Notebook 1
Topic 5e | 9/4/2018
Angry 10 year old; Should she be prescribed anger management, or just given an extra snack break?
What role does the school play in supplementing students' meals? Should they be responsible for providing breakfast? If so under what circumstances? Would students function at a higher capacity if they were provided an afternoon or midmorning snack? Could it help to reduce behavioral problems? Do children have reliable meals outside of school? What does food security mean to Salt Lake students? How much is too much responsibility when you're a kid? More responsibility means more preparation for the real world? Are schools equipped to profile students' behavioral problems? What do school counselors do? What is the student:counselor ratio?
I'm in 4th grade. Scrawny and short with uneven wisps of hair falling around my face and onto my misprinted souvenir tee. I was as unconcerned with dressing up for picture day as I was concerned with what other kids thought of me. Was this because I knew that trying to fight my circumstances was futile, or because the only person I tried to fight was my mom?
At the price of 5 irregular souvenir tees for $10, I could travel to landmark places we didn't have the money to go to.
for less money than it would cost to throw away.
What role does the school play in supplementing students' meals? Should they be responsible for providing breakfast? If so under what circumstances? Would students function at a higher capacity if they were provided an afternoon or midmorning snack? Could it help to reduce behavioral problems? Do children have reliable meals outside of school? What does food security mean to Salt Lake students? How much is too much responsibility when you're a kid? More responsibility means more preparation for the real world? Are schools equipped to profile students' behavioral problems? What do school counselors do? What is the student:counselor ratio?
I'm in 4th grade. Scrawny and short with uneven wisps of hair falling around my face and onto my misprinted souvenir tee. I was as unconcerned with dressing up for picture day as I was concerned with what other kids thought of me. Was this because I knew that trying to fight my circumstances was futile, or because the only person I tried to fight was my mom?
At the price of 5 irregular souvenir tees for $10, I could travel to landmark places we didn't have the money to go to.
for less money than it would cost to throw away.
Notebook 2
Topic 2a | 9/10/2018
2a. What is your personal experience with your social justice issue? What assumptions might you carry in regards to the issue or problem? What kind of research will you do to inform yourself about the issue or problem? Where might you find diverse and conflicting perspectives as you research?
My personal experience with this issue is that I was a child whose mood was dictated by my hunger. At that time I don't remember feeling like I was hungry and that was making me irritable, and that is probably part of the reason why it took so long to discover what the problem was. It would be so bad that I would become irrationally upset by almost everything that crossed me. The school counselor became involved at a certain point and sent me to anger management counseling at the school. Outside of school things were worse and because my single mother worked full time we often went to the store on our way home from daycare after work. Sometimes this meant that I wouldn't eat till later in the evening, several hours after the last snack at daycare, and I would become an absolute terror. Since I didn't correlate the feeling of being hungry with the loss of control of my behavior it took a serendipitous discovery to make the connection. To this day, although I don't have diabetes, or any other treatable medical condition, I am highly impacted by foods' glycemic index and the highs and lows during metabolism. Even to the point that if I eat something extremely sugary on an empty stomach or with other high glycemic foods it has a drunken effect on me, momentarily causing slurred speech, foggy thinking, and delayed reactions. Things are better between meals when I can balance complex carbs with protein and fat instead of eating high glycemic index foods at meals.
Something I would assume regarding the subject of my issue is that schools would be reluctant to undertake any new responsibilities and the state would be reluctant to fund any additional programs. What is interesting about what I assume their reaction would be is that it could save money in the long term with less student behavioral problems and the strain and stress to the system that they cause.
I think I would find the most diverse and conflicting perspectives between teachers and between parents. Not that parents and teachers will conflict , but that teachers and teachers will, or that parents and parents will. Maybe also science and behavioral science would conflict.
