The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas"

1./How i reacted to this piece was i thought it was more describing the town than anything. It talked about the kids, the smell of cooking throughout the tents, about its technology and much more. Also how the people couldn't help that child in the room. It almost made it seemed like they didn't care about the poor child.

2./ How this connected to 1984 was that people were suffering in both of these pieces. People were suffering in 1984 because they had to believe everything that big brother said even if it was wrong. And in this story, the child was suffering down in the cellar.

3./ The main imagery that is for the story " The ones who walk away from omelas" is imagery. It is used because it shows how everything looks and is without using pictures. It tell how the city looks and acts.


4:
1. what do you think would happen if that child did become happy?
2. What are some similarities with brave new world?
3. How would the omelas feel after reading about the child.
4. Where do you think the omelas go when they left?
5.What do you think is the message LeGuin is trying to give?

Why the future doesn't need us.questions.

QUESTIONS :

1. What would George Orwell say about this author? Would he agree with him? Disagree?

2. Do you think there are any similarities to this, 1984, and brave new world? If so, explain.

3.How is a machine decision better or make it better than a man-made decision?

4. What kind of dangers does technology have on us?

5. What are the Luddites?

6. Do you think that in the future, the people will be taken over by robots?

7. What are similiarities and differences between robot dreams and why the future doesnt need us?

Robot Dreams :]

1. One similarity to robot dreams and 1984 is that elvex and Wintson are the same in a way. They both were "controlled" by one person, in robot dreams, elvex was "controlled" by susan Calvin and in 1984 winston was controlled by big brother. Even though one was a robot and one was a real person, in the end the robot pictured himself in a dream killing the humans, and being the "ruler" of the world, just like big brother. So in the end they had to kill elvex because he got too powerful and he knew too much. One difference between the two stories was that in robot dreams, the main character was a robot and in 1984 the main character was a real person. Also that the person controlling in robot dreams, was a scienctist that knew or thought they knew what they were doing when they were "training" the robot but in 1984 big brother just wanted to rule the world, not knowing really what he was doing.


2. George Orwell might say to Issac Asimov at dinner that he agrees with some of his ideas but not with some of them. I think they would agree on things that relate to ruling the world / country. Also having the main character "brainwashed" to believe and say anything that the ruler tells them too. They might disagree about having " too much power" , George Orwell will think its fine to have all the power in the world, but Issac Asimov would not agree with that because in robot dreams, elvex got too much power and found out too much information for which he could rule the world and take the power away from the ruler. He was taught too much information and in a short period of time.

Goals for this year :]

Three Colleges to apply too:

1. Michigan
2. Michigan State
3. Henry Ford.

GPA goal for this year - 3.0 or higher


Goal for Ap EXam: B or better

Watts Reading Response

Watt's Thesis is that "we don't come in it, we come out , like falling leaves from a tree." Like when he said that "There was never a time when the world began, because it goes round and round like a circle, and there is no place on a circle where it begins." [p. 13 para 3 ] What he is trying to say is that it doesn't matter about the start the only thing that matters is the end and what you get out of it.


Watts' view of religion is that he wants people to understand the human world, because everything now a days is changing and he wants men to be able to grasp it.[ p 4-5 para 2]

Watt See's that the problem with the concept of "conquering " nature is that we are part of nature. Also that humans aren't necessarily "conquering" nature but are just a part of it.[ p. 8
para 1]

Watt defines the "new experience" as a new feeling of what it is to be. "I" Meaning to learn the new way of life or feeling of life the way it is now. [ p. 11 para 2]

Watt sees that the purposes of myths to teach what happened in the past, like symbols telling you different stories. [ p.13 para 1]

Watt feels like someone finds there true identity by seeing through the illusion of you ego, and to thinking better about yourself [ p.20 para 2]


One connection from this reading and 1984 is that people that have "higher power" tell people with " less power" what is right and what is wrong, and they make them believe it even if they are giving out false information. In the novel 1984, big brother made everyone beleieve that 2 + 2= 5 even though it wasn't true everyone had to believe it or they would be sent to room 101. Now in the reading it was talking about the bible and god and different kind of religions , the kind of religions that whatever they beleieved, you had to beleieve too. [ p. 4 para 2] Those two relate because they are pretty much the same way , just different occasions.

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Dear Mr.Suciu

Hey. How are you? After reading what you wrote i was wondering if you ever were in an internships when you were in college? So what exactly do you do in your job? what are some of your stories from high school?

I want to tell you about an article that we read in class, its about the education system and if it has changed over time, and that it needs to be upgraded so that we are finding new ways of learning.

In the article, it talks about the learning system, what i think is wrong is that we need to make new classes to help children suceed and have different levels for class, so that kids that aren't as smart get extra help. Also, the kids that learn faster can have a hard class so it can make it harder for them.
What do you think that schools should do to improve the schools education problem?

Thank you for your time,

I hope to hear from you soon
-Becky

Letter of introduction

Dear Mr. Jason Suciu,

My name is Becky LaDuke, I am 16 years old, and in the 11th grade. I am writing this letter to introduce myself for this mentor program.

My favorite subject in school would have to be economics’ because I like money and working with it. The subject in school that is my least favorite would be chemistry because it’s all memorization of formulas and I don’t like doing that. I want to go to Western or Saginaw Valley because my sister goes to Saginaw and it’s a really nice school and western because a lot of my friends that graduated go there, and they say it’s a good school. I want to either be something that has to do economics or a high school consular.

I have one sister named Melanie and she is 18 years old. I have been on the Varsity Pom Pon Team now for 3 years, also I am on the varsity soccer team for 3 years as well. I have danced all my life, and I used to play basketball and volleyball, also at one point, I ran track. In 10 years, I see myself graduated from college, and working for a good company, and hopefully making a lot of money.

Do you have an advice about doing well in high school, or for preparing forcollege, or for preparing for a career? Why did you decide to be a part of the mentor program? Do you have any hobbies/interests/interesting facts about you?

What I want to gain from this mentor program is to learn about what you do , and what I need to do and take in high school so that I can succeed in my future. Thanks, I am looking forward to reading your reply soon.

Sincerely,
Becky