ENGL 4 by https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi Group work posts en-us 2018-04-20 20:11:06 UTC 2023-05-05 05:32:17 UTC hello@padlet.com General Padlet Guidelines aaron_roberts612 https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/253986637 We'll be using Padlet to try to make our group work more collaborative. In class, I may ask you to post your group work to the Padlet page so that our class can interact with your post. You are welcome to upload a photo if your group works on paper, or you can create a pad and start typing as a group. Please "respect the pad" and don't post anything obscene or something not related to class!]]> 2018-04-20 20:18:10 UTC https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/253986637 Directed Summary aaron_roberts612 https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/253988820 Group One’s directed summary ]]> 2018-04-20 20:29:32 UTC https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/253988820 Directed Summary aaron_roberts612 https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/253988921 Group 2]]> 2018-04-20 20:30:05 UTC https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/253988921 Directed Summary aaron_roberts612 https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/253989033 Group 3]]> 2018-04-20 20:30:39 UTC https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/253989033 Directed Summary aaron_roberts612 https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/253989127 Group 4]]> 2018-04-20 20:31:10 UTC https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/253989127 Group 3 Asian Americans and food https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/254629206 According to “We are what we eat: Asian Americans and food,” Oliver Wang, a professor of sociology at CSU-LB, argues that food connects us to our people and focuses on the authentic food for a particular ethnicity. In today’s society, people read about food and review the restaurant. Food isn’t just about the tradition, food is about the passion. People have passion to explore. It is important to realize that we may get tired of eating the same thing over and over, but the end, it is the food that brings us closer to our culture.

2 ways.
According to pollan, food brings people together and brings pleasure.
1. We can talk about the culture brings people together
2. We can talk about the pleasure relate to the passion.


]]> 2018-04-23 22:20:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/254629206 Group2 Directed Summary https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/254629450 In the essay “Why Shame Won’t Stop Obesity,” Dhruv Khullar, who studies medicine at Yale University and public policy at Harvard University, argues that shaming obese people won’t solve the obesity epidemic because it will only increase their stigma and worsen the psychosocial consequenses they face. Khullat claims that we should use three ways to solve obesity, including making healthy food affordable, minimizing junk food advertising and informing people to make healthy food choices.

How to use it to agree with Pollan’s essay:
This essay says we should focus on minimizing the junk food advertisements instead on shaming on the obesed people.]]> 2018-04-23 22:22:46 UTC https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/254629450 Group 4 : Zombies vs. The Joy of Canning: Productive Home https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/254630028 In “ Zombies Vs. The Joy of Canning: Productive Home,” Erica Strauss, a graduate from culinary school, argues that not only gardening her own vegetables and fruits, but also canning and storing her own food gives her joy as well as a healthy diet. Though it takes time and patience to become a “urban farmer” and “radical home maker,” cooking dinner can make us proud and give happiness. 

Agrees with Polan
1. Food that is home made / naturally grown is better than the manufactured food
2. There is a joy that comes from what we choose to put in our body.]]> 2018-04-23 22:27:45 UTC https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/254630028 Group One: Eating the Hyphen https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/254630249 Directed Summary:
In the article "Eating the Hyphen," Lily Wong, who dabbles in food writing after earning her bachelor's degree in Williams College, demonstrates that being a Chinese-American has affected her ways of dining. Growing up in the U.S and being a second generation Chinese-American, Wong feels like the way she eats is vastly different from that of her family. The way she eats dumplings has been criticized by her grandmother, who would look at her with disgust as she goes to grab ketchup to eat with her dumplings. Because of the way she eats Chinese food, she jokes that her style of eating dumplings is the hyphen between Chinese and American to represent her own identity. 
Ways to use it with Pollan's article: 
Wong simply enjoys her food; to her, food represents more of a cultural aspect rather than a nutritional one. She would not change the way she eats her dumplings.]]> 2018-04-23 22:29:34 UTC https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/254630249 Group 2 https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/255453961 With the development of society, cultural communication provides people more chances to contact different culture. People from different countries have their own understanding of other cultures. According to Wong’s habit of eating dumplings, she uses a western way to eat Chinese food. In the eassy, she says:’’I need a fork, a knife, a pair of chopsticks, and ketchup before I eat my dumplings.” It is understandable to use such a way to eat Chinese food because people will always choose the easiest and most comfortable way to eat food. Sometimes, I use fork to eat noodles even though I am a Chinese. I feel it is as convinent as using chopsticks. Therefore, as long as people enjoy the food, there is no judgement for them to choose their own way of eating.  ]]> 2018-04-25 22:23:06 UTC https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/255453961 Group 4: We are what we eat: Asian Americans and food https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/255453995 As Pollan says, the way Americans think about eating food is making them unhealthy. Though Americans are trying to measure the food intake to have a healthier life, their idea is only opposing to what they really want to do. Eating food is about passion. If we don’t enjoy eating, then there is no chance that it would make us happy and healthy either. According to the article “We are what we eat: Asian Americans and food,” Oliver Wang, a professor of sociology at CSU-LB, explains that food isn’t just about eating, it is about passion and connection with other people. Wang says, "learning to love our food was learning to love ourselves, learning to love heritage." Having similar food brings people together and brings pleasure to our lives. Because eating food that we all enjoy brings pleasure, it helps us boost our happiness as well. Pollan states that if people don’t enjoy their food and only focuse on becoming “healthier”, they won’t be able to reach that goal. He explains that Americans need to enjoy their food rather than worrying about the calories they are consuming every day.  ]]> 2018-04-25 22:23:21 UTC https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/255453995 Group 3 Zombies vs. The Joy of Canning: Motivation in the Productive Home https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/255454535  
Zombies vs. The Joy of Canning: Motivation in the Productive Home 

