Monday, November 10, 2014
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
YouTube Video Summary
Ted Talks. "The Art of Misdirection." YouTube. YouTube, LLC. 13 September 2013. Web. 5 November 2014.
In this Video Apollo Robins shows us the art of misdirection. He uses a very odd way to show this. He is a pickpocket and uses this to show us how we often have our mind set to one thing and that's all we pay attention to. We end up losing sight of everything else. The volunteer went up and just by focusing on a chip he lost sight of Robbins taking his watch and money and other things. Since our mind is focused on one specific thing, everything else seems to just whirl by. It's amazing how misdirection can lead us to forget or to lose sight of other things. I found it as a symbol of life and how we may find ourself focusing on one thing and lose track of everything else. I also saw it as our lost opportunities. What if in life we've been focusing all our time in the wrong things? What if there's more to it than just that one thing? We need to pay attention to all the other things around us. They may add more to our life. What is your purpose in life? What is motivating you? Take a look around you. I bet you could find much more than the answers you gave.
In this Video Apollo Robins shows us the art of misdirection. He uses a very odd way to show this. He is a pickpocket and uses this to show us how we often have our mind set to one thing and that's all we pay attention to. We end up losing sight of everything else. The volunteer went up and just by focusing on a chip he lost sight of Robbins taking his watch and money and other things. Since our mind is focused on one specific thing, everything else seems to just whirl by. It's amazing how misdirection can lead us to forget or to lose sight of other things. I found it as a symbol of life and how we may find ourself focusing on one thing and lose track of everything else. I also saw it as our lost opportunities. What if in life we've been focusing all our time in the wrong things? What if there's more to it than just that one thing? We need to pay attention to all the other things around us. They may add more to our life. What is your purpose in life? What is motivating you? Take a look around you. I bet you could find much more than the answers you gave.
Monday, November 3, 2014
Academic Article summary
Robles, Janell. "Barriers to Success: A Narrative of One Latina Student's Struggles." Harvard Educational Review 79.4 (2009): 745-754, 784. Web. 3 November 2014.
This Review about this Latina Undergraduate Student, Janell Robles is very encouraging. It goes on to talk about her struggles to success. For Janell most of her life has been defined by how she grew up. In other words her ethnicity, although she wasn't born in Mexico, she grew up near it and therefore considered herself Mexican. When she went to study abroad in Mexico City, many of her ideas were shut down. No one knew what to make out of her, she wasn't Mexican because she is from Houston, Texas, but she wasn't white either. Janell was raised with many Mexican traditions and therefore could relate a lot to them. Life is sometimes defined by the way we were raised and how we see ourselves despise where we grew up. We choose who we are just like Janell felt she was Mexican.
Janell also did her research on Latino's. Most others didn't find that scholarly, yet she continues to do her research. She is a motivation to any reader. Life is also defined by what we do, if we let people run our lives, we will only get to where THEY want us to be. Our life is ours, so why not live it how we want it? Take a chance, life is all about taking chances and risks. Sure we'll make mistakes, but that's life. So live it and follow your dreams just like Janell has.
This Review about this Latina Undergraduate Student, Janell Robles is very encouraging. It goes on to talk about her struggles to success. For Janell most of her life has been defined by how she grew up. In other words her ethnicity, although she wasn't born in Mexico, she grew up near it and therefore considered herself Mexican. When she went to study abroad in Mexico City, many of her ideas were shut down. No one knew what to make out of her, she wasn't Mexican because she is from Houston, Texas, but she wasn't white either. Janell was raised with many Mexican traditions and therefore could relate a lot to them. Life is sometimes defined by the way we were raised and how we see ourselves despise where we grew up. We choose who we are just like Janell felt she was Mexican.
Janell also did her research on Latino's. Most others didn't find that scholarly, yet she continues to do her research. She is a motivation to any reader. Life is also defined by what we do, if we let people run our lives, we will only get to where THEY want us to be. Our life is ours, so why not live it how we want it? Take a chance, life is all about taking chances and risks. Sure we'll make mistakes, but that's life. So live it and follow your dreams just like Janell has.
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