Bothsidesism – also called false balance, is a media bias in which journalists present an issue as being more balanced between opposing viewpoints than the evidence supports. Cloze Activity- Activity in which words are removed from a passage for a learner to fill in as an exercise in reading comprehension. Confirmation bias – the tendencyContinue reading “May Notes”
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July Notes
Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.” – Franz Kafka Box Breathing: Box breathing is a technique that helps to control and regulate breathing, which calms the mind and reduces stress. It involves inhaling for four counts, holding for four counts,Continue reading “July Notes”
June Notes
Society defines and confines each of us in a multitude of ways, and to varying degrees, based solely on the facets of our most readily perceived characteristics—race, gender, age, class, sexuality, ability, occupation.We, too, often define and confine ourselves in accordance with this pigeonholing. Throughout most of my adult life—as a black, fat, queer, working-class,Continue reading “June Notes”
May Notes
Aphorism (from Greek ἀφορισμός: aphorismos, denoting ‘delimitation’, ‘distinction’, and ‘definition’) is a concise, terse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth or principle. Aphorisms are often handed down by tradition from generation to generation. The concept is generally distinct from those of an adage, brocard, chiasmus, epigram, maxim (legal or philosophical), principle, proverb, andContinue reading “May Notes”
Filmmaking Class Week 4
Class Notes: Theme = the inferred stance taken on a topic of a story. Everything that happens within a story should reference back to a theme. Reflection Questions for Six Word Memoir Project My Answer: For my Six Word Memoir I skimped on the writing part. I was in “documentary” mind set. I did brainstormContinue reading “Filmmaking Class Week 4”
February Notes
“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” – Neil Gaiman Anteambulo – forerunner; one who proceeds another to clear the way Atavism – recurrence of or reversion to a past style, manner, outlook, approach, or activity. Derives viaContinue reading “February Notes”
Identity & Reality: Cinematic Production & Critical Studies Week 1&2
As part of my personal growth in 2023, I am taking a filmmaking class at the Rivers School in Weston, Massachusetts. The class is taught by Sophie Lane. Filmmaking is about communicating ideas through audio-visual means. In this class I will practice visual storytelling that is personal and compelling and learn to connect with myContinue reading “Identity & Reality: Cinematic Production & Critical Studies Week 1&2”
January Notes
Success can be learned. Change requires measurement and longitudinal tracking. Darren Hardy writes, “Winners are trackers” in The Compound Effect. Goals are about the results you want to achieve. Systems are about the processes that lead to those results. Systems are almost the antithesis of goals, in that they’re entirely about creating a repeatable setContinue reading “January Notes”
December Notes
Extremum, plural Extrema, in calculus, any point at which the value of a function is largest (a maximum) or smallest (a minimum). There are both absolute and relative (or local) maxima and minima. proof of the intent – to knowingly and willfully violate the law. – intent is defined as a determination to perform aContinue reading “December Notes”
November Notes
Morass– a complicated or confused situation. an area of muddy or boggy ground. an overwhelming mass of confusion; a confusing situation that impedes or entangles something, making it difficult to be free of or resolve a troublesome matter. A whirling mass of fluid or air. from medieval Latin mariscus Read a poem every day. KeepContinue reading “November Notes”
Relentless Robin 