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.