Wow! I cannot believe this. From what I about Jane Goodall she is a very upstanding individual and definitely does no seem like the kind of person to do something like this. But on the other hand, I know a thing or two about the importance of not plagiarizing since we hear it almost everyday at school. This is a very serious act of plagiarism because it is so blatant. If you literally copy a paragraph from somebody else's writing it is a big deal. Some of the things that we might need to know is whether or not she specifically wrote that in on purpose. It could be some sort of thing where she left the citation and credit giving to her editors and they didn't do it. It may be an honest mistake on the part of Jane and her co-author, but it is still unacceptable and a very serious case of plagiarism.
A few of the things mentioned in the article make this seem like it may have been a mistake. Her statement about it kind of suggests that she just found the sources and didn't specifically write them into the book, which leaves her co-author probably to blame. This doesn't excuse any part of this act, but is just something to consider. I think that they should definitely make it well known through the media in order to fix the problem. This article, for example, now tells me where her information comes from and gives the sites much more credit in people's eyes than they would've gotten had they been cited correctly. People don't really care about the citations when they read a book, except when they are done incorrectly. As long as they fix the new editions and make their mistake well known and available so that people with the book can see it, I think that it will go pretty well and will mend the issue. Although it is plagiarism for sure, it can be made up for and I think that they will.
Monday, March 25, 2013
Portfolio Revision
I, Alex Cross by: James Patterson 3/20 1 hr. 3/23 15 mins 3/24 1 hr. 125 pgs.
Blogging reading 15 mins
When I looked at my papers, I didn't really see any glaring and recurring mistakes throughout them in the comments on them except for citation issues, which I guess would be format. For my second trait I looked specifically at the paper that I am choosing, which is my research paper. I found that I probably could've used better words throughout that one, especially because it was in a formal voice. This is something that I could improve on in this paper and think that it will be a way to make this paper much better overall.
As I said before, I will be revising my research paper because it is probably the paper that I was least confident about when it was said and done and I really just didn't feel good about the whole thing. This was one of the reasons and I also thought that it might be more effective to do this one because I am still familiar with it. I also found that this one had the most problems with citations to fix. I think that this one needs the most work so that's basically why I chose to revise it for my portfolio.
Blogging reading 15 mins
When I looked at my papers, I didn't really see any glaring and recurring mistakes throughout them in the comments on them except for citation issues, which I guess would be format. For my second trait I looked specifically at the paper that I am choosing, which is my research paper. I found that I probably could've used better words throughout that one, especially because it was in a formal voice. This is something that I could improve on in this paper and think that it will be a way to make this paper much better overall.
As I said before, I will be revising my research paper because it is probably the paper that I was least confident about when it was said and done and I really just didn't feel good about the whole thing. This was one of the reasons and I also thought that it might be more effective to do this one because I am still familiar with it. I also found that this one had the most problems with citations to fix. I think that this one needs the most work so that's basically why I chose to revise it for my portfolio.
Monday, March 18, 2013
Nervous Conditions???
Personally, I think that Nervous Conditions is a great book and fits the course perfectly. Although I did not enjoy the layered project I thought that the book itself was a great story and also that it was definitely a good fit for our course question involving how culture and community affect people. This question is answered and addressed in multiple ways and this is one of the reasons that I think it is a good fit for the class considering this is the one question that guides the course.
There are many reasons that this book is worth reading in this class including the fact that it makes us aware of a little bit of history because of its post colonial nature. It gives us a sort of history lesson and makes us aware of the issues that are in Africa. It brings up many tough conflicts like eating disorders, sexism, and poverty, which are relevant in our world today and aren't just things that are far off in this book. The post colonialism in this book makes the book a good fit as well.
I think that our class did accomplish its goals in reading this book in that we learned about the background of the book and history of Rhodesia and Zimbabwe. We went over many things during this book and it was a pretty good experience because of this knowledge. We learned many things related to the book as well as understanding the ideas that are directly present in the text, and this made it a pretty good experience, minus the layered projects.
Overall, I think that this novel is a great fit for our class because it has a great storyline that is enjoyable, but isn't overwhelming with tough words and language, and because it comes along with the other things that we did with it by relating it to the real world. This book should be used next year for sure because of all of these reasons and others.
There are many reasons that this book is worth reading in this class including the fact that it makes us aware of a little bit of history because of its post colonial nature. It gives us a sort of history lesson and makes us aware of the issues that are in Africa. It brings up many tough conflicts like eating disorders, sexism, and poverty, which are relevant in our world today and aren't just things that are far off in this book. The post colonialism in this book makes the book a good fit as well.
