Best of Week: Two Different World
This week has been passing by in a rapid pace until our class was introduced to a documentary film called "Born Into Brothels." To tell you the truth, I was really surpised and shocked by the title at the first sight. However, just like the old saying, I shouldn't have judged the book by it's cover and should have waited until we were properly introduced to the film. Unlike what title suggests, this movie portrays a real life of the childrens growing up in the brothels in India. To be more specific, it is a documentary film about bright young childrens that lacks the support from their parents due to financial problems. Because of this reason, these children had almost no chance of escaping out of the brothels and their future was guided by a dim light.
What surprised me the most when I was watching this film is the fact that the childrens in the brothels were quite bright and seemed to be showing happiness even though they were living in one of the poorest and dangerous surroundings that this behavior seems to be nearly impossible. To add to this idea, they were growing up with parents and people who treated them like animals and did not show any sign of respect toward their children. However, even with all these negative surrounding characteristics, children did not give up and made into near by school for their education. They must have believed and saw that education and knowledge is the only way that they will be able to survive.
After watching the entire film, i felt that this movie is one of the few movies that I thought was meaningful and time well spent. I now truly realize how lucky I'm to be living in an area surrounded by all the support and protection that one can ask for. Also, it retaught me a lesson that the way you deal with the surroundings will greatly affect the happiness and joy that you get out of from your life. Last but not least, we should be thankful about all the things that we do have because there is a high chance that there might be people who cannot afford it even with their high effort.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Connection: David Sarnoff and School
Connection: David Sarnoff and School
Last week during our English class, our class came across a rewarding article called "The Televisionary by Malcolm Cladwell." To give you a little insight, it was the story about the several brilliant guys that were actually involved in developing the first television which included Philo Farnsworth, David Sarnoff, and etc. When I was reading the article I was surprised by how Farnsworth's approach and David Sarnoff's approach was completely different in a way that one became successful but the other has almost been forgotten, even though he played a major role in developing the technologies for making the first television. To be more specific, Farnsworth believed that forming a trust between the inventors were not the answer and only believed in having the title of invention just for himself. On the other hand, Sarnoff believed in forming a trust and providing the researchers with a space and environment for them to come up with even better results. By doing that, he was able to earn the position where he was known to the world that he was the inventor of televison. I believe that this story has a lot of lesson behind it.
However, the details above is not the main point that I want to talk about today. What I really want to talk about is the connection that I felt was in place between David Sarnoff's view toward the world and the school that we attend everyday as a student. When I was reading the article I felt that the way David Sarnoff provided the brilliant researcher's to actually use their creative knowledges into creating something greater than they ever imagined is closely related to teacher's in school teaching us a valuble lesson and ability to apply creativity in our regular life and in creating our own future. Also, depending on how we apply that knowledge in reality might grant us something truly valuable that we will be known for or lead us to nowhere even with the great effort that has been put in place.
When I was thinking about the connections that I thought of in the above paragraph, it taught me a useful lesson; that even if I have a great creativity living in my head, as long as I don't apply it into the real life situation it is useless. In addition, It is important to realized the right thing to do at the right time. What I mean by this is that what I have right now as a resource and the time for learning will not be available in the near future due to the competition of the competitive world and to live among it. After all, I found a great connection between David Sarnoff and School; and by thinking more deeply into it, I was able to learn the true lesson that hid behind that curtain.
Last week during our English class, our class came across a rewarding article called "The Televisionary by Malcolm Cladwell." To give you a little insight, it was the story about the several brilliant guys that were actually involved in developing the first television which included Philo Farnsworth, David Sarnoff, and etc. When I was reading the article I was surprised by how Farnsworth's approach and David Sarnoff's approach was completely different in a way that one became successful but the other has almost been forgotten, even though he played a major role in developing the technologies for making the first television. To be more specific, Farnsworth believed that forming a trust between the inventors were not the answer and only believed in having the title of invention just for himself. On the other hand, Sarnoff believed in forming a trust and providing the researchers with a space and environment for them to come up with even better results. By doing that, he was able to earn the position where he was known to the world that he was the inventor of televison. I believe that this story has a lot of lesson behind it.
