A HUG IS NEARLY A GUN SPELLED BACKWARDS

 Prompt: Agree or disagree with E.M. Forster's view that personal relations are more important than causes or patriotism.   

               There are many reasons for agreeing and disagreeing with E.M. Forster's opinion, and I would like to share why I agree with him. Personal relations are close connections between people, that are formed by emotional bonds and interactions. Meanwhile, patriotism is an emotional attachment to a nation which an individual recognizes as their homeland. I agree with Forster that personal relations are more important than patriotism because if someone ever looses their attachment from a nation due to a chaotic event that happened, people can loose hope, but your personal relations with a friend or a person will always be there. They will be there to remind you about the importance of relationships. When your at the edge of giving up friends, company, connections, and support are the essential things that lift your spirit and encourage you to never give up and continue living life one step at a time. 

                Some people may argue that patriotism is what keeps our nation together and unified, however many people are quick to judge when they feel a situation is not being handled correctly. Many argue that they are so patriotic, but they are the ones who end up breaking rules and not following orders by doing the simplest things like throwing trash on the ground or jaywalking. People get the sense that patriotism is more important than personal relations because every single patriotic person can relate to each other. They all feel like they can relate in the sense that they have national pride in their ethnic, culture, and historical aspects but everyone is quick to judge each others backgrounds and point out what each race is doing wrong. Patriotism can be lost and can be seen through fake emotions because someone claims to love their nation but it is all a load of emotions and not actions that are being done. Personal relations will last forever and they create real feelings and emotions that patriotism can't give you.

                Some people may also argue that personal relations are not important and that the emotions you feel through it is a bunch of crap, but I will love to explain why I strongly disagree. Truly having a bond with someone and connecting with them is an amazing experience like no other. Yeah, some friendships don't last forever but new friends always come around and the feeling and experience you get from each relationship is unexplained and different every single time. It is a deep connection that just happens. You start off as total strangers with someone and as time goes by you get to know that person more and more each day and you really connect with them. You connect with them so much that you trust them with your life and you know that you can tell them how you feel and they will be there to listen. You can be having the crappiest day of your life but they will know how to cheer you up and they will experience the same exact things that you are going through and that will never fade away. Personal relations are such an impact on anyone's life that sometimes you find yourself smiling randomly because you feel emotions coming back to you. Even the simplest things like a hug or a I love you can make someones day when they are just not feeling it. 

                These are the reasons why I feel that personal relations are more important than Patriotism. Patriotism can be lost meanwhile relationships stay in your heart forever. You should never let the connections that you have with other people fade away because that is where you experience happiness, joy and it is also where you gain experiences that you had never thought of before in your entire life until that special someone appeared. " The greatest relationships are the ones that where in front of you the whole time, but they were still unexpected." 

WHEN LOGIC FAILS

1. Argumentum Ad Hominem

Example: "You didn't even go to High School, how could you possibly know what that means!"

2. Argumentum Ad Ignorantiam

Example: " Since no one has proven that aliens do not exist, then they must exist."

3. Argumentum Ad Nauseam

Example: " There is no evidence that I ran over that dog, there is no evidence that it happened, there is no evidence."

4. Argumentum Ad Numerum

Example: " At least 90% of the worlds population is made up of nice and respectful people."

5. Argumentum Ad Populum

Example: " More than half of the class agrees that the lunch the school gives us is horrible."

6. Argumentum Ad Verecundium

Example: " I gave my idea and it was similar to what the President of the club said, so I must be correct."

7. Dicto Simpliciter

Example: " Women are more vulnerable than men, therefore they have trouble when enlisting in the military or army."

8. Non Sequitur

Example: " This week has been a very hot week, therefore we should all shower with warm water."

9. Red Herring

Example: " A lot of people are dying everyday, -- How are we suppose to help the poor? "

10. Tu Quoque (you too)

Example: " She accused her of bulling, but she did it too."

MISTAKES FOR PRESIDENT

LOGICAL FALLACIES

Ad hominem:

Donald J Trump used a lot of Ad hominems throughout this debate and these are a few quotes on the things he said to Hillary Clinton.

- "You have been doing this for 30 years, and you haven't made anything better, you should've been doing this 30 years ago."
- "Is it president Obamas fault."
- "Hillary will not be a good leader because she needs stamina."
- "She will tell you to go to her website and learn how to defeat Isis, but she will not do anything herself."
- "She definitely has experience, bad experience."

Hillary also uses a few Ad hominems.

- "You were givin 14 million dollars from your father, my father had to work hard."
- "My husband did a good job on the 1990's, and that is a fact."
- "Donald, you live in your own reality"
- "Your plans are proven to loose jobs and mine are proven to create them"

I also noticed that Hillary uses the word "you" a lot, what kind of effect will that bring to the audience? Here are a few quotes.

- "I want to invest in you, what you want to see, fair, equal pay for women, childcare, etc.."
- "This election is about you and your future, not us."

What Donald J Trump states.

"I will make America great again"

SOMETIMES MY MIND...

