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How important is cultural or historical context to the production and reception of a text?

How do we approach texts from different times and cultures to our own?

To what extent do texts offer insight into another culture?

How does the meaning and impact of a text change over time?

How do texts reflect, represent, or form a part of cultural practices?

How does language represent social distinctions and identities?

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September 7th English

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My analysis of the covers are pretty similar, when talking about the lighting and expression. One thing I lacked in my analysis is that I didn't mention the positioning of the titles and I don't talk about the exact words and elements. Otherwise its pretty similar.

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Signifier- In magazine design, a signifier is a visual element, such as an image that represents or signifies a specific concept, idea, etc.

Rule of Thirds- The rule of Thirds is a composition guideline that divides a page into a grid of nine equal parts using two equally spaced horizontal and vertical lines.

Anchoring- Design technique in which elements are placed strategically.

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[Rough Draft] Written Magazine Paragraph

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[Rough Draft] Written Magazine Paragraph

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[Final Draft] Written Magazine Paragraph

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[Final Draft] Written Magazine Paragraph

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Rolling Stone Group Presentation [Greta Thunberg]

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Rolling Stone Group Presentation [Greta Thunberg]

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Partner: Luis

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This area of exploration focuses on the idea that language is a social capacity and as such is intertwined with community, culture and history.

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Advertisements have attempted to attract the audience (presumably the male audience) by sexualising women in them. This has been taken way too far, and their impacts are seen on the younger generations.

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This text is between 2 individuals complaining about the behaviour of the other and suggesting how they can improve. It talks about how well behaved the individual used to be compared to now, where they are not being kind to their colleagues, etc. This was written in a highly positive tone because it attempts to approach the situation with ease and calmness. However, the general context and issue present in the letter gives me a tension/urgency like mood.

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This letter seems to be between a Tomato Soup company and an artist, in which the company is thanking the artist for showing interest in their company. With the words they use throughout the letter, it has a positive impact on me when I read it. The context of the letter is hard to understand during the start as it gives little to no information of what is happening, however, it can be gathered by the end of the letter.

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This letter is one between an employee and his boss, in which the employee is complaining about the rejection of his Movie Title. It's in a passive aggressive tone, where he is both illustrating frustration about his quality of work and calmness when explaining his capabilities.

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This is a letter from the famous writer Roald Dahl to presumably a fan of his, who previously has sent him a gift. The letter is in a positive tone and talks in a fantasy context. It gives me a heartwarming mood, as it shows the friendliness of the author to his audience.

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Humour- Used to persuade people into buying a product or multiple products. It tries to achieve this by making them laugh.

Fear- Used to scare the audience, so that they can be manipulated into believing a certain way or buying a certain thing.

BandWagon Effect- Propaganda technique used to make someone do something just because others are doing it. A sort of peer pressure.

Shock- Technique to gain attention and publicity through the means of giving the audience a 'shock', or making the advertisement controversial.

Conflict- Used to make the audience feel that something is wrong or incorrect, and the only way it can be resolved is by buying the said product or believing a certain way.

Testimonial- Technique to make the audience interested in a product by advertising someone's personal experience with it (presumably a positive experience).

Problem/Benefit- Technique to make one feel they have a problem, and then convince into buying a certain product in order to resolve it.

AntiAdvertisement- Used to make the audience realise the technique used by advertisements to manipulate the audience in various ways. It breaks all 'laws' of advertisements and attempts to expose the tricks used by advertisers.

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Plath has written very vivid poems in her lifetime.
She was inspired by the landscape of Yorkshire.
She was born in 1932 and very successful
She drained herself in school and suffered a breakdown, but also got accepted at a University in Cambridge.
She married another poet.
Her story is influenced by the Ghost stories and folktales of Yorkshire.
She takes her writing to the next level with Wurthering Heights.

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Plath Scavenger Hunt- Preston and Yuvraj

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Plath Scavenger Hunt- Preston and Yuvraj

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Plath Scavenger Hunt- Preston and Yuvraj

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Many people pretend that they are happy, but in reality they are not.

