I’ve always enjoyed playing card games ever since I was young and I feel like many people don’t play cards like they used to. Since I’m not very social and talkative, I find when playing cards it allows me to be more social. I find it easier to talk with people when playing cards and I feel this is with other people in SLA as well. I feel were always head first into our computer screens and not truly worrying about the things around us. Yes we do talk to one another but we always have our phones or laptops in front of our faces while doing so. I feel with cards its a face to face interaction with no distractions.
"A brief history on playing cards." White Knuckle . MSN. Web. 31 Jan 2014. <http://whiteknucklecards.com/history/originofcards.html>.
This site provides good information on where cards originated. It doesn’t give a specific date because its impossible to know something of that, but they do give a decent theory of how it happened.
Coerver, Stewart. "The Rules to all Your Favorite Card Games." Grandparents.com. Grandparents.com. Web. 31 Jan 2014. <http://www.grandparents.com/grandkids/activities-games-and-crafts/card-games>.
This site provides multiple games that I haven’t even heard of that I can teach to the members of card club. This allows not only for my members to learn but for me to learn new games myself that I can teach my family.
Harke, Brian. "Is Social Media Making Us Anti- Social."The Blog. Huff Post, 14 06 2011. Web. 31 Jan 2014. <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brian-harke/is-social-media-making-us_1_b_875455.html>.
I feel this in a sense gives a glimpse of what goes on our everyday lives. Majority of people have cell phones, computers or one of those devices. When on this device constantly, personal conversations go in one ear and out the other. Like harke said in the article “The student was not present during the conversation”. When having a conversation it should be clear eye contact and full attention but with the technology that we have that doesn’t happen as often but I feel like this would change with card club.
"How To Play Hearts." Bicycle. Bicycle. Web. 31 Jan 2014. <http://www.bicyclecards.com/card-games/rule/hearts>.
This is another game at which i’m adamant on teaching ( and also learning myself) with card club I do not just want to expand my members knowledge on different card games but also mine since I’m still unaware about the many card playing games there are.
israel5236.. "How to play phase 10 " Recorded March 22 2012. Youtube. compact disc, Viewed January 31 2014https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFjrADJH3rM.
This is a game that i’m really adamant about teaching to members. I enjoy playing phase 10 and I believe this is a game that requires a good amount of strategy and trying to trump your opponents from losing cards.
Pavlicek, Richard. "Learn To Play Bridge." rpbridge. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Jan 2014. <http://www.rpbridge.net/1a00.htm>.
Doing research on difficult card games I found bridge to be the most common upcoming which means I would like to learn and teach it in card club. I find that if its tricky then its worth playing and enjoying with other people. This site gives a simple rundown on the rules of bridge and how to play it.
"Pinochle." Bicycle. Bicycle, n.d. Web. 31 Jan 2014. <http://www.bicyclecards.com/card-games/rule/pinochle>.
Recently learning this game was a fun moment for me. My grandfather taught me this game and I felt it was a good connection because he learned it when he was in the service and then he began to speak about his history. I feel talks like these will happen during my card club or this is what I’m hoping. It may not be to the extent of lifetime war stories but having conversation about our everyday lives works also.
Putnam, Robert. "Bowling Alone." Bowling Alone. N.p.. Web. 31 Jan 2014. <http://bowlingalone.com/>.
This site talks about how America has changed over the years due to technology always growing. It talks about how since were acquiring new habits we tend to drop the old ones.
Sherry, Turkle. "Connected or Alone?." TED. Ted Talk, n/a Apr 2012. Web. 31 Jan 2014. <http://www.ted.com/talks/sherry_turkle_alone_together.html>.
This ted talk is one of the resources block introduced me to. Watching this ted talk was very informative. Sherry Turkle spoke about having balance in your life with such technology. In our society we become so consumed with the electronics around us that we never speak to one another face to face anymore. She didn’t make it as if technology was a bad thing but just that we cannot allow technology to take over for everything.
This process was quite challenging. I was happy to find that I received my first choice, however I did not realize how hard that task at hand was. With healthcare as our topic I thought it would be simple enough that we just write a few facts about healthcare, explain why everyone needs healthcare. When our group came to the conclusion that we needed to have a focus target we were in a bit of a pinch. We felt sure, we can target the healthcare CEO's but we then thought why would these people care remotely about the problem. We can already assume that these people recognize the issue at hand but don't really care. They were taken off our hit list.
