Well it's that time of year again. I am excited to be with family again because its something I don't get to do much. I think many people look at this time of year and see it as special for the wrong reasons. To most, this time of the year is all about getting the best presents and the most money. I just want everyone in class to realize that there is more to the Holidays than that and to spread it to others to bring the real meaning back.
Spend some time with family, even if you don't particularly like them.
Be safe and have a Happy Holidays everyone.
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Sherlock Homes
There were many ways that the book was related to the movie. One way that they were related was that they were both mysteries about murder. In Christopher's case, it was about a dog named Wellington who was murdered by Christopher's father. In the end, it ended up being about finding his mom. Whereas Sherlock Holmes is about catching a murderer, seeing him be hanged, and then somehow surviving after being pronounced dead. He must then catch him again and get justice for the women he sacrificed.
Another way in which they are related is that Christopher and Sherlock both have a couple "fights". First, Christopher punches a police officer. Then, he and father get into a little tussle that results in Christopher getting injured. For Sherlock, he fights with a guard while pursuing the murder the first time and goes through a kick-ass progression to knock him out. Then later, he jumps into the ring with a huge man and ends up tearing him apart leaving him with a lot of broken bones and a broken spirit.
Another way in which they are related is that Christopher and Sherlock both have a couple "fights". First, Christopher punches a police officer. Then, he and father get into a little tussle that results in Christopher getting injured. For Sherlock, he fights with a guard while pursuing the murder the first time and goes through a kick-ass progression to knock him out. Then later, he jumps into the ring with a huge man and ends up tearing him apart leaving him with a lot of broken bones and a broken spirit.
Curious Incident Reaction
Overall, I really liked the book. I thought it was good to read a modern English author and see their style of writing as opposed to only reading Shakespeare. I think it really gave good insight to the differences in the English language when its spoken in America and when its spoken in England. Some words like cross, for example, I had never heard it used in that context. There were many other examples of this.
I also liked that it wasn't narrated in a traditional way either. It was from the point of view of a kid who had a form of Autism whereas most books we've read have been by normal functioning humans so you really got to understand how he dealt with his disability and also how his parents and everyone around him dealt with it.
Another thing that I liked was that the author had Christopher come out of his shell and act normal to achieve his goal and complete the quest of finding his mother. Along the way, he did a lot of things that he wouldn't have and that was definitely crucial to completing the quest. Although, many times during the quest he reverted back to his old ways and hid in his shell.
I did not like the fact that he ended up living with his mother. I think his mother really doesn't care for him and will get sick of his again soon because people(for the most part) don't change. On the other hand, his father lied to protect him from the fact that his mom didn't want to raise him anymore. He also was more reasonable with Christopher and handled him a lot better than his Mother did. I think it was unfair for his to end up with her.
I also liked that it wasn't narrated in a traditional way either. It was from the point of view of a kid who had a form of Autism whereas most books we've read have been by normal functioning humans so you really got to understand how he dealt with his disability and also how his parents and everyone around him dealt with it.
Another thing that I liked was that the author had Christopher come out of his shell and act normal to achieve his goal and complete the quest of finding his mother. Along the way, he did a lot of things that he wouldn't have and that was definitely crucial to completing the quest. Although, many times during the quest he reverted back to his old ways and hid in his shell.
I did not like the fact that he ended up living with his mother. I think his mother really doesn't care for him and will get sick of his again soon because people(for the most part) don't change. On the other hand, his father lied to protect him from the fact that his mom didn't want to raise him anymore. He also was more reasonable with Christopher and handled him a lot better than his Mother did. I think it was unfair for his to end up with her.
Thoreau
I agree with Thoreau in that material things dominate us and make us unhappy. I think that for a lot of people they are unhappy because they care too much about material goods. They need to step back for a moment and think about the people that they have in their life and realize that someone cares about them and that should be more important than a nice car, or a big house. This is something that I think many people over look because they are so absorbed in their own ego.
Last year in english, we had to do research papers for our final and one person chose to take on the challenge of "does more money cause happiness?" and the results they presented based on compounded surveys of people showed that a lot more money doesn't correlate to happiness. The only increase of happiness was from lower class to middle class. When asked why, most people said because they were able to stop stressing about paying their bills. So therefore proving that for the large majority, money and material goods does not correlate to happiness.
Last year in english, we had to do research papers for our final and one person chose to take on the challenge of "does more money cause happiness?" and the results they presented based on compounded surveys of people showed that a lot more money doesn't correlate to happiness. The only increase of happiness was from lower class to middle class. When asked why, most people said because they were able to stop stressing about paying their bills. So therefore proving that for the large majority, money and material goods does not correlate to happiness.
Friday, December 2, 2011
Prime Numbers
According to Websters, the definition of logical is to go with logic or what is reasonable and expected. In this aspect, Chris is wrong about prime numbers being logical because virtually all numbers are composite (having more than two factors). They go against what is expected of an arbitrarily chosen number. Although, in the book Chris has a slightly different logical thinking than the average person. His statement that says you could never work out the rules but they are still logical, to me, is a contradictory statement.
I agree that prime numbers are what you have left after no patterns because if there is a pattern in a number then there are most likely other factors of it. I also agree that prime numbers are like life because some of what we do in life is illogical and prime numbers are also illogical. But i think that the Union of these statements is not true because there are patterns in life. Hence the quote "Learn from History so it doesn't repeat itself" which means that something will reoccur (which is a pattern). Also every single measureable statistic for an entire population of anything can be graphed on the bell curve. This means that for anything that can be thought of, people fall into ranges of average (67.5%), normal (95%), and "special" (99.75%) which is also a pattern in life.
I agree that prime numbers are what you have left after no patterns because if there is a pattern in a number then there are most likely other factors of it. I also agree that prime numbers are like life because some of what we do in life is illogical and prime numbers are also illogical. But i think that the Union of these statements is not true because there are patterns in life. Hence the quote "Learn from History so it doesn't repeat itself" which means that something will reoccur (which is a pattern). Also every single measureable statistic for an entire population of anything can be graphed on the bell curve. This means that for anything that can be thought of, people fall into ranges of average (67.5%), normal (95%), and "special" (99.75%) which is also a pattern in life.
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