Monday, March 28, 2011
Body of lies
Lies, lies, everywhere.
Don't know what to think.
Question #55: Can I tell if somebody is lying? How?
At this moment, I would not make a good FBI agent for the following reason: I have limited experience reading body language which means I can not tell if someone is lying. Inspired by this question, I decided to ask my 11 year old cousin to tell me two truths and one lie. I was trying to look for subtleties like eyes shifting or being fidgety, my trusting nature believed her and was not able to distinguish the truths and the lie.
Hoping to use the Internet as a tool to find techniques about reading people, eHow.com explains trusting my gut. I'm listening to my gut and my gut is telling me to indulge in some pasta.
Don't know what to think.
Question #55: Can I tell if somebody is lying? How?
At this moment, I would not make a good FBI agent for the following reason: I have limited experience reading body language which means I can not tell if someone is lying. Inspired by this question, I decided to ask my 11 year old cousin to tell me two truths and one lie. I was trying to look for subtleties like eyes shifting or being fidgety, my trusting nature believed her and was not able to distinguish the truths and the lie.
Hoping to use the Internet as a tool to find techniques about reading people, eHow.com explains trusting my gut. I'm listening to my gut and my gut is telling me to indulge in some pasta.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Class from hell + lameduck teacher = Nonplus situation
Today's word of the day, legerity.
Yesterday, I felt nonplus while subbing the class from hell. I was questioning whether or not I should be a teacher since my classroom management (or lack of) was apparent. Reflecting on yesterday's challenging classroom, I should have been legerity as I am with behavioral therapy. As a behavioral therapist, one needs to record the ABCs, the antecedent (the action before the behavior), the behavior, and the consequence. While I was subbing, I was caught up in the behavior (in my case, students were fighting, and talking). I wanted to extinguish the consequence (most of time, taking away their recess, telling the students to get back to work, redirecting them to another activity were among the many strategies I used to reduce the behavior from repeating).
Other classroom teachers complimented me on how my students were able to walk in a line, noting it was the best they have seen in a long time. Another classroom teacher whom I send students that were misbehaving said I did an excellent job and that it was not my fault. She also noted previous substitute teachers for this class breaking out in tears. Thankfully, I remained I was non-reactive. Toward the end of the day, the principal asked how was the class, I had a short pause and replied by saying, "It was a great learning experience." I guess the principal was anticipating for me to say "the class was interesting" what other substitute teachers would say. I then noted that the students were bright and had the potential to succeed. The smile on her face gave a sense of appreciation and relief that they assigned a substitute teacher that could handle a difficult situation.
Leaving the war-zone with battle scars, I survived a day from hell. Being in war, I seen brothers fighting against brothers, cries of students screaming "be quiet," students talking over each other. It was something horrific to see and experience but I guess every teacher needs to experience.
Yesterday, I felt nonplus while subbing the class from hell. I was questioning whether or not I should be a teacher since my classroom management (or lack of) was apparent. Reflecting on yesterday's challenging classroom, I should have been legerity as I am with behavioral therapy. As a behavioral therapist, one needs to record the ABCs, the antecedent (the action before the behavior), the behavior, and the consequence. While I was subbing, I was caught up in the behavior (in my case, students were fighting, and talking). I wanted to extinguish the consequence (most of time, taking away their recess, telling the students to get back to work, redirecting them to another activity were among the many strategies I used to reduce the behavior from repeating).
Other classroom teachers complimented me on how my students were able to walk in a line, noting it was the best they have seen in a long time. Another classroom teacher whom I send students that were misbehaving said I did an excellent job and that it was not my fault. She also noted previous substitute teachers for this class breaking out in tears. Thankfully, I remained I was non-reactive. Toward the end of the day, the principal asked how was the class, I had a short pause and replied by saying, "It was a great learning experience." I guess the principal was anticipating for me to say "the class was interesting" what other substitute teachers would say. I then noted that the students were bright and had the potential to succeed. The smile on her face gave a sense of appreciation and relief that they assigned a substitute teacher that could handle a difficult situation.
Leaving the war-zone with battle scars, I survived a day from hell. Being in war, I seen brothers fighting against brothers, cries of students screaming "be quiet," students talking over each other. It was something horrific to see and experience but I guess every teacher needs to experience.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
Hi Ho, Hi Ho, its off to eschewing I go. Mesmerized by your effulgent personality, I want to spend the rest of my life with you or until the episode of Full House is over. Having technology at my fingertips is a great opportunity to escape from the mundane.
People would die to be in my situation. Since I'm writing about my perspective, I might as well educate myself with what is going on outside of Phillip's world.
Reading an article from the BBC--a news station similar to CNN which I fell in love with every time I visit a foreign country. BBC, a news station unlike local stations in the United States focuses on covering the news, not about Paris Hilton or any other celebrity.--the Syrian government will be amending a law that will loosen restrictions on media as well as increasing benefits and wages for individuals in the public sector.
