Mini Break Review

Over memorial day weekend, I did quite a large amount of sleeping. Each day I slept till at least 1 and I must say, it was much needed. I really didn't do anything particularly exciting. I saw Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, going in with a great deal of expectations, I was certainly not dissapointed. Although I was not too thrilled with the over-use of CGI and some scenes being a bit over the top, I was very happy with the movie and it was a great addition to the Indiana Jones series. Other than that I just chilled with my friends every day. On Saturday, my camp friends and I met at Fieldstone to play a game of speedball. Speedball is a combination of soccer and football, and it was the most popular sport at our camp. We split up into our old groups and played for about an hour. That game was the most running I've done in months and after the game, we all went home and passed out. It was a fun day and a fun break.

Outline

What is the question you are answering in your own words?
What is the effect of cursing in society, is cruising acceptable, what are the pains of growing up

What is your thesis statement? This sets up the entire paper with your focus and direction.
If a child is exposed to cursing at young age, there be some serious negative side effects later in, and it might also make growing up a very painful experience.


BODY PARAGRAPH 1
What is the topic/idea of this paragraph?
Growing up can be a very painful experience for some young people.

What quote(s) ideas from research will you use to help prove your points?
a. By age 11, most girls begin to lose all self-confidence in themselves

b. Boys loose confidence differently around the age of 5 when the concept of masculinity is introduced to them.

What example(s) from the book(s) will you use to help prove your points?
a. Holden is constantly trying to remain youthful, innocent, and free from the phonies of adult culture.

b. Holden has no real self confidence and at one point contemplates suicide. This is similar to how these kids loose their self confidence while growing up.


BODY PARAGRAPH 2
What is the topic/idea of this paragraph?
Is cursing an acceptable thing in society and when is it the right time or place.

What quote(s) ideas from research will you use to help prove your points?
a. Many celebrities, athletes, and other important people curse on a daily and public basis

b. Many people consider cursing to be a normal part of office behavior

What example(s) from the book(s) will you use to help prove your points?
a. Holden curses like its his job. He employs curse words in all facets of his vocabulary

b. Although Holden curses, often he is never overly obscene with his words.






BODY PARAGRAPH 3
What is the topic/idea of this paragraph?
` What can be the detriment of cursing,

What quote(s) ideas from research will you use to help prove your points?
a. There have been many cases of people being fired for cursing with vulgar and racial slurs

b. Cursing makes you look like a real fool sometimes.

What example(s) from the book(s) will you use to help prove your points?
a. When the f-word was written on the wall of school, Holden was disgusted.

b. Holden was bewildered that Sophie said shut up to him, although not a curse it showed the same disrespect.

CONCLUSION
What should we now understand after reading your paper? Where idea(s) does your paper lead to?
a. There is a time a place for cursing and people need to know when and where to use it

b. Self-confidence can be a real important factor in the way a child grows up and how they operate in the world.

Cornell Notes

Source #1

TITLE : Longing for a Cuss-Free Zone
AUTHOR: Michael Brick
YEAR PUBLISHED:2005

Main Idea #1: How often the F-word is used in todays world

Summary: The author shows how the f-word is used by many people others looks up too and respect and how its widespread use can be seen everywhere.

Quote: ACROSS the land, word-bombs are falling.

Question: How often is the word actually used?

Main Idea #2: People who use this word are punished.

Summary: He goes on to state the punishment to all those who used the f-word.

Quote: But now polite society (if you want to call it that) seems to be taking a stand.

Question: How severe were they?

Main Idea #3: How the use of this word affects society

Summary: He uses quotes from people saying they’ve fired people for curing and things of that nature. He also talks about the leniency of the system.

Quote: James Bovino, chairman of the real estate investment firm Whiteweld, Barrister & Brown, says he watches only G-rated movies and has fired people for cursing.

Question: How often are people getting in trouble for curseing

How will this source help you write your paper?
- The poor effect of cursing is an untouched subject in The Catcher in The Rye and that is one of my topic that we haven’t discussed in class.

Source 2

TITLE: PUBLIC LIVES; Pain of Growing Up, in Girl's Voice or a Boy's
AUTHOR: ELISABETH BUMILLER
YEAR PUBLISHED:1998

Main Idea #1: Growing up girls self-esteem is battered around quite often.

Summary: The author explains how girls self esteem rises and falls throughout their childhood.

Quote: ''Everything about women is in perpetual crisis,'' Dr. Gilligan answered, laughing.

Question: What percent of girls don’t lose their self esteem during childhood.

