Slumdog Millionaire is a story about a boy named Jamal Malik an 18-year-old boy from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole world watching, he is just one question away from winning 20 million rupees on India's version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating because they wonder how could a street kid from the slums know so many answers. “Doctors... Lawyers... never get past 60 thousand rupees. He's won 10 million, What the hell can a Slumdog possibly know, the answers, I knew the answers”. Desperate to prove that he is innocent, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where him and his brother grew up. He talks about their adventures together on the road, brutal encounters with local gangs, “SALIM: That used to be our slum. Can you believe that, huh? We used to live right there, man. Now, it's all business. India is at the center of the world, Bhai. And I am at the center of the center. This is all Javed-bhai's. JAMAL: Javed Kahn. The gangster from our slum. You work for him” and of Latika, the love of this life but lost and eventually got back” I never forgot. Not for one day. I knew I’d find you in the end.” Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions. Each chapter of Jamal's story reveals where he learned the answers to the show's impossible questions. One question remains a mystery and it is what is this young man with no desire to be rich really doing on the game show? When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers are about to find out. At the heart of its storytelling lies the question of how anyone comes to know the things they know about life and love.
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I chose the movie Blackfish. Blackfish is a documentary about the Orca whales at sea world and about multiple incidents including the three deaths that prompted the ongoing court case between Sea World and OSHA the "Occupational Safety and Health Admissions". These 3 deaths, which included 2 Orca trainers, were caused by Sea World's infamous Orca Tilikum. Through a series of interviews with former Orca trainers that worked with or around Tilikum and other problematic captive Orca, the film tries to find an explanation for what happened. The documentary explores how living conditions may be causing Orca whales to lash out violently toward their trainers. Several cases of death and mutilation are looked at, leading to some questions about how we choose to keep and display these large and very intelligent animals.
Here are some questions we could possibly discuss. Question #1 Why sea world chose to treat the whales like this? Question #2 Why wasn’t this issue brought up for so many plus years? Question #3 What could sea world possibly have done better to avoid this dangerous issue. Who did I work with to compose my academic mindset project? Was this a good approach?
I didn’t really work with anyone on this project. I used to articles given to us and read them a couple times to get a more sense on the academic mindsets. What was the most difficult part of my writing process? Why? What did I do to overcome the obstacles? The most difficult part about writing this project was trying to figure out what academic mindset I had or if I had a combination of 2 or more. Also, was trying to get away from distractions and finding the time to sit down and write it. When did I write this project? Good approach? I started writing the on-Monday night and wrote a little bit. I continued the next day but didn’t write much because I was stuck so I stopped. I got a little more sense on what I was supposed to be writing about in class on Thursday so I continued it after class on Thursday. I don’t think this was the best approach so the next project I will give myself more time. Where did I write this project? Good approach? I always do assignments in my room or living room. I wrote in both those places. I like writing in my room more where I can lock my door turn off all noises and not get any distractions from anything. It was a good approach because I seem to get more done when no one is around and I am comfortable where I am. Why did I choose to write about my chosen topic? We were assigned this project. I wrote about how I think I have a fixed and growth mindset in different ways. I wrote about that because I think I do better in different classes for different reasons. How will I adapt/revise my writing process for future revision of the academic mindset assignment? [Be specific. Review your current six-step writing process plan and consider posting a new six-step plan.] I think next time I need to give myself more time on writing the paper. Also, I think I will ask more questions if I’m lost or ask other outside peers to read my draft and get so feedback. Maggie Price
ENG 100 Assignment #2 Academic Mindsets are four key beliefs which deeply influence our behaviors as learners, and which enable learning success. These mindsets affect our motivation, strategies, and perseverance. Two main mindsets are mentioned in these two articles, growth and fixed. A fixed mindset is that students believe their basic abilities, their intelligence, their talents, are just fixed traits. They have a certain amount and that's it, and then their goal becomes to look smart all the time and never look dumb. And a growth mindset is that students believe that their abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work that the brain can grow. In Teachers, Parents Often Misuse Growth Mindset Research, Carol Dweck Says... “Dweck believes too many students are hobbled by the belief that intelligence is a fixed trait. She says kids with what she calls "fixed mindsets" stop trying when confronted with a challenge because they've convinced themselves that they're not good at math