To Facebook or Not To Facebook

At first I thought of Facebook as a way to socialize with other and to catch up on all the latest gossip. I still see Facebook as the same way as before but now I also see it as dangerous. On Facebook you have no privacy at all because anyone can see your information. You have no power in deciding who sees your information because even though you may have it private your name can still show up somewhere on facebook. It is so bad to the point that I once saw a picture on myself on google that was originally on facebook, CREEPY!!! Basicly, now I don't think facebook is as safe as I thought it was. We need to be very careful.

Vocabulary list #9

Abortive: failing to produce the intended result
Bruit: spread a report or rumor widely
Contumelious: scornful and insulting behavior
Dictum: a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source; a short statement that expresses a general truth or principle
Ensconce: establish or settle
Iconoclastic: characterized by attack on established beliefs or institutions
In medias res: a narrative that begins somewhere in the middle of a story rather than the beginning
Internecine: destructive to both sides in a conflict
Maladroit: ineffective or bungling; clumsy
Maudlin: self-pitying or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness
Modulate: exert a modifying or controlling influence on
Portentous: of or like a portent; done in a pompously or overly solemn manner
Prescience: the power to foresee the future
Quid pro quo: a favor or advantage granted in return for something
Salubrious: health-giving, healthy; pleasant, not run-down
Saturnalia: the ancient Roman festival of Saturn in December; an occasion of wild revelry
Touchstone: a standard or criterion by which something is judged or recognized
Traumatic: emotionally disturbing or distressing; relating to or causing psychological trauma
Vitiate: spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of; destroy or impair the legal validity of.
Waggish: humorous in a playful, mischievous, or facetious manner

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Autopsy

Did you do as well as you expected/hoped? To what do you attribute the outcome? How can you improve for the final?

I think I did very well on my midterm. I studied every night for thirty minutes and that was very helpful because I never stressed about the midterm. I am hoping that the final will have the same turn out, but basketball season is coming up soon so that means that I won't have that much time anymore to study every night.

Hamlet Remix

Hamlet literally has "I HATE MY LIFE" written all over his face. You can also see this emotion through his facial expressions.His mom is blinded by her love for Claudius and Claudius is just evil.

VOCABULARY LIST #8

Abeyance-(N.) A state of temporary disuse or suspension.

Ambivalent- (Adj.) Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.

Beleaguer- (V.) Beset with difficulties

Carte blanche- (N.) Complete freedom to act as one wishes or thinks best.

Cataclysm- (N.) A sudden violent upheaval, esp. in a political or social context

Debauch- (V.) Destroy or debase the moral purity of; corrupt.
(N.) A bout of excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures, esp. eating and drinking

éclat- (N.) brilliant or conspicuous success

Fastidious- (Adj.) Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail

Gambol- (V.) Run or jump about playfully

Imbue- (V.) Inspire or permeate with a feeling or quality: "imbued with deep piety".

Inchoate- (Adj.) Just begun and so not fully formed or developed

Lampoon- (V.) Publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule or sarcasm.
(N.) A speech or text criticizing someone or something in this way

Malleable- (Adj.) Easily influenced; pliable

Nemesis- (N.) The inescapable or implacable agent of someone's or something's downfall

Opt- (V.) Make a choice from a range of
possibilities

Philistine- (N.) A person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts, or who has no understanding of them

Picaresque- (Adj.) Of or relating to an episodic style of fiction dealing with the adventures of a rough and dishonest but appealing hero

Queasy- (Adj.) Nauseated; feeling sick

Refractory- (Adj.) Stubborn or unmanageable

Savoir-faire- (N.) The ability to act or speak appropriately in social situations.

Reflection on Midterm

a) What went well?
I think overall everything went well. I didnt stress at all because I started to study a week in advance ,so that made it very easy for me.
  b) What didn't go well?
In part three of the test, there were some words that I wasn't so sure about, therefore I felt like I needed more time in that part.
  c) How much of the content will stick with you? 
I'm hoping that all the content sticks with me, but I'm going to be realistic maybe about 75% will.
d) What can you learn from the experience to improve for next time?
I think next time when I'm studying I should spend more time on the words that I don't know and just put the words that I do know aside.

Dear Ophelia

This is a very difficult situiation because it feels like you have to choose your family or your love of your life, though choice right? My suggestion is to try to talk to your father and brother and explain to them that there is more to the prince than what they see. The next step is to prove them wrong, if the prince really loves you he will work hard for your families approval and he will show your family that you and him are meant for each other. Remember, actions speak louder than words. Don't ever give up on what you love, there is always ways around it, so  don't feel like you have to choose one over the other. The main thing here is to help your family see what you see in him, it is definitely a challenge but it is possible.

Best of Luck.