DessertSenior: May 2013

Friday, May 31, 2013

p 263 we took an in-class quiz from within the textbook. It was a 20 point quiz over "Twa Corbies". Zingers, we looked at how literate people can be much more clever than others in their put-downs. Powerpoint available to be seen. Ask your teacher. World View: Assignment for Tuesday. Write a paragraph or a page to explain your paradigm of life (30 points). Read it, or parts of it, for extra points (possible 10). Handout given in class to start you thinking about how you view life. Reminders: Monday, June 3, Choice Reading due Tuesday, June 4, D-Day, letter to future self Wednesday, June 5, Letter to teacher done in-class

Friday, May 24, 2013

Poem, “The Second Coming” p. 1164 due. We marked it, discussed it, and handed it in. Lorelei 1356, number 1-10 a quiz where each question was worth two points if you got it correct on the first try, and one point if correct on the second try, for a total of 20 points Choice Reading. It is due on Monday, June 3. There will not be any written requirement for this. Next class, which is Tuesday, we will review the book "Things Fall Apart"by using the jeopardy game. You can find this game in two parts on the webpage. Reminders: Tuesday, May 28, review for the test tomorrow Wednesday, May 29, Final on Things Fall Apart Thursday, May 30, Room 448 computer lab Friday, May 31, Monday, June 3, Choice Reading due Tuesday, June 4, D-Day, letter to future self Wednesday, June 5, Letter to teacher done in-class

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Poem, “Things Fall Apart” p. 1164 due Friday. The poem may be found in the connections section of Things Fall Apart, or in the textbook on page 1164. Use the textbook to understand the context of the poem and to make connections.

Review ch 15 Read ch 16, 17, 18.

On Thursday of next week, we will be writing On Demand. You have a choice of lit analysis or on a narrative. The narrative should include three proverbs that are tied into the story. Make sure they are fresh proverbs, not stale ones. See some examples below.

Reminders:
Friday, May 24, Poem “The Second Coming” a full page
Wednesday, May 29, Final on Things Fall Apart
Thursday, May 30, Room 448 computer lab
Monday, June 3, Choice Reading due
Tuesday, June 4, D-Day
Wednesday, June 5, Letter to teacher done in-class

Afghan: You can't hold two watermelons in one hand.

Don't look where you fell, but where you slipped.

Don’t set sail using someone else’s star.

You condemn on hearsay evidence alone, your sins increase

Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse.

Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.  African Proverb  

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. African Proverb

The earth is a beehive, we all enter by the same door.  African Proverb   

There are 40 kinds of lunacy, but only one kind of common sense.  African Proverb

Only when you have crossed the river can you say the crocodile has a lump on his snout.

Pick up the hen and you can gather all the chicks.  

Rain beats a leopard's skin, but it does not wash off the spots.

Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree.  Ethiopian Proverb  

He who conceals his disease cannot expect to be cured.  Ethiopian Proverb  

When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.  Ethiopian Proverb

A bird can roost but on one branch, a mouse can drink not more than its fill from a river.  Chinese  

A diamond with a flaw is worth more than a pebble without imperfections.  Chinese

A dog in a kennel barks at his fleas; a dog hunting does not notice them.  Chinese

A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman to make a home.  

A man without a smiling face must not open shop.  Chinese Proverb   

A murder may be forgiven, an affront never.  Chinese   

A needle is not sharp at both ends.  Chinese

A young branch takes on all the bends that one gives it.  Chinese

Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still.  Chinese

A miser is ever in want.  Greek

A small evil may be a great good.  Greek

A word out of season may mar a whole lifetime.  Greek

Act quickly, think slowly.  Greek

Add not fire to fire.  Greek

Affairs sleep soundly when fortune is present.  Greek

Don't hear one and judge two.  Greek

Endeavour to bear the ignorance of fortune with patience.  Greek

He who has been angry becomes cool again.  Greek   

He who laughs not in the morning, laughs not at noon.  Greek Proverb    

A bad bush is better than an open field.  French

A bad sheerer never had a good sickle.  French Proverb  

A black hen lays a white egg.  French Proverb  

A hedge between keeps friendship green. French  

A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on.  French   

A summer's sun is worth the having.  French   

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.  French  

Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills.  Jewish   

Don't ask questions of fairy tales.  Jewish   

He is not called wise who knows good and ill, but he who can recognize the two evils the lesser.  Jewish Proverb

 Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest violence.  Jewish Proverb  

The sun will set without thy assistance.  Jewish

A bald head is soon shaven.  Irish   

A good denial, the best point in law.  Irish

A house can't be kept without talk.  Irish

A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners.  Irish   

A service not asked for, neither God nor man is thankful for.  Irish Proverb   

Anything will fit a naked man.  Irish Proverb

Comfort is not known if poverty does not come before it.  Irish   

Evening is speedier than morning.  Irish

Every invalid is a physician.  Irish

A field held in common is always ravaged by bears.  Russian

A jug that has been mended lasts two hundred years.  Russian

A lizard on a cushion will still seek leaves. Russian   

After the head is off, one does not cry over the hair.  Russian

An enemy will agree, but a friend will argue.  Russian Proverb   

An icy May fills the granaries.  

An indispensable thing never has much value.  Russian Proverb   

An old loan repaid is like finding something new.  Russian Proverb   

As long as a child does not cry it does not matter what pleases it.  Russian  

A soft answer calms wrath- Rachel’s mom

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Poem, “Things Fall Apart” p. 1164 due Friday. The poem may be found in the connections section of Things Fall Apart, or in the textbook on page 1164. Use the textbook to understand the context of the poem and to make connections. Review ch 15 Read ch 16, 17, 18. On Thursday we will be writing On Demand. You have a choice of lit analysis or on a narrative. The narrative should include three proverbs that are tied into the story. Make sure they are fresh proverbs, not stale ones. Reminders: Thursday, May 30, Room 448 computer lab Friday, Poem “The Second Coming” a full page

Monday, May 20, 2013

More proverb practice
Proverb quiz with answers:

http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/games/riddles/proverbs.htm

Review ch 12

Read ch 13, 14, 15.

On Friday, we will have a page due on the poem "The Second Coming". It can be found on the first page of "Connections" in the last part of the novel's book. Look for the black mark on the edge of the pages in order to find it quickly. We will talk more about this over the next to days.

Reminders:

Thursday, May 30, Room 448 computer lab
Friday, "Second Coming" poem one page assignment

Friday, May 17, 2013

Thursday, Friday- May 16, May 17

Isms - we did some ism review. See assignment at the bottom of this post.

Thursday we reviewed chapters 4,5, and 6. We read 7 in class, and ch 8-9 at home.
Friday we reviewed 8-9 . We read chapters 10 and 11 in class. Chapter 12 is to be read at home.

Read ch 10-11 in class, 12 at home.

If you need to review the -isms, see the Camus ppt on the webpage.

Pick the scenario that fits the following isms:

Determinism, mysticism, pessimism

Hedonism, nihilism, pragmatism,

materialism, existentialism

1. We need to have security people around us to protect us from those bad elements in society. People have no choice but to do what their nature tells them they are programmed to do. We are all programmed to act in a certain way. Some good..... some bad.

2. If we spend less money on security, we can spend more money on enjoyable endeavors. If we waste money on security, people will still do what they want because the joy of doing their desires outweighs the pain of later punishment.

3. I am not for or against security. All I am saying is let’s spend more money on security and if people behave better then we can increase the amount we spend. Eventually we will find if security is a good idea.

4. We could figure out a way to get people to behave well, but then something will come along a destroy that. If we spend more money on security, people will just resist it more. Then we will have to spend more money on security. We should just trust people to behave well. It’s really too bad we can’t.

5. We could just figure out the right way to behave and what makes people tick. Are you kidding? That thought is so stupid. We could get security to help channel people the correct way. Are you ridiculous? I was joking. Who’s to say that security knows the way people should behave? Who’s to say that the way you want to act is wrong?

