explain your L.A.N. Local Area Network - all the devices on your internet connection.

My L.A.N. is my home wifi. All the devices in my home are connected to it, including phones and computers.

reflect on what you learned about networks, did you have an OMG moment that you learned something new and interesting? if now write about what you learned.

I did not know about routers and how they take the internet connection and disperse it to all of your devices. I also found where the router is in my house.

what would you tell other people that they need to know about having an ISP/Home network?

Do not get cheated by the system. Cable and Verizon are selling you a lot of stuff that is completely unnecessary.

1) Explain your L.A.N. Local Area Network - all the devices on your internet connection.

A) My phone, my mom’s T.V., and my older brothers laptop are all connected by WIFI. My younger brothers Xbox is connected by an ethernet cable.

2) Reflect on what you learned about networks, did you have an OMG moment that you learned something new and interesting? if now write about what you learned.

A) I found out that if you set up your internet in a high place in your home the internet will be faster and better for the whole house.

What would you tell other people that they need to know about having an ISP/Home network?

A) You should first make sure that the internet service provider is providing you with fast speed internet. That I know of Verizon Fios is the fastest internet provider.

Explain your L.A.N. Local Area Network - all the devices on your internet connection. I have many devices connected to my modem combination router. They are all connected wirelessly to my router. I have four phones connected to 3 Iphones and 1 LG. I also have three laptops connected to my router along with my LG television. Reflect on what you learned about networks, did you have an OMG moment that you learned something new and interesting? if now write about what you learned. I learned that there are many different types of routers. The type of router I have is a modem combination router but there is also many other wireless ones. I also learned that some devices need a cable to be able to get internet connection.

What would you tell other people that they need to know about having an ISP/Home network? I would recommend finding as much information as you can about it before buying it. For example if its wireless if it has ports to connect devices like the playstation or the xbox. Also when you set up the router at your house and they’re wireless put them in one of the higher levels of your class so the internet falls down instead of going up. Which makes it harder and slower for the internet to reach the device.

Explain your L.A.N. Local Area Network - all the devices on your internet connection. I have many devices connected to my modem combination router. They are all connected wirelessly to my router. I have four phones connected to 3 Iphones and 1 LG. I also have three laptops connected to my router along with my LG television. Reflect on what you learned about networks, did you have an OMG moment that you learned something new and interesting? if now write about what you learned. I learned that there are many different types of routers. The type of router I have is a modem combination router but there is also many other wireless ones. I also learned that some devices need a cable to be able to get internet connection.

What would you tell other people that they need to know about having an ISP/Home network? I would recommend finding as much information as you can about it before buying it. For example if its wireless if it has ports to connect devices like the playstation or the xbox. Also when you set up the router at your house and they’re wireless put them in one of the higher levels of your class so the internet falls down instead of going up. Which makes it harder and slower for the internet to reach the device.

The devices connected to my L.A.N are a TV, two iphones, two laptops, a printer ,and an xbox. I learned that internet isn’t magical and that it gets to me by traviling through many diffrent cables and servers. People should know that having more than one wifi network can speed up your connection.

Science: What if I could make an educated guess on how you’re feeling? Sounds easy right? Just look at stuff like your expression and body language and just call an emotion? However, sometimes it is much harder than that. Researches at MIT have created a new system called an EQ radio. This device can predict people’s emotions with an 87% accuracy rate. The EQ radio is smaller than a wifi router. Imagine that! It monitors a person’s breathing and heartbeat wirelessly. This can all happen thanks to the low frequency radio waves that the radio emits. Then, waves are captured, separated and then these measurements are inserted into an algorithm and the person’s emotions are classified as excited, happy, angry or sad.

Society: The EQ radio is innovative because there is no need for the person being monitored to talk or emote for it to figure out how they are feeling. This can be useful in many ways. One potential use of the device is to recognize depression even before the person does. This can be extremely impactful in the process of getting help for the person’s emotional needs. Another potential use is applying them into “smart” homes, where the music played on the speakers are fine tuned to how the person is feeling. It can also help give live feedback to filmmakers while the audience watches their work. These are a few of the ways the device can be applied into the real world.

Self: I think that this device is truly amazing. Emotions are much deeper than just what we show. Sometimes we hide how we feel, sometimes we wish we could get help about how we felt and sometimes we don’t even know how we feel. A device like the EQ radio can really help people with their emotions. Whether that’s figuring out what it is or getting to an emotional problem before the person realizes it themselves. I hope to try out this one day myself!

