TO ACT OR NOT TO ACT

Steve Job's speech is commemorating the idea that one must simply not give up, give in, or give out to anything and anyone. That one must endure the savageries of life without any hesitation of looking back, but looking straight ahead to a bright future ahead. Steve is pretty much on the positive side of life! Hamlet on the other hand is reflecting upon the peace that is provided when one wishes to be dead. Being dead, although being peaceful, is not the path to choose from because being alive and enduring the many "heartaches" and "natural shocks" is the beauty of life. It is the quintessence of life itself to completely know that even though life has its extreme faults, it is the faults that makes us human and unique.

DEAR STEVE

This means nothing against you and I hope you do not get offended, but for a college dropout you are very colorful with your words of wisdom. I believe that staying hungry and staying foolish is the essential drive that successful people have come to know and recognize within their hearts. It is the belief that one is never satisfied with their knowledge and wish to further cherish what everyone and everything has to offer. You are an inspiration to millions and everyone, and I do mean everyone, wants to have a story that ends like yours does. This is not to drop out and become a millionaire, but to endure a fraction of what you have gone through and still be an extremely outgoing individual. To become someone that people will someday look up upon and say "I want to be just like that someday".

THE VALUE OF CHOICE

The Ideas I wish I would love to focus on in this curriculum is basically just learning more about life itself and how we're supposed to live in a world where little makes sense, but at the same time you're supposed to pretend that everything else matters. It is something that has boggled both mine and my peer's minds specially now that we're coming closer to the end of our high school careers.Just placing the pieces together and knowing what truly is what we're working towards worth it in the end. I would like to Acquire the skills of sanctity of knowing how to balance the positives of my mind. It would be the curriculum and the people in it themselves that will most likely give me the most insight into what I wish I would have known earlier in life.

NetVibes

I took a quick glance at netvibes and it seems like something you can totally personalize and make your own so that you can make it something to glance upon on a daily basis. This website seems like a legitimate source for news and whatever you have an interest in knowing anything about. Although I still need to get the hang of using it and creating a dashboard ( and making it my browser launch page), I believe it is a tool that I can use at the maximum potential of my disposal.

NO CHILD LEFT UNTABLETED

As a perspective of a student I believe that the introduction of this "Newer" technology will not only worsen our learning experience, but also decrease the amount of effort we put into our school work. An example would be the vocabulary definitions that I just posted up on my blog. Instead of taking my time carefully looking up the words in a dictionary and finding their true meaning I sloppily just went on the internet and basically mindlessly typed down the definition because it was easier. Of course Newer technology has bought us an easier way to experience learning, but at the same time it is making us lazy. Righetti Allumni from about 15-20 years ago had to work about twice or 3 times harder and longer in order to achieve what we can do without an ease today. As time goes on and technology grows at our schools and colleges then our generation and the next generation will only find more effective ways of cheating themselves out of a true education.

VOCAB #5

adroit-skilful or dexterous
 amicable-characterized by or showing goodwill; friendly; peaceable
 averse-having a strong feeling of opposition
 belligerent-warlike; given to waging war
 benevolent-characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings
 cursory-going rapidly over something, without noticing details
 duplicity-deceitfulness in speech or conduct
 extol-to praise highly; laud
 feasible-capable of being done, effected, or accomplished
 grimace-a facial expression, often ugly or contorted
 holocaust-a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire
 impervious-not permitting penetration or passage
 impetus-a moving force; impulse; stimulus
 jeopardy-hazard or risk of or exposure to loss, harm, death
 meticulous-taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise
 nostalgia- a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time
 quintessence-the pure and concentrated essence of a substance
 retrogress-to go backward into an earlier and usually worse condition
 scrutinize-to examine in detail with careful or critical attention
 tepid-moderately warm; lukewarm

