for embryonic stem cell research to cells derived from embryos that had already been destroyed (as of his speech of Aug. 9, 2001). While I favor moving that moral line to additionally permit the use of spare fertility clinic embryos, Obama replaced it with no line at all. He pointedly left open the creation of cloned -- and noncloned sperm-and-egg-derived -- human embryos solely for the purpose of dismemberment and use for parts

      This reminds me of other topics that are really controversial since many people have their own opinions about certain topics.

    11. While I favor moving that moral line to additionally permit the use of spare fertility clinic embryos

      This reminds me of what I wish Dr. Frankenstein would have done in his experiments which was to consider the moral implications of working on stem cells.

    12. that had already been destroyed (as of his speech of Aug. 9, 2001). While I favor moving that moral line to additionally permit the use of spare fertility clinic embryos, Obama replaced it with no line at all.

      This reminds me of situations that require morals or ethics, because topics like this are controversial

    13. - Last week, the White House invited me to a signing ceremony overturning the Bush (43) executive order on stem cell research.

      Stem cell research reminds me of S.T.E.M learning. Where it may relate to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

    1. These forms of organizational cooperation, that Engeströmet al.(1999)call‘knotworking’, are based on the weaving together of different activitiesaround the emergence of a partially shared object of work which keeps themtogether while also keeping them distinct.

      ❤️ the term Knotworking .. it reminds me of Jackson and Tarleton Gillespie's "Policy Knot". I wonder what the provenance of this knot metaphor is.

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    1. “Follow your passion.” But passion is something you discover over time, by finding an interest, however small, and nurturing it. There’s no epiphany; it’s a collection of small decisions that move you step by tiny step.

      Reminds me of Newports essay......

    1. 'the medium in itself cannot give rise to social consequences - it must be used'

      To me, this essentially equates to 'guns don't kill people, people kill people'. Maybe a little extreme and in many people's eyes not even an accurate statement – however, that is irrelevant. It is saying that although the medium may be the message, it's not just the medium that causes the issue, it's how it is utilized. Now, I'm not disregarding the medium and saying it's actually the message that's more important. Rather that a medium is not an issue unless it is being posted on the platform, without the posts (or the messages), the medium itself would be non-existent. This just reminds us the importance of the message too being place on the medium of our choice.

    1. This fragmentation of the gaze allows comics to participate in two different ontological and semiotic fields at once

      This kind of reminds me of Schrodinger's cat - a character exists in multiple places simultaneously, and is everywhere at once until we look at a single image at a time and pin the character down there for a while.

    1. Humility and Patience of the Inhabitants

      This reminds me of the book we mentioned in class (the name is Looking Towards the East or something). Most of the descriptions of the Indians are written by the European, which, I believe, would inevitably involve some "sympathy" that portrays them as utterly innocent victims.

    1. but behind them all is a conviction that the parables must orig-inally have been simple illustrations of the teacher's point, made in order to help those who had difficulty with abstrac-tions.

      Reminds me of what a Joel Osteen does today

    2. He replies that they, his elect, lmow the mystery of the kingdom and do not need to be addressed in parables, but those outside are addressed only thus, "so that seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear but not understand

      Politics today reminds me of this. A number of Americas hear and perceive but have no understanding.

    3. he substitutes for hina the word hod, "because." This is a substan-tial change, involving a different grammar; Matthew replaces Mark's subjunctive with an ·indicative.

      This reminds me of the "misinterpreting Jesus" clip we watched week 2 --Nicole Whitlock

    1. are often seen to embody the generally happy, confident and optimistic mood of the Elizabethans. However, those he wrote during James's reign, such as Macbeth and Hamlet, are darker and more cynical, reflecting the insecurities of the Jacobean period.

      Reminds me of the idea that the mythology of older civilizations reflected their quality of life.

    1. C£_nstructivists are also interested in having learners identify iJnd pursue their own learning goals. In the scenario Olympic Games, for exam-ple, the teacher may have some specific learning objecti,·es in mind, but she also wants to provide students with an opportunity to explore and learn something of personal interest.

      This reminds me of how I teach my students. Whenever possible, I offer a range of choices for assignments, research projects, etc., and at the end of the semester they usually write in their reviews that they learned a great deal in my course because of the freedom offered to pursue their interests. It works!

    1. This reminds me of Kohn and Vygotsky's theories. Cognitively speaking, play in the classroom would heighten / deepen students' understanding of learning, which would make the integration of ed tech ideal via gaming. I just wonder how this could fit into an English curriculum. particularly in an impoverished area.

