Dialectical Journal

Quote: "Only because I prefer a positive to a negative. In this game that we are playing, we can not win. Some kinds of failure are better than other kinds, that's all"

Response: Winston when telling/ saying this to Julia. He is trying to tell her that hope for what they do and think is not only dangerous but is a failure. Winston is just trying to be positive but the quote if you just think about it is negative. In a way it is like Winston doesn't want Julia or anyone else to get hurt.

Letter to Jingzhi

I think that in this situation that you went through I feel like you are a hero to your family and some Chinese people. You really showed the world with this article that girls and women can be hero's too. I admire that you have done so much for your family; by just being in a committee/ congress to be a voice to those were you live and the places were people know you really said something about you and who you are. Going through such a painful difficult time with your family- especially your children- to me it is very recognizable and heroic to stand up for your family; because you did not just stand your point during a group meeting you did this for your country and were you live. You did this to be a voice to people that could be unknown and you did it because you care. I really do admire you and when I grow up will definitely tell people that girls and women and anyone who's quite can be something in this world to save people they car about.

MUN Reflection

I enjoyed MUN and had a lot of fun, I liked this idea but I felt like I was very scared to do this. I thought that I was going to fail because I am a very shy speaker, but I had very awesome Chairs. They were just so much fun and they were awesome; this was probably the best experience but I really did like it. I think that people that really have the passion to do MUN and really like writing resolutions and speaking in front of people and winning or getting prizes. Then I have to say go for it have fun; be excited have a butt kicking resolution and speech. I if was ever to do this again I would hope that the teachers wouldn’t scare me as much, but that of course do make this special/ important. But all in all this was on of the best activities I have ever done; I thank the teachers for it too.

Qi- Gong Class

Today we had a class on qi-gong and it was pretty fun. I really liked this activity with a karate instructor he started qi-gong at around 11 years old and know he has fully developed qi-gong, he is really good at it. We all got to experience a different culture and understand another way of healing with our bodies/ another way of fitness with the body and becoming one with your inner chi. Chi is your energy and the instructor told us that your chi is something powerful, because once your get to master this your can move the chi around your body and feel the different places your body has that hurts. For example once you are able to move it around your can direct your energy/ chi ball you make to that certain place it hurts and then have it heal that. I enjoyed this, some people actually got to feel their chi ball and also got to move it and understand it/ play with it. Which was cool because they were amazed at it, and other's of us were just having fun an excited at how our bodies can stand for such a long time. Also how our hands and arms can stay in the same place for so long, also the pain after a while because of it staying there for so long. But I really thought this was fun, I mean we had so much fun. At least I did I really did enjoy this, and it was completely insanely awesome.
In conclusion I really liked this workshop it was an entire new experience and so much fun for me. Although most of it was about being quite and peaceful and in the end there was meditation time. A lot of people actually meditated got in tact with there inner selves while trying to find their chi. I really liked this and I hope we have as much fun as we had at the Karate Academy, so we can enjoy this in our class again, but with Ms. Golub as our instructor.

Vocab Quiz 1

I think this is a very nomadic idea but it could be done if the sky is the limit. The idea sounds very good in terms of "eating locally". It actually sounds cool, but what I am wondering is if you are building this 30 story building you should domesticate this farm because it would be easier to have something in the future be fertile. You should also protect this farm because if this idea does work then you might want some codify, a lot of people might want to know the secret to such a wonderful farm. It is a good idea to not be sedentary to this project because if you are some critics might think it wont work and the influences on Dr. Despommier's project. I suggest also if you are building by a pond or any kind of city main place to not irrigate over the outside of your building. You should cultivate and use this building for people to know about whoever had the idea and used it properly. Don't be to primitive though of this building it has much potential to the outside world. This can also be taken like a deity to some people's eyes because of it being so unique. I believe that Dr. Despommier's is determinent to making this 30 story building for all of us real.