I responded to these storys:
Theres like a million responses because some people posted on my story after I had done my HW, so it was only fair to respond back to them as well, so extra credit for me? =)
All though honestly, I did enjoy reading the storys, so don't think I was just in it for the extra credit or something
Andy Snyder:
I guess what made your character cool was his epic name, Bob
But in all seriousness, I liked the use of dialogue in your story. It sounded pretty realistic for the most part.
However, I'm a bit confused as to how exactly Bob was the cool character in this passage, and not the student.
Brandon Z:
That was a good story.
It was obvious how fake the character was, and when he finally realized that this fakeness wouldn't get him anywhere, besides being a total ass hole, he decided to drop the act.
In the end, he finally realizes that he was fine with how he used to be, and decided to not be a fake anymore. I particularly liked that ending part. It left an impact, and it seemed pretty realistic for the most part.
Jin:
Your story seemed oddly short at first glance, but its actually pretty concise, and it gets right to the point.
It seems to portray the stereotypical idea of a cool person in a movie, who is between the ages of 17 and 22 or so
It also seems to be successful for him. Overall, its a good story.
Jessica:
That was a good story
I like how you used the technique of describing the setting in order to portray your message.
The character seems to be fake to herself during the beginning to get attention, but, towards the end, she realizes it isn't worth it, and decides to drop the act
Richard S:
I lol'd
At first I thought the story was going to be some weird parable about me, but it definitely wasn't half way into the first paragraph.
In all seriousness, it sounds like a typical "bad ass" in some other state sort of, and in my opinion you get the idea out, so good job on your story
Yazmin P
Hi, your hero here
I liked your story. It portrays that a cool person not only stands up to people's expectations, but also manages to be themselves, and do good with their abilities. Honestly, that may be something that is really hard to do for a lot of people, but its doable, and I think it is also worth looking up to
Ean
I liked your story.
From your story, I can see that being real to yourself is what ultimately matters. Seemingly, if you try to be fake, and not be yourself to just fit in, that makes you uncool.
Although I don't believe in coolness, I agree with you, that being yourself is what should matter most.
Hannah:
I liked your story, it seems to portray the typical cool guy from some love story or something.
From your story I see that for you, being cool is being the kind type sort of, and just going with the flow, not worrying too much about what might happen, which I guess is a nice way to live. Its sometimes good to not worry about what may happen, since it'll make you worry too much
Part 2
Overall, a definitive trend I saw in peoples story's was the idea of being authentically cool, and fake. Almost every time the character tried to change him/herself to fit in, it turned out that the character finally realizes that isn't what they wanted.
In the end after overcoming some sort of conflict, the supposedly loser kid actually ends up being the "cool" one, and even though he doesn't gain everyone else's respect, he/she definitely keeps his own honor, and stays true to his/her self. And penultimately, it seems that being real with yourself is the only thing that matters
Monday, November 23, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
HW24
Once upon a time, there was this kid who was cool.
And one day, he decided to skip school
^ Just kidding, heres my real story:
Bob was walking to school. Thoughts were rushing through his mind. He was planning out what he was going to do that day once they got to math class.
After some deep pondering, Bob made it to school, and then he waited out the day, waiting for math class.
At long last, it was time for math. Bob's mind was spinning with thoughts, mainly the consequences that would happen to him if his plan went wrong. He tried to not worry about it, and continued talking with some friends of his in class. He knew his plan would work.
The math teacher came in, and finally, it was time. Everyone went to their seats. Even Bob went to his seat too, something he would rarely do. He would usually just walk out of class, and come back whenever he wanted. His friends noticed he was actually listening to the teachers directions, and they smirked at him. Bob just rolled his eyes, and focused on his key objective.
Bob pulled out a small ball, the kind that's really bouncy. He aimed at the desk in front of him. Another kid sat there, a less accepted one. Bob thought to himself "what a loser, look at him doing his work"
Bob lunged the ball at his desk in a peculiar angle. It hit the spot Bob was aiming for. It bounced off the kids desk with a high amount of force. The ball also seemed as if it was flung from the kids hand. The ball soared through the air. Bob sat there, starting to get scared that his plan wasn't going to work. His classmates started staring. The pressure was building up on Bob
The ball soared through the air, and it kept gaining distance, and most importantly, height. The ball slammed into a light bulb above the teacher. The bulb shook a bit. Bob was now scared. "The buld wasn't supposed to shake", he thought, "its supposed to slam down on the teachers head!" he concluded.
The ball landed by the teachers foot, and he looked up. He demanded to know who threw the ball, and he was interupted by a loud shattering sound, and a thud before he could finish his question. He was down on the floor, with a somewhat deep cut in his skull, and glass shards all around him.