or writing or whatever the subject is. She argues that adults can, instead, help foster a "growth mindset" – the belief that the brain is like a muscle that can grow stronger through hard work.” In The perils of “Growth Mindset” education: Why we’re trying to fix our kids when we should be fixing the system, Kohn states that the growth mindset isn’t enough and the educational system matters more. He believes that the way teachers are teaching their students need to change. “I’m not suggesting we go back to promoting an innate, fixed, “entity” theory of intelligence and talent, which, as Dweck points out, can leave people feeling helpless and inclined to give up. But the real alternative to that isn’t a different attitude about oneself; it’s a willingness to go beyond individual attitudes, to realize that no mindset is a magic elixir that can dissolve the toxicity of structural arrangements. Until those arrangements have been changed, mindset will get you only so far. And too much focus on mindset discourages us from making such changes.” I believe as students we face challenges every day especially in different subjects and areas of study. I think everyone has a different mindset when it comes to different subjects because they are stronger in different subjects and when people don’t think they are good at a certain subject they don’t make enough of an effort than as is they were in a subject where they are good at. As a student, myself I think I have a combination of both fixed and growth mindset. I realized this back in high school in my English class. English was not my best suit especially when It came to writing papers. I’m going to be honest I’m not the best at writing and I would get an assignment and think in my mind that I won’t do good on it and I would either not work hard enough on it and not ask for help from my teachers or I would just give up and get a bad grade. That hurt me a lot in the long run. I still think that happens to me sometimes I believe when I am not interested in the subject or I don’t think I will do good in the class and I just chose to not do good. One of my favorite subjects has always been science and still is. Every time I am in a science class I feel alive and want to just stay there for hours. This is where I think I have a growth mindset this is because I love to learn more every time and better myself every time I go to class. I think as I enjoy and find interest in a subject it makes me motivated to make a lot of effort and do better rather than when I’m in a class where I don’t find interest in it. There are four types of academic mindsets. Belonging, growth, self-efficiency and relevance/purpose. I believe as a college student the most important one for me to succeed at Delaware county community college is relevance/purpose which students are naturally motivated to learn when they are interested in the subject. I believe this is important because studies show that if a student feel a sense of belonging and have a purpose of being in that class they tend to do better and put more effort into the work than students that aren’t interested in the class and will be less motivated to do well and will eventually give up. This is very important to me because I must be invested in what I am doing or how I am being taught the subject or my focus goes away and I am less motivated to do well in the class and that leads me to get bad grades and fail. I believe If you aren’t interested in what you are studying or your choosing a major only for the income you won’t do as well as students who choose an area of study that interest them every day. I want to study something that makes me excited to come to class every day and enjoy being there. For example, I love science. When I’m in a science class I feel very invested and love doing the work and research that goes along with it and I feel as if I am at home when I’m in a science class. That feeling makes me be more motivated to do well and put the effort in to get good grades in the class and to be successful. I find that if you love what you are doing you’ll turn out to be very successful in that field and I find that very important when it comes to a college student.
In Teachers, Parents Often Misuse Growth Mindset Research , Carol Dweck Says (Carol Dweck) by the Hechinger Report Carol Dweck states that many students have a belief that intelligence is fixed, that you were born with it. This is what she calls a fixed mindset. Students will be confronted with a challenge because they convince themselves that they’re not good at whatever the subject is and give up Dweck states that she believes that adults can help develop a “growth mindset” which is the belief that the brain is like a muscle that can grow stronger through hard work. She states that as a student if you have a growth mindset you will most likely do better in school than people who have a fixed mindset. I do think that is true because people who have a fixed mindset tend to just give up if they aren’t good at the subject and people with growth mindsets set themselves up and work hard so that they will do better. I believe as a college student that I have both a fixed mindset and growth mindset in different ways and subjects. In some areas of education I think I have a fixed mindset because I think that if I’m not interested or not good in the class or subject I won’t be as motivated to do good in that class and just give up and not work hard enough to get good grades in that class. I also believe that I have a growth mindset when it comes to subjects or topics that interest me a lot. I love science and I believe that when I’m in a science class I become invested and try to do the best I can to make myself better so I can become a better student in that area and get good grades.
