Monday, March 21, 2011
Calendar 3/21
To Do:
Finish my English essay
Overcome my sickness
Finish my math hw due tomorrow
Should do:
Clean my room
Be smarter in the challenges I'm thrown with
Call some family members & Check up on them
Need to do:
Stop procrastinating this week
Study for the "Things They Carried" test
Study for the vocab test
Vocab # 5
Hubris (n)
excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance.
"This initial incident is the beginning of Creon's hubris" P. 176
Synonyms: Audacity- People who have audacity aka (nerve) , usually a prideful and hubris person. Thinking they could say/do whatever they want.
Insolence- These are usually people who come off very rude or sassy. Relates to 'hubris".
It's very easy for me to tell when a hubris person walks into the room. They are usually the one's with their nose in the air, that make no eye contact at all because they feel above and beyond everyone else.
Culminating (v)
to reach the highest point, summit, or highest development
Synonyms: Peak- The top , highest point. Can't go any further.
Ultimate-It can never get any better than this. This has alot to do with "Culminating". Your at the very end.
Once I am finished with college, I hope that I have reached my culminating point. I wan't to know I have gone as far as I could go in success.
Imminent (adj)
Likely to occur at any moment
"Dope might help him cope with the very imminent and engulfing presence of death." P 152
Synonyms:Unavoidable- It's something that toy cannot stop from happening.
Forthcoming- Can happen anytime at any moment. Forthcoming.
Death is something that I know is imminent. Everyone will experience it one day. Nobody can escape it.
excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance.
"This initial incident is the beginning of Creon's hubris" P. 176
Synonyms: Audacity- People who have audacity aka (nerve) , usually a prideful and hubris person. Thinking they could say/do whatever they want.
Insolence- These are usually people who come off very rude or sassy. Relates to 'hubris".
It's very easy for me to tell when a hubris person walks into the room. They are usually the one's with their nose in the air, that make no eye contact at all because they feel above and beyond everyone else.
Culminating (v)
to reach the highest point, summit, or highest development
Synonyms: Peak- The top , highest point. Can't go any further.
Ultimate-It can never get any better than this. This has alot to do with "Culminating". Your at the very end.
Once I am finished with college, I hope that I have reached my culminating point. I wan't to know I have gone as far as I could go in success.
Imminent (adj)
Likely to occur at any moment
"Dope might help him cope with the very imminent and engulfing presence of death." P 152
Synonyms:Unavoidable- It's something that toy cannot stop from happening.
Forthcoming- Can happen anytime at any moment. Forthcoming.
Death is something that I know is imminent. Everyone will experience it one day. Nobody can escape it.
Reflection # 5
So the end of the school year is coming faster than I ever thought it would. As much as I hate admitting it, I have noticed that I am always the most motivated during the begining of the year. That is because I walk on campus with high expectations and promise myself that no matter how hard it gets, I am not going to lose that disposition. But unfortunately, I always tend to let go once the middle of the year hits. I don't neccessarily give up completely, but I do lack some of the commitment that I had walking in to school. I believe I really need to work on this bad habit. This is not a goot trait to carry on with you, and I do understand that it is important to change this before it gets the best of me. But I also understand that I am only human , so I do the best I can and try not to put to much pressure on myself. As soon as I feel about ready to close the book I just think about how much dissapointment I am going to feel when I fail an exam, or seeing a huge fat ZERO next to an assignment. It's not the best feeling in the world. So why not just avoid it and take care of my responsibilities? I plan on it. :)
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Reflection Post #4
My long term goal is to be successfully dependent, have a beautiful family, a career that I am very happy with, and to travel and see ,many different parts of the world.
Dear Mom & Dad , 1/3/19
I just left japan with my family. We had an amazing time. I got to see many different things, and learn all about the asian culture. It was AMAZING! Hopefully you and dad are doing well. I just got a call for a job position yesterday and thought long and hard on if I should take it or not. But I realized I love the job that I have now, and couldn't ever trade it for anything in the world no matter how much it pays. The kids are doing great, they haven't been having many problems in school and they don't complain much. They've been asking about you guys. They miss you alot!! Well I'm about to get on the plane back to California. See you guys soon!
Love, your daughter.
