5/28/14

Introducing the Power of Habit

Quick Write: Write about one bad habit you have and one good habit.
One habit I have is to leave the work that I need to do for the last day. "Procrastinate" One good habit that I have is that I always push myself to the best that I can. 

Activity: First watch this video.

Reflection: After you have watched the video, write a reflection defining habit in your own words. 
Habit is an act we do without thinking, is the act that comes out of us naturally.A  habit can be defined as good or bad depending on the outcome or reward of it, the good habits give us a good outcome like for example if I have a habit of always doing my work ahead of time not on the last day, I consider that a good habit because I will always be ready and wont be stressing over at the last minute to complete the work. There is also bad habits those are the ones that gives you a bad reward or outcome like going to school late because you always stay up all night playing games, that is a bad habit because your going to fail the class because your never there. 

Art & Cultural Exhibition

The country I choose for my Project was Dominican Republic, My project is on a power point, here is  the link Dominican Republic Project

4/29/14

Quick Write: Think about one of the most important memories you have. Indulge yourself in it. Can you taste it? Smell it? Feel it? What if that memory were taken away from you? Would it still exist?

A very happy memory that I have and remember was on when I came to the united states, I was super excited to finally see the big "New York" with all the buildings, also was happy because I was finally going to see my grandparents. It was a big memory for me because it was the first time I got in a plane, I dreamed about that moment a lot of times and to see that it was finally here.


Final Reflection: You previously interpreted the quote “I think, therefore I am.” Interpret the quote once again as it relates to Clive. In other words, does Clive know he exists? Does he exist? What does all of this say about memory? Finally, what’s your brainy explanation for Clive only remembering love and music? Post this final reflection on your blog. 

Clive was a man who did not have memory at all but he could only remember the love he had for his wife and music.  He does exist because he thinks and remember the love he has for his wife and music, An explanation for why he only remembers his wife and the love of music could be that there are something's in life that we develop a true deep love and passion for  and they cant be taken away from you, these stays with you forever. 

5/20/14 Andy Lesson

Quick Write:

  you known someone who was Have has been on their deathbed and in their final hours? How does it feel, What could be going through that persons mind? , If you have not been in a situation like this before, Try to imagine how it would possibly be. Give details.

I never been in that moment when someone is on his deathbed and final hours but I imagine how it will be, I think is kind of scary seeing the person you love leave this world and there is a lot of emotion going through you at that moment. I think that person is thinking how he will be miss and hes might think how hes leaving his loved ones. 

READ PAGES 129 - 131 OF THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.

1) WHAT IS BAUBY'S NEW LIFE?  
 Hes new life was basically in the hospital, His new life is being in a bed in the hospital next to a wheelchair and all the hospital hallways.

2) WHAT DO YOU THINK KANGAROO SONG REFER TO?
 I think the song refers to him leaving finishing the book because it says that the kangaroo left the zoo and said goodbye I think hes also saying goodbye to the book and also hes saying bye to the old season.

3) CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE WHAT SEASON OF RENEWAL MEANS?
 I think the season of renewal means that the old ways are going to be change and renew that everything that happened before is going to be change.
 

 

Mind Map

Here is my mind map

Family

Aim: How Bauby's Locked in syndrome affected his Family ?

Quick Write: Imagine you had a terrible stroke leading you to locked in syndrome like Jean- Dominique Bauby. How will your family feel? What will happen to all of your dreams? Could you still pursue your dreams and manage to live a ordinary life with your family? Could your family handle having you like a "Zombie" or will they give up?

Today, we will continue discussing Jean- Dominique Bauby's New way of life after having locked in syndrome. As we continue discussing, think about how this locked in syndrome affected his family. Think about how the families of those people with lock in syndrome feel. How they manage to get use to their new way of life?.

Activity: Read pages 69-75 From the book "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" and Takes notes of his family feelings and his feeling towards his family. 


Final Reflection: From what we read pages 69-75, What can you tell about Jean Dominique Bauby's Family, how they reacted to their new life? How do he felt watching his kids playing together without him?. How his kids reacted to his new life?

4/2/14

Quick Write: Remember independent reading? Interpret the main character in your novel using the framework of mindset. Does the character have a fixed or a growth mindset? Explain why.

In If I Stay the main character is Mia Hall, at the beginning of the book she has a growth mindset   but throughout the story is hard to tell whether she changed her mindset or if it was the same because she falls into a coma but her soul was outside of her body.

Choose one of the quotes below, interpret it, say whether you agree or disagree and connect it to at least one book you have read.

"You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it." is a quote written by Margaret Thatcher. 
This means to me that in life you might have to face problems and battles more than one time to come out victorious. One book I read a while ago can connect to this quote is called the outsiders by S. E. Hinton in the novel the protagonist named Ponyboy goes through a whole bunch of battles and hard times even though hem and his friends were a lower class they didn't stop fighting and never gave up causing at the end of the novel that the protagonist Ponyboy comes out victorious by  making the decision to share his story and begins writing a term paper for his English class, which turned out to be the novel itself.

4/23/14

Quick Write: What does imagination mean to you? How important is it? What about memory? Can you have one without the other?

Imagination means to me the things that only happens in your mind, is not real. I believe is important to have imagination because that is the kind of way for you to imagine and dream stuff and maybe they somehow can be real.Memory is the place where you find all the stuff that you have lived, is what you remember. I think they cant live without other.

4/9/14

Quick Write: Do you believe animals have souls? Explain.

I believe animals have soul , they are just like humans with the difference that we talk and we don't walk in four legs, Animals breather, think and feel. 

