Why this Book?

   I picked Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom because my mom recommended it then as I began to read it I was hooked and wanted to learn about him and his teacher and I plan on finishing it to find out what all happens, because I;m very interested

Vocab #2

Accoutrements: clothing accessories
-Girls have accoutrements on everyday
Apogee: highest point or climax
-the people who climbed Mount Everest reached the apogee in the world
Apropos: perfect timing
-when i got to class it was apropos
Bicker: to get in a petulant argument
-I hate when my friends bicker
Coalesce: to come together
-In history for an assignment five people had to coalesce
Contretemps: an inopportune occurrence
-whenever kids talk while the teacher is talking it is contretemps
Convolution: a rolled up or coiled condition
- the burrito is in a convolution
Cull: to pick
-authors get to cull the ending
Disparate: distinct in type
-skunks are very disparate
Dogmatic: certain of truth
-if you have facts for your opinion you must be dogmatic
Licentious: unprincipled in sexual matters
-the little boy is very licentious
Mete: to distribute
-the pizza delivery man meted the pizzas
Noxious: harmful to health
-the chemicals made me noxious
Polemic: strong verbal attack
-two girls we crying because they had just been in a polemic
Populous: a dense population
-China is very populous
Probity: strong moral principles or integrity
-when my sister was younger she had no probity
Repartee: conversation characterized by quick witty remarks
-the two old men over there got into a repartee
Supervene: something additional that occurs
-in every class there is a supervene event
Truncate: to cut short
-he was telling a story but it was truncated
Unimpeachable: impossible to question
-the dog is unimpeachable

My Opinion Isn't a Right

-Interdependence: depending on everyone.
-Saying I have the right to my own opinion is not always true but can help you in an argument if the other person doesn't know how to respond or know what they are talking about.
-Anyone can have their own opinion, but that doesn't mean they are correct.
-You aren't completely free to have your own opinion.

Vocab #1

Adumbrate: to foreshadow something
-the beginning of that story didn't really adumbrate the topic.
Apotheosis: climax
-almost every story has an apotheosis although every story should.
Ascetic: self discipline
-in karate they teach you to be ascetic.
Bauble: no importance
-if everything on our blogs were to give bauble to the course it would be bad.
Beguile: to deceive
-the mime beguiled the audience so they really thought he was in a box.
Complement: to complete something or comment on perfection
-the teacher complemented me on my haircut.
Contumacious: disobedient
-the thief was very contumacious.
Curmudgeon: bad tempered or angry oldman
-that curmudgeon gave me a dirty look for waking him up.
Didactic: designed to teach
-books are didactic.
Disingenuous: not straight forward
-she was very disengenuous because she always spoke under her breathe.
Exculpate: to prove not guilty
-evidence helped exculpate the criminal.
Faux Pas: socially awkward act
-whenever I'm with my friends some stuff we do is faux pas.
Fustian: a loud noise
-the fustian came from that car that back fired.
Hauteur: arrogance
-my dog shows hauteur when he sees smaller dogs
Inhibit: to inspect
-birds always inhibit a location before they lay their eggs
Jeremaid: a complaint
-the curmudgeon always has a jeremaid
Opportunist: a person who takes opportunities
-the volunteer was an opportunist
Unconscionable: not listening to your own conscience
-I was unconscionable and ended up making the wrong decison

My Big Question

   I guess my Big Question would be what would be classified as a big question? I think all questions deserve an answer but something that may be my big question might not be someone else's and may be simple to them but someone else's big question could be simple to me, or maybe we are interested in each other's questions and both are wondering the same thing. How do you know if a big question is a big question and not just a normal question, or are all questions big questions?

Follow up on Levi's Go Forth Commercial

  Last year I took Dr. Preston's junior American Literature class and we did this same assignment and I thought it was a cool commercial and after memorizing the poem I felt as if I better understood it. This year when we were told we needed to memorize it I was like ok I did this last year but I was thinking I needed to read memorize it, but that was not the case after reading over it twice it came back to me and I knew it! I was very surprised I did due to it being an English class assignment.

The Final Question has been Answered!

The Big Questions!