About Me
Hi! I’m Hannah, I’m from Shakopee Minnesota. I’m a Graphic Design Major and some things I enjoy doing are painting, drawing, listening to music and being social with friends! I also enjoy going to the gym and weightlifting. I also love to dance Fancy Shawl at Powwows and bead earrings My current goal is to continue with my art and apply for an apprenticeship at a tattoo shop to become a tattoo artist.
INTRODUCTION
In the introduction, memoir is brought up right away, Green introduces personal information about his life, Green writes about his book Turtles All The Way Down and how he was on tour for a month, Green also writes about his personal battle with labyrinthitis and how it affected him and his family, career and mental health. For research, Green writes that he started working at Booklist where Green wrote reviews on books for years. Green writes that “The five-star scale doesn’t really exist for humans; it exists for data aggregation systems, which is why it did not become standard until the internet era. Making conclusions about a book’s quality from a 175-word review is hard work for artificial intelligences, whereas star ratings are ideal for them”. At the very end of the Introduction Green writes about his reflection of learning how to love the world and how it has taken him years to finally start falling in love with the world and with the not so amazing part of life. I especially like the last paragraph Green writes about how he has started to love the world, loving the little things like looking up at the night sky and holding his children. I think that how at the end Green shares his own personal thoughts makes the ending strong and makes it something that can be relatable to the reader. It definitely makes me want to read more.
LASCAUX CAVE PAINTINGS
In this chapter Green writes about the three boys who discovered the Lascaux Cave and how they spent their entire life keeping the Lascaux Cave as safe, but also Green writes about the boys and their life stories and what they faced during their own lives as well. In the text Green states that the boys did a lot of research on the caves asking questions like “What might these symbols mean?” and “Why is the human form so rarely depicted?” At the end of the chapter Green writes about how just like his children's paintings of their hands and the handprints in the cave, “But I am applying that meaning to their hand stencils, and the complicated relationship between art and its viewers is never more fraught than when we look deeply into the past’’ I like how Green almost tries to connect the chapter to the readers personal life or stating something deep.
HALLEY’S COMET
In this chapter Green writes about the story of Halley’s Comet and how it was named, Green writes that Halley’s Comet is named after Edmond Halley, who stated that the comet shows up every 72 years and was correct, Green also writes that Haley is brilliant and Halley’s Comet isn't the only thing he accomplished but a lot of his work is still very appreciated and respected. Green writes more about Halley's research of the comet and how he correctly predicted the return of Halley but also Halley noticed that the 1682 comet he observed seemed to have a familiar orbit to comets that had been reported in 1607 and 1531. Green reflects about how very little of the future is predictable and that’s a scary thought and that uncertainty terrifies him and that as humans we are capable of doing so much but also are capable of nothing. I really like how Green explains this and how Halley’s Comet is almost a gift, we are certain of nothing for our futures but we are certain that Halley’s comet will be back in 2061 if we are here or not and that is beautiful.
Pre-Writing Project 1
How humans create relationships-- This a braod but I have anyways been facinated on human relationships and the complexity of them, all unique but how do humans actually build connection and feelings torwards someone? How is trust gained? How is another person capable of breaking our hearts or hurting our feelings?
The history of languages-- I have always found different languages to be so beatiful and interesting, who thought of these words? Who wrote the language first and how does it change??
Childhood-- creating some sort of idea about childhood and a thing that represents that.
The connection of music and memory
In the montage, we saw that the music was very relaxing and connected to the paintings. The young couple are in love with the build up emotion of music and scenary. At the end the young man was alone lookinbgn at a painting.
For each of the following prompts, you don't need to write a lot. You can certainly write in a bullet-point format or whatever works best for you to quickly, but thoughtfully, write your listening response--keep it breezy.
In one or two sentences, describe the general premise of this episode.
In this episode, John Greene talks about staphylococcus and non-denial denial.
What caught your attention most?
How serious this microorganism is and how serious it is.
What different types of audio material did you hear (e.g., voice, music, sound effects)?
I heard music in certain parts of the podcast.
How is the podcast structured?
John first talks about his own experience with staphylococcus and then about stories about staphylococcus. Then he talks about non-denial denial.
What platform did you use?
Apple Podcasts
Did you encounter a description of the podcast? If so, how did it frame the episode?
Did you use a transcript?
Describe any ads you might've heard.
I listened to an ad about a dentist office
Describe any visual elements you encountered (e.g. logos, artwork, etc).
I see the purple and blue logo of the playlist.
Where were you while listening?
In a study room
Were you doing anything else?
