Create a blog post with the classmates names as references. Tell us one thing you learned from each classmate.
While reading Granville Morris' essay on Train Go Sorry i learned a lot about how deaf and hearing people want the same things out of life. Just because someone is deaf doesn't mean they are any different in terms of goals, occupations they wish to fulfill, or morals. As Granville put it "In other words were are all just born into what we got and each and everyone of us has to make due with what we have."
http://arsenal-clockendgooner.blogspot.com/
What i liked about Kendra Jauregui's essay is that she talks about the fact that hearing people are no more intellegant then those who are deaf. I also liked how she touched on the interesting fact of Cochlear hearing implants and the major controversal issues that are associated with them. As she said, there is nothing that needs to be repaired for them.
http://kendra-human7spring09.blogspot.com/2009/04/5a-train-go-sorry.html
Maria Nye brought up some interesting points, like ASL is the only was of communicating through the deaf community. I liked how she also brought up the idea of being proud of their deaf community just like someone of a latin decent would be proud of their culture.
http://mariagn.blogspot.com/2009/04/assignment-5a-train-go-sorry.html
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
Assignment 5A
"I am a hearing student assigned the book Train Go Sorry in my Introduction to Humanities Class. Other readings assigned in this class include several essays from the book My California. In both books, we examined the cultures of California that form a microcosm of the U.S. In this essay, I will incorporate 4 required questions."
What does Train Go Sorry mean? Throughout the story there is a character that the book refers to quite a bit, and his name is James Taylor. James Taylor was a young man that grew up living in poverty, but he also grew up being deaf. Throughout his life he wanted so badly to belong. He wanted to feel like he was in the right place at the right time, doing what he was supposed to. Train go sorry is a term that is used throughout the deaf community. It’s a metaphor that basically means you missed your opportunity or you “missed the boat”. James’ life in poverty placed him in a terrible neighborhood and gave him many obstacles to overcome. James ends up going to Lexington School in Queens, which is a school for the deaf. James is given the opportunity to live in dorms, to get an education and to move past his poverty stricken life. Even though he has found himself in school, living in a dorm, he continues to go home to visit his family, who on the other had has many problems to face. James’ brother Joseph ended up going to jail because of the life he had been living. Joseph wasn’t given the kind of support that James had gotten from the deaf community. James tried to visit him but had missed his brother due to the fact that he had court that day. James was tired of the term train go sorry and wanted to do something about it.
What pair of 'shoes' do you think the main person in the book is walking in and what did she learn? In other words, who or what culture does she want to belong to and why? Leah Hager Cohen was a girl that grew up at the deaf school, Lexington. Her father was the day care director there and she had always been involved with classmates, not really knowing the difference between herself and them at the time. Leah was a hearing person, but her family had a long history of deafness. Leah very much wanted to be apart of the deaf culture and she tries her hardest to be accepted by them. As she gets older she realizes that she will never actually be deaf, and therefore she will never really fit in. The closest she can get to being apart of the deaf community and culture would be to become an interpreter.
What is one image you won't ever forget? Draw us a picture in words to explain this. What chapter is it in?In chapter three there was a part that talked about how hearing children are learning to read while deaf children are learning to read their parents lips. When I read this I thought about how difficult it would be to try to communicate with people who did not know ASL, and how difficult it would be to try and read someone lips. I cannot imagine the struggles that they had to endure growing up deaf and what it meant to them as children.
What are 5 facts about ASL or Deaf culture you think everyone should know after your reading of this book?The book train go sorry presented a lot of facts about the deaf culture and ASL. ASL is an abbreviation for American Sign Language which is the deaf language in the United States. I also learned that Deaf community considers themselves a minority. I also learned a lot about hearing aids, like Cochlear implants. I actually have a class with a guy who has one, and it’s interesting to know that once the implant is done you are no longer able to use the traditional hearing aids that are more commonly seen. I think that the most important fact that was clearly stated throughout the book is that deaf people are people too, they can have the same jobs and lives as everyone else.
