June 12

https://www.ted.com/talks/mehdi_ordikhani_seyedlar_what_happens_in_your_brain_when_you_pay_attention?utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_campaign=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_content=button__2017-06-08

Aim: Are all thoughts equal?
Do Now: Make a list of physical sensations you are blocking out right now.
Make a list of sounds you aren't listening to.
Make a list of thoughts you are paying attention to.
Make a list of thoughts you are ignoring so your can pay attention to the ones you are paying attention to.

March 1 subways

I can tell which train passes by just by the sound they make.  the Q train doesn't have the quick squeaky noise the B makes.  I can also tell how fast they are moving by hear.  One reason the B train has a squeaky sound is because it runs on the express track and is moving very much faster than the Q on the local track.

The Q train passed. by.  It reminded me of the calming rumbling of a river.  It goes soft as it approaches from far away.  Then LOUD and crashing like tons of water tumbling over sharp rocks.  It softens again as it goes away.  The vague sound of a river in the distance.

A Whale

A whale swam by today
Right by my window!
It whistled by.
I could hear the water swishing through his tail
And the soft splashing of the disturbed waves
On the surface of the open sea
A whale swam by, or was it the "B"?

Every two minutes or so there is a thunderstorm.
First comes the faint hush of the rain.
Followed by the gentle rumble of thunder.
then, there's lightning, and clashing and banging
A ship caught at sea!
Finally, everything settles down.
Calm waters again.


The train was moving so fast I just felt a yellow lightning through my ears.

The sound of a million birds making sound.
A fast airplane taking off to the sky.

Train-thought:Stream of Consciousness

I hear an old locomotive train, or some kind of banking on
steel.  I think of the old days of how people banged together members around them.
Feels like a Q train and had an airplane sound that was like an airlift.
This sound sounds like the construction of a building.
I saw colors of darkness and light as if I were in the train
Crossing the tunnel and coming outside.  The train noise makes me feel more calm and relaxed.

As the train went buy smoothly
I felt as if I wasn't even sitting
Next to the wind because the train
Made a low noise.  Usually the
Train is loud and fast but this 
One was mad
Quiet.
Which is the Q train going towards Coney Island.  Then there's
a Manhattan Express B train speeding making loud noise as if I'm on the train the noise makes it feel as I am.
I hear a banging sound as if a train is being signaled or something.
It is like two items smashed together to make such a sound.
There is another Q train which is kind of dirty.  
It is grinding through on the tracks making a low noise
so gentle.


I hear the take-off of a plane.Now I hear a spaceship zooming
UP
and it makes me feel like I'm not untied to this desk, to this paper and pen.
I belong to the world.
Now  I hear a plane landing and it reminds me of the way you feel when you land in a new and exciting place.  Now it sounds like my childhood when I'd try to learn to ride a skateboard
but I'd fall
every
time.

"The Laugher" June 7 E

Aim: Why doesn't the narrator ever laugh?
Do Now: React and respond in two or more sentences:
What if all jobs paid exactly the same? 
What if all jobs had only two qualifications:
(A) Ability (determined by practical exams)
(B) Love of the job (determined by psychological exams)

You would be placed in the job you are able to do and that you love doing.

Reading: "The Laugher" - One Sentence at a time.

Canned Laughter

Mary Poppins I love to Laugh

The Laugher by Heinrich Boll - Audio

June 5 A Band Waking Life

Aim:  How is the choice, "Dream Is Destiny" made? 
Do Now: 
What is Destiny?  What is Evolution?
Is Destiny related to the idea of going with the flow?
How is Destiny related to Evolution?

What is the "New Evolution"?
Waking Life Text

1.What did the boat driver mean when he said “It will determine the rest of your life!”?
2.Do you believe the existentialist idea that even though there are six billion people in the world we as individuals can make a difference? Explain your answer. 
3.What does it mean when the character says, “we as humans need catastrophe”? 
4.How does the movie explain telepathy? 
5.What do you think about the idea of free will? How might your response relate to choice and individuality?
6.What is your response to the suggestion that because our cells regenerate every seven years we become, in essence, a new person every seven years? 
7.In the movie a question is asked about the most universal human characteristic that gets in the way of the progress of the human race – “…Is it fear or laziness?” Why do you think humans resist change and continue to make the same mistakes? 
8.What is the difference between a dream and a waking perception? 
9.What is a holy moment? What are the implications of this dialogue? 
10.According to the movie, how are humans equated to ants? 
11.How can we explain original ideas in our dreams? 
12."Life understood is life lived.” Write a brief response 
13.Kierkegaard’s last words were “sweep me up” – what did he mean? 
14.How can 50 A.D. be the same as 2003 A.D.?
15.Why do you think that this movie was given a restricted rating? In a brief response, discuss whether or not you agree or disagree with the rating?

June 5 D "The Paper Chase"

Aim: What is happening to the study group?
Do Now: Do students in school learn to think for and with themselves or are they always dependent upon teachers to teach them what to think?

June 5 E Band "The Paper Chase"

Aim: What is happening to the study group?
Do Now: Do students in school learn to think for and with themselves or are they always dependent upon teachers to teach them what to think?

June 5 H Band Imitation of Life

Aim: Would Steven Archer have liked Bea if he knew she was a successful businesswoman?
Do Now: What is meant by the expression, you only get one chance to make a first impression?
 How did Bea learn this from Delilah?
Why is this lesson not working out for Peola?