Personally I prefer tv shows over movies I don’t watch movies much. The movies I watch you can’t really write anything about them. Looking through netflix I picked Cyberbully. The plot is Taylor Hillridge (Emily Osment) is a teenage girl who is being raised by her single mother along with her younger brother, Eric living in St. Louis, Missouri. She is close friends with two other girls, Samantha Caldone and Cheyenne Mortenson. Earlier, Taylor made a seemingly innocuous comment to one of her classmates, Lindsay Fordyce to which Lindsay took great offense.
She receives a computer for her seventeenth birthday from her mom. At first, Taylor is excited by the independence of going online without her mother always watching her. Meanwhile, her crush, Scott asks her to the dance, to which she says yes. Cheyenne is happy for her, but Samantha does not like Scott because she previously went out with his friend, who later dumped her. Taylor soon finds herself the victim of cyberbullying when she becomes a member of a social website named Cliquesters. Things begin to go wrong when Taylor's brother, Eric, hacks into her account and posts a defamatory message about his sister, having been angry at her when she refused to let him use the laptop. Students at school write horrid comments about her and she becomes afraid to face her friends at school. Taylor also meets a guy named James online and thinks he is just being nice, but winds up spreading a rumor that Taylor slept with him and ended up giving him "the clap". Taylor gets pegged as a "slut" and "whore" as a result of the bullying. The abuse that Taylor receives from the hands of her schoolmates pushes her to a breaking point. Scott also tells Taylor that he cannot take her to the dance and Cheyenne and Samantha begin to turn their backs on Taylor. Overcome with depression, Taylor posts a video online saying that she can no longer live with herself. Samantha sees this and quickly goes to Taylor's house and finds her trying to commit suicide by overdosing with pills, but cannot get the cap off. Taylor is then sent to a hospital. Taylor's mom learns from the incident and takes on the school system and state legislation to prevent others from going through the same problem as her daughter. Taylor's mom recommends that she go to a support group and get help. Meanwhile, Samantha finds Scott at a cafe and insults him for leaving Taylor. Taylor finds that one of her classmates, Caleb is going through the same exact thing, only he is targeted for being gay. Taylor finds support in the group and deals with the bullying much better. She finds out that her best friend Samantha is the one who created the "James" profile and set Taylor up. Samantha feels guilty and becomes a victim of cyberbullying herself. Taylor finds out about this and tells her about her support group and eventually forgives Samantha, rekindling their friendship. In the end, Taylor, Samantha, Cheyenne, Caleb, and Scott all stand up against Lindsay. Other classmates witnessing Taylor standing up to Lindsay realize how bullying is terrible, and antagonize Lindsay for her abuse. A law is then passed against cyberbullying. Some possible writing topics for assignment # 3 could be in the beginning Taylor’s mom says “What you do online isn’t exactly private” you could talk about how people don’t realize how dangerous the internet is and social media is and how once it’s on the internet it’s not private even if your profile is. Another thing you could write about is how people don’t realize how bullying really affects people and how often it really happens.
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I worked by myself while composing my academic mindset draft. This wasn’t really a good approach but it was the only approach I could do. It’s always good to get another opinion on your work but there was no one there that I wanted to read it. I think the most difficult part of my writing process was really trying to figure out what mindset I had and picking out the quotes from the articles. What I did to overcome these obstacles was I had to take my time, think really hard, and keep re-reading the articles to find the best quotes I could use.
