Comments by Grahm Kerber Most recent public comments by Grahm Kerber https://nowcomment.com/users/94354 A sense of security or insecurity? https://nowcomment.com/documents/253210?scroll_to=2306614 https://nowcomment.com/documents/253210?scroll_to=2306614 As he walked out on to the platform he didn't know how it felt. It was exhilarating, but also scary. He wondered if he could get used to this feeling, like a boy changing into a man, or if the feeling would get old. He wanted to feel a sense of security, but it's very difficult to do so. Mon, 01 Feb 2021 15:11:23 -0800 Grahm Kerber (Room 407:Indiana) https://nowcomment.com/documents/247448?scroll_to=2299032 https://nowcomment.com/documents/247448?scroll_to=2299032 The habit that stood out to me the most in my life is definitely habit number 2(Managing Impulsivity). I see this especially when I'm driving home from the gym or baseball especially. I really want to get some fast food because I am extremely hungry, but I don't think about the costs. It's going to be more to get a 10 piece from McDonald's than it will be to eat a chinken sandwhich at home. But these past few weeks, I've stopped myself from impulse buying and saved money, time, and I'm eting healthier. Thu, 28 Jan 2021 09:17:01 -0800 Expediency https://nowcomment.com/documents/247448?scroll_to=2299024 https://nowcomment.com/documents/247448?scroll_to=2299024 Expediency is defined as "the quality of being convenient and practical despite possiby being improper or immoral." In other words, If someone is expedient, they value convenience rather than quality of work. Here, Costa and Kallick, are comparing "successful" people to "unsuccessful" people. They used a ballerina that strives for perfection in their craft that realizes they can always improve as a comparison to a successful person. And they used a student that turns in sloppy uncorrected work as a comparison to an unsuccessful person. I think this ties back to the beginning of the piece(Paragraph 7), where the authors said they were curious about how people/students behave when they don't know an answer. These successful people reaize they don't know everything about their craft, so they go out and try to perfect everything they do know t help them learn more, while these students that turn in sloppy work don't care enough to try and get a correct answer. Thu, 28 Jan 2021 09:08:04 -0800 Connection between "An American Sunrise" and "Welcome Home Living Beings" https://nowcomment.com/documents/252045?scroll_to=2294019 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252045?scroll_to=2294019 After reading "Welcome Home Living Beings," by Suzan Shown Harjo, I made a huge connection between it and "An American Sunrise". If we read American Sunrise, we see repetition throughout the piece, just as Joy Harjo used repetition throughout her own. Typically, we see repetition when the author wants us to think about or recognize something in the piece. With Joy Harjo’s piece, we can see the repeated word, “we”. I think she’s using this to show it’s not only her narrative as an indeginous woman, it’s all indeginous people that aren’t being heard or treated properly. And we see a different kind of repetition scheme In Suzan Shown Harjo’s poem. There are entire stanzas where she repeats words or phrases. I think she’s doing this for a similar reason to Joy Harjo, to show that it is not one person that is perceived as this, it is an entire group of people. And I see a connection between the themes of the poems. Joy Harjo is talking about the struggles of being an indeginous person. The history of her ancestors and war, while being assimilated to the ways of the white Europeans that were taking over the land. How she still felt a deep connection to her roots even though it has been frowned upon for so long. And Suzan Shown Harjo wrote about the roots of the indeginous people. How they are still hurting from the past and how they need to express their culture. https://www.loc.gov/item/2020785244/ Tue, 26 Jan 2021 11:19:06 -0800 Short sentences https://nowcomment.com/documents/252045?scroll_to=2292909 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252045?scroll_to=2292909 As I read this poem I got almost a playful tone on a serious subject. The singing, dancing, and drinking made me think of people at a bar or at a party having a good time. But the last two lines were filled with short sentences, that made the turn back to having a serious tone. It reminds me of really any motivational speech where towards the end, the speaker will use shorter sentences to try and get the audience to think. Tue, 26 Jan 2021 09:00:02 -0800 Experience with the uncomfortable https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2286074 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2286074 Here we see that Wheatley has experienced being uncomfortable the way she presents it in the text. She had certain beliefs instilled in her, being from America. Now she gets to work/conversate with people from all around the world with so many experiences different from her own. Fri, 22 Jan 2021 11:11:42 -0800 Answers https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2286048 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2286048 What if this obstacle is comfortability? I think that's what Wheatley is trying to push on here. She is suggesting that within this uncertainty/uncomfortability that there is that happiness or relief that we are looking