Joshua Paris
5/10/09
Ms. Brown
Précis-Article I
Article one was ultimately about the stages and aspects of adolescence. This in turn refers to the problems in children minds that can have positive or even negative effects on them. There are also traits in a child from birth that gives them different approaches to the world as they see it called temperament. It is a distinct trait in there personality. These traits also determine how the child goes about learning about the world around him/her. The article also informs readers on the parents’ roles, and the typical feelings they have through the child’s personality. Parents can mold their parenting strategies to the temperamental characteristics and personality of the child. This makes the parents feel more effective as they more fully understand and appreciate their child’s unique personality. In essence, children need to have activities to help them grow in a healthy development. This process, as the article informs, influences the development of fine and gross motor skills, language, socialization, personal awareness, emotional well-being, creativity, problem solving and learning ability. The article goes on to let us know that, moral development becomes imperative for a respectable person in society thus signaling that parents need to respect children and require respect in return. In that regard, parents must teach by example. This means not just showing this quality to the kids, but also to other adults as well. Finally, as the articles conclude, parental love helps them develop a positive self concept. Parents who spend quality and quantity time with their children as well as love them abundantly have children who have higher levels of moral development.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Precis Article II
Joshua Paris
5/10/09
Ms. Brown
Précis-Article II
Article II was essentially about the journey’s that love can take someone. It explains a few key ingredients necessary for a relationship to have success. Also, it not only explains the importance of what two people can do to make a happy successful love and relationship, but also explains how it is important not to lose yourself in the process. Although the relationship may work, losing yourself will make you ultimately unhappy, and cause you to have what is known as a half-hearted relationship. This leads to you wanting control over the relationship trying to see if he measures up to your expectations. This is mainly guided because of fear and only can be handled if both partners find a happy medium. Overall, the article explains how no how you define love matter; relationships are about loving each other. It is wise that you find somebody that is like you. (Which the article also gives you multiple questions to ask yourself when you are trying to find what kind of partner is right for you) Finally, the article encourages the reader to listen to your heart, because it is much smarter in these matters than you are. It is important not to think about love so hard but rather feel what is right for you and when you love, love without hesitation and with all your heart. Love is a choice, and if you choose it wholeheartedly, you are never going to lose it because it teaches you to become a better human being in general.
5/10/09
Ms. Brown
Précis-Article II
Article II was essentially about the journey’s that love can take someone. It explains a few key ingredients necessary for a relationship to have success. Also, it not only explains the importance of what two people can do to make a happy successful love and relationship, but also explains how it is important not to lose yourself in the process. Although the relationship may work, losing yourself will make you ultimately unhappy, and cause you to have what is known as a half-hearted relationship. This leads to you wanting control over the relationship trying to see if he measures up to your expectations. This is mainly guided because of fear and only can be handled if both partners find a happy medium. Overall, the article explains how no how you define love matter; relationships are about loving each other. It is wise that you find somebody that is like you. (Which the article also gives you multiple questions to ask yourself when you are trying to find what kind of partner is right for you) Finally, the article encourages the reader to listen to your heart, because it is much smarter in these matters than you are. It is important not to think about love so hard but rather feel what is right for you and when you love, love without hesitation and with all your heart. Love is a choice, and if you choose it wholeheartedly, you are never going to lose it because it teaches you to become a better human being in general.
Precis Article III
Joshua Paris
5/10/09
Ms. Brown
Precis-Article III
Article III was fundamentally informative on the psychological aspect of memory, and ways that we remember things and the reasons why we forget. In the article, it explains that many of our memories comes from a sense of detail, and because of this detailed imagery, we develop a sense of long term memory. Although we can hold lots of things in long-term memory, the details of the memory aren’t always crystal-clear and are often limited to just the gist of what we saw or what happened. There is also a very important kind of memory called Semantic memory which stores facts and generalized information. It contains verbal information, concepts, rules, principles, and problem-solving skills. Episodic memory stores information as images, semantic memory stores information in networks or schemata. Information is most easily stored in semantic memory when it is meaningful - that is, easily related to existing, well-established schemata. The key point of this section is that information is stored in the long-term memory in a structured fashion - with elements of knowledge chained together or organized in schema related to specific topics. Information is likely to be effectively entered into long-term memory to the extent that the learner actively interacts with the information in working memory. It is impossible to actively interact with information without making connections with existing information, and these connections facilitate storage of information even if the learner is unaware that information is being transferred to long-term memory. A large amount of permanent learning occurs automatically, without conscious effort on the part of the learner. In other instances, the learner or observer may make deliberate attempts to transfer information to long-term memory.
