Socratic Seminar Notes

Thred 1-Agree or disagree your right to your own opinion.
Thred 2- Earth on Turtle's back.
Thred 3- Haetiorc
Thred 4- Technology

Are you entitled to your own opinion?
      Yes, because it is our opinion and we should get to say what we want.
      But we have to here the other person's opinion as well.
      Are born with our own rights and should get to keep them.
      Certain times when your opinion is not even heard of by an older person with more authority.
      Have to make sure that you say something that is not going to hurt the other person.
      It's your opinion so its what you think.
      Depends on the situation and how you use and say your opinion.
Earth on Turtle's back
      How the world came to be.
      You don't have to be the biggest or strongest to do something that others can't.
Technology
      Makes us more protective when talking.
      Example-You are on the computer and messaging someone, you can say anything you want because you are not directly in front of them.
      It makes us less talkative in class because we are used to txting and calling everyone for everything.

Reflections On Week 1

1. No, there are not any factors that are going to affect my participation in this class. I have access to a computer and internet at all times.
2. The best learning experience that I have had was in the 8th grade. I had joined the AVID program and it was the best experience of my life. AVID tought me how to become a better leader and how to think and do things in different ways than I have ever done before. The people that were with me were and still are some of my closest friends that I have today.
3. I am most excited to learn how to improve my writing skills and I am concerned about the public speaking because I do not like to speak in front of the class. The thing that I look forward to in learning is improving my knowledge on what I already know. This will make a difference in my life because it will better myself from other people in the world.

Assignment #1

  The reason I am taking this course is because I was in honors english last year and did not want to take Ap english this year. I still wanted a challenge though and my guidance tech. recommended that I have you as a teacher so I did. To be honest I am not that excited about taking this english class, english has never been my strongest subject and that is another reason why I decided to take regular english instead of Ap. The things that are going to make me nervous this course is when we have to present in front of the class because I do not like to speak in front of large groups.
  My goals for this course are to become a better speaker and to become better at memorizing things like the "Richard Cory" speech. Another goal that I would like to master is my writing skills because they are not that good.
  The impovements that I want to make in this course are my speaking and writing skills.

Extra Credit

One thing that I want to improve on this year is my writing skills. They have never been that good and I am hoping that this class will help me develop stronger writing skills. This course will also help me because I have a different teacher and his style of teaching may be the way that helps me understand writing the most. In this course I believe that we will do a lot of writing and that will be another way I can improve because I will always be working on my writing skills. I hope that this course improves my writing so that way I can do well when I have future writing assignements.

Vocabulary Quiz # 1 Redux

This week of school was good and I hope that I burgeon in english as the year goes on. I hope that in the future my teachers do not become curmudgeon because then school wont be as fun. The Apotheosis of my week was on Friday because my classmates and I in welding already starting going into the shop. I also learned that my teacher's do not accept contumacious students. I also had to take another class so I decided to take a T.A class and it complemented my schedule. In the future I hope that we have some bauble assignments so that way we can focus on other classes and have a little break in the class. I hope that the way my teacher's didactic are good because I want teacher's that explain things well. The right to your own opinion article gave me an adumbrate on my rights because you have to basically watch what you do because you may not know if what you are doing is ok to do. I hope that I Ascent by the year ends so that way I don't stay at the level that I am at now. So far this week has been good and I have been a  beguile to some people.