We thought about the idea of talking to the american citizen but we figure that they already knew about the situation or are involved so focussing on them wouldn't work. We really struggled with this because we didn't know who was a logical target. We then decided to focus on the bosses of smaller jobs who don't receive benefits. We chose this because we figured these jobs weren't so high up that we couldn't be able to reach them and we felt that even the little jobs deserve benefits also.Over this year, I have gained so many new experiences
that its truly incredible. I came into this class expecting just an everyday
English/ History class with the average, Read this book, discuss, take a test,
and move on to the next unit but in this class it was a completely different
agenda and curriculum that started off our year was our short story unit. In
our short story unit it focused on expression of your self and to show some
type of growth. Growth opens you up to new environments for example with our
language autobiography project. For the Autobiography project we had to write
about a personal experience in your life where you had an issue with language,
whether it be coming from a different country, having your parents speak a different
language, or even you speaking a different language yourself. In my
autobiography (Link is found at the end of the page.) I wrote about how when I
was younger and I was very shy in school. I never wanted to speak and hated
having the attention focused on me. “My voice didn’t need to be heard I just
needed to take the characteristics of a chameleon and blend in.” this is how I came into class the beginning
of the year, I didn’t want anyone to pay to much attention to me. With that
being said, at this point in time I feel like I’m more outspoken than I was 8
months ago I don’t mind voicing my opinion or presenting my work in front of
others because I have become more comfortable with myself.
One thing that has grown while being in Mr.
Block’s class is my literature. Not just meaning my vocabulary but the
description able to be given in my writing has exceeded an expectation I never
thought possible. Expression in literature opens you up to broader new ideas,
and a unit I feel that really describes this is the Poetry Wiki (Link is found
at the end of the page). For this project my classmates and I took in a deeper
analysis on poets and tried to define their work. We also created our own poems
and then spoke one out loud in front of the classroom. I already had planned
out what poem I was reading aloud until a classmate (Danielle Little) came over
to me and read a poem she had written. It was called “the little black boy” I
liked it so much I said you have to do one about “the little black girl” and
she said if I did it with her she would. I never would have imagined doing collaboration
on a poem but anything is possible in Mr. Block’s room. The day we had to
present our Poem we went up and preformed it and many people enjoyed it. One of
my classmates liked it so much she asked us to perform it at this talent show
her church was hosting. This also ties into Growth opens you up to new
environments. If this took place in the beginning of the year I would have
never given thought of speaking a poem outside of class but in the end of it
all I did.
Final
As a young boy I grew up in a home where we had our own type of dialect as with which we communicated amongst each other. In my family we would tend to make smart remarks or comments to one another, but in a harmless, just messing with you type of way. For example I would say “Is today Tuesday?” and my mother would reply with “No Brent its Thursday in a sarcastic voice, that was a casual occurrence in my household, where we could make fun of each other without hurting someones feelings or coming off disrespectful, but in school, it was a totally different story. I was a quiet mouse in a big room of people just waiting for the class to end. I was very shy when I was younger and didn’t like to talk much. Around 3rd grade I felt things were difficult.
Whenever the teacher would ask a question I’d never put my hand up because I was afraid. I would think to myself, what if I know it but the words come out wrong, what if I just have no clue as to what I’d be talking about? I remember were taking a class in math when she handed me the quiz I felt like I didn’t know any of the answers. I wasn’t confident with my work and I felt intimidated that if I got the answers wrong the teacher would be upset with me or would think of me as dumb. After the quiz she would have us go over it in class. she read out the first question “ If john has 18 gumballs and he splits all of them with his 3 friends how many will each friend receive?” she looked across the room as everyone was dead silent.
I tried to not make eye contact thinking that she would possibly not notice me. She said “How about you Brent?” All my classmates simultaneously turned their heads around to look at me. I looked down in despair. “Come on Brent just try it out” I would always get nervous when she asked a question and began to stutter or mumble my words. “Si-si-six I said in a low toned voice. “What was that Brent?” I thought i had the wrong answer because she asked to repeat myself” My voice got even lower “Si-si-six” she still couldn’t hear me but picked on a classmate. “Six” one of my classmates said. I thought in my head i was right, but i stayed quiet. after she finished going over the test it was time to leave.