When I wrote this was first one day at school on my one hour break and I spent the whole hour writing and going over the articles. My goal was to get at least three hundred words done and I got a little over that. Then I finished it on Thursday after school. This wouldn’t be considered the best approach but I was sick a lot of the week so that was the best I could do. I wrote part of this project in the school library even though it wasn't quiet when it should have been and the other part at my house on my couch. I think the library was a good approach because that's usually a good place to do school work but my couch when my mom's home at night really isn’t. This is because she’ll have the television louder than necessary so I have to tell her to turn it down and to be quiet and put my headphones in with no music on so I can kind of zone everything out. Why I chose to write about my topic because this was the topic we were assigned. How I will adapt/revise my writing process for future revision of the academic mindset assignment is if I hopefully have off work once and awhile I will start working on the draft sooner than usually and I will try to clean my room so I can work on my papers in there because I haven’t been able to even walk in there or sit on my bed for months. My Fixed Mindset
In the University of Chicago study they say academic mindsets are beliefs, attitudes, or ways of perceiving oneself in relation to learning and intellectual work that support academic performance. There is a big debate between mindsets in education. A growth mindset is when someone can improve their academic performance by putting in the effort and not giving up when a task gets to hard. A fixed mindset is when a person only focuses on what they're good at. They don’t put in the effort and when it gets hard they give up. In the article Teachers, Parents Often Misuse Growth Mindset Research, Carol Dweck Says by The Hechinger Report it says that Dweck theorizes that parents' well-intentioned praise contributes to the formation of unproductive fixed-mindset thoughts. Having a growth mindset you are more likely to have a higher academic performance than someone with a fixed mindset. I believe that my academic mindset has impacted my abilities as a student to learn. I have a fixed mindset most of the time. There are some occasions where you have to change your mindset to do well. For example a specific course. Sometimes you're just not that good at that subject and you usually just give up, but if you need to pass you have to switch your mind set up. I remember one time I think senior year I had to take geometry. I was supposed to take this class like sophomore year but they just made me jump to algebra one a two first to I was always confused. When I got into that class most of the people were younger then me or already took this class and failed so I was behind. I had to switch my mindset up and put more effort into the math and not give up when it hard. I believe you can’t just be good at math you have to keep learning because there are so many equations and different ways to do things. In the article I read called The perils of “Growth Mindset” education: Why we’re trying to fix our kids when we should be fixing the system by Alfie Kohn he talks about how basically we should be fixing the education system not our kids, which I agree with. Kohn said even some people who are educators would rather convince students they need to adopt a more positive attitude than address the quality of the curriculum (what the students are being taught) or the pedagogy (how they’re being taught it). Which I agree with because I've had many teachers who were more concerned with my attitude and what I was wearing then what they needed to teach me. An awful lot of schooling still consists of making kids cram forgettable facts into short-term memory. Kohn also says that teacher-training sessions devoted to the wonders of adopting a growth mindset rarely bother to ask whether the curriculum is meaningful, whether the pedagogy is thoughtful, or whether the assessment of students’ learning is authentic (as opposed to defining success merely as higher scores on dreadful standardized tests). A Lot of educational environments either promote a growth or fixed mindset. In my educational experience I think they promoted a growth mindset. They would always teach me new things so I could learn. I had to adapt to the way they were teaching me and to the growth mindset they promoted. I think having an academic mindset has prevented me from overcoming some academic challenges. I never was good at talking in front of people and I just wasn’t food at it. So my mind was saying I’m not good at it so i’m just going to give up so I would do absolutely anything from having to speak in front of a class. Also when I had to read chapters in books that I wasn't interested in I would start to read, loose tract, and then give up. In college though I want to switch from a growth mindset to a fixed mindset. I want to do this because I believe it will help me in the future and to put more effort into the work I do. Even if i’m not interested in the topic i’m going to do my best. I will keep trying until i’m proud of my work and I will listen and keep learning new things everyday. In conclusion I have a fixed mindset which is when a person only focuses on what they're good at. They don’t put in the effort and when it gets hard they give up and growth mindset which is when someone can improve their academic performance by putting in the effort and not giving up when a task gets to hard. It has been a disadvantage to have this mindset but i’m trying to change it. The definition of academic mindsets is the beliefs, attitudes, or ways of perceiving oneself in relation to learning and intellectual work that support academic performance. There are four types of academic mindsets. They are I belong in this academic community, my ability and competence grow with my effort which in short is a Growth Mindset, I can succeed at this (Self-efficacy), and this work has value for me (Relevance/Purpose). While the belonging mindset has significant psychological benefits for students and makes them more likely to engage in productive academic behaviors I don’t think it’s the most important of the four. I think the most important mindset is my ability and competence grow with my effort which really just means a growth mindset. Even though having self efficacy and having value in your work and finding it relevant and interesting is all important in an academic environment I think having a growth mindset is most important. A growth mindset is someone who believe they can expand their academic ability by their own effort. Someone who has a growth mindset are more likely to work toward their goals, more self-motivating and persistent, and more likely to achieve a higher academic performance than someone with a fixed mindset. In opposite of growth mindset there is fixed mindset. Fixed mindset is when someone believes their academic ability is fixed and cannot be changed by their own efforts. These people are more likely to be focused on discerning the opinions of others as to their level of ability. They also just give up when there is an obstacle in the way. They don’t value effort but a person with a growth mindset does, and they also have a lower academic performance. If students have a poor performance to their lack of ability, they tend to withhold further effort when faced with a similar task, but if students attribute low performance to a lack of effort, they are more likely to increase effort on the next try.
