10) Film Review
Slumdog Millionaire is an inspiring film based on Jamal Malik’s story, an 18 year old boy who contest on an India TV show “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” Jamal decided to be in the contest which he won, in order to find Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Latika is an old friend who experienced things with Jamal in their childhood. Jamal has a brilliant memory which helps him to win the game show. Some specific experiences and memories make Jamal to know all the answers of the contest. Life took Jamal to have many bad and good experiences during his life journey in this way he becomes to be a good expert in certain things. In the contest Jamal won millions of rupees in his first presence but he is arrested by the police who want to know how an uneducated boy knows all the answers without cheating. Jamal had to explain specific events in his life taught him the answers and all he can say that being asked questions to which he knows the answers is simply fate. Jamal tells parts of his childhood with his brother Salim, his love for Latika and their fight to survive on the streets to justify each right answer, guided by his common sense and past experience prove his innocence. Jamal had a talent of see and perceive things that other couldn’t do it. Living in the streets makes Jamal to be wise in certain things.
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11) Film-Based Project Assignment Sheet
• Prompt: Why did Jamal’s brother didn’t follow Jamal’s steps? Do you think it was Jamal’s destiny or he did something especial? What makes Jamal successful in the show game? What makes Jamal participate in the TV show? Why Jamal didn't trust to the the guy who gave him the answer? How an uneducated 18 year-old boy could answer right? • Purpose To prove that successful people take big risks knowing that they might fall hard. • Audience The primary audiences will be the professor and classmates. A secondary audience could be your friends, family or other folks. • Focus Please focus on the film’s story and write an essay based on your personal perspective. Explain if the cultural values promoted in the film. • Style An argument about Jamal’s experiences. Using MLA style to cite the sources. 9) Movie Madness
I chose the movie Colonia for our film project. Colonia is based on a true story. This movie starts out as a romance set against the impending destroy of Salvador’s government in 1973 Chile and becomes the intense, lurid and crazy story of the main characters captivity in a brutal religious cult. The actress Emma Watson as a woman who does anything in order to find her boyfriend who was taken away by force, is based on a true event. Based on the actual existence of Colonia Dignidad, a powerful fascist settlement in Chile that also served as a prison and torture chamber, the film loses its political perspective early on. Instead, it focuses on the characters' harsh fate at the cruel hands of a real-life ex-Nazi psychopath and his accomplices, who maintain order using violence, sexual humiliation, and cruelty. Colonia is a sad movie and makes me think if in this moment there are people somewhere being tortured and killed for some reason. 8) Academic Mindset Writing Process Reflection
• Who did I work with to compose my academic mindset project? I worked on this assignment based on Carol Dweck and Alfien Kohn’s debate and my own experience as a student. Since I was writing about Academic Mindset, this assignment makes me to reflect on how important is to have a good and positive mindset not only for academic education but in life too. • What was the most difficult part of my writing process? Why? What did I do to overcome the obstacles? The most difficult part was having time to write and then get on the computer to type everything up in time. Furthermore, talking about this topic, it took me time to understand the concept and explain my experience as student. • When did I write this project? Good approach? My good approach to wrote this assignment was late night after work. It took me three nights to complete it. Monday night, I tried to work on this assignment and my purpose was to advance on it but I wasn't sure how to do it. Then, Wednesday night, I worked a little bit on it but a couldn't concentrate because I was thinking in my birthday’s celebration next weekend. Finally, Thursday night after work I could finish it with efforts. • Where did I write this project? Good approach? I wrote this assignment at my dinner room at my house since it is a good place to work. • How will I adapt/revise my writing process for future revision of the academic mindset assignment? I will make sure that I have the time to do my work and not have distractions. In this way, to be able to complete my assignment. How has our academic mindset impacted our abilities as a student to learn? We probably get some different answers. The truth of the matter is, each of us have one. We can have a mindset that embrace any challenge or we can have a mindset that avoids any challenge or goal. But we can determinate what kind of mindset we want to have in order to reach are goals. However, there are two important academic mindset which are the growth mindset and the fixed mindset. A growth mindset is when someone sees problem as interesting challenge, for he life becomes an exiting journey with endless opportunities to figure out new things and advanced. He think that embrace any challenge it is fun. He knows that fail is part of learning, if he try hard at the end everything will be okay. A fixed mindset is when a person who avoids conflicts and is afraid to look stupid and being laughed at. The person doesn't put in the effort and when it gets hard he give up.
