Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Moral actions...

'Moral actions positively contribute to a society.'

In my opinion this statement is true, in some cases. There is a 70-30 percent chance that it could result in a flaw. An example of a moral action that positively contributed to a society would be Mahatma Gandhi's hunger strike; it is a sign of perseverance and concentration, and in Gandhi's case, was based in praying to the gods. Still, moral actions could also negatively contribute to a society, considering the different types of religions, and different types of morals each religion would have.

Thursday, November 17, 2011

This I Believe: Faith

Pennies From Heaven.








The belief that is being discussed is about faith. This man had a wife. After 43 breathtaking years of marriage; the wife dies from cancer. This man, finds pennies on the ground, he pursues the dream of his wife leaving them there for him. Pennies from heaven. 

After Stark loses his wife to cancer, he has to experience new things. After about a month after his wife's death, Stark was banking in money, but something stopped him in his trail. A penny. Instead of leaving on the ground; as he normally would. He picked it up and brought it home. Each day after that, he found multiple pennies lying on the ground. When he realized that he needed a bigger jar. He realized that He remembered something else. Once before his friend had told him that angels leave pennies to exclaim 'Good Luck'. From then on, whenever he found a penny, he knew that up there, his wife was helping him, in a way. She was an angel.



This story appealed to me because of the context. The way he described his life after his wife's death, was so tragic. Still, some place it gave you ideas of hope and faith. It lets you know that God really might be up there, and still giving us boosts, when needed.




Wednesday, November 16, 2011

My Learning DomiKnow

Have you ever wondered if you were in the right side of the classroom? Have you ever found it harder to listen or concentrate? Have you ever disliked a class just because of the organisation style your teacher teaches in? This all can depend on your learning profile. These simple steps can tell you what strategies you can use to benefit yourself in the class rooms. 


I believe that these following strategies that can benefit me;  sitting on the right side a few rows back where I hear easily by slightly turning my left ear to the front, I also prefer to learn through the full picture, context and emotional relevance, and I enjoy a bigger picture for I am a Gestalt brained person. As a kinesthetic learner I enjoy physical learning. In some instances I would start to feel stupid and clumsy, when I am under stress. When I am relaxed my movements tend to flow freely. Sometimes I interpret used language by its pitch, tone, or rhythm. By finding out your learning profile, you can benefit from it. I now know that it would be easier for me to sit near the back right side of the class. I now know that I should try not to become stressed so easily. 


I want my teachers to know this about me because, they will now make disesions based on my learning profile. This will benefit me and the teacher. The teacher will also know not to be worried about when I seem ambisinister, because they will know that I have been stressed.