Yes, I was working on a project for class
Did you listen to the podcast in one sitting or multiple?
One sitting
What were you listening to/watching/reading/doing immediately before starting the podcast?
I was listening to Lana Del Ray before starting the podcast
What type of device did you use to listen?
My laptop
Did you use headphones or earbuds? Or speakers?
The computer speakers
For Part 2 of your Multimodal Listening Response, we're moving from the descriptive to the analytical. For this assignment, you will write a short paragraph wherein you briefly reflect on what you listened to and the potential differences between listening to a text versus reading it.
You can use these prompts to get you started. Don't feel like you need to answer all of them. And you can certainly reflect on anything else as well:
How did listening differ from reading as a mediated experience?
What differences did you notice in terms of your attention?
What feelings did listening to the podcast evoke for you?
What’s one idea or question you might have about multimodal listening/reading?
Add your analysis as an entry in your Multimodal Writing Portfolio.
Personally I like to listen to things over reading them but I don’t find a difference with remembering information. I find that when I read things I can annotate text and re read things and write it down but with listening it doesn't take much brain power to make things make sense. I was multitasking while listening to the podcast and I found it helpful. My hands are busy but I’m also listening and remembering certain things, it almost helps me pay better attention. I think I felt fear, thinking about me or a family member being affected by staphylococcus, but also I learned things about staphylococcus as well. How many people have staphylococcus? What age does this affect the most? It is passed down from generation to generation?
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t0aeXIgLP8-6i_wZJhHLVJepu2bMUBXVqrCpvlpfqsA/edit
"If cognition assumes complex mental processes at work, then embodied cognition draws in addition upon the physical and affective aspects of the composing process. While there is still much to learn about how the brain and mind work when engaged in the complex task of writing, it was evident to theorists as early as James Moffett (1968) and Ann Berthoff
(1978; 1981) that writing comes from full engagement of the entire writer, which is developed across many years of a developing self.
I chose this sentance becuause I never thought about how complex it is for us to be able to read and write. How does our brain know how to group letters together to form sentances and to write?
Thinking about your first project, describe what you feel turned out to be the strongest element of your writing process and something you are proud of from your project and why. Be specific. It can be something small or large.
I think the strongest thing about my paper had was I was able to site sources about music and memory and how this is somethijng has has been researched and is very common. I think I made it interesting with tieing it to a personal time in my life and my passion for music. I also wanted to make the paper interesting for the reader and for them to learn something new abput something we all experience.
Describe one challenge you faced in your writing process and how you tried to navigate it.
One thing I faced with my writing process was probably picking what information I wanted to share, there is alot of interesting informtion about music and memory connection.
Create a personal writing goal that you want to focus on in your next project. (E.g., "devote more time to reading my peer's drafts and providing thoughtful feedback because I found this really helps me see my own work differently." Etc. Up to you.)
I think something I want to work on more is my writing and my word choice, I think this will help my writing become stronger and more compelling to the reader. I also want to work on my intros to really grab the attention of the reader. I also want to connect whatever I am writing about to my personal life.
Name one concrete thing you would like me to focus on (to better help YOU) when I read your work for Project 2. This should be an aspect of your writing that YOU want to work on that I can help you with.
I think one thing I would like more help with or keep an eye on is my grammer and the word choice! Also just giving feedback about what you think and what you think would help to make my papers stronger.
***Self-assessment / Grading: Similar to the five-star rating conceit of Project 1, and its challenges in terms of assessing diverse work through a standardized metric, what grade would you give yourself on Project 1 (holistically, in terms of your full writing process and in-class work), and why? (Note: this does not mean you will necessarily receive this grade, but will demonstrate your developing ability to assess your writing in relation to course expectations, and to articulate that assessment to others.)
I think I would give myself a solid B, I think that I did a good job on the assinment by relating it to my life and using soruces and I think I gave good and thoughtful feedback to my peers. I also give myself a B becuase theres always room for improvment.
https://www.futureadvice.club/2020/08/11/should-i-get-dna-tested/
I think this episode was really interesting, I always thought that getting a DNA test was sketchy in a way becuase you don't know what they do with your genes. I took a DNA test when I was younger and didn't know much about DNA tests. I think that DNA tests have postive and negatives just how Dr. Nelson explained. I think a DNA test could be very benificial to people who would want answers if they are adopted or don't know who their parents are. I think also regarding your health, if you don't have family health records, taking a DNA test could show you possible health risks but also might also help in the long run to prepare you for those health risks. I think that there are positves and negatives for DNA tests and only you can choose if you're ready for the answers.