11th Grade Humanities
Sense of Place Essay
Abstract
I am showing my sense of place through showing how I feel about the world around me and what it is to me and how it has changed for me as a grow. I talk about what I see is going on to the world and how I feel it is being affected by people and what needs to happen for it to be right. “You have to clear your vision and take a look at what the world looks like and find out what is true and what is pure.”
Seeing the World Clearly
Ashton Cornett
My sense of place is outside siting in the sun light and breathing in the fresh air with a hint of grass that has been cut by the horses as they graze the fields. I sit out listening to the chatter of prairie dogs on the hills, they scurry around the hill causing problems where ever they go. Every day I have to sit inside when I could be outside in the fresh air and the warming sun beating down on my skin. I ask people what they would rather be doing be outside in the wanders of the great outdoors or sitting inside wasting away in the darkness and the depressing of being inside. As people sit inside the world is not being cared for like it should be and it is suffering from it, but there are still people that are out trying to get the world going and keep it going. We need to make a change to making the world a bigger part of our lives.
The world is a wonderful place and it needs to be taken care of not taken for grant, like some people do. I used to be like these people I didn’t care to be outside I would rather be hiding in the darkness of my room playing games. As time has passed I have grown to see the beauty of the outdoors. Now I would much rather be outside then hiding from it. Being a part of the great outdoors has change the person I am, it made me a hard worker, if I had to be some one that has to be indoors all the time I would probably start to go crazy being locked away from the world. Being a part of the great outdoors, being a part of the cool summer breeze blowing the grass around making it dance in the bright rays of sun light coming down on it. It is something I never thought that I would be happy about but as we age we change so much about ourselves.
When I was young and before I had my horses, nature was nothing to me, but when we got them I became more connected to the world around me. To this time I know nothing will change how I see the world now. When I am outside I see everything clearly, like I had had my senses blurred. But now that fog has been lifted from my vision, and now I see it all like never before. I see the sun and all the brightness of the world around me and everything that had been blurred from my vision.
Different parts all over the world are caged from nature and from the rest of the world. These parts are where technology has taken a firm hold of the people. Some people are able to break out of the cage and enjoy nature in all its glory. I was one of those people, stuck in the cage of technology, but I was also one of those people that were able to get away from the darkness of that cage. It has changed my life for the better of it, I could have become one of those people that never leave their homes and are afraid of the sun light. When I go outside I don’t run from the light but I run towards it, looking for the light on the other side where everything is how you wished that it would be.
The light on the other side doesn’t have to be a place that you would see in a fairy tale, it could be with you already an all you have to do is widen your gaze on the world at see it for what it really is and not for what you think or have been told about it. If you don’t see it yourself, then how do you know what people may be telling you is true? You have to clear your vision and take a look at what the world looks like and find out what is true and what is pure. We look around at our surroundings but we don’t really know what they mean, they could be doing any number of things to the earth.
I, like everyone watches their surroundings when traveling or just going to the store, but when I look around I see tall monsters ripping apart the earth to drain the flowing energy. I see these drilling rigs and their tanks full of energy sources that they pulled from the ground to fuel the demand for power. But not power as control but energy, the more we get the more that we demand to be produced. These monsters stand tall, taller than the trees of nature around them, showing what was becoming the priority for people to have. Nature is being passed by and cast out to never be pulled back in. I used to look at these towering monsters and think that they were so cool, but that was before I ever knew what they were doing to the environment and what they were pulling from the earth.
The creatures that come for energy sources will do whatever they have to do to put there rigs in your yard if it is the right spot. People don’t what to see these things anywhere near their homes. Look out my window and see the towers over tree lines killing the site of nature. People see money in having these things around their homes, but is it worth letting them destroy the earth. Their machines tearing and ripping at the ground leaving destruction. They see money, they don’t see what it is doing to nature.
Why can’t more people see the world for what it is and not what they want to see that it is? I know that there are people that do care for the world and I think they are the people that will keep it alive and going, not these people that you look at and they look like they have never had a speck a dirt on them in the entire life. They are the people that could really use their vision cleared so that they can see ever thing that makes this world great and some where we want to be and somewhere that we can feel like we are alive. People can always make the change from what they think they see to what is really happening and see everything clearly for what it is.