As I started writing my assignment I talked to my sister about it because she is older than me and she remembers more about the past than I do. She helped a lot and helped me remember more. The most difficult part about my writing process was how to get started on the approach I was trying to take. I was very young when my parents got divorced so I had to try and bring back those memories in my head to make my story come alive. I started writing my project the week it was assigned and then continued to write little by little every day. I’m not sure if that was the best approach for me personally because when I went back to write more I lost the momentum when I first started writing it and I had to get that back. I wrote some of my project in the library and the rest at home in my room. I like to be comfortable and in a warm place when I am writing or doing assignments. When I’m not comfortable I get, distracted and stop what I’m doing. I think writing in my room in a comfortable place is what I like to do. I don’t have any distractions and I can just sit down and write. I chose to write about Sunday dinner at my grandparents’ house with my whole family because that’s where I felt at home when I was a child. It was a tradition that everyone came over and we enjoyed each other’s company and I looked forward to it every week. What I would like to do better for future revision of my hiraeth assignment is talk to my parents more about those days and get further input. Also, getting other people’s input on my writing other than my immediate family which can help a lot.
Maggie Price
English 100 Assignment #1 Sundays with the family Waking up on a sunny Sunday morning, I can smell mom cooking morning breakfast. I look outside my window right over my bed to the bright blue sky and the tall green trees. I see the sun beating down and can hear the birds chirping so loud it’s like they are singing a song to the world. Dad is packing the car for a trip to Nana and pop-pops house for Sunday dinner. Oh, how I can’t wait to eat my grandmom’s homemade spaghetti and meatballs. I can already smell the gravy cooking. I can hear the floors creaking, and I know Caroline is running into my room to get me up. We race downstairs to the kitchen where mom has breakfast waiting on the table. The pancakes are so fluffy like the clouds in the sky. There’s fresh coffee brewing in the pot, I can smell the freshly grounded beans, and the orange juice is so fresh it was like they were picked off the best orange tree in Florida and freshly squeezed. Dad comes in from packing the car and we all sit down and eat. Breakfast is over, and mom yells “I cooked. You clean.” As usual Caroline and I play rock, paper, scissors best out of three to see who must clean up and do the dishes. She always won, ugh. I clean up quick as lightening so I can join the family in the living room for movies. I get to pick what we watch because I cleaned the kitchen, Caroline isn’t too happy about that. I go back and forth between my favorite Disney movies, The lion king or Beauty and the beast. I can’t decide so I have dad hold both of them up and I spin around and point my finger seeing which one it will land on. I stop, I’m so dizzy I feel like I just walked off the gravitron at the fun fair and I can feel my breakfast coming up. Mom finally says that she’s going to pick and we all lay down on our big brown couch and watch the movie. The day goes by as fast as lightening and Its time to go to Nana and pop-pops. We all run upstairs to throw on a new pair of clothes and hop in the car and head out to the house. An hour goes by and we finally arrive, I’m so excited I’m out of that car I’m feeling so car sick. We all walk up on the small white porch and open the tiny white door to pop-pop sitting on his brown chair watching the news on the small black TV and Nana cooking in the kitchen. The rest of the family arrives and all of us pile into the tiny living room and squeeze onto the two white couches. Pop-pop starts playing the piano and tries to get us to join but none of us are ever interested so he goes on to play some tunes himself. We all sit there and listen to him play, he’s so good it is as if the piano were being played by a skilled and sensitive musician. I go and try to help Nana and mom in the kitchen, I love being in the kitchen with them I feel happy and warm when I am. Mom tells me to set up the dining room table as they have the cooking under control, I get it I’m young they don’t want me to mess anything up. I place the off-white table mats on the table first, the cloth napkins right next