The Conquest of Britain
- Celts invaded British Isles
- Anglo-Saxons took over most of what is now England
The Coming of Christianity
- Celtic Christian Church still thrived after Celts lost what little left they had of Rome
- Roman cleric Saint Augustine set up a monastery and preached his faith
Danish Invasion
- King Alfred earned the epithet "The Great" by resisting Danish encroachment, only in England's history
- King Edward "The Confessor" deeply religious Christian
The Norman Conquest
- Normans descendants of Vikings
- Normans remade a feudal system
The Reign of the Plantagenets
- Norman rule ended in 1154, Henry Plantagenet took the throne
-Henry took a pilgrimage to Becket's tomb
The Magna Carta
- King promised to tax land without meeting either barons first.
- didn't impose radical changes in the government
Lancasters, Yorks, and Tudors
-1399, House of Lancaster replaced the Plantagents o the throne
- War of the Roses pitted York against Lancaster
Decline of the Feudal System
- After The Black Death, labor shortage increases in England
- Peasants staged royal against serfdom
Anglo-Saxon Literature
- Beowulf, epic or long heroic poem
- Before Alfred The Great all prose written I the British Isles was composed into Latin
Literature of the English Middle Ages
-Church sponsored plays as a part of religious services
-Geoffrey Chaucer a famous poet that wrote The Canterbury Tales
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Reflections on Week 1
1. All the other factors such as schoolwork, sports, and college aspects might make me spend more time on assignments or stay up later, but I will always get my work done and turned in on time. Actual participation in class and speaking up during discussions might be harder for me because I'm not comfortable talking in front of people I'm not used to being around.
2. I was going into Junior High I was supposed to go to Lakeview because I went to Alice Shaw, but my mom coached the volleyball teamat Orcutt. I was conflicted on where I wanted to go. Either I left all the friends I've ever made or I played volleyball against my mom. So I chose to go to Orcutt, I was scared, nervous, sad and excited, because it was a new school and I had to make new friends. Plus I was leaving my old friends but I was going to play volleyball for my mom. I learned that I made the right decision by going to Orcutt because I made new friends that are still my best friends today, I excelled academically both years, and we were undefeated both years in volleyball as well. At the time I didn't really like gong to Orcutt because I still missed my old friends and I still wasn't that close to my new ones. When it started to get closer to eighth grade graduation I was happy that I ended up staying at Orcutt because four of my best friends were from there as well, Hannah, Judith, Haley, and Kennedy. If I would've never went to Orcutt I would've never met these four people who have helped shape me as a person and I know I couldn't live without. It taught me that I had to go through a dramatic change to in the end receive a great outcome by taking a gamble at the start.
3. I am both excited and nervous for the open learning process because I like the independence that comes with it, and the fact that we have our on blog with all our own work is pretty cool too. I'm not that open of a person and so when it comes to a classroom or larger setting I tend to close myself off and stay quiet. So that's going to be a challenge I want to overcome, so I can become more confident with my ideas.
2. I was going into Junior High I was supposed to go to Lakeview because I went to Alice Shaw, but my mom coached the volleyball teamat Orcutt. I was conflicted on where I wanted to go. Either I left all the friends I've ever made or I played volleyball against my mom. So I chose to go to Orcutt, I was scared, nervous, sad and excited, because it was a new school and I had to make new friends. Plus I was leaving my old friends but I was going to play volleyball for my mom. I learned that I made the right decision by going to Orcutt because I made new friends that are still my best friends today, I excelled academically both years, and we were undefeated both years in volleyball as well. At the time I didn't really like gong to Orcutt because I still missed my old friends and I still wasn't that close to my new ones. When it started to get closer to eighth grade graduation I was happy that I ended up staying at Orcutt because four of my best friends were from there as well, Hannah, Judith, Haley, and Kennedy. If I would've never went to Orcutt I would've never met these four people who have helped shape me as a person and I know I couldn't live without. It taught me that I had to go through a dramatic change to in the end receive a great outcome by taking a gamble at the start.
