community.
I think community can help give our lives meaning because we are a part of something bigger than ourselves. I think it can also help us work towards becoming less of an "atomistic individual" as mentioned earlier
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- Sep 2020
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resilience.newamerica.org resilience.newamerica.org
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For years, countries have defined their health and prosperity by economic measures like GDP—and, in America, many people take it one step further and define their very worth as human beings by how productive they are.
this isn't what is really important in life, so it can be harmful to center your life's meaning and happy on them
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It means that at this stage of their lives, their job is to learn about themselves and the world so that they can discover what their true path is
self-discovery
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With each stage, you turn more outward and learn with greater certainty that you are not an atomistic individual whose job is simply to rise in the world,
I think it could be difficult to do this in a world where the structures in place are designed to make you think this way, like school and jobs
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their ambition becomes corrupted by a success culture that pushes them into achieving, striving, and rising for the sake of accumulating prestigious awards and money
seen in schools with ranks and its overall competitive nature
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Most people lead hidden lives, not headline lives
I think these hidden lives are just as significant as headline lives. Just because they are not discussed as much doesn't make them less important and needed
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The first is the desire that many young people have to do something extraordinary with their lives, like end a humanitarian crisis, write a great novel, or make a ground-breaking scientific discovery.
I think these goals can be unrealistic for most and can lead to disappointment or discouragement if they are not able to reach them
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We tend to see things more clearly (and compassionately) when we have some distance
we are more critical of ourselves than we would be with any other person
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Human beings have a very strong “negativity bias,” meaning that when something bad happens to us, it makes a much stronger impression than when something good happens.
I think they have a more lasting effect because when something bad happens that is usually all we can think about. We have a more emotional response
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People who believe their lives lack meaning tend to tell what he calls “contamination stories,” where the good is ruined by the bad,
seems like if they believe their life lacks meaning they will only see the bad in each situation, which in turn reinforces their belief that their life lacks meaning (like a cycle)
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We are all storytellers whether we realize it or not. We all tell stories about who we are, where we came from, where we’re going, and why things happen the way they do.
reminds me of Beck's "Life Stories"
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Just a general comment: make sure you don't repeat yourself and try to make your ideas more concise and to the point
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due to the first impression he made on her
Wasn't it also due to the fact that Adichie's mother only told her that Fide was poor, so that was the only thing she thought of him as?
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Katie exemplifiesthis idea not only in her daily life, but in this Instagram post as she remindsher followers to at the bigger picture of life and focus on those aspects that are most important
Maybe you should discuss the strategies Katie uses in her post that make it so effective (ex. she uses personal stories and humor to connect with the reader, her less formal style of writing to make it more like a conversation)
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We form opinions and views from information we are told, weare not aware if it is false or if there is information that is missing
Not sure if this is needed, sounds like you're repeating what you said in the previous sentence.
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Michelle’s story is an example of a singlestory, as explained by Adichie.
Good transition to the next part of the prompt
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Her blog post emphasizes the emotionsshe felt in the moment. The way in which she tells her story is very informal, she repeatedly reflects onhow she dealt with the situation mentally, and how she was able to calm herself down
I like that you pointed out the author's use of emotions and repetitions to fully convey how she felt during this time
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- Aug 2020
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pressbooks.pub pressbooks.pub
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the narrative strategy is a way that you might imagine your audience and that audience’s response, aiming for a livelier and more engaged response.
an effective strategy - plays into what the reader will enjoy more
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typified characteristic, typical utterance any act of language — written or spoken recurrent happens again and again
simplifies the definition of "genre"
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“the view of genre that simply makes it a collection of features obscures how these features are flexible in any instance or even how the general understanding of the genre can change over time, as people orient to evolving patterns.”
Going back to the idea that genres are fluid.
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“genre sets,” which are a “collection of types of texts someone in a particular role is likely to produce.”
The list of the different forms of writing we create in a specific position.
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Often students cast about for a formula, thinking that a genre can be understood simply almost as a template.
I think this is how we are most often taught - the teacher gives us a set of instructions/guidelines and we follow them exactly or else our grade ill suffer, so I think it makes sense why this is our first instinct.
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Thus, genres are both stable and to some degree fluid and evolving, just as human communication itself is both predictable and unpredictable.
This depends on the situation in which you are writing
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But even in your writing courses, you should start to become more aware of the genres that are built into the settings in which you currently find yourself—school, work, public life—as well as genres that are at work in other settings you want to be a part of.
We have to actively recognize the social standards we are playing into.
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Each time a writer takes up a genre, the writer reaffirms, in a way, the stable features of the genre. But the writer also—perhaps in minuscule ways—might adapt and reshape the genre, which potentially shifts the genre’s stability.
I think authors need to put their own twist on their writing because if they didn't all texts of a certain genre would get extremely worn out and it wouldn't elicit a positive response from the reader. It's necessary to "reshape the genre" so these texts are complex and aren't just one thing.
