Blog 10: Cat Pratice 3

Sometimes your family sees a different role in which you should play in depending on whether or not you the only sibling. In the article “How Your Birth Order Influences our Life Adjustment” explains the whole concept of that. It indicates the position that should be required regarding the position that you in, being the only, oldest, middle or even the youngest child. I strongly agree with the passage when it stated “The other members of the family assume certain attitudes toward each in terms of his birth order.”

Take my older sister for example, meaning that she’s the oldest of three, my mother require way more from her than the other two. Being that I’m the youngest, I’m not all that accountable for much. My mother sees her more responsible and capable to a lot of things. My middle sister actually does look up to our older sister for advice. It’s some things that my oldest had to learn on her own because she didn’t have anyone else to turn to but she knew she had to teach us because she was the oldest.

Being the middle child is way easier. You are capable of doing things way belter because you way more experience than your youngest sibling and also you have a clear understanding on what’s expected because your older sibling inform on it. Meaning that you are the middle child, you had a guide through things that seem blurry o you at first. Also knowing that someone looks up to you, just how you did to the oldest is a perfect feeling just because you could teach them something’s that the oldest didn’t or did taught you.

Being the youngest is way more to it than what other people expect depending on your family. But from my experience, even though I’m a fast learning and had the easy past to basically everything, I still took the hard way out. I did a thing that wasn’t supposed to do even though I knew I was going to get in trouble. That didn’t matter because seeing things on my own pays off. Being the youngest, they don’t expect a lot from you because you not quite experience but you are getting there. And having things laid out to go that route sometimes won’t work for you.

Being the oldest and being the only child somewhat have something in common, there’s no one to turn to. But being the oldest is way better because someone is looking up to you. So there’s some goals you will have to set, not just for yourself but for your siblings. You are now becoming a role model. And for each birth order, there are some positions to be played and that’s the most important part.

Heroic Acts and Heroic Personalities

A hero is more like being brave and caring in situations that they normally won’t do. They put themselves in weird and uncomfortable positions just to help someone else in their time or need. So I do believe that a hero is someone who commits heroic acts. Some whose behavior and personality fit the idea of what a hero is like, may not be an actually hero because you can think you are a hero but may not have the qualities of one.

According to the movie “Hero” Bernie LaPlant went from trying to keep a low profile to being someone’s undercover hero but he let John Bubber take the credit for it. He didn’t want anyone to think he was a perfect role model of a hero but it was part of it. La Plant went into a burning airplane and saved 54 “unknown passengers” just for the little boy who thought he was going to lose his father. That’s something a real hero will do risk his life for others. Now if that’s not a harmful position or hero role for someone else then that must be brave and caring “qualities of a hero”. With him just hesitating and debating to finally come to a conclusion to finally grow the courage to actually save those people lives made a huge difference in those peoples life. Even at the end when he went to risk his life again for a little girl falling into a tiger cage. That’s an act no ordinary person will do not less they count their self as a hero and brave or maybe even caring too much for someone else “which is hard to find”.

On the other hand John Bubber played his role as a “hero” but he really wasn’t due to some qualities. He didn’t risk his life for anyone which had led him to be dishonest in a role in played with a whole lot of people but, he did inspire the youth and other people into believing they can do anything if they put their mind into it. That’s a good example of “behavior and personality fit the idea of what a hero is like”. Having the encourage to have people seek things in that they never did before is somewhat like a hero role because he made them to believe. Bubber inspired the boy to come out of that comer, he believed in the boy, which encourages the boy to believe in himself and make the impossible, possible to happen.

In a conclusion, there’s a strong difference into actually being a hero and not quite meeting all the standards to meeting all the standards but not quite being an actually hero. Being a hero comes with way more qualities then just more than one or two.

Blog: 8

According to the passage "Is Music a Good Tool for Health?" actually only indicates that music has really played a major role to numerous of people also it has a profound effect on your body and mind. Throughout this passage, theories have been well stated and been proving true. It basically talks about an "music therapy" which people regain help through music it also how it helps to heal the sickness whether it's regarding to cancer patients down to children just with attention problems. Those theories been well provided and so helpful that hospitals are starting to use it for patients regarding to depression, pain management, etc. which can be very well necessary.

The article stated "This is not surprising, as music affects the body and mind in many powerful ways." Depending on whether or not your body gives a full affect with the changes of different kinds of music, you could state whether or not this statement "This is not surprising, as music affects the body and mind in many powerful ways", can actually be true.  For example, you have a several things in mind such as thoughts and ideas but you don’t feel comfortable speaking or nor do want to speak on it. But so happen you decided to play some soft, touching slow jams and that one song so happen explain everything you may be going through, not only did it hit the spot but it also has you in deep thoughts and your body will start to react on it. You become more at ease because your mind met your body through the soft touching tunes.

 Another example, you so upset for whatever the reason or situation maybe and you just really want to react but don’t want to pay for the consequences later on that day. No one can stop you nor do you even want to hear what anyone has to say, but you do decide to listen to music. Being in that area alone while listening to some good music that pump your veins  can ease you mind and take you off of what you was mad at. It relief some stress and whatever you was extremely mad at make everything else don’t even matter anyone. But how about, you home alone and your system is on max listening to "crank music" and that bass is hitting off your head and entering your soul. So now you actually feel you so you decide to “bug out” with the beat just because you couldn't hold on in. Once again that’s the music taking control over your body.