The sheer chaos, people panicking and screaming, the sounds of bullets in the air is a different atmosphere than the protest I attended when I was pursuing my Bachelors degree. A protest against capitalism, a protest against NAFTA was a peaceful demonstration. I remember taking a bus from Cal State LA, heading down to Tijuana where I heard speakers voicing out their concerns and signs of "People Before Profit" were waving as individuals marched across the Mexican-American border.
I have to give respect for individuals continuing to the fight for a value they believe in. It is encouraging how these individuals fight for a cause and despite the hardships they experience, they have a feeling that justice will work out.
Question 2: What do I think about most when I'm just standing in a queue?
In this world, nothing is certain except for death, taxes, and lines.
Whether its waiting in line at the supermarket or at the Department of Motor Vehicles, I think of a technique that was used in an Italian film, Life is Beautiful where the protagonist would use his energy to attract the woman of his dreams and protecting his son at a concentration camp. In my case, my fingers begin to move like an ocean wave pushing out as I am making affirmations of being the next in line. When I die, I'll be making the same affirmations in Heaven, hoping that my assertion would expedite my admittance.
I'm praying to God, Buddha, Zeus now so I can receive a tax-break or even a tax-refund. Hopefully, I don't get audited.
Today,I noticed how cars by a school near my house is similar to the V formation of geese. It is interesting how humans have a lot of similarities with animals. Learning from animals can help us learn more about human behaviors. Back in October 2010, I was tempted to take a UCLA extension course where I learn about behavioral studies with animals in the zoo. Unfortunately, I had to work. C'est la vie.
People would die to be in my situation. Since I'm writing about my perspective, I might as well educate myself with what is going on outside of Phillip's world.
Reading an article from the BBC--a news station similar to CNN which I fell in love with every time I visit a foreign country. BBC, a news station unlike local stations in the United States focuses on covering the news, not about Paris Hilton or any other celebrity.--the Syrian government will be amending a law that will loosen restrictions on media as well as increasing benefits and wages for individuals in the public sector.
The sheer chaos, people panicking and screaming, the sounds of bullets in the air is a different atmosphere than the protest I attended when I was pursuing my Bachelors degree. A protest against capitalism, a protest against NAFTA was a peaceful demonstration. I remember taking a bus from Cal State LA, heading down to Tijuana where I heard speakers voicing out their concerns and signs of "People Before Profit" were waving as individuals marched across the Mexican-American border.
I have to give respect for individuals continuing to the fight for a value they believe in. It is encouraging how these individuals fight for a cause and despite the hardships they experience, they have a feeling that justice will work out.
Question 2: What do I think about most when I'm just standing in a queue?
In this world, nothing is certain except for death, taxes, and lines.
Whether its waiting in line at the supermarket or at the Department of Motor Vehicles, I think of a technique that was used in an Italian film, Life is Beautiful where the protagonist would use his energy to attract the woman of his dreams and protecting his son at a concentration camp. In my case, my fingers begin to move like an ocean wave pushing out as I am making affirmations of being the next in line. When I die, I'll be making the same affirmations in Heaven, hoping that my assertion would expedite my admittance.
I'm praying to God, Buddha, Zeus now so I can receive a tax-break or even a tax-refund. Hopefully, I don't get audited.
Today,I noticed how cars by a school near my house is similar to the V formation of geese. It is interesting how humans have a lot of similarities with animals. Learning from animals can help us learn more about human behaviors. Back in October 2010, I was tempted to take a UCLA extension course where I learn about behavioral studies with animals in the zoo. Unfortunately, I had to work. C'est la vie.
Another new beginning...
Finding the courage to take a bull by its horns begins by having balls the size of a bull. If only Walmart sells bull size balls, then maybe I'll skip work and possibly stand in line for four hours. Hell, even if bull balls can be germinated in 4 to 6 weeks with sunlight and water, knowing that I finally have bull-sized balls, the ability to be fearless, is priceless. My past mentality was limited to being paralyzed due to over thinking.
The 9-1-1 Buddhist within is telling me that the past is behind me, today is new day, a new day to be the best person I can be. When obstacles are in the way, I need to remember each obstacle is to teach me a life lesson and not give up.
For the longest time, writing a journal was an eschew. I would rather scrape barnacles on a pier or shave Chewbacca's chest hair than to express my thoughts in a journal. There's a couple reasons why I am inputting my thoughts is so I can...
1. become a better communicator, being able to converse and connect to another person.
2. record my experiences, to reflect.
3. expand my lexicon (many thanks to word of the day, and today's word of the day was eschew)
4. to know myself as a person.
