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    1. As long as work has been submitted that fulfills all of the requirements of the assignment, work will receive at least a B grade. Work which demonstrates higher quality and/or demonstrates risk-taking in considering or implementing new ideas will be awarded an A.

      A very generous rule and statement from our professor here. I wish more writing classes considered this point of view more. Many people taking English classes in college are either newer to the language or are not as comfortable with writing. I hope more professors follow in your footsteps.

    2. In this course I need you to be brave. You will read things that may make you uncomfortable. You will discuss difficult topics. This will stretch the boundaries of what you may think you are capable of to new levels.

      Thank you for being transparent with us and setting the tone for this class clear from the start. I hope that my fellows peers and I can work on opening up our personal lives at a professional and comfortable level in this class.

    3. This is meant to ease the worry over grading for you! As long as you sincerely attempt the assignment you will get at least a B and may likely get an A depending on your work.

      I think that effort is really important and I like that in this course if you show effort, it will pay off!

    4. Late work may be accepted with a request for extension which was submitted up to 48 hours before the due date.

      This is super helpful in case of an emergency, I like that there are policies in place for it so we as students know what to look out for.

    5. practice these new skills without worrying about being penalized by a low grade.

      I am excited for this because it gives students creative freedom to try certain techniques without the fear of getting a bad grade!

    6. f how all your assignments should be submitted

      I appreciate how clear the guidelines are and it is nice that every one of these assignments will follow this outline, so we can know what to expect!

    7. All assignments for this course must be written and submitted directly in Google Docs

      This is good to note! A lot of my classes require me to submit my assignments in either pdf form or a word document, but I've always loved the commenting and collaborative nature of google docs! I know word has these functions, but I used google docs a lot in high school, and I prefer this program more!

    8. As long as work has been submitted that fulfills all of the requirements of the assignment, work will receive at least a B grade. Work which demonstrates higher quality and/or demonstrates risk-taking in considering or implementing new ideas will be awarded an A.

      I feel this will push me harder to be comfortable being uncomfortable with my writing. Sometimes, I believe I hold back in what I am writing, and stick within my comfort zone because I don't want to earn a bad grade. Knowing that if I take risks I might end up doing better, I feel like I will be more likely to push myself!

    9. In this course I need you to be brave. You will read things that may make you uncomfortable. You will discuss difficult topics. This will stretch the boundaries of what you may think you are capable of to new levels.For us all to do this important work, we need to create a community where it is safe to try and safe to fail in front of one another

      I love this! I feel like this will be a very vulnerable class for me, especially knowing that many of my classmates will see my annotations. However, I am going to try and make it a goal for myself to not only annotate what I'm comfortable with, but push the boundaries of what I'm comfortable annotating!

    10. You might have experienced writing as a formulaic process with prescribed steps in the past. In this course the goal is not to give you a perfect equation for writing the perfect essay. The goal is to give you tools to create your own path towards a unique relationship with writing.

      I feel this sums up most of my writing experience in high school pretty well. I feel like I always stuck to the "correct formula" because that's what I knew would get me the grade that I wanted. I look forward to pushing my comfort zone, and advancing my writing skills!

    11. All assignments for this course must be written and submitted directly in Google Docs. Students should not write their assignments in another program (e.g., Microsoft Word) and then copy and paste the content into Google Docs

      This statement is something everyone should be aware of going into this course. There are a lot of different platforms to use for writing, so make sure that google docs is the one that you use.

    12. In this course, using AI in ANY capacity is not permitted.

      This statement is something everyone should know and think about throughout the semester. AI is not permitted unless otherwise stated.

    13. Late work may be accepted with a request for extension which was submitted up to 48 hours before the due date.

      This information is good to know in case of an emergency or if something comes up and you aren't able to do your work. You must be thinking ahead.

    14. I encourage you to bring your own personal history and background into class. I will endeavor to bring you texts that come from a range of backgrounds and beliefs that will create fertile ground for new understandings. We will have a productive space for you and your classmates to generate ideas together

      This is very encouraging for me, and good to know that we are able to express our beliefs and share with the class. This is very important and valuable to know.

    1. with people in different parts of the world not only making the same basic discoveries but making them pretty much simultaneously.

      I find it interesting how all sorts of different civilizations everywhere around the world were evolving at close to the same pace without even being in contact with each other at the time.

    2. Over generations, women (who were the farmers in ancient Mexico) selectively bred the grass to produce more and bigger seeds. Maize is currently the most important staple in the world for both human and animal feed, as well as in industrial uses like High Fructose Corn Syrup, plastics and fuel.

      I find it interesting how people found out how to breed something that was grass and end up turning it into something as poplar as corn.

    1. hat’s the essay about? What do you know about the writer’s background and reputation? Where was the essay first published? Who was the intended audience for the essay? How much do you already know about the subject of the reading selection?

      This is extremely important when considering what you are going to write about and how you are going to write it. I definitely need to work on understanding contexts more before diving into an essay or article. Thank you for this information.

    2. With the first reading, you want to get an overall sense of what the writer is saying, keeping in mind the essay’s title and the facts that you know about the writer from the essay’s head-note

      Personally, I don't necessarily agree with this take--I think your first read-through of any article or essay should be a full analysis and your second read-through should focus on the nuances you missed... the reason for this is because a 'lazy read-through' is not as efficient.

    3. Similarly, most of us do not ask our-selves why one piece of writing is more convincing than another.

      I think this is a very interesting topic because as a writer you definitely are comparing your work to others but as a reader--the comparison dilemma does not happen as frequently.

    4. Always read the selection at least twice, no matter how long it is

      I totally agree with this. It can be annoying when it is a long text but it's always worth it. Especially if the text is super dense, sometimes you can get lost in the wordiness and lose the actual meaning within it.

    5. Jot down whatever marginal notes come to mind.

      When annotating, I have found that writing whatever comes to mind is actually more helpful than having more structured/formal annotations. The informal annotation still gets the point across and it is in your own words, so it might make more sense to you when reading it back than something more formal.

    6. Active reading is a skill that takes time to acquire.

      I mentioned earlier, but many students are not participating in active learning. That being said, it is not necessarily their fault. Active learning is a learned skill and takes focus and time. Some students don't realize that there is a distinction between reading and actively absorbing the material. I think this skill should be taught more, especially to new students.

    7. After all, we all know how to read. But do we know how to read actively?

      When I was younger I remember one of my friends mentioning this problem. She would read, but not remember what she just read about and she wasn't applying herself to the reading. I believe, especially in the world we live in today, that many students are not participating in active reading, which hinders their learning and comprehension of subject material.

    8. write down your thoughts in the margins or on a separate piece of paper. (See pp. 49–51 for Asimov’s “Intelligence” with student an-notations.) Mark the selection’s main point when you find it stated directly. Look for the pattern or patterns of development the author uses to explore and support that point, and jot the information down.

      This information is all very helpful on explaining how to actually annotate. It explains what to look for, how to write it down, and the important things to note.

    9. You may, in fact, want to delay most of your annotating until a second reading so that your first reading can be fast and free.

      This is a really helpful note to think about. When reading the first time it is good to jus read through and not worry abut annotating. It helps you focus more on the material and make sense of all the information.