    1. I complained it was too heavy, whereupon she gave me a slap in the face

      More aggression is shown by the Native Americans here than usual. This reminds of me of the threat to break Mary Rowlandson's face.

    1. This principle describes the eye's tendency to see and separate objects from their surrounding background

      The figure principle reminds me of the signaling principal because your eyes are separating objects that it sees important. The signaling principal highlights important information. Both principals go hand and hand with one another.

    1. measures “seat time” but not the quality of learning

      This reminds me about a lecture I attended in high school about how it is unfair that teachers are paid for their time rather than their quality of work

    1. nt into Neighbour Eddys & drank tea Polly Pleasent came to see me & her Husband, & hannah Saunders, I went home & John Lawrence & Mrs Chew & Miss Oswald here in y6 evening & becky redman wrote to Mr G after they went am in g

      The mention of drinking tea in this diary has left me thinking very deeply and questioning whether or not it is a code. I do know that drinking tea is a cultural norm however instances of drinking tea are a constant throughout and even as things got harder it seemed there was always time for tea. I think that there maybe a hidden meaning behind 'having tea' and it might be code for talking about politics or things like that . I just find it hard to believe that the mention of drinking tea with others is a notable log in a diary such as hers. I reminds me a lot of the diary entry we looked at in the beginning of the semester about the death of a woman's child. The insignificant things were actually telling us that there is more there than meets the eye, or in this case the page.

    1. kind of slow-crawling script, lines of dialogue and stage direction creeping steadily up your computer screen.

      Reminds me of reading a book. Just because you're reading words doesn't mean that it can't seem real...

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    1. However, Ralph hadlearned a host of new things about crossing a street from hisexperience in Rome, changes in how he should propel him-self, staccato-style, across the street, attitudes about steppinginto traffic

      There is nothing quite like experiencing something oneself. This reminds me of social psychology studies that concluded that people are significantly more likely to empathize with another's situation is they share a similar experience.

    1. NoB.!. Fa.ther didu'l give us one penny. I found the money. Mas. LINDE.~. You 'I All tha.t money? NORA. Twelvo hUDdred dollars. Fonr thousa.nd eight hundre<l croWDS.

      It amazes me how Nora was luck to get the money just in time so she can save her husband's life. This reminds me of an event that took place recently; my dad won $100 from the lottery which that day was probably his luckiest day because that was the highest he has earned from the lotery. If only luck didn't disappear so fast or came so rarely.Pg. 25

    1. While outdated laws are often overturned when the norms informing them have sufficiently evolved, our exclusionary built environment, which was created in the past, continues to regulate in the present.

      This reminds me of the idea of unconscious bias, in that even if one is aware of social issues and passes regulations/legislation against them, there will still be an existing social structure/ideology that is much harder to fight against.

    1. “Can you talk to my mom? Can you tell her that I’m not doing anything wrong on the internet?”

      This reminds me of my mom and a lot of my friends moms. My mom refuses to get any social media sites because she doesn't trust them and she would rather I delete mine because she doesn't see any good that can come from them.

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    1. Moreover, the theory suggests that teachers should teach concepts in a particular sequence of developmental steps. In addition, for true understanding, children must learn the concepts underlying mathematical and scientific knowledge, rather than just memorize facts. Piaget would have been critical of"teaching to the test." He crit-icized typical educational assessments for focusing on correct answers rather than on children's thought processes for reaching the answers. In short, a teacher mainly provides guidance and resources so that chil-dren can teach themselves.

      Some applications of Piaget's findings. Reminds me of criticism of common core for not being "developmentally appropriate" for kindergartners.

    1. The second rarely ques-tioned hallmark is that changing behavior (learning) requires conditioning through positive and/ or negative reinforcement.

      Reward/punishment is substituted for ethical agency (this also reminds me of Kohlberg's stages of moral development)

    1. That’s where hope begins -- with the ability to earn your own living, and to build something you can be proud of.  That’s why our policies focus on supporting Cubans, instead of hurting them.  That’s why we got rid of limits on remittances -- so ordinary Cubans have more resources.  That’s why we’re encouraging travel -- which will build bridges between our people, and bring more revenue to those Cuban small businesses. That’s why we’ve opened up space for commerce and exchanges -- so that Americans and Cubans can work together to find cures for diseases, and create jobs, and open the door to more opportunity for the Cuban people. 

      This text reminds me of slippery slope, because President Obama goes through a list of sequential possibilities for the Cubans. He starts with hope and the ability to earn a living then ends with the collaboration of the US and Cuba for the greater good.