Although I agree with Erica Strauss about the benefits of cultivating your own food in her article “Zombies vs. The Joy of Canning”, I believe many people don’t have the time and passion required to nurture their own produce. Because buying pre-made food from the supermarket is easier and less expensive, people benefit themselves by spending less time in the kitchen. Everybody in our society is different, and not everyone has the pleasure of being able to pick their own food. Growing your own produce is difficult and takes a lot of time and money to reach the final product. Many people don’t have the resources or the space to begin cultivating. The author believes “You have to love food enough to work for it”. Not everybody has the same passion the author has for food. For example, my uncle is a business man working in china. He lives such fast-paced life, he doesn’t have time to cook his own food. The best way for him to eat is buying pre-made food from the market. Everyone needs food for energy but not all people are interested in how it’s made. Therefore, shopping at a supermarket is a sufficient way of obtaining produce. 

 

]]> 2018-04-25 22:28:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/255454535 Group 1: Why Shame Won't Stop Obesity https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/255454796 According to “Why Shame Won’t Stop Obesity” by Dhruv Khullar, we should not shame fat people for being obese, instead, we should focus on providing a better and healthier food environment. As Khullar walks down into the hospital he works at, he notices that many of the food options are the reasons why his patients are unable to lose weight. The dilemma Khullar faced was choosing between “the fried chicken or the four-cheese pizza.”; however, none of the choices were by any means “healthy.” Because of the unhealthy food choices that we are surrounded by, many of us do not have a choice on what we eat. He then proposes few ways to reverse the current food trend by providing monetary incentives to promote the production of and access to healthy food and minimizing junk food advertising, especially towards the younger audiences. We should focus on how to eat healthier instead of succumbing to the limited food options we have in order to completely get rid of obesity.

]]> 2018-04-25 22:30:45 UTC https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/255454796 Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde :GROUP # 3 https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/258727651 Question # 1:  By now, we know that Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde are the sam person. What is the reason to why Dr Jekyll wants to appear as Mr Hyde? ]]> 2018-05-07 22:21:24 UTC https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/258727651 Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde : Group 2 (#2) https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/258728076 Discussion Question: Throughout the story, Utterson refuses to report the major incidents to the police. Why would he do that, especially since he is not at a position to solve the mystery all by himself? 

Quote: 'No,' said the other. I cannot say that I care what becomes of Hyde; I am quite done with him. I was thinking of my own character, which this hateful business has rather exposed.' (Pg. 34) - regarding to the letter received]]> 2018-05-07 22:24:46 UTC https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/258728076 Group 4 Reading Assignment 2 https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/258728807 Quote: "Will you be wise? Will you be guided? Will you suffer me to take this glass in my hand and to go forth from your house without further parley? Or has the greed of curiosity too much command of you?... stagger the unbelief of Satan” (46)

Discussion Question: What is the importance of the handwriting between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?]]> 2018-05-07 22:31:00 UTC https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/258728807 Group 1 https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/258729401 If you are Dr. Landon, will,you report this to the police ?