Bob thought to himself, "yes! I did it!"
When the teacher finally got up, he demanded to know who did that. Everyone pointed at the kid. Bob's friends pointed at him, since they enjoyed to watch him get in trouble. The neutral kids pointed at him too, since the ball appeared to have flown off his desk.
The confused kid was sent to the office immidiately, threatened by possible charges on him.
The teacher stepped out to make sure he wasn't going to run away, and while the class was left alone, Bob's friends high five'd him.
Bob however, wasn't all too proud of what he had done. He somewhat regretted what he did. But he wasn't going to take the blame for it, it would make him look weak and cowardly.
He potentially ruined a innocent persons life, just for his popularity. He didn't like the idea of it, but Bob always thought that it was either he was accepted, or hated.
^
That's not my idea of cool, really. I don't really believe in cool anyway
However, I tried to point out the blurred line between being "cool" and accepted, and being a straight up ass hole, and feared.
Even though the main character seemed to have been accepted by everyone, they actually feared him, since he was willing to do almost anything in order to feel liked.
And one day, he decided to skip school
^ Just kidding, heres my real story:
Bob was walking to school. Thoughts were rushing through his mind. He was planning out what he was going to do that day once they got to math class.
After some deep pondering, Bob made it to school, and then he waited out the day, waiting for math class.
At long last, it was time for math. Bob's mind was spinning with thoughts, mainly the consequences that would happen to him if his plan went wrong. He tried to not worry about it, and continued talking with some friends of his in class. He knew his plan would work.
The math teacher came in, and finally, it was time. Everyone went to their seats. Even Bob went to his seat too, something he would rarely do. He would usually just walk out of class, and come back whenever he wanted. His friends noticed he was actually listening to the teachers directions, and they smirked at him. Bob just rolled his eyes, and focused on his key objective.
Bob pulled out a small ball, the kind that's really bouncy. He aimed at the desk in front of him. Another kid sat there, a less accepted one. Bob thought to himself "what a loser, look at him doing his work"
Bob lunged the ball at his desk in a peculiar angle. It hit the spot Bob was aiming for. It bounced off the kids desk with a high amount of force. The ball also seemed as if it was flung from the kids hand. The ball soared through the air. Bob sat there, starting to get scared that his plan wasn't going to work. His classmates started staring. The pressure was building up on Bob
The ball soared through the air, and it kept gaining distance, and most importantly, height. The ball slammed into a light bulb above the teacher. The bulb shook a bit. Bob was now scared. "The buld wasn't supposed to shake", he thought, "its supposed to slam down on the teachers head!" he concluded.
The ball landed by the teachers foot, and he looked up. He demanded to know who threw the ball, and he was interupted by a loud shattering sound, and a thud before he could finish his question. He was down on the floor, with a somewhat deep cut in his skull, and glass shards all around him.
Bob thought to himself, "yes! I did it!"
When the teacher finally got up, he demanded to know who did that. Everyone pointed at the kid. Bob's friends pointed at him, since they enjoyed to watch him get in trouble. The neutral kids pointed at him too, since the ball appeared to have flown off his desk.
The confused kid was sent to the office immidiately, threatened by possible charges on him.
The teacher stepped out to make sure he wasn't going to run away, and while the class was left alone, Bob's friends high five'd him.
Bob however, wasn't all too proud of what he had done. He somewhat regretted what he did. But he wasn't going to take the blame for it, it would make him look weak and cowardly.
He potentially ruined a innocent persons life, just for his popularity. He didn't like the idea of it, but Bob always thought that it was either he was accepted, or hated.
^
That's not my idea of cool, really. I don't really believe in cool anyway
However, I tried to point out the blurred line between being "cool" and accepted, and being a straight up ass hole, and feared.
Even though the main character seemed to have been accepted by everyone, they actually feared him, since he was willing to do almost anything in order to feel liked.
Monday, November 16, 2009
HW 23
Although this homework is supposed to explore cool, I am not too sure that is as simple.
Firstly, I wonder about the definition of cool, and what does it actually mean. And more importantly, is there even such thing as being cool, with all the conflicting definitions for it.
For example, some kid could be wearing the new style, and some other kid somewhere else could be wearing a punk rocker outfit, and they would both be considered losers and cool, depending on their location. This is one of many conflicting ideas of being cool.
I feel that being cool is more of a strongly opinionated, and really over rated concept for being accepted.
Personally, I don't think I'm "cool". Actually, I know I'm not. However, some of my friends do think that I am. Honestly, I couldn't care less whether they think if I'm cool or not. I'm happy being able to know who I really am, instead of having to change in order to please other people, and get the cool title, which to begin with, makes no sense.