What does Train Go Sorry mean? Throughout the story there is a character that the book refers to quite a bit, and his name is James Taylor. James Taylor was a young man that grew up living in poverty, but he also grew up being deaf. Throughout his life he wanted so badly to belong. He wanted to feel like he was in the right place at the right time, doing what he was supposed to. Train go sorry is a term that is used throughout the deaf community. It’s a metaphor that basically means you missed your opportunity or you “missed the boat”. James’ life in poverty placed him in a terrible neighborhood and gave him many obstacles to overcome. James ends up going to Lexington School in Queens, which is a school for the deaf. James is given the opportunity to live in dorms, to get an education and to move past his poverty stricken life. Even though he has found himself in school, living in a dorm, he continues to go home to visit his family, who on the other had has many problems to face. James’ brother Joseph ended up going to jail because of the life he had been living. Joseph wasn’t given the kind of support that James had gotten from the deaf community. James tried to visit him but had missed his brother due to the fact that he had court that day. James was tired of the term train go sorry and wanted to do something about it.
What pair of 'shoes' do you think the main person in the book is walking in and what did she learn? In other words, who or what culture does she want to belong to and why? Leah Hager Cohen was a girl that grew up at the deaf school, Lexington. Her father was the day care director there and she had always been involved with classmates, not really knowing the difference between herself and them at the time. Leah was a hearing person, but her family had a long history of deafness. Leah very much wanted to be apart of the deaf culture and she tries her hardest to be accepted by them. As she gets older she realizes that she will never actually be deaf, and therefore she will never really fit in. The closest she can get to being apart of the deaf community and culture would be to become an interpreter.
What is one image you won't ever forget? Draw us a picture in words to explain this. What chapter is it in?In chapter three there was a part that talked about how hearing children are learning to read while deaf children are learning to read their parents lips. When I read this I thought about how difficult it would be to try to communicate with people who did not know ASL, and how difficult it would be to try and read someone lips. I cannot imagine the struggles that they had to endure growing up deaf and what it meant to them as children.
What are 5 facts about ASL or Deaf culture you think everyone should know after your reading of this book?The book train go sorry presented a lot of facts about the deaf culture and ASL. ASL is an abbreviation for American Sign Language which is the deaf language in the United States. I also learned that Deaf community considers themselves a minority. I also learned a lot about hearing aids, like Cochlear implants. I actually have a class with a guy who has one, and it’s interesting to know that once the implant is done you are no longer able to use the traditional hearing aids that are more commonly seen. I think that the most important fact that was clearly stated throughout the book is that deaf people are people too, they can have the same jobs and lives as everyone else.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Assignment 4C
1. Who is your classmate, what is the component category, what is the name of the choice?
My classmate Jennifer Gotts and I both focused on the same beaches for assignment 3B. We both compared and contrasted Seal Beach and Bodega Bay.
http://gicgott.blogspot.com/2009/03/3b-beaches-seal-beach-and-bodega-bay.html
2. What is something similar this classmate said about the choice?
Jennifer and I both noticed that Bodega Bay and Seal Beach rely quite a bit on tourism along with the fact that they’re both pretty small towns that are quite well known for their beachy environment.
3. What is something different this classmate said about the choice?
Jennifer brought up a good point in her post that I hadn’t really thought about which is the fact that Seal Beach is a southern California community and Bodega Bay is a northern California community. I hadn’t really recognized the differences in climate and culture like Jennifer had.
4. How would you relate this to Freire's ideas regarding dialogue? For example, you went in thinking one idea, your classmate had a different idea. What new idea emerged from this process?
Though we shared many similar topics in this assignment I think that I tended to focus more on the weather and population and she talked more about the community aspect of the beaches which was something that I hadn’t really thought of. After reading her assignment I realized that this is a very important part of understanding more about these two beaches and caused me to see it from another perspective.
