Shea C.

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1. How would you describe the “American Dream?” To me, the American Dream is something that a minuscule amount of the United States population actually acquires. In my opinion, it's more of an idea and can only be obtained through luck. This means that people immigrate to America based on this "American Dream" yet, most people do not always fulfill it. It's the optimistic who take on the journey toward it, yet most find it to be unobtainable in the end and sometimes even fall into a life of poverty instead of wealth, investing in this "dream". Yes, of course, there is the idea that you can build yourself up and that the freedom that the U.S. provides allows you to do so, however, if we look at it from a 1920s perspective, only those in fortunate circumstances will win the fight for wealth. We see this to be true for the most part in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby, wherein main characters such as Nick, Tom, and Daisy come from a we

I couldn't access vocaroo so I attempted to do a voice memo... Link to my Practice IOC on google drive (so need Wake Co. login to use/access): https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1oQmwpde-veziKWbBohtFmgFtcQ7ZaSEs Questions @ bottom of passage: 1. What does this passage reveal about the nature of Lady Macbeth's character at this time? 2. How does the structure of this text help the reader understand the meaning and intended audience? Rubric pic @ bottom Overall Score: 22/30 Criterion A: 7 I think I had pretty solid knowledge and understanding, and I even referenced other elements of the play's plot so I think I did pretty good in this area. Criterion B: 6 I think I had a good understanding of literary techniques and their effects on the readers. I could have, however, expanded more upon the second part and went further in depth with my analysis of their effects. Criterion C: 5 I think I organized it well according to how Mrs. G taught us a

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When I see an eye-catching book cover it brings me nostalgia. I think back to when I was a kid roaming up and down the aisles of Barnes and Noble looking for a novel that caught my eye. Believe it or not, l il ' Shea was actually an AVID reader when she was younger, haha. I remember diving into complex books at a young age just because I wanted to. This was obviously at a time however before rigorous schedules, IB academics, and just the overall STRESS that accompanies growing up came into play! All a kid had to do (in my case) was play tennis religiously, do homework, and read for fun! The simple life (which I'm sure we all miss)!  Anyways, when I would look for a new book to read I would do the only thing a kid with no smartphone/internet could do which was gauge whether the books would be interesting based off of their covers. I was in fact "judging the books by their covers". I didn't have a list that I could pull up on google stating "top 100 famous n

" The Dark Side of Storytelling" by Suzanne Duncan Summary of the Talk: The main idea of the Ted Talk was that overtime our stories are negatively impacting us. Suzanne is a story skeptic. She explains what happens when our "protective imagination drives a false narrative." She states that "sometimes, the everyday stories we tell ourselves - and how we think about our roles in those stories - can do more harm than good." She supports this argument with the following ideas: 1. A cause of this is attribution bias within a story. -  In psychology,  An attribution bias is a cognitive ( thought) bias that refers to the systematic errors that a person makes when they try to find reasons for their own behaviors and motivations as well as the behaviors and motivations of others.   - "A bias like this, armed with a powerful story, is like a bias on crack." - Duncan - Duncan states that when she surveyed others about their financial successe