Citations

Murnane, K. (2016, September 20). Scientists Can Use WiFi To Read Your Emotions. Retrieved October 13, 2016, from http://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinmurnane/2016/09/20/mits-csail-lab-creates-a-system-that-identifies-peoples-emotions-using-wireless-signals/#1b3366cb668d

Gent, E. (2016, October 4). Device Can Read Emotions By Bouncing Wireless Signals Off Your Body. Retrieved October 13, 2016, from http://www.livescience.com/56373-device-uses-wireless-signals-to-read-emotions.html

Poker face no more: MIT unveils device that reads human emotions (VIDEO, POLL). (2016, September 22). Retrieved October 13, 2016, from https://www.rt.com/viral/360226-emotions-mit-research-science/

I zip up my bag, sit on my bed and sigh. My alarm suddenly blares. It is deafening in the quiet house. For the first time since April the central air conditioning was not on. Being alone in the quiet house gave me an eery feeling. I knew my parents would be home soon and I was very anxious for them to be. It was the Saturday of the beginning of my Father and I’s trip to Belgium. Without my laptop at hand I took out my phone. I scrolled through emails and pictures from previous, days, weeks and years, there were many fond memories, trips to different countries or cities. Looking at selfies my classmates took when I was in the bathroom or just not paying attention I laughed a little. I was going to miss my friends even though I was going for a short time. Earlier that day I had worried about the amount of storage both on my laptop and phone. It was irrational I had 20 GB’s free on my phone and over 300 GB’s free on my laptop. Still it was not enough for me. I would not be satisfied until I had used no storage which is an impossible goal. It was a new thing for me to get as much done, have as much space or the most organized thing or device I could put together. It was me growing up and becoming more mature, at least that was what my parents would tell me. To me it felt like an OCD. Suddenly I hear the front door open. Leaving my little world I realize my alarm is still blaring right next to me. “Hi Eli!.” My Mom yells up to me, it was just a habit that whenever my Dad, Mom, Brother or myself come home we yell hi. Returning my Mom’s greeting I walk downstairs. 

“When do we leave?” “We can leave in 15 minutes” my Mom responds checking her phone. Sufficient with the answer I scurry upstairs to change. I had planned on wearing a t-shirt and my most comfortable pair of pants. I slip each leg through the soft insides of my joggers and grab a shirt from my closet. As one arm slips through the short sleeve, I stop. This was not the shirt I wanted to wear. I had not put any thought into if I looked good and to be honest I did not care. The shirt was not comfortable. I stomp over to my luggage and unzip the bag. I grab one of my pajama shirts. I slide the shirt over my head and arms slip my backpack onto my back. I head down the wide stairs that cover my house. When I get downstairs I see my Mom and Dad waiting for me. The car engine is already on and and both my bag and my Dad’s are in the trunk. We hop in the car my Mom driving, my Dad in the passenger seat and me sitting alone in the back. The soft roar of the engine matched with the light whispers of my parents are the only things I hear. The ride to airport is short and the wait in the airport a little longer then the car ride. As we walked over to our gate at the airport we saw a long line that seemed to lead to nowhere. Over the loudspeaker erupted a subtle Belgian accent telling everyone in line to go to their seats. “You may sit down we are boarding from the back, starting with seats 45 to 36.” Laughing to myself the line dispersed and so did my Dad and I. Finally the section our seats fell in were called. We got on the plane a melancholic feeling came over me. The small cushioned seats looked unforgiving, knowing I was going to be there for the next eight hours. A few minutes later the plane starts to move, the hum of the engines grew louder and louder and with that I turned up my headphones. After a long and tiresome flight, we landed in Brussels where we took a train to get to Antwerp. We headed for dinner wandering the populated European streets. It was Sunday and my Dad would begin to work the following day. It would be the first time I was in a foreign city by myself. The next day I slept in, not used to being six hours ahead of Philadelphia. After about an hour I headed out of the hotel and began to explore Antwerp. The city was empty, it was midday on a Monday and most people were either at work or school. I walked into stores and looked around at the old looking buildings. It was different from Philadelphia much different. There were no skyscrapers, cars rarely traveled down the bike ridden streets. I later went to dinner with my dad and some of the people from his math conference. Most things that were said at dinner I did not understand. It was not because of the heavy Russian accents but because Math was their passion. I quietly sat through dinner enjoying my food. The following morning, I woke up and my Dad was gone. He had left for the conference leaving me by myself as I knew I would be. I wondered what I would spend my day doing at worried that I would be in the hotel too long distracted my netflix and facebook or whatever things the internet had to offer. I decided to get up and visit a museum. I never liked museums and rarely went to them but after several hours looking at art, sculptures and upholstery I felt more mature and grownup. I spent more time exploring the foreign city and eventually went back to the hotel to do homework. I had become responsible for myself and my work and worked hard to make sure I did not fall behind. Later I would tell my dad my day and getting the response of “wow, you’re growing up!” I have changed since last year and I still continue change. I feel a new sense of maturity and growth that I hope will blossom further and lead me to my adulthood.