Main Idea #2: Boys and girls grow up differently.

Summary: She talks about how Bring Your Daughter To Work day discriminates boys, yet how it is unnecessary for them.

Quote: ''What can we do to keep girls strong?''

Question: What would be a good age for a “Bring your son to work day”

Main Idea #3: Age 11 is the best time to introduce girls to work.

Summary: She explains this when girls are most confident in what they know and see and how we should expose them to work.

Quote: ''I noticed your job is boring. Did you ever want to do anything else?''

Question: What makes age 11 the best age for girls.

How will this source help you write your paper?
-The hardships of growing up is another untouched area of Catcher and this is the other topic we haven’t discussed in class that I am doing for my paper.

Source #3

TITLE: Should swearing be tolerated in the workplace?
AUTHOR: Matt Keating
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2006

Main Idea #1: Swearing is part of workplace culture.

Summary: The author explains that in a survey that a percentage of boss’ pay no attention to swearing in the workplace.

Quote: "If swearing is discriminatory it is a complete no-no,"

Question: When is cursing considered discriminatory or not.

Main Idea #2: A man sued his company for firing him because he cursed.

Summary: A man was firing for frequent use of curse words and sued for one million euro but the court denied him the money.

Quote: The frequent use of foul and abusive language did not sanitize its effect."

Question: If you curse, what means would a company need to do to get the means to fire you.

Main Idea #3 The Considerate Constructors Scheme is a scheme in the UK aimed to improving the workplace’s image.

Summary: Over 3,500 offices in the UK signed up for this and due to some other legal changes, its working well.

Quote: "Employers can ensure professional language in the workplace by having a well drafted policy on bullying and harassment that emphasizes how bad language can potentially amount to harassment or bullying."

Question: Would this kind of system really be effective?

How will this source help you write your paper?
-This is a another article talking about the detrimental effects of cursing in the real world. Holden is offended when the f-word is written on the school and these people don’t want the use of this and other vulgar words to offended their employees.

Socratic Seminar Review 5/12

In today's socratic seminar, I got the vibe that everyone felt what hapened to Frank was a fitting punishment because he was a sick and twisted person who caused alot of pain to many people and I agree 100%. Rape and sexual abuse are the most disgusting and perverted things one person can inflict upon another human being. This is just my opinion but I think it worse than murder and any convicted rapist should be given a life sentence. With the amount of women he raped, death is truly the only fitting punishment for someone who's mind is that sick and twisted. I guess by killing himself he saved himself the embarrasment of being publically tried and convicted and then going to jail. He took the cowardly way out, in my opinion. I find suicide to be the most pathetic action someone can do to themselves, because if you value your life so little in the first place, why do feel the need to ruin other peoples lifes. Frank is a coward for doing what he did. Honestly I felt this book was not one of the better books we have read this year and the ending I felt, for once, wasn't anti-climatic and fit the story nicely. I really didn't enjoy reading it at all so maybe this is why I was so satisfied with the ending but I thought suicide and them moving away was perfect for the situation.

Sources

1)
Comics Crucified, Washington Tribune
Power Search http://find.galegroup.com/ips/retrieve.do?subjectParam=Locale%2528en%252C%252C%2529%253AFQE%253D%2528su%252CNone%252C11%2529Swear%2BWords%2524&contentSet=IAC-Documents&sort=DateDescend&tabID=T004&sgCurrentPosition=0&subjectAction=DISPLAY_SUBJECTS&prodId=IPS&searchId=R1¤tPosition=2&userGroupName=mont42806&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&sgHitCountType=None&qrySerId=Locale%28en%2C%2C%29%3AFQE%3D%28ke%2CNone%2C11%29Swear+Words%24&inPS=true&searchType=BasicSearchForm&displaySubject=&docId=CJ177820391&docType=IAC&contentSet=IAC-Documents

This artcle taks about an author who is criticised for making a horror comic book with a graphic cover and containing some four letter words that start with the letter "f". He has been targeted by conservative group and comic authors like himself have been targeted by similar groups since the 1940's.

2)
Officials: Like it or not, the drinking age is 21. By Michele Canty and Mike Hoover
Power Seach http://find.galegroup.com/ips/retrieve.do?contentSet=IAC-Documents&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&qrySerId=Locale%28en%2C%2C%29%3AFQE%3D%28ke%2CNone%2C17%29underage+drinking%24&sgHitCountType=None&inPS=true&sort=DateDescend&searchType=BasicSearchForm&tabID=T004&prodId=IPS&searchId=R4¤tPosition=8&userGroupName=mont42806&docId=CJ178687663&docType=IAC&contentSet=IAC-Documents

This article is about the effects of underage drinking in a Pennsylvania community and how it is just a detremite to soicety. It also talks about how more and more teens are drinking and some penatlies that come with being caught drinking and being underage.