We go outside and everything changes, there will always be an endless amount of things besides hiding from the world. Being a part of what is going on in the world can change how you feel or just give you a place to relax from anything. Everyone and anyone can find a place that they can just feel free and feel alive. My home is the one place that will always be somewhere that I will remember when I started seeing the world clearly.
I am showing my sense of place through showing how I feel about the world around me and what it is to me and how it has changed for me as a grow. I talk about what I see is going on to the world and how I feel it is being affected by people and what needs to happen for it to be right. “You have to clear your vision and take a look at what the world looks like and find out what is true and what is pure.”
Seeing the World Clearly
Ashton Cornett
My sense of place is outside siting in the sun light and breathing in the fresh air with a hint of grass that has been cut by the horses as they graze the fields. I sit out listening to the chatter of prairie dogs on the hills, they scurry around the hill causing problems where ever they go. Every day I have to sit inside when I could be outside in the fresh air and the warming sun beating down on my skin. I ask people what they would rather be doing be outside in the wanders of the great outdoors or sitting inside wasting away in the darkness and the depressing of being inside. As people sit inside the world is not being cared for like it should be and it is suffering from it, but there are still people that are out trying to get the world going and keep it going. We need to make a change to making the world a bigger part of our lives.
The world is a wonderful place and it needs to be taken care of not taken for grant, like some people do. I used to be like these people I didn’t care to be outside I would rather be hiding in the darkness of my room playing games. As time has passed I have grown to see the beauty of the outdoors. Now I would much rather be outside then hiding from it. Being a part of the great outdoors has change the person I am, it made me a hard worker, if I had to be some one that has to be indoors all the time I would probably start to go crazy being locked away from the world. Being a part of the great outdoors, being a part of the cool summer breeze blowing the grass around making it dance in the bright rays of sun light coming down on it. It is something I never thought that I would be happy about but as we age we change so much about ourselves.
When I was young and before I had my horses, nature was nothing to me, but when we got them I became more connected to the world around me. To this time I know nothing will change how I see the world now. When I am outside I see everything clearly, like I had had my senses blurred. But now that fog has been lifted from my vision, and now I see it all like never before. I see the sun and all the brightness of the world around me and everything that had been blurred from my vision.
Different parts all over the world are caged from nature and from the rest of the world. These parts are where technology has taken a firm hold of the people. Some people are able to break out of the cage and enjoy nature in all its glory. I was one of those people, stuck in the cage of technology, but I was also one of those people that were able to get away from the darkness of that cage. It has changed my life for the better of it, I could have become one of those people that never leave their homes and are afraid of the sun light. When I go outside I don’t run from the light but I run towards it, looking for the light on the other side where everything is how you wished that it would be.
The light on the other side doesn’t have to be a place that you would see in a fairy tale, it could be with you already an all you have to do is widen your gaze on the world at see it for what it really is and not for what you think or have been told about it. If you don’t see it yourself, then how do you know what people may be telling you is true? You have to clear your vision and take a look at what the world looks like and find out what is true and what is pure. We look around at our surroundings but we don’t really know what they mean, they could be doing any number of things to the earth.
I, like everyone watches their surroundings when traveling or just going to the store, but when I look around I see tall monsters ripping apart the earth to drain the flowing energy. I see these drilling rigs and their tanks full of energy sources that they pulled from the ground to fuel the demand for power. But not power as control but energy, the more we get the more that we demand to be produced. These monsters stand tall, taller than the trees of nature around them, showing what was becoming the priority for people to have. Nature is being passed by and cast out to never be pulled back in. I used to look at these towering monsters and think that they were so cool, but that was before I ever knew what they were doing to the environment and what they were pulling from the earth.
The creatures that come for energy sources will do whatever they have to do to put there rigs in your yard if it is the right spot. People don’t what to see these things anywhere near their homes. Look out my window and see the towers over tree lines killing the site of nature. People see money in having these things around their homes, but is it worth letting them destroy the earth. Their machines tearing and ripping at the ground leaving destruction. They see money, they don’t see what it is doing to nature.