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The book is written from a first person perspective, as the audience reads direct from Esther point of view. It gives the audience the direct impression of what is it to be and live as Esther Greenwood.

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Symbolism- Using symbols or elements to indirectly express things or indicate meaning

Motif- A word, term or phrase that is repeated again and again in a writing

Imagery- A process of using vivid literature to appeal to the visual senses in an individual

Metaphor- When 2 unlike things are compared or connected with each other directly

Theme- The main idea or topic of a literary work

Foreshadowing- Hinting what might happen later in the story

Flashback/Flash Forward- Looking at the events of the past or the future for a brief moment to gain knowledge or create meaning

Irony- When one does/says something exactly different or opposite for what is expected of them to say or do

Allusion- Brief yet important reference to an event, person or place, etc. in a story

Repetition- Repeating a word or phrase to create meaning/depth

Plot- The main form/structure/idea of a story

Personification- A technique that give human qualities to an inanimate object/place

Characterization (direct/indirect)- Technique of creating or describing a character

Tone- Technique to use words in order to determine the feel of a writing

Mood- The emotion a literary piece radiates

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Morning Glory is a symbol for love, affection and beauty, therefore Noel Gallagher uses it in the Title and Lyrics to convey that the person he is asking to "Whats the Story?", is his love or interest of choice.

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Oasis - Morning Glory (Official HD Remastered Video)

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"Rocking Chair"- Liam Gallagher

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Creative Assignment- The Bell Jar Poem- Yuvraj Singh

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First use of the word "Africa" was used 2000 years ago when the Roman referred to an empire in the Continent.

"Black" has been used to describe people of African descent. "African-American" is the more appropriate version to refer to that race of people (in America).

The word "Black" has been seen as a sign of dark and evil throughout the world. Specifically, it was used to highlight 'white supremacy' during the 1800-1900s.

The terms "Black" and "White" create unnecessary segregation between the two races.

"It is important to mind of what you say [because] ...voice can change the entire world."

What people want to be called (race wise) differs person to person.

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The Bell Jar took place around the time of the Civil Rights Movements, though much of it isn't mentioned in the novel.

Therefore, how did the writer feel when she was adding the common racial slurs of the time in the book?

Was she aware of the Civil Rights Movement?

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Perspective- Set in the different time period, therefore the character have different ideas and opinions (when compared to the modern day)

There is a lot of Perspective used in the first 8 chapters of The Bell Jar. As we read the book directly from the POV and experience of Esther, making a lot of the events that occur have a one-sided viewpoint.

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You gotta chill madam. Life is hard and you shouldn't follow or feel jealous about what others have achieved, everyone is different.

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The UN website talks briefly about the issue and implications of the lack of gender equality, as even though females are half the population in the world, they still lack equality in society despite efforts. They discuss how them being half the population, they carry half the potential, therefore, in order to achieve full success and peace in society and utilise max human potential, women require equality.

This relates to The Bell Jar because the book has a majour focus around gender equality and how Esther suffers from the lack of it. Her being continuously controlled by men and being told to follow the stereotypical female path.

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Confinement or Imprisonment- This motif is highly significant to the book and its story, because due to it being set in the 50s, it goes to illustrate the restrictions and control that was put over women of the time, limiting all they were capable off.
Esther is a character that attempts to break the stereotypical female role and attempt to follow a careers that is are for the time, and therefore faces this limitation  multiple times.

One key example is Esther meeting with Buddy, in which he is seen mocking Esther for her interest in poetry and informing that, despite whatever she does she will automatically to follow the stereotypical role of a women; getting married and having kids, etc.

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Deconstructing an Ad-

P- Product (the object/subject being advertised)
C- Context (the general meaning)
A- Audience (the targeted consumer base)
V- Visuals (graphical Elements)
T- Text (written Elements)
E- Emotions
V- Values
S- Subtext (meaning between the text)

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IB English - Paper One or IO - Advertisement Analysis

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I believe I likely be reading "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen because it seems to have a very interesting narrator about a 93 year old guy having flashbacks. Although I don't fancy such books, as I am growing up I would be willing to expose myself to more content and step outside my comfort zones. You never know what you start to like.