My personal experience with this issue is that I was a child whose mood was dictated by my hunger. At that time I don't remember feeling like I was hungry and that was making me irritable, and that is probably part of the reason why it took so long to discover what the problem was. It would be so bad that I would become irrationally upset by almost everything that crossed me. The school counselor became involved at a certain point and sent me to anger management counseling at the school. Outside of school things were worse and because my single mother worked full time we often went to the store on our way home from daycare after work. Sometimes this meant that I wouldn't eat till later in the evening, several hours after the last snack at daycare, and I would become an absolute terror. Since I didn't correlate the feeling of being hungry with the loss of control of my behavior it took a serendipitous discovery to make the connection. To this day, although I don't have diabetes, or any other treatable medical condition, I am highly impacted by foods' glycemic index and the highs and lows during metabolism. Even to the point that if I eat something extremely sugary on an empty stomach or with other high glycemic foods it has a drunken effect on me, momentarily causing slurred speech, foggy thinking, and delayed reactions. Things are better between meals when I can balance complex carbs with protein and fat instead of eating high glycemic index foods at meals.
Something I would assume regarding the subject of my issue is that schools would be reluctant to undertake any new responsibilities and the state would be reluctant to fund any additional programs. What is interesting about what I assume their reaction would be is that it could save money in the long term with less student behavioral problems and the strain and stress to the system that they cause.
I think I would find the most diverse and conflicting perspectives between teachers and between parents. Not that parents and teachers will conflict , but that teachers and teachers will, or that parents and parents will. Maybe also science and behavioral science would conflict.
Notebook 3
Topic 5k | 9/17/2018
Reading this article got to me, I think it's because I know how these students feel and observed other students in my class being put in this situation as well. You already feel out of control enough as a child, it's even more stressful to be put in a situation where you're shamed and potentially going hungry, but can't do anything to change it. I am normally emotionally restrained unless it comes to being in a seemingly hopeless situation, I wonder if that is because of being in those situations when I was young.
https://hyp.is/go?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.deseretnews.com%2Farticle%2F865680421%2FNext-task-on-Utah-school-districts-plates-Passing-policies-to-end-lunch-shaming.html
https://hyp.is/go?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.deseretnews.com%2Farticle%2F865680421%2FNext-task-on-Utah-school-districts-plates-Passing-policies-to-end-lunch-shaming.html
Notebook 4
Topic 2b | 9/23/2018
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1047231.pdf p.10
"Nutrition education is an important component in creating a healthy eating environment."
This is an important concept I hadn't considered. I'd like to take it a step further and say adult nutrition education is an equally important component. Often parents are have misconceptions about nutrition or they simply don't know what they don't know. Another factor to consider is that it can be hard for kids to be put in a position where they might know more than their parents.
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1047231.pdf P.10
"OST [Out-of-School Time Initiative] providers can conduct nutrition education as a standalone program or weave it into other enrichment activities, such as arts and crafts, math and literacy, or life skills like cooking."
The things that great about this is that it takes a little less focus off of food so that kids' lives don't completely revolve around food, which they may either have a lack of or have an emotional attachment to.
https://www.nokidhungry.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/hungry_kids_cant_learn_-_hunger_in_our_schools_micro_report.pdf
"1 in 6 children in the United States is growing up in a family that struggles with hunger. "
I have heard varying statistics on this but either way it varies from 1 in 5 to 1 in six children. The problem is you could imagine that 1 child of a group of 6 kids on the playground could be facing hunger but that's not realistic. One playground may have no kids facing hunger while another playground, in a low income area, could have every child facing hunger. If it's not something happening on your playground, that you don't have to try to ignore, do you care to fix it?
https://www.nokidhungry.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/hungry_kids_cant_learn_-_hunger_in_our_schools_micro_report.pd
"When schools make breakfast part of the school day, serving it once school starts instead of before, it reaches more of the kids who need it. This has a significant impact on test scores, attendance rates, discipline problems and the lives and future well-being of students."