Why can’t more people see the world for what it is and not what they want to see that it is? I know that there are people that do care for the world and I think they are the people that will keep it alive and going, not these people that you look at and they look like they have never had a speck a dirt on them in the entire life. They are the people that could really use their vision cleared so that they can see ever thing that makes this world great and some where we want to be and somewhere that we can feel like we are alive. People can always make the change from what they think they see to what is really happening and see everything clearly for what it is.
We go outside and everything changes, there will always be an endless amount of things besides hiding from the world. Being a part of what is going on in the world can change how you feel or just give you a place to relax from anything. Everyone and anyone can find a place that they can just feel free and feel alive. My home is the one place that will always be somewhere that I will remember when I started seeing the world clearly.
Artist Statement
Ashton Cornett
I made my visual on how I felt that the world was starting to change into. I put the sun on the other side to show make it so the world looks like it has this bright light coming off it showing the beauty of the world. Then I put the word technology in black to show that it is a bark thing covering the world and I also put the word nature in between technology in a bright green showing that it is still bright and is good. I came up with this idea from essay and talking about how technology has started to take over the world and push down the nature in the world. I wanted to show what I felt about it.
Ashton Cornett
I made my visual on how I felt that the world was starting to change into. I put the sun on the other side to show make it so the world looks like it has this bright light coming off it showing the beauty of the world. Then I put the word technology in black to show that it is a bark thing covering the world and I also put the word nature in between technology in a bright green showing that it is still bright and is good. I came up with this idea from essay and talking about how technology has started to take over the world and push down the nature in the world. I wanted to show what I felt about it.
Reflection
For this project we were working on expanding our writing skills. We learned a couple of new writing techniques for this project. We also talked about what parts we could have in our stories and how we wanted to write them. We also got to hear a paper written by Ashley that she had written last year.
For this project I hit some spots were I couldn't find inspiration in my writing at first then I started to think deeper into my thoughts about what I wanted to and was able to find out what I wanted to do. This project made me rally thin about how my environmental ethics are because I had never th0ught about it before this project. Also it took a little bit of time for me to think out my visual piece, then I was able to find a way to connect my essay when I talk about the lose of nature to my visual.
I feel good about both of my pieces even though my visual piece doesn't show a lot but it contains a lot of symbolism in it. Me essay shows how I feel about the world around me and what I feel the world is going to be in the future.
I did like the humanities part of this project, it gave us the freedom to chose how we wanted to approach this project. Also I didn't really feel that this project was really connected between the classes very much. Chemistry did help show me what was happening in the world and what is good and what is bad that is happening.
For this project we were working on expanding our writing skills. We learned a couple of new writing techniques for this project. We also talked about what parts we could have in our stories and how we wanted to write them. We also got to hear a paper written by Ashley that she had written last year.
For this project I hit some spots were I couldn't find inspiration in my writing at first then I started to think deeper into my thoughts about what I wanted to and was able to find out what I wanted to do. This project made me rally thin about how my environmental ethics are because I had never th0ught about it before this project. Also it took a little bit of time for me to think out my visual piece, then I was able to find a way to connect my essay when I talk about the lose of nature to my visual.
I feel good about both of my pieces even though my visual piece doesn't show a lot but it contains a lot of symbolism in it. Me essay shows how I feel about the world around me and what I feel the world is going to be in the future.
I did like the humanities part of this project, it gave us the freedom to chose how we wanted to approach this project. Also I didn't really feel that this project was really connected between the classes very much. Chemistry did help show me what was happening in the world and what is good and what is bad that is happening.
Wounded Knee Inquiry
For this assignment we looked at the Wounded Knee Massacre and what happened on that day. We looked at both sides of what happened on that day, we look at stories from the soldiers that were there and the Indians that saw what had happened. We read a couple of articles about what had happened and we wrote a essay about what happened from the info from the articles that we had read.
Essay
In the film Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee there are some parts that are historically acurate to the actual history of what lead up to the events at the Wounded Knee Massacure. Both sides of these people have told the truth about happened on that day and what had started the long deadly crusade of the Indian people just to be able to live their lives the ways that they have been for years.