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When a writer decides or intuits that a particular genre is called for by the situation, he or she takes up the genre and uses it to frame a written response to the situation.
This reminds me of what I'm learning in sociology - we all put on a "performance" based on our audience and what is deemed appropriate by predetermined rules (how we act with our teacher vs. how we act with friends differs because of the positions they hold in society).
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But another way to think of these compositions is as predictable and recurring kinds of communication—in a word, genres.
I've never thought about these common forms of writing as genres, but when looking at the actual definition of the word it does fit.
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Let’s begin by imagining the world—the worlds, rather—in which you write.
Each of these worlds have various expectations and audiences, so the writing associated with each of them will always differ.
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Which is interesting, because the storytelling device that seems most incompatible with the realities of actual life is foreshadowing.
Life and what it throws at you are unpredictable so we should never assume the outcome. We can try to gain a sense of what might play out based on who we are and how we usually react, but we will never have a 100% accurate prediction for the future.
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The more the whole world is designed to work for you, the less you are aware that it is working for you.”
We have the responsibility to recognize the things that benefit us and if they benefit other groups. If we are the only ones gaining something from a specific institution we have to change it.
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narcissists are probably more likely to do the opposite—“People [who] are really good at talking about themselves and pushing their own narrative, but they’re not willing to listen to yours.”
They want to take complete credit for any successes in their story and not acknowledge the people that have helped them. They want to make sure they are the main focus and they don't want to jeopardize this by potentially helping others through the lessons they have been taught.
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But I wondered: Though agency may be good for you, does seeing yourself as a strong protagonist come at a cost to the other characters in your story?
I think it can be a negative way of thinking if taken to an extreme. If you are completely obsessed with your story and what things will positively affect it you can forget that there is a world full of other main characters living out their stories.
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“It’s sort of like people put out a new version of themselves and lived their way into it,” Adler says.
This reminds me of the law of attraction: if you think positively it will bring positive experiences and if you think negatively it will bring negative experiences.
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She thinks that people may repress traumatic events in a way that, while not ideal, is still “healthy enough.”
Building on the other annotations, I think people that experience trauma are not always ready to deal with what they've gone through, so to preserve their mental health they may block out the memory until they are ready. This is the healthiest option for people that don't have the resources to work through it.
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they also can’t tell it and get acceptance or validation from people.”
It sounds like people are more interested in a "satisfying" story than one that may not fit in the category of redemption stories.
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finding a positive meaning in negative events is linked to a more complex sense of self and greater life satisfactio
Sometimes this might not be possible. There might be a negative event that is just that or the positive may be so small that it doesn't compare.
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One such blueprint is your standard “go to school, graduate, get a job, get married, have kids.”
This is such a common theme in many people's goals, but I don't think we question why enough. Do we actually want to do these things or are they just something we feel obligated to do because it is considered "normal"?
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If someone is afraid of how people might react to a story, and they keep it to themselves, they’ll likely miss out on the enrichment that comes with a back-and-forth conversation.
Telling other people your story will allow you to get a new perspective on it and they might be able to offer their own opinion that is based on where they are in their own life.
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In one study by McLean, older adults had more thematic coherence, and told more stories about stability, while young adults tended to tell more stories about change.
Change is more important to young adults because they are still developing into the person they become, so when something is altered in their lives there is another thing to impact who they become. I also think older adults might value stability more, hence their focus on it.
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But life rarely follows the logical progression that most stories—good stories—do,
Life is messy and doesn't always make sense in the moment.
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In order to have relationships, we’ve all had to tell little pieces of our story.
In order to further develop relationships we must show the other person who we are and who we are is a direct result of our life experiences, so it is inevitable that we share some parts of it.
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Not only are there individual differences in how people think of their stories, there’s huge variation in the degree to which they engage in narrative storytelling in the first place.
I think this is why all life stories are so interesting and we have the responsibility to take the time to listen to them.
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but rather the way a person integrates those facts and events internally
I think this is especially important because objectively our lives can just look like lists of the events we experience, but what is more significant is the lasting impact those events have. Also, some experiences might seem larger to others, but it can be the smaller moments that have a bigger effect.
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They are personality,
What happens to us shapes every aspect of us in some way.
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I suppose I thought there’d be more of a narrative arc.’”
I think people often have many expectations for their lives and they think it will be more like a movie, but it ends up being rather ordinary.
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Module 1(rhetorical analysis):10%Module 2 (analytical storytelling):15%Module 3 (visual analysis)20%Module 4 (research & writing for action):25%Discussions/Homework/Notes:30%
Will there be any tests/quizzes or are writing assignments the main form of assessment?
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major product
What will the major products consist of?
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Each of you will contribute notes from at least 1 class sessio
Will we get to choose which class we post notes from or will you assign us one?
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discussions
Are these discussions on the blog or Blackboard?
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