The zoom meeting webinar, was conducted to bring together, students from various colleges to participate in an event that could possibly raise climate awareness, the ability to tweet messages to a wider audience using zoom, is like writing it is a form of expression…
Here with you
“…i’m sorry that your self-esteem was shattered by the mouth of someone who instead of building you up chose to tear down the skyscraper in your soul
i’m sorry they left you behind after promising to stay
i’m sorry that forever has never been long enough
i’m sorry that your eyes have been drowning in the ocean of your own emotions
i’m sorry that your heart doesn’t know what it means to be held in the hands of someone who truly cares for it…”
https://docs.google.com/document/d/184EItJJLrSVFVsOpY6swwyvYSghMre-2qreuYLEeAjM/edit
In R.H. Sin’s poem he uses PATHOS to catch the readers attention. He is expressing sorrow to those who have been hurt making a deep connection with them immediately. This is the first poem in the book, when I read it the barrier between author and reader completely dropped. It felt as if a close friend was comforting me. It made me reflect more and understand my own issues in a deeper level because I felt as if he cared and understood the pain that I was going through. While writing this post I realized that he was a he, I assumed that it was a she, but all this time it he spoke so well and his targeted audience was people who hav been hurt not just women. The purpose of this book was to help people realize, understand and heal from their trauma.
To give a little background I’m a Mexican daughter and that has always been a big challenge for me, since there have been so many standards set for me to be. While I was told how I should act and be around people, my older brothers would do whatever they please without getting yelled at. My mother and I never had a good relationship because of her unnecessary standards like doing chores, being mature at a young age and doing the men’s chores in my house, even having to serve their plates when we would eat.
So when I was watching this show one of the characters named Todd is talking to Bojack about babies and how we were held as babies by our mothers and how were were seen a perfect thing and how they would love us forever then proceeded to say “whatever happened to that” and “how mothers are weird.” Bojack has been one of my favorite shows because they are not afraid to talk about situations where families aren’t perfect it really hit me that maybe I’m not the only one dealing with these issues if a popular show is addressing it.
I just kinda reflected on my life and how my mother did love me but her way of showing love to me was the same way my grandmother did and how my great grandmother showed her. I was thinking of how my mothers mentality is completely different from what we learned in school and our generation. In a way I learned to appreciate her more even though she makes me do these chores in the future I will be th one benefiting from it. Sometimes we cannot express our emotions and we try to justify them with actions and her actions are genuine. Mothers are weird they want to love us and my mother is showing me the love she was taught.
Well, after a challenging semester of world-shaking events, the end to this class has arrived. Your final task for the course involved two things:
Revise your annotated bibliography in light of the feedback you’ve been given. At the top, before your alphabetical list of sources, be sure to include:
Other reminders: proofread, check citations, double-check your annotated bibliography looks like the format of this one: Sample MLA Bibliography
When you’ve proofread, submit the final version of your Annotated Bibliography as a Word .doc/.docx through Dropbox here: https://www.dropbox.com/request/z1M49HQjRirfBFCGEmVV
One final task: a reflection on the course as a whole.
I invite you to reflect on the course questions below in whatever medium you’d like to. This could be any one of the following:
Or anything else creative you’d like. I’d love to see a bunch of videos of your faces thinking in real time, but if you don’t feel comfortable with that, feel free to do it one of the other ways.
Here are the questions I’d like you to answer, in whatever way you’d like:
I only ask that you put some real effort into thinking through these questions and answering them—not just for me but for yourselves. I’m really, excited to see what you come up with!
When you’re done, submit it whatever way makes most sense. You’re welcome to submit it via this special Dropbox link here: https://www.dropbox.com/request/nM4SmY07RvNRaTpZ1xY5
Or you can email it to me or post on the course blog.
Congratulations on finishing a very challenging semester. It’s been a pleasure working with y’all, and I hope you can take some time after the end of this semester to relax and take a break.
To end on an inspirational note, I invite you to listen to James Baldwin’s speech on the power of language and words: “The Artist’s Struggle for Integrity”
Thank you, and take care!
My topic didn’t change much, however, I did target the entirety of New York State rather than just New York City. It was clear that Long Island has the worst water in the state compared to the city, which – thank God – is nearly contaminant free. But Long Island water is borderline hazardous yet the New York Water Canal Systems don’t seem to acknowledge how serious the problems are to those that don’t own water purifying filters. My best piece of evidence was actually a letter from US Representative Kathleen Rice sent to the EPA, voicing her concerns of Long Island’s water supply. She also took a stab at the EPA who have taken several years to fix water concerns (see Flint, Michigan). So, I can only hope Long Island’s water supply is fixed sooner rather than later. I think what I have left is adding quotes from the sources I have, or not? I’m actually not sure if an Annotated Bibliography needs quotations from the articles or not. The examples I came across online lacked direct quotations, so maybe I’ll just write a little more in my descriptions. However, I do think my answer has been completely answered because New York’s water is very questionable and I definitely recommend a filtration device in every home if affordable.
I changed my question at least four times. First time it was too general and I had to narrow my research. Second time I completely changed my topic, because while doing my research I found something else which I thought would be more creative to do. During writing everything down I had to tinker around the question to keep it as a question. The last time after I put annotations down it looked like the question wasn’t right anymore, so I had to switch the end with the front.
My useful source I found was my object. I think it helped me to focus more on something specific and helped me to narrow down my research. I hope that the choice of the topic and the lenses applied to it would make the essay interesting to read and will raise some questions for the reader.
