The art of hosting good conversations online

Main points in what the host wants to achieve:

- A good group of people who have the same passion and are willing ogo beyond t the subject

- Hoping that the people in the group will increase their social skills

Main points in Good online discussions:

- Allow the people to talk to others and allow knowledge sharing

- Make people feel  welcome and for them to get to know each other

Main points in a host are:

- They need to make sure there are rules 

- Make sure too stay up with the post and try not too angry anyone

- The host is a character and also needs to memorize a lot

Main points in a host do and try to grow:

- There is a lot of technology experience needed to be a host

- KEep few simple and clear rules

Main points to host behavior:

- Be patience, civil and don't take sides

- Get to know a=everyone, welcome all

-Encourage the people, give them things o talk about

Vocabulary we need

Meme- a cultural item that is transmitted by repetition and replication in a manner analogous to the biological transmission of genes

Virus- a segment of self-replicating code planted illegally in a computer program, often to damage or shut down a system or network

Viral- pertaining to or involving the spreading of information and opinions about a product or service from person to person, especially on the Internet or in emails

Blog- a website containing a writer's or group of writers' own experiences, observations, opinions, etc., and often having images and links to other websites

Wiki- a website that allows anyone to add, delete, or revise content by using a web browser

URL- Uniform Resource Locator: a protocol for specifying addresses on the Internet

Website- a connected group of pages on the World Wide Web regarded as a single entity, usually maintained by one person or organization and devoted to a single topic or several closely related topics

Www- a system of extensively interlinked hypertext documents: a branch of the Internet (usually preceded by the). Abbreviation: WWW

Internet- a vast computer network linking smaller computer networks worldwide (usually preceded by the). The Internet includes commercial, educational, governmental, and other networks, all of which use the same set of communications protocols

2.0- used postpositively to denote a revised or improved version of the original

Open-source- used postpositively to denote a revised or improved version of the original

The value of my time

Honestly, today is highly stressful. I mean I'm not going to say why but there is a lot going on. There always is life isn't so simple but here we are pushing through it. I don't know what to do to relieve this type of stress. I am doing all my work when I have the chance even if it is 5 minutes I continue to do my homework. It is hard to figure out what you have to do to get to your goal in the future because there is just so much to do.

Meet my new vocabulary

1. Allusion- a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication

2. Myth- a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature.  

3. Personification- the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure.

4. Specialized- to pursue some special line of study, work, etc.; have a specialty:

5. Exacerbate- to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of (disease, ill feeling, etc.); aggravate.

6. Intuitively- perceiving directly by intuition without rational thought, as a person or the mind.

7. Affirm- to state or assert positively; maintain as true:

8. Hullabaloo- a clamorous noise or disturbance; uproar.

9. Inclined- disposed; of a mind (usually followed by to):

10. Uncanny- having or seeming to have a supernatural or inexplicable basis; beyond the ordinary or normal; extraordinary:

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1. The author used allusion by mentioning the story about Adam & Eve.

2. A unicorn is just a mythical creature, don't believe myths.

3. The cars barked at each other in traffic.

4. I specialized in cooking a steak to perfection.

5. Smoking exacerbates lung cancer.

6. He intuitively knew where he is going.

7. I will have you affirm the price value.

8. The city hall was surrounded by a hullabaloo crowd. 

9. I was highly inclined to jump into the pool.

10. She has this uncanny cake that she can make.  

Hawthorne & Poe on Dreams

I think the reasoning why both of them, Hawthorne and Poe make us believe that is the deal is real is the details. They describe everything so well throughout it that it makes the story/poem sound real. Hawthorne uses literary devices like symbolism and allusion. Poe uses symbolism as well. Though he has other literacy devices like metaphors and personification. 

Investing in me

I work a lot I have two jobs at the moment and once I get to work more after highschool the checks will be bigger. Thankfully they will and the means that I can pay for school and get a car. I don't think there is anything else to do to get money, yes scholarships but other than that it is mainly about working for it.

Letter to my mentor

I was looking for something to support my big question and during my search, it was hard to come across and site that would help. I searched many things to get something to help me with my big question and even though it is aimed towards men it continued to bring up women. That bugs me because yes women are a victim of different types of abuse but SO ARE MEN. So I came across this writing by Natasha Tracy. I just want to thank her first and then as I read it I notice that she gave all these reasons and why these people stay. It was nice to read somethings and agree with it all. I just hate that people have this stereotype against men that they are terrible people. Not all are and sometimes it is the women.