Finishing Up

I have read Climate change and Handbook for an unpredictable life, and I learned how to write a public issue in a personal way. For this semester, I think I already tried my best to improve my writing. I am wondering writing poem or essay is a difficult part for ENG102,

Finishing Up

In ENG 101, I learned about climate change, how an abusive childhood can affect people lives, and how to improve my writing. Being out of school for over a year definitely affected my writing skills, and this class helped me a lot. I enjoyed reading Rosie Perez's book and finding out more facts about climate change. I predict that ENG 102 will be a little more difficult, probably more research required and longer essays.

prompt

-In the Handbook For an Unpredictable life by Rosie Perez, and "Superman and Me" by Sherman Alexie; and "My Life as an Undocumented Immigrants by Jose Antonio Vargas.  how do they man characters overcome with their struggle?

-Why do they decided to shared their stories to the world?

English 101 Final Essay Prompt

For the final essay, my group came up with 2 questions about Vargas's article, "My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant", Rosie Perez's handbook, An Unpredictable Life of Rosie Perez, and the article, "Superman and Me".

1. In the handbook, An Unpredictable Life of Rosie Perez, and the article, “Superman and Me”, how do the main characters overcome/cope with their struggle?

2. What are the similar traits that both Vargas from “My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant”, and Alexie, “Superman and Me” have?

Final Prompt by Pamela and Natalia

How perseverance made them who they are today?

Essay Prompt

How is perseverance shown in these stories and how can you connect to them?

Anjuman, Ericka, Annabel

Essay Prompt

- How do Hardships and struggles develop a person's character and help them persevere and succeed in life? -Ravina, Yanelis, Johnny

Finishing Up

In this course, ENG 101 I learned a lot about Climate change. Everything else I would say is really basic to know in an English class. Like having work cited pages for your assignments. But the good thing, there's always different people who have their own opinion on your pieces and give comments on it to hep you improve your piece. I really wonder what type of pieces I would be having to write for ENG 102 since in 101 we mostly did research papers and personal interviews.

Prompt for the final

In ENG 101, we read three short stories/novels in which each of the main characters go through certain hardships, how does the author tie them together, and how does he/she show that the characters overcame it?

prompt that might be on the test

 Throughout the semester we have read various readings that dealt with similar ideas, and topics. these topics include: perseverance, ethical differences, language, and personal stories. use one other reading to pair with My life as an undocumented immigrant that you can compare, and contrast to the reading.

Finishing Up

For the final week of the blog, I'd like you to make some final reflections on what you've learned this year in ENGL 101 and what questions/concerns you have as you go forward into 102. Also, you can use this space to make some comments on the class readings on Thursday. Which readers did you like the most? What was it like to read your own writing out loud?

Since this is not a complete week, any entries you make this week will be extra credit.

Years of living dangerously

This series is called "Years of living dangerously" because of the living conditions these people have to go through in their hometowns. They are living with little to no water and are becoming violent with one another over water.  People have to kill each other in order to survive. Climate change is slowly killing the people of Bangladesh.

• Why does the show use celebrities--who are not climate scientists or experts--as narrators and investigators? 

The reason for this is because when people see famous people on shows they become more interested in it and are more eager to watch it. 

Why is the series called Years of Living Dangerously?

The movie we watched in class was called "Years of living dangerously" since it showed how violence happens when people don't have have water. The name of the movie does go with what people in these country endure. It's unsafe while they fight over who has control over wells and water supply.

Years of Living Dangerously

• Why is the series called Years of Living Dangerously?   Human beings are threatened by climate change. Climate change is affecting our lives slowly. The problems like Sea-level rising, rising temperatures, and the lack of water resources are beginning to show up all over the world.                 

How has climate change lead to violence?

Climate change is a showing problem, but Bangladesh will be the first place to be affected. Water supply is a serious problem in Bangladesh. It cause a gun fight between two villages. Those people fought for water, for survival is what we cannot image.

Years of living Dangerously

I didn't went to Bangladesh in 20 years and I forgot how my home country looked like. Now in summer, it is my first time going there and I am very excited. However, my country is badly affected by climate change, but I didn't know that it was very badly affected after watching that documentary. It frightens me that Bangladesh will be drowned after few years later. It also astonished me, before my thoughts on climate change didn't mean anything to me and I'm seeing how scary it is. Climate change is like a silent serial killer that it never stops.

How has climate change led to violence?