for. Fri, 22 Jan 2021 11:04:35 -0800 Building on the quote https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2285877 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2285877 I don't see taking a walk as a bad thing here. Sometimes you need to be alone in order to have something great happen. You could be the person that causes this "disturbance". This might be how you gain this following that Maxwell is almost deeming essential here. Fri, 22 Jan 2021 10:56:46 -0800 Conversation https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2285865 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2285865 This is where I think conversation should come into play. We are so used to being surrounded by people with similar beliefs, that we never get to experience this uncomfortable zone. We need to be able to talk about things that we don't see as normal or right to be able to grow and handle these disturbances. Fri, 22 Jan 2021 10:53:22 -0800 Fun Facts with Grahm https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2285845 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2285845 I started sending a fact a day and called this "series" "Fun Facts with Grahm". I take suggestions for categories almost everyday, so my audience learns something new everyday while also at least seeming interested. I don't know exactly what this could add for students, but maybe teachers/parents/advisors could take some consideration as to what the students want to learn. I know teachers have a certain curriculum they have to teach, but why not get a student's perspective on the direction of the class? I know teachers that do this, and typically they are more liked and inclined to get responses and questions from students because they are more engaged. Fri, 22 Jan 2021 10:49:22 -0800 I agree https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2285255 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2285255 I think it is always good to have somebody to push yourself against. Conversation leads the way to change. It is how we get to feel disturbed. Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:22:26 -0800 Thinking at the heart of change https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2285243 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2285243 Here, we see Wheatley tell us that confusion is okay and not okay in a sense. We really want to hold on to what we see as true, our certainties, because that is our identity. But then, Wheatley reveals that she thinks the way to succeed in changing the world is to challenge those beliefs. Do you think this way because it is what you were thaught, or do you think this way because you chose to do so? We need a sense of curiosity or wonder, just to inspire change... then we need to think about a different perspetive and how it will impact them. Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:18:12 -0800 I think I have been rewarded. https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2285226 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2285226 I know that some people are scared to ask questions, especially when provoked because of fear. I can admit I am the same way in the classroom setting, but never really outside of that. At home or gatherings of really any sort, I have always been able and encouraged to ask questions. And with those questions come rewards: knowledge, sometimes something physical like candy, or even a provoking thought. Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:14:06 -0800 Addition to the thought https://nowcomment.com/documents/250105?scroll_to=2284112 https://nowcomment.com/documents/250105?scroll_to=2284112 The protagonist relates his state to a hibernation. Maybe this is foreshadowing to a sort of "spring time" or turn in the book where he no longer becomes invisible to everybody, but hypervisible because of something he does r something that happens to him. Thu, 21 Jan 2021 18:34:58 -0800 Pearson's Archetypes https://nowcomment.com/documents/240008?scroll_to=2187358 https://nowcomment.com/documents/240008?scroll_to=2187358 Here, Barry's father is showing us a lot about his character. From what I see here, he falls into the shadow warrior category. He has a fear of ineptitude, not for himself but for his son. He has spent his life trying to help his son because he always thought he would be extraordinary, but Barry did not turn out how his father thought he would/should. That is the big thing that pointed me towards the shadow warrior, "a view of all difference as a threat." Barry's father saw the world different than Barry, so that must mean Barry is wrong. But he's not. Barry's father is blinded by this ideal son so much that he is not appreciating Barry as he should be. Tue, 10 Nov 2020 07:01:51 -0800 Another thought on entry point #2 https://nowcomment.com/documents/238340?scroll_to=2172890 https://nowcomment.com/documents/238340?scroll_to=2172890 In this case, the narrator is the poet. And building on what Karis said, the audience is us-you. She is writing this poem to us-you because she wants us to know that there is always somebody that cares about us-you.There is always somebody that can appreciate us-you and all of the hard work we-you do. And again building with Karis, this poem could be addressed to her younger self. And to any young reader that needs to hear these words of encouragement. "You are resilient. You are good. I appreciate you." Thu, 29 Oct 2020 09:18:37 -0700