There are many kinds of "cool". There are too many to make cool an actual style and concept. Like I mentioned above, its just an over rated, strongly opinionated title.
I feel that people get the words "cool", "accepted", and "popular" really mixed up.
I feel the "cool" people are actually just accepted, but their not cool. Cool has to definite shape or meaning. No one can really be cool. They can also be popular. A lot of people know them, and they like to hang around the popular person. But it definitely isn't coolness that makes up most people. They just have a confused image of coolness, popularity, and acceptiveness.
That is my opinion
Firstly, I wonder about the definition of cool, and what does it actually mean. And more importantly, is there even such thing as being cool, with all the conflicting definitions for it.
For example, some kid could be wearing the new style, and some other kid somewhere else could be wearing a punk rocker outfit, and they would both be considered losers and cool, depending on their location. This is one of many conflicting ideas of being cool.
I feel that being cool is more of a strongly opinionated, and really over rated concept for being accepted.
Personally, I don't think I'm "cool". Actually, I know I'm not. However, some of my friends do think that I am. Honestly, I couldn't care less whether they think if I'm cool or not. I'm happy being able to know who I really am, instead of having to change in order to please other people, and get the cool title, which to begin with, makes no sense.
There are many kinds of "cool". There are too many to make cool an actual style and concept. Like I mentioned above, its just an over rated, strongly opinionated title.
I feel that people get the words "cool", "accepted", and "popular" really mixed up.
I feel the "cool" people are actually just accepted, but their not cool. Cool has to definite shape or meaning. No one can really be cool. They can also be popular. A lot of people know them, and they like to hang around the popular person. But it definitely isn't coolness that makes up most people. They just have a confused image of coolness, popularity, and acceptiveness.
That is my opinion
Thursday, November 12, 2009
My art project
My art project is coming soon!
I am undergoing some technical difficulties on the editing part of my video.
I am undergoing some technical difficulties on the editing part of my video.
Friday, November 6, 2009
The big paper
We live in a world that primarily runs on some sort of digital representation. Even though people tend to use these tools for socially accepted stuff like texting your friends, or just to kill time, in my opinion, this digital stuff is slowly going to dumb down humankind eventually.
People will slowly begin to lead more simplistic and empty lives. Even though you could argue that your talking with your friends over the digital device your using, the problem is that your not actually interacting with them. Your interacting with a phone or a computer that plays the role of a messenger, and tells your friends the stuff you want to tell them.
That same messenger also tells you everything you want to know if you press the keys "google.com" and then the keys that spell out what your searching, and your 3 mouse clicks away from knowing what you want without stepping out of your house.
Its simple interactions like these that have made the world easy for people, but it may be these very same things that will dumb people down to a point of complete dependence, and if the internet were to suddenly drop all over the world, almost everyone will be lost. It already sort of happens. Like for example, last month when people's phone's internet was dead, everyone who had a phone, and used it a lot found themselves lost, and confused. Sure, it wasn't at a maniatical extreme, but it was definitely getting there. In a few more years of dependency, people will really reach a chaotic state of mind because their internets dead.
In class, we have learned that digitilization will eventually take humankind completely over. People aren't obsessed with the digital items themselves, but moreover their penultimate utility. People enjoy talking to their friends, and phones allow them to do this at all times, while being somewhat sneaky about it. They don't need to actually talk, but rather, text each other through the use of a phone. As newer phones come out, more convenient ways to do this also come out, therefore strongly suggesting an almost necessary upgrade.
People will slowly begin to lead more simplistic and empty lives. Even though you could argue that your talking with your friends over the digital device your using, the problem is that your not actually interacting with them. Your interacting with a phone or a computer that plays the role of a messenger, and tells your friends the stuff you want to tell them.
That same messenger also tells you everything you want to know if you press the keys "google.com" and then the keys that spell out what your searching, and your 3 mouse clicks away from knowing what you want without stepping out of your house.
Its simple interactions like these that have made the world easy for people, but it may be these very same things that will dumb people down to a point of complete dependence, and if the internet were to suddenly drop all over the world, almost everyone will be lost. It already sort of happens. Like for example, last month when people's phone's internet was dead, everyone who had a phone, and used it a lot found themselves lost, and confused. Sure, it wasn't at a maniatical extreme, but it was definitely getting there. In a few more years of dependency, people will really reach a chaotic state of mind because their internets dead.