    10. What’s the essay about? What do you know about the writer’s background and reputation? Where was the essay first published? Who was the intended audience for the essay? How much do you already know about the subject of the reading selection? We encourage you to review the materials that precede each selection in this book

      These are great questions to think about before reading something. The can help prepare us to have a better understanding of what we are about to read and give us things to look for and think about as we are reading.

    11. Active reading, then, is a skill you need if you are truly to engage and under-stand the content of a piece of writing as well as the craft that shapes the writer’s ideas into a presentable form. Active reading will repay your efforts by helping you read more effectively and grow as a writer

      Active reading is a skill. It isn't just something you are easily able to do without understanding it and learning what it means. I am glad it is a skill that we will learn during this semester as it is something that will be useful for a lot of different things!

    1. t David Autor, Lawrence Katz and Alan Krueger examined. In their 1997 article, they argued that the rapid spread of computer technology in the workplace may explain as much as 30 to 50 percent of the increase in the growth rate of demand for more-skilled workers since 1970. The three economists found that the demand for college-level workers grew more rapidly on average from 1970 to 1995 than from 1940 to 1970. This increased demand was initially met with a sufficient supply of college-educated workers. That supply slowed at the beginning of the 1980s, however, eventually causing a shortage that led to a widening of the wage gap between those with and without college degrees. An even more striking finding by the authors was that industries displaying the largest increases in skill requirements—legal services, advertising and public administration, for example—were the biggest users of computers. 6 Relative to other industries, these have exhibited greater growth in employee computer use and more capital investment in computers both per worker and as a share of total investment. In addition, these high computer-use sectors appear to have reorganized their workplaces in a manner that disproportionately employs more educated—and higher paid—workers.

      rossum’s universal

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    1. Urbanization accompanies specialization. People in cit-ies need to trade for food, meaning that the urban dwell-ers must provide goods and services useful for farmers.Urbanization promotes complexity. The more denselypeople are packed, the greater the degree of special-ization that can be accomplished. The historical trendis toward more specialization, more trade, and moreurbanization

      I never thought about the fact that urbanization accompanies specialization. But it does make sense that the more specialized the world became, it allowed the world to become more urbanized.

    2. At times, intermediaries may enjoymore trust than they deserve, enabling them to finance anunsustainable boom. Once the fragility of the intermediariesis exposed, the level of trust falls, and there can be significantadverse consequences for economic activity

      This makes me wonder if trust is so central to financial intermediation, what mechanisms best prevent crises caused by overconfidence, and how do these interact with the complexity of modern specialization?

    3. Entrepreneurs constantly test new typesof specialization, leading to what Joseph Schumpeter calledcreative destruction, meaning new enterprises that drive oldfirms out of business. Modern production processes involvemany layers and many steps, making the patterns of specializa-tion highly complex.

      This section shows how specialization is dynamic, not static. It made me reconsider my assumption that gains in efficiency are permanent; instead, they are constantly challenged by innovation. It also highlights the tension between stability and change in modern economies.

    4. But if they had allwrought separately and independently, and withoutany of them having been educated to this peculiarbusiness, they certainly could not each of them havemade twenty, perhaps not one pin in a day; that is,certainly, not the two hundred and fortieth, perhapsnot the four thousand eight hundredth part of whatthey are at present capable of performing, in conse-quence of a proper division and combination of theirdifferent operations.

      This passage highlights the enormous productivity gains from specialization. It made me think about how much we underestimate the impact of dividing labor into focused tasks. I’m curious about the broader implications: does this extreme efficiency imply that modern economies are even more fragile because individual skills are highly specialized and dependent on complex interconnections?

    1. All course readings will be available on Canvas. There is no required textbook

      I like the idea that we do not need to be constricted to buying a textbook. That saves some money and makes the class more obtainable to complete everything. I just struggle sometimes understanding how to do assignments on different websites.

    2. In this course, using AI in ANY capacity is not permitted

      This is good to know as sometimes I like to get prompts or ideas from AI. I utilize AI sometimes to help me start when I am stuck. Knowing this I will focus on coming up with my ideas organically.

    3. Work which demonstrates higher quality and/or demonstrates risk-taking in considering or implementing new ideas will be awarded an A.

      I do enjoy the idea of more creative work being rewarded with better grades. I feel some classes are completion based and that stinks when you put in more effort and thought compared to others. I like to focus on making my work high quality often.

    4. Why have we been speaking, writing, and singing poems for as long as it was possible to do so?

      I would like to think that we have been doing so because of the evolution of humans we naturally cling to things that describe emotions we feel. I feel that speaking, writing, and singing poems allow us to express emotions. This unlocks connection between those around us.

    5. I will also communicate with you through CANVAS announcements,

      This is extremely helpful! My outlook gets packed full with emails so this helps me stay organized through the whole semester.

    6. I am not expecting perfect work.

      I like how this statement gives me reassurance towards my upcoming assignment. I constantly doubt my work becuase I am fearful of not using my own ideas rather than be concered of what my teacher is looking for.

    7. there is an automatic 3-hour grace period.

      This shows how understanding Professor Folasade is. Life happens and you forget and it is very appreciative from me that he is willing to give this opportunity to his class.

    8. As long as work has been submitted that fulfills all of the requirements of the assignment, work will receive at least a B grade.

      I really like how professor Folasade included this in his syllabus. Because one of my worries is failing my teacher's expectations when I gave an assignment my all. Especially with poetry. Poetry is an art and I believe that if you give your all in an art it should be recognized rather than getting a poor grade on it. In conclusion, it is reassuring to know my professor will be looking at my hard work with my own mind.

    9. Think about what poetry books youwould like to read

      This is something I may find challenging as I am not well versed in poetry literature. But hopefully this assignment will open my eyes to some new kinds of literature!

    10. Your experiences are valuable andimportant, and you should feel free to share them as they become relevant to ourclass. No student in this class is ever expected or believed to speak for allmembers of a group.

      These two sentences highlight the importance of individuality of Instructor John.

    11. Submitting work which is not your own is not only harmful to your learning, butalso an Academic Integrity violation. This includes writing generated using AI,including ChatGPT, Claude, Grammarly, Prezi, or any other “artificialintelligence” platform or LLM

      This is an important thing to note considering how AI has grown even just in the past year. Even 3 years ago you would not have seen this last sentence in a syllabus, and it probably would've seemed outlandish. But here we are.

    1. It's not: Can schools save more of our students? Because I think we have the answer to that -- and it's yes they can, if we save our schools first. We can start by caring about the education of other people's children ...

      Tying the amount of money we have lost as a nation to the lack of attention paid to the education system was an interesting point. The financial loss could sway people who previously did not care about other people's children (and their education). Due to the current state of the country it may be difficult to get people to "start caring about other people's children." in tems of improving the condition of our current educational system but the financial implications and losing earning potential could sway stakeholders to invest in educational reform.

    2. And as I sat there on the other side of the glass from them, idealistic with a college degree, I wondered to myself: Why didn't schools do something more to prevent this from happening?

      I have had a similar experience when my district required that I teach alternative education students. I was often disheartened by my experiences with that group of students. Witnessing violence and lack of will to learn in such a restricted setting was disturbing. My experience cemented my understanding that students should receive more preventative services to positively impact their lives.