to them, and the bright white china plates right on top of course I put my plate right in-between mom and dad and Caroline right next to me. I call everyone in to come sit down as dinner is about to be ready and all 15 of us pile into the dining room and dad starts bringing everything out and It all looks delicious. It’s so silent in the room as we all stuff our faces with the spaghetti and meatballs, the meatballs melt in your mouth, the spaghetti is so fresh and I can picture Nana making it in the kitchen today and to top off the meal there is some freshly baked Italian bread. We all scarf down our plates and go for seconds. Dinner is done and it’s time to clean up and get ready for desert. Us kids must do the dishes as grand mom and mom prepare the desert. They bring out a beautiful chocolate cake for the kids and coffee and Danish for the adults, we sit down and enjoy the ending to the night. I’m so full at this point I feel like I can’t eat for another four days. Around eight PM we all start saying our goodbyes and we head out, another long hour drive back home, I can’t wait to snuggle into my bed with my favorite stuffed animal peanut. We get home and I think how I can’t wait for next Sunday at Nana and pop-pops. Waking up at 10 AM on Sunday morning, eating breakfast and getting ready for the day. Dad is packing up the car to go to nana and pop-pops house for Sunday dinner. 3 pm we head out to their house oh how I can’t wait to eat her homemade spaghetti and meatballs it’s my favorite! We walk into the house to pop-pop already playing the piano and nana cooking in the kitchen. Everyone arrives and we all pile into the living room and all us cousins try to squeeze onto the small white couch, we sit and talk and watch whatever to show is on the little black TV as we wait for dinner to be ready, I can smell the gravy cooking in the kitchen and I can’t wait to eat. Pop-pop tries to teach me how to play the piano but I’m not very good at it so Caroline gives it a try, she’s always better at it than me. Dinner is ready and all 15 of us sit down at the dark brown wooden dining room table with the white place mats and white china plates and get ready to eat. Pop-pop is always sitting at the head of the table and all the kids sit together we all pile our plates with food one by one, youngest to oldest goes and gets the food. It’s so silent in the room as we devour our plates, nanas homemade gravy is the best! We all finish and it’s time to clean up and get ready for desert which is my favorite part. Nana brings out the chocolate cake for the kids and coffee and pastries for the adults I’m so stuffed at this point my stomach feels like I can’t eat for a week. Were all finish eating and us kids must decide on who wants to do the dishes. I always agree to do it because I enjoy it. Around 8 o’clock we all start saying our goodbyes and head home. I can’t wait for next Sunday for another family dinner!
Hiraeth a homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, a home which maybe never was, a deep nostalgia for people and things that no longer or perhaps never existed. A place where you call home but can never return or a home where you want but never had. It could be an object or a physical person. It is something that relates to you in a much deeper way than other people might see. My hiraeth is about a person. My parents got divorced when I was only 3 years old. I remember growing up wondering why I was only living with my mom and only seeing my dad every other weekend. I would see all my friends living with both parents and it confused me until I got a little older. I always imagine how different my life would be if this had never happened and vision waking up on a Sunday morning and walking downstairs to my mom and dad sitting at the kitchen table and Caroline, Katie and I joining them for breakfast and being the happy family that I saw in other families. I have a box of old pictures that I keep underneath my bed that I look through occasionally. One picture always pops out to me it was from Christmas morning the year they separated. I don’t remember it much because I was very young but I always look at it and I imagine all of us running downstairs Christmas morning being so happy and opening Christmas presents one at a time (that’s a rule in our house) and being that happy family we once were. Looking through those pictures bring up many emotions for me. They make me sad sometimes but happy at the same time, they bring me back to that home and happiness that I hope one day I can have.
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