1) Astronauts have to be adroit while in space to handle difficult situations.
2) Ghandi was beyond far the most amicable person I have ever come to know.
3) He was not averse about drinking once in a while.
4) The belligerent countries reached a compromise in order to avoid war.
5) Even when Germany was controlled by Nazi's, there were still some benevolent people out there willing to help out the Jews.
6) His cursory study methods only got him a C on his final exam.
7) In his duplicity he did not notice that he was betraying both his friends.
8) Aztecs had an infinite amount of extol to the their Sun God.
9) Although most homework assignments in English class are feasible, some people are just too lazy to do it.
10) He grimaced at the thought of getting in trouble when he came home for staying out too late.
11) The Jewish Holocaust was an undeniably unnecessary act of brutality against humanity.
12) The impervious University only accepted the finest of scholars into their school.
13) The grant for building the opera house gave impetus to the city's cultural life.
14) Jumping over the cliff with his motorcycle could have put his life in jeopardy.
15) Planning out a wedding is a cause for meticulous attention and complete focus.
16) Once in college, most of us will be nostalgic about returning to high school where life was easy.
17) The aroma of his house had the pure quintessence of lavender and natural flora.
18) Many alcoholics usually retrogress back into there drunken state.
19) Our government scrutinizes about screening all federal employees.
20) The water was perfectly tepid to go skinny dipping.

Literature Analysis #1

Literary Analysis : Night

By: Elie Wiesel

      Setting/ Plot Overview: This amazing and life changing story is narrated by the author himself Elie Wiesel. His stories tell about the hardships of Jewish people during the time of Nazi Germany and Hitler's rule. Elie provides a comparison of how happy his life was and how successful his family came to be before the German's occupied his nation of Hungary and after when all the Hungarian Jews were sent to Ghetto's and then after labor and concentration camps. He depicts the increasingly repressive measures of how his life quickly becomes an empty hole of pain and suffering in which he endeavors the pure existence of hell on Earth.The only individual person keeping him alive during this whole ordeal is is his own father who eventually becomes very ill and then gets sent to the crematorium where Elie does not know whether he was deceased or burned alive.

     Major Characters: Elie Wiesel is a protagonist in this story. He is much more than the traditional type of protagonist because of his direct experience with the Holocaust itself.In the story Elie is a young boy and ambitious when it came to acknowledging his own faith and religion. But as Elie goes through the hardships of the holocaust he begins to lose his ability to believe in his faith. In the end of his experience he comes to hate This "God" of his with all the fury of his soul. Elie even quoted "Blessed be god's name? Why, but why would I bless him? Every Fiber in me rebelled. Because he caused thousands of children to burn in his mass graves? Because he kept six crematoria working day and night including Sabbath and Holy days? Because in his great might he had created Auschwitz, Birkenau, Buna, and so many other factories of Death? How could I say to Him: Blessed be Thou Almighty, Master of the Universe, who chose us among all nations to be tortured day and night, to watch as our fathers, our mothers, and our brothers end up in furnaces? Praised be thy Holy Name, for having chosen us to be slaughtered on thine altar?".

     Shlomo was Elie's father in the story and in real life. Shlomo is the only constant presence in the story, and as the story develops so does the amplitude of horror that he experiences.  Although we do not get to experience Shlomo's thoughts and feelings it is obvious that he is a loving father towards his son. And like his son, Elie is the only one that keeps his father alive. The development of Shlomo is that of a a gradual decline in morality due to the hunger, the pain, and the constant fear of dying. He is the upmost important character in the plot because he reminds Elie of the commitment to his family, of his duty, and of the goodness that is left in his heart.

     Symbols: Moshe the Beadle is a major symbol in this story. Looking at Moshe, he is an old, innocent peasant who minds his own business and is very knowledgeable in his religion.As soon as he tastes a glimpse of how truly evil Nazi Germany really is, he begins to lose all faith in humanity, hope, and even himself. Moshe represents the evil that stemmed off the hatred and genocide that everyone experienced during that time period. Fire is also a major symbol that provides a premonition to the horrors that await the Jewish people at the concentration camps. Fire is the agent in the crematoria where people are burned alive and where innocent children and babies are murdered without mercy. Fire is also religiously affiliated with Gehenna - the Jewish Version of Hell- where the wicked are punished by fire.

     Themes: I believe that one of the central themes of Night was that of Silence and The Belief of a False God. In one of Night's most Famous passages, Eliezer states, " Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence that deprived me, for all eternity, of the desire to live". It is the Idea of God's silence that he finds most troubling, as this description of an event at Buna reveals: as the Gestapo hangs a young boy, a man asks, " Where is God?" and yet the only response is total silence throughout the camp. Elie and his campanions are left to wonder how an all-knowing, all powerful God can allow such a horror and cruelty to occur, especially to such devout worshipers. The existence of this horror, and the lack of a divine response, forever shakes Eliezer's faith in God.   