However, the details above is not the main point that I want to talk about today. What I really want to talk about is the connection that I felt was in place between David Sarnoff's view toward the world and the school that we attend everyday as a student. When I was reading the article I felt that the way David Sarnoff provided the brilliant researcher's to actually use their creative knowledges into creating something greater than they ever imagined is closely related to teacher's in school teaching us a valuble lesson and ability to apply creativity in our regular life and in creating our own future. Also, depending on how we apply that knowledge in reality might grant us something truly valuable that we will be known for or lead us to nowhere even with the great effort that has been put in place.
When I was thinking about the connections that I thought of in the above paragraph, it taught me a useful lesson; that even if I have a great creativity living in my head, as long as I don't apply it into the real life situation it is useless. In addition, It is important to realized the right thing to do at the right time. What I mean by this is that what I have right now as a resource and the time for learning will not be available in the near future due to the competition of the competitive world and to live among it. After all, I found a great connection between David Sarnoff and School; and by thinking more deeply into it, I was able to learn the true lesson that hid behind that curtain.
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Captured Thought: The Truth About Creativity
Captured Thought: The Truth About Creativity
The word "creativity" has had a mysterious hidden meaning deep in my mind for a long time. In addition, it was not really obvious for me to know what it really was since it is not a visible, and specific word. By the time I got into elementary school, I've already been hearing about the importance of this word that wasn't really easy to see the true identity of countless times. In fact, it was once believed to be a talent that you were born with that cannot be taught.
However, This idea changed completely after I read the article "The Creativity Crisis by Po Bronson, and Ashley Merryman" actively, with the new technique of annotating. When I first read the article, it felt like I just figured out the answer of a question that I've been desperately searched for years. In the article, they've made clear that creativity, in fact, can be taught and the main idea of interchangeability between divergent thinking and convergent thinking playing a key role in creative thinking. The story that amazed me the most from the article was the Donald Treffinger's fact-finding, which was about the fifth graders finding a solution about the ways to reduce the noise in the library of their school. In my opinion, I think that this example showed us the model of education for teaching creativity and as a result of the project, the kids used convergent and divergent thinking and came to a great solution.
After learning about the creativity and the fact that it can be taught, I've realized few things that I didn't have a chance to think specifically about before; the view that I see a certain thing might not be what others might see and that it is really important for me to understand those things, but at the same time, it is more important for me to have the ability to use that knowledge in a real life. Once again, I think that this article truly helped me with capturing the important thought that I've had for years.
The word "creativity" has had a mysterious hidden meaning deep in my mind for a long time. In addition, it was not really obvious for me to know what it really was since it is not a visible, and specific word. By the time I got into elementary school, I've already been hearing about the importance of this word that wasn't really easy to see the true identity of countless times. In fact, it was once believed to be a talent that you were born with that cannot be taught.
However, This idea changed completely after I read the article "The Creativity Crisis by Po Bronson, and Ashley Merryman" actively, with the new technique of annotating. When I first read the article, it felt like I just figured out the answer of a question that I've been desperately searched for years. In the article, they've made clear that creativity, in fact, can be taught and the main idea of interchangeability between divergent thinking and convergent thinking playing a key role in creative thinking. The story that amazed me the most from the article was the Donald Treffinger's fact-finding, which was about the fifth graders finding a solution about the ways to reduce the noise in the library of their school. In my opinion, I think that this example showed us the model of education for teaching creativity and as a result of the project, the kids used convergent and divergent thinking and came to a great solution.
After learning about the creativity and the fact that it can be taught, I've realized few things that I didn't have a chance to think specifically about before; the view that I see a certain thing might not be what others might see and that it is really important for me to understand those things, but at the same time, it is more important for me to have the ability to use that knowledge in a real life. Once again, I think that this article truly helped me with capturing the important thought that I've had for years.
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