Today I Asked A Question

For today's journal, we were asked to answer why do we stop asking questions when we're older but as we're younger we do? While writing and thinking about the question, Dr. Preston mentioned valid facts on this typical question. For instance, "The more we learn the better we are at learning. It's physically and emotionally good for us." It made me realized that it's true that as we learn more and have an open mind for learning the better we're good at it... just like studying or learning something new. An example, that Dr. Preston included during his discussion  was that as kids when we would receive a paper to go to the office we would make a lot of scenarios on why we were asked to go to the office. As kids, we ask questions because we are curious about the world. We want to learn more about the world and school since there are no tests or extra curriculum activities to worry about. Our minds are open to learn and ask questions without worrying about the bad scenarios we make in our heads because kids don't care about what others have to say. They're living in the moment rather than as teenagers/ adults we overthink things. 

You're Not Entitled To Your Opinion

If you really think about it, you're not entitled to your opinion. Why, if you're asking? Well, first off what does entitled mean? It means that no one has the right to stop people thinking/ saying whatever they want. We as individuals are grown to be "entitled to our opinion" and later on being told not to.  Sometimes we say that the other person's argument is invalid due to their interests, knowledge, or personal background. You may that they're being rude or mean but the probably just tell you that they have the "right" to their opinion. Yes, they do but it doesn't mean they have to be rude about it. In other words, a jerk. Have respect towards people that we don't necessarily agree with. If we listen, then we might understand where they're coming from. This comes from the Golden Rule: Treat others the way how you want to be treated. You wouldn't like it if someone did the same thing to you. So then why do it to someone else? Having to listen to that person may change your perspective on the topic; however, if not then you had an intellectual conversation with a person who doesn't agree with you but learned a couple of good reasons/ facts through there.

Socratic Seminar Pt. 2 Notes: The Right To Our Opinion

•  " Know your rights"- is something that other people must honor
•  Creates another person's allegation
•  Limbic- governs our emotions
•  Claim our right to our own is not entitled to someone's opinion 
•  It's important to understand our rights
•  Enlocal parentis- is the illegal principle to allow teachers to act like parents (that's why school enforces to have dress code)
•  Syllogism- the simplest form of an argument
•  Evdience= currency
•  Money is nothing but a system of agreements
•  Things that are "sacred"- they're not and when things are "sacred" they are
•  Claiming our opinion to be right doesn't get us closer on being right
• We're technically not entitled to someone else's agreement (entitled to them) we attend on sharing our opinion
• "Our brains are Brillant but or bodies are Dumb"
•  Giving our opinion- isn't just us saying what we think but provide evidence and using logic to present it as well 

Socratic Seminar Pt. 1 Notes: Why is love important and popular?

• Love is popular in poetry, music, novels, and in themes because love is mysterious
• One of my classmates today (during our Socratic seminar ) said, "Love is something we grow up having as the moment we are born and heled by our parents" 
•  We love because we want someone for ourselves
•  Why do we say we love someone but later on we disown that feeling? Do we really need love in our lives? 
•  The love that we disown later in life towards a person turns into lust
•  We need love in our lives because it's a way for us to grow
• It's a physiological need like breathing, water, food, etc.
•  We mistake our feelings and the idea of being in a relationship with someone by not feeling alone 
• Instead of having a genuine connection with the person and growing together as a whole we take it as a way for us to not be lonely  rather than having another person to take too or be comforted by
• Having a person by our side helps us to grow as an individual, learn to love, care for the person, and be there for them through the good and bad. It's about choosing to be at your best when the other person is not at their best, is when what you want is never important, but what the other person needs and wants rather than it being the other way around. 

How I memorized "Richard Cory?"

The Richard Cory poem was a long poem to memorized in my offense. This poem starts off with an ordinary guy who lives a perfect life; however, it ends off with a dark turn. The way how I memorized the Richard Cory poem was by reading the poem out loud, repeating each line, and saying it into a mirror. With these methods, it helped me in memorizing the poem but throughout mid-process, I started to forget. Because f this, I had to think of another method to use which is why I used the poem as my background screen. The reason why I did this is that I mainly use my phone on a daily basis and turning on my phone helped me realize to learn each line of the poem. Another method that truly helped me with the Richard Cory poem was reading out loud to my little sister. Whenever I made a mistake she would correct me, which made it easier for me to memorize the poem word by word.

Richard Cory Poem

The Right To Your Opinion

When someone says they're "entitled to their opinion," it means that no one has the right to stop others from thinking or saying their opinion. However, if its "entitled to an opinion," then you have your views treated seriously. This is called a logical fallacy where a person degrades any other opposition by defending their own entitled opinion. Most times people state their opinion and expect others to disagree or agree with them. Knowing if your statement can be true or false may cause conflict with others to think that what you are saying could be right with or without using evidence. But from my point of view, everyone should have the right to state their own opinion/ thinking wheater they're wrong or right. The reality of it can mean one thing but ends up being another even if it's wrong.

The Socratic Method

I've already read The Socratic Method and there were many intriguing facts that stood out to my eyes. One of these facts was how the Socratic Method works which are by having a negatively mindest. Oftentimes the Socratic Method is used when you want to go after the truth. When one person can't have a positive mindset then they're not willing to accept criticism from others. The only way for this method to work is for those who have processed a sensible mentality. The Socratic Method is not always bad; however, it has its advantages as well. A few of its advantages is to help you develop critical thinking and for the teacher, its too have a high level of thinking based on the subject that they're teaching. Being more in-depth with their fellow students. Because of this, the students have a chance to send feedback or think of questions to say to the teacher. In fact, the Socratic Method benefits the students by helping them have a mature attitude when coming across criticism. 

Staying Focus

Hi,
My name is Yenifer Castro. Let me tell you a little bit about myself. I just started my junior year at Santa Maria High School.  As an upcoming class man, it's a bit intimating because I'm that much closer on finishing high school. I've always had big expectations for myself and knowing that is my second to last year of high school it brings a lot of mixed emotions. Distractions are always there but what I've learned is stay focus on the bigger picture. It's what has kept me motivated up till now. So if you're reading this now we have more in common then what people think.