I have to work more on my annotations, because they were incomplete. I also need to go and properly learn about MLA format. Some of my bibliography entrances are seriously wrong. I ran out of time and wasn’t able to check all of my findings within my search, so I’ll have to do that as well. Overall reflection: I could’ve done a better job.
My research question became more to the point. It is a question that established a ground for an argument and my research material made more sense in favor of my argument. It shifted with better understanding of how to come up with a research question when confused. The most useful source I’ve found is the internet and many reliable articles and publishings that provide details. I just have to review my work and take in any advice to see if my sources match the requirements for the assignment.
Working Research Question:
How has the pandemic changed the New York Subway System?
Annotation of New source:
CNBC Television https://youtu.be/NF_cmvEDIwM
Published on April 29,2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/nyregion/new-york-coronavirus-homeless.html
Published on April 13,2020
The corona virus outbreak has dramatically altered New York City’s Subway System in many ways. According to the state of New York’s Governor, Governor Crumo “Ridership is down more than 90%”, the majority of people riding the trains are either essential workers or the homeless. Governor Andrew Cuomo recently announced the subway shutdown for cleaning, which will allow workers to disinfect trains and stations nightly. But what about the homeless? Where will they go? Many homeless people are afraid to go to shelters. Crowded shelters like Wards Island Shelter in the Bronx, became a breeding ground for the Covid-19 virus, Which left 23 dead last month.
Working thesis :
For the first time in 115 years, overnight subway service in Nyc has been shut down to clean trains because of the pandemic. But this left no place for homeless on the train or shelter.
Anything else:
It’s early the time is 6am, me and a group of other essentials rushed down the stairs of Jamaica Avenue Junction into the subway station.Someone yelled “Three minutes until the train departs”.Immediately I started looking for the nearest available seat, my nose indicated the trouble coming across the end of the cart. Five homeless men gathering in a circle and the welcoming stench of ten dead rodents. Cart after Cart it seemed there were no escaping the homeless, it was an eye opener into the massive crisis for me about Homelessness in our city.
Draft: “This video is not the one to comment on”
This video goes a little back in time. I guess I like this video because it’s a zoom in, on the possible fire of climate change, we’ve heard about that has been smoking, and so like this bear “Smokey the bear”, prowling and growling at times, we try to stop it (climate change) from flaming, what’s left of the remaining forests (the earth and atmosphere).
Smokey is a cartoon character personified to address the issue of deforestation caused by forest fires. His advertising message is how you(anyone) can help prevent it from burning. The story of Smokey the bear was that as a cub, he got scorched by fire ( is it reminiscent of the pandemic). Smokey shows its very educational that we know the effects on our environment than if we don’t know, for example if we were reminded of the dangers and effects of a burned down forest, would this serve as a hopeful reminder to something close like our homes/condo/apartment/workplace or someone else’s home, etc. The forest were homes and is still home to many creatures even though, at times what we see are only trees. In one way, street littering seems to have a less devastating impact than deforestation, because for the most part people try to clean up their mess, regrowing a forest and a destroyed habitat can take some more time, usually some controlled forest fires are good at providing the soil with essential nutrients.
Revision: Here’s another video “a little more recent. and what I think of essay, “Prow-Ling” “This video is not the one to comment on”
In my opinion:)Climate change is mysteriously as wide a topic as efforts to lessen the burdens of the pandemic has been, with the considerable debate if we do this, that might be bonkers, etc, Such a diverse topic that it seems incredibly interconnected with our current science, spiritual, technological, economic, health and arguably political debates.
Here’s the trivia on “ No Prowling and Growling”
Why aren’t their ads to encourage climate change efforts or are we doing a good job of reducing carbon emissions?
The audience doing the lesser pollution are the ones driving just a motorized car or taking transportation to school or work. Should there be another “Occupy Wall street, Occupy London, Occupy Moscow, Occupy Rome, Occupy Smokey Mountains, Occupy Mars Claim” and how rebellious are such protests normally portrayed by commercial figures?
Why do I share a belief that climate change actions, had become politicized, and that experts were not true witnesses of environmental pollution, and to other dwellers these effects were that of the super-storm Sandy and to yet another group climate change is oblivion?
Reflection Clicking on the karaoke “A little to my liking” Here’s the video to comment on.
Solnit, Rebecca. “Climate Change is Violence.” The Encyclopedia of Trouble and Spaciousness, Trinity University Press 2014, pp. 56-60. Solnit had received a master’s degree in journalism and had been an independent writer since 1988. The Encyclopedia of Trouble and Spaciousness is a series of essays written by Solnit. Solnit shares her opinions on various news articles commonly publicized in the media occurring over the years, in the essay “Climate Change is violence”. As a writer she vividly explains to readers that Climate change is not simply the effect on the environment we usually think the subject to be but is very much a cultured feedback. She makes a great deal of comparison with what well-funded organizations; the oil industries and global government may have on their citizens. She speaks of historical events that are somewhat reminiscent of the modern-day difficulties surrounding the climate. Given the recent pandemic dilemma, I found this quote to be of particular interest, as it not only applies to climate change but transcends to so many topics: “Climate change is not suddenly bringing about an era of equitable distribution. I suspect people will be revolting in the coming future against what they revolted against in the past: the injustices of the system” (Solnit 58). Although clearly stating the essay was “climate change is violence” she further states “one can hope they’ll recognize that violence is not necessarily where their power lies” (Solnit 58) condemning that violence was the answer.