The articles that we had read do have parts that were similar to the film so it has its acuracy to it. Little Big Horn the powder keg that when it went off had changed so many things for the worst. Some groups had surrendered, like Cheif Red Cloud and he people, in both they wanted to take the peaceful way, but it dosn't always work out that way. They go easialy so that they are not asociated with groups like Crazy Horse and his fallowers, and attacked by the white soldiers. Some groups like this one went for peace and not the violent side of the battles. Sitting Bull and his people fought the white people but they didn't go out ready to fight with all the white men.
Also that Sitting Bull and his people fought the white soldiers at the Battle of Ceader Creek, they were not as lucky as they were at Little Big Horn, they didn't win this battle. They ended up moving their group up to Canida for refuge from being thrown into a reservations that they had no chose in were they are put. When they finally left from Canida they were put in the Standing Rock Agency by white soldiers, Sitting Bull was told that he would be the Cheif of this agency but the white man that was in charge of the agency told him that ever Indian there is treated the same and none were in charge. This movie did make some points kind of off by crunching some part to gether, like having the massacure right after Sitting Bull was killed trying to arrest him. Also when at Wounded Knee when the soldiers were trying to disarm the people one shot went off and the soldiers opened fire on the people due to a mistaken shot going off.
The cause of the massacre was a man that had his gun go off, causing the soldiers to think that they were being attacked by the Indians. In one of our articals a soldier said that it wasn't a massacre and that it was more of a battle because of the soldiers that had lost their lives during it. The soldiers were probablly a little uneasy with the Indain people duing the Ghost Dance, which involves the killing of the white men, that was the reason that the calvary was brought in the first place. The white people were scared that they the people involved in this would start to revolt and kill the white people. This defentilly played a part in what lead up to the massacre of these people, when it was all over the snow came and it prevented them from being able to find any survivors or even bury the dead. The soldiers swore that they didn't fire the first shot but it is one of those things that are not sure about history.
All the articals that we had read made you really have to think about what side is telling the truth about what had really happened. Both sides probablly don't want it to look like they were losing or not having a chance to win. Some things could have been worped in the times it was told. People say that Little Big Horn was this glory filled battle by the white men but on other stories said that it was just a slaughter of the white troops and that they had no chance of wining the battle. The white people felt that for the Indian people it was assimulation or extiction of them.
Rhetoric Project
In this project we came up with a political topic that we found interesting and wrote a Op Ed on it then ether did their oral project on the same topic or a different topic.
In this project I have learned how much. In America we are always covering our words to make them seem different then they really are. We use rhetoric to make a point is our persuasion of others to our ideology.
I chose a topic that I felt that I could really express how I felt about it and that is way I chose my topic of racial profiling. What I like the most about learning about these topics was having the freedom to learn what we wanted so that everyone wasn't doing the same thing to give some variety to the projects.
What I found difficult/challenging was topic was kind of broad so I would try to cram to much into it causing it to lose the true meaning of it. If I could do it over again I would try to shrink down my idea so that it is more concise.
I have learned that I have a strong ideology of certain things that I feel powerful about. I do feel that some topics I don't have a point of view on were as some I have a strong point of view.
In this project I have learned how much. In America we are always covering our words to make them seem different then they really are. We use rhetoric to make a point is our persuasion of others to our ideology.
I chose a topic that I felt that I could really express how I felt about it and that is way I chose my topic of racial profiling. What I like the most about learning about these topics was having the freedom to learn what we wanted so that everyone wasn't doing the same thing to give some variety to the projects.
What I found difficult/challenging was topic was kind of broad so I would try to cram to much into it causing it to lose the true meaning of it. If I could do it over again I would try to shrink down my idea so that it is more concise.
I have learned that I have a strong ideology of certain things that I feel powerful about. I do feel that some topics I don't have a point of view on were as some I have a strong point of view.
Op Ed
Oral Presentation
Op Ed
The Racial Profiling Problem
Ashton Cornett
We are told that we are free, but what about the people that are being profiled in their everyday life. It is a prison to them, do we ask if they feel they are being treated any differently than a white person. In America white people say that racism is gone, but it is just over looked by white people. If you ask someone who is likely to have been racially profiled they will say differently than you think.
