H/W - Ideas that Matter - ALL CLASSES
The learning in this activity is your STRUGGLE. You have to be willing to really work hard at something that is difficult. This is what true SUCCESS really looks like! At the beginning of the year, we spoke about 'growth mindset' - now is the time to show it!
You must have a collection of at least 3 - 'ideas that matter' - and 3 small moments that capture that idea. These brainstorms will form the CORE of your final memoir. The hardest part is getting at your best idea. Spend QUALITY time thinking about this so you can come to school on Thur with some well thought out plans for your final memoir. Due Thur (C/D and E/F) Fri (G/H)
Your Generation
This video will teach you more about your life and your future then anything else you will watch this year. I STRONGLY invite you to watch this when you have 15mins. over the next few days.
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What I learned from this video is that we have to be grateful for what we have. At the start of the speech, he mentioned that people have what they want but are still not happy. I think that is wrong because, first of all, if people have everything they want they are probably spoiled. Second of all, if they are not happy having what they want they are probably being very greedy and always thinking that the grass is greener on the other side and that what they have is not enough. I also learned that you should not insult people, but be truthful with people. I admit that sometimes when I think something that someone has done isn't up to the standard the teachers will approve of, I still say it is good because I don't want to make them feel bad or hate me. But, after watching this video I realize that it helps people when you are truthful with them and only hurts them more if you lie to them. I think that if I get into that situation again I should not say, "this is horrible," but say, "I think this needs improving, because.... I think you can improve this by......"
Something that I learned from this video is that social media is actually wrecking our lives. Instead of building a steady foundation of friends and family, we're relying on our technology. Instead of learning patience, we have everything at our very fingertips. Everything! Everything, except for relationships, happiness, and love. The things that aren't at our fingertips are the things we have to work the hardest for, because they're not at our disposal. You can't just have that deep bond with a friends because of social media. You have to talk to them, understand what they're going through. Not just by judging them by their recent Instagram post. Happiness isn't at our disposal either. Sure, you may be wealthy, and sure, you may have everything you could possibly want-but possessions aren't happiness. You can't buy a friend. Or a job. You have to work for it. Love is the most important of all. Those who don't love, don't know what it is to be truly happy. I mean, imagine from the point you were a baby to the day you die, that you were alone. No love. No one to care about you, or fuss about clothes, or to tuck you in, comfort you when you're scared at night. No one. Social media might be a good way to keep in touch with your friends, but it's wrecking us. And this is the truth, but if social media is clouding your better judgement, if you check your phone the first thing in the morning, it's addiction. They say 'Don't check your phone.' So we do. They say 'You must work.' But we don't. They say 'Don't smoke.' And yet, 38% of teens still do. And because of social media, because of the environment we're placed in, we're all scared to go against the tide. We see the 'popular' group, we try to 'fit in'. We see someone with good grades, 'Geek' we call him. 'Nerd' we call him. We get so caught up in trying to fit, to try to become 'flawless', we lose who we truly are in the process.
I thought that what the man said was incredible. It could be hard to accept for some, but it's undeniably true, which is why we must really take his words into our hearts. As I was listening to what he was saying, I was constantly thinking, "Well, I don't have social media, so I'm fine." But I asked my self, Is that really true? Is the lack of social media really allowing me to connect with others? I still have a phone, still have gmail, still have hangouts, still chat other people for hours at a time. I realised if I'm waiting for food at a restaurant, I'm on my phone, chatting my friends. When I'm eating, I'm not talking, but buried in a book. Even without Instagram, without Snapchat, without Tumblr, without Flickr, without Facebook, without anything, I'm still distracted, and can still improve on relationships more. There is no exception to interaction for ANYONE. But instead, we are all prone to distraction, and not only CAN, but SHOULD interact with others more.
Something I learned from this video that we have to be careful of our generation and try not to go into the real world with lower self-esteem than previous generations. I also learned that when you count likes and when you check texts it makes you feel better. Therefore, it's highly dangerous just like alcohol and smoking. I never knew that when I was small I need to find good friends so when I grow up I have friends I can really trust so I don't just have friends that will go somewhere else if a better choice comes along. So if you don't stop addiction now than it will destroy relationships and you will have instant gratification but it will work overtime. The last thing I learned was that I need to learn patience and I need to wait for the things that really really matter like love, job fulfillment, and joy.