4/3/14

Quick Write (Emphasis on Quick): Identify the people, places, things, ideas that make life worth living for you personally.

For me My family makes life worth living, but specially my little brother(He is like my Son), I love him to death and will do anything for him, I fell like is my responsibility to be a good example for him and to keep trying without giving up, and to accomplish the best to give him a better life and future. My parents are also a motivation to keep moving forward, I don't want to disappoint  them and I also feel like I should accomplish my goals and educational purpose to make them feel proud of me and to also give them a better way of life so they don't have to worry and work so hard for me as they do now.it is the way I can Honor them for all they have done for me and all the sacrifices that they make for me.

3-2-1


   3. 
 lock in syndrome can be caused by a stroke.
People that are lock in syndrome are not allow to die.
People with lock in syndrome can communicate with their eyes or with a computer, their entire body is paralyzed.

  2.
Are They developing any cure for this lock in syndrome?
Will the law does not allow these people die if they wanted to?

  1.
Sorry, Sad.

 Respond to the Quick Write again only in general terms. In other words, what do you think makes life worth living in general? How might this relate to mindset?

I think family, Love,happiness and friends make live worth living. Relating this to mindset, I believe a fixed mindset will be happy with the way things are in his life and wouldn't allow any change because hes comfortable with his life the way it is, but a growth mindset will always look forward to change things in his life to make them better and not matter how many times he fail, he will keep going and looking at the obstacles with a positive attitude.

March 25, 2014

Quick Write:
I believe someone who is against my argument will say that the regular schools will be holding the smart kids in an environment of students that are not in the same educational level as them.
To dismiss my counteclaim I will said that for a growth mindset the environment does not affect you, I believe that in a classroom there are all kinds of students and a growth mindset will always go for the best and not matter where they are they will always do the best.

Write a well-organized paragraph evaluating your progress in this class on a 0-4 scale. (See rubric for key.) Your evaluation is an opinion, so in order for it to be credible, you MUST support it with detailed evidence and facts.

I will evaluate my progress in this class from 0-4, I  have a 3. I believe I might have a 3 because I miss some days and I havent turned in some work. I am missing the independent reading sheet and some reflections. I need to cacth up and turn in the work that I am missing.

Quick Write: If I could change any attribute or characteristic about myself as a student, I will change the fact that I am lazy because I mostly wait for the last time to do the work and sometimes I dont even feel like doing the work.

 March 06

Quick Write
        Watch the video and identify one specific aspect of mindset that you want to change. Explain why.
   I will want to work on some aspects of mindset, I want to change threatened by others success from my growth mindset because sometimes I fell like giving up when someone already achieve and had success on something that I was trying to accomplish and I feel like threatened by their success.
I also would like to change from a fixed mindset the aspect of not reaching its best, I always try to reach for the best but i still need to work on because sometimes I do stuff only to get it done knowing that I could do better than that.


Final Reflection (to be posted on your blog): What specific, concrete steps do you plan to take to change the aspect of your mindset that you identified in your Quick Write.

                To change some aspects of my mindset I will always remember myself to do better and eveytime I am doing something to not think about what others think or if they already had success doing what im trying to do.

Do you think you were born with a fixed or a growth mindset? Why?

I think we are born with a growth mindset because nobody born knowing, we born with talents and as we go on in life we develop them, and I also believe that when we in the process of finding our identity we start developing our mindset some might grow a fixed mindset or some will continue with their growth mindset.

March 11, 2014

Quick Write: Be honest. Do you really think changing your mindset can change your grades for the better? Why or why not?

Yes I believe if I change my mindset my grades will be higher because I will love challenges more and will try to always do more and not wait for the last minute to do my classwork or homework.

the findings in the experiment are credible. The study was to find out if the mindset connects with grades. In order to find out which student's in the 7th grade had a growth or fixed mindset they were given a test. During the experiment the students with the growth mindset received higher grades while the students with a fixed mindset grades decreased. The study showed that having a growth mindset can improve your grades.

March 12, 2014

Quick Write: Fill in the blanks: It is my strong opinion that the best thing ever invented was the telephone. I say this because the people were able to communicate without having to see each other face to face. Another reason I believe this is because later on it became the best way for families to talk to each other instead of having to travel and not talk. 

March 14, 2014

Are you better today than you were yesterday?

I believe I am not as good as I was yesterday because I feel like I am slacking this marking period and also yesterday I used to be more focus on school and always be on school and now I been absent a lot of days and I became lazy and missed a lot of work.

March 13, 2014

Quick Write
In your opinion should smart kids have their own classrooms or schools like Stuyvesant or Bronx Science? Why or why not?

Im a opponent of tracking because the labels the students are given early stay with them. all the students should learn the same and be treated equally.

Claim: students are not meeting the special schools criteria and are being kick out
counterclaim: Students should be able to attend to those schools with an environment full of kids that are smart

March 18, 2013

Quick Write (emphasis on Q U I C K): Based on your research and yesterday's debate, where do you now stand on selective schools for "smart" kids? Explain.

I am against the selective schools for smart kids, I believe the kids shouldn't be tested based on test and should not have that kind of labels as "Smart Kids" and "Not Smarts"

Hey, my name is Jennifer Liriano. I am a senior at Crotona Academy High School. I currently live in the Bronx, NY. I am a joyful,active and a fast learner young lady, I also love to explore new things as I go on in life, I always aim for the best and my education and wellness has always come first. through this course I want to be a better writer for college and learn how to become a great blogger.