3. I am both excited and nervous for the open learning process because I like the independence that comes with it, and the fact that we have our on blog with all our own work is pretty cool too. I'm not that open of a person and so when it comes to a classroom or larger setting I tend to close myself off and stay quiet. So that's going to be a challenge I want to overcome, so I can become more confident with my ideas.
Monday, August 18, 2014
AP Essay #2
It's hard to think that being a judgmental person is something we can control. Almost every person I know judges in some way, whether it be another person, school, family, friends, or even materialistic items. The list could go on and on about the judging mentality. It's human nature and we are built to have opinions and prove that their worthy to be kept. The way a person acts or responds to an action is based on their want to be desired and safe. In The Crucible a group of girls are being condemned for doing something that other people don't know if it's true or not. It's easier to jump on the bandwagon and follow he crowd rather than stand out and be ridiculed. People are brought up to have certain morals and they act on those beliefs. The crowd that acts against the girls and the assumptions that they are witches are really going against their religious beliefs and are changing their attitudes and traditions to fit in with everybody else.
It may not be the easiest part of our minds to control, but making assumptions before knowing the facts can change the course of a situation in a matter of minutes. Whether or not believing if something that is said to be the truth, is really true, it all depends on a person's perception on a situation. If a person wants to make accusations of their being witches or witchcraft in a small religious town, they better make sure its true because word can spread fast. During these times it didn't really matter if things were said to be true or not, because there wasn't a hint of hesitation in what people wanted to believe in. Although the town was very religious and couldn't seem to have this type of nonsense going on in their community, it was spread around like a disease outbreak and couldn't be controlled. Everyone was so caught up in the idea of witchcraft being true that the most religious person in the town full forcefully went into fighting the evilness out. People were rallying against an idea they couldn't prove and it went against their beliefs and contradictorily went against god with unjust and pompous attitudes.
There are a million ways to a view a situation. It all depends on the person viewing it and what they choose to believe. Everybody is entitled to their own opinion, it's just a matter of them having the ability to prove if it's a just one. Acting on a preconceived situation allows for the other side to have more time to set up a plan. It's better to have proof of something before saying that it is true because then the story can be turned into something it isn't. Having the ability not to judge an event that seems so superfluous is an ultimate struggle within itself. Our own will tries to force us into believing a notion that seems right to believe in. In all actuality that's really when we can be blindsided by the truth.
It may not be the easiest part of our minds to control, but making assumptions before knowing the facts can change the course of a situation in a matter of minutes. Whether or not believing if something that is said to be the truth, is really true, it all depends on a person's perception on a situation. If a person wants to make accusations of their being witches or witchcraft in a small religious town, they better make sure its true because word can spread fast. During these times it didn't really matter if things were said to be true or not, because there wasn't a hint of hesitation in what people wanted to believe in. Although the town was very religious and couldn't seem to have this type of nonsense going on in their community, it was spread around like a disease outbreak and couldn't be controlled. Everyone was so caught up in the idea of witchcraft being true that the most religious person in the town full forcefully went into fighting the evilness out. People were rallying against an idea they couldn't prove and it went against their beliefs and contradictorily went against god with unjust and pompous attitudes.
There are a million ways to a view a situation. It all depends on the person viewing it and what they choose to believe. Everybody is entitled to their own opinion, it's just a matter of them having the ability to prove if it's a just one. Acting on a preconceived situation allows for the other side to have more time to set up a plan. It's better to have proof of something before saying that it is true because then the story can be turned into something it isn't. Having the ability not to judge an event that seems so superfluous is an ultimate struggle within itself. Our own will tries to force us into believing a notion that seems right to believe in. In all actuality that's really when we can be blindsided by the truth.