My classmate Jennifer Gotts and I both focused on the same beaches for assignment 3B. We both compared and contrasted Seal Beach and Bodega Bay.
http://gicgott.blogspot.com/2009/03/3b-beaches-seal-beach-and-bodega-bay.html
2. What is something similar this classmate said about the choice?
Jennifer and I both noticed that Bodega Bay and Seal Beach rely quite a bit on tourism along with the fact that they’re both pretty small towns that are quite well known for their beachy environment.
3. What is something different this classmate said about the choice?
Jennifer brought up a good point in her post that I hadn’t really thought about which is the fact that Seal Beach is a southern California community and Bodega Bay is a northern California community. I hadn’t really recognized the differences in climate and culture like Jennifer had.
4. How would you relate this to Freire's ideas regarding dialogue? For example, you went in thinking one idea, your classmate had a different idea. What new idea emerged from this process?
Though we shared many similar topics in this assignment I think that I tended to focus more on the weather and population and she talked more about the community aspect of the beaches which was something that I hadn’t really thought of. After reading her assignment I realized that this is a very important part of understanding more about these two beaches and caused me to see it from another perspective.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Assignment 4B
1. Choose any 1 classmate that wrote about your same essays and briefly compare/contrast their choices and ideas versus what you said.
When i look at the summaries by Rhianon Larson i see that we had a lot in common in our posts. We both learned a lot about the type of traffic in other countries compared to the US. I definitely agree with the example that she gave about having to dodge pedestrians while you are driving as you would on a freeway. I cannot imagine how stressful and dangerous that could be!
http://rhianonlarson.blogspot.com/2009/04/4a-group-2.html
2. Choose any 1 classmate that wrote about a different set of essays and tell us one thing you learned per author presented.
I chose to look at the stories Frank Dragun had read and written about. Through Frank's summaries of the stories he read i learned a little about the American River Parkway from Mary Mackey. I also learned about all the ethnic groups in this county of California. Frank lists them as "Hmong Vietnamese, Russians, Samoans, and African-Brazilians" which i thought was really interesting to know. I am moving to Sacramento after this semester so it was interesting to hear that the American River Parkway is a very inviting and pleasent place to visit, i will have to go and try it out myself!
http://humanities7fxd.blogspot.com/2009/04/4a-group-1-readings.html
3. Like number 2, choose any 1 classmate that wrote about a set of essays that you didn't read.
I read the summary Thida Vattanawase had posted about the reading she had done on Bienvenidos a Newport Beach by Firoozeh Dumas. I learned a lot through her post of what this family went through when dealing wit hthe changes they faced moving from town to town. I have never had to personally deal with what it would be like to move into a new town so it was interesting to see how this family dealt with it and how it affected them.
http://missthaiteeveeblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/4a-group-3.html
When i look at the summaries by Rhianon Larson i see that we had a lot in common in our posts. We both learned a lot about the type of traffic in other countries compared to the US. I definitely agree with the example that she gave about having to dodge pedestrians while you are driving as you would on a freeway. I cannot imagine how stressful and dangerous that could be!
http://rhianonlarson.blogspot.com/2009/04/4a-group-2.html
2. Choose any 1 classmate that wrote about a different set of essays and tell us one thing you learned per author presented.
I chose to look at the stories Frank Dragun had read and written about. Through Frank's summaries of the stories he read i learned a little about the American River Parkway from Mary Mackey. I also learned about all the ethnic groups in this county of California. Frank lists them as "Hmong Vietnamese, Russians, Samoans, and African-Brazilians" which i thought was really interesting to know. I am moving to Sacramento after this semester so it was interesting to hear that the American River Parkway is a very inviting and pleasent place to visit, i will have to go and try it out myself!