This country could be first of run out of water. There is why so many people in this country people are fighting for it. One example is the person who got shut in the video that we saw. He was getting ,arried

Years of Living Dangerously

Here are some more questions:

• Why is the series called Years of Living Dangerously?
• What is "adaptation" and what are the limits of it?
• What reactions did you have to Thomas Friedman's interview w/ Barack Obama? How have things changed since the Trump Admin?
• How does the series show science at work? 
• What did Obama argue is the public's responsibility? Do you feel cynical about your leaders in Washington? Explain. 

Years of living Dangerously

How does economic inequality play a role in climate change?

I believe economic inequality plays a role in climate change because it mainly happens to countries that don't have too much money. Based on the video from class today, it was mainly poor countries that was losing water quickly and had people dying very frequently and only people who had enough money, received water by having it delivered to them, other people had to get it from outside of a church.

years of living dangerously!!

It is incredible how climate change can led to people to violence, I was in shock when i saw that 60% of the conflict between Qaradh and Al Marzouh  is  because of the water; It is sad how people killing each to survive.  another fact that impact me was that Yemen can be the first country of run off of water in the world. it is shocking how climate change, heat waves take people away from you. For example example of the athlete that pass away because of the heat waves in L.A, or the thousand of people that died fighting for water in Yemen. This documentary  made me realize  the fortunes that we are.

Years of living Dangerously

How is climate change a political issue?
- Climate change is a political issue because it mainly happens to the poor countries like Bagladesh. Their President spoke about how he had never seen something like what happened out there and the scientist stated that their land is the flatest land and how sooner or later, the whole land would be covered by water and underneath the oceans water is where most the bodies would be

Years of living Dangerously

• How is climate change a political issue?

Climate Change is a political issue because it has been affecting many countries worldwide. There has been lack of water and this is really a big issue due to the heat wave that has been going on. Heat waves are really deadly.

• Why does the show use celebrities--who are not climate scientists or experts--as narrators and investigators?

I think the show uses celebrities to gain more people in watching the show. That way they'll be more interested.

Years Of Living Dangerously

Climate change has brought so many situations involving rising sea level, rising temperatures to increase, contamination in the earths atmosphere and even has created physical violent issues in one of the many places that have been and still is effecting them drastically, Yemen. Rising heat temperatures   have caused droughts to be appear more often, the amount of rain being brought in the country remains rarely efficient on happening leading people into depending in a couple sources of water causing a problem for containing it as prices for water start to increase leading people into violent actions on upholding this.   

How has climate change led to violence?

Because of climate change in countries like Bangladesh people are fighting for water. According to Years of Living Dangerously. Bangladesh could be the first county of run out water.

How has climate change led to violence?

In many places around the world, Climate change has lead to violence for a few reasons.  Being that climate change has increased water scarcity, it is harder for one to obtain water. Water supply is very limited and the places that do have it will sell it at a very high unaffordable price. This causes people to become violent and fight in order to survive. Economic factors and food security may trigger conflict in poor places. Poor places may have less of everything compared to the more stable parts.

Why does the show use celebrities--who are not climate scientists or experts--as narrators and investigators?

• Matt Damon is a famous actor in the world. This show uses celebrities to investigate climate change that could attract more people to watch the show. Otherwise, this show would just be a normal scientific documentary, and people might not be interesting in the topic. Using celebrities in this show could lead positive effect. As public people, their behaviors would affect fans' mind. When people see their idols in this show, they would think about that climate change is really a big issue.

How Has Climate Change Led to Violence?

Climate change has led to violence starting with water. In the video, in Yemen, there is a lack of water and the people there are struggling to survive. The water situation is so vile that the people in Yemen are literally fighting each other for water. They called this water situation a "fight for survival". They depend on plumbing pipes for water to drink, shower and wash/clean clothes, utensils, etc. They are lucky if it rains and in the video, I saw little kids playing in the rain and washing themselves. Water is a big necessity for survival. It is sad that they have minimum to no water supply to do their daily tasks and most importantly to live. Without water, how can someone live?

Years of living dangerously response.

• How has climate change led to violence?

        Climate change has led to violence because it can cause many individuals to leave their home, and fight for territory over places where other's live, who were not affected by climate change.

• How is climate change a political issue?

              Climate change is a political issue because it destroys many businesses that support the economy, and also, destroys many buildings and areas which are used for the betterment of society and establishment.

• Why does the show use celebrities--who are not climate scientists or experts--as narrators and investigators?