I think that our class did accomplish its goals in reading this book in that we learned about the background of the book and history of Rhodesia and Zimbabwe. We went over many things during this book and it was a pretty good experience because of this knowledge. We learned many things related to the book as well as understanding the ideas that are directly present in the text, and this made it a pretty good experience, minus the layered projects.
Overall, I think that this novel is a great fit for our class because it has a great storyline that is enjoyable, but isn't overwhelming with tough words and language, and because it comes along with the other things that we did with it by relating it to the real world. This book should be used next year for sure because of all of these reasons and others.
Monday, March 11, 2013
Search Inside This Book: Car
In Nervous Conditions, I thought that the word car was meaningful throughout. It was used many different times and I used Search Inside This Book to help see the ways that it was used and how it affected the story. I found that in most of the uses of the word it obviously involved driving somewhere, which was a pretty big deal in Rhodesia back then. It normally meant that something new was coming or something was leaving. It was also involved in most of the passages during the book where large events happened. In the case of Nhamo's death, Babamukuru breaks the news by driving up to the homestead. When Tambu goes to Sacred Heart in the final chapter to begin her educated life and continue her journey, she talks about the long car ride and how all the cars in the parking lot showed how sophisticated the school was. These instances give us an idea of the importance of cars in this story and what they led to for the characters.
Tambu loved car rides throughout the story, beginning with her first ride to Umtali with Mr. Matimba and how she discovered the city's lights and saw many new things in the city, and ending with her about to go to her new school of Sacred Heart and going to learn many new things there. Whenever Tambu rode in a car it usually meant that she was going to learn something new or have a new experience. Cars were status symbols as well. Babamukuru had two cars and this gave him status and was one of the reasons he was looked up to by the family. Dangaremba normally uses cars to transition between events. People arrive in cars which cause major events. People go to new places in cars. People meet people and see things like the sorry homestead when Tambu goes home for christmas and the bulimic Nyasha when she visits the mission after school. Throughout the story the word car was used in many interesting ways to show change and progressiveness. This word was used in many effective ways throughout this book.
Tambu loved car rides throughout the story, beginning with her first ride to Umtali with Mr. Matimba and how she discovered the city's lights and saw many new things in the city, and ending with her about to go to her new school of Sacred Heart and going to learn many new things there. Whenever Tambu rode in a car it usually meant that she was going to learn something new or have a new experience. Cars were status symbols as well. Babamukuru had two cars and this gave him status and was one of the reasons he was looked up to by the family. Dangaremba normally uses cars to transition between events. People arrive in cars which cause major events. People go to new places in cars. People meet people and see things like the sorry homestead when Tambu goes home for christmas and the bulimic Nyasha when she visits the mission after school. Throughout the story the word car was used in many interesting ways to show change and progressiveness. This word was used in many effective ways throughout this book.
Free Post
It's a miracle!! The JV baseball team has won a game. It is strictly an act of God that it happened because this event hasn't occurred for a whole year. All last year on the JV we would come so close to winning, but we ended up going 0-26. We were planning to break this record this season, but we slipped up and won a game. It was against Denham Springs too, so it wasn't some garbage team. I think we've passed a turning point (too bad we're 0-6 after our one victory, haha) and we might win more than just one this year.
It really was divine intervention that allowed us to win because when we played Denham Springs' 9th grade team, apparently they forgot how to play baseball. I swear to you that they had at least 8 errors in that game, and we still only scored 6 runs. Hey, I'll take it though. Clayton Talbot pitched really well for us and we hit better than average, so it wasn't all their miscues that put the W on the schedule for us. We weren't knocking the ball all around, but, like I mentioned, they made some mistakes to help us out and we pulled it out 6-3 after I made probably the best play of my life at third in the last inning. I was pretty excited after that one. It was a fantastic game and hopefully we can do it a few more times before the end of the year.
It really was divine intervention that allowed us to win because when we played Denham Springs' 9th grade team, apparently they forgot how to play baseball. I swear to you that they had at least 8 errors in that game, and we still only scored 6 runs. Hey, I'll take it though. Clayton Talbot pitched really well for us and we hit better than average, so it wasn't all their miscues that put the W on the schedule for us. We weren't knocking the ball all around, but, like I mentioned, they made some mistakes to help us out and we pulled it out 6-3 after I made probably the best play of my life at third in the last inning. I was pretty excited after that one. It was a fantastic game and hopefully we can do it a few more times before the end of the year.