http://humanities7fxd.blogspot.com/2009/04/4a-group-1-readings.html
3. Like number 2, choose any 1 classmate that wrote about a set of essays that you didn't read.
I read the summary Thida Vattanawase had posted about the reading she had done on Bienvenidos a Newport Beach by Firoozeh Dumas. I learned a lot through her post of what this family went through when dealing wit hthe changes they faced moving from town to town. I have never had to personally deal with what it would be like to move into a new town so it was interesting to see how this family dealt with it and how it affected them.
http://missthaiteeveeblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/4a-group-3.html
Monday, April 6, 2009
Assignment 4A Group 2
1)Write the story title and author name. .25 point
Ode to CalTrans by Hector Tobar
2) Summarize the reading in one brief paragraph; be specific in your summary. Remember that your classmates will rely on you for this information. 2 percent
For this reading there were three parts. The first part was a descriptive scene of a Hollywood freeway, the next talked about the freeways in other countries around the world and how they compared to the ones we have become so accustom too here in California. It also talked about our laws of the road and things that have kept our “breed from extintion” such as hands-free cellular phones, multi-CD player, and the radar detection device. The last part was about memories he has of the freeway.
3) Which was your favorite sentence or paragraph (include entire quote; use quote marks and page number)? 1 percent
“Eventually the traffic thins and the concrete roadway loses its tar-colored stains and returns to the pristine gray of its youth.” Pg 51
4) What did the reading make you think of? (be specific eg "There is a bridge in SF that spans 4 miles from SF to Oakland and in the middle of the bridge it crosses an island called Treasure Island. This story makes me think of that specific little island where I can see the entire city and bay area. That city was also in the news recently where .... ) .75 percent
This quote just made me think about the stereotypes most people have about how California people are always in a rush, this quote just shows that the same thing. It makes us seem rushed but it also shows that there is a calmness too, after the traffic thins.
5) What is one thing you did not know before you started the reading that you now know (again, be specific using concrete examples)? 1 percent
I learned that “Iraqis often will take a one-hundred-kilo-meter-per-hour southbound detour on the northbound lanes to avoid the craters cut into the roadway by Americans ordinance, plunging into traffic as if that were a perfectly normal thing to do.” Pg 53
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1) Write the story title and author name. .25 point
Montalvo, Myths, and Dreams of Home by Thomas Steinbeck
2) Summarize the reading in one brief paragraph; be specific in your summary. Remember that your classmates will rely on you for this information. 2 percent
This story was of the myths that people have about California. One being that California is "paradise on Earth" another that "California is the only state in the Union that has flourished beyond all exceptions". I think the most important part of this is the realization that "the California myth has a slippery custom of reinventing itself every time you turn around".
3) Which was your favorite sentence or paragraph (include entire quote; use quote marks and page number)? 1 percent
"Most of them couldn't have cared less about the other forty-nine states, for it was the intricate stratification and emotional significance of the California myth to which they clung like wide-eyed orphans." pg 65
4) What did the reading make you think of? (be specific eg "There is a bridge in SF that spans 4 miles from SF to Oakland and in the middle of the bridge it crosses an island called Treasure Island. This story makes me think of that specific little island where I can see the entire city and bay area. That city was also in the news recently where .... ) .75 percent
Reading this story just had me think about how diverse California really is and how it really is a fast changing society that can sometimes be hard to keep up with.
5) What is one thing you did not know before you started the reading that you now know (again, be specific using concrete examples)? 1 percent
I learned that the early fifteen hundreds were a remarkably shallow time for the "publishing game" in Spain.
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1)Write the story title and author name. .25 point
The Last Little Beach Town by Edwards Humes
2) Summarize the reading in one brief paragraph; be specific in your summary. Remember that your classmates will rely on you for this information. 2 percent
This story is about the small town charm of Seal Beach and compares it to the small towns that surround it.