As I rapidly packed up my things and put 1 foot out the door. She squalled my name “BRENT” the echoes traveled all throughout the room which made it even louder. I turned around and she said “Come here for a moment please” “Brent you should really start speaking more clearly, your a very smart boy but your so quiet that you make it out as if you don’t know anything” I looked down at my shoes and said “I’m sorry Ms. Nachman” she said “ There’s nothing to be sorry about Brent. You’re very smart you just need to show it” “I want you to take this note home to your mother”. “ I said okay” and went onto lunch. Progressing I arrive home and my mom is already there. She greets me with a warm “Hi Brent” Then gives me this look that pierced right through me. “what’s that on your shirt” “It’s a note about how I’m such an amazing student mom…” “Don’t joke with me Brent… give it here” She snags the note from off my shirt and began to read. “Brent you’re the loudest one in this house so what’s up with this quietness in class?” “I just get nervous in class”. She bursted out laughing and said in a tiny southern accent that an average person would most likely not notice she said “ What duh helll !? You’re pulling my leg right?. “Does it look like I’m pulling your leg?” “Shush brent.. whatever the case may be you need to fix this.” I told her “fine” and went onto my room.
After talking with my mom and going to school the next day I still remained quiet.. I was still nervous to answer. I did happen to become more talkative outside of class with my friends at lunch on the playground etc.. In class I still felt the need to be that quiet little mouse. You could relate my story to tongue-tied in a way. It may not have been that my first language was something totally different than what I was being taught in school but the fact that I was unable to really voice myself due to my insecurities and emotions. I felt I would be judged, criticized, laughed at for being myself. I praised the phrase “Be seen not heard” as if it was a religion all my own. Just being there was good enough, My voice didn’t need to be heard I just needed to take the characteristics of a chameleon and blend in. In a way I had two sides of me that switches depending on where I am and who I’m with. I tend to be shy when I feel intimidated and when I’m comfortable with someone I can act naturally. In a way it’s like my own defense mechanism that I think every human being comes with.
The Decision of a Single Parent
Raising four kids on my own and I can’t get a job. Their father is deadbeat, I can’t afford childcare and the kids are too young to stay home alone. So you want to run a pipeline through my yard. Well I don’t know what to say to that. I understand that if this change goes through more jobs will open up and maybe I could be able to support my family. Then again I hear all the bad things that will come along with this pipeline. What would happen to me? What would happen to my children? What would happen to this environment? I think its wrong for me to be selfish and just think about myself and how I wish to be employed. I believe the construction of a pipeline would be both dangerous and unhealthy for the environment. Better yet why would I do that to my children. Our backyard is the only safe place they have to play. If a pipeline is built through my yard then they have no free space to enjoy themselves and play outside. I did some research on the possible damages and bad things that could come with this pipeline and it has been brought to my attention that the oil isn’t even clean, If the oil isn’t clean we are better off without it. I also realized that we would be spending more money than we will actually be making, For the sake of the environment myself and my children I am against the tar sands act.
Keystone Pipeline Decision
Hello my name is Samuel Wickerson and I am an environmental protectionist. What I’m here to discuss with you today is production of the keystone XL pipeline. There’s no second guessing that I am against this and I feel this could be the big final piece to destruction. If one leak happens it could cause major harm to our environment, our wildlife, and us included. I mean for people who’s houses will be directly under the pipeline. Themselves and their family will be breathing in Co2 admission if a leak occurs and who wants there wife, there kids, the people they care for breathing in things you shouldn’t. My brother is actually working on this project as one of the constructers so I know mostly the full detail of there plan. He constantly tends to say how the technology we have is advanced to the point where it’s highly inaccurate that a leak will occur, sure there may be a low possibility that a leak will happen but there’s still the chance there taking and that 1 chance can affect the earth we live on today. I feel we should just stick to what were doing and get oil from our allies. It’s a lot safer and a lot more reliable. Sure it will open job for thousands of people but what’s so good about jobs if u don’t have a earth to work on to do this job? I feel that if we don’t start taking better care of this place we live on its going to crumble right beneath our feets and were going to look back and ask what went wrong and my response to that would be The Keystone XL pipeline and many other issues.
My Decision as the President..