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    1. The ratio of labour costs to productivityis called unit labour cost. It represents the amount that employers must paytheir workers for each unit of output they produce.Employers strive to minimize unit labour cost, and they do this by addressingboth parts of the equation: reducing wages and boosting productivity. The followingsimple formula is a convenient way to summarize the various interactions betweenworkers and employers – often conflictual, and occasionally harmonious.Unit labour cost = Compensation = CompensationProductivity Intensity * EfficiencyTo reduce unit labour costs, employers can try to cut compensation (wages andbenefits) on the top of the equation, or they can try to increase productivity onthe bottom of the equation.

      This passage made me think differently about how employers really calculate the “cost” of labor—not just by paying wages, but in relation to productivity. I had never considered the term unit labor cost before, and now I see it as a key measurement that drives many decisions about wages and work intensity. Stanford points out that reducing this cost can come from either cutting wages or increasing productivity, which explains why employers might push for faster work or new efficiency measures. If productivity improvements can sometimes benefit workers, how might employers and workers negotiate to balance efficiency gains with fair compensation?

    2. One defining feature of capitalism is that most production is undertaken togenerate private profit. (The other defining feature of capitalism is that most of thework required for production is performed in the form of wage labour.) In orderto generate and collect that profit, a specialized institutional form has emerged:the private company. Today private firms dominate the economy: their decisionsabout investment, production, and employment are the most important factorsdetermining whether and how the economy evolves, and how people work. Theactions of private companies are far more important on a day-to-day basis thanthings that governments do. This makes it incredibly ironic to hear governmentofficials claim credit for “good economic management,” or opposition leadersberate the party in power for “bad economic management.” These political debatesare mostly beside the point – since in reality it is businesses, not government, thatsit in the economic driver’s seat.

      This paragraph really made me think about how much power private firms really have in shaping our day-to-day economic lives, even more so than governments. It’s interesting to consider that political debates about “bad economic management” might be kind of missing the bigger picture since businesses are driving most decisions about investment, production, and employment. An interpretive question I have is: if private companies dominate the economy in this way, what implications does that have for how we think about economic inequality and the ability of government policies to influence everyday life?

    3. technology refers to a techniqueof production, not to a particular piece of equipment or machinery. The termis often misused to refer to equipment itself (“Wow, dude, you have someawesome technology in here!”). In its correct use, though, “technology”refers to knowledge about how to produce something – not the physical toolswe use to produce it. A new technology can be highly productive; but a toolor machine, in and of itself, is not.

      This really made me rethink how I’d been using the word “technology.” I used to think that having the latest machines or gadgets automatically counted as new technology, but Stanford points out that it’s actually about knowledge of how to produce something. Understanding this distinction is a good insight moving forward because it shifts the focus from just owning tools to figuring out better ways to use them to be more productive/effective.

    4. economic growth is usually measured by the expansion of real GDP.Economic growth usually consists of two components: an increase in the amountof work that is performed, and improvements in efficiency or productivity(that is, increases in the amount of output produced by each hour of that work)

      I’m curious about the real-world consequences of measuring growth this way. Does focusing on real GDP hide inequality, since aggregate growth doesn’t show how wealth is distributed?

    5. Profit represented anew, more subtle form of exploitation: an indirect, effective way of capturingeconomic surplus from those (the workers) who truly do the work. Marx tried(unsuccessfully) to explain how money prices in capitalism (which include thepayment of profit) could still be based on the true underlying “labour values” ofdifferent commodities. And he predicted the ultimate breakdown of capitalism,in the face of both economic instability (the ongoing boom-and-bust cycle) andpolitical revolution. Marx’s ideas were very influential in the later development oflabour and socialist movements around the world.

      This passage now has me thinking about the idea of profit as a “subtle form of exploitation”. I never thought of it this way but it really is so true. I wonder about the implications of this for modern labor markets, especially with gig work or precarious jobs where workers often have little bargaining power. Also, it’s interesting that Marx predicted capitalism’s breakdown due to both economic instability and political factors.

    6. But much work also occurs without any payment,inside households, as people care for themselves and their family members

      What does this mean for how society values caregiving jobs or push for economic policies that actually support this work?

    7. Nothing better exemplifies economists’ know-it-all attitude than debates overfree trade. Conventionally trained economists take it as a proven fact that free tradebetween two countries always makes both sides better off. People who questionor oppose free trade – trade unionists, social activists, nationalists – must eitherbe acting from ignorance, or else are pursuing some narrow vested interest thatconflicts with the broader good. These troublesome people should be lectured to(and economists love nothing better than expounding their beautiful theory ofcomparative advantage*), or simply ignored

      Stanford is saying economists defend free trade almost like a faith... I think he’s pointing out that their belief doesn’t always match real-life outcomes.

      If they see it as fact, how do they respond when workers get hurt by free trade?

    8. Why do we work? We must survive, and hence we require the basic materialneeds of life: food, clothing, shelter, education, medical care. Beyond that, wewant to get the most out of our lives, and hence we aim for more than bare-bonessubsistence. We want a greater quantity, and a greater variety, of goods and services:for entertainment, for travel, for cultural and personal enrichment, for comfort,for meaning, for security. We may also work because we enjoy it. Perversely foreconomists (most of whom view work solely as a “disutility”), most people arehappier when they have work to do – thanks to the social interaction, financialwell-being, and self-esteem that good work provides.

      The passage presents a multifaceted view of work, acknowledging its importance for survival and material well-being, while also highlighting its potential to provide psychological and social benefits. It challenges the purely economic view of work as simply a negative aspect of life.

    9. Is there a school in your neighbourhood? A hospital? A library? Who pays forthose buildings? Who works there? How do those public facilities compare withthe private homes and businesses around them? Are they newer, or older? Nicer, orshabbier? Is there anywhere a person can go inside in your neighbourhood (otherthan their own home) without having to pay money or buy something?Are the streets clean? If so, who cleaned them? Is the air fresh or smoggy? Arethere any parks in your neighbourhood? Is there anywhere to play? Can people inyour neighbourhood safely drink the water from their taps? How much do theypay for that water? And to whom

      The consists of a series of questions prompting the reader to observe and reflect on the presence, quality, and accessibility of public services and infrastructure in their neighborhood.

    10. The Economics for Everyone websiteThe overarching goal of this book is to make economics accessible and evenentertaining for non-specialist readers. That’s why we’ve kept the book short, usedplain language, illustrated it with Tony Biddle’s awesome cartoons, and avoided(wherever possible) the use of academic-style citations and references.For those who want to continue their study of grass-roots economics, however,we have provided additional information and resources. These are posted, freeof charge, at a special Economics for Everyone website, generously hosted by theCanadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (Canada’s major progressive think tank,and the co-publisher of this book)

      The text describes the approach and supplementary resources for a book aimed at making economics accessible to a general audience. and also the passage emphasizes the book's commitment to making economics understandable and engaging, while also offering additional resources for those interested in deeper study.

    11. The Economy and EconomicsTake a walkThe economy must be a very complicated, volatile thing. At least that’s how it seemsin the business pages of the newspaper. Mind-boggling stock market tables. Chartsand graphs. GDP statistics. Foreign exchange rates. It’s little wonder the media turnto economists, the high priests of this mysterious world, to tell us what it means,and why it’s important. And we hear from them several times each day – usuallyvia monotonous “market updates” that interrupt the hourly news broadcasts.Company X’s shares are up two points; Company Y’s are down two points; theanalysts are “bullish”; the analysts are “bearish.

