Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Monday, February 20, 2012
My metacognitive reflection.
Prompt #1:
I used to have better reading habits throughout high school. Yet it was for my personal reading than with school. I love to read, I have tons of books in my room, and in my closet. There are about 30 books that are new and that I have yet to read. In my high school English classes, I found them to be pretty easy. I could keep up with most of the reading and the assignments. My problem is that if it does not interest me then I don't really feel like reading it at all. Teachers always use the same books, "The Classics" and yes some of them are really good, but I think that the English Department should do some research and pick a few more modern books, that spark a wider range of interest of the students. I passed my classes, the reading was just harder to focus on when they are not as interesting as the book in your bag. I would often get in trouble for reading in class.
I love to read, and when it comes to writing I always assumed I sucked. When I took the Reading and Writing assessment tests I was greatly disappointed. I tested just below the score in READING to be able to take English 1A, and I had to take a semester of Reading 101... which to me, was a big waste of time. It was such an easy class and I missed a few points and got an A in the class. But I had to bite the bullet and just take the class, because without it I couldn't have taken Eng1A. I could have always retaken the assessment test, but by the time I thought about it it was too late.
When it comes to history, I hate reading history books and reading the chapters. I'm actually behind on my reading and need to catch up. It is just so easy for me to get distracted and avoid reading for history. History is sometimes hard to understand and I do not have a good approach at tackling my history reading. When you are taking 4 classes and working, your mind tends to wander when you should be doing your reading assignments.
To get my reading done I should just sit down, with no distractions around me at all and read. I should read when I have a break in between classes, or before I get ready for work. Since I can't highlight in this history book because it is a loan, I should take notes while I am reading and when I don't understand something I should look back and reread that section and look at my notes from class and compare the two. If I keep up with this regimen then I think everything will go more smoothly. Keeping up on your reading is very important, as you know!
Defnitions:
I used to have better reading habits throughout high school. Yet it was for my personal reading than with school. I love to read, I have tons of books in my room, and in my closet. There are about 30 books that are new and that I have yet to read. In my high school English classes, I found them to be pretty easy. I could keep up with most of the reading and the assignments. My problem is that if it does not interest me then I don't really feel like reading it at all. Teachers always use the same books, "The Classics" and yes some of them are really good, but I think that the English Department should do some research and pick a few more modern books, that spark a wider range of interest of the students. I passed my classes, the reading was just harder to focus on when they are not as interesting as the book in your bag. I would often get in trouble for reading in class.
I love to read, and when it comes to writing I always assumed I sucked. When I took the Reading and Writing assessment tests I was greatly disappointed. I tested just below the score in READING to be able to take English 1A, and I had to take a semester of Reading 101... which to me, was a big waste of time. It was such an easy class and I missed a few points and got an A in the class. But I had to bite the bullet and just take the class, because without it I couldn't have taken Eng1A. I could have always retaken the assessment test, but by the time I thought about it it was too late.
When it comes to history, I hate reading history books and reading the chapters. I'm actually behind on my reading and need to catch up. It is just so easy for me to get distracted and avoid reading for history. History is sometimes hard to understand and I do not have a good approach at tackling my history reading. When you are taking 4 classes and working, your mind tends to wander when you should be doing your reading assignments.
To get my reading done I should just sit down, with no distractions around me at all and read. I should read when I have a break in between classes, or before I get ready for work. Since I can't highlight in this history book because it is a loan, I should take notes while I am reading and when I don't understand something I should look back and reread that section and look at my notes from class and compare the two. If I keep up with this regimen then I think everything will go more smoothly. Keeping up on your reading is very important, as you know!
