The book that I chose to read was an autobiography on Ice-T called ICE. It is the story of how a hustler from South Central L.A. came to become one of the biggest rappers of all time and a great actor on Law and Order. This story is amazing and a great read for anyone. The book is written as if Ice himself was talking to you and that's what I really enjoy about this book how it connects on a personal level. So far I'm in love with it! I'm about 2/3 of the way through and should be done with it well before the due date. I hope that next semester we can do something like this again. Thank you. Cart
Monday, November 26, 2012
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Senior Project Progress Report
So far in my Senior Project, I've bought all the necessary equipment for field work. A St. Croix fly rod, Ross Reel with floating line, waders, wading boots, and a fly vest that carries all of the smaller items needed to catch trout like the flies and tapered leaders. The amount that I've sunk into the project is approximately $700 but if i didn't already have my waders and boots it could have gone up to $1,000 or more. My father and I have been practicing all the different sorts of casting and the knot tying needed to fish in tight areas and so far it been going really well. I'm enjoying this project thoroughly, but I'm not looking forward to the research paper because I've never really been good at them but i feel like i can put together a pretty good one.
My mentor interview and contract paper has been turned in on time, but i still haven't really got the chance to go practice casting or anything with him so I need to plan another meeting. Other than that its going very well with my project. One thing that i want to try and do is learn how to tie flies, because that is where the true art is in fly fishing, and to say that I can tie them and use them to catch fish is pretty cool. I'm a little nervous about my presentation only because i don't really know how to present what I've learned, but my dad is helping me out on that so I should be good. I hope no plagarism gets called on me because if it does it's completely false becasue i don't do that and this has happened to me before but it was a subconsious mistake swear to god, but i don't think Mrs. Watter believed me. Anyways i doubt its going to happen and my project is going very good and that is all i got to report. Thanks
My mentor interview and contract paper has been turned in on time, but i still haven't really got the chance to go practice casting or anything with him so I need to plan another meeting. Other than that its going very well with my project. One thing that i want to try and do is learn how to tie flies, because that is where the true art is in fly fishing, and to say that I can tie them and use them to catch fish is pretty cool. I'm a little nervous about my presentation only because i don't really know how to present what I've learned, but my dad is helping me out on that so I should be good. I hope no plagarism gets called on me because if it does it's completely false becasue i don't do that and this has happened to me before but it was a subconsious mistake swear to god, but i don't think Mrs. Watter believed me. Anyways i doubt its going to happen and my project is going very good and that is all i got to report. Thanks
Thursday, November 8, 2012
A Change of Heart About Animals Response
Dear Mr. Rifkin,
I really enjoyed reading your article about the way people perceive animals and how we should treat them better. Animals are very important to the advancement of man we need them and they need us to survive,the bond between humans and animals could and should be better with the way we treat, and care for them so that we can ensure a more humane and natual relationship with them. However I cannot see animals being like us at all. I understand all of the studies you've made references to but I still dont believe it. Teaching a monkey to do tricks does not mean that it is almost as smart as a human. I can teach my dog to sit at two months old but I doubt a human baby could even understand what I'm meaning. Does that make my dog smarter? NO. Its just a trick that only takes a few weeks to do. People develop way more rapidly than any other speices and people may argue that we are more empathetic than animals and i do believe that. People dont eat other people, well most people, but animals eat other animals just by that you can tell that people are more empathetic. Now i know that people can kill other people but usually it has some sort of justification, but when animals kill its to survive. It's sort of barbaric and it is not very humane. I also believe that people are individualistic than animals. We can survive by our selves, while animals usually count on groups to provide. It makes sense that people could see how animals are similar to how they live compared to us. We can feel love they can feel love, they can hate we can hate, they feel pain and so do we. The similarities are very close but not the same. The fact that people are more intelectually advanced just puts humans so much further ahead than animals and makes me think that we are way more empathetic and better overall.
I really enjoyed reading your article about the way people perceive animals and how we should treat them better. Animals are very important to the advancement of man we need them and they need us to survive,the bond between humans and animals could and should be better with the way we treat, and care for them so that we can ensure a more humane and natual relationship with them. However I cannot see animals being like us at all. I understand all of the studies you've made references to but I still dont believe it. Teaching a monkey to do tricks does not mean that it is almost as smart as a human. I can teach my dog to sit at two months old but I doubt a human baby could even understand what I'm meaning. Does that make my dog smarter? NO. Its just a trick that only takes a few weeks to do. People develop way more rapidly than any other speices and people may argue that we are more empathetic than animals and i do believe that. People dont eat other people, well most people, but animals eat other animals just by that you can tell that people are more empathetic. Now i know that people can kill other people but usually it has some sort of justification, but when animals kill its to survive. It's sort of barbaric and it is not very humane. I also believe that people are individualistic than animals. We can survive by our selves, while animals usually count on groups to provide. It makes sense that people could see how animals are similar to how they live compared to us. We can feel love they can feel love, they can hate we can hate, they feel pain and so do we. The similarities are very close but not the same. The fact that people are more intelectually advanced just puts humans so much further ahead than animals and makes me think that we are way more empathetic and better overall.
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