Tonight's talk with Terry reminded me of Goodbye to Shy, a self-help book written by Leil Lowndes. I bought this book so I can initiate and maintain conversations with other individuals. Appendix B has 100 self-knowledge questions which I have every intention of answering. Hopefully, I will not be eschewing these questions.
Question 1: What is an ideal relationship to me?
Regardless of gender, my ideal relationship would be a person who can initiate and carry a conversation, a positive individual, an open-minded and goal oriented person, a person whom I can goof around with, a person who is adventurous (whether its trying new restaurants or going on a hike), a person who is honest/loyal, a person who tolerates my craziness, a person who is educated (not necessary formal education) but a person who believes education is ongoing and has minimal discrimination toward the human race. It's like the Chinese proverb, "only the educated are free from discrimination." Basically, it all comes down to chemistry.
When friends ask me about the ideal girl, I tell them what was previously mentioned and they think its demanding and that I have this checklist that I use to screen relationships. How is that different from their own ideal relationship, everybody sets expectations for those they want to be surrounded with.
Sigh. God, Buddha, Zeus bless hypocrisy.
Human hypocrisy at its finest. What gets me is how teachers are one of the biggest hypocrites. A overgeneralized statement based on my own life experiences. Teachers stress the importance of reading, writing, physical education, recycling, and their belief on learning.
It gets to me how teachers want students to be life-long learners but they themselves do not take action to become proactive learners. Once they earned their credential, many teachers feel like they learned everything but in fact, learning is everywhere and ongoing. The day an individual stops learning is the day the individual dies. Confucious once said,
I'm guilty of being in a hypocrite, hopefully keeping an ongoing journal will decrease my status from full time hypocrite to part time hypocrite. Stay tuned for another new beginning....
The 9-1-1 Buddhist within is telling me that the past is behind me, today is new day, a new day to be the best person I can be. When obstacles are in the way, I need to remember each obstacle is to teach me a life lesson and not give up.
For the longest time, writing a journal was an eschew. I would rather scrape barnacles on a pier or shave Chewbacca's chest hair than to express my thoughts in a journal. There's a couple reasons why I am inputting my thoughts is so I can...
1. become a better communicator, being able to converse and connect to another person.
2. record my experiences, to reflect.
3. expand my lexicon (many thanks to word of the day, and today's word of the day was eschew)
4. to know myself as a person.
Tonight's talk with Terry reminded me of Goodbye to Shy, a self-help book written by Leil Lowndes. I bought this book so I can initiate and maintain conversations with other individuals. Appendix B has 100 self-knowledge questions which I have every intention of answering. Hopefully, I will not be eschewing these questions.
Question 1: What is an ideal relationship to me?
Regardless of gender, my ideal relationship would be a person who can initiate and carry a conversation, a positive individual, an open-minded and goal oriented person, a person whom I can goof around with, a person who is adventurous (whether its trying new restaurants or going on a hike), a person who is honest/loyal, a person who tolerates my craziness, a person who is educated (not necessary formal education) but a person who believes education is ongoing and has minimal discrimination toward the human race. It's like the Chinese proverb, "only the educated are free from discrimination." Basically, it all comes down to chemistry.
When friends ask me about the ideal girl, I tell them what was previously mentioned and they think its demanding and that I have this checklist that I use to screen relationships. How is that different from their own ideal relationship, everybody sets expectations for those they want to be surrounded with.
Sigh. God, Buddha, Zeus bless hypocrisy.
Human hypocrisy at its finest. What gets me is how teachers are one of the biggest hypocrites. A overgeneralized statement based on my own life experiences. Teachers stress the importance of reading, writing, physical education, recycling, and their belief on learning.
It gets to me how teachers want students to be life-long learners but they themselves do not take action to become proactive learners. Once they earned their credential, many teachers feel like they learned everything but in fact, learning is everywhere and ongoing. The day an individual stops learning is the day the individual dies. Confucious once said,
To know is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.
I'm guilty of being in a hypocrite, hopefully keeping an ongoing journal will decrease my status from full time hypocrite to part time hypocrite. Stay tuned for another new beginning....
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
March 9
While I was tutoring at the library, a Native American was sharing dances, antidotes, and stories.
Everything evolves and is a circle. There is a purpose to everything.
Getting a glimpse every so often and overhearing his passion, I am feeling inspired to photograph many cultures and the stories behind each photograph.
The journey to manhood is different among cultures, everyone has a different journey. It would be nice if there were directions for this journey. If only life were that easy.
Everything evolves and is a circle. There is a purpose to everything.
Getting a glimpse every so often and overhearing his passion, I am feeling inspired to photograph many cultures and the stories behind each photograph.
The journey to manhood is different among cultures, everyone has a different journey. It would be nice if there were directions for this journey. If only life were that easy.
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