    1. Ama-zonian groups, such as the Piraha, whose languages do not include numerals above three, are worse at distinguishing large quan-tities digitally than groups using extensive counting systems, but are similar in their abil-ity to approximate quantities.

      This reminds me of a similar study on language with the Vai in Liberia (Scribner and Cole 1981) which suggests that formal literacy schooling in English does not give learners higher intelligence or better abstract reasoning skills, only the ability to talk about those skills in "contrived situations." So even though the numerical/literacy system one grows up with influences the way one thinks, it doesn't mean that one system can be prioritized over the other as "better" or "more intelligent."

    1. So I will let it alone and talk about the house.

      This line reminds me of what we spoke in class on Tuesday on having unasked questions. The fact that she is going to just let it go and not allow herself to ask herself the questions to help her through her situation is going to affect her negatively. As well as continue on allowing her husband to tell her whats best for her.

    1. Since the artifactual and architectural remains of these communities are a better index of the life of African Americans in their own terms, they hold great promise of supplementing American black history in a different and important way.

      This concept reminds me of the "Introduction to Vernacular Architecture" article where it talked about how structures that were ordinary and unremarkable at the time but now have huge potential to offer valuable insight into how people lived and the zeitgeist of their time.

    2. The house has a small central chimney, and with its shingled exterior and six-over-six windows

      This is an image of the Turner-Burr house which was structurally different from most vernacular houses of the nineteenth century. In my opinion, the house reminds me of a classic one-story shotgun style home because of the structure's long and narrow frame. Shotgun houses originate from African influences which could be a coincidence or it could be intentional due to the African Americans living in the community. Additionally, for such a small house, there were plenty of windows that acted as a primary light source. Since electricity was not accessible during this time, it makes sense that the building had numerous windows; it was a necessity.

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      “parting5.jpg (JPEG Image, 400 × 246 Pixels).” N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Sept. 2016.

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      In After Flooding, Some Louisiana Students Face Uncertain School Year http://abcnews.go.com/US/flooding-louisiana-students-face-uncertain-school-year/story?id=41589657 This article speaks of the massive damage sustained to a school after a flood, displacing many students and families and providing uncertain futures. These students were unable to go to school, and some even bounced from house to house after their own was destroyed. Since so many cars were damaged as well, more buses would have to be in operation in order to pick up the same students, some of which are now out of the school district in the effort to find a place to live. This can relate to the text in that this reminds me of how these men were displaced after the war, and received just enough to start over and try to make their own lives. They were also displaced from their homes on a much larger scale, as their homeland was Africa, and they were unable to go back to where they grew up or at least where their families grew up.

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    1. The most important part ofthis whole puzzle—the end user, i.e., technical communicator—is often left out ofthe process. The very expressioncontent managementexcludes any idea of writingor communicating and focuses on information independently of the people whoproduce or consume it.

      This reminds me of our discussion in class on how most of the user content that we use such as iCollege is really meant for the instructor and not always the student.

    2. the possibility of content management system design that could affordmeans for the writer to use her own text to “keep track of certain pieces of metadataduring composition.”

      This idea seems really helpful. It reminds me of what we are doing with our individual class blogs. How we can structure the information from the class in the way we feel is best for us.

    1. Rather than foregoing the status that brick afforded, they put their m oney where it would do the I most good, on the fr

      This line reminds me of some topics discussed in "The morbid and mortal toll of sprawl." By investing the money in a small project that would allow the Dubois' to come across as affluent and monetarily sound, they created an outward image, at least on part of the house, that represented this. This is similar to the roads that are being built today. The roads are "built to support sprawl, designed to modern safety standards" (Steuteville 1). In my mind, this is much like the situation with the Dubois house. Many people say that it is safer for drivers, and that in the long run it will work better, however by looking at the statistics, there are more casualties associated with these new roads that with those made before the 1950s. On paper, these ideas may seem much better, but in practice it may not be so.

    1. Two steps can be used to situate those studies vis-a-vis the landscape of usability research, an analysis of the context sur- rounding a particular study and an analysis of the structure of the study itself. The reason for dividing this “situating” into a two-step process arises out of the multidisciplinary na- ture of the usability research project. When we are working inside a discipline, everyone shares values and goals, a com- mon educational platform, and a common world view. We cannot assume that commonality in multidisciplinary work. Thus, the step of articulating the context of a study helps us to better understand why a study is as it is.