Sometimes I wonder if all this hard work and all this trying your best in school thing is worth it? Will everything that we are currently doing matter in 10, 20, 30 years? I also wonder what University will be like? Will it be 10x harder? I freak out about all of this sometimes because I don't want to leave my family. How will the first day of college be like? Will I survive? What will my future job be? Will it be something that I love and that I will enjoy? I worry about this because I am not ready. I am not ready for the future and for what is yet to come but I am slowly getting there and I can't wait to make my parents proud and I know that so will all of you! All the stress is worth it guys...lol

DEVASTATING NEWS

I just found out about a very sad and tragic event that happened in Santa Maria just yesterday on September 24,2016. A man jumped of the Santa Maria Mall parking lot and committed suicide. I did not know this man but when I hear news like this I always ask myself why? I don't understand why people do this and I know that life must have been very tough for this man. I know that depression is a part of these tragedies and I just want to state my opinion and share a message to those who are struggling through depression. I know that everyone has problems in their lives and since I consider you guys my internet family I want to share my story. My family was not always a happy family, my parents would constantly be fighting all the time since I was a little girl. My dad would always drink a lot and he would often get aggressive when he would drink. I saw him fight with my mom all the time and we were never a happy family. I would struggle with depression because I always asked myself why God let this happen? I would lock myself in the bathroom and cry because I had no one to talk to and that was the only way I new how to release everything that I was feeling. Life just seemed to get worse and worse everyday. This got to the point where my parents wanted a divorce and later on my dad was kidnapped and my world ended. The only way I slept was by crying myself to sleep. My mom started looking for help and that was when I met God and my life changed dramatically. I started praying for my dad and I found faith and hope. That was all that I had left and I never let go of it. My dad was let go after giving money for his release and I thanked God that my dad was still alive after all that he suffered through. I thought maybe God did this to show my dad how valuable his family was and that he was never going to find a wife and children who loved him like we did. We started to go to church and look for help and soon enough my dad ask my mom to forgive him and life got better day by day. Until today I no longer suffer from depression and I couldn't have asked for a better family. Although it took many years to find peace, I still thank God until this day and until the day I die for giving my family a second chance. My point is that life is not always going to be fine and dandy but you can fight through your problems. You fight for yourself and never loose hope, no matter what you believe in. You are worth living, don't give up on yourself because there is a light at the end of the tunnel. YOU ARE WORTH LIVING AND YOU WERE BROUGHT TO THIS WORLD FOR A REASON!!!
(I feel so good letting this out, thank you, never give up you'll see that life will get better & I am here if you need someone to talk too <3)

MY YODA

I think that my ideal mentor would be humanity for my big question. Humanity and everyone would be great mentors because everyone in the world thinks differently. Some people get right to the point and others see the big picture, which is great both ways. I believe that having the opinions of others is a great thing because it opens your mind up to topics that you might have never thought about before until someone mentioned it. It opens doors to different perspectives and different ways of thinking which is amazing. That is why I choose my mentor as our humanity for my big question because I know that I will discover great opinions and perspectives on my question.

2nd BOOK

I am currently reading The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁❤️🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

BIG QUESTION DISCIPLINE/S

So my big question is, How would the world be if we all had different stories of the people around us? For example instead of thinking that the first Mexican we see is a dirty immigrant, why don't we think of them as who they actually are and see their real story, not just the stereotypical story?

Fields or disciplines that are used or can be used in this question are: 

- the history on racism 

- how our mind automatically thinks 

- how we think of the worst possibilities or answers first  

- how to change our perspective on life
- stereotypes 

* comment if you can think of others * 

FALL VOCABULARY #4

IM HAVING THE TIME OF MY LIFE

Honestly, I am not having the time of my life right now. I find myself  stressing out because of everything that I have to get done. I have tests that I need to study for and I can't find the time to do it . I also feel overwhelmed because we are taking a group test for math but I am basically taking an individual test since my group is not helpful. So I have the responsibility to know everything and get it done. This week is just another one of those bad weeks but I know that I'll get through it. I totally plan to do something fun during the weekend. I need peace.🤘🏼✌🏼️

VOCABULARY LIST #3

IM READING BIG BROTHER

BAD WORDS

The only time a word is bad is when a bad person uses it for bad intentions. We are the ones who make words sound bad by the way we choose to use them. Words can be so powerful that they can hurt and scar us forever. I believe that bad words are very important depending where you are and with who you are with. For example when you are by yourself and you are just tired of life and you deeply feel that the only way to get relief is by saying bad words, you should do it because other words will just not cut it. There is no such thing as a bad word but we make it a bad word by using it in a offensive way. We change and make words seem like bigger things when they have a small meaning. We also always seem to use euphemism which means that we change words to make them sound less offensive and we trick ourselves into thinking that just because we changed the word it is less harmful. We use soft language but the only thing that it does is take out the life in the meaning of words. For example we are afraid to call someone retarded because we have come up with different forms of using that word. We might call someone retarded because they are dumb and lack common sense but when there is a kid that is retarded because of a condition we are afraid to use that word so instead we use the word special. The only reason why we are afraid of using retarded is because we found a different way of using it which is the negative way. This is what I have learned and understood so far about bad words and the use of euphemism.

BIG BROTHER'S FIRST IMPRESSION

In my opinion, I believe that George Orwell is really educated in language and he definitely knows what he is talking about. I believe that what he is trying to tell us is that many educated people have made it hard for a person who is not as educated or that is not experienced in higher academic language hard to understand any piece of writing that we see in the internet or in books so we gain nothing from these writings because we do not understand them. For example if I am reading a book with very sophisticated academic language I will not understand it so there will be no point in reading it. Writings like these are now useless for us. When we read these types of writing we are not capable of imagining what the author means and we loose the option of painting a picture in our heads. Another bad thing about this type of academic writing is that there is never precision and we never get to know what the main point of the author was. I believe that this is the message that George Orwell is trying to tell us.