In the article Teachers, Parents Often Misuse Growth Mindset Research, Carol Dweck Says by The Hechinger Report they talk about the theories and beliefs of Stanford University psychology professor Carol Dweck. In the article it says “Dweck believes too many students are hobbled by the belief that intelligence is a fixed trait.” She says it's harmful to tell your kids that they're smart because when they eventually do struggle in school, they might think they're not so smart after all. “Praising effort alone, she says, is useless when the child is getting everything wrong and not making progress. Instead, she advises teachers and parents to praise a child's process and strategies, and tie those to the outcome.” I also read the article The perils of “Growth Mindset” education: Why we’re trying to fix our kids when we should be fixing the system by Alfie Kohn. In the text he talks about in education these days kids tend to fare better when they think in a growth mindset where they can improve through effort but not through a fixed mindset. He disagrees with this statement he thinks the school systems are fixed. There are differences between a growth mindset and a fixed mindset. A growth mindset is where you have goals and you learn new things. You also value effort, you would work harder if you had a setback and your academic performance is higher. With a fixed mindset you just look smart, don’t value effort, you give up, and have a lower academic performance. I consider myself to have a growth mindset mostly but there are times occasionally where i’m thinking like I have a fixed mindset.
The presenter of the video we watched on reflective writing mentions that a reflection should not stop at simple descriptions of the 5Ws. Rather, a reflection should provide the 5Ws and focus on your feelings and your "thoughts about the event--during it, after it, and since." I worked by myself while writing this hiraeth. I don’t think this was the best approach because I think you could always use an opinion on your writing. This was my only choice though because my mom was at work and my dad was at his house and I don’t really have other options.
I think the most difficult part of my writing process was picking the scenes and understanding what exactly the prompt was. I knew basically what to do but I wanted to make sure. It was hard to pick a specific scene because there were so many to choose from. What I did to overcome them was I kept reading the prompt over and over again and to pick the scenes I had to think really hard. When I worked on my hiraeth was one whole day. I picked the only day I didn’t have school or work and took all day to work on it. This was the best approach I could do because I had school Tuesdays and Thursdays and I worked usually mostly every other day all day. Then I go home and go to bed so I had only that one day. Where I wrote this project was on my couch with my moms laptop, but my television was off. I choose to write my hiraeth about my granmom and her house because that was the first thing and only thing I could think of when I heard what hiraeth meant. It is the only home that I know of that I can’t go back to. How will I revise my writing process for future revision of the hiraeth assignment is when my mom is home and i’m on the couch writing I will put headphones in to zone the television out because she's watching it. This is my Hiraeth draft for my English 100 class.
I wake up and the snow is falling from the sky. It’s a Thursday morning and school is cancelled so I make my way to my granmoms house. I walk up the sidewalk and there is a little patch shoveled out on the grass for Molly. I walk up to the door and Molly is waiting for me barking. The small but chubby white fluffy dog is jumping up on me when I walk through the door. My granmom is sitting there waiting for me on her side of the couch. The other side was for my grandfather that I called uncle Lou. I can remember walking in when I was little and him sitting on the other end of that couch, but sadly he passed away when I was very young so it was just my grandmother in her house. She is watching her morning shows with yarn and a needle in her hand making all sorts of things like blankets. We then go and walk to the dining room where there are crafts and a sewing machine all over the table, different crafts every day. I sit on the tall stool at the kitchen island that is between the dining and living room. I always sit on the side by the deck door which is in the back of the dining room and she sits across from me. We always have the same thing for breakfast when i’m here, honey nut o’s, she has her Diet Pepsi and I have hot tea. After we're done she gives Molly the milk from her cereal and I said to her like always “This is why she is fat.” At 12:30 we sit down on the living room couch because it's time for her favorite show “Who Wants to Be A Millionaire.” She made sure we were always home by 12:30. She knew about every question and said “I could be on this show” every time she watched it. We walk down the stairs into the basement. The basement is huge with so many crafts to do. There are multiple sewing machines, tons of markers, crayons, fancy tape, a cricket which cuts out anything you want, and all different patterns and colors of paper. My granmom suggests that I make a scrapbook. We go get markers, glitter, stickers, tape, and tons of pictures of me when I was little. She helped me put the pictures on and the glitter. I still have the scrap book in my room till this day. By the time we're done it's almost three in the afternoon and the whole family is coming over for Thursday night dinners in less than three hours and we still have to prepare dinner and dessert. While I’m upstairs on the Ipad for a little I can smell the aroma of food going through the whole house. I go downstairs to the kitchen and see her cooking my favorite