Defnitions:
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Occurance at Owl Creek (by 2/12)
Prompt 1:
The 5th paragraph in the first part that stats out as " He closed his eyes in order to fix his last thoughts upon his wife and children." This is important because the man it about to face death and the last thing he wants to remember are the ones he loves deeply. As he is trying to think about his family he starts to focus on something else, time. The time being spent as he awaits his death connected to the noose. He can hear the ticking of his watch. The author wrote this scene to show us what it must feel like to be in his position. The man is fighting for a cause and as he is near death, what is more important that the cause, slavery, is his family. Maybe Bierce is telling us that instead of fighting for something like slavery he should have been fighting for the protection of his family. How swiftly death comes to some. This is important to the story because it shows that many men alike Peyton, were killed for their part in the war, by being a soldier, or a sympathizer. The sad part is that he is an American and the Civil War sadly killed many Americans.
Prompt 2:
After reviewing the story I think it will be about a man who goes through death and how his last moments are thought of and what it is like to die as a man in his position. The story is about a man named Peyton. He is a Confederate man and is approached by a Union soldier who tells him that is he demolishes a certain bridge it will slow down the advances of the Union. As he is doing so he is caught in the act and is subject to a hanging. In the story is makes it seem as if Peyton gets away. It mentions the noose breaking and him falling into the stream, going with the water to later emerge and escape into the forest. After traveling all day and all night and enduring pain from the tightening of the noose and traveling through the wood in cold water drenched clothes, he makes it to his family's plantation. As he is about to embrace his wife, his neck snaps and he dies. We assume that he actually made it home, but in the end he was on the noose the whole time, and endure a death by hanging. The Northerner gave Peyton the idea to go to Owl Creek Bridge and burn it down, saying that it would go down like timber. Although he warned Peyton that any civilian interference meant death, he still went along an did it. The man was a Federal Scout. Peyton was a Confederate supporter and wanted to do anything to help the cause, and the Federal Scout wanted to lure him into a trap knowing that he would be hanged. The relationship between the Northerners and the Southerners is privative. If Peyton just stayed by his family, instead of putting all of his extra energy into helping the South, he would not have been tricked and killed that day.
The 5th paragraph in the first part that stats out as " He closed his eyes in order to fix his last thoughts upon his wife and children." This is important because the man it about to face death and the last thing he wants to remember are the ones he loves deeply. As he is trying to think about his family he starts to focus on something else, time. The time being spent as he awaits his death connected to the noose. He can hear the ticking of his watch. The author wrote this scene to show us what it must feel like to be in his position. The man is fighting for a cause and as he is near death, what is more important that the cause, slavery, is his family. Maybe Bierce is telling us that instead of fighting for something like slavery he should have been fighting for the protection of his family. How swiftly death comes to some. This is important to the story because it shows that many men alike Peyton, were killed for their part in the war, by being a soldier, or a sympathizer. The sad part is that he is an American and the Civil War sadly killed many Americans.
Prompt 2:
After reviewing the story I think it will be about a man who goes through death and how his last moments are thought of and what it is like to die as a man in his position. The story is about a man named Peyton. He is a Confederate man and is approached by a Union soldier who tells him that is he demolishes a certain bridge it will slow down the advances of the Union. As he is doing so he is caught in the act and is subject to a hanging. In the story is makes it seem as if Peyton gets away. It mentions the noose breaking and him falling into the stream, going with the water to later emerge and escape into the forest. After traveling all day and all night and enduring pain from the tightening of the noose and traveling through the wood in cold water drenched clothes, he makes it to his family's plantation. As he is about to embrace his wife, his neck snaps and he dies. We assume that he actually made it home, but in the end he was on the noose the whole time, and endure a death by hanging. The Northerner gave Peyton the idea to go to Owl Creek Bridge and burn it down, saying that it would go down like timber. Although he warned Peyton that any civilian interference meant death, he still went along an did it. The man was a Federal Scout. Peyton was a Confederate supporter and wanted to do anything to help the cause, and the Federal Scout wanted to lure him into a trap knowing that he would be hanged. The relationship between the Northerners and the Southerners is privative. If Peyton just stayed by his family, instead of putting all of his extra energy into helping the South, he would not have been tricked and killed that day.
