Samantha's blog

My Big Question is how do emotions work in the brain? Many people go through rough times or good times and it's an interesting thing to want to know what kind of emotions go through the brain and how they work. I have researched online about the brain and the emotions we feel throughout the day we have or situations were in. Our emotions enable us to react to situations we are in. A connection I found was that Jean Valjean arrived at the church and all he wanted was for cosette to be safe, well for every parent or any person would want to keep loved ones safe so if you feel fear your heart starts racing and would do anything to keep them safe. It made me wonder how it works. What I plan on doing next would be to research more about the brain because it can be the brain or body that recognizes emotions. One thing I learned is that one of the key areas that the brain deals with to recognize, showing, and control of the body's reactions to emotions is known as the limbic syste

What I will do this weekend to show what I have learned so far is to put more writing in each blog post or make a post about a summary of the book; that I have understood so far.

Rouse : out of sleep;awaken Recoil: draw back Loquacity: the quality of talkign a great deal Awning: a sheet of canvas or other material stretched Jean Valjean had been running away from Javert again and when he got as far as possible he had run into Fauchelevent, who he had helped when he was mayor and now Fauchelevent is returning the favor.

What I would want to learn in this class is anything else Mr. Preston could teach; because I have learned so much this semester even though I have not been up to date with posting the blog posts, but I learn many new things everyday. I did not think I would get a class that would make a big impact to me, I mean every class has it's own thing that I learn from and I understand but this class has been the greatest yet. I would want to learn more about the book we are reading because it is interesting, I thought we would be like every other english class, of course different teaching but to read the same books. Then I find out we are reading a massive book and I was fine with that, I love reading new books, that I had never heard about.

I think that the author Hugo starts with detailed description of the setting because he wants the reader to know the setting may be important later on or when he tells the story he had told us where they are and what that place was. I agree that the scene of history and place is important to us because it was during or before the civil war. He also adds information based on real life on what had occured or what they did. Some places that are important to me are in different situations you can say because I have many places that have helped me. A place is a tennis court any I guess you can say because even though it's something small, playing tennis has helped me so much with everything going on in my life, where I thought I did not have a place where I felt like it was all fine. Just playing made me forget about all things that I was worried about. This place did have a big impact on my life because I had somewhere to be, like I wasn't worried everywhere I went.

When I searched myself on the internet I did not find anything about myself. It was mostly other ladies that are working at hospitals or have a good job.

We manage the choices in our lives that we control by deciding what we know is best for us. The decisions about the things that help make anyone powerful and successful is to just do it. No one stops you just yourself. Their may be people who see you succeed and they try to stop you. The decision you make is to choose the right thing to do. It makes you more powerful because no one controls what you can look like or dress or do, it's your own choice. 

A routine I learned to do every morning or habit to success is too, have a positive thinking about everyday and if it is not good, then try harder the next day. I think a routine would then get boring, well for me. A routine that may help for a time would be togetting up, get ready, then do the job or work great. I have a routine to get ready for school and I honestly I continue to do the routine because I get used to the time and know when to get up.

This mornings mindfulness caught my eye. I had been scrolling through instagram and I saw the quote and once I entered the class I was astonished because it was the last post I saw before going to sleep. I can carry this sense of mindfulness into the rest of my life by just examining each sentence of the poem because even if it's just some words in the sentence, it actually has a powerful meaning. Well for me I would think about what the poem is saying to the reader, once you actually read it carefully because anyone can read a poem.

I sometimes do read when I'm not at school. Since I decided to take an interest in the medical field, I started reading books about the anatomy, diseases and the brain. I can also look it up on the internet but reading it in books is easier for me because I have always loved reading books. What I read is mostly any book that is mystery, romance, or action; like the book being exciting because I love solving the mystery or what may happen next and it keeps me on my toes. I have read 4 books about one story and it was probably romance but it was a good book.