Being without music is more like being without a phone in teenage timing “it’s not possible”.  Music helps basically through anything and everything and that’s a powerful tool

Individualism in Group

Being in a group has a strong way on how individuals react on any situation differently than as they would in a group. In the article "Individualism in Groups" by Carol Tavris well explains how this hypothesis maybe true. In the article , it compares how individuals and groups would normal react dealing with an difficult situations, weather it's diffusion or either bringing more of a individual out. After reading this article and thinking on some experiences. I strongly agree with this statement that "They think and act differently than they would on their own" Once I was outside around my way and I saw this little kids beating up on someone they equal. Normally I would go to the riot and try to stop it if I was alone but meaning I wasn't, I just stood still and just watch. Inside me just wanted to react on it but meaning that I had so many people in my ear about it, I didn't know what to do. When I saw an older guy sprint to the fight, that's when I snapped back in reality and begin to help the older guy brake up the fight. "Students who were on their own usually hesitated a minute, got up, checked the vents and then went out to report what certainly seemed like a fire." After reading that line it reminded me on the time I was watching MIB: Men In Black and Will Smith told everyone to move in front of the cart and you saw a couple of people hestiating but no one moves until they saw that emorgous worm eating the cart and that's when everyone decided they wanted to move. With those examples in mind clearly made me understand that "They think and act differently then they would on their own" is true. It clearly indicates that people would move more faster if they were alone just because they don't know what others may think or even follow.

Is Music a Good Tool for Health

According to the passage "Is Music a Good Tool for Health?" actually indicates that music has really played an major Role to numberous of people also it actually has a profound effect on your body and mind. Throughtout this passage, theory was stated and it's been proving true. It basically explains "music therapy" which people had said music helps to heal the sickness whether it's regarding to cancel patients to children just with attention problems and now hospitals are using it for patients dealing with depression, pain management, etc which can be very necessary. "This is not surprising, as music affects the body and mind in many powerful ways." Depending on whether or not your body react with the change of different kinds of music, you could state whether or not this statement "This is not surprising, as music affects the body and mind in many powerful ways", can actually be true. So say like, you have a whole bunch of thoughts and ideas in mind but you dont want to speak on it. But so happen you decided to play some soft, touching slow jams and that one song so happen explain everything you maybe going through, not only did it hit the spot but it also has you in deep thoughts and your body will start to react on it. Another example, you so upset for whatever the reason or situation maybe and you jus really want to react. No one can stop you nor do you even want to hear what people has to say, but you do decide to listen to music. Being in that area alone while listening to some good music can ease you mind and take you off of what you was mad at. It relief some stress and whatever you was extremely mad at does even matter anyone. But how about, you home alone and your system is on max listening to "crunck music" and that bass is hitting off your head and entering your soul. So now you actually feeling you so you decide to bugg out with the beat just because you couldn't hold on in. All those were examples on how music could take over your mind and body. It's effecting because it take total control even you done listening to a song. It gives that playback that just make you want to take control and play it over. No other thing ever made humans have that type of affect over them, which they feel the cant live without music!

Historical and Personal Illusion

When I was younger, I use to believe that vampires really do exist. It was something about them that always had me thinking and for my brothers to keep promoting them put no doubt in my mind that they’re real. They not like monsters or even killing dolls made with personification. Vampires are actually people who goes for other people bloods “that’s something that creep me out the most” but I think that’s what kept me going just because I thought it was cool and the fact how they can’t be seen in the light but come out at night.

As I started to get older, still haven’t come to a conclusion weather they real or not. I’m actually hearing and seeing more of them than ever, so the thought is still in the back of my mind. But I’m starting to realize that might be false just because the too many people “all of a sudden” are a vampire. But the shows they have about them and just the way how they promote it seems too realism to me though, they even had an episode on Law & Order: SVU and the traits they gave were actually amazing.

I’m so hype to know do vampires really exist or that just something people like to believe in since every one lives a “vampire life?”  But besides staying up late and can’t be see in the light, or maybe drinking other people  blood, how do an REAL vampire lives? That’s something I would like to know and learn more about.

Summary " The Allegory of Cave'

In the Republic Book VII , the article "The Allegory of Cave' indicates the main purpose of majority of human beings not being able to enlighten the truth of the world, just cause of what they seeking, they living in a underground den. The prisoners are trapped in a dark room chained up and the images they see are the ones coming from beside or passed by them because of the bright fire behind them giving them the light because it bouncing off the walls before them. So they not really seeking the actually imagine, its only the shadow that they believing everything is made of wood and stone and various materials to be real image.

"And now look again, and see what will naturally follow it the prisoners are released and disabused of their error", having a hard time seeking nature. He so used of facing the dark walls and seeing shadows , so when he actually can see the object first hand its hard for him to adjust to the light and the objects that passed by only seems unreal to him. Not having a full understanding on what the objects in color are. As he get getting a clear visual of the objects, he not seeking the truth, he not believing what he seeing for the first time. Meaning its new to him he don't want to believe it.

" And when he remembered his old habitation, and the wisdom of den and his fellow prisoners, do you not suppose that he would felicitate himself on the change, and pity them ?, now that he get the full visual he shows the light off to his equal. Meaning that he don't want his equal to believe what they seeing was actually real when it wasn't. But of course being in the dark den knowing that his equals eyes aren't very steady but he still manage to show them the new sight of the true life. They thought he was being ridiculous. They even suggested, not to think of ascending. His equal were so tamid of the light ans what their owners would do to them if they saw them fixing their eyes even towards the light, "they would put him to death", something that they didnt want and only made them even more scared.

According to the article, with the prisoners really seeking the truth into nature only made them better and knowing that its way more out there then a solid color. "But wether true or false, my opinion is that in the world of knowledge the idea of good appears last of all, and is seen only with an effort; and when seen, is also inferred to  be the universal author of all things beautiful and right' only made the article more understanding and clear, putting the effort to actually extended your eyes to the light wether it will  hurt you or not, you will get the full image not just the shadow anymore no matter how long youve been in the dark for. The result you will get will be the right result and also beautiful then what the prisoners was expecting because what they was facing the whole time.