Revision
AMENDMENTS:
13th Amendment:
Section 1:
If you enslave any persons, anyone involved will be duly convicted.
Section 2:
"Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."
14th Amendment:
Section 1:
If you reside in the United States or any State within the United States, you have the rights as a citizen of the Federal government and of the State Government from which you reside in. No other state can enforce their laws that "abridge the privileges or immunities of the citizens of the United States". "Nor shall the any state deprive any persons of Life, Liberty, or Property, without due process of law." or within the jurisdiction of the law.
Section 2:
For every persons able to vote, there are representatives appointed to the respective numbers, however, "except for participation in rebellion, or other crime" the numbers of representative will be reduced.
Section 3:
If you made an oath to the government, by military, congress, legislator, etc, to support the government and that cause, you cannot support the enemies or rebel against any cause supported by the government from which the oath was taken.
Section 4:
Debt from the United States, authorized by law, by persons, company, industry, institution, to aid to "for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion". But if anyone aids the enemies or rebels, no debt will be paid to them by the United States.
Section 5:
"The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article."
15th Amendment:
Section 1:
The United States can not deny the right to vote based or previous servitude, race or color.
Section 2:
"The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."
13th Amendment:
Section 1:
If you enslave any persons, anyone involved will be duly convicted.
Section 2:
"Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."
14th Amendment:
Section 1:
If you reside in the United States or any State within the United States, you have the rights as a citizen of the Federal government and of the State Government from which you reside in. No other state can enforce their laws that "abridge the privileges or immunities of the citizens of the United States". "Nor shall the any state deprive any persons of Life, Liberty, or Property, without due process of law." or within the jurisdiction of the law.
Section 2:
For every persons able to vote, there are representatives appointed to the respective numbers, however, "except for participation in rebellion, or other crime" the numbers of representative will be reduced.
Section 3:
If you made an oath to the government, by military, congress, legislator, etc, to support the government and that cause, you cannot support the enemies or rebel against any cause supported by the government from which the oath was taken.
Section 4:
Debt from the United States, authorized by law, by persons, company, industry, institution, to aid to "for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion". But if anyone aids the enemies or rebels, no debt will be paid to them by the United States.
Section 5:
"The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article."
15th Amendment:
Section 1:
The United States can not deny the right to vote based or previous servitude, race or color.
Section 2:
"The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."
Citation added:
Divine, Robert A. "Appendix." America past and Present. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education/Longman, 2011. A-12. Print.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Civil War Photos
Credit: The Civil War, Part 1: The Places
Citation added:
"The Civil War, Part 1: The Places - In Focus - The Atlantic." The Atlantic — News and Analysis on Politics, Business, Culture, Technology, National, International, and Life – TheAtlantic.com. Web. 09 Feb. 2012. <http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/02/the-civil-war-part-1-the-places/100241/>.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
By Sunday 2/5
Journal Prompt #1:
The Civil war happened in the 1860s, specifically 1861-1865. It was a war between the states, the South seceded and were the Confederates, and the Northern states were the Union. President Abraham Lincoln was president and he wanted to end slavery, this is what caused the south to secede. The 25 states in the Union supported the Government. There were various battles such as The Battle at Antietam, which was to ensure that the British would not get involved. The Battle of Gettysburg which was the turning point in the war, ending Lee's invasion of the North, also with the most casualties. There were several battles of attrition to wear down the opposing side. The Siege of Petersburg killed a lot of the Confederate soldiers. Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which was a goal to end slavery.The Confederates could not defend Petersburg and the army retreated and was then defeated, making Lee surrender to Grant on April 9th 1865. A Proclamation of Amnesty was issued where soldiers took an oath of loyalty to the government.