      This paragraph is noteworthy for two reasons:

      1. I agree with the author's suggestion that the context surrounding a particular study and the structure of the study need to be analyzed separately because the usability research does not fall under one discipline. For example, a study involving 100 female freshman CIS Majors at Georgia State University would produce very different results from a study of 100 random people off of the street. Because the produced data would clearly vary, a context analysis is necessary.
      2. This paragraph reminds me of a concept in sociological research: disaggregated versus aggregated data. Aggregated data is a collection of data that has been summarized and "watered down" or generalized, while disaggregated data has been broken apart into subgroups. It can help researchers fully understand trends and findings, while providing data that more accurately represents a population. If the context and structure were not analyzed seperately, results would likely resemble aggregated data that does not accurately represent the sample.
    2. its strictest cognitive psychologists aim to build theories of users or of learning and its strictest engineers aim to build systems that solve problems they notice.

      This practice in human-computer interaction reminds me of a concept that is utilized in marketing known as "creating personas," which is further discussed in the link below. When marketers want to test whether a product or service reaches audiences, they create templates or "composite sketches," of imaginary individuals within the target audiences. Personas constructed by marketers include basic information such as age, gender, and marital status, as well as personal information such as their interests and hobbies. In terms of human-computer interaction, it sounds like cognitive psychologists also make personas or "theories of users," in order to increase usability. Although Sullivan noted that problems may arise due to the differing goals of cognitive psychologists and engineers, engineers could use information gathered from the psychologists' theories to create more effective solution-based systems.

      Lee, K. (2015). The Complete, Actionable Guide to Marketing Personas. Buffer Social. https://blog.bufferapp.com/marketing-personas-beginners-guide

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    1. The Gulf spill elicited an extensive response from citizens, advocacy groups,and environmental organizations around the world. Living and working in acoastal state, I also found that members of my university community respondedto it in their own, more localized ways. Some were engineers who developedstrategies to cap the ruptured well and keep oil from seeping into the coastalestuaries; some were sociologists who interviewed citizens along the coast abouttheir perceptions of the incident; and others were communication experts whoexamined how mass media discourse shaped public understanding of BritishPetroleum’s activities in the Gulf. The spill warranted these varied approaches: itwas not a problem that could be fixed, let alone solved, in any simple sense of theterm. By August 2010, then, at the start of our Fall term, students on campus wereabsorbing information about the incident through multiple avenues (e.g., throughfriends and relatives along the coast, through their classes) and were thus learningabout it as a multi-dimensional problem that could be addressed through theirdisciplines and, eventually, through the rhetorical expertise they would developthrough their experience in the technical writing classroom.

      Because the author lives in the gulf area, he was able to see both localized and global responses to the gulf spill. On a university campus, he was also able to witness the various reactions to the spill among several disciplines. His students were also able to absorb information about the oil spill through multiple avenues. Because the spill was such a "wicked problem," it could not be solved in one particular discipline or with one simple solution, so it is important that multiple disciplines were engaged in discussing potential solutions. The concept of multiple disciplines engaging with a wicked problem reminds me of the concept of "dialectic," or a conversation between several people in an effort to find a truth or "essence," of an idea (such as in Plato's Gorgias). In this situation, solutions could likely be found if as many people as possible, from a variety of disciplines, were to engage in a dialogue to narrow down potential solutions.

    1. Part of the political tragedy of the contemporaryMiddle East and Africa, for example, lies in the attempted reconciliation of the Euro-American style territorial state of sharp borders with ethnic and religious identitiesdistributed geographically in ways that do not lend themselves to it.

      It reminds me of the Tuareg Rebellion of 2012 in Mali when members of the MNLA strove to get their independence in the North. Mali got its independence from France in 1960 but the Tuaregs wanted to be part of the current Algerian Sahara. As a matter of fact, another cutting was chosen and Mali began to be ruled by the Bambara people. Was the sharp border a great find ? I doubt it

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    1. or own property

      That women are still denied opportunities to own property (whether it's 1995 or present day) reminds me of the same fact listed in The Declaration of Sentiments back in 1848: "He has taken from her all right in property, even to the wages she earns." The wages issue, as we know, remains unequal and wholly unresolved as well.

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    1. For example, one prominent Mohegan design, the Trail of Life symbol, explains the "east-to-west passage of spirits,” following the path of the sun

      This reminds me of something the read in Dr. Collins American Literature about how natives are very deeply in tune with nature, so this supports that claim.

