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Category Archives: Grade 11
Unit 2 Summary Assignment – Pre-Calc 11
Scrapping Single-Stories and Moving Past Stereotypes – New Media 11
Breaking Barriers and Making Movements – New Media Challenge
What is a single-story? A single-story is when someone is unfairly stereotyping a person or group based off minimal evidence and by their actions. Well, how does change or moving past the single-story start with me? After completing this class challenge, I have learned how I can make a difference by talking to someone new. Before getting to know my classmate Jeck, I just thought he was just the ‘shy guy’ in my class. I never really had the urge to become friends with him, but after getting to know him, we have both learned we have a lot in common. This single story I perceived about Jeck prevented me from getting to know him. After finding out who he is, I have a completely different view of not only him, but of how I presume others.
In class, we watched Adichie’s TED talk, Adichie explained her single-story that she had about her house boy in Nigeria, Fide. All her mother told her family about him was that he was very poor. Her American roommate, however, had a single story about Adichie’s life and lifestyle. After hearing this single-story Adichie’s roommate had about her, Adichie had a change of heart. At that moment, she knew she shouldn’t have had a single story about her house boy Fide and his family. Later, she also remembered another single-story she had made about Mexico and Mexicans immigrating to the U.S. When she finally visited the country, she realized it was not how she imagined it to be. This shows that these stereotypes are very easy to believe and judge others based on them. “The single story creates stereotypes. And the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete,” said Adichie in her TED talk. Adichie realized that we should not make these assumptions about others, because they are not always taken from experience, and instead taken from preconceptions spread by and from others.
This story is very similar to the How to Stop Hating (Country Music) video. This YouTube video of Michael Wesch showed his single story about country music, how he learned to break those stereotypes and find out what country music was about. Michael’s sister was a line dancer, who danced to country music, so Michael thought he would give line dancing and country music a shot. Michael also discovered that country music wasn’t as bad as he made it seem to be, and he ended up enjoying dancing to the music. “It was no longer just a bunch of country folk, I was watching a whole life unfold, the lives I was blessed to watch from the beginning,” said Michael. He finally discovered that he had grown up with this country lifestyle, and when he moved to the city for school, Michael also lost contact with the environment and people that made him into the person he is today. Michael finally found country music as a special part of his life.
Both of these stories demonstrate that we all dislike things without reasoning or giving these things an opportunity to be liked. When we put ourselves in the position to overlook these expectations, we can then work towards a society that does not judge others and groups on how they are perceived to be. When using class discussions to talk about important subjects such as stereotyping, single-stories and racism, I now have a better understanding on how much of an impact I can create by not feeding into these unrealistic propositions.
Blog Log Three – New Media 11
Blog Log Three,
Cancel culture, racism and their consequences
In the article Tales from the Teenage Cancel Culture, a student named Neelam talks about Cancel Culture and explains that, “I don’t think it’s being sensitive. I think it’s just having a sense of being observant and aware of what’s going on around you.” I do not agree in terms of if people aren’t aware of what’s going on around them, that they should be called out and punished for their actions. But instead, I think they should be told and educated on the mistake they had made. I do however believe that people need to be aware of what they say and how it can affect others, especially when using a word in which they are ignorant to its meaning. In my opinion, I think that Cancel Culture can become a form of bullying when people are calling someone out with a harmful intention, rather than focusing on educating the individual about their actions. The difference between free speech and being racist includes a fine line involving racial slurs, condescension of a race/races, and having a lack of respect for an individual/individuals for their race. These are all serious topics which need to be talked about and are becoming more prominent in society. Even though it might seem like everybody knows about racism, people are still uneducated and need to be taught to not be insensitive about it.
Blog Log Two – G-21 is moving forward with a positive outlook despite COVID-19 – New Media 11
Blog Log Two,
G-21 is moving forward with a positive outlook despite COVID-19
The feature photo of the post drew me to this article because it looked like the girls were having fun and intrigued me to read the blog post. The title also mentions how G-12 at Riverside is staying positive, meanwhile their grad year will be a lot different and have less activities than normal. If my grad year wasn’t able to have normal grad and senior year activities, I would be upset about it. I was curious to see how they are staying in a good mindset through everything going on. This article was written to show that not only the seniors that are missing out on the most this school year, but how the other grades should stay positive as well. One of the main ways they are staying positive was by their grad spirit week. The article included how dressing up for certain themes continued their positive mindset.
