- Aim I: How can students be controlled?
- Aim II: How is a man conflicted between both the desire to conform and the need to be an individual?
- Blog Content:
- Write about what you learned in your online English lessons.
From this semester’s online English lessons, I’ve learned that there are more meanings involved in literature than what meets the eye at first. Given the example of Animal Farm, we find out that each character and action performed throughout the book has a deeper meaning behind it, which all coordinates to his reaction to his thoughts on the Russian Empire during the time of censorship. Another significant lesson I learned was how language differs from various societies, which leads to a difference of culture. For example, those who don’t have terms describing colors or numbers would hypothetically have a distinguished culture from those who do.
- What is it like working from home?
Working from home has distinct problems and benefits that aren’t found while working at school. Some problems found during working from home is the higher chance of procrastination. While the school work given during remote learning is reasonable throughout the timespan of three days, the time given to do such work has also increased. Thus, this leads to the higher probability for procrastination, which leads to students cramming their work the day before it’s dued. Another problem found in working from home is the lack of activities to do after done with such work. Keeping yourself occupied and motivated has been one of the most difficult tasks to perform during my time quarantines and hence, I’ve usually been sleeping over half the day. Some benefits I’d consider is the lack of necessity to travel from different locations, for all of the classes are located in one single device. This also includes bus/train traffic, which is a tedious task that most Brooklyn students face. A benefit regarding online learning is the ability to search up any misunderstanding you have from your lesson straight off the internet.
- What are you learning about your world/community based on the reactions?
Based on the reactions from the community around NYC, I’ve learned that when one fears changes in their society, they tend to find a subject to blame on. Whether it be the Press, President, or China, people accuse such things to be at fault, which then leads to a chain effect of hatred and violence. This is found especially when relating to Chinese and other Asian citizens, as there are an abundance of videos showing hate crimes against Asians. A famous historical event that resembles these current events would be when the Jews were blamed by the Germans in the 1900s. This shows that when a community encounters a problem, their fear and hatred would lead to scapegoating someone/something as the reason for their troubles.
From the lesson:
- We started the lesson by writing our own definition of freedom
My response:
Freedom is the capability to perform actions without any restraints or constrictions
- Then we had a class discussion with the following questions:
- How do you feel about the rules set forth by your parents?
- Your individual teachers?
- Are there any rules you believe to be unreasonable, or perhaps too restrictive?
My response:
In my parents’ household, the rules set forth by my parents are quite reasonable. For example, these rules include: Doing chores at least once a week, Washing hands before eating, Finish school work before playing. This goes alongside classroom rules, which I also believe has its reasonings.
- At the end, we answered and discussed the following survey
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety,
deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
-Agree
To assure the country’s freedom, the government should be able to spy on its
citizens.
-Disagree
Patriotism means supporting your government during times of war.
-Agree
Torturing a person who poses a serious threat to our country’s freedom is
acceptable; as long as that person does not die.
-Neutral
People who are a serious threat to the government should be able to be held in
prison; indefinitely, without being charged.
-Neutral
The government has the right to know what people are reading to determine if they
are a threat.
-Disagree
Society would be safer if we had a video camera in public places to catch potential
criminals.
-Agree
For an idea to exist, we must have words to express it.
-Disagree
Reporters should be required to submit their work to government officials so they
can assess if it’s a threat to the country.
-Neutral
The only way to prepare for peace is to prepare for war.
-Disagree
- What did I learn?
From this lesson, I learned that everyone’s interpretation of freedom differs according to how it affects our daily lives. Then, the lesson emphasized the importance of rules and how it contradicts freedom. Although their opposite nature, laws have their purpose and prevent chaos from forming. As some rules are deemed as reasonable, others become too restrictive and harms one’s freedom. These perspectives vary between who you ask, which is shown by the survey the class did, where different students disagreed with what was considered moral and immoral.
- Why did I learn it?
We learned about freedom and law because these two aspects are found throughout our lives. The importance of learning them correlates with knowing that rules are made in order to preserve freedom and safety of the society the rules are placed upon. For example, laws regarding underage drinking are there to reassure the safety of adolescents, yet restricting the access of alcohol for everyone.
- How will I use what I learned?
From what I’ve learned, I’ll have a broader understanding of the events happening in the book, 1984, and how the concept of freedom and law has impacted their society.
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