Children already have so much adversity to face to grow up and become productive members of society. Why not lessen the burden and help them be the best that they can be by providing food when and where they need it. Kids aren't able to put food on the table, why are they seemingly responsible for feeding themselves.
https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/food-security-in-the-us/definitions-of-food-security.aspx
"68 percent of respondents reported that they had been hungry but did not eat because they could not afford enough food."
Most people, when they're hungry, face the decision of what they feel like eating or maybe even where they feel like eating. What if the next time you were hungry you had to think about whether you'd be able to keep the lights on if you ate, and how long you'd have to go without eating before you could afford more food?
"Nutrition education is an important component in creating a healthy eating environment."
This is an important concept I hadn't considered. I'd like to take it a step further and say adult nutrition education is an equally important component. Often parents are have misconceptions about nutrition or they simply don't know what they don't know. Another factor to consider is that it can be hard for kids to be put in a position where they might know more than their parents.
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1047231.pdf P.10
"OST [Out-of-School Time Initiative] providers can conduct nutrition education as a standalone program or weave it into other enrichment activities, such as arts and crafts, math and literacy, or life skills like cooking."
The things that great about this is that it takes a little less focus off of food so that kids' lives don't completely revolve around food, which they may either have a lack of or have an emotional attachment to.
https://www.nokidhungry.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/hungry_kids_cant_learn_-_hunger_in_our_schools_micro_report.pdf
"1 in 6 children in the United States is growing up in a family that struggles with hunger. "
I have heard varying statistics on this but either way it varies from 1 in 5 to 1 in six children. The problem is you could imagine that 1 child of a group of 6 kids on the playground could be facing hunger but that's not realistic. One playground may have no kids facing hunger while another playground, in a low income area, could have every child facing hunger. If it's not something happening on your playground, that you don't have to try to ignore, do you care to fix it?
https://www.nokidhungry.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/hungry_kids_cant_learn_-_hunger_in_our_schools_micro_report.pd
"When schools make breakfast part of the school day, serving it once school starts instead of before, it reaches more of the kids who need it. This has a significant impact on test scores, attendance rates, discipline problems and the lives and future well-being of students."
Children already have so much adversity to face to grow up and become productive members of society. Why not lessen the burden and help them be the best that they can be by providing food when and where they need it. Kids aren't able to put food on the table, why are they seemingly responsible for feeding themselves.
https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/food-security-in-the-us/definitions-of-food-security.aspx
"68 percent of respondents reported that they had been hungry but did not eat because they could not afford enough food."
Most people, when they're hungry, face the decision of what they feel like eating or maybe even where they feel like eating. What if the next time you were hungry you had to think about whether you'd be able to keep the lights on if you ate, and how long you'd have to go without eating before you could afford more food?
Notebook 5
Topic 2k | 11/21/2018
I visited WorldMapper.org, but wasn't able to locate any maps related to my topic so I searched and found a map on another website: http://www.frac.org/snap-county-map/snap-counties.html.
My first impression of the map was of the U.S. as a whole. The first thing I noticed was that there were generally clusters of more rural or small-town counties that had a higher percentage of SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), or food stamps, recipients. There were also seemingly isolated counties across the country with much higher percentages of participants. I would want to compare this information against an income map by county, but I can assume that the counties with the highest percentages of participants have lower incomes because they are located in more rural counties where there are lower paying jobs, or not enough jobs for the population. There are a few metro counties, in various states, with participation that's higher than 20% of the population. I am inclined to draw the conclusion that the metro counties with 7-20% participants are most likely lower because of the higher incomes that balance out that statistic, I also think it's safe to say that the metro counties that have 20-50% participation are significantly in need.
I would also say, based on cultural behavior, that these metro counties with 20-50% participation are most likely to be ignored because the closest neighbors are also in need and the farther away high-income households are the less likely in-need areas are to get help.