There isn’t much rich vocabulary, it is posted by a Riverside student, therefore expectingly there wouldn’t be super complicated out of the ordinary vocabulary. There aren’t any metaphors, similes or personification, it is more of a research article including a few quotes. The tone and style is written in an informal voice, the quotes from the interviewee are also from an informal tone of voice. Overall, this blog post was interesting me because it showed me that if this year’s grad year and have fun despite not being able to do regular grad activities, that I should be grateful and keep a positive mindset about missing out on my sports and activities.
SD Project – New Media 11
Here is my Thinglink project of ‘The Social Dilemma’ documentary,
*Theme #2: young people are becoming increasingly more isolated, anxious and depressed; the version of ‘reality’ that is online normalizes the hyper-sexualization of girls and the toxic masculinity of boys; young people feel that they can never measure up to lives and images that are manufactured online, and, therefore, feel depressed and lonely, even suicidal as evidenced by the increased statistics. *
After choosing this theme to use for my project, I have photoshopped social media apps (the large app icons) onto a picture of a phone. The apps Facetune and Tiktok represent social media today, what are popular and used. Facetune is an app used to reshape and blur ‘imperfections’ in photos to make them look ‘perfect’ or ‘better’ than before. The apps NotOK and Good Blocks represent social media apps that help mental health and body image. These apps show that social media can be used for good and for bad reasons, but overall social media is now used by majority of people, and it will continue to become more popular. For this project I have also included quotes from the documentary, links to websites supporting the idea of these quotes and my opinion on how social media has negative and positive aspects.
Blog Log One – ‘Super Healthy’ College Student Dies of Rare Covid-19 Complications – New Media 11
Blog Log One,
‘Super Healthy’ College Student Dies of Rare Covid-19 Complications
The title drew me to the article, because I became curious to know what the reason was that this college student died due to Covid-19 if he was ‘super healthy’. Most people believe that if they’re young, fit and think they’re perfectly healthy, that this virus can’t dramatically affect them and their everyday lives. This article was written to inform people that of they believe those things, that they are completely wrong. That everyone has to do their part to keep themselves and those around them safe by taking safety precautions. The tone and style of this article is informal. Instead of it having a more complex style of writing, the article seems to be directed more towards younger people to specifically inform them and direct them to this story to read. I have learned both from being tested for Covid-19 and having to self-isolate and reading this article that younger adults and teens think that this virus won’t affect them as bad as it would for elders. But, they have failed to realize that it is easier to get the virus than they think. Speaking from personal experience, when I had to get tested, my friends continued to hang out, even though they knew I could’ve spread it to them. I feel like younger generations have failed to realize that when they put themselves at risk, they put their friends, classmates, family, parents, their jobs, co-workers and who they work with at risk. This article made me reflect on how careless I have been about what I touch and thinking that if I got Covid-19 that it wouldn’t be a big deal. But instead it is something I should be cautious about and I shouldn’t take it lightly.
New Media 11 – Visual Resume
Here is my visual resume:
Neurons – Psychology 12
Neuron structure & function –>
https://askabiologist.asu.edu/neuron-anatomy
A neuron has three main parts:
- The cell body
- Dendrites
- An axon
How an action potential moves along the neutron fibre-
If the input of a neuron receiving input from another neuron using a neurotransmitter is strong enough, the neuron will pass the signal to downstream neurons. Transmission of a signal (within a neuron travelling in the direction from dentrite to axon terminal) is carried out by the opening and closing of voltage gated ion channels. This causes a brief reversal of resting membrane potential to create an action potential. As the action potential travels down the axon, the polarity changes across the membrane. Finally, the signal reaches the axon terminal and stimulates other neurons. The action potential makes its way down the axon, while it’s membrane polarized and re-polarizes. the Anode of Ranvier is the naturally formed gap in the myelin sheath along the axon. While action potential jumps from one node to another in saltatory production, also known as air kisses.