          I think that the show uses celebrities to help the audience signify the amount of emotion that goes on in many of the places affected by climate change, to make the audience feel sympathy and empathy.

• What place does science play in the series?

              Science plays a role in the series by helping the audience understand the life-long term effects of climate change, and how it negatively affects those who are victims of it.

• How does economic inequality play a role in climate change?

               Economic inequality plays a role in climate change, because it depicts how those who are effected by climate change, take necessary actions towards those who were or are not effected by climate change. In a sense, climate change effects everyone, whether it be indirectly, or directly, through the cause of others.

Years of Living Dangerously

Climate change has began to lead to violence. In bangdalesh there are towns that kill eachother, with bazookas and machine guns even on a regular basis over water! I can't imagine people in america having to fight over water. In this country, the constant bickering between everyone now is over politics, race, religion. Meanwhile, less fortunate people have to fight to the death over a natural resource. If the temperatures continue to rise, this could mean that eventually we would meet this same fate.
I believe that they used celebrities rather than climate scientists or experts because, they wanted people with the most privilege to see this. Some people still somehow believe that climate change is a "myth" or a "hoax. That just because we aren't struggling like other countries, climate change couldnt possibly affect us when it already has greatly. Using these celebrities, they can then raise awareness with their voices. They can help make a difference.

Years of Living Dangerously

This week we're going to watch a couple episodes of the first season of Years of Living Dangerously (2014) (the second season just finished last year). Joseph Romm, author of Climate Change: What Everyone Needs to Know, is the Chief Science Advisor for the series which won an Emmy for best documentary series in 2014. As you watch the show, I'd like you to ponder a few questions:

• How has climate change led to violence?
• How is climate change a political issue?
• Why does the show use celebrities--who are not climate scientists or experts--as narrators and investigators?
• What place does science play in the series?
• How does economic inequality play a role in climate change?

If you have other questions or comments, please feel free to add them to the mix.

final review

The last thing that I learned from this book is keep studying. In this book， Romm did a lot of researches. Scientists spent decades finding climate change. As an engineering studentmajor student， this is my duty to make the life better. So I have to keep studying in these years. Studying helps us to understand the world better. Maybe few years later， we would find that global warming is not harmful but who knows？Thank this class， it is really helpful for me.

why is important literature link!!!

Hey guys I have been thinking the topic of discusion of last class, and i was to curious to learn more about the importance of the literature. As I was looking for literature articles I found this website of why literature is important is our lives. here is the link I hope you like it.

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/7-reasons-why-literature-is-so-important

Climate Change

Measures me and my family take to make to eliminate climate change includes turning off lights and making sure circuits don't have chargers plugged in the wall. Also I feel as an individual that takes the bus everyday I could take it less. If I can walk some where I might as well not be lazy and do so. The little things we all do can make the world better.

Climate change

After reading the book, Climate change is now something I think about more often compared to before. I take things into account from littering, saving energy and little things that can make a difference. If one person does it does not mean I should go ahead and do something that will hurt the planet. In fact I can avoid those things and little by little things will change for the better.

Climate Change

After reading the book Climate Change by Romm, I realized that little things can make a big difference, so I decide to innovate people to protect our planet from a catastrophe that could be cause by climate change. A lot of people knows that I study and work full-time but I also like to help people whenever I can. Therefore, I decided to teach basic English on Sundays night at my house to people who couldn't go to school when they were young. One of these days I shared my knowledge  about climate change and what the causes are. These people were very interested about this topic and they want to make a difference. So they are trying to create a committee to fight climate change but meanwhile, they are recycling and saving energy in their family and friends house.

climate change and you

I do take global warming into account I do not leave my phone charging over night. I also try to unplug anything that is not being used. In my house we also recycle. Also we reuse the plastic bags from the grocery stores.

Climate change and You

For my career is to become a physical therapist. In physical therapy we use many exercise machines and it takes a lot of energy. Exercise machines's power source are always on for patients need.

Climate Change and You

My parents have always yelled at me when it comes to saving energy in the house. I never put much mind to it since I didn't really think it was harming anyone. But now that I know climate change has part in it, I have stopped.

