For one of the statements below, write a response of 400 words or more as to why you have the belief you do.
1.Life is fair
2.It is important for men to protect a woman’s honor.
3.Fate is unchangeable.
4.Murder is never right.
5.Women are powerless.
6.“You are your brothers keeper”
7.It’s okay to take justice into your own hands.
8.Religion is more important than secular laws
9.“Everyman for himself”
10.Memories are an important part of our lives. They help frame who we are and what we become.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
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Maria Vera
Life is filled with memories that individuals gather throughout their lives. To individuals memories are essential towards the experiences they live for many reasons. The statement “ memories are an important part of our lives, they help frame who we are and what we become” is something which makes sense. I agree with this statement because people on a regular basis learn from their memories. The experiences that an individual lives through become memories in their lives and in the lives of people that surround them. The memories of individuals are able to shape them in whom they are and in what they will become.
Memories are an essential part of people’s lives because they are reminders of what a person has gone through whether good or bad. Due to memories humans have the advantage in making the right decision when a certain situation that they have lived through already reappears. With the ability of remembering the experiences that a person has undergone, the person is capable of choosing a right decision and learning from their mistakes.
The ability of humans of remembering the past experiences are helpful towards shaping whom they are and what they become. With the advantage of being able to remember and have memories, humans are able to look back and view themselves and their actions. Through the use of memories humans are able to point out things about themselves that they would rather change making memories useful towards shaping whom they are and what they want to become.
Memories also remind people of things in their lives.. For example, memories are useful when remembering loved ones. Memories help people remember their family members and their “family tree”. They help people remember part of whom they are and the people who are part of their life. It helps people know of their background and their culture which is part of what shapes who the person is or who the person becomes.
Memories of experiences in people lives are able to shape whom they are and are always changing aspects of them. Memories no matter if the cause of it is a mistake are always beneficial towards the person because some people learn from their mistakes and it lets them not repeat the same mistake over and over again. As long as people learn from their mistakes through their memories, the memories will not be able to hurt them in any way possible, rather yet it will shape them and frame them in what they will become.
Lorenzo Bradshaw
There are many popular thought in the world, for example "It's okay to take justice into your own hands." Some such as myself might say that this is true, others might disagree with this idea but it take a certain situation to make someone to resort to this thought.
The idea of taking the justice into your own hands to me means when the the ordinary law such as the police can't help you or when you ask for help and no one will assist you then i belive you should take the law into your own hands, but idea's like that can be very dangerous. Taking risk like that could get you in trouble with the exact source you thought would help you, whether it's the situation of a family member of friend of yours being killed and someone gaining information and killing that person in return which could just be a vulgar way of saying revenge. Even though I am still for the whole taking justice into your own hands.
With this idea there are many negativities, possibly some that can't be mentioned but with the few at hand such as putting your own well-being in danger, or get you sent to jail, or just exspoing a more bad side of yourself.
Everyone has there own kinds thoughts, idea of every kind." It's okay to take justice into your own hands." is one of them and I am definatly for it, for those who aren't thats your definition.
Raheem Shoyinka
Memories are an important part of our lives .They help frame who we are and what we become.” They also serve as our form of remembrance, of past and recent events. Our memory can span from sensory memory to short-term memory and even long-term memory. It has even been said, that our earliest memories begin within the womb!
I believe memories play a very significant role in our daily lives. Experience first hand, is key to my belief as I can recall things to minds even as early as 5 years of age. Without us even knowing we can instantly store and remember something with just a few seconds of looking at an object. I should know, as my best memory is sensory memory in which I can obtain more information by seeing an object. One source puts it this way “the mind generally seems to register impressions (visual objects), not merely for the purpose of being a large storehouse of facts, but primarily to be useful for future needs.” So for example fire, I can recall it being something bright in color and dangerous not just from word of mouth by actually perceiving it first hand (ouch).
As for short-term memory, which I know we, all have, is another process in which our brains can obtain information without rehearsal, but with limited capacity and duration. Unfortunately, I have also experience this first hand, as I can recall something for the time being but forget later. Nevertheless there also a good aspect to this, as when ask to remember something of little value at that exact instance, “Like
memorizing a number that pops on TV for some company, ours brains will be able to do so within a limited of time”.
Finally yet importantly is long-term memory, which can be stored in larger quantities and even last a lifetime, is one of my favorites. I can remember the many days out at movies and parks with my family as a kid and even the first tooth I lost when jumping on the bed. On the other hand, repetition plays a major part on how long we remember something or someone. However, I do not just believe memories are real because I read about them, but because I experience them first hand and because of those memories, I am the individual I am today.
Life is fair because you go throught up and down trail and tribuation in life you have postive and negative friend that are their for you and some that are not their for you people at jobs school and in the world that want to see you succeed in life. In my life sometimes I cry because I try to hard and sometimes I don't suceed. I work to hard to get were I'm and sometimes it doesn't pay off but people tell me it will just continue life is full of memories such as getting your first kiss or having sex with a beatiful girl or getting your first car or just going to your first baseball or basketball or football game .life is good because in life if your going thru stuff with your parent friend and teacher their someone to talk to and help you ina good direction and I have summer search their to help me tooo .in my life when I go thru stiff with my family I put my ipod on and go to the gym and punch the bag to get the anger out of me or a new thing I started doing was roller skating it--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Help me stop thinking on what I'm thinking about I love my life because I have my family that are their for me my friend that caries about me and my teacher and girlfriend that want to see me pass and go off to college and graduate from college on move up better in life.my thing I tell people you get to be young once and you get to live life onc e to so you have to cherish ever minute don't never let a second pass with out remember what happen. Have fun in your life go out to party and etc because once you have a child then all the focus is on the child and your life and that will be a memmories for you just having the child in your lifehis
J3ff M.
Memories are an important part of our lives. They help frame who we are and what we become. When you remember your self as being a bad little child running around not being nice to people, So when you get older, people already see you as a misbehaved child. Also your memories help you connect your past with your future, because they say life repeats itself. This is mostly what I believe because of the fact that when your in your child hood times you start to paint of picture of what your going to do when your older. Memories of people thinking of you will remember how you use to be growing up, they will remember and compare your past with your future. But only you know how to change what you will become. I go along with this statement because with your memories you can paint your picture but only you can be able to change that picture on your own. Through the use of memories humans are able to point out things about themselves that they would rather change making memories useful. Memories are part of peoples every day life, because you can be reading a book, watching t.v. or listening to music and you can reminisce to past memories of when you did this activity. When you go to sleep and start to dream about your past experience as a kid and you start to think about what you should of did or you wanted to do and to try to re-live that moment from your memory and you feel over happy you can go back and try to figure out how to wanted to end up and what you wanted to change on and get more improve on. They help people remember part of whom they are and the people who are part of their life. It helps people know of their background and their culture which is part of what shapes who the person is or who the person becomes.
Homework due for Monday Nov. 23, 2009
Two Journal entries...
for pages 25-47 and pages 48-71....
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