My initial response to Tinker Cad is excitement. I think it's so cool that you can make whatever you want and print it in 3-D. But secondary response is nervousness and worry. You have to make sure nothing is just floating, so it does roll over or look wrong when it's printed. There's just so much you need to think of while making something. Tinker Cad seems useful and fun to use. I think I'm really going to enjoy doing this project.
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Technology plays a huge role on our society. It affects our communication, views, beliefs, and culture.
Imagine a world without technology. Anyone under the age of twenty-five, probably can't. Ever since I was little, I've relied on technology for my news, media, communication, and entertainment. I text and Snapchat my family and friends for communication, use the internet for homework and google, tv for entertainment, and instagram to keep up with all my friends. Technology affects society as whole though. News channels tell the people what to believe and think; even if they have a biased opinion, they affect the people who watch. Media tells the newer generation how they should view the world. Technology molds the world. It changes the people of the world based on what's out there on technology. Without it, you can only imagine what the world would be like. War is a violent way to resolve issues.
War can be devistating and fruitless, or it can be beneficial and necessary. What we don't realize is that our enemies in war believe they are just as right as we believe we are. Because of this, there is no easy way to end a war. With such belief in their cause, the two sides will fight continuously until one can no longer do so. Regardless of what we think about it, war is deadly. War causes so much grief for both sides. We must weigh the grief and the outcome, to know if it's truly worth it. War changes us by pushing our limits of humanity. Yesterday the special needs teachers and students came to my English class. They explained the reasons behind some of the syndromes the kids experience and what they do on a day to day basis. The teachers even had us do a little activity to better understand our fellow students.
I used to help in Circle of Friends in elementary school, but I never really understand the special needs students. That's why I thought it was very interesting to know more about people different from myself. But one thing that really stuck with me is the activity the class did. One of the teachers asked some people to slam their hands on the table repeatedly, others to have a conversation, and someone else to shake a box of supplies over and over, all the while the rest of the class had to listen and follows his instructions without talking. It was very chaotic and annoying. Constantly noise and movement filled the room. The teacher then told us that that is what some of the special needs children hear all day, everyday. The whole experience made me take a step back and evaluate what actually makes me so different from them. They are people too, they have feelings, and they deserve the same as me. I shouldn't look at them any different as anyone else anymore, and they're like you and me IS DANCE A SPORT? There have been many debates about what the criteria for something to be considered a sport is and if certain activities qualify. Sometimes sport and art mix, making it difficult to decide whether that recreation should be recognized as one or the other. One example of this is dance. Dance is a form of performance art, but it is equally a sport, even though many people don't see it as such. The Cambridge Dictionary defines a sport as "a game, competition, or similar activity, done for enjoyment or as a job, that takes physical effort and skill". Dance fits this description perfectly. In competitive dance, you get scored and compared to other dancers to find the top performer. Competitive dance is not the only time dance is ruthless. Dancers are constantly fighting to be the best. Dancers have to work everything they have to be on top. Not only does dance require the use of “every single part of a dancer’s muscle”, but it requires stamina and flexibility (Sim par. 8). Dance takes so much prolonged strength and skill that it’s hard to believe people don’t consider it a sport. Many people think that an art form cannot be a sport, but Shanna La Fleur once said “it takes an athlete to dance but an artist to be a dancer” (Is Dance an Art Form or Sport? par. 1). This is evident when a male dancer lifts a 120 lb. girl over his head seemingly effortless or when the Black Swan in Swan Lake does thirty-two consecutive fouetté turns without lose her balance for even a second. It takes immense strength and athletic ability to dance. Dancers don’t just do that though; dancers also have to possess amazing artistry and focus to make everything look seamless. You cannot have one without the other as a dancer. Without finesse, ballerinas would look like robots, and without core engagement and strength, they’d fall on their faces. Due to that fact, dance not only can but is both an art form and a sport. One more reason dance is definitely a sport is that dancers work for so long and hard everyday. On average, professional football players practice for only two and possibly spend a “similar amount of time going over videotape” a day (Silverman par. 3). Whereas, a typical day for a professional dancer starts with an hour and a half long technique class. Then, there’s usually “four to six hours of rehearsals” followed by a later performance ("Ballet FAQs" par. 2). If something you already know takes equal, if not more, work, skill, and time as a sport, who’s to say it’s not a sport? Dance is simply a sport in every way. Cites
"Ballet FAQs." Atlanta Ballet. N.p., n.d. Web. Silverman. "How Long Do Football Players Have to Practice a Day?" LIVESTRONG.COM. Leaf Group, 08 June 2015. Web. 13 Feb. 2017. Sim, Grace. "6 Reasons Why Competitive Dance Is a Sport." Grace Sim. N.p., 17 Mar. 2014. Web. 13 Feb. 2017. "Is Dance an Art Form or Sport?" Rhythmology. N.p., 18 Dec. 2015. Web. 13 Feb. 2017. |