As of now my fellow Americans I understand that you feel I have a really big Decision to make. I totally understand your frustrations but I am doing the best I can to decide weather or not the tar sands pipeline will be good or bad for the country. I see you all protesting outside of the White House and just know all of the arrest were totally out of my hand and were not by my order. Back to the matter at hand I have equally listened to both sides of this disagreement about the pipelines. Yes I have looked into it. There are many benefits as well as bad things that would come along with the pipeline. Some Benefits that could come along with this situation are more jobs, better income, if we have better income we could have more schools. To those of you who are already wealthy and have good jobs this may not really mean anything to you or you may feel this wouldn’t affect you any differently. But, we cannot not neglect everyone else. In my eyes each and every one of you matter. I know I cant make everyone happy but I will do what is right. The down falls to this project are mainly environmental issues. Nothings perfect. A pipeline this huge possibly leaking oil would not be a good sight at all. Also this pipeline is planned to be built over our main source of water. That is a problem for both our health as a nation and the environment as well. This topic requires a lot of thinking. Until then God Bless America.
Family Matters
( goes to door and picks up mail. Reads through mail and receives a
letter from keystone.” Hello Mr. Turner the letter you have now received is on
the keystone XL pipeline. There is a proposal for it to be produced currently
and if this is passed the pipeline shall be directly under your home. We are
sorry for the inconvience but this pipeline shall not affect your daily life.
If the proposal does go through we do appreciate your cooperation. Sincerely,
Keystone )
I’m so confused about the decision of wether I should move me and my family to safety, or to stay here and put up with this pipelineI’ve lived in this god forsaken home for over 20 years and am raising my 8 yr old son and 11 yr old daughter here and I feel that moving them isn’t the best option but the safety of my wife and my children is what matters at this moment and having my kids coming from school my wife coming from work breathing in Co2 admission every single day… I refuse to have my family suffer because of some idiotic oil. How do you think you can just put a pipeline right under my home. I am outraged by this proposal but at the same time I feel that there isn’t much I can do as one person so maybe the best is to just move..
Who wouldn’t take this offer !
Hello
my name is Tom Jones and i am the president of Exxon. I am here to speak on the
discussion of the keystone XL pipeline. I am for this pipeline due to the fact
that it would be beneficial to the U.S. One good reason is this Pipeline will
provide thousands of jobs for the people out of work. Also the U.S. needs oil
and we cant always rely on our on Allies for oil because of the fact that if
there was some type of conflict between the two of us they could stop
transferring oil over to us and then we would basically be “screwed” I
admit i do see the downside to this, yes there is a possibility of a leak from
the pipe and that can release Co2 admission into the air but the chances of a
like are fairly UNLIKELY due to the fact that by the technology we have
today the chances are fairly low. Also this will open up thousands of jobs for
the unemployed. And lots of people need jobs in the economy we live in today so
this is highly beneficial. This also gives us the ability of being independent when it comes to getting oil.
We don’t have to constantly rely on allies to supply us with oil. I feel that
not taking this oil is an idiotic move on our part because if we don’t snatch
it up someone else will and then we’ll be the ones still having to get it from
allies and who knows when that might cease. I feel lets take this opportunity
while we still can the U.S can make money from this and God knows we need the money
so Take it while its good!
By: Brent Scott/Ananda Knight
Fish
It was a Saturday morning the sun shining bright and vibrantly. i got up early excited for the day that was about to come i put on this plain t.shirt with these jumpers and boots that i got from this bait and tackle shop. around 10 or so my Grandpop began to get ready he asked if i was ready to fish but he could obviously tell by the huge grin on my face that i was more than ready. we hopped in the car and as we were on the road the sky became a dull gray color. The smell of rain aroused my senses. The sound of thunder made me jump out of my seat. This day seemed to be getting worse by the seconds.A-(ah) | G-(HEY!) | M-( emeh) | R-(ereh) | X-(equis) |
B-(beh) | H-( acheh) | N-(eneh) | S-(eseh) | Y-( ee griega) |
C-(seh) | I- (ee) | Ñ-( enyeh) | T-(teh) | Z-(seta) |
D-(deh) | J-(hota) | o | U-(oooo) | |
E-(eh) | K-(kah) | P-(peh) | V-(beh) | |
F-(efeh) | L- ( eleh) | Q-(coooo) | W-(doble) |
Basic Conversation Starters | |
¡ Buenos Días! | Good Morning! |
¡Buenas Tardes! | Good Afternoon! |
¡Buenas Noches! | Good Night! |
How Are You? | |
¿Qué Tal? | How are you? |
¿Cómo Estás (Tú?)/¿Cómo Está? (Udsted?) | How are you? (informal)/ How are you? (formal) |
Polite Ways To End A Basic Conversation | |
Gracias/Mucho Gusto | Thank you |
Denada/ Por nada | Your Welcome |
Igualmente | Same or Likewise |
¡Chao! / Adios/ ¡Hasta Luego! | Bye |