3) Which was your favorite sentence or paragraph (include entire quote; use quote marks and page number)? 1 percent
"The town is the first and easiest-to-miss pearl on a string of larger, more prominent beach cities stretching southward into Orange County." pg 70
4) What did the reading make you think of? (be specific eg "There is a bridge in SF that spans 4 miles from SF to Oakland and in the middle of the bridge it crosses an island called Treasure Island. This story makes me think of that specific little island where I can see the entire city and bay area. That city was also in the news recently where .... ) .75 percent
Reading this story got me excited because I love visiting Seal Beach and everything that was said about it was true. I like how he referred to it as a "surviving piece of original California” because I think that definition fits it perfectly.
5) What is one thing you did not know before you started the reading that you now know (again, be specific using concrete examples)? 1 percent
I learned that the Seal Beach City Hall was built in 1929. I also learned that Seal Beach used to have a roller coaster and its own air port which I never knew.
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1)Write the story title and author name. .25 point
Surfacing by Matt Warshaw
2) Summarize the reading in one brief paragraph; be specific in your summary. Remember that your classmates will rely on you for this information. 2 percent
This story is about surfing in northern California in places like Half Moon Bay, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, and Pacifica. It also talked about a place called "Mavericks point or just Mavericks" which is a place that was named after a dog.
3) Which was your favorite sentence or paragraph (include entire quote; use quote marks and page number)? 1 percent
"Sixteen-year-old Jay Moriarity from Santa Cruz was so intent on padling into his first wave of the day and pushing up into the correct stance- and he nailed it, feet spread wide across the deck of the board, head tucked, weight forward and low-that he didn't at first realize he'd lifted off the water and was now surfing through the air, just ahead of the curl, thirty feet above sea level." pg 79
4) What did the reading make you think of? (be specific eg "There is a bridge in SF that spans 4 miles from SF to Oakland and in the middle of the bridge it crosses an island called Treasure Island. This story makes me think of that specific little island where I can see the entire city and bay area. That city was also in the news recently where .... ) .75 percent
Reading this story really made me want to learn to surf. I mean I live in California! One of the best possible places for it! I think it was the fact that he got so descriptive about the sport, and the fact that Warshaw was so intense about it really makes me want to try it.
5) What is one thing you did not know before you started the reading that you now know (again, be specific using concrete examples)? 1 percent
I learned that there are twelve thousand residents in Half Moon Bay. I also learned that Half Moon Bay is the oldest city in San Mateo County.
Ode to CalTrans by Hector Tobar
2) Summarize the reading in one brief paragraph; be specific in your summary. Remember that your classmates will rely on you for this information. 2 percent
For this reading there were three parts. The first part was a descriptive scene of a Hollywood freeway, the next talked about the freeways in other countries around the world and how they compared to the ones we have become so accustom too here in California. It also talked about our laws of the road and things that have kept our “breed from extintion” such as hands-free cellular phones, multi-CD player, and the radar detection device. The last part was about memories he has of the freeway.
3) Which was your favorite sentence or paragraph (include entire quote; use quote marks and page number)? 1 percent
“Eventually the traffic thins and the concrete roadway loses its tar-colored stains and returns to the pristine gray of its youth.” Pg 51
4) What did the reading make you think of? (be specific eg "There is a bridge in SF that spans 4 miles from SF to Oakland and in the middle of the bridge it crosses an island called Treasure Island. This story makes me think of that specific little island where I can see the entire city and bay area. That city was also in the news recently where .... ) .75 percent
This quote just made me think about the stereotypes most people have about how California people are always in a rush, this quote just shows that the same thing. It makes us seem rushed but it also shows that there is a calmness too, after the traffic thins.
5) What is one thing you did not know before you started the reading that you now know (again, be specific using concrete examples)? 1 percent
I learned that “Iraqis often will take a one-hundred-kilo-meter-per-hour southbound detour on the northbound lanes to avoid the craters cut into the roadway by Americans ordinance, plunging into traffic as if that were a perfectly normal thing to do.” Pg 53
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1) Write the story title and author name. .25 point
Montalvo, Myths, and Dreams of Home by Thomas Steinbeck
2) Summarize the reading in one brief paragraph; be specific in your summary. Remember that your classmates will rely on you for this information. 2 percent
This story was of the myths that people have about California. One being that California is "paradise on Earth" another that "California is the only state in the Union that has flourished beyond all exceptions". I think the most important part of this is the realization that "the California myth has a slippery custom of reinventing itself every time you turn around".