Dear Mom & Dad , 1/3/19
I just left japan with my family. We had an amazing time. I got to see many different things, and learn all about the asian culture. It was AMAZING! Hopefully you and dad are doing well. I just got a call for a job position yesterday and thought long and hard on if I should take it or not. But I realized I love the job that I have now, and couldn't ever trade it for anything in the world no matter how much it pays. The kids are doing great, they haven't been having many problems in school and they don't complain much. They've been asking about you guys. They miss you alot!! Well I'm about to get on the plane back to California. See you guys soon!
Love, your daughter.
Weekly Calendar
To Do:
Study for Math test Tuesday
Finish this blog before it's due tonight
Finish rough draft for English
Vocabulary List #4.
Feign:(V)
to make believe; pretend
"The letter covered seventeen handwritten pages, its tone jumping from self-pity to anger to irony to guilt to a kind of feigned indifference." P.96
Syn:Imagine- Something that takes place in your mind.Unreal.
When I daydream my mind is filled with feign thoughts.
Salvaged:(N)P
The act of saving.
"He watched the young soldier wading through the water, bending down and then standing and then bending down again, as if something might finally be salvaged from all the waste. P.101
Syn: Retrieve-Like going out to save someone, your retrieving something.
I salvaged her from school once I noticed there was a storm headed.
Blatant ( Adj)
Very obvious
"Often they were exaggerated, or blatant lies, but it was a way of bringing body and souls back together, or a way of making a new bodies for the souls to inhabit."P.126
Syn:boisterous- Something you know is true, without even being told.
to make believe; pretend
"The letter covered seventeen handwritten pages, its tone jumping from self-pity to anger to irony to guilt to a kind of feigned indifference." P.96
Syn:Imagine- Something that takes place in your mind.Unreal.
When I daydream my mind is filled with feign thoughts.
Salvaged:(N)P
The act of saving.
"He watched the young soldier wading through the water, bending down and then standing and then bending down again, as if something might finally be salvaged from all the waste. P.101
Syn: Retrieve-Like going out to save someone, your retrieving something.
I salvaged her from school once I noticed there was a storm headed.
Blatant ( Adj)
Very obvious
"Often they were exaggerated, or blatant lies, but it was a way of bringing body and souls back together, or a way of making a new bodies for the souls to inhabit."P.126
Syn:boisterous- Something you know is true, without even being told.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Vocabulary List #3
Reticence-
disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
"To an extent, I suppose, his reticence was typical of that part of Minnesota, where privacy still held value." Pg.55
Syn: hesitation: The word "Restraint" is when you hold back ,you are very hesitant. Using this as a context clue helps me remember the word.
I can't hang out with many people that show alot of reticence because I am very outgoing, I wouldn't wan't to make anyone feel akward.
Impassive-
not revealing or affected by emotion; reserved
"You crouch in ambush as a cool, impassive moon rises over the nighttime paddies" Pg 89
Syn:Nonchalant: Many "Nonchalant" people are very careless about everything, nothing can get to them. This makes the perfect context clue because the words are very similar.
On a bad day you may see me as a very impassive person because I don't feel like soacializing. It might come off as if I don't have a care in the world.
Credibility
capable of being believed
"The Things They Carried," was more..It's a question of credibility. Often the crazy stuff is true." Pg. 61
Syn:Probability. This word is a great context clue because it means that there is a high possibility. The word credibility means something is capable of being believed. It works both ways.
The credibility of me becoming a billionare off of a lottery ticket is very low.
disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
"To an extent, I suppose, his reticence was typical of that part of Minnesota, where privacy still held value." Pg.55
Syn: hesitation: The word "Restraint" is when you hold back ,you are very hesitant. Using this as a context clue helps me remember the word.
I can't hang out with many people that show alot of reticence because I am very outgoing, I wouldn't wan't to make anyone feel akward.
Impassive-
not revealing or affected by emotion; reserved
"You crouch in ambush as a cool, impassive moon rises over the nighttime paddies" Pg 89
Syn:Nonchalant: Many "Nonchalant" people are very careless about everything, nothing can get to them. This makes the perfect context clue because the words are very similar.
On a bad day you may see me as a very impassive person because I don't feel like soacializing. It might come off as if I don't have a care in the world.
Credibility
capable of being believed
"The Things They Carried," was more..It's a question of credibility. Often the crazy stuff is true." Pg. 61
Syn:Probability. This word is a great context clue because it means that there is a high possibility. The word credibility means something is capable of being believed. It works both ways.
The credibility of me becoming a billionare off of a lottery ticket is very low.
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