meal, chicken divan. It's chicken, broccoli, cream of chicken, mayo, and lots and lots of cheese. I help mix the cream of chicken and the mayo then sprinkle cheese all over and put it in the oven. She says “ do you want to make a dessert”. We decide to make peanut butter cookies which are my favorite out of her recipe book, or it might have been her mother's. We make them from scratch and I eat most of the batter of course. I then set the table with her glass plates with flowers on them and the silverware. Now it’s 5:30 and people start showing up. By six everyone is here, but my mom is always the last one. We all helped finish cooking and put the food on the table. I would always be the first one sitting so I could get the first plate. My granmom would always be sitting at the top of the table because she was the heart of our family. The table is so loud from everyone talking and laughing about all the jokes their making and inside jokes we have. After dinner my mom would always be the one to do the dishes. My granmom has a lot of things so sometimes she would find things she didn't want anymore so she would put them on the couch in the basement and call it a yard sale. All my cousins and aunts are so excited and race each other down there so they can get what they want first. They always scoped out the basement before dinner. Everyone slowing going home and I leave by eight I say good bye to my granmom and say I will see her tomorrow. Now a few years later it's around the time it snows again. She then passed away on December 9th 2015 right before christmas which was her holiday. We then sold her house about six months later. She lived in that house for over fifty years. I never thought the last time I was in her house was going to be the last. I drive by it almost every day and it just isn't the same without all her creative window displays, Molly jumping on the front door, and the beautiful flowers she used to plant. I’m so glad I got to spend almost eighteen years in that house with her and make so many great memories that I hope will never fade. She was my best friend. It’s a Thursday afternoon and I just got off the bus and am walking home to my granmoms house. I walk up to the door and Molly is waiting for me barking. The small but chubby white fluffy dog is jumping up on me when I walk through the door. As soon as I walk in the house is filled with the smell of food. I walk through the living room to the dining room where there are crafts and a sewing machine all over the table, different ones every day. I sit on the tall stool at the kitchen island that is between the dining and living room. My granmom is making lots of food for the whole family. Like she asked me every single day she said “ How was school” and I always say “fine” till the day she passed. Then she would ask me who is the new flavor of the week. I sat and did my homework and when I was done I helped her cook dinner and dessert. She taught me how to cook a lot of things, mostly desserts like cookies and cake. Then I would get out her glass plates with flowers on them and the silverware to set the table. We would always need to pull out the table and get extra chairs because the family would keep growing.
Then at around 5:30 every Thursday people started showing up one at a time for dinner. By six everyone was there and my mom was always the last one. We all helped finish cooking and put the food on the table. I would always be the first one sitting so I could get the first plate. My granmom would always be sitting at the top of the table because she was the heart of our family. The table is so loud from everyone talking and laughing about all the jokes their making and inside jokes we have. After dinner my mom would always be the one to do the dishes. My granmom had a lot of things so sometimes she would find things she didn't want anymore so she would put them on the couch in the basement and call it a yard sale. All my cousins would be so excited and race each other down there to get what they want first. We were all there till eight every Thursday. I'm so thankful that I got to spend so much time with my grandmother every day and on every Thursday with the whole family. Hiraeth is a welsh word which is difficult to translate into english. The definition is a homesickness tinged with grief or sadness over the lost or departed. Basically this means a homesickness of a place or even person that you can not return to, a home that maybe never was. When I hear this word I think of my granmom and her house, and yes that is how she spelled grandmom. My family and I have so many memories in that house with her. This is something that I could talk about for my hiraeth. My granmom passed away last year right before christmas and christmas was her holiday. We had to sell her home after she passed that she lived in since my mom was born. She lived in that house for over 50 years. That house was like my second home. I went there everyday after school since about 3rd grade to 10th grade, but now I can’t go back because new people live there now. I kept going back to it after she passed and I never thought that would be the last time I would be there. My best friend lives next door to her house and when i'm there it just feels weird to see that other people are living there and that I can't just walk right in. Me and my granmom used to do everything together like cook, do lots of crafts, learn how to sew and everyday at 12:30 we had to sit down on her couch and watch “Who Wants to Be A Millionaire” because that was her favorite show. Thursdays after school I knew as soon as I walked in I can smell food being made for our thursday night dinners with the whole family. After I did my homework I would help her make dinner and dessert. I have so many great memories in that home that I sadly can't return to.
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