When I was visiting Portland during the summer I was driving through downtown with someone who teaches at PSU. She mentioned how visible the homeless population was and that they were mostly male. I speculated that the female and child population of the homeless could be just as high, but that we are more likely to provide solutions to that "problem" because we are adverse to seeing/experiencing homeless women and children and feel guilty about ignoring it. I think the same could apply here where the high SNAP participant populations are physically far away from higher income households so there isn't pressure to solve the problem, especially if higher income students don't have to mix with lower income students in their school districts.
My first impression of the map was of the U.S. as a whole. The first thing I noticed was that there were generally clusters of more rural or small-town counties that had a higher percentage of SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), or food stamps, recipients. There were also seemingly isolated counties across the country with much higher percentages of participants. I would want to compare this information against an income map by county, but I can assume that the counties with the highest percentages of participants have lower incomes because they are located in more rural counties where there are lower paying jobs, or not enough jobs for the population. There are a few metro counties, in various states, with participation that's higher than 20% of the population. I am inclined to draw the conclusion that the metro counties with 7-20% participants are most likely lower because of the higher incomes that balance out that statistic, I also think it's safe to say that the metro counties that have 20-50% participation are significantly in need.
I would also say, based on cultural behavior, that these metro counties with 20-50% participation are most likely to be ignored because the closest neighbors are also in need and the farther away high-income households are the less likely in-need areas are to get help.
When I was visiting Portland during the summer I was driving through downtown with someone who teaches at PSU. She mentioned how visible the homeless population was and that they were mostly male. I speculated that the female and child population of the homeless could be just as high, but that we are more likely to provide solutions to that "problem" because we are adverse to seeing/experiencing homeless women and children and feel guilty about ignoring it. I think the same could apply here where the high SNAP participant populations are physically far away from higher income households so there isn't pressure to solve the problem, especially if higher income students don't have to mix with lower income students in their school districts.
Notebook 6
Topic 2e | 10/08/2018
What I know:
I know that there is a perceived correlation between student hunger and ability to learn and behavior. - Need stories/examples of students or teachers who've experienced this.
I know that there are certain behaviors related to food insecurity, including being constantly focused on the next meal. - more about long term impacts on behavior and short term changes with better food security.
I know that food insecurity is common in low income households but can occur anywhere. - Appeal to broader audience by bringing issue closer to home, aka Non low income neighborhoods.
What I don't know:
I need more precise studies to answer what role hunger plays in students ability to learn.
I need more precise studies to answer what role hunger plays in students behavior.
I need examples to know what school views are on the subject and whether there are remediation initiatives to help or the reliance is on outside programs, or teachers to fill the gap with their own funds (as was suggested in one source).
What are the "pain points" my audience will best identify with? - How can they be appealed to emotionally so that they'll take time to consider the issue.
I know that there is a perceived correlation between student hunger and ability to learn and behavior. - Need stories/examples of students or teachers who've experienced this.
I know that there are certain behaviors related to food insecurity, including being constantly focused on the next meal. - more about long term impacts on behavior and short term changes with better food security.
I know that food insecurity is common in low income households but can occur anywhere. - Appeal to broader audience by bringing issue closer to home, aka Non low income neighborhoods.
What I don't know:
I need more precise studies to answer what role hunger plays in students ability to learn.
I need more precise studies to answer what role hunger plays in students behavior.
I need examples to know what school views are on the subject and whether there are remediation initiatives to help or the reliance is on outside programs, or teachers to fill the gap with their own funds (as was suggested in one source).
What are the "pain points" my audience will best identify with? - How can they be appealed to emotionally so that they'll take time to consider the issue.
Notebook 7
Topic 2h | 10/15/2018
Thesis:
Low-income children who are participating in the School Breakfast Program for the first time will improve their academic performance, as measured by standardized achievement test scores, compared to their own performance when no Breakfast Program was available, and that this improvement will be greater than any improvement shown by low-income children who do not participate in the Breakfast Program.
Counter thesis:
Low-income children who attend class regularly and participate in traditional classroom activities with minimal distraction and interruption will improve their academic performance, as measured by standardized achievement test scores, compared to their own performance with poor attendance and poor participation in classroom activities.