AP Essay #1
Go Go Go! That seems to be the motto nowadays because we live in such a fast paced society where everything is always in constant motion. Sometimes people forget to slow down and enjoy their life, because who knows, it might their last day. A majority of people in the United States and all over the world don't seem to use the term "leisure," anymore. Why should people need to slow down and relax, when they can be productive and finish tasks that need to be done? Our world has evolved into an environment where humans have adapted to being busy whether it be at work, at home, or even relaxing isn't truly taking a break from the fast forward motion, we as humans always seem to be in. It's hard to think that there ever used to be a time, where leisurely activities were done. In Eliot's poem she alludes to "old leisure" and conveys it in a way that seems foreign to our present society.
Eliot uses an admirable tone throughout the poem and she starts out with painting a scene in the past. She alludes to many old inventions that were brought up during the 1800s. In a sense her tone is envious of what used to be. Times were not simpler but more valued. People actually took the time to go through their life in a serene way. There was still constant commotion all around but not to an extent where people didn't live their lives. People took in their surroundings and felt content in their aura even though it was more jaded than today. There was actual stillness in the air and a place to gather their thoughts and think about the next move. The society in the past may not have had all the resources that we do today but it still had an essence of leisure.
The hustle and bustle of our changing society may never from this point on seem to slow down. It's not necessarily the world that may need to step back and breathe, it's us. We are the ones that choose to always keep busy and become so consumed with everything else besides the more important things. A society wont ever stop moving forward unless something is imposed on it. We have to allow ourselves to make time to live. Not be wrapped up in work or sheltered away in a house, but there are still many ways to find a leisurely way to do activities that fit into our modern society. In order to exhale a person needs to slow down and breathe.
Eliot uses an admirable tone throughout the poem and she starts out with painting a scene in the past. She alludes to many old inventions that were brought up during the 1800s. In a sense her tone is envious of what used to be. Times were not simpler but more valued. People actually took the time to go through their life in a serene way. There was still constant commotion all around but not to an extent where people didn't live their lives. People took in their surroundings and felt content in their aura even though it was more jaded than today. There was actual stillness in the air and a place to gather their thoughts and think about the next move. The society in the past may not have had all the resources that we do today but it still had an essence of leisure.
The hustle and bustle of our changing society may never from this point on seem to slow down. It's not necessarily the world that may need to step back and breathe, it's us. We are the ones that choose to always keep busy and become so consumed with everything else besides the more important things. A society wont ever stop moving forward unless something is imposed on it. We have to allow ourselves to make time to live. Not be wrapped up in work or sheltered away in a house, but there are still many ways to find a leisurely way to do activities that fit into our modern society. In order to exhale a person needs to slow down and breathe.
Sunday, August 17, 2014
I Can Read
This was my second time reading it through and I'm pretty sure I had around 6 mistakes, if not exactly.
Montaigne/Austen Essay
There are only 26 letters in the English alphabet, and it's crazy to think that there an infinite number of words that can me made with only that small array of letters. As Wallace states, " What goes on inside is just to fast and huge and all interconnected for words to do more than barley sketch the outlines of at most one tiny little part of it at any given instant." Letters as compared to words are only one tiny part of a puzzle piece. Words are so abundant that it's hard to state a theme or moral without elaborating on a topic with more than just a few words. Every mind works differently compared to the next, some are more detailed and others get to the point. Montaigne's style and techniques used in his book are to fast and interconnected, that they barely scratch the outline of what is meant to be said. His writing style supports Wallace's notion where as in Austen's Pride and Prejudice it has a simple storyline that is easy to follow. Montaigne's use of stream of consciousness goes against Austen's use of a plot. In comparison Austen's book are the letters and Montaigne's book are the words, but both letters and words need one another to connect ideas and tell a story.