People say that we don't racism anymore but it is still around it just has a fancier name then before, racial profiling is what it is now. They say that it is for safety of the people, they act like every black person is a gang member and every person from the Middle East is a terrorist come to blow us up. Some of these people have grown up in America but are still treated with such disrespect for how they are. When asked white people never get stopped and frisked but lots of other people do do to what their race is. Most white people can't say they know how these people feel but they really just don't.
People say we are the land of the free but what about the people that have grown up here but are of a different race and are profiled every day, for them it is stressful. Just think of it every time you get on a plane people are all staring at you thinking you have come to blow up the plane because if you look like you are from the Middle East you are a terrorist. It is almost the same for Spanish and African American people, people look at them and think they are all gang banging drug addicts. You got to think sometimes is this right to do in the name of safety.
You got to look at it this way when people say they are doing it for the safety of people, white people can't be gang banging drug addicts or terrorist just because they don't look like people that have done it before. Also if you really think about it have you ever seen a white person racially profiled before? If they have money they may say they are being profiled but according to them it is different than when a person is racially profiled.
On the 10th anniversary of September 11th a 36 year old Ohio woman that is half Jewish and half Arab was taken off her plane in the Metro Airport in Detroit. She was strip searched and jailed more than four hours in a dirty cell due to her ethnic background. She wasn't even the only one two Indian Americans were also ordered off the plane and handcuffed. She said that she worried about her children growing up in America when your color of your skin and name can put your freedom and liberty at risk.
As people no as Americans, if we are so great we need to change our habits. We need to treat everyone the same and not judge them by their race. We need to stand up and make the change that others have been waiting for. Stand up for the change and pass it on to the next person who needs to make the change.
Op Ed
The Racial Profiling Problem
Ashton Cornett
We are told that we are free, but what about the people that are being profiled in their everyday life. It is a prison to them, do we ask if they feel they are being treated any differently than a white person. In America white people say that racism is gone, but it is just over looked by white people. If you ask someone who is likely to have been racially profiled they will say differently than you think.
People say that we don't racism anymore but it is still around it just has a fancier name then before, racial profiling is what it is now. They say that it is for safety of the people, they act like every black person is a gang member and every person from the Middle East is a terrorist come to blow us up. Some of these people have grown up in America but are still treated with such disrespect for how they are. When asked white people never get stopped and frisked but lots of other people do do to what their race is. Most white people can't say they know how these people feel but they really just don't.
People say we are the land of the free but what about the people that have grown up here but are of a different race and are profiled every day, for them it is stressful. Just think of it every time you get on a plane people are all staring at you thinking you have come to blow up the plane because if you look like you are from the Middle East you are a terrorist. It is almost the same for Spanish and African American people, people look at them and think they are all gang banging drug addicts. You got to think sometimes is this right to do in the name of safety.
You got to look at it this way when people say they are doing it for the safety of people, white people can't be gang banging drug addicts or terrorist just because they don't look like people that have done it before. Also if you really think about it have you ever seen a white person racially profiled before? If they have money they may say they are being profiled but according to them it is different than when a person is racially profiled.
On the 10th anniversary of September 11th a 36 year old Ohio woman that is half Jewish and half Arab was taken off her plane in the Metro Airport in Detroit. She was strip searched and jailed more than four hours in a dirty cell due to her ethnic background. She wasn't even the only one two Indian Americans were also ordered off the plane and handcuffed. She said that she worried about her children growing up in America when your color of your skin and name can put your freedom and liberty at risk.
As people no as Americans, if we are so great we need to change our habits. We need to treat everyone the same and not judge them by their race. We need to stand up and make the change that others have been waiting for. Stand up for the change and pass it on to the next person who needs to make the change.
This I Believe Project
Essential Question: what do I believe and why?
Happiness isn’t found with Money
Ashton Cornett
I believe that happiness can be created by even people that aren’t born with a silver spoon in their mouth, my family is not wealth but we are happy with what we have. There is always happiness within a person’s soul even if they don’t see it others can and will help pull it to the surface. I found that happiness with in my soul with what I have even without that money to hold me up.
Even when you feel that no one is there to give you a helping hand there is always someone who cares about you to give you the boost that you need to excel in your happiness. I may have always wanted to have that extra money to make happiness come true. Now I see what it takes to be happy. The people in the world that have a lot of money are more likely to only have happiness from buying it unlike the people that have to work to get money so they can’t just go buy something that will make them happy. Without happiness in a person’s life they may never fully live the life that they disserve.
