journal #16

array: In the article of Jolliffe and Harl, I was unfamiliar with the word array. I thought it meant a variety but as I did my research it learned that it meant an impressive display or range of a particular type of thing. It relates to what I read by the arrangement of surveys about high school and college students prepare for class. It can relate to life by having different choices of something to choose from.

journal #15

scuttlebutt: As I was reading the article for Jolliffe and Harl I came across the word scuttlebutt that I was unfamiliar with. I didn't know what it meant so I researched for the definition and it means gossip or rumor. It relates to the reading by seeing if the rumor's about reading is true. By this, it relates to life by figuring out why it is that students' don't read as much for their academics.

journal #14

matrices: Today as I was reading, there was a word I was unfamiliar with which was matrices. I didn't know what it meant at all so I checked on the dictionary online and it said it meant an environment or material in which something develops. Using methods of our choice was how it related to what I was reading. It relates to life by using matrices to study for our classes and prepare us for tests.

journal #13

competent: In my text book that I was reading I came across the word competent. My thoughts about what it meant was understanding or good. What it really meant was having the necessarily ability, knowledge, or skill to do something successfully. It related to the text by being thoughtful on what and how we learn in our academic performance. In life, it can relate by having the competent for your career that you will have or in sports by having the skills to play.

journal #12

aspirations: I came across the word aspirations as I was reading a book today. To me I thought it meant inspiring people but when searched for the definition it said it meant a hope or ambition of achieving something. We wouldn't feel the same about life or have the same hopes as we did for our future which is how it relates to what i read in the book. In life, it can relate by having goals, for example, graduation from college, getting married, etc.

journal #11

Resurgence: Resurgence is a word I came across as I was reading in my Sociology book. I thought it meant a certain amount of people from what I had read but when I researched the word it said it meant increasing or reviving after a period of little activity, popularity, or occurrence. It related to the book by an occurrence of hate groups that a national policy would follow. A resurgence of people boycotting is an example of how it relates to life.

journal #10

ethnomethodology: In my sociology book I came across a word called ethnomethodology. I thought it meant something dealing with the environment but as I read the definition it said it was the study of how people use commonsense understandings to make sense of life. It related to what I read by sociologists understanding the ways of peoples social location and skills. It related to life by learning how people learn from their society and that's it's not just from who they are but where they are from.

journal #9

predicament: As I was watching a movie called, "The Blind Side," I didn't understand what the word predicament meant. I thought it meant what your views were but when I looked it up it meant, "A difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation." It related to the movie by Mike being a situation which he didn't fully understand why he was in. It relates to life by how all people experience predicament as they grow up. It may be in an interview, having something embarrassing happen to you like tripping in public, etc.

journal #8

mundane: I came across the word mundane that I was unfamilar with. I was reading through the article we are reading for class by Brandt. I thought mundane meant an object or materical of some sort. As I searched for the definition I learned that it meant pertaining to the world, universe or earth. It related from what I was reading by seeing how writing pertains to the world.