PLN #12

Bella Demiranda

“Chains That Set Us Free”

PLN #12

In the article “Chains That Set Us Free” by Jonah Lehrer matters to me because it shows me that by doing different things in life can open our brains to many more thoughts. For example, crossword puzzles. They help you think more and may help you become a better problem solver. I think that we don't really try hard enough to have our brains think about everything. Some problems that we do might take a while to think about, so we just think to just get an answer. If we took more time to think about the question, then it will be a better chance to get the right answer. The article says, "Obstacles also let people consider a greater range of possibilities and ideas." That is very true because when people take risky obstacles, there are many different ways to get through. I realized that we get older we think about how we can multitask and get things done faster and easier. This article matters to me because it makes me think about all the different ways we can make our brains think more.

PLN #11

Bella Demiranda

PLN #11

“My Teacher Is an App”

The article, "My Teacher Is an App" by Stephanie Banchero and Stephanie Simon matters to me because it tells me how much online schooling can effect how I learn and test. High school is the four years that determine what your going to do for a living. Online schooling is very close to the same thing as home-schooling. Either way, kids who are home-schooled or go online for school, aren’t as social as kids who go to traditional school. It’s because when you are at home learning instead of at a traditional school, there are no other kids that you can hang around with. Online school might save some free time, but does it matter more to have more free time or to have better grades? Grades, especially in high school, matters a lot more than “free time.” Kids 3rd-10th grade that go to traditional schools receive better test grades that kids that take online school. Also, when your learning at home you can’t do extracurricular activities, and can’t play sports the same as if you would at a normal school. It is much better to go to a traditional school because you will do better, receive better information, and be more social. I will always participate in tradition schools because I want to go to a good college and get a good job when I am done with high school.

PLN #10

Bella Demiranda

PLN #10

“Moab man embraces simple life living in cave”

The article “Moab man embraces simple life living in cave” by Jason Blevins matters to me because it makes me think how living without money could be. Many people say that money doesn’t buy happiness, but others say that it definitely does. I personally think that I could try living with out money, but it would be really hard. It’s not like I depend on money for my life, I just love change and buying knew things. Daniel Suelo absolutely did not think that money buys happiness so he went a proved that it didn’t by living in a cave for nine years depending on no possessions what so ever. What Daniel did reminds me a lot of what Chris McCandless wanted to do in the book Into the Wild. They both wanted to get away from society and prove that they didn’t need to have possessions to live. Chris partly proved it compared to Daniel. I think that what Daniel did is a very brave and transcendentalist thing to. He has been living for nine years without money or possessions. The article “Moab man embraces simple life living in cave” by Jason Blevins matters to me because it proves to people that money doesn’t buy happiness and you can’t live pretty much the same way if you had money or not.

Beliefs

1. Four beliefs

• Friendship
• Family
• Truthfulness
• Myself

2. How far are you willing to follow these beliefs?

I am willing to follow these four beliefs: friendship, family, truthfulness, and myself, at any extent. If someone were to take away my beliefs in friendship, family, and myself then there would not be any point to my life. So if someone were to take away those three beliefs then they might as well take away my life because without them I would just be a prisoner without anything. On the other hand, if someone were to take away my belief in trust and truthfulness then it would not matter as much. It would still be hard living without truthfulness, but it isn’t as important as friends, family, and myself.

Manifesto

Fourteen years ago on June 6, 1997 I was born. Three to seven years old I wanted to be a vet, eight I wanted to be a dentist, ten I wanted to be a in the medical field or be a dentist, and I’m still trying to make my final decision on what I want to be to this day. “Everything happens for a reason” and “everything is okay in the end, if it’s not okay, then it’s not the end.” These are my favorite two quotes, they keep me moving in bad situations, whether it be about school, family, boys, anything. I will always keep moving and never give up my dream.

PLN #9

Bella Demiranda

PLN #9

“Is This the Future of Punctuation!?”

The article “Is This the Future of Punctuation!?” by Henry Hitchings matters to me because punctuation changes many things in papers, texts, emails, etc. Punctuation can change a simple “hi” to “hi!” The second “hi” with the exclamation point makes it sound much more exciting than just plain “hi.” These days,  texting is so popular punctuation marks make many different expressions. For example, wink-- ;), angry--- ;( or >__<, happy--- :D, :), XD, and many more. There are also the usual punctuations like commas, periods, question marks, semi colons, etc. Those simple punctuation marks are what Henry Hitchings is talking about. He is saying that they will soon just disappear once and for all. I don’t think that will happen. Punctuation is what makes essays, emails, letter, all forms of writing complete. Without them writing will have no meaning, it will just be a bunch of words on a page. Without periods especially.. If the punctuation disappears, and no “new” punctuation comes out, then there will be no point in writing because it the words wont make as much sense as it would with periods and commas. Writing isn’t my favorite thing to do...but without it how would we communicate with people far away other than calling? Texting and emailing without punctuation wouldn’t matter as much as writing at school or at your job because you don’t use it as much unless you put emotions. Life without punctuation wouldn’t be difficult, it would just be confusing. I don’t care that much about not having punctuation, but it would get a little getting used to.

PLN #8

Bella Demiranda

Poetry, Painting to Earn an M.D

PLN #8

The article “Poetry, Painting to Earn an M.D” by Laura Landro matters to me because when I’m older I want to be some kind of doctor, and think it is important for future doctors to know what is the better technique for learning new things. Laura Landro is saying that taking writing classes as an elective in college, if you are studying to be a doctor, is better for your brain so you can express your feelings. Many different doctors and people studying to be a doctor are saying that that is a great idea. As Dr. Wald says, "The act of writing helps you build reflective capacity so you can better understand the patients story and integrate it with everything you know as a doctor to have a more patient-centered-care relationship.” This is very true because when you don’t communicate with someone, then your never going to know their personality or background. When you do communicate with someone, then you will know the real them, their pet peeves, interests, etc. There are many, many things that you can find out about a person by just having a simple conversation. That is important in the medical field because if you don’t know the patient or their story, then how are you going to supposed to help them? I think that you should be able to choose if you want to do writing and/or reading as an elective, but when you apply for a medical job if it shows on your transcript that you have taken reading and/or writing, then you should be payed more. People should not be forced to take certain classes if all they want to focus on is one subject. The article “Poetry, Painting to Earn an M.D” by Laura Landro matters to me because I want to succeed as a doctor when I am older and get payed a well-deserved amount of money.