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Deadline- Book seems very cool as it is about a casual High School student, who is trying to change the world and be perfect.

Stamped- It is about racism and anti-racism, and although the back page doesn't give much of an insight on the contents, it clarifies that "This is NOT a history Book. This is a Book about the here and now. A Book about race."

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Greek Girl Rising- This book is very interesting book as it is about women empowerment and entrepreneurship. About them not needing to get clearance from the Silicon Valley and starting cutting edge tech startups that rival and destroy the current corps.

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Esther whilst her picture was being taken carried a highly depressed mood, as she "didn't know why" she "was going to cry", and if anybody were interact with her, her "tears would" have flown "out" of her "eyes" and she would "cry for a week" (Plath, 80).

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W-P-A-E Stands for:-

Writing the quote

Paraphrase

Analysis

Evaluation

Writing Quote:

After state the name of the event(s) and briefly describe, then introduce the characters or subjects associated with that event(s), and finally insert the appropriate quote.

Paraphrasing:

Look through the quote and simply explain it in your own words, replace words and phrases, and if necessary, also the structure. However, it is important to retain the meaning, message and tone generated from the original quote into the paraphrase.

Analysis:

Explain the choice the specific word choices, etc. of the quote and what sort of message it presents. Discuss the purpose of the whole passage and what it is trying to prove, provide or deny.

Evaluation:

Connect the quote to the thesis of the Essay/Writing and argue/prove how exactly ties in with and represents the overall idea, etc. State the ideas it presents which are both similar and different to the thesis.

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Must be arguable

Align with the rest of your paper

Not be too vague

Last sentence of your introduction

Let's leave it at ONE sentence for now

Must ANSWER the essay prompt

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[6b] IB Guys- Thesis Statements and Topic Sentences Linking

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[6b] IB Guys- Thesis Statements and Topic Sentences Linking

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Thesis can be written in 2 sentences

The Thesis must clearly reflect what is to be seen in the body paragraph

Transitions are important, connecting the ideas of 2 paragraphs

Connect the rich main ideas of the Thesis statement to the Topic sentences with each idea clearly and uniquely woven into the body

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To deconstruct a photograph follow: Colourful Fruit Like Cherries Pack Good Flavour.

Composition- Where the elements are placed and how they guide the audience's eyes through the image.

Focus- What is given more attention and what is blurred out.

Light- The tone of the image, dark and dim feeling or light and bright.

Colour- The contrast and shading of the image, how does it set the mood of image.

People/Places- What sort of people and places the image is portraying, in addition to what their historical significance and story are.

Gaze- Which is way/direction of the image are the subjects looking at. Is it towards the bottom, the sides, the top, diagonally etc. Towards others elements of the photograph or away from it. What does the expression, strength and direction of their gaze show us about their attitude and significance, and how does it shape the meaning and mood of the photograph.

Framing/Cropping- What is the photo showing and what is it hiding. What is being included and what is not. How does this represent the intents of the artist/photo graph, in addition to what they are trying to tell about the elements (people and places in the photo).

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11. Basic Vocabulary For Discussion Photography

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Lit/Comp (34) Diane Arbus/Photography Scavenger Hunt

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1. Essay reflection: What will you do to improve on your next writing assignment based on the commentary I added to your essay?

The part which I really struggled was transitions and the smooth implementation of Quotes into my paragraph. This is because I failed to follow the They Say I Say format as noted by the teacher. To improve this, I will start closely following the They Say I Say format and use transitions and small introductions that will smoothly guide the readers into and out of my quotes.

2. Response to this question: What did you learn from the exhibits shared in class?  Did you gain any new insights or perspectives?

