APEnglish–Los Al

Period 5

Today we started off with discussing the quotes “Know Thyself” and “The unexamined life is not worth living”. We determined that everyone needs to give their life meaning, and find a purpose in everything everything you do. Why are you doing what you do?

We then did the Imagery #8 worksheet. The passage was written by Helen Keller, which was interesting because the visual descriptions seemed most specific, and she was blind.  We also learned that Helen Keller was a major supporter of communism, which is something that people usually leave out when telling her story.

Lastly, we read more of “Nature” by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Don’t forget to do you Journal to Essay, due tommorow!

-mackenzie

Period 6

• We did a worksheet on Helen Keller’s “Visual” images—she used tactile images to describe the scenes
• Helen Keller’s a communist.
• Mr. Eldridge taught the class about the Monroe Doctrine—contrary to popular belief, the US gained no respect because it didn’t have an army or navy.
• According to Kate, Helen Keller’s a conspiracy
• Mr. E used the “Clap once, Clap Twice” method to get everyone’s attention.
• Class Discussion: are babies born as blank slates or are they born “programmed?”
• Wyatt wants to punch a deaf and blind nany to see if t would make it angry.
• We discussed Helen Keller Jokes and Dead Baby Jokes

• There’s something in DNA that keeps DNA from mutating when it’s copied so much.
• Why should cells die? They just keep replacing themselves.
• KPS and Mr. Eldridge got in a debate about mitochondria and dilution.
• We worked more from the Nature worksheet:
• No one knows about integrity. à Math. It means whole.
• Moral values are meant to keep one whole.
• We own land, not landscapes.
• For about 3-4 minutes, the entire class was eerily quiet. What’s up with that?
• KPS wants Mr. Eldridge to watch Pi, Faith, in Chaos.
• Spirit of infancy”—according to Mr. Eldridge, that describes me (Shira). J
• Nature doesn’t just register happiness. It registers everything. “From breathless noon to grimmest midnight”
• There’s a “Boston Common”—land that everyone can use.
• “Glad to the point of fear”—emotions that are so powerful they’re scary. Intense emotions.
• In the city, you don’t have reason and faith, which you do in the woods.
• Join with God through nature. The Soul dissolves and you become one with everything.
• Sympathy in nature.
• Man is ot just part of nature. Nature is how you dissolve into the divine.

• Raea fell asleep.

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