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1.explain your L.A.N. Local Area Network - all the devices on your internet connection. My network is verizon and I have a wiiu, a phone , a tablet,and a computer.

2.reflect on what you learned about networks, did you have an OMG moment that you learned something new and interesting? if now write about what you learned I learned that the www means world wide web and I didn’t have a omg moment

3.what would you tell other people that they need to know about having an ISP/Home network? I would tell them that don’t buy rip off networks that don’t have a good deal and the more people that connect to the network the slower it can be

My picture is the hall of my house, it’s something simple but i like it. In the picture there is a small cliff and the sea. In the top of the cliff there is a little house with a farm. The house is surrounded by the grass. In the other side of the picture there is big tree alone. Under the cliff is the sea. There is no waves, is relax, and there 2 boats, one is fishing near the coast and other far away, i can’t know what type of boats it is. The sky there is nothing , is empty, there is nothing, only a 3 or 4 birds

I never focus in the paitning, is very small, but is front to my room and is the only photo but i know enough detail for decribe it I don’t know who drew it, its no signature This ppainting don’t have many details, but is very nice to see it Only use the blue, green, white and yellow, Don’t say anything, is just a image, no person no animal.

When my family bought that painting, we were on vacation in Galicia. That day we weren´t using our car, but we were taking public transportation. Well, my father saw the painting and he fell in love with it, so he bought it with all the cash we had. On our way back home, we realized that we had no money for the bus! Actually, we only had a few euros that were not enough for the bus, but could buy us water at a vending machine. We put the money. We selected water. We waited. It was a generous machine. We got our bottle plus more cash! Enough cash to buy more water bottles and our bus tickets! I don´t think that painting was particularly beautiful, but my father was happy! We were all happy! I hope to go back to that machine in Galicia one day.

One day my family decided go to a mountain near Madrid. We walk a few miles in a old chamin. I remember that day was very nice, not hot but sunny.
When we started to ate our food, a greyhound appear and steal one of our chicken steak, and go away.
Two minutes later appear other dog, a beagle and it lie in front  us. We thought it was pregnant, so we gave half stick was left over and also we carry to our house.
The next day, in the morming, my father went walk the dog, and he let loose in a close in a waste ground, but it found a hole and scaped.We could’t find it.
My father and me always we wanted to have a dog but no my mom, and he was very sad for lose SIva “ we put that name to the dog”.So the next day he appear whit a little beagle. We were very happy. 

I always remember two thing of that day: the first how he look everything scared, and the second the face of my mother when saw to the dog.

The painting, don’t like it, but when I saw it I feel relaxed, because it means home.*(describe picture)  That  picture is something I miss when I leave home. Things like waving to your neighbor, sleeping in your own bed, are the little details  that cause me to feel different while I’m here. I miss my family and life back in Spain, but I’m willing and trying to adjust to life here. 

Schooling in America is the biggest differences thus far. Back at my old school in Spain we read and learned out of textbooks. The classes were longer and there was more to study. Here there are wide variety of classes to take. For example, astronomy and digital video. Today was hot and humid but tomorrow I will need a jacket. The weather here is forever changing which makes it uncomfortable. In Spain the weather stays the same so this change is something I’m not used to. The food isn’t any different to me nor the people. I believe I will start feeling comfortable after I overcome the language barrier. The language is the only thing that distances me from my home Spain. Although I notice a difference between home and here, I’m willing to make adjustment. The language is just the hardest in my opinion to learn.

Changes are good, because with they life was born, that change can be small, like buy new clothes; or change the kitchen, or biggers that change the job, start a new college. Some change scared, and is not neccessary to do a big change. Sometimes that changes could be go to travel around a country, continent or word, know more cultures.