In class, we have learned that digitilization will eventually take humankind completely over. People aren't obsessed with the digital items themselves, but moreover their penultimate utility. People enjoy talking to their friends, and phones allow them to do this at all times, while being somewhat sneaky about it. They don't need to actually talk, but rather, text each other through the use of a phone. As newer phones come out, more convenient ways to do this also come out, therefore strongly suggesting an almost necessary upgrade.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
HW 14
Personally, I found this book to be quite interesting. I read the video game excerpt and it was interesting to view this in the wy the author said it, with the techno historical change.
I think the point he was trying to make (which I agree with, and it makes sense in my opinion) is that, since books came first, people just assume that books are the more better option. Both video games, and books seem to give similar advantages, but, people just judge games because they do not know everything there is to know, and speak almost out of sheer ignorance.
I think the point he was trying to make (which I agree with, and it makes sense in my opinion) is that, since books came first, people just assume that books are the more better option. Both video games, and books seem to give similar advantages, but, people just judge games because they do not know everything there is to know, and speak almost out of sheer ignorance.
Monday, November 2, 2009
HW 13
If we look at Feed in a artistic manner, he uses the elements of plot, and characterization in order to convey a message to his audience, which sort of seems to be aimed at a teens.
It supposed to show the audience the way they live, from a different point of view.
It makes the reader seem completely out of the scene, completely looking into the story. It makes it seem like we're strangers visiting this unknown time period.
However, if you look past the plot, its not unknown at all, its actually our lives. It shows the way most teens in this world live their lives, in a sort of exaggerated manner (which had to be done to clearly show this sort of blown up mirror)
It supposed to show the audience the way they live, from a different point of view.
It makes the reader seem completely out of the scene, completely looking into the story. It makes it seem like we're strangers visiting this unknown time period.
However, if you look past the plot, its not unknown at all, its actually our lives. It shows the way most teens in this world live their lives, in a sort of exaggerated manner (which had to be done to clearly show this sort of blown up mirror)
HW 12
Feed appears to be an allegory of teenage life, however I do not feel it is completely accurate. If it is meant to show our current state of life, then it's off. The book tries to makes it seem almost as if everyone in the world has been taken over by a digital influence, when in reality, in our current time, it has not yet happened.
The book sort of shows what we will end up becoming if we keep following the path we're on, and it sort of shows it to an extremity as well. I honestly doubt every single person in the world is going to end up losing control of themselves, and be completely taken over by a machine. People will still have some free will deep down inside of them.
However, since the book is written as a tragedy, it could very well be our own tragedy its predicting. Its the worst possible scenario, which on the surface seems unlikely, but, if you look deeper into it, then you will see its not all that unlikely as it may seem.
If you look at your average teen, they'll be completely tranced out by some sort of electronic device, usually a phone of some sort. This is the beginning of this supposed tragedy. Eventually, more devices will step into our lives and slowly take us over completely.
This tragedy the book sets up might actually become our reality, and we won't look at it as a tragedy, but moreover a way of natural life.
The book sort of shows what we will end up becoming if we keep following the path we're on, and it sort of shows it to an extremity as well. I honestly doubt every single person in the world is going to end up losing control of themselves, and be completely taken over by a machine. People will still have some free will deep down inside of them.
However, since the book is written as a tragedy, it could very well be our own tragedy its predicting. Its the worst possible scenario, which on the surface seems unlikely, but, if you look deeper into it, then you will see its not all that unlikely as it may seem.
If you look at your average teen, they'll be completely tranced out by some sort of electronic device, usually a phone of some sort. This is the beginning of this supposed tragedy. Eventually, more devices will step into our lives and slowly take us over completely.
This tragedy the book sets up might actually become our reality, and we won't look at it as a tragedy, but moreover a way of natural life.
HW 11
Originally, I was going to try to do my HW for once, without being distracted by my computer.
Not to my surprise, this didn't work out too well. I actually ended up forgetting about it. However, one day, my internet died for a bit.
In this time I attempted to do my work, like I was supposed to. I honestly tried, but I couldn't. I was not able to get into a state of mind that allowed me to do my work - despite my internet being dead!
I ended up taking a nap instead
This showed me a few things. It showed me that I can't blame my digital life for not doing my work, I was still not able to even without it. It also showed me that, in some way, unconsciously, I simply don't care about my school at all, which is shameful.
Not to my surprise, this didn't work out too well. I actually ended up forgetting about it. However, one day, my internet died for a bit.
In this time I attempted to do my work, like I was supposed to. I honestly tried, but I couldn't. I was not able to get into a state of mind that allowed me to do my work - despite my internet being dead!
I ended up taking a nap instead
This showed me a few things. It showed me that I can't blame my digital life for not doing my work, I was still not able to even without it. It also showed me that, in some way, unconsciously, I simply don't care about my school at all, which is shameful.
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