Climate change and you

Since climate change happened, the weather became strange. If I have chance to choice where I can live, I will choice countryside. Because if I live in a small town, I could ride or walk instead of driving. And also because the weather in countryside is much clearer than city. For job, I think more and more young people will choice the work related to the environment. Climate change impact environment, and it also affect human's health. I am studying in nutrition, so I think nutrition will become more important for people.

climate change and you

I really like this book I think that every person should read it because it taught many important things about climate change; also you can change you perspective about this huge issue. one of the things that i learned is that we waist so much energy, that we are one of the causes of global warming, that is better if we walk or use our bike instead of us our car etc. all of this made me realize that i was ignoring an important issue, but gratefully we start reading the Climate Change book in class. To be honest in the beginning i did not want to read the book because climate change was not a topic that I like, but while i was reading my mind change completely. Now i know the importance of climate change, and how we can contribute to save our planet.

Climate Change & You

I take global warming into account. I still unplug things that aren't being used, and I don't really litter. If there's a garbage can around me and if I have something I would throw it out, but honestly if I do litter, its always gum wrappers, i don't throw out whole bags like from the corner store or from Mc.Donalds. I also recycle at home and at work

Climate Change and you

From this class, I have learned a lot about climate change. Climate change is a significant issue nowadays. As a part of  community, I have changed some of my opinions and behaviors. Firstly, I decided to choice a clean energy car as my next car. I have seen many new hybrid and electric cars in New York International Auto Show. And I believe that clean energy car would finally become the most popular car in the future. Secondly, my major is mechanical engineering, and now I want to learn more about pollution in engineering. If I become a engineer, I would like to build more non-pollution machines to help people.

Climate change and you.

    This last chapter on climate change has helped me realize how it can not only affect countries and environments globally in a catastrophic way, but it can also affect future price of coastal properties, and also finding a job for myself. With these factors, I feel that moving to a different place that has not been affected by climate change would help me to suffice better in life, because I would have a better opportunity looking for a job to help myself survive, and I would also have a better chance of obtaining a coastal property to live in better conditions.

Is climate change a moral/religious issue?

I agree with the pope, I believe that climate change is a moral/religious issue for reasons being that it is a serious issue and we should care more about it and treat it more seriously since we are experiencing it everyday. The way people respect their religion and care for it should be the same way climate change should be dealt with. The planet is slowly being damaged because of our fault and it is our responsibility to fix it. If we are able to destroy the planet then I believe we are able to rise above it and do something to help stop it. It was a right thing for the pope to make it a religious/moral issue.

Climate Change and You

Throughout the course when we were talking about climate change, I still believe that it is real and it is causing a damage to our earth. I did not take our lack of food supply and health services into consideration. I was more focused on the global effects rather than the human effects. The reading has opened my mind more about what climate change can do to us personally. Our discussions are similar to what I had in mind, knowing that climate change is real and that it is a negative impact on earth. We discuss thoroughly about what causes climate change to happen and it is mostly human activity. What we do causes climate change but many of us are unaware of it. The things we do on a normal bases, cook, use water, breathe, drive, etc. are the reasons why climate change occurs. Everyday I take the train to school, dance rehearsals, home etc. because it takes me AT LEAST an hour to get to these places. I can walk, but why. It will take longer for me to reach my destinations, I will get tired and then there is no point. It hard to prevent doing what we do daily to prevent climate change from occurring. We need to figure out other ways on how we can stop climate change from ruining our lives.

Climate change and you

There are many changes i've made in my life to decrease my carbon footprint. For one, I used to always have my lights on, my TV on, I would waste alot of electricity. I am well aware that climate change is affecting our planet greatly. I make sure to unplug my TV, my lamp and whatever else is plugged into any outlet in my room. Even if they're "off" they still use power if left plugged in. In my home, we usually have the shades open throughout the day. However, if I need to turn on a light, I always make sure to turn it off when I leave the room. We all do the same with water. Never leave the water running, turn the faucet off while you brush your teeth, being mindful of how long you take a shower. My family has also changed all of the lightbulbs in the house to fluroscent lightbulbs. These supposably last way longer and use alot less energy.

Climate Change and Faith

I do believe that saving the climate is a moral issue because it is something we live and deal with everyday. If there is a problem with the climate, it is our job to fix it because it is associated with our aspects of living. It is the right thing to help save the Earth to prevent it from being damaged and causing hurt to the people living and suffering from the bad effects of climate change. In my point of view, morals are what people believe is good and bad. I believe saving our climate is a moral and is something that needs to be done to make our world a better and healthy place and to make us live a well and healthy life.

Climate Change and Faith

Joseph Romm writes about Pope Francis' encyclical which you can read here if you're interested:

http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html

The Pope argues that saving the climate is a moral issue. Is climate change a moral/religious issue? Is the Pope right, or not, for making it one?