 How I almost died

“We have to be at the airport by 2:00,” my mom told us. I could feel the warm, hot, summer air blowing on my face as I stepped out the door. I knew my summer vacation was just about to begin. We each rolled our luggage down the street and put it next to the trunk, for the man so he could put them inside the shuttle that was taking us to New York. I took the empty window seat and sat by myself listening to music. When we made the first stop to pick up some more people, I could see a girl who looked exactly like one of my friends who was Moroccan like me. I could see blonde highlights and glasses, Then I recognized her mother and her brother, it was Sabrin. I started waving to them through the window. Sabrin ran into the shuttle, “I missed you so much! You’re going to Morocco too,” he asked. “Yes,” I said excitedly, “ are you going to Casa?” “Yes, we are,” he replied. I could see planes flying and people taking out their luggage, “Salsa and Sabrin, take your siblings and get the carts to put the luggage inside,” said my mom. As we begin taking out the luggage a storm begins with strong winds that cause our light objects to fly. The adults quickly rushed us into the airport, and we took our bags to get checked and go through security. After that whole process was over, Sabrin and I sit at our gate next to the outlets and begin watching Netflix, waiting for our flight. ¨Please proceed to the gate for check-in,¨ commanded the flight attendant. We started lining up to check our passports to get onto the plane. While boarding I asked Sabrin’s brother if I can switch seats with him so Sabrin and I can sit next to each other. We took out our phones and ipads and started to have fun by taking pictures. For some reason the airplane didn’t fly they delayed it, because their was a storm and it wasn’t safe for the take off. They left us in the plane for approximately 2-3 hours, Sabrin and I killed time by watching movies, listening to music, and we had fun. “Ladies and gentlemen I am sorry for the delay, but we are now taking off,” said the women over the intercom, thank you for choosing Royal Air Maroc,” she continued. “Please enjoy the flight,” she finally said before ending the announcement. After a couple hours of the plane ride we got comfortable and I decided to watch Frozen because I was done watching Divergent. “Let it go, Let it go I can’t hold it back anymore,” Elsa started to sing. My head bannged into the ceiling, the food in the back spilled , and all I could hear were people yelling and crying. The flight attendants started running towards their seats. “S’il vous plaît, calmez vous. S’il vous plaît! Calme toi!” said the flight attendants. I couldn’t think, everything was going by so fast and I couldn’t help but watch to see how it would end. “Turn away and slam the door I don’t care what they’re going to say, let the storm rage on, the cold doesn’t bother me anyway,” sang Elsa as the tablets on the airplane seats turned back on. The turbulence finally came to an end causing Elsa to sing again and me to gather my thoughts once more. My brain turned back on, I didn’t die. During the brainfreeze I knew that if it was my time to die I would let it happen because it’s what God would have wanted. Thankfully it wasn’t and I am still here with you guys today. So I sat there in shock . When everything was over I looked around to see what everyone else was doing, they sat there in shock but at the same time relieved. I went back to watching Frozen like nothing happened, I could tell so many people were traumatized by what had happened. My father till this day has anxiety because of that day. My brother and mom are scared to travel by plane now, but my mom will put her fears aside to see her mother. Sabrin and her family still go every year to Morocco and have lots of fun while they are there. I on the other hand have no problem flying again. I went to Morocco this year by myself for a month and had lots of fun luckily, this most recent time, I didn’t experience any trouble during the flight. In the end, you just have to let it go and move on, like Elsa said in her song and that’s what I told Sabrin who was sitting next to me holding on tight to her pillow.

