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     Hundred Years Senses Annotation for ALL Chapters

Essay #1 Draft

"We want our students to ask difficult questions and get lost in rabbit holes of research: we want them to know what it's like to get trapped in dead ends and to learn to write themselves out of such impasses."(P.113,Para.2) We are all taught the "writing formula" that instructs us to have a claim and write about evidence that supports our claim. This "formula" is repetitive because students write about how their evidence supports their claim over again and in the conclusion paragraph. This style of writing, in my experience, was useful in the sense that I knew what I was going to write about but writing in this style for many years have limited my ability in introducing new ideas in my writing. When writing teachers told me not to write yourself into a corner but maybe if I had experimented more with my writing I could have been able to write in a way that does bring in new prospectives.

Q: How does the character form your book 'read the world' so far? A:    Before Olivia's dad died of kidney failure, he revealed he had another daughter in China from his first marriage. Kwan is the name of the sister who is from China. Olivia never felt loved by her mother who was always going out leaving Kwan to take care of Olivia and her siblings. For this reason Olivia resented Kwan because she was more of a mother than her own mother. Overtime Kwan influenced Olivia's imagination or stories and eventually she even learned Chinese reluctantly. Olivia reads the world by how Kwan always influenced and stuck with Olivia. Olivia narrates the times she spent with her sister and re-experieces that by re-telling her experiences. Kwan always shared her beliefs with Olivia and that shaped who she is as the person who is narrating from the future.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mXuT9aaTc4q7s9JmpWeHz4ZAjm5bV2m40RacRdi84e0/edit?usp=sharing Childhood memories- dad work no time for family and had to focus on supporting the family motivate me to learn and thought learning was doing everything the teacher says however I resulted in little knowledge audition- spent all my time thinking bout audition

"Practice looking, and looking again"(pg42, para. 4) When you first glance at a object it might seem plane and simple. However, if you glance several times to observe the object and really examine the structure you will. see the intricate details that make up the object. The object can be examined and influence our perception. I often tend to look over a  lot of things and I have never thought there could be something more to an objet.

Types of Reading Memorizing- Will not result in knowledge Understanding the text Reading the Situation- Lead to understanding of critical perception                                               -Lead to understand about human practice or work transform the world     Reading to help get over our fears  Reading to help connect to the words                                          Examples:In high school, our English teacher made us memorize a poem and made us deliver it to the class. we memorized it but we didn't understand what it meant.  High School the teacher made us read a lot of poems and analyze the text and tested our knowledge on the poems but after the texts our understanding of the poems vanished.

The Importance of the Act of Reading "...reading a text taken as pure description of an object...and undertaken to memorize the description, is neither real reading, nor does it result in knowledge of the object to which the text refers"(pg.5, Para.1) As Freire states, reading without internalizing the information is basically useless. The quantity of books you read does not matter, it is about the quality of the text and how you interpret that information to gain knowledge.

Observe your Habits             During the duration of one day, I took notes on everything I read ranging from class assignments, notes I take in class, and signs I see while walking around campus to mangas, text messages, subtitles in foreign dramas and much more. While reading for  academic subjects, I have noticed I tend to read and process the material when I review over the texts the second time. Some of the material does not stay in my mind unless I have a copy or notes to look back on. On the other hand, when I read things that were not academically related I tend to skim over the words and forget the information more frequently.  As I pass by shops, advertisements, and billboards I read mindlessly. However, when I read things like mangas or subtitles from foreign dramas, my mind retains the information much more efficiently because I read things I have an interest in and is curious to know more about.      ...

Reading Habits of the Mind  I have learned that there are ways for students to learn and the book explores the ideas and methods that are not typically used. It suggests suggests students are to be taught to be creative and go out of their comfort zone and be used to not being comfortable. Most things learned in school are taught for passing the standardized guideline but leaves students unable to immerse theirselves with their community to write about things they are curious about. For example, the five-essay paragraph is used a lot in high school but out of high school the professors expect their student to write a paper that shows their understanding and not just write an essay with a claim and things that back up your claim and go beyond.

"Writers need places where they can compose without intrusions, but they also need engagement with the world and with others....To write, you need not just a room of your own, but a community of your own-one that jostles, disrupts, adds to, and opens new vistas for your thinking."(Pg162,Para.1) We are in the era where technology is everywhere and can be very distracting that is why having a space where you feel you are the most productive is key and to have an environment that inspires you and challenges your way of thinking.

" Experienced writers tend to be curious and attentive. They choose to engage deeply with the sources, ideas, people, and the world they live in. They are mentally flexible, self-reflective, and open to new ways of thinking, attributes that allow them to adapt to unfamiliar circumstances and problems."(Pg 18, Par.1) Being a good writer does not mean following a set of rules but to go out there and engage and immerse yourself within the world to find out information about things you are curious about. Engaging yourself in the world allows you to come up with new ideas.