To Facebook or Not to Facebook?

I personally do not enjoy Facebook. I used to have one but I don't have it anymore. I don't do it because it got really lame for me. But I think it can be somewhat benefitial because you can connect with others, can look at people's photos, see what other peoples up to, and more. Some people does get too exagerrated that they would post WHAT EVER THEY DO IN EVERY SECOND OF THEIR LIFE. The risk of using facebook is, you post something and everyone in whole world can see your post, pictures, and sometimes phone number. Picture can go anywhere in internet without knowing. Your private stuffs can be revealed to anyone. From the article (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/16/magazine/why-facebook-is-after-your-kids.html?_r=0) I also think that kids under 13 should not do facebook. They are too young to control their privacy and they are not careful with it. I did have 'myspace' (wow, how long ago was that!) when I was in junior high, and I did post something stupid and I had to erase the account. My younger brother has facebook and I told him not to make one but he said that all of his friends ha one and that he feels left out not having one. So I had to let him but I still don't think it is a good idea to have facebook to little kids under 13. I mean, some highschool students can't even control themselves posting stupid stuffs!

Vocab #9

Abortive: failing to produce the intended result

Bruit: spread a report or rumor widely

Contumelious: scornful and insulting behavior

Dictum: a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source; a short statement that expresses a general truth or principle

Ensconce: establish or settle

Iconoclastic: characterized by attack on established beliefs or institutions

In medias res: a narrative that begins somewhere in the middle of a story rather than the beginning

Internecine: destructive to both sides in a conflict

Maladroit: ineffective or bungling; clumsy

Maudlin: self-pitying or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness

Modulate: exert a modifying or controlling influence on

Portentous: of or like a portent; done in a pompously or overly solemn manner

Prescience: the power to foresee the future

Quid pro quo: a favor or advantage granted in return for something

Salubrious: health-giving, healthy; pleasant, not run-down

Saturnalia: the ancient Roman festival of Saturn in December; an occasion of wild revelry

Touchstone: a standard or criterion by which something is judged or recognized

Traumatic: emotionally disturbing or distressing; relating to or causing psychological trauma

Vitiate: spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of; destroy or impair the legal validity of.

Waggish: humorous in a playful, mischievous, or facetious manner

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Hamlet remixxx

When I was thinking about Hamlet, I remembered this "Mulan" poster. Like Mulan, Hamlet is hiding himself! In act three he had to break Ophelia's heart so he can get revenge on his uncle. And it's not just Ophelia, he had to fool his friends, his mother, everyone! Sorry for the awful drawing hahah!

Midterm Autopsy

I did well as I expected. Well, I actually did better than I expected because I thought I got many questions wrong on the last section. I did not get much time on the last section of the vocab but I only got two wrong out of whole test :) Quizlet is an awesome place to learn vocabs. It has games, quizes, and many different ways to study them. And since I have app for quizlet, I studied where ever, and when ever. To improve for the final, I need to keep reviewing those vocabs NOW so I won't forget them and has to study whole thing on the last week of final.

Vocab # 8

Abeyance-(N.) A state of temporary disuse or suspension.

Ambivalent- (Adj.) Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.

Beleaguer- (V.) Beset with difficulties

Carte blanche- (N.) Complete freedom to act as one wishes or thinks best.

Cataclysm- (N.) A sudden violent upheaval, esp. in a political or social context

Debauch- (V.) Destroy or debase the moral purity of; corrupt.
(N.) A bout of excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures, esp. eating and drinking

éclat- (N.) brilliant or conspicuous success

Fastidious- (Adj.) Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail

Gambol- (V.) Run or jump about playfully

Imbue- (V.) Inspire or permeate with a feeling or quality: "imbued with deep piety".

Inchoate- (Adj.) Just begun and so not fully formed or developed

Lampoon- (V.) Publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule or sarcasm.
(N.) A speech or text criticizing someone or something in this way

Malleable- (Adj.) Easily influenced; pliable

Nemesis- (N.) The inescapable or implacable agent of someone's or something's downfall

Opt- (V.) Make a choice from a range of
possibilities

Philistine- (N.) A person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts, or who has no understanding of them

Picaresque- (Adj.) Of or relating to an episodic style of fiction dealing with the adventures of a rough and dishonest but appealing hero

Queasy- (Adj.) Nauseated; feeling sick

Refractory- (Adj.) Stubborn or unmanageable

Savoir-faire- (N.) The ability to act or speak appropriately in social situations.

Midterm Reflection

a) What went well?
Midterm was not that bad at all! Good thing I studied :)
b) What didn't go well?
The last part of the test. I didn't really study much on the last Vocab so I struggled a little...
c) How much of the content will stick with you?
Hopefully I can remember all the vocabs for SAT. And I actually think it will because  I studied really hard on this mid-term!
d) What can you learn from the experience to improve for next time?
Next time I am going to review the Vocab every single week so I don't have to study all of them on the week of the midterm!

Dear Ophelia

Dear Ophelia,
I would like to say, stay with Hamlet and don't let him go. However, do not leave your brother and father behind because they are your family. You need to inhibit your madness and understand them too. They might be curmudgeon but look at Hamlet, he is having a difficult times with his father's death. You need to  value your family. I know it will be difficult but you and Hamlet will be well coalesce and fight the troubles. However Ophelia, do not love him as if you can immolate for him and love him till death. That is not love. That is a big disparity between love and obsession. Just think about if you think he can give you the beatitude forever and how much you feel fervid about this love. My letter might be prolix however i hope you think me as protege and trust me. Hopefully you do not follow inveigle. Follow your own mind and heart. Lastly, please do not make stupid choice like Romeo and Juliet.

Love you always.