Carol Dweck is a reacher at Stanford University. She worked on the fixed mindset vs. growth mindset. The reacher explains the different between two mindsets and how they impact our performance. Evidence of this, Carol Dweck in “Teachers, Parents Often Misuse Growth Mindset Research, Carol Dweck Says” says that parents' well-intentioned praise contributes to the formation of unproductive fixed-mindset thoughts. Having a growth mindset you are more likely to have a higher academic performance than someone with a fixed mindset. Dweck claims that skill is something we can cultivate, nor merely something we are born with. We can become more creative, more intelligent, more athletic, more successful by focusing to the the goal. It is not about the result, it is about building the identity of the type of person who gets to enjoy the result. On the other hand, Alfie Kohn is an author and lecturer in the areas of education. Alfie Kohn in “The perils of “Growth Mindset” education: Why we’re trying to fix our kids when we should be fixing the system” arguments that kids do not have to change or get a better mindset. He thinks the problem come from the education system. Kohn claims that a awful lot of schooling still consists of making kids cram forgettable facts into short-term memory. And the kids themselves are seldom consulted about what they’re doing, even though genuine excitement about learning rises when they’re brought into the process, invited to search for answers to their own questions and to engage in extended projects. Me, student of Delaware Community college I relate to the growth mindset. I believe that abilities can be developed and we can improve our intelligence base on hard work. Honestly, years ago and sometimes now I used to have a fixed mindset and sometimes I have negative thoughts. I think my problem is that English is not my native language and this make me feel like I have a disadvantage. I remember when I started school, grammar was so difficult and confuse. I used to avoid this subject for a long time, it made me feel so sad and I couldn’t understand why grammar was so harder when others students were able to write with less errors that I did . But I realize that I have to face this problem if I did't it, I wont be able to graduate. Then I change my mindset to be positive on any circumstances. I knew if I practice and I do extra work I will be able to write with less grammar errors. I find out that learning to speak and write at least one whole language already, something that grow ups find very hard to do. I won't judge myself anymore. I have experienced success and I am confident I can learn more. I also need to learn how to manage my time effectively to achieve my learning goals and I have to find good techniques to help me understand, organize, and remember new facts and ideas. 7) Four Academic Mindsets
In the article Teaching Adolescent to Become Learners (Chicago University) talks about four different mindset which are Belonging, Growth Mindset, Self-efficient, and Relevance/Purpose. I relate to the growth mindset. I believe that abilities can be developed and we can improve our intelligence base on hard work. Honestly, years ago I used to have a fixed mindset. I believed the smarts kids were born with special talent. They were prodigy to me. I remember one day I took a minute to think about some skill or activity that I had been unable to do in my life in spite of putting effort. I remember that I used to say “ Are you sure you can do this? Maybe I don't have the talent or the ability”. I used to put negative thoughts in my mind every time that I couldn't do a task on the firs try and I used to gave up. When I think about those back days, it makes me feel mad. I can't understand how I was so blind, afraid and silly by then. Finally, thanks God I switch to growth mindset. Now, I believe that embrace any challenge it is hard but exiting and fun. I understand life becomes an exiting journey with endless opportunities to figure out new things, interesting things and advance. Furthermore, I know that fail is part of learning, if I try hard at the end I will have the victory. I learn from this lesson that no matter where I am now I can always improve with effort and goo strategies. I saw on Instagram a quote says, “Samuel back one said, ever tried, ever field, no matter, try again, fail better”. By Poet Samuel. 