Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Motivation :O
As of right now my motivation is not as high as it could be. I know that now that the semester is almost over, is the worst time to lose motivation in my school work. The reason for it being low is because I already want to get out of school and stop worrying about homework, essays and other kind of school work. I’m not really stressing about doing the work or anything, I just don’t want to have to do work when id rather do something else, because I’m a really lazy person. I recently found out I don’t have a passing grade in one of my classes so that’s going to be my motivation to start doing the work and doing well on the tests n stuff. The thing that’s going to keep me motivated is the love I have for my mother because she works hard as a single mother of three. If she can work hard for herself and for my brothers and me, I at least owe it to her to not disappoint her with a bad grade. All she asks of us is to go to school and get good grades, and to do the chores around the house other than that we could do pretty much whatever we want, legal of course. I’m feeling pretty good about this and I know I’m going to pass all my classes because I’ve never failed a class before and I’m not going to start now.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Vocabulary
Feign(v)-to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of.
"The letter covered seventeen handwritten pages, its tone jumping from self-pity to anger to irony to guilt to a kind of feigned indiffrence." p.156
the actors are feign to the characters they play.
my logic, i took a test on it and had to study it
Indifference(n)-lack of interest or concern
"The letter covered seventeen handwritten pages, its tone jumping from self-pity to anger to irony to guilt to a kind of feigned indiffrence." p.156
your logic, i leardned the word in elemantry.
the loss of the game was indiffrence to the player.
Salvaged(n)-the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
"he watched the young soldier wading through the water, bending down and then standing and then bending down again as if something might finally be salvagedfrom all the waste."p.173
The divers salvaged as much as they could from titanic.
your logic, i have seen the word in a game that required me to salvage stuff.
"The letter covered seventeen handwritten pages, its tone jumping from self-pity to anger to irony to guilt to a kind of feigned indiffrence." p.156
the actors are feign to the characters they play.
my logic, i took a test on it and had to study it
Indifference(n)-lack of interest or concern
"The letter covered seventeen handwritten pages, its tone jumping from self-pity to anger to irony to guilt to a kind of feigned indiffrence." p.156
your logic, i leardned the word in elemantry.
the loss of the game was indiffrence to the player.
Salvaged(n)-the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
"he watched the young soldier wading through the water, bending down and then standing and then bending down again as if something might finally be salvagedfrom all the waste."p.173
The divers salvaged as much as they could from titanic.
your logic, i have seen the word in a game that required me to salvage stuff.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Vocabulary
Reticence(adj)-disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved
"To an extent, I suppose, his reticence was typical of that part of minnesota, where privacy still held value." p. 51
The guys reticence was what made him trust worthy with secrets.
Example, the word was used to explain minnesota.
Vigil (n)- wakefulness maintained for any reason during the normal hours for sleeping
"...and to take me to the edge and to stand a kind of vigil as I chose a life for myself." p.56
The nurse kept her vigil at the bedside of the dying man.
Your logic, I learned the word in a class I had in high school.
Shrill(adj)-high-pitched and piercing in sound quality
"...threaded along a length of copper wire, one overlapping the next, the tips curled upward as if caught in a final shrill syllable." p. 111
The baby's shrill cries pierced the ears.
"To an extent, I suppose, his reticence was typical of that part of minnesota, where privacy still held value." p. 51
The guys reticence was what made him trust worthy with secrets.
Example, the word was used to explain minnesota.
Vigil (n)- wakefulness maintained for any reason during the normal hours for sleeping
"...and to take me to the edge and to stand a kind of vigil as I chose a life for myself." p.56
The nurse kept her vigil at the bedside of the dying man.
Your logic, I learned the word in a class I had in high school.
Shrill(adj)-high-pitched and piercing in sound quality
"...threaded along a length of copper wire, one overlapping the next, the tips curled upward as if caught in a final shrill syllable." p. 111
The baby's shrill cries pierced the ears.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Vocabulary
Stooge(n)- an entertainer who feeds lines to the main comedian and usually serves as the butt of his or her jokes.
"Was Ho Chi Minh a communnist stooge, or a nationalist savior, or both, or neither?" p. 40
The boys foolish actions made him look like a stooge.
I used my logic, i connected the word with an old show i used to watch, the 3 stooges.
Schizophrenia(n)- any of a group of psychotic disorders characterized by progressive deterioration of the personality, withdrawal from reality, hallucinations, delusions, social apathy, emotional instability, etc.
"It was a kind of schizophrenia." p. 44
The man kept talking to himself as if he was talking to an actual person, he probably had a case of schizophrenia.
I used my logic based on movies ive seen in the past.
Bewilderment(adj)- completely puzzled or confused; perplexed.
"The emotion went from outrage to terror to bewilderment to guilt to sorrow and then back again to outrage." p.46
The movie inception had many people in a state of bewilderment and awe.
Example, found based on reading the other words that the story was used in.
"Was Ho Chi Minh a communnist stooge, or a nationalist savior, or both, or neither?" p. 40
The boys foolish actions made him look like a stooge.
I used my logic, i connected the word with an old show i used to watch, the 3 stooges.
Schizophrenia(n)- any of a group of psychotic disorders characterized by progressive deterioration of the personality, withdrawal from reality, hallucinations, delusions, social apathy, emotional instability, etc.
"It was a kind of schizophrenia." p. 44
The man kept talking to himself as if he was talking to an actual person, he probably had a case of schizophrenia.
I used my logic based on movies ive seen in the past.
Bewilderment(adj)- completely puzzled or confused; perplexed.
"The emotion went from outrage to terror to bewilderment to guilt to sorrow and then back again to outrage." p.46
The movie inception had many people in a state of bewilderment and awe.
Example, found based on reading the other words that the story was used in.
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