VOCAB #4

 accede - to give consent, approval, or adherence
 brandish- to shake or wave, as a weapon
 comprise- to include or contain
 deft- dexterous; nimble; skillful
 destitute-without means of subsistence; lacking food, clothing, and shelter
 explicit- fully and clearly expressed or demonstrated
 extirpate - to remove or destroy totally
 inopportune- not opportune; inappropriate; inconvenient
 ironic-using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning
 musty- having an odor or flavor suggestive of mold
 officious-objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services
 ominous-portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening
 pinnacle-the highest or culminating point, as of success
 premeditated-done deliberately; planned in advance
 rampant-violent in action or spirit; raging
 solace-comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble
 stately-majestic; imposing in magnificence, elegance
 supple-bending readily without breaking or becoming deformed
 suppress-to do away with by or as by authority; abolish
 venal-able to be purchased, as by a bribe

1) In order for me to go to the party my parents had to give me an accede.
2) The young knight brandished his weapon in order to prepare for battle.
3) The punishment will compromise of 100 hours of community service and a 500 dollar fine.
4) The young massage therapist relaxed all of her patients with her small deft hands.
5) The Jewish people in Concentration Camps in World War 2 were living in destitute.
6) The Rated R movie warned against explicit drug use in the movie.
7) The inmate had to be extirpated from the court because of his rowdy behavior.
8) It was an inopportune time to ask my girlfriend to the Prom because of her bad mood.
9) It was ironic that the youth drug counsel was busted for dealing drugs to teenagers.
10) The Homeless shelter smelled of musty beards and dirty clothes.
11) My mother officiously took me to her workplace to help her out after I got suspended from school.
12) After every horror movie when I get home I always have an ominous feeling something is going to happen.
13) Steve Jobs sadly died during the pinnacle of his career.
14) The murder that the couple committed was discovered to be premeditated.
15) The Rampant Rhino Charged at the tour bus as well over 30 miles an hour.
16) The whole Turner family was in solace when there eldest dog died.
17) The college student saw a stately unicorn after he had consumed shrooms.
18) Welding is the the art of make metal supple without making it break or be deformed.
19) The goal of the American Revolution was to take away the rule of the king that was causing the colonist to be suppressed.
20) The Venal Judge unjustly accused the boy of stealing because the Rich man bribed him.

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VOCABULARY #3

accomplice: a person who knowingly helps another in a crime or wrongdoing, often as a subordinate
 annihilate: to reduce to utter ruin or nonexistence; destroy utterly: The heavy bombing almost annihilated the city.
 arbitrary: subject to individual will or judgment without restriction
 brazen: shameless or impudent
 catalyst: a person or thing that precipitates an event or change
 exodus: a going out; a departure or emigration
 facilitate: to make easier or less difficult; help forward Careful planning facilitatesany kind of work.
 incorrigible:  bad beyond correction or reform
 latent: present but not visible, apparent, or actualized
 militant: vigorously active and aggressive, especially in support of a cause: militant reformers.
 morose: gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
 opaque: not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light
 paramount: chief in importance or impact; supreme
 prattle: to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way
 rebut: to refute by evidence or argument.
 reprimand: a severe reproof or rebuke
 servitude: slavery or bondage of any kind
 slapdash: in a hasty, haphazard manner
 stagnant: not flowing or running, as water
 succumb: to give way to superior force; yield

1) The Accomplice confessed to the crime he had committed along with his brother and other relatives.
2) The heavy bombing almost annihilated the entire city.
3) The professional football player made an arbitrary decision to retire at a young age.
4) Doctor Preston is very brazen when is comes to handing out homework.
5) There are many catalysts that can for different chemicals that help out us out without hurting our environment.
6) There was an exodus to the west when the dust bowl wiped out all the vegetation.
7) In order to facilitate the situation the two little boys made an agreement to stop fighting.
8) The car was so incorrigible after the crash that they just simply sent it to the junkyard.
9) Bravery is something that is latent.
10) The Intelligent young boy attacked the SAT with militant speed.
11) Edgar Allan Poe was known for his morose novels.
12) The smoke made the night sky so opaque that the moon was not even visible.
13) Winston Churchill was paramount in the allied victory against Germany in WW2.
14) Blondes tend to prattle about things people don't really care about.
15)The lawyer provided an important rebut in the murder case.
16) The merchandise was completely broken so the customer reprimanded  for a refund.
17) I believe people who have voluntary servitude to a person are very loyal.
18) She was in such a hurry that she ignored my question and left in a slapdash.
19) The emotion he portrayed during the trial was stagnant without any remorse.
20) One must not succumb to peer pressure to go and do drugs.