      The passage introduces the perception of the economy as a complex and volatile entity, often portrayed as such by the media. and it sets a tone of skepticism towards the common media representation of the economy, suggesting it might be overcomplicated and repetitive.

    12. Building an economic “map”The book describes an economy of gradually increasing complexity – starting withthe simplest relationships between employers and workers, shifting our focus to theinteraction between companies, and then considering the roles of the environment,the financial industry, government, and globalization.To portray these increasingly complex relationships, we provide a series ofeconomic “road maps,” illustrated by Tony Biddle. The maps use simple visualicons to identify the major players, and connect the dots between them. By thetime we’ve explained our “big circle” at the conclusion of Part Four, this map willbe a very handy tool for finding your way around capitalism. Like any map, it willhelp you figure out where you are, where you want to go – and how to get there.Stanford EFE2 01 text.indd 9 08/04/2015 09:26Stanford, Jim. Economics for Everyone : A Short Guide to the Economics of Capitalism, Pluto Press, 2015. ProQuest EbookCentral, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/forsythtech-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3440440.Created from forsythtech-ebooks on 2025-08-12 18:08:29.Copyright © 2015. Pluto Press. All rights reserved.

      Essentially, this passage outlines the book's approach to explaining economics through visual aids that build in complexity, with the ultimate goal of providing readers with a useful understanding of capitalism.

    13. The Basics of Capitalism This part of the book studies the core activities andrelationships that make up capitalism. First we discuss work. Broadly defined,work (or human effort) is the essential ingredient that drives everything in theeconomy. But we don’t work with our bare hands; we must work with tools. Wehave to make those tools, and (in capitalism, anyway) someone owns them.Most work in capitalism is undertaken by employees who are paid wages orsalaries for their efforts. But much work also occurs without any payment,inside households, as people care for themselves and their family members.We describe this basic economic “circle,” in which profit-seeking investmentStanford EFE2 01 text.indd 8 08/04/2015 09:26Stanford, Jim. Economics for Everyone : A Short Guide to the Economics of Capitalism, Pluto Press, 2015. ProQuest EbookCentral, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/forsythtech-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3440440.Created from forsythtech-ebooks on 2025-08-12 18:08:29.Copyright © 2015. Pluto Press. All rights reserved.

      This part shows the fundamental activities and relationships that constitute capitalism. Work, or human effort, is identified as the driving force of the economy.

    14. Preliminaries The first part of the book defines the economy, and identifiesthe unique features of a capitalist economy. It also provides some historicalbackground. We discuss how capitalism emerged and evolved, and also howthe study of economics emerged and evolved. In both cases, we highlight theconflicts and controversies encountered en route to the present day. I believethat studying economic history and the history of economic thought is aninherently subversive undertaking. It refutes the assumption that capitalism is“natural” and hence ever-lasting, and the related claim that economics is theneutral, technical study of that natural, ever-lasting system.

      This section lays the groundwork by defining what an economy is and pinpointing the specific characteristics of a capitalist economy.

    15. The economy and societyThe economy is a fundamentally social activity. Nobody does it all by themselves(unless you are a hermit). We rely on each other, and we interact with each other,in the course of our work.It is common to equate the economy with private or individual wealth, profit,and self-interest, and hence it may seem strange to describe it as something “social.”Indeed, free-market economists adopt the starting premise that human beings areinherently selfish (even though this assumption has been proven false by sociobi-ologists and anthropologists alike).In fact, the capitalist economy is not individualistic at all. It is social, and inmany ways it is cooperative. The richest billionaire in the world couldn’t haveearned a dollar without the supporting roles played by his or her workers,suppliers, and customers. There’s no such thing as a “self-made” millionaire orStanford EFE2 01 text.indd 19 08/04/2015 09:26Stanford, Jim. Economics for Everyone : A Short Guide to the Economics of Capitalism, Pluto Press, 2015. ProQuest EbookCentral, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/forsythtech-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3440440.Created from forsythtech-ebooks on 2025-08-12 18:08:29.Copyright © 2015. Pluto Press. All rights reserved.

      Basically, the author's trying to convince us that the economy isn't just about individual greed and competition. It's about how we're all connected and rely on each other, even in a capitalist system. It's a way of saying that everyone contributes, and nobody's truly "self-made."

    16. It seems bizarre, but conventional economists mostly ignore these central facts(with the partial exception of the third). They don’t even use the word “capitalism.”Instead, they call our system a “market economy.” The fact that a few people ownimmense wealth, while most people own almost nothing, is considered accidentalor even irrelevant. They claim, incredibly, that the economy would be exactly thesame whether capitalists hired workers, or workers hired capitalists.

      The author's basically saying that economists tend to gloss over the big stuff about capitalism – like how some people have way more money and power than others. Instead of calling it capitalism, they call it a 'market economy,' which kind of sweeps the real problems under the rug."

    17. Capitalism has particular features and forces that need to be identified, just tounderstand how it works. This is true regardless of how you feel about capitalism.Just to understand what’s happening in capitalism, we need to identify and studyits crucial facts

      Emphasizes the need to understand capitalism's specific characteristics

    18. “Capitalism” and “the economy” are not the same thing – even though manyeconomists pretend capitalism is a natural, permanent state of affairs, and hence theonly economy.

      Challenges the idea that capitalism is the only or inevitable economic system.

    19. That’s why we see economists on the television news every night. We almostnever see educators, social workers, nutritionists, or architects on the nightlynews. Perhaps we should hear more from those other professions, and less fromthe economists. Their advice might actually be more important to our long-termeconomic well-being than that of the economists.

      economists are overrepresented in media discussions, and that other professions might offer more valuable insights.

    20. But in reality, economics should be quite straightforward. Ultimately economicsis simply about how we work. What we produce. And how we distribute andultimately use what we’ve produced. Economics is about who does what, who getswhat, and what they do with it.

      This IS a simplified view of economics, focusing on production, distribution, and consumption.

    1. Unlike shallow learning methods that required humans to carefully engineer features, deep learning networks can automatically discover useful features directly from raw data

      difference between shallow and deep learning lied in teh amount o fdata. the shallow learning methods rely on humans to state what features to "notice"?

    2. Third, we discovered an inherent tension between precision (being right when we make a prediction) and recall (catching all the cases we should find), forcing designers to make explicit trade-offs based on their application’s needs.

      how are designers implementing precision versus recall?

    1. For example, students meet objectives in theater (characterization, stage composition, action, expression) and in social studies.

      I'm a theatre arts education major and I wish theatre was done more in the classrooms. Thinking back to when I was in elementary school, we rarely did anything with theatre. It was mostly art and music, which is great but I wish theatre was more included because it is so important.

    2. All three variations are important, needed, and valid. All benefit from being supported by arts experiences—where students attend performances and exhibits by professional artists to engage in authentic experiences that deepen and broaden their arts understandings.

      Experiencing and seeing the arts is so important because students get to see a real life example and it can help with their understanding, but it's something that they can enjoy and be inspired by

    3. Today's research points to the power of learning through a variety of senses or modalities. Teachers are encouraged to plan instruction that engages students in visual, aural, and kinesthetic learning modalities so that students can actively process what they are learning.