5/10/09
Ms. Brown
Precis-Article III
Article III was fundamentally informative on the psychological aspect of memory, and ways that we remember things and the reasons why we forget. In the article, it explains that many of our memories comes from a sense of detail, and because of this detailed imagery, we develop a sense of long term memory. Although we can hold lots of things in long-term memory, the details of the memory aren’t always crystal-clear and are often limited to just the gist of what we saw or what happened. There is also a very important kind of memory called Semantic memory which stores facts and generalized information. It contains verbal information, concepts, rules, principles, and problem-solving skills. Episodic memory stores information as images, semantic memory stores information in networks or schemata. Information is most easily stored in semantic memory when it is meaningful - that is, easily related to existing, well-established schemata. The key point of this section is that information is stored in the long-term memory in a structured fashion - with elements of knowledge chained together or organized in schema related to specific topics. Information is likely to be effectively entered into long-term memory to the extent that the learner actively interacts with the information in working memory. It is impossible to actively interact with information without making connections with existing information, and these connections facilitate storage of information even if the learner is unaware that information is being transferred to long-term memory. A large amount of permanent learning occurs automatically, without conscious effort on the part of the learner. In other instances, the learner or observer may make deliberate attempts to transfer information to long-term memory.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Claude McKays Poet/Poem Analysis
1.Well a harlot is anyone who is born to a low class. McKay uses this word to belittle the high class people such as the Pharoahs and people who believe that they are somehow better than everyone else. Insightful as the end of this poem is, the audience is empowered knowing that we are nothing compared to the almight God.
2. He is saying that black people are hogs because just like hogs we are being controlled, contained, and shut down by the white man. We were nothing to them but slaves to be controlled and jump when the say jump. Eventually we fight on, and fight those who oppose us, and learn to fight for independence and what we want, and through that we are free.
3. McKays language is much different because he doesn't beat around the bush with his feelings. He lets the audience know exactly how he feels about a situation, and you can feel the anger through his words. Through his amazing balance between zeal and word choice, the reader feels the same emotions that he feels assuming that they can relate to what he is saying. By reading what he has to say, blacks can see the harmful affects of what will happened if we let ourselves be shut down and controlled.
2. He is saying that black people are hogs because just like hogs we are being controlled, contained, and shut down by the white man. We were nothing to them but slaves to be controlled and jump when the say jump. Eventually we fight on, and fight those who oppose us, and learn to fight for independence and what we want, and through that we are free.
3. McKays language is much different because he doesn't beat around the bush with his feelings. He lets the audience know exactly how he feels about a situation, and you can feel the anger through his words. Through his amazing balance between zeal and word choice, the reader feels the same emotions that he feels assuming that they can relate to what he is saying. By reading what he has to say, blacks can see the harmful affects of what will happened if we let ourselves be shut down and controlled.
Poem/Poet Analysis
1. The rivers are Euphrates, Congo, Nile, and the Mississippi. Langston Hughes is able to create two meanings for the theme of roots since on the one hand they refer to the deep roots like trees have as well as “roots” in the historical and familial sense. Through these images and details, it is clear that it addresses themes that are much larger than simply rivers or human veins—it is a statement on the whole of African American history as it has flourished along rivers, which gave life and allowed “human veins” and firm historical roots.
2. I believe this poem is about how blacks were treated unequally.This is during the Harlem Renaissnace, it shows how the blacks will overcome. They will be eating with white people soon. He will be inviting them to eat with him. This is obviously a peace of art that helped Harlem become the neighborhood it became in the 1930s.
3. Well quite frankly, the boy doesn't have a say so in anything because the white man never listens to him nor does he believe him! Blacks have fought for decades trying to be heard and trying to get rid of this degrading attitude. W.E.B. Du Bois and Alain Locke would have objected to this poem simply because this poem has a lot of degrading words about black people which is totally not true and there lies the objection.
4. McKay is harder with his poems than Hughes. McKay uses harsh messages/words that put an aggressive tone into racism. It gives the audience a urge to stand up and do something about the hard struggles that they endure.Hughes is softspoken if you will ;he takes a more subtle approach in his message in writing. He would encourage them saying "we can do it" while McKay on the other hand would say something like, "Time to put an end to all this!"
5. He was saying how white people like to steal black peoples music, and say that its there own, and that it is originated from them! Using "black stories" and to keep us down. In addition, they added there own little piece of "white" in it if you will. Yes this still goes on today, but it has became somewhat of a normalicy to humans today and less of a public issue.
6. Because America is the problem! We claim how we are all free, and all have equal rights, but for a black man, you are not an African American, you are a black man living in America. It is very subtle, but whites do have somewhat of an upper hand and they create this illusion that everyone is treated equal, but in a deeper reality it is not so. Africa does have problems just like any other continent, but they are more warm hearted than America.
2. I believe this poem is about how blacks were treated unequally.This is during the Harlem Renaissnace, it shows how the blacks will overcome. They will be eating with white people soon. He will be inviting them to eat with him. This is obviously a peace of art that helped Harlem become the neighborhood it became in the 1930s.
