A walk in the woods by Erhong Gao https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds en-us 2021-11-06 22:12:38 UTC 2025-02-04 20:27:31 UTC hello@padlet.com Passage 22gaoe1_2 https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1875094163 But most of the time you don’t think. No point. Instead, you exist in a kind of mobile Zen mode, your brain like a balloon tethered with string, accompanying but not actually part of the body below. Walking for hours and miles becomes as automatic, as unremarkable as breathing. At the end of the day, you don;t think ‘Hey, I did sixteen miles today’ any more than you think ‘Hey, I took eight thousand breaths today.” It’s just what you do.]]> 2021-11-08 13:53:41 UTC https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1875094163 22gaoe1_2 https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1875096242
  • Close analysis of passages (5 points each; 20 points total)
    1. Identify FOUR (4) key passages in Bryson’s journey. Those passages should be about 200-400 words in length. For each passage, you must: 
      1. Copy and paste that passage into a PADLET TEXT BOX
      2. In another PADLET TEXT BOX, Provide a brief context for the passage and explain the significance of the passage relative to Bryson’s journey and how it might be applied to an individual’s experiences. (3-5 Sentences total for each passage)
      3. Pair the passage with at least TWO (2) IMAGES or MULTIMEDIA CONTENT that convey the same idea
  • Real Life Application (5 points each; 20 points total)
    1. Apply the main idea from EACH of your selected passages to a journey you have taken yourself. 
      1. Tell your version of the story, connecting it to specifics from Bryson’s text 
      2. Pair your narrative with at least TWO (2) IMAGES or MULTIMEDIA CONTENT that help tell your story and make the connection to Bryson. 


    • ]]>     2021-11-08 13:54:18 UTC https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1875096242     Passage 22gaoe1_2 https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1875372941 So let us imagine that a bear does go for us out in the wilds. What are we to do? Interestingly, the advised stratagems are exactly opposite for grizzly and black bear. With a grizzly, you should make for a tall tree, since grizzlies aren't much for climbing. If a tree is not available, then you should back off slowly, avoiding direct eye contact. All the books tell you that if the grizzly comes for you, on no account should you run. This is the sort of advice you get from someone who is sitting at a keyboard when he gives it. Take it from me, if you are in an open space with no weapons and a grizzly comes for you, run. You may as well. If nothing else, it will give you something to do with the last seven seconds  of your life. However, when the grizzly overtakes you, as it most assuredly will, you   should fall to the ground and play dead. A grizzly may chew on a limp form for a minute   or two but generally will lose interest and shuffle off. With black bears, however, playing dead is futile, since they will continue chewing on you until you are considerably past caring. It is also foolish to climb a tree because black bears are adroit climbers and, as Herrero dryly notes, you will simply end up fighting the bear in a tree.

    To ward off an aggressive black bear, Herrero suggests making a lot of noise, banging pots and pans together, throwing sticks and rocks, and "running at the bear." (Yeah, right. You first, Professor.) On the other hand, he then adds judiciously, these tactics could "merely provoke the bear." Well, thanks. Elsewhere he suggests that hikers should consider making noises from time to time-- singing a song, say--to alert bears of their presence, since a startled bear is more likely to be an angry bear, but then a few pages later he cautions that "there may be danger in making noise," since that can attract a hungry bear that might otherwise overlook you.

    ]]>     2021-11-08 15:10:43 UTC https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1875372941     Passage 22gaoe1_2 https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1875382668 Now here’s a thought to consider. Every twenty minutes on the Appalachian Trail, Katz and I walked farther than the average American Walks in a week. For 93 percent of all trips outside the home, for whatever distance or whatever purpose, Americans now get in a car. On average the total walking of an American these days - that’s walking of all types: from car to office, from office to car, around the supermarket and shopping malls - adds up to 1.4 miles a week, barely 350 yards a day. That’s ridiculous. 

    ]]>     2021-11-08 15:13:31 UTC https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1875382668     Passage 22gaoe1_2 https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1875385234 The hardest part was coming to terms with the constant dispiriting discovery that there is always more hill. The thing about being on a hill, as opposed to standing back from it,   is that you can almost never see exactly what's to come. Between the curtain of trees at every side, the ever-receding contour of rising slope before you, and your own plodding weariness, you gradually lose track of how far you have come. Each time you haul  yourself up to what you think must surely be the crest, you find that there is in fact more hill beyond, sloped at an angle that kept it from view before, and that beyond that slope there is another, and beyond that another and another, and beyond each of those more still, until it seems impossible that any hill could run on this long. Eventually you reach a height where you can see the tops of the topmost trees, with nothing but clear sky beyond, and your faltering spirit stirs-- nearly there now!--but this is a pitiless deception. The elusive summit continually retreats by whatever distance you press forward, so that each time the canopy parts enough to give a view you are dismayed to see that the topmost trees are as remote, as unattainable, as before. Still you stagger on. What else can you do?

