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 Pranav Sreejayan Ms. Benedetti APENG 11 Catharsis Last year, English 10 honors…. was a class. That’s around ninety percent of what I remember—the rest mostly involves my various arguments with Mr. Howard over the most random things in class where I would brutally be roasted (all in good fun). One lesson that stuck with me, however, was our lesson on Greek tragedies and, more importantly, the concept of catharsis. Catharsis is, in case you didn’t know or weren’t paying attention (a fairly common affliction at the time we learned about it), the release of repressed emotions and the relief that is gained subsequently. Me thinking(2022 colorized) This got me thinking (a very rare phenomenon) how much power do our emotions actually hold over us? We all know what our emotions do to others. Get angry often? Don’t expect to have too many friends. Are you sad often? Like most certainly attracts like, and that's gonna reflect in your friend group. What I hadn’t thought of, however, is the e...

Week 10: Winter Abernathy - 1 February 2022 [8:35pm] In sociology there is a perspective called the conflict perspective. This perspective pertains to power struggles in society. Of the sociological perspectives, I tend to lean towards the conflict perspective and it’s view on society.  The conflict theory is a very macro concept, which means that it deals with large-scale and generally long-term aspects of society. Again, the conflict theory states that society is built up of power dynamics and power struggles. To bring this down to a more micro portion of the conflict theory, specifically the concept of “deviance” in a society.  Deviance in a society, as defined by the conflict theory, is when those who are powerless in society, hence disconnected from society, act out of the box drawn by the powerful in said society. Therefore, deviance is just a power struggle. This resonated with me and so did a quote in a similar vein, the quote goes  “no one enters violence for the...

 Photo Credit: https://www.istockphoto.com/illustrations/lost-in-translation Although language is very powerful and greatly affects the world around us, it is not often that we think about the way words affect our lives. Language is something we often take for granted because it comes so naturally to us, seamlessly blending into our backgrounds. However, when different languages come together, their importance becomes more evident.  Translating is more than converting words from one language to another; it requires an understanding of literal and cultural audience, intention and purpose, target audience, and other nuances as well. According to an article I read from the Guardian, a study found that there may not be any universal concepts for some emotions. It cites an example of the concept of the word "love." In Indo-European languages, it is closely linked to "like" and "want," but in Austronesian languages, it is linked closely to "pity."  Sin...

         https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2018/03/saturday-evening-post-history-minute-suffrage-march-riot-1913/           When I think of a group of individuals who fought tirelessly to gain the respect and opportunities they deserved, the first thing that comes to mind is the women’s suffrage movement. It took the movement “ nearly 100 years ” to gain their ultimate goal; the right to vote. Women such as Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and many others were extremely determined to accomplish this goal. To convince more men and women to support this cause, reformers traveled from state to state to make speeches and lectures for different audiences to educate them on why equal rights for all Americans was so important.            Not only did these reformers strive for equality for women, they also held much respect for African Americans which meant the two causes we...

 Amratha Rao Week #9 Mother Tongue I’m sure most of us have grown up listening to and learning other languages at home. I am no exception. From the moment I was born, the idea of accepting and adopting my ancestral mother tongue became my parents mission. I was constantly spoken to in Tulu and annual India visits made it impossible for me to ever forget the language. Even today, my parents constantly converse with me in Tulu, and it's become a huge part of my life.  Tulu is most commonly spoken in Mangalore, Karnataka, India with only 1.85 million people in the world speaking it, all from India. To provide a wider image, that’s only 0.00134% of India’s population and 0.00023% of the world’s population.  Image Credits However, my language has never been anything I’ve ever been able to share. No one around me, outside of my immediate family, has ever even heard of the language, let alone spoken it. While this may not seem like a big deal, it definitely was to me. Growing u...

Week 9: Checks and Balances of Power   – 1/19 - [6:36PM].          Power can be a scary thing when it exists disproportionately. When people have too much power and authority, they often become corrupted by greed and abuse their power for personal gains. However, having too little power is just as harmful and leads to oppression and endless suffering. It is important to realize that the surplus and deficiency of power exist hand in hand; if one group has more power, there must also be a group with less power. There is always a dominant and subjugated dynamic.      The framers of the Constitution were clearly aware of the danger of having a government with a disproportional balance of power. They witnessed the pain of being part of a colony controlled by Britain. They experienced their hard-earned money being unjustly taken away and the king ignoring their complaints. They also saw the consequences of having a weak government under the Articl...

There is no doubt language has significant impacts on people's lives, but how important is it when communicating about medicine? In an article noting the weight of language in medicine , researcher Andreea Calude at the University of Waikato discusses instances of how people need to be wary of what language they use to describe medicine or illnesses. Readers can grasp the effects of words when Calude brings up the editorial, from around a decade ago, “Words that harm: words that heal” by Nefyn Williams, Welsh doctor and academic. He demonstrated how his patient, who had pain in his knees diagnosed as “degenerative change,” asked if it was “wear and tear,” Williams indicating as not the most appropriate terms to explain his condition. Degenerative change implies a negative connotation that signifies the patient is stuck in a “passive, helpless state” and is “engulfed in a gloomy prognosis of ensuing pain and disability” when that was not the case for this specific patient. Utilizing...