The Choice

A friend of mine told me of a choice that he had to make. He had to make the choice of will he stay where he is at or will he go move with his grandmother.

His grandmother had just left his grandfather and moved out of state to idaho. She was all alone up there. She had asked him to move out there. He said that he was considering it.

He had moved a lot as a child. He had been alone for a long time so he knew how his grandmother felt. So he decided to go move in with her in Idaho. He knew if he moved out there that he would be alone again but he didnt mind too much because he was pretty lonely where he was at the time and he kind of wanted to see snow so it was allright.

When he did move out there he was lonely, Like he had predicted. He usually went home and stayed there for about 6 hours by himself all alone till his grandmother had gotten home. It wasnt so bad he said. He didnt really regret moving out there far a little while.

Vocab: Spring 2

Accoutrements: Additional items of dress of equipment.

philip had some very nice accoutrements in his basket.

Apogee: The highest point in the developement, the climax.

scary movies can feel like there are numerous apogees.

Apropos: Being at once opprotune and to the point.

apropos our date for another time.

Bicker: Argue about petty and trivial matters.

there bickering was quite annoying.

Coalesce: Come together and form one mass or whole.

the rivers coalesced into a big lake.

Contretemps: An unexpected and unfortunate occurence.

i am glad those contretemps didnt do any lasting damage.

Convolution: A form or part that is folded or coiled.

the tornados convolution speed was what gave it its force.

Cull: Select from a large quantity.

his score was culled from everyone else because it was higher than anybody else.

Disperate: Essentially different in kind; not allowed comparison.

Even though they look the same disperate in little differences.

Dogmatic: Inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true.

he changed dogmatic views everytime he heard a different representative speak.

Licentious: Promiscious and unprincipled in sexual matters.

in strict religous communities, licentious actions are frowned upon.

Mete: Disponse or allot justice, a punishment, or harsh treatment.

if you do a crime then a mete is in order.

Noxious: Harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant.

the way people treat eachother is very noxious.

Polemic: A strong verbal or written attack on someone or something.

the older generation say polemic statements about how this geration is disgraceful.

Populous: Containing many people or inhabitants; having a large population.

the general populous didnt like the mayors wrongful doings.

Probity: The quality of having strong moral principles; honesty and decency.

normal people have a stronger probity than people who hurt people

Repartee: Conversation or speech characterized by quick, witty comments or repplies.

their repartee didn't seem very friendly.

Supervene: occur later than a specified or implied event or action, typically in such away as to change the situation.

they supervened the ball just before the other player could catch it.

Truncate: To shorten by or as if by cutting.

he prepared a long speech but had to truncate it a bit to make time for other speakers.

Unimpeachable: Not able to be doubted, questioned, or criticized.

dictators are almost compleately unimpeachable by their country.

VOCAB #1 PERFORMANCE REVIEW

I did fairly decent on the test. mainly cause i studied a llittle bit. i didnt devotely study but i did when we got the words and before the test but i think i can do even better the next time.

Vocab: Spring 1

Adumbrate: To outline, sketch or forshadow.
The car was a good piece of adumbrated evidence in the trial.

Apotheosis: Glorification of a subject to divine level.
Just because someone runs a military doesnt mean they reached apotheosis levels.

Ascetic: A person who practices self discipline.
The cult only accepted ascetic attitudes.

Bauble: A small showy trinket or decoration.
She was very proud of her bauble collection.

Beguile: To trick or deceit someone.
No one like that Beguiled attitude the suspicious man had at the bar.

Burgeon: To grow rapidly.
The flowers burgeon like weeds with this new fertalizer.

Complement: To make perfect.
Yin needs yang to make a complement combination.

Contumacious: To rebel or resist.
Teens usually have a contumacious attitude to authority figures.

Curmudgeon: An ill-tempered person.
The old man down the street was such a curmudgeon.

Didactic: Intended to teach, Particularly in having moral instruction as ulterior motive.
The teacher had a didactic personality.

THE CHOICE (Questions)

The source: The choice

1. The choice that the article i read reffered too was giving their daughter a medicine that can stop cancer cells from progressing but this also may affect healthy cells that help her grow. she is 5 years old so it is a kind of critical time for a child to develope.

2. To me, this is a really big coice. either you let her die slowly from cancer or you let her take it and she becomes better but there can be risk later on.

3. I feel the author uses the word "poison" because , well it IS Poison everytime he gives his daughter this medicine and it slowly kills her. just like the cancer.

4. I feel she should do what she wants while she can. she may not make it because of the cancer or she may develop some problems later on in life because of the medicine.

5. If i wasnt going to make it past 30. i would want to spend as much time with my family as i could. all the way upto the end.

6. If a family member isnt going to make it for very long i can see a lot of people accepting the discomfort for their loved one. I know i would do anything for my loved ones.

7. suffering isnt a necessary thing in life. but it isnt not needed. some people need a little bit of suffering so that they know what it is like. and suffering can change you quite a bit. for good or for worse. one can only hope it is for good.

8. He describes parts that hurt him in a way that everyone can understand. and we all imagine if that was our child, could we all make the same choices. would we hate ourselves. or would we just not do anything. its a very sad thing to think about.

Hacking My Education

I will be following my passion most likely, if there is a way to relate the subject to animals then i most likely will. animals are still a deep passion of mine so being able to work on animals sounds pretty fun to me.

Start of 2nd semester

I hope this semester is a good one