      The method of using multiple senses and experiences in learning makes me think about how effective the experience can really be. When students are only hearing information, it can and is easier for them to forget, but when they see, hear, and physically interact with the lesson and activity, it seems more memorable and as though they absorb the information better.

    4. If teachers are overly concerned with a "neat" process and product, they tend to make the creative choices for students and direct the outcome.

      If teachers are too focused on making sure the final project looks perfect, I feel that takes away from students being able to think creatively and make their own choices. I personally feel like learning happens most when students can take risks, make mistakes, and figure things out amongst themselves.

    1. Black farmers often turned to sharecropping

      Sharecropping was slavery lite. In the sense that while the were “paid” they still were under the same harsh conditions as before.

    2. Black delegates actively participated in revising state constitutions. One of the most significant accomplishments of these conventions was the establishment of a public school system.

      I believe that the black delegates tried there best to create a space for newly freed Africans. To make sure laws reflected the nations they wished to live in. Also creating a public school system after not being able to access to reading was a amazing feat.

    1. Enzimas biotransformadoras inducibles.

      Los principales sistemas que se encargan del metabolismo de los fármacos son las enzimas, y estas pueden ser activadas o inducidas, así mismo, otros fármacos pueden influenciar la actividad de dicha enzima, ya sea mejorándola o disminuyendo su capacidad enzimática si otro fármaco usa la misma enzima para metabolizarse

    2. Cinética de orden cero.

      El sistema que se encarga de metabolizarlo se satura. Esto significa que, sin importar cuánto fármaco haya, el cuerpo solo puede metabolizar una cantidad fija y constante por unidad de tiempo

    3. Cinética de primer orden

      Esto significa que, si hay mucho fármaco, se metaboliza mucho; si hay poco, se metaboliza poco, pero la fracción o porcentaje del fármaco que se elimina por metabolismo es constante

    4. cuando un fármaco muy liposoluble que actúa sobre el cerebro o el aparato cardiovascular se administra con rapidez por vía IV o por inhalación.

      La concentración del fármaco en su sitio de acción llega a saturarse, lo que hace que el resto del fármaco suspendido en la sangre se redistribuye en los tejidos a manera de "reserva" y una vez las concentraciones en el sitio diana disminuyen de nuevo, se liberan del tejido a la circulación para poder ser absorbido en el sitio diana, lo que prolonga el efecto a lo largo del tiempo.

    5. En los pacientes con obesidad

      En los pacientes con obesidad, el fármaco puede almacenarse durante periodos más largos, en el caso de anestésicos generales, como por ejemplo el propofol, el periodo durante el que se libera el fármaco se extiende notablemente, causado en parte por el gran almacenamiento en tejido graso y por las altas dosis ponderadas administradas.

    6. cuanto más lipófilo sea un fármaco, más probable será que cruce la barrera hematoencefálica

      Lo que significa que hay fármacos con alta liposolubilidad capaces de atravesar la BHE, aunque su principal objetivo sea otro

    1. Entrepreneurs are the people who combine the inputs of natural resources, labor, and capital to produce goods or services with the intention of making a profit or accomplishing a not-for-profit goal.

      Its interesting how entrepreneurs have emerged in the business world. The definition for an entrepreneur is different from the way many describe and present themselves in current times especially with social media. The business world definition is very different and I find it interesting how business has so much room for many different represented business people.

    2. finding time for both family and work can be difficult,

      I studied abroad in Spain last semester and found it pretty shocking to see how different their work to life balance is. I spoke to a couple of professors about this and they all said it's because they believe that your life shouldn't revolve around work and they really prioritize personal connections.

    3. A company whose costs are greater than revenues shows a loss.

      I find it very interesting that when businesses first start it's pretty normal for costs to be greater than revenue because of how much investing goes into a starting a new company.

    4. Wolfe says companies that demonstrate empathy and work diligently to provide personal time for all employees tend to take the top spots on the work-life balance list. “Comments

      Regardless of your position held with your employer, employees should be allowed to seek time off without any issues prohibiting them to do so. Now, bear in mind if they are in Finance or Accounting the middle of the month is typically ideal when considering month end closures. That would indeed be the understanding within this field of work- similar to that of a Tax Accountant during tax season. Work-life balance is just as important as adhering to your employer's deadlines.

    5. However, the external environmental conditions that affect a business are generally beyond the control of management and change constantly. To compete successfully, business owners and managers must continuously study the environment and adapt their businesses accordingly.

      When I worked for a manufacturing company at the height of COVID-we as small company were forced to pivot. This company sold dog kennels which by no means made us "essential workers." However we did have connections with our manufacturer in China...thus creating the new business endeavor as a result of the pandemic. The small business decided to purchase medical masks (N95) at wholesale and resale them on our website at a reduced rate if purchased in bulk.This allowed the company to stay open for another year prior to its inevitable closure. Had we not decided to complete, our doors would've closed a lot sooner than a year that was prolonged.

    6. Fischer believes sharing information about the company’s performance (good or bad) not only allows employees to feel part of the operation, but also empowers them to embrace change or suggest ideas that could help the business expand and flourish.

      The owner of this company is completely transparent. Transparency is vital although not always given in either a corporation nor a small business. With this information considered, certain exceptions for Senior level managers and other decision makers will want an increase in pay or annual / quarterly bonus. Whereas in retrospect, this could also mean company wide layoffs if the financials are seen in the red. Both situations are crucial when sharing financial reporting. (unless these companies are publicly traded- financials are typically only shared with decision makers and those composed of the finance department).

    7. Revenue is the money a company receives by providing services or selling goods to customers.

      Revenue is recognized when a product is delivered. Sales are apart of revenue-sales are one of the primary contributors to total revenue.

    8. Demographics are at the heart of many business decisions. Businesses today must deal with the unique shopping preferences of different generations, which each require marketing approaches and goods and services targeted to their needs.

      I enjoy that the book mentioned both the internal and external Demographic influences. Corporations must make discussions based both their own employee demographics and the pressure of consumers. An example of changes for consumers from my personal interests is the fact that in the video game series Kirby, the box art for the american releases of the games has kirby with his brows furrowed. This was to appeal to the interests of teenage boys, who were the primary demographic of american nintendo consoles, while in japan they were marketed towards families.

    9. Labor, or human resources, refers to the economic contributions of people working with their minds and muscles. This input includes the talents of everyone—from a restaurant cook to a nuclear physicist—who performs the many tasks of manufacturing and selling goods and services.

      I would consider labor the most important part of the business. Without labor, neither the commodities would be produced, and the capital wouldn't exist without someone else's labor. I believe that giving the laborers their fairest wage is very important if only on ethical grounds.

    10. This category is one of the most important external influences on businesses. Fluctuations in the level of economic activity create business cycles that affect businesses and individuals in many ways. When the economy is growing, for example, unemployment rates are low, and income levels rise. Inflation and interest rates are other areas that change according to economic activity.

      This explains the concept that the economy moves in cycles, and the highs and lows of these cycles can have a direct impact on employment, income, and business decisions. This is why economic influences are considered to be a significant external influence on businesses.

    1. Eric Schmidt once said about online privacy and Google, “If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place.” While this might make sense in a free society, there are many places in the world — North Korea for example — where government surveillance can utilize corporate invasions of privacy to crack down on dissent and severely limit freedom.