6. It may or may not be necessary to increase security. People learn right and wrong best by experiencing the world around them but I can’t take the chance that one might steal my things or destroy my chances at a strong future. We are here at school to educate ourselves so we can be successful in the world--- have a nice car, a nice job, vacation in the right places. This school needs to improve to make sure we are never like those pitiful people who have nothing.

7. We could spend a lot of money on the security personnel at this school. Or we could not. It is up to the individual to make the choice of how to live. The individual will make the decision on how to choose. It really doesn’t matter if there is more security people here or not. They could order me to go to class or get out of the halls but I always have that choice to accept what they are saying or not.

8. Security is not a question one needs to deal with at school. One should learn about things but a majority of one’s time should be spent in meditation. With an inward look, one may learn divine or eternal reality.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Hand out TFA packets. These packets will not be graded but they will be worked on.

Today we read one of the three chapters aloud. The other two were done on your own. You should now be through chapter 6.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: On each Friday for the next three weeks, not counting this week's Friday, a student may retake a vocab test.

Reminders:

Thursday, May 30, Room 448 computer lab

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Proverbs: We worked on a number of proverbs today. Then we looked at each proverb used in chapter one of Things Fall Apart.

We read aloud on chapter 2 after discussing chapter one. Read TFA through chapter 3 tonight.

We watched seven minutes of each video on Chinua Achebe.

Monday, May 13, 2013

We read and discussed the meaning of Wole Soyinka's poem "Telephone Conversation" which appears on page 1157 of the textbook.

The rest of the students picked up the book "Things Fall Apart" from the library. Read chapter one for tomorrow.

We reviewed briefly for the test over "Siddhartha". Fourth period thought so profoundly that they actually made the lights go out for a moment.

Friday, May 10, 2013

Page 389-395 Read and understand parables, maxims. Discuss

Test on Monday for Siddhartha.
Find a review ppt on the webpage by clicking on webpage on right side of the blog. Then go to "World Lit and Comp"
Pick up book "Things fall Apart" No reading required yet.

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Thursday, May 9,2013

Background on Buddha

Review for test see below for the ideas of the review. I need to work more on the ppt.

Deteriorata.

Ode to Mom

Reminders:

Monday, May Be reading choice reading. 800 pages required for 100%

Wednesday, May 8, Make sure you bring choice reading.

Thursday, May 9, more about the real Buddha.

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Notes on Hesse and Siddhartha

Hesse was a restless young man; his parents couldn’t handle him.

Hesse rebelled against his _________ _____________ ____________ (Pietist Lutheran.

In 1911 he took a trip to _______ from which the novel ________________ emerged. It is an example of the choice between ____________ and security.

Hesse deals with the ideas of opposites: yin and _______; intellect and ________; illusion and _______; dualism and _____________.

Hesse’s heroes: artists alienated from _______; men disenchanted with _________; intellectuals who eye the ______ warily.

Siddhartha means “he who is on ____ _______ ______.

Buddha means “ to _________”

Siddhartha Gautama was a spiritual teacher in the NE region of the Indian subcontinent who founded __________. He was raised in modern day ___________. His father was King Suddhodana, the leader of the Shakya clan. ___________ was his family name. His mother was Queen ______ ______. The Buddha’s birth and life are widely celebrated as ______. His mother died at his birth, maybe up to a week later.

Siddhartha was destined to a luxurious life as a ______. His father shielded his son from religious teachings or knowledge of human _________. He was brought up by his mother’s younger sister, Maha Pajapati.

At the age of 16, his father arranged his marriage to a cousin; she gave birth to the boy Rahula. Siddhartha spent _____ years as a prince. He felt that there was more to life than material wealth. He wanted to see his subjects. His father attempted to remove disturbing elements from his son’s view. But Siddhartha saw a(n) _____ man, a(n) _____ man, and a(n) __________.