I gained a lot of information and perspective of how differently a single image can be read and analysed. The fact that how different each group explained and analysed similar images proves this.

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1. Originality is performing, making or achieving something that is completely made by you, utilising your own ideas and thinking process.

2. If a text independently formulates, explains and analyses itself then it can independently carry a meaning. However, if it represents a broader topic or mention/uses other ideas, then other material may be needed to fully grasp the meaning of that text. Simply, if a text is its own isolated universe then it will independently work, but it is in a shared universe then it may rely on lean-on other elements of that same universe.

3. If meaning is interdependent then perception and interpretation of that text will vary.

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First Picture: Uses all the aspects of the other pictures, however, presents it with its own unique art style. It is the same painting, though it is created in the Simpsons universe.

Second Picture: [Unknown Image, but it follows the same criteria of the First Picture in its presentation]

Third Picture: Represents the Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci. Again it presents it in its own unique style and in-line with the Simpsons universe.

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Wheeler discusses how in various education system, one is taught information that is particularly useless in the real world, for example, the name of random species of fish. Unlike more useful knowledge such as, learning to write job resumes etc.

Since the readers of Wheeler's paragraph are not directly present with the information on exactly what fish species he is talking about, and why they are even significant, one can only support or criticise his argument partially, due to this gap in knowledge.

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Realism shapes what we see today

Realism began in the late 1800s.

There are 4 walls in the theatre settings, 3 background walls and 1 audience "wall". The characters pretend the audience isn't there.

Since real-life can be very boring for humans to observe for entertainment, Realism takes and shows the brightest and most notable points of the day of the "characters". It basically works like a Highlight clips for a scripted human day.

However, since realism was not real enough, they introduced Naturalism, which rather than showing highlights of the day, focused on single scenes and illustrated them in a realistic way.

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Walter White from Breaking Bad is a good example of a tragic hero. He descends into villainy after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer (which is basically him losing everything). As he is a chemistry genius, he uses his knowledge to produce meth, and descends from his noble status to utter evil.  At first, he wanted to save his family. Eventually, the power took over and he was pure evil. At the end of the story, he dies after he has accomplished his goals. This follows Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero. (character of great status falling a great height).

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Exposition: Introduces the story and sets the plot.

Rising Action: This is where the drama/action builds up.

Climax: Turning point of the story, or the point of no return.

Falling Action: The plot starts going side ways and in the opposite direction to the Rising Action/Exposition.

Resolution: The end of the story, which concludes the plot/action.

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Ibsen achieved his ideas through his plays.

Success didn't come to Ibsen easily or early, he had a fairly difficult young life.

He was an alcoholic

Ibsen went to Italy and spent a big chunk of his life there

He wrote epic dramas in the late 70s and early 80s

No book had an impact like Ibsen's Doll's House

There is no other play like A Doll's house

Husbands no longer had a god-like role

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[23] Notes on Analyzing Literature / Why We Read Translated Literature

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[23] Notes on Analyzing Literature / Why We Read Translated Literature

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1. Describe the characters

2. Find the similarities between the characters

3. Find the differences

4. Formulate your conclusion

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This is a song by the Japanese Music Group "Capsule", which released in 2007.

The Doll's House explores the global issue of Inequality amongst women in the world, and most importantly how they get treated like "Dolls" and object which are expected to follow the commands of Men and act as their robot.

The Music-Video (not the actual lyrics) of this song "Music Controller", in my opinion represents this exact issue as it depicts a woman (Toshiko Koshijima) being controlled by a man (Yasutaka Nakata) through a computer. While she acts like a plastic doll, moving and spinning around like a robot. Creating other life sized plastic figures on command (representing woman's expected role of reproduction), and also standing alongside a ruler measuring the body and height (representing physical and aesthetical expectation placed on woman).

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This is a song by the British Band Oasis, which released in around 2001.

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Paper 2: Bell Jar and Doll's House- Yuvraj Singh

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1. I have been a tad behind with my reading. By this class period (16/5) we were supposed to be around page 132, though I am only at 90. I should be able to catch up.