It is interesting to approach a thesis from an opposing point of view because it sheds light on how easy it can be to rationalize another reason for the argument of a thesis statement. This counter-thesis approach makes it clear where the weaknesses of an argument are and highlights which weaknesses are important to address. If you think of your argument from the view of a potential opponent (your audience) you're better able to address their concerns and make an impression upon them.
Meyers, A., & And Others. (1988). School Breakfast Program and School Performance. Retrieved from https://libprox1.slcc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eric&AN=ED297084&site=eds-live
Low-income children who are participating in the School Breakfast Program for the first time will improve their academic performance, as measured by standardized achievement test scores, compared to their own performance when no Breakfast Program was available, and that this improvement will be greater than any improvement shown by low-income children who do not participate in the Breakfast Program.
Counter thesis:
Low-income children who attend class regularly and participate in traditional classroom activities with minimal distraction and interruption will improve their academic performance, as measured by standardized achievement test scores, compared to their own performance with poor attendance and poor participation in classroom activities.
It is interesting to approach a thesis from an opposing point of view because it sheds light on how easy it can be to rationalize another reason for the argument of a thesis statement. This counter-thesis approach makes it clear where the weaknesses of an argument are and highlights which weaknesses are important to address. If you think of your argument from the view of a potential opponent (your audience) you're better able to address their concerns and make an impression upon them.
Meyers, A., & And Others. (1988). School Breakfast Program and School Performance. Retrieved from https://libprox1.slcc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eric&AN=ED297084&site=eds-live
Notebook 8
Topic 6m | 11/21/2018
Breaking News: Panhandling ends as school principal unemployment skyrockets.
Thousands of school principals are finding themselves out of a job as student behavioral problems cease. Beginning early this month the School Breakfast Program was rolled out nationwide, making breakfast part of class and enabling every student to receive a nutritious meal after the bell rings. Teachers are reporting unprecedented participation in class with zero outbursts or interruptions from students. As test scores begin to soar, since the beginning of the program, No Child Left Behind could become Every Child Achieving Advanced Placement. Students take the standard out of standardized testing. New proposals to begin college level education at age 14 are being submitted as students are outpacing current curriculum, completing school work one third the time of historical averages, due to never-before-seen focus in the classroom.
Also taking place early this month was the passing of the Maslow Bill. As the effects of the Maslow Bill trickle through our economic system, effectively satisfying every U.S. citizen’s basic physiological needs, society is on the fast track to self-actualization and prosperity. Corporations are reporting record levels of productivity and innovation while law-enforcement reports homelessness and panhandling have ended. Homeless populations, which were previously unemployed and/or unable to gain access to appropriate medication, are finding themselves supplied with all of their basic human needs and employable. With the whole country reaching unprecedented levels of full-potential the next stop for mankind could be the colonization of a neighboring universe.
Thousands of school principals are finding themselves out of a job as student behavioral problems cease. Beginning early this month the School Breakfast Program was rolled out nationwide, making breakfast part of class and enabling every student to receive a nutritious meal after the bell rings. Teachers are reporting unprecedented participation in class with zero outbursts or interruptions from students. As test scores begin to soar, since the beginning of the program, No Child Left Behind could become Every Child Achieving Advanced Placement. Students take the standard out of standardized testing. New proposals to begin college level education at age 14 are being submitted as students are outpacing current curriculum, completing school work one third the time of historical averages, due to never-before-seen focus in the classroom.
Also taking place early this month was the passing of the Maslow Bill. As the effects of the Maslow Bill trickle through our economic system, effectively satisfying every U.S. citizen’s basic physiological needs, society is on the fast track to self-actualization and prosperity. Corporations are reporting record levels of productivity and innovation while law-enforcement reports homelessness and panhandling have ended. Homeless populations, which were previously unemployed and/or unable to gain access to appropriate medication, are finding themselves supplied with all of their basic human needs and employable. With the whole country reaching unprecedented levels of full-potential the next stop for mankind could be the colonization of a neighboring universe.