      This is a particularly scary aspect of this article. I think today we have almost no privacy unfortunately. While I don't think it is nearly as bad in the US I think it is steadily getting worse. I find it very concerning that a lot of tech and media giants will advertise on being private but in reality that's not the case. While I do agree that if you are doing/saying something that you wouldn't be okay with people knowing you probably shouldn't do it online but also I feel users should be entitled to some level of privacy.

    2. Online fandoms may simultaneously expect less centralized authority over the fan experience and more direct access to their heroes. They often expect to see transparency during the creative process, such as Instagram or Twitter posts with “secret” messages for longtime followers or behind-the-scenes videos as albums and movies are made. Fandoms might demand to hear key information first or to have special access via social media.

      This is an interesting phenomenon. I think that fandoms aren't inherently negative but I do think this causes some dangers. I think that this had led people to feel obligated to information about celebrities or other public figures. I've seen lots of public figures have to set boundaries with their fans about not wanting to share every aspect of their life. This sometimes leads fans to feel "betrayed". I personally think it's odd to expect a person who you do not know to let you in on every part of their life. I think social media has made people feel as though they are obligated to that.

    3. The Internet is the first thing that humanity has built that humanity doesn’t understand, the largest experiment in anarchy that we have ever had

      I think this is an interesting take. I don't necessarily agree with it. While I think that humans greatly underestimated what the internet would become I think we have the ability to understand and regulate it. A common issue with the internet is the lack of regulation. I think that the lack of regulation is due to the profit incentive. Like we talked about on Thursday, the media is a lobby that benefits politicians and their refusal to regulate it keeps them rich.

    1. Ms Skidd spent about 20 hours rewriting the copy, charging $100 (£74)an hour. Rather than making small changes, she "had to redo the wholething"

      Its she could charge so much to fix something that the company should have just had right from the start

    2. However good copyediting, like writing, takes time because you need tothink and not curate like Al, which also doesn't understand nuance wellbecause it's curating the data.

      This is so true. Some people think it takes just a little bit to get good quality writing but it takes so much longer than that and AI has just ruined what people think.

    3. My husband and son are dyslexic and writing for them is very difficult -anything to help somebody to write; it can be lifechanging."

      I love this part because it shows a good use of AI

    1. * Subject'd = contracción de subject would. * would (modal verb) = sirve para conjugar el verbo * principal a condicional simple. * filthy = asqueroso, muy sucio. * reeked = apestado. * get = llegar a. * closer = cerca. * Get closer = acercarse * Not ... Any (adverbio) = ni un poco, para nada, en absoluto. * Not get any closer to me = no se acercaran mas a mi. * El adverbio no solamente puede modificar al verbo, puede modificar también al adjetivo.

    1. Generative AI tools also carry the potential for otherwise misleading outputs. AI tools like ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini have been found to provide users with fabricated data that appears authentic.

      This information is mind blowing. These tool (especially ChatGPT) are use so frequently. When you get the information you would think all information would be accurate. Especially with these tools being used in professional/ school settings.

    1. Custom Ringtones - You can set custom ringtones in iOS 26 without using GarageBand. Ringtones can be saved to the Files app and then set using the Share Sheet.

      I can tell ya, friend, I never thought I'd have to accidentally come across a little button in the Share Sheet when passing (literally any filetype atm lol) to discover that Apple had finally complied with the creation of custom ringtones.

    1. If you have confess & give glory to God I pray God clear you if you be innocent, & if you are guilty discover you And therefore give me an upright answer: have you any familiarity with these spirits?

      My observation here is that in this text if she confesses and praises God that would help her be proven innocent, which is not how it works. I think it is like this because many people use Religion as a way to make people feel specific ways.

    2. N. I am innocent & clear & have not been able to get out of doors these 8. or 9. dayes.

      Observation: This quote is stating her innocence and the fact that she has been held captive for over a week. It shows us the unjust in the trials and what these women went through during this time in history.

    3. Do you beleive these afflicted persons are bewitcht

      Observation: This shows how uncertain things were at this point in time, with everyone questioning authority and how these "witches" were being identified. It wasn't so much that people were proven guilty, but more so important that everyone believed they were guilty.

    1. ...Но разве то «против», которое мысль противопоставляет привычным мнениям, обязательно отсылает к голому отрицанию и негативизму? Так получается только тогда — и тогда уж, разумеется, неизбежным и окончательным образом, т. е. без свободы выхода к чему-либо иному, — когда люди заранее выставляют то, что в их мнении ценно, за «позитив» и с его точки зрения выносят абсолютно определенное и вместе негативное решение о всей области возможных противопоставлений своему позитиву. За подобным образом действий скрывается нежелание подвергать рискованному осмыслению этот заранее принятый «позитив» вместе с актом полагания и противоборством, которое, ему кажется, его спасает . Постоянной апелляцией к логике люди создают видимость, будто они вот-вот примутся мыслить, тогда как они отреклись от мысли.
    1. is especially important for researchers in psychology to be mindful of this distinction

      This sentence is challenging for me because it highlights a key part of scientific research that can be easily missed. It points out that researchers need to know the difference between questions that can be answered through observation and those that involve personal values and opinions, which can't be tested. Why do researchers and people in general often have a hard time understanding this difference? How can making this distinction clearer improve the way research is done and make scientific findings easier to understand?

    1. To enhance critical thinking skills, it require learners to actively engage in generativeprocessing which is organizing and integrating information into meaningful structures (Mayer,2009). CTML supports this by fostering reflective engagement through multimedia tools. Thesequential design of the study encourages students to actively process auditory content andlater synthesize it with visual aids, creating a cohesive understanding that promotes criticalanalysis and decision-making.

      Might be useful in the rational

    1. The problem with relying on intuition is that our intuitions can be wrong because they are driven by cognitive and motivational biases rather than logical reasoning or scientific evidence

      This sentence is important because it points out a key issue with using intuition to make decisions. While our gut feelings can sometimes help us, they can also lead us to make mistakes because they are influenced by biases that affect our judgment. Understanding this helps me appreciate research methods better. It shows that even though instincts can guide us, we shouldn't rely on them alone without any evidence. This awareness encourages me to look for more reliable ways to gain knowledge, like careful observation and logical thinking, rather than just going with how I feel.

    1. When conceived of in this manner, implicit bias is a normal behavioral phenomenon: It happens to everyone all of the time. From a moral point of view, however, implicit social bias is a highly controversial phenomenon.

      I selected this part of the article to highlight as it ties into the main point of the article. Implicit bias is completely normal, but on the other hand it raises moral and societal controversies. The social consequences being discrimination or unfair treatment which are considered problematic.

    1. We therefore conclude, on the basis of available empirical evidence, that the widespread and highly publicized stereotype about female talkativeness is unfounded

      This text is important because it challenges a common belief that women talk more than men. The researchers found that the difference in the number of words spoken each day is very small. This shows that we shouldn't just believe stereotypes without real evidence.Understanding this helps me see how important research methods are in psychology. It demonstrates that scientific studies can reveal truths that change how we think about people. Using tools like audio recorders to collect actual data shows how research can help us understand behavior more accurately and challenge outdated ideas.

    1. If a person of a different race cuts another driver off in traffic, the driver is even more likely to attribute that action to the other driver’s internal qualities (thinking, for example, “He or she is inconsiderate and reckless!”) than they would someone of their own race.

