I'm Self-Reliant

While reading "On Self-Reliant" my brain was just like "what are you reading I can't comprehend these words." (Only in some parts.)

"Society is a wave. The wave moves onward, but the water of which it is composed does not"

"For everything that is given, something is taken"

Author in progress

honestly I feel like I didn't do so good on the quiz yesterday. I feel like I should've read the story over again. I need to start studying so I can be ready for when ever we have a test or a quiz.

My American Voice

Vocab: Fall List #6

1. Meme: an element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by non-genetic means, especially imitation
2. Virus: a piece of code that is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect, such as corrupting the system or destroying data
3. Viral: an image, video, advertisement, etc., that is circulated rapidly on the internet
4. Blog: a regularly  updated website or web page, typically one run by an individual or small group, that is written an informal
5. Wiki: a website that allows collaborative editing of its content and structure by its users
6. URL: the address of a World Wide Web page
7. Website: a location connected to the Internet that maintains one or more pages on the World Wide Web
8. www: World Wide Web
9. Internet: a global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols
10. 2.0: Web 2.0 describes World Wide Web sites that emphasize user- generated content, usability, and interoperability
11. Open source: denoting software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified

Vocabulary

Letter to a mentor draft 1

Dear Mentor,

       I was wondering why are items/things designed as they are? Why are the items in that shape? For example a computer used to be like a big box and now it's just basically a screen. Why do they change it?


Sincerely,
       Neri Jijon 

Vocab. Fall List #4

1. Venomous: full of or containing venom; poisonous
2. Stolid: calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation
3. Hypnotized: to influence, control, or direct completely, as by personal charm, words or domination
4. Suspended: temporarily prevent from continuing or being in force or effect
5. Transformed: make a through or dramatic change in the form
6. Accuse: charge (someone) with an offense or crime
7. Anticipate: regard as probable; expect or predict
8. Fringe: an ornamental border of threads left loose or formed into tassels or twists, used to edge clothing or material
9. Melancholy: a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause
10. Earnestly: full seriousness, as of intention or purpose
11. Dissolve: in act or instance of moving gradually from one picture to another
12. Aggravate: make (a problem, injury, or offense) worse or more serious
13. Illuminate: light up
14. Capillary: any of the fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules
15. Proboscis: the nose of a mammal, especially when it is long and mobile, such as the trunk of an elephant or the snout of a tapir