3)
Should swearing be tolerated in the workplace? Matt Keating
guardian.co.uk http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2006/jun/03/careers.work
This article talks about swearing in the working world and how it effects people when they are at work. Some places punish employeeds for cursing while others consider it "office culture". Yet at all times the buisnesses wish the atmosphere to remain professional

4)
PUBLIC LIVES; Pain of Growing Up, in Girl's Voice or a Boy's ELISABETH BUMILLER
New York Times http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02E6D7153FF937A15757C0A96E958260
This artcile is about how girls growing up in today's world are vulnerable in many ways, and how different girls are then boys while growing up. They talk about how girls need to build confidence in today's society.

5)
Longing for a Cuss-Free Zone Michael Brice
New York times http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/31/fashion/sundaystyles/31bomb.html?scp=21&sq=%22Curse+Words%22&st=nyt
This interesting article uses the word "bomb" in the place of the bad f-word. The author is trying to show how often we use it todays society and how accepted it has become and why it is a bad thing. He uses examples of many famous people including our vice president using the f-word.

Sibling Rivalries

In many families sibling rivalry is an ever-present part of how brothers and sisters interact with each other. Some families have one great one, others are all great, and in Montana 1948, readers can clearly see this between David’s father Wes, and his uncle Frank. On the outside, it seems like Frank is the great one. He’s a doctor, a war hero, and he was a star athlete. None of these great attributes can be attested to Wes. Here is a perfect example where it appears that one family has a better child. To an third party, Frank was great yet Wes was good. There was nothing wrong with Wes, but he’s just not as great as his brother is. There are many families where one of the kids is perfect; there are families in town where this is present. This doesn’t mean that the other children are bad, but it definitely causes animosity between the children.



Many siblings fight, but how to prevent fighting is the real problem. One tactic listed among some in article Family Feud written by Denise Henry is that siblings must know they will outgrow the animosity sooner or later and that blood is thicker than water (Henry 2008). I know this from personal experience since I have a younger brother who is fourteen. He and I used to fight constantly about to most ridiculously idiotic things. Then, we just became chill with each other. We just stopped being stupid and realized that were the only brothers we have; he is my best friend in the whole world. I would not trade anything on this earth from him. In Montana 1948, the two brothers Frank and Wes are grown men who don’t appear to be that close. Frank was a star athlete, a war hero, and doctor while Wes; the town sheriff never did anything that can be considered as great as his brother’s accomplishment. Although there does not seem to be any friction between the two, they are grown men and respect each other very much. They have outgrown the childish sibling feuding and have grown to respect each other. They might not be the best of friends but there is no visible animosity. As kids grow up, they mature. An immature relationship between siblings in childhood almost never lasts. If someone on the street was asked who their best friend is, there is a high probability they will say their brother or sister, because there the only ones they will ever have.



These two paragraphs are two similar types of paragraphs used by students. The first paragraph, an essay type paragraph is how a simple five paragraph essay should be. It starts off with a topic sentence linking to the thesis, and then it provides an example with analysis and then a conclusion. Its a fairly straightforward design and easily recognizable. On the other hand, the second paragraph does not have a set design of how the paragraph should be structured because a research paper may require more than five paragraphs. All a good research paragraph needs are these simple steps. A topic linking ot the main idea or thesis, what you find in your research should be explained with analysis and then link the book to your research with a second analysis. This may be done more than once to get your point across. In the end, there needs to be a conclusion summing it all up.

Montana Article Annotated Bibliography

Works Cited
Fields, Jared. “A Family’s Legacy.” acuoptomist.com. 10 Nov. 2006. Abilene Christian University. 29 Apr. 2008 .

Jared Fields, the managing editor for a student run paper at Abilene Christian University goes into the history of ACU student Josh Groves’ family history with the school. 67 member of Groves’ family have attended ACU, so picking a school was not a very tough job for him. He says that his grandmother expected him to go to ACU ever since he was a young boy, even though he really didn’t want to even go to ACU. He wanted to go to Texas Tech or Pepperdine, but in the end of the day, he’s at ACU, but he is enjoying his time very much.