      This sentence highlights how implicit bias and in-group/out-group thinking can influence how we interpret others’ actions. It suggests that when someone from a different racial group does something negative—like cutting someone off in traffic—we’re more likely to blame their personality or character rather than the situation. In contrast, if someone of our own race did the same thing, we might be more likely to excuse the behavior or assume it was circumstantial.

    2. So not only do first impressions matter, but having the ability to form accurate first impressions seems to correlate to many other positive characteristics.

      This sentence emphasizes the importance of first impressions and suggests that being good at reading others quickly is linked to other positive traits, like strong social skills or good judgment. I personally agree—I do believe that first impressions matter. If someone makes a bad first impression, that tends to stick in my mind. Every time I see them after that, the first thing I remember is that initial experience, almost like a mental picture I can't unsee. It’s not that people can’t change or redeem themselves, but that first moment really sets the tone for how I view them going forward.

    1. psychologists redirected attention to the individual human as a whole, and as a conscious and self-aware being.

      Focusing on how the mind works and process like problem solving how we remember things notice things and languages .

    2. Behaviorism is largely responsible for establishing psychology as a scientific discipline through its objective methods and especially experimentation.

      To better understand the health and well being of yourself and others by understanding development

    3. The word Gestalt roughly translates to “the form in its whole;” a major emphasis of Gestalt psychology deals with the fact that although a sensory experience can be broken down into individual parts, how those parts relate to each other as a whole is often what the individual responds to in perception.

      Seeing thing in the whole pattern and not in parts our mind naturally organizes the information

    4. many therapists believe strongly in the unconscious and the impact of early childhood experiences on the rest of a person’s life

      Influencing new ways to understand the mind and therapy

    5. Wundt viewed psychology as a scientific study of conscious experience, and he believed that the goal of psychology was to identify components of consciousness and how those components combined to result in our conscious experience.

      “Wundt studied the mind through experiments making it scientific”

    1. in 1994 there was a zero percent chance that a Hildegard von Bingen record would be put out with a track titled "C*m Processit Factura Digiti Dei". This is because an actual human being would have been working at the distributor and handling the record.

      Degradation! Slop is now!

    1. This is because our expectations are often based on previous experience and patterns we have observed and internalized, which allows our brains to go on “autopilot” sometimes and fill in things that are missing or overlook extra things.

      This sentence is very relatable. It highlights how our brains rely on past experiences and familiar patterns to make sense of what’s around us, sometimes without us even realizing it. The idea of going on “autopilot,” as stated in the text, is something I experience often. For example, there are times when I’m sitting in my living room and I think I see someone walking past my big front window. But when I actually look outside, there’s nobody there. This has happened multiple times, and I’ve always wondered why. Now, I think it’s because the walkway to the front door is right outside that window, so my brain may be expecting someone to come up to the door.

    2. Think about how your communication with someone might differ if he or she were introduced to you as an artist versus a doctor. We make similar interpretations based on where people are from, their age, their race, and other social and cultural factors

      Subconscious bias' can also influence how we speak to different people.

    3. Describe an encounter that you have had with a law enforcement officer (if you haven’t had a direct experience you can use a hypothetical or fictional example). What were your perceptions of the officer? What do you think his or her perceptions were of you? What schemata do you think contributed to each of your interpretations?

      I once got pulled over twice in one week for two different instances, the first was for speeding, and I was on my way to work and got hit by a speed trap on a foggy road, I'd accidentally spilled chili on my backseat on my way to work as well, which didn't help much. I'd been respectful and I think because of the chili situation he felt bad for me.<br /> I think the schemata that contributed to his interpretations of me was I was a younger person, just trying to get to work, who'd spilled a container of chili in her backseat.

    4. For example, as you filter through radio stations, you likely already have an idea of what kind of music interests you and will stop on a station playing something in that genre while skipping right past stations playing something you aren’t interested in.

      This idea is definitely true in my own experience. There were plenty of times when I was younger and riding in the car with my parents, and they would prefer listening to the radio rather than letting me connect my phone to the aux. Because of that, I’d scroll through different radio stations trying to find something we could all enjoy. It was during those moments that I stumbled upon country music—something I probably wouldn't have chosen on my own, but grew to like over time just from those car rides. It really shows how even when we’re making quick decisions, like changing the station, our preferences and environment shape what we stop and listen to.

    5. Creatures ranging from fish to hummingbirds are attracted to things like silver spinners on fishing poles or red and yellow bird feeders

      Creatures are drawn to bright, eye-catching colors and reflections, just as much as humans are too. I’ve been a fisher since I was a little girl, and I’ve always noticed how the rods, the lures, and even the bait seem to shine brilliantly in the sunlight, especially when they hit the water. The shimmer seems to call out to fish, catching their attention in a way that feels almost magical. It’s fascinating how both underwater and airborne creatures respond so instinctively to light and color.

    1. Teachers who value a personal understanding of their students can learn much by noting what story a child chooses to tell and how that story is uniquely composed in the telling. Through this same process, teachers can learn a great deal about themselves.

      This goes along with what I said in my previous annotation. Paying attention to the smallest details in what a student does, says, or chooses, can reveal so much in who they are as a person. What they have experienced in life even. There is so much that can be expressed, without even using words to intentionally express them.

    2. Our brains seem wired for narrative, making us naturally receptive to it; we use stories to make sense of the world and to share that understanding with others (Rose, 2011), so telling personal stories becomes a way for us to both define and project ourselves.

      This raised an eyebrow for me...and this is something I have thought about. Why do our brains make sense of the world through stories? Something I have always thought about.

    3. Humans have such a long history of using storytelling to connect to one another that it seems like an instinctual motivation and desire.

      Right off the bat, I would totally agree that this statement is true. I think that people resort to storytelling when in doubt, when there is nothing else to say. It's sort of the go to move when you first meet someone, or to break the ice.

    1. reatments that have been shown to work in this way are called empirically supported treatments.

      What stood out to me is that treatments need to be tested scientifically before we can call them effective. This made me realize that not every therapy people talk about is actually proven to work.

    1. Scientists—especially psychologists—understand that they are just as susceptible as anyone else to intuitive but incorrect beliefs.

      This stood out to me because it reminds me that even trained experts can fall into the same traps as anyone else, which is why skepticism, evidence, and peer review are such an important part of psychology.

    2. This is called confirmation bias.

      I learned that confirmation bias explains why people often stick to their beliefs even when they are wrong. It made me realize how easy it is to only notice evidence that supports what we already think and ignore information that challenges us.

    3. Scientific research, however, has shown that this approach tends to leave people feeling more angry, not less (Bushman, 2002)[1].

      I thought it was interesting that venting anger actually makes people angrier instead of calming them down.

    1. Guiding her across difficult borders, Eshrat’s final dream exposes the gap between contemporary Muslim women’s stories and the narratives contained in orientalist histories of Muslim women. Her dreams of crossing the water render visible what both Indian Ocean scholarship and Australian histories often efface: that non-white women move. They not only cross multiple borders, but also tell stories in a particular way to make sense of their travels. Disciplining these stories into progress narratives of ‘tradition’ to ‘modernity’ does not do justice to the archives of border-crossing women.

      I think Khartum finds a way of highlighting the agency women navigated despite the misogyny and constraints placed on them by white australian and south asian men.

