Do Now 4/8/14

I think this quote is saying that a person cannot achieve success without striving for success. If a person wants something, they should work for it. No pain, no game is the best  saying to sum this quote up.

Do Now 4-3-14

Attitude is the mind's paint brush; it can color any situation.  

                                                                         ~Anonymous

The way a person looks at situations can determine the severeness of the solution to a situation. With a positive attitude, a person can accomplish anything that is thrown at them.

 

Do Now 4/1/14

"You're either part of the solution or the part of the problem."
                                                              ~Eldridge Cleaver
Their is always a reason to be with a person. You could be helping a person or bringing them down. 

Do Now 3-26-14

"Truth is powerful and it prevails."

                               ~Sojourner Truth

As always said, the truth will set you free. Telling the truth is the most powerful thing that a person can do. The truth is always the best option because if you do not tell the truth, then a person can never trust you.

Do Now 3/24/14

Diversity is not about how we differ. Diversity is about embracing one another's uniqueness.

                                                                                                                               ~Ola Joseph
I think this quote is saying that diversity is not about the physical attributes of a person. The things that a person can accomplish very well is what a person should focus on. This was the main conflict back in the days of The Civil Rights Movement. Keep on doing what you like and you will succeed.

Do Now 3/19/14

"The past is a ghost, the future is a dream. All we ever have is now."
                                                                                         ~Bill Cosby
I think this quote is saying that a person shouldn't think abut the past or the future, just worry about what is going on now. The past is irrelevant because anything that already happened cannot be changed. However, a person can change their future by doing things that are the best for you NOW.

Commentary 3/20/14

Eric Mcpherson March 20, 2014 "Past is the Ghost"
Ja'Quala Smith March 19, 2014 Do Now 3/19/14

Commentary 3/18/14

Angel Morris 3/17/14 Do Now 3/17/14
Jamal Hughes 3/17/14 Do Now
Kyla Simone 3/17/14 Do Now 3/17/14

Do Now 3-17-14

There is always a king in every crowd. Why not you...??

This quote is saying a person can be a king if he tries. Being that one person to try to succeed the most can put you in that position of being a king. By saying "King", this quote is not saying this as being royalty, it is saying to act as if you had royal tendencies by doing what you do best.

Commentary 2-27-14

Deshaun Newsome donow 2-26-14

Angel Morris Do Now 2-26-14

Do Now 2-26-14

Vision without action is daydreaming; acting without vision is a nightmare.

                                                                                             ~Chinese Proverb

Having a vision is nothing without action. This means that you are procrastinating. Acting without having a vision is like running around like a chicken with its head cut off. This means that you must plan before you do, otherwise, you are wasting your time.

Do Now 2-24-14

In matters of style, Swim with current, In matters of principle, stand like a rock.
                                                                                              ~Thomas Jefferson

If you want to be socially accepted ,keep up with the latest styles. If you want to be morally accepted and respected, be your own person. When it comes to making decisions regarding your beliefs and principles, don't look at what everyone else is doing but rather do what’s in your heart. Your principles are what make you unique and special. Swimming with the current when it comes to principles is the easy way out, it means you’ve compromised your principles in order to be socially accepted.

commentary 2-21-14

Mariyah Mannie Do Now 2-20-14
Kyla Simone Do Now 2-20-14

Do Now 2-19-14

The difference between a successful person and others is not lack of strength, not lack of knowledge, but rather lack of will.
                                                                                                                                          ~Vince Lombardi
I think this quote is saying, just because a person is strong doesn't mean they won't be successful. Just because a person has knowledge doesn't mean they will be successful. It is the will of a person that can bring them to shine above all other aspects.

Commentary 2-18-14

Ja'Quala Smith 2-14-14
Kayla Brown 2-12-14

Do Now 2-17-14

ALL I know is I tried my best.
                            ~Tiger Woods

If you try, you are most likely to succeed. He tried, so he succeeded most of the time. He tried his best to be the best, and now he is the best.