6) Growth and Fixed Mindsets There are two types of mindset we can cultivate. A growth mindset embraces problems as opportunities to learn and sees problems as interesting challenges. A fixed mindset avoids problems often out of fear of fail and is afraid to look stupid and being laughed at. Carol Dweck in “Teachers, Parents often Misuse Growth Mindset Research, Carol Dweck Says” believes many students stumble the idea of intelligence is a “fixed” quality. She says kids with “fixed mindset” avoid conflicts. They do not confront challenges because they’ve assured themselves that they are not good at any subject. Dweck argues parents can help their kids to switch their mindset to a “growth mindset”. The knowledge that the brain is like a muscle. She understands that when kids put an effort they can get smart. According to Dweck’s theory, the parents are making many errors on praising to their kids of telling them that they are brilliant enough. Then, the kids become anxious of challenges and less strong when faced with obstacles. On the other hand, Alfie Kohn in “The perils of Growth Mindset Education” thinks that “fixed mindset” doesn’t have nothing to do with education. Khon believes that Carol Dweck’s idea has been used and about the deep assumption that what students most need a mindset adjustment. Khon thinks schooling still consists of making kids overload forgettable facts into short-term memory. He believes all we have to do is get kids to embrace the right attitude, to think hopefully about their capacity to understand whatever they’ve been given to do. As a result of reading these two article make me think about Dweck and Kohn’s viewpoints. I think it is good to have a “growth mindset” and no matter where we are now, we can always improve with effort, good strategies and help. 5) Hiraeth Writing Process Reflection
Who did I work with to compose my hiraeth project? Was this a good approach ? I worked by myself to compose my hiraeth project. I think it was a good approach. It came easy to me to remember some of my old memories. Memories that I think they will be difficult to forget. Since I was writing about something so special to me, it took me a while to express it in the most specific way. I really enjoy working with this assignment. It brought me many feelings again. What was the most difficult part of my writing process? Why? What did I do to overcome the obstacles? The most difficult part of this assignment was understanding what exactly my teacher was asking for this paper. I was nervous. I wasn't sure how to do it. Also, it was difficult to write all my memories with some specific words in order to show them and the readers could imagine my memories. I think I haven't overcome the obstacles yet. I need to work and practice more in order to be a better writer. When did I write this project? Good approach? I wrote this assignment on three days after work most of them late night. This was the best approach I could do because I had enough time to do it and my family couldn't distract me. They were sleeping or weren't at home. For me this was a good approach. Where did I write this project? Good approach?I wrote this assignment at my dinner room. It was a great approach because I have a big table which I used as my desk and I have plenty light. I love to do my homework in my dinner room. Why did I choose to write about my chosen hiareth? I chose to write about my grandma’s house and my childhood because I miss those beautiful days when I didn't have worries or any problems. How will I adapt/revise my writing process for future revision of the hiraeth assignment. I think I need to have more time to do it. I will look for a tutor to help me organize my memories in order to do a better work. I would like to find a better way to express my stories to my readers. Hiraeth Narrative
I wake up Saturday morning in a big room at my grandma’s house. The room is quite big, there are two full beds and a giant closet. My sisters, cousins and I share this room where is full of memories. They try to wake up but it is hard for them to do it because we went to bed really late last night. We were talking and sharing haunted and paranormal stories. Scary stories are our favorites one, so because of that most of my cousins couldn't sleep well. However, I am so excited today because I know that beautiful and fun days are coming. We will not have school for a long time because we are in vacations. It is summer and the weather is warm and beautiful. This morning the sun looks happy and the sky has mesmerizing blue color. At this time, the breakfast smell gets more intense as I walk to the kitchen. I see my grandma who already took a cold shower as always she does and went to El Mercado (supermarket) to buy the groceries and special fresh ingredients that she will use to make Mole ( a Mexican dish). I can’t wait to taste it. Previously, I run to my grandma’s arms and give her a big hug and kiss. I feel so bless to see her one more day. I thank God for everything and ask to care my parents who are in the United States. Then, I see on the stove a pan of scramble eggs and ham next to a pot of delicious hot chocolate. She asks me to get my sisters and cousins to the dinner room. She says, “ Breakfast is ready, to eat and to Mass once notice is given”. We better run as a crazy to the table if not grandma will be grumpy. I make my way to the dinner room, where there is a big round table with eight chairs. The table is