NOT GUILTY

Guilt is a feeling that people tend to feel when they do something that isn’t exactly moral, legal, or simply something you regret. Someone who does something that they don’t necessarily agree with, they feel guilty about it. Most people feel guilty if they steal from another person, or even kill someone. I guess I’m not most people. I can’t say I’ve ever felt guilt about anything. Honestly, I have never felt guilty about doing something bad in my life, and I’ve done some pretty bad stuff. Guilt has never played an important factor in my life.
In Macbeth on the other hand, guilt drives Macbeth practically insane. The most notable instance of guilt are the many hallucinations he had. Fearing that his kingship was in jeopardy, ordered his best friend and son to be killed. Even though it was what he wanted, there was certainly some internal conflict for Macbeth. This is why after the deed had been done, he saw Banquo’s ghost during the feast. This represents how he feels guilty about having his best friend killed and it might not be what he truly wanted.
In the Star Wars saga, the main protagonist Anakin Skywalker kills an entire village of sand people because they kidnapped his mother. He not only kills the men, but the women and children too. This causes an incredible amount of internal conflict within Anakin. This guilt makes Anakin’s conscience an incredibly angry one. Although it was not the sole reason, the anger eventually led Anakin to turn to the Dark Side and become Darth Vader. Darth Vader is one of the most ruthless movie villains of all time, and if you think about it, it’s only because he’s guilty.

Macbeth Audio Project

This is mine and Brent's Macbeth sound effect project.

Feminism Ain't What It Used To Be

In today’s world, you really don’t see too many staunch feminists, mainly because women have attained equal right to men. You never see people picketing, screaming for women’s rights because women have these rights. In today’s world most feminists try to protect the rights of women, rather than attain them. They insure that women are treated properly since they now have these equal rights. This is good because everyone is equal in this world and women, who are held to a double standard, know this all to well. In many cases if a guy is a great athlete, people will consider him cool and want to be their friend just because he’s a great athlete. If a girl is a great athlete, people will call her a “dykey” athlete. This is just one example of the double standards in today’s world.
It doesn’t help that people like Paris Hilton and Britney Spears running around. These two idiots are the biggest disgrace on the face of the earth. They are a great case of when stupid people get too much money. Girl should not look up to women like them, rather women like Christina Aguilera and Scarlett Johansson. These two women are never centered on some controversy and are talented, beautiful, and successful. They are good role models for young girls.
I think Lady Macbeth show poor characteristics of women. She is very sneaky and deceptive in her ways, and she controls her husband. Without her, he would not be king, but he would be much less stressed and probably happier. I know that a controlling woman can get really annoying at times. Although she does appear to love her husband, her manipulation will eventually lead to disaster.

Socratic Seminar Thoughts and Feelings

After listening to yesterday's socratic seminar, I have a few points I would like to make. First off, I really like the play and it is my favorite Shakespeare play I've read so far. I think it has an exciting plot and you never really know what might happen. Matt said that Lady Macbeth is reall the mastermind behind Macbeth's actions and this is something i agree with fully. Without her, he would not have pursued the kingship and would not have killed King Duncan. It is said that behind every man, there is a woman, and this is a perfect example. She manipulated him and convinced him to do her biddings. I don't think that Lady Macbeth is a feminist in the sense of the word. She is a strong willed woman, but she is not campaigning for equal rights and things like that. That is why I wouldn't say that she is a feminist.
Ok I hate Paris Hilton with passion. I think that she is the world's biggest idoit and she dosnt deserve anything that was handed to her. She goes out and parties every single day, then people call her cool. She is not cool. She is what women should aspire not to be, which is a complete joke. If you ask what she does, people may she is a singer or an actress. That is a joke. Her music sucks and she's been in one real movie, House of Wax, and it sucks. Paris Hilton is pathetic.

Yo Ho, Yo Ho A Pirates Life for Me

If you look throughout history, the coolest bunch of outlaws that ever roamed the seas, were undoubtedly pirates. If you look closer at Pirates, you might find that some of these outlaws were actually good men. In the Walt Disney franchise, Pirates of the Caribbean, all of the pirates in the movie do some pretty terrible things to each other. In the second film The Dead Man's Chest, Will Turner discovers that his father is alive aboard Davy Jones' ship. From this point on in the series, Will is determined to save his fathers soul at any price. He ventures into Davey Jones' Locker to rescue Captain Jack Sparrow and his ship, the The Black Pearl, and once he does so, betrays Jack, leads a mutiny on the Pearl, and steals the Pearl for himself. Once Jack is handed over to the enemy, Lord Cutler Beckett, he turns around and betrays ALL the pirates just so he can get a show at immortality. While being rescued Jack learns that if he stabs the heart of Davey Jones, he will become immortal. Since he had already died once, immortality sounded pretty good to him. Jack offers to hand over every single pirate for his own freedom. The deal is done and in the end they all get what they want and reconcile their differences but for a good time, they were bitter enemies. These actions were simply what they needed at the time being. If they had thought it through more wisely, they might have not have had to betray each other.