The many ancient hieroglyphics that have multiple meanings. In total about 4 names appear surrounding the papyrus. There are birds and what appears to be a knife. Also a squiggly line kind of like that of a red squiggly line under a word when you spell it incorrectly by accident on a google docs paper. Those were just a few of the images that appear the most throughout the image. This brings up the question of what do all of these mean? They form in different patterns about 4 times as well as they surround the old and worn down papyrus. The papyrus includes the coding of what each hieroglyphic symbol represents in the english translation of letters. All of them are a gold glossy color with a black outline to finish out each design. Also the image is inside of a picture frame with a red border (inside frame) and a gold rigid design with a clean finish to finish the painting (outside frame). Also the hieroglyphics can be translated to each of my siblings names including my own, also my mother’s name (In order from left to right top then bottom; Audrea, Somer, Jordan, Sarita). The painting still remains to hold its color and its appearance, as if it was still brand new and fresh with paint. The painting stretches about 2 feet in width and a little less than 1 foot in height. If I were to hold my arms in comparison to the painting, the painting measures from the tip of my middle finger to the middle of my chest. One day a string of unfortunate events happen. Ma screams to Jordan and Jabaryi,”No more passing balls in this house.” She then leaves the two with the ball and her wond thinking that they’ll listen. Later on in the day they both began to contemplate what to do with themselves. Boredom and akward silence is now abundant inside the home. Jordan: Yo, what are we to do Jabaryi, ma said we can’t play ball. Jabaryi: Why don’t we just play the XBOX ONE. Jordan: You always play that, I am going to be the loser as always. Jabrayi: I’ll give you a score head start. Jordan: Yeah, but no we should play something we’re even with. Some ball. Jabaryi: I’m scared the ball will just be too great in speed and size and will damage the painting. Let’s start though . FEWM, PEW, DOOM. The ball travels all around the room. Then the painting appears to have a crack on it. The two scatter in fear as the glass begins to look like a miniature spider web.

After me and my brother left a farewell party hosted by my classmate back in Hong Kong. I was very sad, it’s like losing a bunch of friend immediately and the feeling is still here. I miss then so much! After that, I wondering how my life will be different when I move to America at home with sadness, and Pokemon, yeah!

But before we moved to America, me and my brother know that Pokemon is very popular in America so we planned to made a Youtube channel about Pokemon, because we watched a lot Youtube videos After watching for 3 to 5 years, we are going to make a Pokemon Youtube channel to be a Youtuber. We thought for about 2 days what kind of video we want to post on Youtube. We thought about gaming, animation, review and etc. At last, we plan we are going to upload Pokemon stories, because my brother love Pokemon stories very much! But still, I haven’t upload any video on my Youtube channel. So sad. ;(

On the first day of school, I feel excited and happy. I like to meet new students and so I’m excited! If I remember correctly, my first friend was Bobo. One thing I found out is that most of the students don’t understand Cantonese, or even don’t know what is Cantonese. Well, Cantonese is the language of the Cantonese people. In mainland China, it is a lingua franca of Guangdong Province and some neighbouring areas, such as eastern Guangxi Province.

It’s been a month in the school, I feel good and the students are very nice, I like it! They help me a lot, in homeworks, in projects, in warmups, etc. I like them! I joined the baseball team because I want to improve my baseball skill, I learned baseball in Hong Kong before. Even the students in baseball team are nice too! That’s cool.

Because I am a Pokemon fan, I feel very happy when I meet another Pokemon fan! One of my friend is a Pokemon fan so we talk a lot more than others, if I meet a Pokemon Fan, the first question I ask is, “What is your favorite Pokemon?” “Mine is Missingno. , a.k.a. Missingnumber!” “Why do you like a glitch Pokemon like Missingno., Alan?” “First, I like the design; Second, the moveset is unusual, and I like unusual things; three, the shape.” “But which version you like more, red,blue or yellow?” “I like the design of red and blue version, but talking about moveset, either!” After some Pokemon conversation, I said, ”So I herd u liek Mudkipz” “SHUT UP, ALAN!! STOP THAT MEME!!” That’s my favorite part of my Pokemon conversation! Troll!!

But I am not always happy in the school. Sometimes I feel lonely and left behind. I don’t quite know how I got this feeling but it’s onto me everyday in school. I just want someone care about me. Hugs?

