Most recent public comments by Student Trey Kaufman https://nowcomment.com/users/94730 https://nowcomment.com/documents/247448?scroll_to=2371250 https://nowcomment.com/documents/247448?scroll_to=2371250 This is a habit that both I and the Silver Creek basketball team are implementing in our state run this year. We are stronger together than individually. Mon, 08 Mar 2021 18:14:24 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/247448?scroll_to=2371249 https://nowcomment.com/documents/247448?scroll_to=2371249 "If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special." This is a quote from Jim Valvano's 1993 ESPY Speech. He was not a scientist, he was a basketball coach. But this quote is something everyone, no matter the profession, should take the heart. Mon, 08 Mar 2021 18:00:30 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=2342707 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=2342707 I take this line Fri, 19 Feb 2021 09:32:24 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/253210?scroll_to=2306917 https://nowcomment.com/documents/253210?scroll_to=2306917 Confidence in itself is an interesting idea. But this situation debunks the idea of "practice makes perfect." Instead, it shows that "perfect practice makes perfect." Mon, 01 Feb 2021 20:40:48 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252045?scroll_to=2294643 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252045?scroll_to=2294643 The connection I found was with poet Ofelia Zepeda and her poem “It Is Going To Rain.” The connection was fairly easy and it is to the comment I posted above. In that comment I referenced stanza 6 talking about how people sweep things under the rug. Poet Ofelia Zepeda challenges this by explaining that there are always signs that the rug has something underneath. You won’t be able to hid under the rug forever. https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/afc/afc2020004/afc2020004_40/afc2020004_40_ms01.pdf Tue, 26 Jan 2021 21:03:04 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252045?scroll_to=2294605 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252045?scroll_to=2294605 I always find myself wondering if I am just making stuff up when it comes to analyzing poems. If a poet mentions a “blue window,” I don’t want to be the guy who thinks it has a specific meaning, when in reality the poet just likes blue windows. That said, notice line 6 when the poet says, “ Easy if you played pool and drank to remember to forget.” This is in direct contrast to line 11 as it pertains to alcohol. Line 6 seems to talk about how being “the same” or sweeping problems under the rug is an easy thing to do. Then line 11 uses the word “us” as it shows how we all at one point have used this “alcohol” to solve our problems. Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:34:14 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2288565 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2288565 We don't have to think the same ways. That said, it makes it easier if we all work together. Sun, 24 Jan 2021 19:35:34 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2288564 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2288564 I agree with this sentence 100%. I heard someone say something the other day that reminded me of this. It was "People don't want your opinion. They want their opinion coming out of your mouth." Sun, 24 Jan 2021 19:34:19 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2288563 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2288563 I have personally tried to meditate more often. For me, the only moment is the current moment. Sun, 24 Jan 2021 19:32:07 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2288562 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2288562 We are made to work together. "The smartest voice in the room is the room" Sun, 24 Jan 2021 19:31:19 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2288560 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2288560 The world has evolved. It should not be what you know. It should be if you can find what you need to know. Sun, 24 Jan 2021 19:30:04 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2288559 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2288559 The brain filters out what it does not want to hear. I have noticed this with learning about new things. Take for example, I learned more about cars. The next day at school it will seem like everyone happened to be talking about cars. Sun, 24 Jan 2021 19:29:13 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2288557 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2288557 Mohammad Ali once said, “The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." If we aren't learning what are we doing? Sun, 24 Jan 2021 19:28:15 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2288555 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2288555 Here is the part I mention the Dunning-Kruger effect. Okay, now we can all move on in peace. Sun, 24 Jan 2021 19:26:29 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2288539 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2288539 "Be comfortable being uncomfortable" is a quote that was drilled into my head at a young age. As I have gotten older I have realized the significance of it. Mon, 08 Feb 2021 13:15:18 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/250105?scroll_to=2281956 https://nowcomment.com/documents/250105?scroll_to=2281956 I think it is very interesting that you bring this up because the narrator is most obviously talking from the point after the “story” of the book. It is more wisdom based as if this is what he took from experiencing years of invisibility. And it foreshadows what his grandfather was saying. I get the same “kill them with kindness” vibe in his answers, and again, this is far from the narrator we maybe seen so far in the book. And I love the quote, “Sometimes it is best not to awaken them; there are few things in the world as dangerous as sleepwalkers.” This takes on so many meanings that I’ll leave it for you all to find........ but come on Mr. Hankins, leave politics out of room 407 lol. Wed, 20 Jan 2021 22:56:29 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/240008?scroll_to=2187454 https://nowcomment.com/documents/240008?scroll_to=2187454 Tue, 10 Nov 2020 23:18:36 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/238201?scroll_to=2176617 https://nowcomment.com/documents/238201?scroll_to=2176617 I know "being depressed" ad depression are not the same thing, but I feel like staying active and stopping the mind from running would help. Sat, 31 Oct 2020 20:51:25 -0400