]]> 2018-05-07 22:36:04 UTC https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/258729401 Group 1 https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/258729762 Question from Group 2 
In intensive situations, the characters mainly try to hold back themselves from revealing the information they know to protect their social status. Why do they do so? Is it a typical behavior in Victorian era?
In the book, the main characters are lawyer and doctors who are in a high social status. They care about their reputation and social status in their position. It is a typical behavior in Victoria era. ]]> 2018-05-07 22:39:04 UTC https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/258729762 https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/258730238 2018-05-07 22:43:41 UTC https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/258730238 Group 4 https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/259469432 Theme: Good vs. Evil
In the novel Dr. Jekyll talks about how he has to hide his inner pleasures due to the fact that he feels the need to "carry his head high given his social status. He soon realizes that he is living this double life, and his urge to separate his inner evil in order to live on without shame grew stronger, thus leading him to experiment on himself and turning into Mr. Hyde.
Discussion Question:
As Jekyll's confession letter mentions, he drinks the liquid medicine even if it might kill him, what motivates Dr. Jekyll to take the risk?]]> 2018-05-09 22:21:46 UTC https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/259469432 Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde : Group 2 (#3) https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/259469693 Quote: “With every day, and from both sides of my intelligence, the moral and the intellectual, I thus drew steadily nearer to that truth, by whose partial discovery I have been doomed to such a dreadful shipwreck: that man is not truly one, but truly two. I say two, because the state of my own knowledge does not pass beyond that point.”

Discussion Question: Why does Dr. Jekyll want to create a medicine that can turn into each side of his alter characters?]]> 2018-05-09 22:24:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/259469693 aaron_roberts612 https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/259469836 "To cast my lot in with Jekyll, was to die to those appetites which I had long secretly indulged and had of late begun to pamper" (55).]]> 2018-05-09 22:25:04 UTC https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/259469836 Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: Group # 3 : https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/259470256 In the book. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, what is the distinction between good and evil? Or how is good and evil defined? ]]> 2018-05-09 22:28:14 UTC https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/259470256 https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/259470265 Group 1 close reading]]> 2018-05-09 22:28:17 UTC https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/259470265 Directed Summary : Group 3 https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/264645298 In “College in America,” Caroline Bird states various reasons on why a college education may not be the best choice for all high school graduates. The reasons include long term a big money investment and colleges’ little academic contributions toward particular career fields. Becaue colleges seem to be the one and only way to identify a person’s intelligence and get benefits from having higher education, young people are convinced to get into colleges for better futures. I think I disagree with Bird and her argument does not apply to current high school graduates. Since the economy has been changing over time, the money investement is bigger than before; however, colleges do prepare what is ahead, colleges offer experiences and resources to assist with certain career  choices and earning potentials are getting better. ]]> 2018-05-30 22:22:26 UTC https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/264645298 Group 4 Body Paragraph https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/264645303 Caroline Bird argues that intellectual work only comes natural to a few and supports the idea that not everyone is smart enough to go to college. However, college should be challenging in some way to motivate us to push beyond our boundaries. A friend of my attended community college after graduating from high school, and he was later accepted into UCLA. Even though he was not consider "smart," he still achieved academic success. Community college taught him how to work harder and manage his time better, thus everyone has the potential to "be smart."]]> 2018-05-30 22:22:30 UTC https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/264645303 Group 1 https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/264645564 In the essay, “ College in America,” Caroline Bird, an author who earned an MA in comparative literature from the university of Toledo, argues that a college education may not be the best choice for all high school graduates because it is expensive and contributes very little to what happens after graduation. She also believes that college education is only a type of intellectual work natural only to a few, so not everyone is smart enough to be a college student in her view. Also, there are not enough job offerings because lots of people have the same degree.]]> 2018-05-30 22:25:13 UTC https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/264645564 Group 2 Thesis https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/264645670 Bird’s arguments of college degrees no longer guarantee a job, and there are other ways to learn working skills are still valid in today’s society. However, she is wrong that a college education is not suitable for every student because going to college can be learning process of being mature and self-development besides earning a STEM degree and get a high salary.]]> 2018-05-30 22:26:28 UTC https://padlet.com/aaron_roberts612/pzj0tbf0tvfi/wish/264645670