    2. Aboriginal women needed government permission to marry non-Aboriginal men. To negotiate a marriage across three legal epistemes, in late July 1926, Lallie’s family accompanied the couple to Mount Morgans’ police station.111

      This is terrible.

    3. . Sher Khan confided in his Punjabi friend Rahim Bukhsh that ‘my friends give me the shame calling me all sorts of names … through this girl.’87Close Most of the men mocking Sher Khan were Afghans, leading Rahim Bukhsh to reply, ‘I can’t do anything about this as they are your country people.’88Close

      Fuck this guy.

    4. As is well documented, the British common law system and its colonial variants systematically put raped women on trial rather than their male attackers, in what Pratiksha Baxi has described as ‘state-sanctioned assault’.67Close With Dr Gertrude Mead’s certificate declaring Shamsulnissa’s sexual organs as ‘virgo intacta’, police did not charge Abraham Mahomet.68

      That's fucked. Also, they're basically raping her again to confirm whether she was raped... which is so fucked up.

    5. The range of relations denoted by ‘milk’ in legal discourse spanned the word’s wide rane of semantic usages, encompassing the asymmetrical relationships between Allah and Muslim, person and commodity, master and slave, and, as Ali shows, husband and wife.

      .... A little fuzzy here, but come back to this.

    6. milk over her sexual organs moved to Morbine. In her critique of marriage, Ali argues that sex is only licit in Muslim legal traditions if men possess a type of gendered milk over a woman’s sexual organs.

      Umm... hmmm. okay...

    7. ‘Perooz camel camp’ in the town of Bourke. Morbine had arrived from Peshawar in the Australian colonies in around 1893, establishing a camel business with his brother Paleel.27Close It was in the difficult months after Paleel’s death that Morbine became involved with Myrtle, a student at Bourke Convent School.28Close A month after Myrtle’s fourteenth birthday, she gave birth to Morbine’s son.29Close A Catholic priest at Bourke refused to marry the new parents despite the pleas of Myrtle’s mother. Three weeks later, a Presbyterian minister united Myrtle and Morbine in holy matrimony.3

      A white woman marrying a south asian. Wow.

    8. Erasing the women central to the family genealogies and economies spanning the Indian Ocean, Ho’s analysis is consistent with key texts in this field, offering little insight into the lives and worlds of women in these households or the gendered regimes of power that shaped their histories.

      Ah, right.

      Because diaspora cannot happen without women to go with the men (or, in many cases men to go with the women).

    1. Police opened fire on the crowd, killing four and wounding up to seventy protestors

      I am interested in if the police officers saw results in the violence they took. As well as whoever through the bomb. If they thought violence was the way to get their voice heard?

    1. Intrapersonal communication takes place before, during, and after an interaction. For example, you wanting to go out with friends is a thought before an interaction. While you’re out you think about what you’re going to eat. After, you reminisce about the day you had with your friends.

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    1. During that first conversation with Reg, I began to understand that while the history of encounters between South Asians and Aboriginal people was riven by various asymmetries, it was nevertheless a long relationship of co-existence at the margins

      Ah. Coexistence, conflict, and entanglement in the margins of a white nation. have we all been there...

    2. ‘Can you sing?’ he asked me. ‘Sing something from the book.’ Horrified, I desperately asked myself where Lal Zada had gone. Surely it was time to hit the road. Eventually Reg softened his approach. He cajoled me, asking only for ‘a couple of lines.’ I protested, ‘it’s in a much older form of Bengali to what I know! It’s a difficult text. I have no idea how I would sing it.’ He offered to bring his guitar. It turned out that he was a country music singer.22

      This... is wild.

    3. . The question exposes the inescapable power dynamic at the heart of all ‘research’ encounters with Aboriginal people. I was writing in order to get accreditation as a historian from a university. In the era of native title, when writers are endorsed as ‘experts’ on Aboriginal people and, in particular, on their languages or country, scholarly testimony and written material presented in courts of law can have disastrous and unexpected results for Aboriginal people.

      Right.

    4. Unnerved by their gaze, the two women wondered why the men made them bare their light, plump flesh but did not try to touch them. It became evident to the girls that it was ‘palku’, their flesh, their meat, that the men hungered after. They concluded ‘those two want to eat both of us, you and me!’12

      I believe Khatun is very brave to openly write about this, notwithstanding the backlash she may receive from her own community.

    1. With the Ottoman Empire entering the war as a German ally, Musakhan opined that ‘Turkey has of her own foolishness … lost all chances now of remaining an independent Moslem power. … she cannot remain safe from evil influences of the neighbouring military European powers, who are always preparing for bloodshed and plunder.’99Close For Musakhan, the fall of the Ottoman Empire was a necessary step towards building what he called an ‘independent Moslem power’.100

      interesting...

    2. Four years later, on 9 March 1907, whilst delivering a sermon in Zion city John Dowie was ‘struck with paralysis’, according to Ahmadi literature.91Close After several hours of violent spasms, he eventually died. Musakhan was amongst the many letter writers worldwide who informed presses in Chicago, Boston, London, Adelaide, Melbourne, Cape Town and Perth that Dowie’s painful death fulfilled Ghulam Ahmad’s prophecy.

      !!!

    3. Dowie never travelled to British India, but his calls to ‘Exterminate Islam!’ still caught Ghulam Ahmad’s attention in Punjab.83Close As Dowie wrote in 1900, ‘There is in India a stupid Muslim Messiah who writes to me oft and oft again that the tomb of Jesus the Christ is in Kashmir.’84Close In his correspondence, Ghulam Ahmad repeatedly challenged Dowie to a ‘prayer contest’.85Close Dowie refused to respond, declaring that it was beneath him to ‘answer gnats and flies on whom if I were to stamp my foot I would crush them to death and destruction!’8

      Ah shit...

    4. Within months, a second batch of fortytwo contracted workers supplied by Moradkhan headed to the Australian colonies.35Close

      You know, I think this story complicates the position of South Asian migrants as participants in settler colonialism and displacement of indigenous people.

    1. while all of these films explore the process of children growing up, each of them offers a unique thematic perspective on what it means to become an adult.

      In my life experience, I have the understanding that we as people grow up in different ways and at different rates. This also means that when we do become adults, everyone has a different meaning of an adult, and that is what the film is doing here.

    2. On the way home from school one day, the girls stop to play at the beach with a group of boys, and their grandmother punish- es them for their unconventional conduct.

      This challenged my thinking because normally, wouldn't a grandmother be happy that her grandsons were playing with girls?

    1. but also by Tony Abbott’s claims in 2014 that Aboriginal geographies comprised of ‘nothing but bush’ in 1788. In narrating four tracks shaping how people remembered, recorded, and revisited events at on

      Yikes....

    1. It is up to you to complete revisions by the new deadline, otherwise you will be graded on the original work.

      Will points be deducted for work that is submitted late?

    1. To study is not to consume ideas, but to create and re-create them.NOTES1 This essay was written in Chile. It served as the introduction to the bibliography which wasproposed to the participants of the National Seminar on Education and Agrarian Reform.2 On “banking education”, see Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed.3 Wright Mills, The Sociological Imagination.

      I personally like the idea of consuming ideas; those ideas can nourish your mind and your soul. Once you have glutted yourself on this smorgasbord of ideas, you can at last begin to create new ideas with confidence of a practiced mind through ingestion and reflection.