Montaigne's Essays are exactly described by Wallace's notion. Montaigne throughout his whole book has one constant variable, and that is his stream of consciousness. He writes and writes about everything that he is thinking about it an unordered way. His thoughts can't be controlled but yet he still tries to connect his ideas in some way. He does this by separating his topics into essays. A lot of his essays use morals or themes to describe them. Even though Montaigne has a book full of words and is more than a thousand pages long, as a reader it is hard to connect his own thoughts into a personal viewpoint. His words are flowing out of his mind and onto paper. Truly Montaigne is the only who can understand his use of allusions and his references made to philosophers such as Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. One mind may work in a million different directions, but still only be fully interpreted by that single person, who wrote it.
On the contrary, Austen's essay is structured in a formal platform. The book is actually a story with a beginning middle and end and includes characters. In Montaignes's Essays he does not flow his thoughts into a storyline or uses characters, he simply writes about whatever topic comes to his mind next. Austen's storyline contradicts Wallace's notion. Her style actually connects one topic to the next and is portrayed to provide a conflict that is meant to be resolved. In Montaigne's essay he has many internal conflicts but never consistently resolves them. His idesa are being thrown all over the place and almost never connects to what he is writing down next, which makes it hard to comprehend. Austen's book is written in an old English language, where its difficult to understand at times. She has a consistent train of thought that she manages to produce a novel with themes, used in Monatgne's Essays as well, but her morals connect throughout the entire book. Montaigne's essays omit an understanding that an audience can have a personal connection with and Austen allows for an aura of love to be felt. Montaigne never built an intimate bridge between him and his readers, which makes his style less relatable too.
Letters were produced to make words and words were made to bring meaning to a language. These words are transferred into books to tell a story, no matter how straightforward or how complicated it might be to comprehend. Two very different styles were used in Montagne's Essays and Austen's Pride and Prejudice. One aspect that both books shared was the ability to offer pieces of writing that interconnected words to produce a common theme. No matter how different two genres of writing seem to be, there is consistency and courage that comes with being able to put one's own perspective of something onto paper.
Montaigne's Essays are exactly described by Wallace's notion. Montaigne throughout his whole book has one constant variable, and that is his stream of consciousness. He writes and writes about everything that he is thinking about it an unordered way. His thoughts can't be controlled but yet he still tries to connect his ideas in some way. He does this by separating his topics into essays. A lot of his essays use morals or themes to describe them. Even though Montaigne has a book full of words and is more than a thousand pages long, as a reader it is hard to connect his own thoughts into a personal viewpoint. His words are flowing out of his mind and onto paper. Truly Montaigne is the only who can understand his use of allusions and his references made to philosophers such as Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. One mind may work in a million different directions, but still only be fully interpreted by that single person, who wrote it.
On the contrary, Austen's essay is structured in a formal platform. The book is actually a story with a beginning middle and end and includes characters. In Montaignes's Essays he does not flow his thoughts into a storyline or uses characters, he simply writes about whatever topic comes to his mind next. Austen's storyline contradicts Wallace's notion. Her style actually connects one topic to the next and is portrayed to provide a conflict that is meant to be resolved. In Montaigne's essay he has many internal conflicts but never consistently resolves them. His idesa are being thrown all over the place and almost never connects to what he is writing down next, which makes it hard to comprehend. Austen's book is written in an old English language, where its difficult to understand at times. She has a consistent train of thought that she manages to produce a novel with themes, used in Monatgne's Essays as well, but her morals connect throughout the entire book. Montaigne's essays omit an understanding that an audience can have a personal connection with and Austen allows for an aura of love to be felt. Montaigne never built an intimate bridge between him and his readers, which makes his style less relatable too.
Letters were produced to make words and words were made to bring meaning to a language. These words are transferred into books to tell a story, no matter how straightforward or how complicated it might be to comprehend. Two very different styles were used in Montagne's Essays and Austen's Pride and Prejudice. One aspect that both books shared was the ability to offer pieces of writing that interconnected words to produce a common theme. No matter how different two genres of writing seem to be, there is consistency and courage that comes with being able to put one's own perspective of something onto paper.
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