    1. Today's students fulfill general-education requirements, take specialized courses in their majors, and fill out their schedule with some electives, but while college catalogs euphemistically describe this as a "curriculum," it is rarely more than a collection of courses, devoid of planning, context, and coherence.

      This reminds me of last weeks class talking about how limited we are in our education system while being a consumer to our university.

    1. The free rider problem

      This also reminds me of Michael Hechter's article on Sociological Rational Choice theory in 1997. In describing how members of church face a collective action problem, Hechter explains that strict churches often impose 'costly and esoteric' requirements on their members, which helps them solve 'free riders' problem as only those who are really committed to church will join the church, making churches more successful and strong.

    1. This is because readers identify and sympathise with the emotions and ideas of the characters, a skill which they can then reproduce in real life.

      I believe this is true. I’m watching a new show on Netflix and I can identify myself with the main character. The way she thinks, makes decisions, relates with family and friends reminds me of myself and the way I act sometimes.

    1. Then it dawned upon me with a certain suddenness that I was different from the others

      This reminds me of our last class when speaking about Henry Adams and the term epistemology. How Du Bois knows he is different, is by the effect of this one girl refusing his card.

    2. Men call the shadow prejudice, and learnedly explain it as the natural defence of culture against barbarism, learning against ignorance, purity against crime, the “higher” against the “lower” races.

      This sections language really points to and confronts the ignorance from so long ago that is still present with us to this day. The reference to “higher and lower races” as well as “barbaric” really reminds me of European and Spanish colonization of the new world, which they deemed legal and noble because they had to “civilize” all non-Christians. Also the term leaning against ignorance shows the nature of this sort of twisted logic.

    3. only lets him see himself through the revelation of the other world. It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one’s self through the eyes of others

      This is a super interesting theory that holds a lot of truth. You are aware of your value through the perceptions of others. It's a kind of voyeurism, really, as you are always watching yourself through someone else. It reminds me of the novel Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson and how the main character realizes his mixed race and suddenly sees himself in the mirror, from the outside. He then notes every experience, every thought, every action of his is "colored" from that moment on.

    1. appear wishing him well and offering helpful advice.

      this reminds me of reddit, actually, in particular /nosleep. In stories like "there are people outside my window during blackouts" the author will include remarks about the comments on the story.

    1. oratory is not the pla

      The idea that a more common/familiar setting might produce different results reminds me of the TV show "What Would You Do". Hidden cameras are set up in stores, restaurants, etc. and actors act out scenarios that cause bystanders to decide to help the situation or mind their own business. The show doesn't necessarily observe levels of obedience but it does comment on how people behave when presented with morally-compromising dilemmas. I think the show also does a good job of eliminating gender/racial bias, because they often have multiple actors/actresses perform the same scene to see how different people react. Also, similar to how the subjects talked to the experimenter after Milgram's experiment, the host of the show always comes out, revealing the hidden cameras/actors and asks the ordinary people why they acted the way they did. I've seen episodes where because of their inability to act, the faces of the people are blurred or they refuse to comment. Usually, however, those who stepped in to act as a hero are shown expressing signs of relief and explaining that they had to do something to help the situation, regardless of repercussions.

    2. ychological research re-quire the experimenter to balance his career andscientific interests against the interests of hisprospective subjects

      The subject is also vulnerable to the experimenter's expectations and biases. I think it's probably very difficult, even for the well-intentioned researcher to prioritize the participant...and thus pushes boundaries that he/she otherwise wouldn't have. At the same time, it may be difficult for others (e.g. lab assistants, colleagues, etc.) to question or go against the experimenter when they feel something isn't right (which sort of alludes to the whole notion of obedience and authority). Therefore, it's important that such individuals are trained/reminded of their ability and need to raise any concerns. (This reminds me of the Stanford Prison Experiment).

    1. there; it dug a cavern with four chambers. Then dark clouds gathered and rain began to fall. "Have you anything with you that may help you?" asked the god. "I have nothing," said the Navajo, "but four sprays of spruce, which the Yàybichy bade me pluck from the tree on which I descended into the cañon the night I left the Ute camp." "They will do," said the wind god. "Make quickly four balls of mud and thrust through each ball a twig of the spruce, and lay them on the ground so that the tops of the twigs will point towards your enemies The Navajo did as he was commanded.

      reminds me a little bit about the bible and building the Ark for he has taken direct directions from the divine to construct something

    1. If you’re only pointing to your own stuff, you’re doing it wrong. If you want fans, you have to be a fan first. If you want to be noticed, you have to notice. Shut up and listen once in a while. Be thoughtful. Be considerate.