After the Civil war the slaves were free but they had no money, education, and no work. They set up school houses where educated women from the North taught the illiterate people. The Black Codes were changed but made it so the enslaved people still had no rights. The people who were once slaves needed work and would work but got paid very little. The book, Slavery by Another Name by Douglas Blackmon shows how slavery was still happening by men getting paid very little to work and existing concentration camps held black men.
This is a shortened version but this is what I know of the Civil War.
Journal Prompt #3:
US History was never my favorite in High School. I would rather learn about other history in other countries, such as Europe. WWI and WWII interest me more, with the involvement of the other countries, propaganda, and the outcomes of the wars. The war that interest me the most in D-Day, and how it was such a changing point in the war.
Another thing in History that interest me is maps. I remember looking at them, recognizing borders and terrains. The world form a perspective of a map makes the understanding so much more interesting.
To help me learn this semester I am going to try to keep up with the reading and the assignments. The main thing is to understand what you are reading and taking notes and to note the main point and turning points that occur in history.
History is not that bad, it is just a lot of memorizing events and dates. Although I don't favor history over other subjects, it is important to know how things changed to make them the way they are today. Without that understanding we, as a nation, cannot move forward. Also knowing what mistakes happen in the past, we can learn from them and avoid letting them happen again, and grow and expand more. What we have today would not be possible without the industrial revolution, The Civil War, the World Wars, the involvement of weapons, the ending of slavery, involvement of other countries, and the list goes on. Looking back and thinking: "If this did not happen, what would it be like today?", is very important and although some things were bad at the time, they happened for a reason and now we learn to not let them happen again.
The Civil war happened in the 1860s, specifically 1861-1865. It was a war between the states, the South seceded and were the Confederates, and the Northern states were the Union. President Abraham Lincoln was president and he wanted to end slavery, this is what caused the south to secede. The 25 states in the Union supported the Government. There were various battles such as The Battle at Antietam, which was to ensure that the British would not get involved. The Battle of Gettysburg which was the turning point in the war, ending Lee's invasion of the North, also with the most casualties. There were several battles of attrition to wear down the opposing side. The Siege of Petersburg killed a lot of the Confederate soldiers. Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which was a goal to end slavery.The Confederates could not defend Petersburg and the army retreated and was then defeated, making Lee surrender to Grant on April 9th 1865. A Proclamation of Amnesty was issued where soldiers took an oath of loyalty to the government.
After the Civil war the slaves were free but they had no money, education, and no work. They set up school houses where educated women from the North taught the illiterate people. The Black Codes were changed but made it so the enslaved people still had no rights. The people who were once slaves needed work and would work but got paid very little. The book, Slavery by Another Name by Douglas Blackmon shows how slavery was still happening by men getting paid very little to work and existing concentration camps held black men.
This is a shortened version but this is what I know of the Civil War.
Journal Prompt #3:
US History was never my favorite in High School. I would rather learn about other history in other countries, such as Europe. WWI and WWII interest me more, with the involvement of the other countries, propaganda, and the outcomes of the wars. The war that interest me the most in D-Day, and how it was such a changing point in the war.
Another thing in History that interest me is maps. I remember looking at them, recognizing borders and terrains. The world form a perspective of a map makes the understanding so much more interesting.
To help me learn this semester I am going to try to keep up with the reading and the assignments. The main thing is to understand what you are reading and taking notes and to note the main point and turning points that occur in history.
History is not that bad, it is just a lot of memorizing events and dates. Although I don't favor history over other subjects, it is important to know how things changed to make them the way they are today. Without that understanding we, as a nation, cannot move forward. Also knowing what mistakes happen in the past, we can learn from them and avoid letting them happen again, and grow and expand more. What we have today would not be possible without the industrial revolution, The Civil War, the World Wars, the involvement of weapons, the ending of slavery, involvement of other countries, and the list goes on. Looking back and thinking: "If this did not happen, what would it be like today?", is very important and although some things were bad at the time, they happened for a reason and now we learn to not let them happen again.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
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