Notebook 9
Topic 3f | 10/29/2018
The school bell is going to ring any moment. I know this because the flow of students becomes more dense. I'm able to slip into the crowd because there's a sort of hectic energy as friends search for friends while others intentionally zig zag through the crowd unseen. At some point in elementary school you become aware. Both self-aware and aware of how you compare to others. If the other kids knew I had been at school since before they, or the sun, thought of rising from bed, what would they think? Would they care? Would they wonder why I, or the rest of the students who arrived to school early just to eat breakfast didn't simply eat at home? Can't their parents feed them?
When I arrive at school, before the bell has even thought of waking, the cafeteria is hushed except for the few sporadic sounds that are immediately recognizable. On first impression they seem to be the sounds of the cafeteria after lunch when cleaning commences because the students have departed. The students aren't gone though, they have just arrived for their first meal of the day and what may have been their first meal since school lunch the day before. You'd expect buzzing or at least murmuring from a group of elementary students but food is the focus here. Once breakfast begins the sounds of appreciation and excitement are unleashed.
I am here at school for breakfast because I have to leave home that early, when my parents leave, and breakfast here is an opportunity to occupy my time while I wait for the bell. I know though, that most of the other kids are here for a different reason, because I have been in their situation too. For them meals at school have substance while meals at home may be… stretched. My circumstances changed in the middle of 5th grade. I moved from one school to another, from one parent to another, from subsidized lunch to lunch options, and subsequently from being observed as different during meal time to being unobserved. I can still sneak by eating breakfast at school but during lunch all of the other breakfast kids are found out. Everyone else is observing them for their limited lunch menu while they are appreciating relative abundance.
When I arrive at school, before the bell has even thought of waking, the cafeteria is hushed except for the few sporadic sounds that are immediately recognizable. On first impression they seem to be the sounds of the cafeteria after lunch when cleaning commences because the students have departed. The students aren't gone though, they have just arrived for their first meal of the day and what may have been their first meal since school lunch the day before. You'd expect buzzing or at least murmuring from a group of elementary students but food is the focus here. Once breakfast begins the sounds of appreciation and excitement are unleashed.
I am here at school for breakfast because I have to leave home that early, when my parents leave, and breakfast here is an opportunity to occupy my time while I wait for the bell. I know though, that most of the other kids are here for a different reason, because I have been in their situation too. For them meals at school have substance while meals at home may be… stretched. My circumstances changed in the middle of 5th grade. I moved from one school to another, from one parent to another, from subsidized lunch to lunch options, and subsequently from being observed as different during meal time to being unobserved. I can still sneak by eating breakfast at school but during lunch all of the other breakfast kids are found out. Everyone else is observing them for their limited lunch menu while they are appreciating relative abundance.
Notebook 10
Topic 6o | 11/5/2018
Florence + The Machine - Hunger
I feel that this song, "Hunger" by Florence + The Machine, and the accompanying video both illustrate hunger, although in ways not directly related to hunger from not eating food. The first illustration is our relationship with hunger as it's tied to our self-identity. Feeling compelled to look a certain way or feel a certain way causes us to make changes to our behavior to accomplish those goals. In the first line of the song says, "at 17 I started to starve myself, I thought that love was a kind of emptiness." Although this line is talking about feelings of caring and being cared for it demonstrates how basic human needs need to be satisfied and misconceptions about those needs can impair our natural reaction to those basic human needs like nutrition from food.
