entry #2

Impetus
*What remains to be seen, however, is whether it galvanizes Bin Laden's followers by turning him into a martyr or serves as turning of the page in the war in Afghanistan and gives further impetus to Mr. Obama to bring American troops home.
 *Article Title -Bin Laden Is Dead, Obama Says pg.1

 *I had a hard time with the word and the whole sentence so a remade the sentence again switching some words to easier words that meant the same thing so I think the word impetus means reasons because it looks like Obama is giving reasons to bring the solders home.

*(Inference)

*Modeled sentence- The high crime rate was the impetus for the hiring of one hundred new police officers in our city.

*Original sentence- The hot weather rate was the impetus for the hiring of 30 new employees in the Soak City water park. 

Extremists
*Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staff, publicly criticized the Pakistani military two weeks ago for failing to act against extremists allied to Al Qaeda who shelter in the tribal areas of North Waziristan.
*What I think the word means is extreme & ultra because in the sentence the words criticized for failing to act makes me think the Mike is going to the extreme.

*(Inference)
*Modeled sentence- but then the ultimate goal of these extremists is to take away our right to eat meat.
*Original sentence- even then the all time purpose of these extremists is to take away the right to eat junk food.



Upheaval 
*Analysts said Bin Laden's death amounted to a double blow for Al Qaeda, after its sermons of anti-Western violence seemed to be rendered irrelevant by the wave of political upheaval rolling through the Arab word.
*I think the word means "violent change" because its explaining the Bin Laden's death and being violence and the political word.

*(Inference)
*Modeled sentence- if nothing else, all this upheaval had given him back his musical voice.
*Original sentence- If everything else, all this upheaval had not given her back her dancing moves.

Reflection

     Many people have herd that drinking and driving is dangerous and we shouldn't do it but, do we actually listen? Umm no not really; I want everyone that reads this to reflect on it because this is a very important topic that can change your life in a few seconds. I have a cousin named Adrianna she is 25 years old. Every time there was a party she would celebrate it by drinking until getting really drunk whom I guess it wasn’t too bad because the parties were at her house so she didn’t need to drive home. But after a while when she began to go to bars all the time and would drive home or the drunk friends driving her home that’s when she was risking it all the time. Until one night she was in a bar in a happy hour so she was taking advantage of the deal drinking and drinking nonstop then it was time to go home. Three friends and she left in one car, she was in the passenger seat they were all drunk. Driving their way home with a high speed when all of a sudden the driver couldn’t control the staring wheel and crashed in a pole. The police, ambulance and helicopter came; the driver did not get hurt the other two in the back seat got minor injuries but my cousin Adrianna even though she was conscious her foot was stuck and couldn’t get her out of the car. Two hours past and the only way to get her out were cutting off her foot so they did and she was the only one that got to the hospital in the helicopter. She felt all the pain because she was awake; she had a broken collarbone, arm, rib, both thighs, left foot, toes, and right leg amputated. It’s been two months now that she can get up by herself with cruches it’s a real miracle. This made an impact in my life because it made me think things better and learn things by other experiences not wait for it to happen to me in order to understand it’s wrong. Especially that just didn’t happen to a stranger but to my lovely strong cousin.

blog post #1

juxtaposition 
He argued that body language, facial expressions and stock mannerisms function "in juxtaposition to words," imparting feelings, attitudes, reactions and judgments in a different register.
The name of the book is "Why Gen-Y Johnny Can't Read Nonverbal Cues" page #1.
The context clues that helped me understand the meaning of the word were facial expressions and different register because It means that the person was doing two different reactions at a time.
What I liked the most about the movie was it's juxtaposition of action and romance.


mannerism
He argued that body language, facial expressions and stock mannerisms function "in juxtaposition to words, " imparting feelings, attitudes, reactions and judgments in a different register.
The name of the book is "Why Gen-Y Johnny Can't Read Nonverbal Cues" page #1.
The context clues that helped me understand the meaning of the word were body language and attitude because the two words mean the way a person acts and behavior so it made it obvious  what the word meant. I'ts always good to have good mannerisms when going to an interview.


acculturation
How could they, for the "silent language" is acquired though acculturation, not schooling.
The name of the book is "Why Gen-Y Johnny Can't Read Nonverbal Cues" page #1.
The context clues that helped me understand what the word meant were "could they" and "silent language" because that is referring someone else and talking about people that talk another language.
There are many acculturation people out there.


Reflection

In my life backpack, I carry with me many good and bad. The most  important is of course I have my family with me.We always had the basics to survive; All though, I always had difficulties in school in learning, that is the bad thing I carry with me.  Since fourth grade to sixth grade I was going to R.S.P which was an extra class I’ll go to during my regular class hours. At a certain time I would get out of my class and go to the R.S.P class this was to get extra help on everything we would get toughed in school. Than from seventh grade to senior year I was always taking special education classes. I’m calling it a disability, this disability makes me weaker plus I always gotten made fun of since I was a child till now. This problem not knowing much  to read, write, or understand something someone is telling me obviously doesn't help me at all! This impacts me with my academic career this mean I’m going to have many struggles and difficulties in order to succeed in life; but this is not going to stop me from reaching my goal as of being a fashion designer. The learning disability I have not only affects my education status but everything that surrounds me because everything is hard for me if it’s expressing my self, trying to figure something out, know how the freeways run, spelling out something, and also in my soccer team I’m the worst one in the team even though I been playing for four years now. Sometimes I see switched letters too while reading or writing; and right now that I’m in college everything is very hard for me if it’s class work or homework or even taking notes and staying focus while the professor is talking and knowing what she is talking about.  But after all I’m not going to give up it might take me longer to finish school but I will finish with a master’s degree.  I have a great family that supports me; it’s the best quality I carry with me in my “back pack”!