2. I have felt the most comfortable working on the Characters, as since the book is about "The Things they carried" the author has put great emphasis in describing each character, atleast in the starting parts of the book.

3. The biggest thing I have enjoyed so far in the book, is the author's tendency to describe most awkward parts of each character, it is things one wouldn't expect to be vividly described, such as, their fetishes etc. The fact that they are mentioned makes it very hilarious.

4. There is nothing really I am not enjoying at the moment. The plot is fine too.

5. For our group I think everyone is doing work equally for the most part, unless they have been absent Out of all of us though, I think Zach is the one doing the best work.

6. The Document are coming along alright and we have laid a good foundation. However, some slides are still barebones with not much information, therefore, me and Vir have planned to catch up on those as soon as possible at home.

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Credits:-

Vir: Half of Slide 9 to 17;

Yuvraj: Slides 1 to Half of 9;

Zach: Really Helped with quotes and Analysis;

Luis: Helped with the last 2 slides;

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1. Which characteristic of the IB Learner Profile is most evident in your portfolio? Why?

I believe the most evident characteristic I showed was "Communicator" and "Knowledge" in my Leaner Portfolio, through the fairly thorough note taking and explaining I did for IB Guys videos and class notes. The amount of content per entry and their overall delivery shows my "communication skills" as I had attempted to keep them concise. While the content itself of my entries shows my "knowledgeable skills", as I attempted to write detailed material.

2. Which characteristic of the IB Learner Profile is least evident in your portfolio? Why?

I think "Balanced" is not well reflected Leaner Portfolio, because, as it can be noticed, although I have attempted to be thorough for some of the entries, some others are still a lacking in terms of content. Therefore, considering I had a given time of time, I could much better distributed the effort between entries to provide all equal time and content. As a result, none would have been over-done and none would have been under-done.

3. Looking back on your Semester 2 Learner Portfolio, what entries are you most proud of?  Why?

I am undoubtedly proud of my IO and original entries, as I believe they illustrate my analysis and knowledge skills to the highest.

IO: Represents knowledge, as I was able to compare and contrast 2 separate BOW's to the same topic of Women Inequality.

Original Entries: Represents analysis, as I was able to look through my personal life and find representations and ideas that both connect with my IO project and the Whole Unit concept.

4. Looking back on your Semester 2 Learner Portfolio, which entries were difficult or omitted?  Why?

The most difficult entry I had was my Theme Essay, due to it being the longest on demand writing piece I had ever performed. The assignment as a whole worked to challenge my analysing and thinking skills in real time, something I had never really been tested on before. It also forced me to practise my conciseness and write everything on point and focused. Overall, although this assignment was by far the most challenging, it also helped me practise skills I had barely touched.

Anyhow, luckily I scored fairly on that writing and one of the only things I needed to improve was my use of They Say I Say.

5. If you invented any of your own entries, please let me know which ones and how they were useful to you. Explain.

I didn't invent any of my entries that were not listed on the requirements.

6. Which entries were most useful to you as an IB student? Explain.

I believe that the IO was the most useful entry for me, because in my opinion it serves as best "oral-assessment" to date for any class. Now, therefore, I can easily use IO from this portfolio as a benchmark for upcoming Orals and continue improving my speaking and learning skills. I can also reflect on this assignment and, thus, form the final IO next year based on how this one went: where to retain and where to focus on improving.

7. What types of entries would you like to see more of? Explain.

I believe, if I didn't save the Personal Entries for the last, I could found a lot more. I honestly love implementing the content I learn in school into my own life, as it adds to that "immersion", if you will. I personally enjoy analysing my surroundings and aspects through the critical lens we developed in this, as it allows to view and reflect on a same thing numerous new ways. In a sense you start seeing the world around you with a completely different filter, something thats not simply black & white, but has many shades of gray. I would argue this skill alone makes me (and us all) appreciate the world we live in, in a much more thorough and insightful way, really respecting what it has to offer.