Y.N.RichKids - Hot Cheetos & Takis [HD]
This song is written and performed by a group of students. The lyrics from each student's solo verse sheds some insight as to their perception of how they obtain this snack food, since they likely don't have jobs to pay for it, and how other students whose families don't have means to buy treats and snacks might feel after comparing themselves to the students in the video. This video also sensationalizes chips and snack foods and other children may not be able to recognize that Hot Cheetos and Takis aren't the only snack food and that there are healthy alternatives.
cheeseburger in paradise
This song, "Cheeseburger in Paradise" by Jimmy Buffett directly compares enjoying a cheeseburger to the implied sub-par acts of consuming healthier foods like carrot juice, bulger wheat, sunflower seeds, and zucchini. The first sentences of the song describe trying to go "nearly seventy days" without consuming meat. It is interesting that we place so much importance on enjoying food beyond what it provides us with for nutritional value. So much importance that we would write a song about desire for a cheeseburger and the associated happiness and satisfaction it brings.
Newbeats Bread And Butter
This song directly ties one partner making a food and the other consuming it with the status of the relationship. As long as she is making the food he likes, he is happy and content. As soon as she starts making food for someone else that new relationship has begun and the other has ended.
I feel that this song, "Hunger" by Florence + The Machine, and the accompanying video both illustrate hunger, although in ways not directly related to hunger from not eating food. The first illustration is our relationship with hunger as it's tied to our self-identity. Feeling compelled to look a certain way or feel a certain way causes us to make changes to our behavior to accomplish those goals. In the first line of the song says, "at 17 I started to starve myself, I thought that love was a kind of emptiness." Although this line is talking about feelings of caring and being cared for it demonstrates how basic human needs need to be satisfied and misconceptions about those needs can impair our natural reaction to those basic human needs like nutrition from food.
Y.N.RichKids - Hot Cheetos & Takis [HD]
This song is written and performed by a group of students. The lyrics from each student's solo verse sheds some insight as to their perception of how they obtain this snack food, since they likely don't have jobs to pay for it, and how other students whose families don't have means to buy treats and snacks might feel after comparing themselves to the students in the video. This video also sensationalizes chips and snack foods and other children may not be able to recognize that Hot Cheetos and Takis aren't the only snack food and that there are healthy alternatives.
cheeseburger in paradise
This song, "Cheeseburger in Paradise" by Jimmy Buffett directly compares enjoying a cheeseburger to the implied sub-par acts of consuming healthier foods like carrot juice, bulger wheat, sunflower seeds, and zucchini. The first sentences of the song describe trying to go "nearly seventy days" without consuming meat. It is interesting that we place so much importance on enjoying food beyond what it provides us with for nutritional value. So much importance that we would write a song about desire for a cheeseburger and the associated happiness and satisfaction it brings.
Newbeats Bread And Butter
This song directly ties one partner making a food and the other consuming it with the status of the relationship. As long as she is making the food he likes, he is happy and content. As soon as she starts making food for someone else that new relationship has begun and the other has ended.
Notebook 11
Topic 7c | 11/12/2018
I have a love hate relationship with working in groups. I think the best work comes out of a collaborative setting, but it's hard to come by a truly mutually collaborative group.
I think in a civic engagement sense of group work, like during a community event or in a non-profit program, groups depend more on having a leader and individuals with their own strengths.
In a sense of a civic engagement group for the purpose of feedback, the dynamic is completely different from the previously mentioned civic group. A group for the purpose of feedback, and not for the purpose of working together to achieve one shared goal, is more likely to work collaboratively because they're not competing with each other for success and recognition. Since they aren't competing for pieces of a pie, because they can all get their own whole pie if they're individually successful, participants are more likely to be supportive since they don't feel that helping others threatens their own success.
In this type of group, a group for feedback on writing, I feel it would positively impact my writing. The reason I feel that it's positive is because having another critical perspective is invaluable. Even if you don't agree, or it doesn't align with the direction you're going with your writing, considering that additional point of view allows you to think rhetorically and further evaluate why or why not a suggestion might work. That additional consideration can mean increased understanding of your topic and therefore better chances of success.
Working to provide feedback in a group of civically engaged individuals is also valuable because it exposes me to civic topics that others find important and causes me to think rhetorically about these topics on a deeper level than if I were to casually encounter them.