    ]]>     2021-11-08 15:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1875385234     annotation 22gaoe1_2 https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1875509350 This Passage is Bryson's understanding of "how to deal with bears" after he went out and bought a bunch of books about hiking and bear attacks. In this paragraph, the description of the bear shows the wild and dangerous that Bryson may encounter during the travel. The bear symbolizes the fear of the wild, even more, the fear of the journey or the unknown challenges ahead in life.]]> 2021-11-08 15:49:35 UTC https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1875509350 Annotation 22gaoe1_2 https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1875696382 This passage is just after when Bryson and Katz start their walk, then bryson's comment to there are a lot mountain that they need hiking, no matter how far you struggled, the elusive peak kept retreating, so that whenever a corner of the sky gave you a glimpse, it was always depressing to see that there were more and more mountains to follow. The idea of after you cross a mountain, there will be more mountains appear, among Bryson's travel, this represents he still has a lot of road to go, just like in life, when you overcome a difficulty, you will find that after this difficulty, there will be many different difficulties and challenges waiting for you, life also has a long way to go, there are many mountains to climb.]]> 2021-11-08 16:47:26 UTC https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1875696382 picture that related to passage 22gaoe1_2 https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1875705966 2021-11-08 16:50:23 UTC https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1875705966 Annotation 22gaoe1_2 https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1876211646 Bryson's idea of how walking change his way of thinking, life has also become simple and wonderful: time has no meaning except for sunrise and sunset. You have no obligations or commitments. The only thing you need is motivation to keep walking, there's no need to rush because you're not in a hurry to be anywhere at any particular time. Walking becomes natural and easy. Like walking become part of your life, you are not walking because you need/have to. This is also the same with other things, such as when you do a new thing or a new hobby, you will discover a very complete world or thoughts about your life. When you do that all the time, you feel like it becomes part of your life, not because you're supposed to.]]> 2021-11-08 19:54:10 UTC https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1876211646 Picture related to the passage 22gaoe1_2 https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1876217133 2021-11-08 19:56:39 UTC https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1876217133 Annotation 22gaoe1_2 https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1876260971 The essay starts with Bryson's personal experience and related to considers how technology has changed people's lives and society. More and more people use cars instead of just walking, because walking takes more time and energy, which leads to more and more driving lanes instead of sidewalks in cities. urbanization in the country is reshaping the world, society is becoming more and more urban, and "nature" is decreasing. Bryson was disappointed. That's why he walked. He wanted to reconnect with the American landscape and see the landscape that is disappearing.]]> 2021-11-08 20:16:29 UTC https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1876260971 22gaoe1_2 https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1876465349 2021-11-08 22:02:12 UTC https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1876465349 bears 22gaoe1_2 https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1876469708 2021-11-08 22:05:09 UTC https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1876469708 Real life 22gaoe1_2 https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1876494364 Before I moved to Weston/USA, I was so worried about what high school would be like, so I did a lot of research and watched a lot of American movies and TV shows (not a good reference) like Bryson scared about bear, I was very scared about school violence and Acadamic. But thankfully, everything went well.]]> 2021-11-08 22:21:37 UTC https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1876494364 school violence 22gaoe1_2 https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1876495364 2021-11-08 22:22:20 UTC https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1876495364 Real Life 22gaoe1_2 https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1876506758 Similar to Bryson's idea, after you cross a mountain, there will always be more mountains ahead. Like when I first contact with the 3d industry, I think this is will only like to do some modeling then done, but the fact is not, after I learned the simple modeling, I must know how to rendering out a beautiful picture, so I also need to learn more about the texture and lighting, after I learned how to apply texture and lighting, I need art based skills to make a very delicate image... just like the idea of after you cross a mountain, there will always be more mountains ahead. ]]> 2021-11-08 22:29:38 UTC https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1876506758 real life 22gaoe1_2 https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1876728445 During the art process (drawing or modeling, rendering), I completely lose track of time. I don't care how much time I spend, how many colors/textures I uses, how many times I adjust the model, etc... the only thing I might know is I am enjoy the process of making, I will be in a mode of Zen, a state of no self (forget myself).]]> 2021-11-09 00:49:18 UTC https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1876728445 focused 22gaoe1_2 https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1876739687 2021-11-09 00:54:08 UTC https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1876739687 22gaoe1_2 https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1876764968 Personally I believe whether a city is fit for walking or not directly determines how livable it is. In fact, if you try walking, you may find that the market is only a 30-minute walk from your house and the cafe is less than a 20-minute walk away (well, not in Weston). I start to walk a lot in the summer break, I saw a lot things that I never noticed before, like how the tree looks different and so many animals in the woods.]]> 2021-11-09 01:05:22 UTC https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1876764968 Walk 22gaoe1_2 https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1876766804 if everyone spend a little more time to walk instead of driving, the environment will be so much better]]> 2021-11-09 01:06:13 UTC https://padlet.com/22gaoe1_2/bfbvjb7m0zbqg1ds/wish/1876766804