3) Which was your favorite sentence or paragraph (include entire quote; use quote marks and page number)? 1 percent
"Most of them couldn't have cared less about the other forty-nine states, for it was the intricate stratification and emotional significance of the California myth to which they clung like wide-eyed orphans." pg 65
4) What did the reading make you think of? (be specific eg "There is a bridge in SF that spans 4 miles from SF to Oakland and in the middle of the bridge it crosses an island called Treasure Island. This story makes me think of that specific little island where I can see the entire city and bay area. That city was also in the news recently where .... ) .75 percent
Reading this story just had me think about how diverse California really is and how it really is a fast changing society that can sometimes be hard to keep up with.
5) What is one thing you did not know before you started the reading that you now know (again, be specific using concrete examples)? 1 percent
I learned that the early fifteen hundreds were a remarkably shallow time for the "publishing game" in Spain.
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1)Write the story title and author name. .25 point
The Last Little Beach Town by Edwards Humes
2) Summarize the reading in one brief paragraph; be specific in your summary. Remember that your classmates will rely on you for this information. 2 percent
This story is about the small town charm of Seal Beach and compares it to the small towns that surround it.
3) Which was your favorite sentence or paragraph (include entire quote; use quote marks and page number)? 1 percent
"The town is the first and easiest-to-miss pearl on a string of larger, more prominent beach cities stretching southward into Orange County." pg 70
4) What did the reading make you think of? (be specific eg "There is a bridge in SF that spans 4 miles from SF to Oakland and in the middle of the bridge it crosses an island called Treasure Island. This story makes me think of that specific little island where I can see the entire city and bay area. That city was also in the news recently where .... ) .75 percent
Reading this story got me excited because I love visiting Seal Beach and everything that was said about it was true. I like how he referred to it as a "surviving piece of original California” because I think that definition fits it perfectly.
5) What is one thing you did not know before you started the reading that you now know (again, be specific using concrete examples)? 1 percent
I learned that the Seal Beach City Hall was built in 1929. I also learned that Seal Beach used to have a roller coaster and its own air port which I never knew.
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1)Write the story title and author name. .25 point
Surfacing by Matt Warshaw
2) Summarize the reading in one brief paragraph; be specific in your summary. Remember that your classmates will rely on you for this information. 2 percent
This story is about surfing in northern California in places like Half Moon Bay, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, and Pacifica. It also talked about a place called "Mavericks point or just Mavericks" which is a place that was named after a dog.
3) Which was your favorite sentence or paragraph (include entire quote; use quote marks and page number)? 1 percent
"Sixteen-year-old Jay Moriarity from Santa Cruz was so intent on padling into his first wave of the day and pushing up into the correct stance- and he nailed it, feet spread wide across the deck of the board, head tucked, weight forward and low-that he didn't at first realize he'd lifted off the water and was now surfing through the air, just ahead of the curl, thirty feet above sea level." pg 79
4) What did the reading make you think of? (be specific eg "There is a bridge in SF that spans 4 miles from SF to Oakland and in the middle of the bridge it crosses an island called Treasure Island. This story makes me think of that specific little island where I can see the entire city and bay area. That city was also in the news recently where .... ) .75 percent
Reading this story really made me want to learn to surf. I mean I live in California! One of the best possible places for it! I think it was the fact that he got so descriptive about the sport, and the fact that Warshaw was so intense about it really makes me want to try it.
5) What is one thing you did not know before you started the reading that you now know (again, be specific using concrete examples)? 1 percent
I learned that there are twelve thousand residents in Half Moon Bay. I also learned that Half Moon Bay is the oldest city in San Mateo County.
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