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Brainstorming ideas: Why medical schools are moving to a flipped classroom style? -Individualized work schedule Popularity of lectures -Standardized delivery for a large group of people What works for me? -Having in person lectures -Working on my own would be a train wreck -Work better alone (people with different priorities) What makes for a good lecture? -Interactive -Entertaining (retains attention) -Diverges from the PowerPoint but stays on topic *At the end of the day, this could boil down to the topic at hand. The best experience I had with a class was when I was interested in the topic and the teacher was very engaging. It was also a time where I had a resurgence of motivation in all facets of life, so there is some underlying variables present.* Writing Draft and Skeleton: Introduction Paragraph on what flipped classroom is and what is the benefits of it Paragraph on why it doesn't work for me Paragraph on the best classroom experience I have had

This video brings up a very commonly argued topic about the age of the current education system and how it no longer targets children in the same manner as it used to. Trying to teach children in an outdated method in a world of technology is like trying to row a boat with a toothpick: you aren't going to get anywhere. I found the animation of the video to just be so exquisite to a point that it was almost distracting. I was appreciating how artistically competent the individual drawing it was, how much of an understanding they had for where they were going with each piece, and their awareness of space that I was distracted sometimes focusing on the artwork rather than the content. But either way, the content was a very common train of thought that I have encountered in many discussions in a number of settings from academia to late night chats with friends. The idea of trying to restructure the whole system from the roots up is a process that just cannot be done. It is necessary,...

I would have preferred to have written this immediately after returning from the symposium, but I got bogged down with other work immediately after. It would have been ideal to reflect on my observations when I had them fresh in mind. Nonetheless, I'll break it down. Initial Presentation: The presentation was conducted to introduce one of the focuses of the organization. It currently is combating substandard housing issues that are quite prevalent in the urban scene. During the presentation, focus was directed to eight categories in which improvement was being directed at: Privacy, Security, Green Exposure, Food Access, Technology, Health, Water + Mold Reduction, and Creativity + Self-Efficacy. Here is where we stepped into the main focus of this symposium, which was reflecting on our own creative processes and spaces (the last category of the eight mentioned). We were given tips on thinking through a storyboard and how to think through problems with a double diamond approach. T...

*Moved from Learn, there is a full word document with comments in the Learn post* *Before reading* I'm attaching a word document with my comments. I'm avoiding pointing at grammatical things, word choice, etc. because I want to rather focus on the content itself and respond to that. I feel like the assignment was intended not to be another editorial process but rather to see how I feel as a reader when reading. So, I'll do my best to try to just focus on the content itself. *After reading* I wasn't sure what was happening in the post because there seems to be a copy of your article posted again in the same post. I wasn't sure if this was two different editions or not, I didn't notice differences at first glance. So, I stuck to the first one with my comments. I think that as a whole, you have the information required to make a very compelling piece, but as it stands right now there needs to be some restructuring. In my comments, I pointed out the places where I...

*First Reactions* The image seems to center around a confrontation between a teenager who is a Trump supporter and a Native American man. The teenager and his fellow Trump supporters seem to be smiling and laughing while the Native American man seems very angry and confrontational. There could be two interpretations of this. The first is that the Trump supporting group is being sarcastic and laughing at the cause and the Native American man. On the other hand, they could just be minding their own business and because they are Trump supporters, the Native American man could be verbally attacking them. It looks more like the latter because everyone around them is a Trump supporter, so it looks like the Native American man went out of his way to confront him. The hat that the kid is wearing gives him a negative connotation.

Who belongs in a city? I'll be honest here, the speaker felt to dissociated from the speech that she was giving. It kept feeling like she was reading straight from a transcript of the piece. It seemed like if I was given the same speech, it would sound the same coming from me or from anyone else. For me, I want to feel like the speaker is talking to the audience, not at them. But that's just being critical of superficial aspects of the talk. The point of the TED talk is to talk about how Lagos is being ripped apart to make room for a modernized, rich-life experience. The old homes and villages are being uprooted to make room for the "new Dubai". This is a prime example of gentrification, where the culture and characteristics of the people of Lagos are being lost to make way for the high-life. The speaker says the issue isn't the slums that exist, it's the societal inequality that put the people in the situation. The slum dwellers aren't the issue, the ...

Supervillains: Do They Exist? Superhero movies and comics have always been a niche part of pop culture. Powerful heroes flying around the world protecting 'normal' people who're helpless at the clutches of evil. The popularity of superheros has only increased over the years. They serve as an oasis free of worry. Their stories always end with the good guys winning, a sanctuary in the grim and macabre news that surrounds us. Lucky for us, we don't need superheroes outside of the fictional universes that they reside in because there are no supervillains to defend us against. But what if they did? Trump's "The Art of the Deal" (Left) and Luthor's "The Unauthorized Biography" (Right) Lex Luthor, a rich businessman with a lifelong grudge against the alien that Superman is, shares striking similarity to the current President, Donald Trump. Trump may not seem to live up to the  extravagance of a supervillain, but the categorization encom...

Supervillains: Do They Exist? Superhero movies and comics have always been a niche part of pop culture. Powerful heroes flying around the world protecting 'normal' people who're helpless at the clutches of evil. Lucky for us, we don't need superheroes outside of the fictional universes that they reside in because there are no supervillains to defend us against. But what if they did? Trump's "The Art of the Deal" (Left) and Luthor's "The Unauthorized Biography" (Right) What villain comes to mind first when you think of the ongoing struggles between heroes and their rivals? Some may think of Spiderman's foes, scientist's and experiments gone mad. Others may think of the evils that Batman fights, sinister rivals with clawing their way up from the bowels of the criminal underworld. Though beings like the Joker or Dr. Octavious may seem cartoonishly exaggerated in the real world, a foe like Superman's archenemy is much mo...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/07/trump-wants-declare-national-emergency-fund-border-wall-heres-why-its-unlikely-work/?utm_term=.e3177e1555f5 Summary Deanna Paul, a journalist from The Washington Post, writes an analytical piece discussing the feasibility of President Donald Trump's threat to circumvent Congressional restrictions and go forth with his plan to build a wall between Mexico and the United States. Not only does the article show the statutes present that give substance to the threat, but also provides future implications that it may have. The reallocation of funds and the seizure of property from private owners creates worry that is nation wide. Three Ideas to Look Into Implications of Reallocating Funding from Army Civil Works Projects Ending the Government Shutdown Military Seizure of Private Property History of Presidential Declarations of National Emergency Similar Articles https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/is-donald-trump-...