Kai Hirai Tschang.
This entire video was truly spectacular. But I watched it again and I found that the beginning really spoke my mind. I count myself as a pessimist, I usually don't look on the bright side of things. Sometimes I think that not looking on the bright side of things can be beneficial. I am not new to the fact that I'm not special and I don't get things because I want it. I've been prepared for that, it's not surprising. It got me annoyed when I was little, when teachers told students that the winner would get a prize, but in the end, everybody got the prize. Even when I lost, I hated the participating prize because I didn't deserve it, I knew that this was the bubble little kids were living in. I believe I started thinking this around 2nd grade or so. The reason why I liked this video was because even though it was all a bit hard for some people to listen to, I liked it because the words he was saying were the truth. My modo is that life hates me as much as it hates everyone else. This is very sad to hear, but it calms me when I am faced with a problem. Other people have went through the same thing I'm going through, perhaps even worse.
I really thought think that this man, Simon Sinek, speech was not only incredible, but also very true. I realize that this is exactly how I view our society today, and especially this generation of 'millennials'. Everyday, with the every growing media and technology, more and more people are being sucked into this world that they think is their perfect world. When we're younger, everyone wants to make the world perfect for us, make it seem like nothing is wrong in the world, and this ultimately leads to us believing that the world is perfect, and it revolves around us. We can get what we want, our parents give us what we want, we get awards even if we don't put in a lot of effort. But as you get older, you start to realize that the world is indeed not perfect, and it definitely does not revolve around you. You start to realize that you can't get what you want, whether that is for everyone to like you, or just to get good grades. Today's social media and technology only support this thought, and pretty much brainwashes our entire society to believing what they want to believe, and not what the reality is. At this point, no one realizes what reality is, no one knows what living is actually about, because they have all confined their minds to believe that reality is what they make it, not what actually happens. There is no balance in this world, especially among the generation of 'millennials'. No balance between fabricated relationships on the internet and actual real true relationships in person. Like what Simon said, all people worry about these days is how many likes they got on their posts, how many followers they have, even if they don't even know half the followers they have. I hate to say it, but it's sickening to know that our modern society is crumbling to pieces very quickly, with the number of suicide rates increasing. While our grandparents lived up to maybe 80 or more, our generation of 'millennials' will probably only last to 50 or 60 at most. This is because the more brainwashed they become, when they do actually face the non-fabricated reality, they will not know how to handle it, only use to their fake, fabricated lives. I really like Sophia's motto that "life hates me as much as it hates everyone else". This statement just proves that comparing the fabricated lives to the real actual people living real actual lives, everyone is still the same, your life doesn't change. You don't get anything out of having more followers on Instagram or whatever, you don't get anything more then the people whose lives are raw and real. In fact, you get less, no actual real raw happiness, just fabricated joy. This may be hard for some to understand, because this generation has already been brainwashed, but I'm hoping that the ones who do live raw lives will understand the meaning behind this.
Actually, I know that most of Simon's speech is targeted towards this generation. I believe that some of the things he says also applies with other generations as well. There has to be kids back then who also thought that the world was perfect, that had superficial friends, that felt like they were special, etc. Yes, there are many things wrong with this generation. But I bet there were many things wrong with many generations before this one! In fact, in Once by Morris Gleitzman, Felix is an optimistic boy who doesn't know how truly bad the real world really is. On page 18, "When customers are unhappy they should ask for a refund, not go mental." This book takes place in WWII, a lot of kids from the orphanage he used to live in knows about the german soldiers and what they were doing, yet there are still kids out there like Felix who still thinks this world is good and doesn't know how bad it is. So what I want to conclude is that I do believe this generations is messed up in a number of ways, but I can't say that it's only this generation.
I think the point Sophia is that millenniums irrespective of the country, tend to follow the same characteristics. While the time during the second world war was really bad, it wasn't the entire generation that was at fault, it was just a few countries.
Michelle you make really thoughtful comments. Based on this knowledge, what do you do differently?
Kai. Try talking about not what you need to do, but how you intend to do it
Clyde, what do you bury yourself in a book or what do you bury yourself in technology, you were still distancing yourself from your society. Question is- what are you gonna do about it?
It seems as if you know all the answers Samantha, how do you change because of this?
Alicia in what ways do you lie to yourself?
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