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Expectations
Nervous Conditions ch. 7 3/6/13 45 mins
Ch.8-10 3/10/13 2 hrs 15 mins
I think that this is a very good thing to think about, especially in this story because although Tambu is the same person througout the story, she definitely has multiple identities. I think that I am pretty similar in that I am involved in many different things and I identify differently with each one. At school I am pretty smart, but also a little bit odd with my querks and things. This identity creates the expectation for some people that I am supposed to be able to help them with anything school related, like assignments and stuff. I'm also sometimes expected to be weird all the time and energetic all the time. I think that school can create a lot of expectations from people especially when they don't really know you and sort of classify you as this type of person. This isn't really a bad thing; it kind of just is what it is.
I think that at my camp there is another identity that I take on. I kind of act different when I'm there. I kind of let my country side out and I wear my cowboy boots and shoot guns and hunt and eat home cooked meals. This is a little different than how I act when Im at home and it is another identity that I take on. Some of the expectations are that I'll be rugged and dirty at the camp and I'll kill a bunch of stuff and that I'll stay up too late and I'll go mud-riding and all sorts of other things like that. These are just a few instances in which I take on an identity, but there are others.
Ch.8-10 3/10/13 2 hrs 15 mins
I think that this is a very good thing to think about, especially in this story because although Tambu is the same person througout the story, she definitely has multiple identities. I think that I am pretty similar in that I am involved in many different things and I identify differently with each one. At school I am pretty smart, but also a little bit odd with my querks and things. This identity creates the expectation for some people that I am supposed to be able to help them with anything school related, like assignments and stuff. I'm also sometimes expected to be weird all the time and energetic all the time. I think that school can create a lot of expectations from people especially when they don't really know you and sort of classify you as this type of person. This isn't really a bad thing; it kind of just is what it is.
I think that at my camp there is another identity that I take on. I kind of act different when I'm there. I kind of let my country side out and I wear my cowboy boots and shoot guns and hunt and eat home cooked meals. This is a little different than how I act when Im at home and it is another identity that I take on. Some of the expectations are that I'll be rugged and dirty at the camp and I'll kill a bunch of stuff and that I'll stay up too late and I'll go mud-riding and all sorts of other things like that. These are just a few instances in which I take on an identity, but there are others.
Monday, March 4, 2013
Babamukuru
Worked on c layer 1: 2/28 3 hours
Read chs. 4-6 in Nervous Conditions: 2 hours 2/27
I'm home everyone, and I've come to take care of everyone. It's a little bit odd how much Jeremiah praises me. I know that his family is the poorest and that is why I'm here to help again. I will take Nhamo to the mission with me, and the bright pupil that he is, he will bring his family out of poverty just like I did. I've sent money to Jeremiah and he's told me a few fishy stories about why he couldn't use it to educate Tambu. I will try to make his children not like him. I will educate them and they will do good things in this world.
It makes me so frustrated. Why can Nyasha not act correctly, like the good girl that there once was. I've worked so hard to get my education and to help this family, and she thanks me like this. I'll kill her!! She acts so loose and it makes me so mad. She won't even admit it after I have a serious conversation with her. Ever since we got back from England she has been acting so disrespectful and treating me and her mother terribly. I can't take it anymore. I think I will just stay away for a few weeks. I'll throw myself into my work and try not to think about my terrible daughter.
C Layer 1
I found this process with the C layers very interesting. It was hard to know what to choose with so many options, but I think I made some pretty good choices. I found that the reading guides, while more involved and tougher than they were with LOTF, helped my understanding quite a bit and gives me confidence going forward to stay with them for the next five chapters. I also thought that the character bookmark was helpful to be able to have it on one sheet and see how the relationships interconnect and really look at the story as a whole so far. Although we had kind of already done this in class, it was still helpful.
I found that the vocabulary test was helpful, although it didn't really help with the book so much as just improving vocabulary. The other two things definitely helped with overall understanding much more. I think I might try a different assignment than this test in the next c layer to help with the book itself more. I found the c layer assignment difficult, in that if you don't manage your time wisely and get things done in class, then there is an issue in turning everything in. I never like the Friday due dates because if the choice had to be made, I'd rather have the whole weekend to work on something than just weekdays. This is really the part that gave me the most problems, but overall it was interesting, and I learned how to approach the next layers better.
I found that the vocabulary test was helpful, although it didn't really help with the book so much as just improving vocabulary. The other two things definitely helped with overall understanding much more. I think I might try a different assignment than this test in the next c layer to help with the book itself more. I found the c layer assignment difficult, in that if you don't manage your time wisely and get things done in class, then there is an issue in turning everything in. I never like the Friday due dates because if the choice had to be made, I'd rather have the whole weekend to work on something than just weekdays. This is really the part that gave me the most problems, but overall it was interesting, and I learned how to approach the next layers better.
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