I think in a civic engagement sense of group work, like during a community event or in a non-profit program, groups depend more on having a leader and individuals with their own strengths.
In a sense of a civic engagement group for the purpose of feedback, the dynamic is completely different from the previously mentioned civic group. A group for the purpose of feedback, and not for the purpose of working together to achieve one shared goal, is more likely to work collaboratively because they're not competing with each other for success and recognition. Since they aren't competing for pieces of a pie, because they can all get their own whole pie if they're individually successful, participants are more likely to be supportive since they don't feel that helping others threatens their own success.
In this type of group, a group for feedback on writing, I feel it would positively impact my writing. The reason I feel that it's positive is because having another critical perspective is invaluable. Even if you don't agree, or it doesn't align with the direction you're going with your writing, considering that additional point of view allows you to think rhetorically and further evaluate why or why not a suggestion might work. That additional consideration can mean increased understanding of your topic and therefore better chances of success.
Working to provide feedback in a group of civically engaged individuals is also valuable because it exposes me to civic topics that others find important and causes me to think rhetorically about these topics on a deeper level than if I were to casually encounter them.
Notebook 12
Final Notebook | 12/03/2018
Many of the notebook activities made me think differently about my projects. Even notebook one served as a starting place for my memoir. Although it wasn't a prompt for the notebook I was inspired in the middle of notebook 1 to write down an experience and that turned into my memoir. As I read notebook 2 I notice that many of the things I mention in there are included in my memoir as well although I didn't realize it until now and I wrote that way before I actually put those details in my memoir so the prompt probably helped me flush out the ideas.
The notebook activities that pushed me further into my topic were the research ones because you had to seek out and analyze resources, those resources led to others and eventually I had an overabundance of information. It also opened your eyes to seeing possible information around you that you might not have noticed before.
I wish that I could have gone deeper into the topic of shaming kids who receive subsidized school lunch, like I review in notebook 3, but it would have distracted from the larger issue of just getting as many kids access to programs as possible. Something I really appreciated on this prompt was exploring the tool hypothesis.is. It worked really well and I like the potential to interact with others and have them see your comments, I plan to use it again.
One of my favorite entries is notebook 8 because satire made me think of my topic from a different perspective. In a way it made me understand it better because I had to reframe it. I also enjoyed the creativity aspect of this prompt and wanted to go back and potentially add it to my magazine if I had more time to revise it and maybe add a cartoon. I would like to try my hand at satire again, it requires a lot of rhetorical thinking and I like that.
My other favorite notebook was notebook 9, not because of what I wrote, but because of the nature of the prompt. I felt like this prompt applies in a lot of creative writing situations. Whether it's fiction or non-fiction every piece of writing improves 10 fold if it can paint a picture in the mind of the reader. I intend to use this exercise again and again.
The notebook activities that pushed me further into my topic were the research ones because you had to seek out and analyze resources, those resources led to others and eventually I had an overabundance of information. It also opened your eyes to seeing possible information around you that you might not have noticed before.
I wish that I could have gone deeper into the topic of shaming kids who receive subsidized school lunch, like I review in notebook 3, but it would have distracted from the larger issue of just getting as many kids access to programs as possible. Something I really appreciated on this prompt was exploring the tool hypothesis.is. It worked really well and I like the potential to interact with others and have them see your comments, I plan to use it again.
One of my favorite entries is notebook 8 because satire made me think of my topic from a different perspective. In a way it made me understand it better because I had to reframe it. I also enjoyed the creativity aspect of this prompt and wanted to go back and potentially add it to my magazine if I had more time to revise it and maybe add a cartoon. I would like to try my hand at satire again, it requires a lot of rhetorical thinking and I like that.
My other favorite notebook was notebook 9, not because of what I wrote, but because of the nature of the prompt. I felt like this prompt applies in a lot of creative writing situations. Whether it's fiction or non-fiction every piece of writing improves 10 fold if it can paint a picture in the mind of the reader. I intend to use this exercise again and again.