My critical question did not really
have any changes to it. When we passed
all the sheets around to see if our question made all the criteria, mine got
all smiley faces. My question was: how
can the habits you have today contribute to the accomplishments or consequences
of tomorrow? For criteria 1, this is personally meaningful because I try and work
as hard as I possibly can to achieve goals for myself. In criteria 2, it is related to society
because many people have good habits and that leads them to great things while
some people have poor habits and can wind up in sticky situations. Criteria 3
was about if it had multiple answers and yes there are plenty of answers you
could go off this question. For criteria 4, the further questions they wrote on
my paper were: How does this affect you? and how do other people relate? I got a smiley face for criteria 5 for not
being too broad. For if it is too specific or not in criteria 6, I received a
smiley face. Lastly for criteria 7 on if it contains your value judgment, I
also was given a smiley face.
Things that make me mad in today’s
world are people that take life for granted. There is some type of party every
single night and there are kids that just party way too much for their own
good. However, there are the people that
work hard and work toward their goals and that is inspiring. For example, at a
local gym back in Omaha, there is this kid who plays basketball who is not very
good. However, he is there every single
day to get better at it. He trains harder than just about every kid my age I
have ever seen. And all for what? But the thing I realize is when he is done
with that type of training, that work ethic isn’t just going to go away. It is going to translate over to into the
real world.
10 possible artifacts:
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teen drinking
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teen smoking
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the tv show survivor (have to work hard to
survive in an unpleasant circumstance
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the tv show who wants to be a millionaire
because the prepare for countless hours, even days, just to gain more
information about the show
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the tv show jeopardy because you have to prepare
for all the possible information that could be on the show. A girl at my old
school actually won teen jeopardy and said she studied forever and that’s hard
work.
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Matthew dellevadova is a good artifact because
he was an undrafted free agent in the nba and is now a starter for an nba team
in the finals. He is nowhere near as
good as other players but he outworks them all the time.
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Good or bad grades could be an artifact because
it shows how hard you are willing to work in order to receive a better
education.
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A red solo cup is a good artifact because it
show the anonymity of what is in the cup of what you could possibly be
drinking,
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Houses dirty from partying
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Alcohol and pop and beer
My artifact is teen drinking and
the red solo cup. This is specific to me because I have people that drink every
night when they could’ve been doing something productive. I know people that
literally don’t want to do anything but drink alcohol. The red solo cup
represents the anonymity of teen drinking. It shows this because nobody knows
what could possibly be in the cup, however, we all assume it is alcohol. The
idea of teen drinking and the red solo cup are in contrast to each other. This is because teen drinking is a well known
thing that is increasing throughout the teenage population and people are even
starting at a younger age, but with a red solo cup, how does anyone tell if
teens are drinking or not? This can
relate to me because it is frustrating when I see people around always wanting
to party when they could be accomplishing much more. I get it, though. I am not
saying people should never drink because it is their choice, but I just think
it is getting out of control in regards from where it was 20 years ago to what
it is now. My point is not just to sit
here and tell you to never ever drink in your whole life, but what I am trying
to say is it can be a distraction. It can get in the way of what you are
working toward, whether you believe it or not. That one cheap, little solo cup
can get in the way of so many things. It
is cheap, it is easy to get, and everyone can get them. Just don’t let it get
in the way of things dreams you want to attain in your lifetime. Don’t let it
cause unneeded mayhem in your life because once you can avoid that, you are one
step closer to what you want to achieve.
1. I think you're on a good track with your critical question, but I do worry that it is a little too broad. In what context are you thinking of habits? How would define habits? How would you define sucess? It also sounds from what you've written here that you already have a strong sense of what you think people should do or what constitute good habits. I think you're going to want to narrow this down some as well as define your terms. Also, think aobut how you will engage this question in projects 2 and 3.
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