Siddhartha escaped his palace along with his charioteer Channa and aboard his horse Kanthaka, to live a life of a _________. This is called “The Great ______”.

He practiced under two hermit teachers, but not being satisfied, he moved on. With a group of _____ companions, they set out to take their austerities even further.

After nearly starving, he collapsed in a river while bathing and almost drowned.

After this he is said to have discovered the _______ ______- a path of moderation between the extremes of ____-________ and self- ____________.

Sitting under a pipal tree, now known as the _______ tree in Bodh Gaya, India, he vowed never to rise until he had found the Truth. After ____ days meditation, at the age of ____, he attained Enlightenment. With this he categorized the truth into four noble truths:

1. ___________ is omnipresent

2. Its cause is wrongly directed ______.

3. Remove the cause and the cause for suffering is removed.

4. The Noble Eightfold Path leads to the end of __________.

His son Rahula joined the sangha at the age of seven. A cousin Devadatta became monk although he later tried to _________________. When Buddha heard of the impending death of his father, he went and preached the dharma, and his father became an arahant prior to death. His mother approached him asking to join the sangha. Buddha ______________. She followed group and eventually Buddha accepted them on the grounds that their capacity for enlightenment was equal to that of a man.

Devadatta tried to kill Buddha ____ times. One with a group of _______, a second with a large _________, and a third with a drunken ________.

At the age of _____, the Buddha announced that he would soon reach Parinirvana. After his death, he was __________ and the relics were placed in stupas.

Many westerners associate the name of Buddha with a smiling, fat, balding person. This is inaccurate, as the person in these is Budai, a Chinese Buddhist monk who lived in the 10^th century CE. - Source: Wikipedia.

•Characters for 100

What occupation was Siddhartha’s father?

•Characters for 200

Siddhartha’s closest friend in Part One

•Characters for 300

What was the name of the ferryman we meet early in the book?

•Characters for 400

What is the Buddha’s real name?

•Characters for 500

The merchant’s name, and the courtesan’s name (two answers).

•Concepts for 100

What does Siddhartha try to rid himself as an ascetic?

•Concepts for 200

What are the three skills that Siddhartha tells Kamala that he possesses.

•Concepts for 300

At first what seems to separate Siddhartha from ordinary people?

•Concepts for 400

What single thing prevents Siddhartha from committing suicide?

•Concepts for 500

What is the name for the cycle of life, death, rebirth?

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•The story for 100

What is the name of the divine within a person?

•The story for 200

At first, what did Siddhartha feel separated him from other people?

•The story for 300

Which is not Buddha’s doctrine:

1.it is possible to eradicate pain

2.life is pain

3.When we die, we experience either eternal damnation or bliss

•The story for 400

The ferryman teaches Siddhartha the wisdom of what?

•The story for 500

The news of whose imminent death starts many people to travel

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•The story for 100

At first, Kamala asked Siddhartha to come back when he had what?

•The story for 200

Pick the odd statement, true or false.

1 Hesse lived most of his life in India.

2 Buddha was born in southern Nepal.

3 Buddha’s son, wife, and aunt became followers.

•The story for 300

1.Buddha never saw his father again after leaving as a youth

2.Buddha left his father’s palace at the age of 29.

3.Buddha and his followers ate once per day, never after noon.

•The story for 400

1. The Bohdi tree still stands today in the same place.

2. Lotus is symbol of Buddha because it is the most beautiful flower.

3. To escape the cycle, one must reache nirvana.

•The story for 500

1.Food obtained from begging could not be kept for another day.

2.Before he died, Buddha asked his disciples to follow another buddha.

3.Buddha reached enlightenment at the age of 35 and died when he was 80.

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•Miscellaneous for 100

What is missing from Buddha’s teaching, according to what Siddhartha believes?

•Miscellaneous for 200

What is the name of the ascetics that Siddhartha joins in the first chapter?

•Miscellaneous for 300

To what fruit does Siddhartha often connect to Kamala’s mouth?