The Perfect Parent

The drive to New Jersey was silent. I looked up from my phone when my mom turned around in her seat and told my sister and I to get our shoes on. This meant that we were going to be at the church in a minute or so. I reluctantly tugged on the pointy black wizard shoes my mom had bought a fews days before. We pulled into a small parking lot and passed a few cars that I recognized as family. Upon opening the car door, I was greeted with the bright sun, a heavy contrast to the tinted interior I had exited. As the rest of my family joined me I took in the building in front of me. It was different from what I expected, beige stone and brick forming a rectangular building that seemed more fitting as a convention center. As parents stopped to talk to relatives I dropped my head back and squinted up at the cloudless sky. After awkwardly greeting a few elderly people who I didn’t remember, we finally were allowed inside. As soon as I entered, a blast of warm air so thick I could taste it swept over me. My dad led us to the right side and into a middle pew next to my uncle and his family. We sat for a solid twenty minutes before the coffin was carried in and a pastor rose the podium. I quickly lost focus on the practiced words trudging out of the old man’s mouth. His gravely tone filtered through my disinterested ears like a foreign language. I focused on how the wood below my thighs suctioned them down with sweat. As I readjusted my dress for the fourth time, my mom gave me a stern look before turning back to the pastor. I dutifully followed suit and immersed myself in the figurines and the architecture behind the man. My mom startled me back into the present with a warm hand on my shoulder. I looked around as the people started trailing outside. I gingerly stood on stiff legs and slipped out of the stuffy building only to be blinded once more by the sun. I lingered at the entrance and waited for my family to step out. Once the entirety of the group had congregated outside the church, my Nana shakily stated a few words of thanks. I looked behind me at my father and was shocked to see my dad with tears streaming down his face. I had never seen him cry like this, and it terrified me. At that time I couldn’t pinpoint what had made me so uncomfortable about it. Now I realize that he is a vulnerable human, like everyone else. My mom has always appeared as a strong woman. She works the most, earns the most, and doesn’t shy away from handing out her opinion. I knew she could be angry, or upset-but even in those moments her spitfire personality shone through. It takes quite a lot to douse that flame. Though the graveyard stretched outwards for miles, we were all huddled underneath a crooked canopy tent. The feeble sunlight and biting wind had me wishing for the uncomfortable heat of the church. I scuffed my pointy toe into the firm ground and cast my gaze on the people around me. My sister was leaning against our dad, his hands resting on her shoulders. The elderly had perched themselves on spindly plastic chairs right up front, obscuring my view of the coffin. I walked around the edge of the tent towards where my mom was standing behind the gravestone. When she saw me, her hands unclasped from each other and pulled me into a one-armed hug. I gingerly leaned my head on her shoulder and craned my neck to catch a glimpse of her face. She wasn’t crying, but the lines on her face revealed her age. She looked drained and my eyes were drawn to the streaks of gray that interlaced with her auburn curls. It was difficult for me to comprehend that she could experience these things. My parents seemed to be perfect beings. I never considered that they existed for reasons other that taking care of me and my sister. Selfishly I believed their worlds revolved around us. These rare moments exposed me to a new perspective. It sent off signals of caution throughout my brain. I proceeded to act on my best behavior for the next week. I felt like a mouse avoiding a trap I couldn’t see, navigating unknown territory. My mind kept creating different situations about my parents. What were they like as a child? Was I similar? I became so consumed with curiosity that I blurted out what I was thinking during dinner one night. “What were you like as a kid?” My parents looked at me and then each other. They questioned who I had directed it to. “Both of you.” I responded. This prompted several stories of childhood mishaps and my curiosity only grew stronger. I craved the information my parents shared, and once I had taken in all that I could, I spread out my search to the rest of my family. I discovered all sorts of stories and facts that I hadn’t even considered. Looking back at this time, I am grateful I decided to explore my discomfort and step out of my self-centered world. It opened my mind and I started paying more attention to the world around me, especially my parents. I picked up the habit of doing my own laundry, unloading the dishwasher and taking care of our pets. I even started pet sitting and babysitting for my neighbors. While I still don’t pay attention to street signs and how to get around the city, I’m more aware of the people around me and how development is a lifelong process that I’ve only just begun.

explain your L.A.N. Local Area Network - all the devices on your internet connection.

reflect on what you learned about networks, did you have an OMG moment that you learned something new and interesting? if now write about what you learned.

what would you tell other people that they need to know about having an ISP/Home network?

My name is Serenity and I’m a Freshman at SLA. About a year ago, I created a radio commentary with a program called Mighty Writers. It was about my thoughts along the path of trying to find out if I had Asperger’s syndrome. We put it up on Soundcloud, hoping for a few listens or likes, and that’s it. Many months later, it really started circulating. I then got contacted by a youth radio station based in California. From there, WHYY picked it up and aired it on NPR about a week ago. I was amazed at how much attention it was getting, and started letting go of the insecurities I have about the possibility of having Asperger’s syndrome. I am currently working with a foundation that helps publish books writing a short memoir based on the radio story. If you’d like to listen to it, here’s the link:

A big thing that the women in the Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention wanted to be the main idea taken away was that women wanted to no longer wanted to be possessions and also to be able to own possessions. The women that attended the convention clearly showed their wishes such as the ability to consult federal documents, the ability to vote, independency from their husbands, and equal opportunity to education and income. A difference I saw while analysing the real Declaration of Sentiments and the one made in class was that there was a similarity where they both wish for women to have a voice. Each in their own thorough way described what exactly they wished when it came to having a voice. In the classes Declaration of Sentiments we wish for a chance for freedom of any choice that wish when it comes to federal choices or domestic choices. The official Declaration of Sentiments speaks more on the perspective of the freedom the women wished to receive.

