Vocabulary #6

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

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

Viral-of the nature of, caused by, or relating to a virus or viruses

Blog-a regularly updated website or web page, typically one run by an individual or small group, that is written in an informal or conversational style

Wiki-a website that allows collaborative editing of its content and structure by its users

URL-(Uniform Resource Locator): a protocol for specifying addresses on the Internet.

Website-a location connected to the Internet that maintains one or more pages on the World Wide Web.

WWW-The World Wide Web (WWW) is a network of online content that is formatted in HTML and accessed via HTTP. The term refers to all the interlinked HTML pages that can be accessed over the Internet.

Internet- The global communication network that allows almost all computers worldwide to connect and exchange information

2.0-used to denote a superior or more advanced version of an original concept, product, service, etc.

Open source-denoting software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified.

New question

How would Emerson and the passage Self-reliance impact society if it was published today?

Author in progress

What did you do well?  - The thing that I thought I did well was understanding his concept about how  the youth is involved and we have a voice.
What do you need to work on?    -The thing I need to work on is finding what his main message is and what is he really trying to say in simple terms.
Other than that Emerson is a "genius " by how he describes infants or morons to be a genius.

Complaints and ideas for class

We all know 5th period has that group that talks and doesn't focus, maybe that group is giving the idea of this class is not important and we can just talk to the others and maybe a reason why some or most people don't do the work assigned. Also for literature analysis assignments maybe we should have library days when we go check out books so we actually have something to read because I doubt   Anyone goes to the library by themselves or has a library in their house.  Thoughts for the class can be for teachers to change their tone of voice and way of treating bad students who don't care. Also a problem for me is figuring out how to put music on the cd assigned to us.

IM-SELF RELIANT

So far just from hearing and reading a bit of Emerson as a class I've gotten from Emerson that I should be myself and try not to be anyone else and also that us as a youth has a voice in society so we shouldn't be shut out because we are the future generation so we will control the world in a matter of years.  Emerson says " every heart vibrates to that iron string" I don't know if I'm getting the message from him correct but when he says heart I'm guessing it's having to do something with love and emotion or how he is portraying his tone in Self-Reliance. His use of big words though is a part that I'm not very strong on so I would have to research the word. Emerson also used the word Devil in the story which I'm confused if he's talking about evil or religion. When he talks about doing it for himself and not for anyone else can seems like his theme in Self reliance which I think is don't try to impress anyone else and do things for you because you want them. If Emerson saw society how it is today I think he'll be ashamed because yes you can be anyone you want and look however you want to look with surgery and people are all trying to someone that they're not to impress and not doing it for themselves. Even after saying all this I am not getting what Emerson is really trying to say.

MAPPING MY MIND

The reason why I did what I did on the map was to move the more important matters into a space where everyone can see so it can be more of a help. This would help me understand Emerson more by putting some vocabulary more close so we can understand what self reliance is saying. Youth has a voice is a big thing that I got from Emerson.

Big Question

Why does the sun rising and sun setting determine when the day starts and day ends.