Commentary 2-13-14

Kyla Simone February 12, 2014
Angel Morris February 12, 2014

Commentary 2-12-14

Angel Morris 2-10-14
Angela Chambers 2-11-14

Do Now 2-11-14

"What is granted is often taken for granted."
                                             ~Father Gerry Hurley
This quote is saying, you give someone an inch, and they take a mile. People try to take advantage of what you do for them. They don't know how far to go with you, so they test you to find out your limits.

Do Now 2/10/14

"The surest way NOT to fail is to determine to succeed."
                                                                       ~Richard Sheridan

I think this quote is saying that a person cannot achieve success without striving for success. If a person wants something, they should work for it. No pain, no game is the best  saying to sum this quote up.

Commentary 2-7-14

Deshaun Newsome february 5, 2014
Kyla Simone february 4, 2014

Commentary 2/6/14

Eric Mac 2-5-14
Jamal Huges 2-4-14

Do Now 2-5-14

" What you DO speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say"
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
I think this quote is saying that actions speak louder than words. If a person has the most extensive vocabulary, but no good body language then they will not go anywhere compared to people with a normal vocabulary and excellent body language.

Do Now 2/3/14

"What makes  good father isn't what you leave for your son, but what you leave within your son."
                                                                                                                                    ~Michael Irving
I think this quote is saying look past the materialistic things and give him things that only his heart may understand. Money is not everything, but love and affection just might be. If a father shows his son love and affection, then he will know how you feel about him.

Commentary 1/27/14

Deshaun Newsome 1/23/14

Do now 1/24/14

In three words i can sum up everything I've learned about life. "It GOES ON"
                                                                                                        ~Robert Frost
This quote is saying that no matter what happens, if you are not killed from it, then you will just have to move on. Everything must come to an end and a person must learn to move on. Therefore, "Life GOES ON"

Do Now 1/22/14

Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
                                                                                                                 ~Dr. Martin Luther King
Just because a person doesn't know everything about something, they should still give it a try. Instead of going by what is seen, they should go by how they feel. Like a book, a person would never know what to do unless they open up.

Commentary 1/23/14

Ja'Quala Smith 1/22/14
Jamal Hughes 1/22/14

Culture In Music Cognition

Culture in music recognition refers to the impact that a person's culture has on their music cognition, including their preferences, emotion recognition, and musical memory. Musical preferences are biased toward culturally familiar musical traditions beginning in infancy, and adults' classification of the emotion of a musical piece depends on both culturally specific and universal structural features. Individuals' musical memory abilities are greater for culturally familiar music than for culturally unfamiliar music. The sum of these effects makes culture a powerful influence in music cognition.

Culturally bound preferences and familiarity for music begin in infancy and continue through adolescence and adulthood. People tend to prefer and remember music from their own cultural tradition. Familiarity for culturally regular meter styles is already in place for young infants of only a few months' age. The looking times of 4 to 8 month old Western infants indicate that they prefer Western meter in music, while Turkish infants of the same age prefer both Turkish and Western meters. Both groups preferred either meter when compared with arbitrary meter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_in_music_cognition 

I think this article is not accurate because if a person feels that he or she likes a kind of music that their culture does not like, then they are not betraying their culture, that music is just their preference.
Do you think culture has something to do with music preference? Explain.

Commentary 1-22-14

Angel Morris, 1-21-14
Kayla Brown, 1-21-14

Do Now 1/17

"I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life, and that is why I succeed."
                                                                                                                                        ~Michael Jordan

To succeed a person must fail. There is always going to be  bump in the road somewhere, you just have to keep moving on. As long as you keep your momentum, you will get where you need to be.
                                                                                                                                     ~Derion Anderson

Do Now 1/16

"Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others; it is the ONLY means."
                                                                                                                     ~Albert Einstein
Basically this quote is saying there is no other way to influence anyone accept setting an example. Everyone has someone to look up to. A person's role model sets an example, which is why a person looks up to that role model.
                                                                                                                     ~Derion Anderson 

Commentary 1/15

Kyla Williams, January 14, 2014
Mariyah Mannie, January 14, 2014

Understanding of the Do Now

"Life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% of how I reaction to it."
                                                                                        ~Charles Swindell





Life depends on your reactions to things that happen because every cause has an effect.

My New Year's Resolution

My New Year's Resolution is to be a better student.

1. Be more respectful.
2. Don't do anything to get in trouble.