Gender studies Declaration of Sentiments Analysis and Reflection Naima DeBrest 10-5-16 Iron

I feel like the Seneca Falls Convention of July 1848 was a very necessary and powerful even in history. I believe that this took a lot of courage for this conference to be assembled and the topics were very personal and strict. This convention was going against centuries of oppression and unfair treatment that had been deeply rooted in everyday life. The women who organized this were very brave with their demands and tried to make it equal as equal as possible. Though some of these issues may seem outdated women are still forced to face some of them today.

For example resolution 1 Resolved, That such laws as conflict … with the true and substantial happiness of woman, are contrary to the great precept of nature and of no validity … Some women are not happy with the situation that has been forced upon them and they can’t change it. Women have been forced into a category of things that they are supposed to do like cook and clean even if it might go against what she wants to do to be happy. Women have also been pushed into a sexuality box.Where they are supposed to be married to a man and certain states would not allow them to live happily with the person that they loved.

Resolved, That woman is man’s equal—was intended to be so by the Creator, and the highest good of the race demands that she should be recognized as such. This is another issue that hits very close to home for women in the 21st century. All anybody ever wants is to be treated equal. Women and minorities especially because they have been majorly oppressed for centuries. This issue relates to today though because of the equal pay law. It has already been established that women can do cany job that a man can do and work as hard as a man can. So it seem barbaric that in 2016 women still have to fight for an equal wage to a man even when she does the exact same job.

During the Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention, my group was playing the role of the middle and upper class reform workers. Our paper that we received were women like Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and the Grimke sisters speaking about the problems they faced during their time. The problems that this group of women were facing played a big role in how the other women during that time, especially the slaves were treated. For example, during that time, women were not allowed to attend universities, so they didn’t have the same right to an education, as men did. This affected the slave women, because if they were to someday be released, they wouldn’t be able to attend universities simply because they were women. This is why, I agreed with our decision to demand that women be accepted by all or at least some universities. By saying that women weren’t allowed to go to universities just like men implied that women were supposed to stay at home and cook and clean for the men. In today’s society, women are still seen as the ones who have to stay home and take care of their children, while the men are ones that do the “hard labor.” Another problem that was big during that time was that women weren’t allowed to sign anything, even if they’re husbands, who were the ones in charge, let them. This affected the enslaved women as well because their masters were in charge, so they weren’t allowed to sign anything, and even if something was signed, it almost always was destroyed, so that there wouldn’t be any actual evidence in favor of the enslaved women. The resolution was to demand that women be allowed to sign any contract, with or without permission of their husband. This affects today’s society because nowadays, almost everything in a man’s name. For example, when you receive mail, it says, Mr. and Mrs. with the last name of the male. I personally don’t think the wives should receive the last name of their spouse and only be seen as that. For example, a man typically has everything written in his name, almost as if a women is forbidden to sign anything. In conclusion, in today’s society, women still have a long way to achieve equal treatment.

Overall the Sentiment of Resolutions is an amazing document that did made many big moves for the rights of women. This document is a big part of our history due to the fact that women had almost no rights not too long ago. Although we’ve evolved there are still some people who live an old fashioned life style. Some of the declaration throughout the first few paragraphs were very harsh. It’s almost amazing how far we have come from where we started. “He has endeavored … to destroy her confidence in her own powers, to lessen her self-respect, and to make her willing to lead a dependent and abject life.” Although this was written many years ago this seems to be a tactic some men use to control women often in today’s society. The resolutions made by the women who built the stepping stones for me and many other women, gave many women a chance at a better life. The resolution saying that men and women are equal. We as women have been fighting for this for years and still are. The fact that we’ve been fighting for it for so long gives us background on what we need to do to change how we raise awareness now. The Declaration Sentiment of Resolutions is one of the biggest steps women took towards equality and has has a large impact on the way I now think about feminism and how we as women are impacted today.