•Miscellaneous for 400

What event caused Siddhartha to feel a great kinship with ordinary people?

•Miscellaneous for 500

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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Quiz chapter 10-11 Get 7 out of 10 without book to get 2 bonus.

Read back of book bio of author.

Read ch 12 in class

"Desiderata"

Reminders:

Be reading choice reading. 800 ages required for 100%

Wednesday, May 8, Make sure you bring choice reading.

Thursday, May 9, more about the real Buddha. Write one page for tomorrow. Anything inspired by this video will count. Any reaction to this video will count. Anything that you find relevant to this class will count.

The Original Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and haste and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world in full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is: many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

Note: Often attributed as "Found in Old Saint Paul's Church, Baltimore: Dated 1692." Actually, Desiderata was written in 1927 by an obscure Indiana lawyer and poet named Max Ehrmann. Sources include: The Washington Post, November 27, 1977.

Monday, May 6, 2013

Quiz chapter 8-9

Lotus info.The lotus grows up from the muck of the earth to unfold radiantly as it rises above. Symbolically it has 8 petals to correspond with the noble Eightfold Path.

Read ch 10-11 for tomorrow. Be ready for a quiz.

Reminders:
Be reading choice reading. 800 ages required for 100%
Tuesday, May 7, homework: read chapter 12.
Wednesday, May 8, Make sure you bring choice reading.
Thursday, May 9, more about the real Buddha.

Friday, May 3, 2013

Quiz chapter 6-7 If you are not here for today's quiz, take notes over the quizzed chapters.

Read ch 8-9 for tomorrow; we read 8 in class.

You might be able to take notes over the chapters and use those notes on the test..

Zen humor for period 3; period 4 did it yesterday.

Those bits of humor are contained here:

THE POWER OF ZEN

1. A closed mouth gathers no foot.

2. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt and a leaky tire.

3. The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it back in your pocket.

4. Timing has an awful lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

5. No one is listening until you make a mistake.

6. Never test the depth of the water with both feet.

7. It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.

8. If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.

9. Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.

10. If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.

11. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat & drink beer all day.

12. If you lend someone $20, and never see that person again,

it was probably worth it.

13. Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side & a dark

side, and it holds the universe together.

14. Q: Why don't Buddhists vacuum in the corners?  

A: Because they have no attachments.

15. Q: What does a Buddhist wish someone on their birthday?  

A: May you have many happy returns.

16. Some days you are the bug, some days you are the windshield.

17. Q: How many Zen buddhists does it take to change a light bulb?  

A: None, they are the light bulb.

18. It's always darkest before dawn. So if you're going to steal your neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it.

19. There are two theories that apply when arguing with women. Neither one works.

20. Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me, either. Just leave me the heck alone.

21. My mechanic said to me: I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.

22. A day without sunshine is like, night.

23. Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.

24. Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

25. Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what the heck happened.

26. Q: What did a Buddhist say to the hot dog vendor?

 A: Make me one with everything.

27. After the Buddhist paid for the hotdog, he asked,” Didn’t I give you a twenty dollar bill? Where is my change?

The vendor replied, “Change must come from within.”

28. Two men meet on the street. One asks the other: "Hi, how are you?"

The other replies: "I'm fine, thanks."

"And how's your son? Is he still unemployed?"

"Yes, he is. But he is meditating now."

"Meditating? What's that?"

"I don't know. But it's better than sitting around and doing nothing!"

30.Science truth: Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.

31. All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Quiz chapter 3-4

Page 1331 “The Soldier” One page due. We discussed and handed in..

Read ch 5-6 for tomorrow. We read chapter 5 in class. Read ch 6 in class; read 7 at home.

50-50 chance of using notes on the quiz tomorrow.

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Quiz chapter 2-3

Page 1331 “The Soldier” One page due on Thursday.

P 387 philosophy

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Siddhartha read chapters 4-5 for tomorrow

50-50 chance of using notes on the quiz tomorrow.

If you miss the quiz, take notes over the chapter and I will give you the average score or better.