Functions-
Dendrites: Dendrites are projections of a neuron that receives signals from other neurons. Information is transferred from one neuron to another though chemical signals and electric impulses, also known as electrochemical signals.
Axon: Axons allow neurons to transmit electrical and chemical signals to other cells. The neurons can also receive these signals through rootlike extensions, also known as dendrites.
Cell body: The cell body of a neuron contains the nucleus and other common structures to living cells. These structures support the chemical processing of the neuron; the most important of which is the production of neurotransmitters.
Myelin Sheath: The myelin sheath of a neuron consists of fat-containing cells which insulate the axon from electrical activity. This insulation acts to increase the rate of transmission of signals. The cap existing between each myelin sheath cell alongside the axon.
Nodes of Ranvier: The nodes of Ranvier are the gaps formed between the myelin sheath where the axons remain uncovered. Since the myelin sheath is largely composed of an insulating fatty substance, the nodes of Ranvier allow the generation of a fast impulse alongside the axon.
Terminal branches of axon: The axon terminal is the most distal portion of a neuron’s axon, it is critical for neural communication. When the action potentials reach the axon terminal, calcium floods the neuron, which allows synaptic vesicles to fuse with the membrane and release stored neurotransmitters to target cells. This results in allowing communication between stimulated neurons and target cells.
How do neurons carry messages & communicate with each other?-
Neurons communicate by an electrical impulse trigger which releases neurotransmitters from the axon to the synapse. The neurotransmitters cross the synapse and bing together to special molecules called receptors located on the other side. Receptors are found on the dendrites. Receptors receive and then process the message. Electrical stimulation is transmitted onto dendrites by upstream neurons, usually by their axons. They are transmitted by synapses located at different points throughout the dendritic tree. Dendrites play a significant role in integrating these synaptic inputs and in determining the extent to which action potentials are produced by the neuron.
Synapse structure & function –>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excitatory_synapse
The synapse consists of three elements:
- The presynaptic membrane, formed by the terminal button of an axon
- The postsynaptic membrane, composed of a segment of a dendrite or cell body
- The space between these two structures, the synaptic cleft
How as signal is sent from axon of sending neutron to dendrite of receiving neuron-
Dendrites extend from the neuron cell body and receive messages from other neurons. Synapses are the contact points where one neuron communicates with another. The dendrites are covered with synapses formed by the ends of axons from other neurons. When a nerve impulse arrives at the end of the axon, neurotransmitters are released. They then travel to the dendrite of another neuron, carrying the nerve impulse from one neuron to the next.
How does the receiving neuron “determine” wether or not to send its own action potential-
Dendrites receive synaptic imputes from axons, using the sum total of dendritic inputs determining whether the neuron will fire an action potential. An action potential travels the axon and causes release of neurotransmitter into the synapse.
Gila structure & function –>
https://www.verywellhealth.com/what-are-glial-cells-and-what-do-they-do-4159734
The gila structure consists of two parts:
- The brain
- The spinal cord
What do Schwann cells do & where are they found?-
Also known as an neurilemma cell, Schwann cells are any of the cells in the peripheral nervous system which produce the myelin sheath around neuronal axons.
What do Astrocytes do & where are they found?-
Astrocytes are present in the brain and spinal cord. They are most abundant and diverse glial cells found in the CNS. They regulate the transmission of electrical impulses within the brain.
What do ependymal cells do & where are they found?-
Ependymal cells line the ventricles of the brain, located at a specialized structure called the choroid plexus, which found in each ventricle. These cells form a secretory epithelium which produces the CSF and fills the ventricles while bathing the entire CNS.
Bibliography
https://biologydictionary.net/dendrite/
https://www.healthline.com/health/neurons
https://psych.athabascau.ca/html/Psych289/Biotutorials/1/myelin.shtml
https://biologydictionary.net/axon-terminal/
https://www.drugabuse.gov/sites/default/files/mod3.pdf
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-biology/chapter/how-neurons-communicate/
https://psych.athabascau.ca/html/Psych289/Biotutorials/1/synapse.shtml
https://qbi.uq.edu.au/brain-basics/brain/brain-physiology/action-potentials-and-synapses
https://www.britannica.com/science/Schwann-cell
https://human-memory.net/astrocytes/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/ependymal-cell