I feel as though our roleplay activity in class of the Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention, was a good way for us to get a perspective on what women had to face during specific eras of time. Something different about our document, compared to the actual historical document is that our document splits up the women in different sections. I feel as though this is a good thing because it caters to each group of women. Another difference is that the actual document mentions” That woman is man’s equal—was intended to be so by the Creator, and the highest good of the race demands that she should be recognized as such”. Our document just states what women want, not they are equal. I feel like the actual document is very specific as well, and ours is kinda vague. Something that surprised me were the factory conditions that the mill women had to work in. When I was younger, I learned about women working in the mills during the Revolution and finally being able to have the same jobs as men. I didn’t really think about the conditions in which they had to work. I also didn’t know that it was legal to beat your wife. I knew that violence against women during this period of time was common, but I didn’t know that it was what was expected of men to hit their wives. I also felt like the roleplay of the convention did a good job highlighting important aspects of being a Cherokee woman as well. Although the Cherokee women were treated with respect by men, white men and women disrespected them. They had to give up their land for these people, which wasn’t fair at all. I’m surprised that the convention talked about the rights of women of color and not just white women. I feel like that’s an issue that is still prevalent today. I feel like we talk a lot about female empowerment, that we sometimes forget about racial inequality. I feel as though those subjects are both equally important, and have the same amount of spotlight. We talk about wanting to make men and women equal, yet we live in a society where not even all of our men are equal to each other. Another issue that is still prevalent today is women working in horrible conditions. Over time, conditions in factories have gotten better, but other conditions in the working world in general have gotten difficult. There can be a lot of sexual harassment in the working world for a woman nowadays.

The role play of Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention was major way of acknowledging not only the different ways women were mistreated in 1848, but also the variety type of women that were mistreated. Some of those women include, mill workers, mexican women, Middle & Upper Class White Reform Workers, and etc. A lot of things were similar and very few different from the historical document that out of the convention. A lot of things surprised me about the oppression of the women prior to 1848 and the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions that kicked off the movement now known as “ First Wave Feminism.” For example, it took me by surprise to find out that white women were treated different from black women. Not only was there a disrespect and utterly hatred towards women, but racism slid into the picture too. Women had no ownership of themselves, and anything that be included. The men took control of everything including their money, bodies, and the clothes on them. One of the main conditions that women faced as an issue that I think is still prevalent today is the condition that women can’t handle things that men do. For example, men in today’s societies are more likely to get hired for a construction worker job or a physical job. Not even a physical job, but in the presidential debate Donald Trump told Hillary Clinton did not have the stamina to be president. In a way, he was saying she didn’t look like she was in the position to become a president. That goes back to how things were, women were very vulnerable people and still are to this day. Very little things have improved, but even though the issues of feminism are not put in the spotlight all the time, they still exist.

I think personally that the passage we read was very empowering to the women today. It was nice to read an example of change throughout women´s history. The text really showed me that there were even levels to how much freedom women had. Certain groups of women could organize meetings about how they were treated but other groups of women were not allowed to attend for instance black women. I learned a lot more about what women endured in back in the day. I didn´t know that a women´s husband could really rape her, I never understood how women would just let men do this to them until I realized that if they fought back they would be the one´s put on trail or killed. I am so thankful and happy that times are finally changing and that I won´t be punished for having a voice as a women like my ancestors were.

Avi Cantor Gender Studies Ms. Menasion 10/5/16

In class last week, we created resolutions for laws that we thought should be put in place that relate to the treatment of our specific body of people. There were some similarities and some differences when it came to our laws versus the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions. I will start with stating the similarities between the activity and the Declaration. First, the Declaration has a list of things that men wouldn’t allow women to do, much like the document that we used to determine what laws were most important for, for instance, my group, the Cherokee women. An example of this is in the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions is the quote “He has never permitted her to exercise her inalienable right to the elective franchise.” This quote gives us a context as to one specific right that women of the time didn’t posses. Second, there obviously were resolution. In the activity, we had to make resolutions from laws that we created. An example of a resolution that I found was “Resolved, That the women of this country ought to be enlightened in regard to the laws under which they live, that they may no longer publish their degradation by declaring themselves satisfied with their present position, nor their ignorance, by asserting that they have all the rights they want.” The only difference between the Declaration and the activity that we did was that a Cherokee women’s values were a little different than white women’s or mill workers. I wasn’t that surprised to find out what injustices women faced in the 1800’s. I kind of already knew about it a little. Even though these resolutions didn’t surprise me, they were still upsetting. I think that even though some of these problems have been long eradicated, women face so many injustices in this country.