in front of a giant window where I can see my grandma’s marvelous garden. Finally, she asks us to sit down. We seat while my grandma put the food on the table. As soon as we got our plates we start eating, during the breakfast we are talking and planning what we will be playing when we finish it. After, we finish breakfast we run to the garden where we use to play since ever. The garden has fragrant and colorful plants. I can see a pink aster, yellow sunflower, red dahlia and my favorite one the Mexican passion flower. It appearances is vine and shrub, the flower is an exquisite combination of green and red, or yellow and purple. It is so gorgeous. My grandma’s garden is truly beautiful. I make a little walk through, the rows of flowers leave me feeling very peaceful with the splendors of nature around me. Magnificent flowers everywhere even inside of the house. A warm love, I can feel at my grandma’s house. I feel so content, gratified and blessed at my grandma’s house. At the moment, I realize that my grandma’s house has a marvelous unique essence that is hard to compare with others. At the entrance of the house, I can perceive the delicious aromas of my grandma’s cooking already. The delectable scent of Mole poblano the thick, rich, chocolate tangy souse made by my grandma. Absolutely the smell of my grandma’s food makes me run to the kitchen again without thinking. Her homemade food is unforgettable as her wonderful garden. In addition, this house is not a place but is a feeling. I remember my mom saying that. Now understand what she meant. This house a is warm, pretty and secure place. The place where I feel free and special by my family. The house where every holiday my whole family get together to celebrate any occasion. It is the place where all the members of my family have many memories. I remember this day like it was yesterday. Life was so wonderfully magical. There was no worry. Since my wonderful journey began, there has not been a day or night for a long time that I do no think of back to this beautiful, magic, extraordinary house one more time. Everybody has a fabulous and especial place or memory for many reasons; I do as well, I still remember my own peace of heaven and my unforgettable memories. 4) My Hiraeth
I remember the moment of saying goodbye to my grandma. My mom and dad left my sisters and I in Mexico when I was nine years old to come to the United States. I was raised by my grandma for many years. My grandma is like a mother to me. A few year later, my parents decided to bring my sisters and I to the United States. I had mixed feelings. I was really happy because I was going to live with my parents but at the same time I was really sad that my grandma is not coming with us. One day my mom called and told my sisters and me to get ready because we were coming to the United States. I couldn't believe it. I never thought that I would come to this beautiful country. Finally, the final day came I was not happy at all. I did not want to leave my friends, my cousins, my dog (Terry), and the most important my grandma who was my mentor, motivation, my everything. I couldn't imagine living without her. That day I only wanted one person with me in the airport, my grandma, a strong wise and worldly woman, who gave me countless pieces of good advice and always generous with her words. When the time came to leave, she would know what to say. She would know how to act and she would give me the strength I needed. I was suddenly bombarded with silly yet mandatory questions, “ Got your passport?, got everything you need, when does your flight get in?, take care your sisters!”. I couldn't believe this was happened. Finally, my flight was called. It was time. We as a family began to make the short walk to the gate. I was thinking this is going to hurt. As expected, my sisters and my grandma were in tears. I couldn't resist and started to cry a little bit. We shared a genuine moment at the gate as we said goodbye and I was reminded how much my grandma loves my sisters and me. It was hard for her to let us go. I hug my grandma and I couldn't let her go. We did not know when I would see her again. She was devastated we were leaving. Saddlery, I began to crumble. I had remained strong throughout, but it was all getting a bit much. My eyes filled up, my lip began to tremble and I knew I was about to fall apart. But before I could, she interjected with some more wise word. Oh my lovely grandma how I miss her. I wanted her advice and I wanted to remember it. I worried that I would never see her in good health again. Head down, passport and boarding, I took a deep breath and made a turn for the gate. My eye had been pushing back tears for the las few minutes. I couldn't keep them dry any longer. I looked back only once, to let out a forced smile. And then I turned the corner. It was done I had officially left. |
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