3. Well quite frankly, the boy doesn't have a say so in anything because the white man never listens to him nor does he believe him! Blacks have fought for decades trying to be heard and trying to get rid of this degrading attitude. W.E.B. Du Bois and Alain Locke would have objected to this poem simply because this poem has a lot of degrading words about black people which is totally not true and there lies the objection.
4. McKay is harder with his poems than Hughes. McKay uses harsh messages/words that put an aggressive tone into racism. It gives the audience a urge to stand up and do something about the hard struggles that they endure.Hughes is softspoken if you will ;he takes a more subtle approach in his message in writing. He would encourage them saying "we can do it" while McKay on the other hand would say something like, "Time to put an end to all this!"
5. He was saying how white people like to steal black peoples music, and say that its there own, and that it is originated from them! Using "black stories" and to keep us down. In addition, they added there own little piece of "white" in it if you will. Yes this still goes on today, but it has became somewhat of a normalicy to humans today and less of a public issue.
6. Because America is the problem! We claim how we are all free, and all have equal rights, but for a black man, you are not an African American, you are a black man living in America. It is very subtle, but whites do have somewhat of an upper hand and they create this illusion that everyone is treated equal, but in a deeper reality it is not so. Africa does have problems just like any other continent, but they are more warm hearted than America.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
The Clique of the GHETTO
The kids you "don't want to mess with" - that's the image. Baggy clothes, silver chains, and rap music is usually what comes to mind when you think about the ghetto group at your school. The style of clothing in this group is usually sporty. Jerseys and brands such as Ecco and Sean John seem to be the norm. Just like any other group in high school, a certain style of music goes along with this group, usually rap and hip-hop.In high school, many people may shift to a different style and enter new groups. Usually this clique ends up in fights, in jail, murdering, or getting killed because of the stupid mentality that they have. There is a very low success rate of success in this clique because they care too much about what other people think of them, and that education is for fools.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Their Eyes Were Watching God Quote
The quote that stook out for me the most was when Hurston stated that "Before the week was over he had whipped Janie. Not because of her behavior justified his jealously, but it relieved that awful fear inside him. Being able to whip her reassured him in possession. Not brutal beating at all. He just slapped her around a bit to show he was boss."I felt bad for Janie when Mrs. Turner’s brother came home because Janie got beaten for Tea Cake’s jealously. I loved this quote because Tea Cake’s felt the need to do this because it not only made him feel better but also because this was the way the husbands were supposes to treat their wife. They were the boss; there was no equal medium back then, but in their relationship there was. Tea Cake’s allows her to have an equal say or he at least wants her to. Another reason why Tea Cake’s beat Janie was because he feared that she would leave him. I felt like Janie allowed him to do this because she knew his intentions and why he did it. Relating this quote to what some people refer to as the "Roaring Twenties" where woman start to gain more independence, and are doing whatever it is what they want to do, we can see the change that women endured to be where they are now is phenominal. I personally believe that men should not hit there wives or any woman for that matter. It shows weakness and cowardness. Many women felt that they needed a man to survive, and they would take anything from there husbands. In our modern day in time, woman are more independent, and 9 times out of 10 if there man hits them and slaps them around, they would turn on Beyonce's song "Irraplaceable" and say "to the left to the left." It has always been hard for women to earn the same respect as men. Women have endured a lot through the years to get where they are today, but the fight for respect still continues. In this novel, Janie is on a journey of self-discovery and to achieve independence and self-understanding, but she does not do so until she is nearly forty years old. Many obstacles stood in her way that was one of many fights toward woman becoming recognized for independence.
If I was to see what will happen to the future, I would say Janies life continued as an independent woman, she couldn’t help but to think that she might fall in another relationship filled with the same struggles of her other three. She remembered how much easier life use to be as a child, and the hardships she’s had to endure being in the real world; the first time she had true intimacy, the feeling she struggled with knowing her intimacy eventually ended. Janie had fell in love after her marriage ended. Although her marriage is on a successful road now, there is still that doubt in her mind that something could go wrong and she’ll end up back at square one. However she knows that she’s an independent woman, and she doesn’t need a man like she felt in her early years.
If I was to see what will happen to the future, I would say Janies life continued as an independent woman, she couldn’t help but to think that she might fall in another relationship filled with the same struggles of her other three. She remembered how much easier life use to be as a child, and the hardships she’s had to endure being in the real world; the first time she had true intimacy, the feeling she struggled with knowing her intimacy eventually ended. Janie had fell in love after her marriage ended. Although her marriage is on a successful road now, there is still that doubt in her mind that something could go wrong and she’ll end up back at square one. However she knows that she’s an independent woman, and she doesn’t need a man like she felt in her early years.
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