People say that you can buy happiness seem to always have a lot of money, on the other hand there is me who doesn’t have much money. It is within you all you have to do is look deep within yourself. Even when I have wished for money to help, all I have to do is think about what I have accomplished without money. Some people that don’t have money feel that money will buy them happiness if they were to become wealthy, they feel that they would be able to go and be happy without any worry in the world.
When people are worried about their happiness they start trying to get money, but that is not what it is about it is about being with your friends and family and just have fun and relax and not stress out about simple things. With some people trying to find money may not be walking down the wrong path then they should. Over time a person could learn how to make happiness their own and feel what it truly feels like for them to experience their own happiness. I believe that people can find happiness through their heart rather than finding it with money, I have found happiness without having a lot of money to try and buy happiness like they were shopping at the store. Happiness is what you make and if you don’t feel it, it is always worth trying to find it with in you even when you don’t have money to buy it.
Ashton Cornett
I believe that happiness can be created by even people that aren’t born with a silver spoon in their mouth, my family is not wealth but we are happy with what we have. There is always happiness within a person’s soul even if they don’t see it others can and will help pull it to the surface. I found that happiness with in my soul with what I have even without that money to hold me up.
Even when you feel that no one is there to give you a helping hand there is always someone who cares about you to give you the boost that you need to excel in your happiness. I may have always wanted to have that extra money to make happiness come true. Now I see what it takes to be happy. The people in the world that have a lot of money are more likely to only have happiness from buying it unlike the people that have to work to get money so they can’t just go buy something that will make them happy. Without happiness in a person’s life they may never fully live the life that they disserve.
People say that you can buy happiness seem to always have a lot of money, on the other hand there is me who doesn’t have much money. It is within you all you have to do is look deep within yourself. Even when I have wished for money to help, all I have to do is think about what I have accomplished without money. Some people that don’t have money feel that money will buy them happiness if they were to become wealthy, they feel that they would be able to go and be happy without any worry in the world.
When people are worried about their happiness they start trying to get money, but that is not what it is about it is about being with your friends and family and just have fun and relax and not stress out about simple things. With some people trying to find money may not be walking down the wrong path then they should. Over time a person could learn how to make happiness their own and feel what it truly feels like for them to experience their own happiness. I believe that people can find happiness through their heart rather than finding it with money, I have found happiness without having a lot of money to try and buy happiness like they were shopping at the store. Happiness is what you make and if you don’t feel it, it is always worth trying to find it with in you even when you don’t have money to buy it.
Reflection
In this project we thought of what we believe in and write about it. When I started to think about what I wanted to write about I started see what I believe in more and more. It took me a few to find out what ideas I wanted to keep and what ones I wanted to keep, but when I found out what I wanted write about as my topic. I read a few of the essays from the TIB website and found them very inspiring. When I had read these essays I felt that I had to try and come up with something that is inspirational. My topic was happiness and I had chose this because it has always been something that I had felt that was a big part of life.
Through this project I had felt that I had really looked deeply into my self as a person and how I have thought of this idea of happiness. For this essay I had only run into problems with trying to combined my ideas into one solid idea so as to make it less of a clattered mess of words. As a person I feel that I can now tell people what I feel happiness is and how they could find it themselves or for me to be there for them and give them the support that they need.
The part that I feel most proud of would have to be where I say " I believe that happiness can be created by even people that aren't born with a silver spoon in their mouth, my family is not wealthy but we are happy with what we have" . I am proud of this because I feel that it is true and that it is possible for people to find happiness without money to lead them to fake happiness.
One main thing that I would like to change would make my essay less repetitive for people to read. This is one thing that has always been a problem for me to deal with. For this I would like to have had made it so that there was less confusion in my essay to make it flow better then it had turned out having.
Being part of this project and hearing some of the stories out there have really inhanced my thinking of what the world is like and how we think it is like. Even after just hearing some of the essays in class has dramatically changed how I think of some of these topics. I have never really expressed how I felt about happiness but know that I have I feel that there is so much more that could be made by me or other people that read my essay.