Siddhartha Notes

• theme: self-awareness, self-discovery >> past life no longer pertains, reason for slight despair >> freedom to create himself
• "snake in his path"
• repetition of ideas, phrases (awakening, shiver)
• sense of being revealed or a sense of vulnerability
• Brahmin > highest social class > leaving is a sort of betrayal to their beliefs and ideas
• tone: searching for a self of belonging, self-pity (beginning) ----> moving on (end)
• no longer looking back
• last sentence could be seen as a positive or negative

HACKING MY EDUCATION

This semester I hope to primarily focus on my masterpiece and passing the AP test. I want to create the steps, and start taking the steps, towards making my masterpiece idea a reality. My masterpiece ultimately depends on me, and it seems as though Dr. Preston could be a great resource at this point. For the AP test I hope to accomplish what Preston is saying, rather than doing multiple AP Practice Tests I want to read new texts and continue to work on my writing. This semester I hope to seriously talk to Preston or anyone that will give good feedback in order to progress in my writing.

Another thing I wish to accomplish this semester is making my blog something far more than just a course blog. I want to add more of my personality to it, far more than things other people said, far more than just vocabulary and assignments. I want to make this blog somewhat inspirational, somewhat a learning place, a blog where new ideas and concepts are brought up, etc.

This semester I also want to gear my mind towards the changes to come. I want to start becoming independent, I want to achieve the skills to be self-sustained, and I want to be able to move out and live alone in a new place.

Lit. Terms #1

allegory - noun an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor; a short moral story (often with animal characters); a visible symbol representing an abstract idea
alliteration - noun use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
allusion - noun reference or indirect mention
ambiguity - noun unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning; an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context
anachronism - noun an artifact that belongs to another time; something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
analogy - noun drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
analysis - noun an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole; a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed
anaphora - noun repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
anecdote - noun short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
antagonist - noun someone who offers opposition
antithesis - noun the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance; exact opposite
aphorism - noun a short pithy instructive saying
apologia - noun a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly
apostrophe - noun address to an absent or imaginary person
argument - noun a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie; a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true;  a dispute where there is strong disagreement
assumption - noun a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
audience - noun a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance; the part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment
characterization - noun the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features; a graphic or vivid verbal description
chiasmus - noun inversion in the second of two parallel phrases; a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases, as in “He went to the country, to the town went she.”

Topics in Our Network #3

Network Member: Yesenia Beas
Topic: language, history, and community involvement

• volunteers at Dunes Center > published book on Guadalupe History is requested in Spanish > contact author for permission > no monetary payment needed > 130 page book translated
• community involvement > hikes, walks, etc. > create a community outreach, present ideas for events, trips, hikes, engage students and locals (potential collab with Chrystal)
• Collaborate with Erica on "HONY" > Erica aids in hike photography
• main focus - language and communication with photos
• presentation or paper or pictures on Guadalupe history

Back up idea:

• Cook book > journey in cooking, preparation for independence and college > easy recipes for college students

Topics in Our Network #2

Network Member: Jayce Alegre
Topic: Dance & medicine; sociology; time travel; video

• *main: dance + medicine > dream job + hobby, main interests > video? > medical route(muscles, health)  or "spoof" route(to express medical terms, etc.)
• sociology > incorporate human behavior and reactions to medicine and dance; how we act, react, and retort to each other (psychological aspect)
• report on time travel > H.G. Wells (time travel book), movies (Project Almanac), TV shows, TED talks

Topics in Our Network #1

Network Member: Erica Paculan
Topic: Cultural awareness and unity (enrichment); transmediated communication

• Collaboration with Danielle
• to show that through different types of media people are all different, people are different parts of a "quilt", yet we all share similarities
• all the same, yet we are all unique
• incorporate social media, mainly twitter >hashtag, and share community creations > crafts (hearts), upload picture with #sharethelove, to show our humanity and love and that we are all the same
• incorporate video + pictures > working with Laura and  (music professor) her students who will make a track for Erica and Danielle's video
• HONY style > do a trial run before hand to see how reserved people may be > blog, tumblr
• collaborate with PHONAR

On putting things off.

We put things off for a tomorrow that we are never guaranteed, a tomorrow that may never arrive.
Today is the day.
Do.