Latin Roots #1

1. act, ag, ig: to do, to move, to drive     S: I enjoy viewing action films. 
2. ali, alter: another, other       S: I tend to enter altercations with other players from other schools whom play dirty. 
3. am: at/ to love      S: Women find my presence very amorous. 
4. anim: life, spirit, soul       S:  Animals are fascinating organisms that assist humans by keeping biological structure. 

Vocabulary #1

1) Agenda: A list or plan of things to be done in the future; listed items to be taken up at a meeting.
I wrote my math assignment in my agenda.

2) Agile: Quick and easy of movement or thought; rescourceful.
I am agile when it comes to quick decision making, 

3) Alienate: To make someone unfriendly, withdrawn, or indifferent.
I cause thine enemies to feel alienate.

4) Altercation: A heated or angry argument; a noisey quarrel.
I had an altercation with a player from Atascedero resulting in his defeat.

5) Amiable: Generally pleasant, friendly, and nice to be around.
I tend to interact with amiable subjects. 

6) Amorous: Suggestive of love, love making, or sexual desire.
I have a tendancy of unintentionally causing amorous behavior of females towards me. 

7) Animated: Filled with life and spirit; active.
My attitude on life can described as animated.

8) Equanimity: Calmness or evenness of mind or spirit; even-temperedness.
I display equanimity to hide my emotions and find peace from within. 

9) Inalienable: That which cannot be taken away or transfered to someone else.
My student ID is inalienable for the usage of one other than myself. 

10) Inanimate: Possessing neither life nor spirit; not alive.
I perform the antonym of being inanimate.

11) Magnanimous: Showing a kind of nobleness of mind and spirit; high-minded; free of pettiness.
I try to display magnanimous characteristics in every day life.

12) Reactionary: Characterized by ideas suggesting a desire to move backward, especailly in matters relating to politics.
I tend to be reactionary of fond memories of my past and enter a state of nostalgia. 

Purpose of Myth Review

1) How do I relate to the universein which I live?  How do I relate to that universe?  How much control do I have over my own life?  How can I lead a satisfying life?

2) The first parents are often gods of the sky and the earth, heroes are children of gods who have unusual births, In the world as in nature, birth maturity and death are often followed by rebirth, and The creator-god usually fashions the first human beings from parts to earth.

3) Divine beings who separate earth and sky.

4) They teach its members the appropriate attitudes, behaviors, and values of that culture.

5) Heroes are models of human behavior in their society.

6) The Great Goddess was the supreme deity.

7) The expression of the inividual's unconscious wishes, fears, and drives.

8) The intellectual capacity to understand the world in which they live.

BOR Essay

                                                                                                       

The Absence of Siblings

            Does the order or quantity of one’s siblings around someone impact their personality?  Studies have demonstrated through data that this is true.  I am an only child and the data compliments my characteristics that it suggests of an only child like myself.  The characteristics of an only child according to the research done, suggests and corresponds with my scholarliness, preference of interaction with elder persons, and the habit of procrastination.

            I demonstrate scholarly attributes and excel in academics.  I have a 4.0 GPA through hard work, great work ethic, effort, a positive attitude, desire, focus, and competitive greatness.  My goal is to be the Valedictorian of my class and I am relentless and perseverant when it comes to accomplishing my goals.

            I tend to interact with older people more cohesively than with my peers.  I participate and engage in more intimate and constructive conversations with adults due to their increased level of wisdom.  As a child, I always found myself with the adults in the parlor listening contently to a conversation of current foreign military involvement of our country while the other children played amongst themselves.  I prefer to interact with a selection of people consisting of greater maturity then with my peers.                                                                                                                   

I unfortunately practice procrastination regularly.  I tend to wait until the last minute before commencing my assignments.  I get lazy and put it off until the due date starts to slowly creep up nearer and nearer until finally shocking me and causing me to perform in a “clutch” fashion.  I have stayed up for excessive amounts of time increments for numerous of occurrences as a result of this.  I know this is something that I need to start working on conquering in order to benefit myself but I have already seen improvements in this aspect just by the acknowledgment of the issue.

            I demonstrate scholarliness, interaction tendencies with matured subjects, and the practice of procrastination which all corresponded with the data and research collected by my instructor.  My opinion on this research was very positive and interesting for you get to see how your chronological position in the family impacts your character.  I now see that I am one of the majorities amongst only children that demonstrate likewise characteristics.  

Birth Order Traits

Trait: Interaction with older specimens. 

Me: I have a tendancy to interact and associate with older people usually because I'm amused more by mature topics and curious about intelligent people's perspectives on things. 

Trait: Procrastination.

Me: I am unfortunately haunted with the soon-to-be-broken bad habbit of procrastination.

Trait: Critical, Serious, Scholarly.

Me: I am very critical of myself and others and very analytical, I tend to have a serious shell before broken into by friends whom I let in, and I take pride in demonstrating proficient accedemic performances consistantly.  

Reflections On Week One

1) There are no factors that will affect my participation in this class related to the examples stated in the question.  Although, I feel that the reliance of excessive technological rescourses is at times inconvenient and confusing, especially for the ones who do not have access to the required technological possession.

2) I am an observer, or analyzer if you will. I pick up positives and negatives from everyone or every situation that I encounter and try to apply or avoid duplicating those things in my life.  My eighth grade Algebra Teacher, Mr.  Mason, is one of the more significant impactors in my life since he conducted a very effective learning environment in which I thrived and many of my fellow peers whom have shared this same expierience as I have, also share this class with me as well.  He was effective at relaying information to us ina simple manner and had  routine in which we pretty much followed daily.

3) I am eager about attending this course and have been satisfied so far from what I've witnessed.  I believe that I will prosper in this great learning atmosphere and be able to take what I will have learned and apply them to the next Literature course I will be taking which will be preferably AP English.  I look forward to learning how to improve upon my ability to read quicker while still sustaining reading comprehension and also improving upon my technological capabilities in preperance for the future education system in which we are headed.

My Six Words

I chose to do this vine presentation because it is a metaphorical and creative way to express my determination, relentlessness, drive, and desire to succeed in all goals that I set for myself. I was pondering about a creative way to do this and to effectively succeed in the assignment to recieve my points at the same time and came up with this. I believe I succeeded in that and worked hard on this. I felt that my assignment was unique and really displayed my personality and mentality when it comes to success and attitude of the process.