      I really like this statement because not a lot of people follow this rule. It reminds me of the statement "respect is a two way street, you have to give it to get it." This follows that same aspect. Other people don't always want to hear about you, eventually they get bored. Sometimes you need to reciprocate the favor. It's not always a competition.

    2. So study the great stories and then go find some of your own. Your stories will get better the more you tell them.

      This reminds me of a piece of advice I saw from a comic artist: in order to find a style of comic art you like to create, trace someone else's comics until you know their style, then adapt the style to fit you and use it to tell your own story. It's so much harder to build something from scratch- why not build on scaffolding? As long as what you create is yours in the end, studying others can only help us improve.

    1. The figurines seem meant to be clasped in the hand or dangled from the neck

      This reminds me of Conkey's exceptional description of how female body parts have been considered and analyzed. She too describes the body parts that are purposefully made to "stand out" and the body parts that are blurred-- that are perhaps less important. She expands on why this could be similarly to what's written here, stating that when a figurine does not have hands and feet it is readily possessed and seemingly passive. I find the word passive in this context the most complex to think about, not knowing how the women of 30,000 years ago thought about these representations of themselves. I also find this especially interesting looking through a modern lens, considering current issues on gendered subject-object relationships and the fight for women to have complete autonomy over their own bodies.

    2. whatever its neural or social mechanics, the moment of self-consciousness was inseparable from one of distanciation and self-loss: from seeing oneself as Other, as not known, as threatened or threatening, as ‘taboo’. The true cognitive depth to the palaeolithic sculptures – their challenge, ultimately, to our anthropological schema – seems to me the way they suggest how self-loss and self-consciousness were intertwined.

      This excerpt is fascinating to me in a way I don't know how to explain. The idea that these Paleolithic works are perhaps a way to reconcile the ever growing separation of the human species from the rest of the natural world, and maybe to even immortalize or celebrate being only a small part of it, goes against some of the most popular philosophies surrounding the human condition. The ability to create, from tools to creative pieces, is something that is usually considered the most distinctive quality of mankind that differentiates us from all other animals and assert our superiority over them. This notion of Paleolithic art's function to express a desire to return to Rousseau's "natural state" and mourn its loss is, in my opinion, both awe-inspiring and heartbreaking. How lonely must it have been to realize you are different from everything in the world around you, and to know you cannot ever belong. It reminds me of Adam & Eve cast out of Eden with the knowledge they have gained of the human condition, and the weight of knowing they could never return.

    1. child who should build up his nation

      This reminds me of the whole "child of two worlds" trope. Having a mixture of both that is meant to lead a nation seems to be a common theme, especially in ye old times (i.e. Hercules, etc).

    1. ThegranddesignofEnglandinsettlingtheAmericanColonies,wastoextendhertrade--toopenanewventforhermanufactures.Ifthenwestopourimports,thebenefitofourtradeisinamannerlosttoher,andshewouldfindbutlittleadditionaldisadvantage,shouldshestopourtradewithalltheworld.

      This idea that we will suffer tremendously with the whole world was pretty accurate. Seabury is saying that if we hinder other countries progress, we will lose out big time in the end. Personally, I agree with Seabury regardless of what actually ended up happening. He thought rationally, it reminds me of the saying that "A rising tide lifts all the boats" -New England Council. Moreover, meaning that a well doing by each economy across the world is a better economy for each country. This idea seems to be pretty prevalent throughout Seabury's letter. http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/230520/origin-of-a-rising-tide-lifts-all-boats

    1. I told them the truth, I did not show them a location that was true, no.

      This reminds me very much of the movie Gone Girl. In the movie a man is accused of murdering his wife and his defending lawyer says not to worry because if they can't find a body or a location of the murder than he is okay. The most important things in a homicide case are a weapon, the location of the homicide, and a body. Not only does the states timeline not match the interviews of Jay and Adnan, but they do not even know for sure the location of where the murder happened. Heres a website that talks about all of the most important evidence in a homicide case: http://www.practicalhomicide.com/articles/HomCrimeSc.htm

    1. Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.

      Reminds me of being in high school and taking college courses at the same time. Felt like some of of my high school classes were more useful, and vise versa at other times.

    1. Hideaway Girl xxx

      Even though we know what she enjoys and so on. We truly don't who she or even he is. Which just makes this blog extraordinarily interesting. It allows the writer to explain and write how they how they perceive and want other to see them just through a simple name. It reminds me of the TV show "gossip girl".