Similarly, in Macbeth, he does not want to kill King Duncan but his wife, Lady Macbeth convinces him otherwise. She pretty much guilts him into killing the king by saying she'd rather kill her own baby than say you will do something and not doing it. It is this guilt that finally convinces him to kill the king. Just because your wife is nagging you to do something doesn't mean you should go right ahead and do it. Macbeth just gave in to his wife's demands demonstrating his weakness of character. 

Good Intro Leads to Good Story

When it comes to really great introductions, Peter Jackson’s epic trilogy The Lord of the Rings comes to mind. In the first installment of the trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring, the film opens up with a lengthy prologue about the story. It explains how the One Ring is a tool of evil created by the Dark Lord Sauron. The Ring gives unnatural power to whomever wears it and it can be used to win wars as the ultimate weapon. It depicts the battle in which Sauron is defeated and when the king, Ilsidur has to opportunity to destroy the ring, he is consumed by its evil and keeps it for his own. The Ring betrays Ilsidur, he is killed, and The Ring is lost for two thousand years. Furthermore, it explains how the Ring wants to return to its master and it would stop at nothing to return to its master.  This extended prologue sets up the events for all three films. It determines how the basic plot of the movies will be a venture to destroy the Ring and the evils that it brings upon its bearer and whomever it comes into contact with.

So far in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, there is quite amount of foreshadowing in the first few scenes of the book. One glaring theme is the supernaturalism of what is going on so far. With the witches being not human there is quite a lot of supernatural events going on. Another motif I can see quite a bit of is ambition. Macbeth is going to be faced with an opportunity to gain much in this play. He has already gained a new thaneship and we are only two scenes into the book. I suspect he will be faced with the opportunity to gain more.

Black Crowes Release"Warpaint", First New Studio Album In Seven Years

For brothers Chris and Rich Robinson, its about time, as the Black Crowes released their first studio album since Lions, released in 2001. In the years since Lions, the Crowes have broken up, got back to together, and have changed their lineup and band members. Joining Rich on guitar, newcomer Luther Dickinson of the North Mississippi All Stars adds a nice blend of southern rock to blend with the Crowes hard-blues. On drums, original drummer Steve Gorman is as solid as he's ever been on the sticks and bassist Sven Pipien provides a solid backbone to the music. Adam MacDougall provides fantastic melodies on keyboards and Chris Robinson's voice has never sounded better. This bunch would produce the Crowes first album in seven years Warpaint The first track of the album Goodbye Daughters of the Revolution sets the tone for the whole album. It clearly has southern rock influences now that Luther Dickinson has joined the band. The next track, Walk Believer Walk is a super bluesy tune that reminded me very much of the John Lennon song Well Well Well. The next song Oh Josephine is a very bluegrass influenced blues song with a soft bass riff and a harmonious chorus that I love. The fourth track Evergreen reminded me greatly of some of the Crowes earlier material with a super hard rock guitar riff. Wee Who See The Deep is the next song, which had a very heavy drum sound that echoed throughout the song. The next song Locust Street is an acoustic bluegrass song with a very nice sound to it and Chris' vocals sounded particularly good. The Crowes tapped into some spaciness with he next track Movin' On Down The Line, which is extremely Pink, Floyd sounding. The next song is probably one of my favorites on the album; Wounded Bird is a super hard rock sounding song that is very Who-ish. The more diverse an artist or band is the better they are, the next sound God's Got It features a full gospel choir and it was written by Rev. Charlie Jackson. There's Gold in Them Hills, the next song is one of the weaker songs on the album, an acoustic ballad but it is still not that bad. The final track is called Whoa Mule, the Black Crowes were the original bad boys of southern hard rock and can certainly say they have influenced the currently kings of southern hard rock, Gov't Mule. I wouldn't be surprised if you saw Warren Haynes, come out and jam with the Crowes when they play this song live. The Black Crowes are a badass hard rock blues band and this long awaited album certainly did not disappoint. I give it 3/5 stars.

You can get Warpaint on iTunes, Amazon, and at your local record store.