Blog #9

I'd like to start this blog by saying the brooks article and graham's articles are very interesting. Both showing us how it's not about us it's about others. What I gained from our conversation in class is I learned a lot of different things about both articles, I learned a lot from others talking about their topics and everyone's topics were very interesting. I'm going to use Barbara graham's article and David brooks "It's not about you" like I said earlier both articles show us it's not about us it's about others and we need to be able to think about others before ourselves. What was interesting to me was that brooks and graham's articles have that special connection where they both connect in that special way but still have their differences. When we had this round table discussion in class it was nice to hear new meanings for important facts in both articles, I wasn't expecting to learn so much more. Having that discussion really helps me and others deepen a understanding for these articles that we're getting getting into. I mean without them we wouldn't learn anything besides what we know and what we know and what we have read.

To be honest abstract and concrete ideas, I didn't really understand them at first but now that went into a more. Discussion of them both it has allowed me to realize what I knew and what I didn't I'm so glad that we have these discussions in class. College is all about talking and learning, and finding out new things and getting to know and learn new things from new people. If it's hard to give up like graham did in her article never give up keep going and put more work into it and try harder. Failure is just a way of giving up but, succeeding is a way of working hard and succeeding. When you go to college it's all about starting a new life and having new opportunities, and just enjoying a new part of life and have more freedom and just live your life to the fullest. Yet we learn everyday that we take on new challenges and get new opportunities and follow your career of choice and make something of yourself. When I finish college I plan on making something of myself, planning on being a pediatrician and helping kids fill better about their selves and helping other lives and making other lives better.

Blog #8

                                                                               Blog #8
  Yes, brooks does say something's about worrying like it notes how quickly the good kind of anxiety can slide into the dark kind. "Worry is circular," he writes. And for anxiety he says it is coursing through American society. It has become its own destructive character on the national stage. Too me a worry would be that it alters the atmosphere of the mind. Also it shrinks your awareness of the present and your ability to enjoy what's around you right now. Well I see it in my life as enjoying what's around us right now and what is too offer. I understand when he says " Pretty soon you are seeing the world through a dirty windshield." He's trying to show that worry dims every sunrise and amplifies mistrust. anxiety rates in affluent nations express worry, and it's usually related to the fear of missing out, and the dizziness of freedom. The affluent often feel besieged by busyness and plagued by a daily excess of choices. At the same time, there is a persuasive cosmic unease, the anxiety that they don't quite understand the meaning of life, or have not surrendered to some all - encompassing commitment that would bring coherence and peace. Many affluent people use money to buy privacy, and so cut themselves off from both the deep relationships that could give them purpose and the neighborly support systems that could hold them up if things go south. I also agree when he says among the less educated, anxiety flows from and inflames a growing sense that the structures of society are built for the exploitation of people like themselves.
  


   Everything is rigged; the rulers are male violent and corrupt. It is a well-established fact that people who experience social exclusion have a tendency to slide toward superstitions and conspiratorial thinking. Anxiety changes people. some of the things that have made us vulnerable to this wave of anxiety are not going away-- the narratives of fear, conspiracy, and the immobilizing stress. America's culture may be permanently changed for the worse. But the answer to worry is the same as the answer to fear! direct action. If the next president starts enacting a slew of actual policies, then at least we can argue about concrete plans, rather than vague apocalyptic moods. Furthermore, action takes us out of ourselves. Worry, like drama, is all about the self. But concrete plans and actions thrust us into the daily fact of other people's lives.

Blog #7

Blog #7

  I’d like to start by saying before this class I had never written a blog so it was new to me. I’ve written stories obviously but never a blog. What this blog assignment does is make me a better writer, a better person, and a smarter person. I have learned so much since the first day and am still learning and I will continue to learn. I also would like to point out that ever since we’ve started doing these blog assignments I guess you can say I’ve really got to know some interesting things about others and how lives are going to be. The point of these blogs are to explain our topic being discussed or if it’s a free write you can write about anything you want in 300 or 400 words. Some people may think that is hard but it’s really not all that hard. College is not that hard if you put in the work and stop being lazy. I like it that when we submit our blogs on our websites that others can see them and get a feel about us. I love receiving the comments it lets me know if I had strong points or parts I need improvement on or need to elaborate more. That’s why I like when we exchange blog papers in class it helps know if I’m doing the assignment right or if I just need to elaborate on anything.

  It’s always good when I read someone’s blog and something always stands out to you whether it’s serious, funny, or a deep secret, it’s always interesting to find out new things about others. Others don’t understand that college can be easy and less stressful if you just work hard and show that you want to be somebody whatever career it may be. I’d like to go back to the first question of our assignment which is and I quote “what are we gaining from this blog assignment?” the answer is clear, to become a better writer and be able to practice our writing skills and use of punctuation, and be able to say things that you can’t say or tell out loud. I’d also like to point out that also good that we use these blogs to get ready for short answers on our quizzes and midterm tests in a way they do kinda help us in our quizzes and test. Without our blog writing skills we won’t be able to write a short answer correctly.