How does ethnocentrism cause conflict?

In 1788 when the British came to Australia to colonize, they looked upon the Aboriginals ways of living in an ethnocentric manner causing conflict to occur between these two very different types of people. By first impression, the British saw the Aboriginals as savages and barbarians who didn't know how to own land and weren't even considered humans. The Aboriginals were looked upon as inferior by the British who considered themselves superior towards all other people. These views of the Aboriginals by the British shows their ethnocentrism because both of their ways of living are different yet because the British culture is more modernized than the Aboriginals, the Aboriginals cultures and beliefs are looked upon as inhuman and different. This ethnocentrism resulted in conflict between the British and the Aboriginals. Such as when the British went into the farms where crops like yam was planted, and dug it up because that wasn't the food that was of their liking and instead they planted crops which they liked such as corn and potatoes. All these changes was different for the Aboriginals yet because they were 'different' from the British, they couldn't have a say in what they believed was right and how they wanted their land to look like. Also, in Bennelong's obituary from the newspaper, he is described as many different things. Even though Bennelong was the one who was holding the relationship and trust together between the British and Aboriginals, to the British he was considered as once a savage, always a savage. After Bennelong had come back form his Journey to England, he had chosen to go back to his normal lifestyle even though he had lost all respect form the British, lost his place in his tribe, and his wife left him. After this, the British realized that no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't turn the Aboriginals into 'normal' people like themselves. Overall, the British who came to colonize this new land was bias and inconsiderate towards the already settled people living there. Despite all this, had the British come into Australia without their ethnocentric views, all these conflicts wouldn't have occurred and they would have been able to accept the different way of life lived by the Aboriginals.

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Julius Caesar Performance Assesment

Context:
Cassius and Brutus are talking inside Brutus' tent. Cassius just implicated that Brutus accused a man of bribery even though Cassius knows the man is innocent. A fight begins to occur from this.

Why we chose this scene:
In this scene, the fight is when the conspirators actually start disagreeing with each other and finally start to express their thoughts and anger. From this scene on, the conspirators get into more and more fights which eventually cause the conspiracy to break up. This is also an important scene because this is the first time the two 'leaders' of the conspiracy are fighting. During this scene we are shown the unsteadiness of Brutus and Cassius' relationship, and also we are shown that Brutus and Cassius hardly ever agree on the same strategy plan.

Act/Scene/Lines:
Act 4 Scene 3 Lines 1-63

Passage:
CASSIUS: That you have wrong'd me doth appear in this:
You have condemn'd and noted Lucius Pella
For taking bribes here of the Sardians;
Wherein my letters, praying on his side,
Because I knew the man, were slighted off.

BRUTUS: You wronged yourself to write in such a case.

CASSIUS: In such a time as this it is not meet
That every nice offence should bear his comment.

BRUTUS: Let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself
Are much condemn'd to have an itching palm;
To sell and mart your offices for gold
To undeservers.

CASSIUS: I an itching palm!
You know that you are Brutus that speak this,
Or, by the gods, this speech were else your last.

BRUTUS: The name of Cassius honours this corruption,
And chastisement doth therefore hide his head.

CASSIUS: Chastisement!

BRUTUS: Remember March, the ides of March remember:
Did not great Julius bleed for justice' sake?
What villain touch'd his body, that did stab,
And not for justice? What, shall one of us
That struck the foremost man of all this world
But for supporting robbers, shall we now
Contaminate our fingers with base bribes,
And sell the mighty space of our large honours
For so much trash as may be grasped thus?
I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon,
Than such a Roman.

CASSIUS: Brutus, bay not me;
I'll not endure it: you forget yourself,
To hedge me in; I am a soldier, I,
Older in practise, abler than yourself
To make conditions.

BRUTUS: Go to; you are not, Cassius.

CASSIUS: I am.

BRUTUS: I say you are not.

CASSIUS: Urge me no more, I shall forget myself;
Have mind upon your health, tempt me no further.

BRUTUS: Away, slight man!

CASSIUS: Is't possible?

BRUTUS: Hear me, for I will speak.
Must I give way and room to your rash choler?
Shall I be frighted when a madman stares?

CASSIUS: O ye gods, ye gods! must I endure all this?

BRUTUS: All this! ay, more: fret till your proud heart break;
Go show your slaves how choleric you are,
And make your bondmen tremble. Must I budge?
Must I observe you? must I stand and crouch
Under your testy humour? By the gods
You shall digest the venom of your spleen,
Though it do split you; for, from this day forth,
I'll use you for my mirth, yea, for my laughter,
When you are waspish.

CASSIUS: Is it come to this?

BRUTUS: You say you are a better soldier:
Let it appear so; make your vaunting true,
And it shall please me well: for mine own part,
I shall be glad to learn of noble men.

CASSIUS: You wrong me every way; you wrong me, Brutus;
I said, an elder soldier, not a better:
Did I say 'better'?

BRUTUS: If you did, I care not.

CASSIUS: When Caesar lived, he durst not thus have moved me.

BRUTUS: Peace, peace! you durst not so have tempted him.

CASSIUS: I durst not!

BRUTUS: No

CASSIUS: What, durst not tempt him!

BRUTUS: For your life you durst not!

Partners:
Allie

My Learning Profile

Today during class, we were asked to try out a bunch of different activities which would soon help us discover out learning profile. I learned lots of new things that I never knew about my ways of learning and new ways to help me focus in class. I learned that am a gestalt learner with a "L" learning profile. After reading about what my type of learners do, I realized that its not only me who is having trouble focusing in class sometimes and that I have one or two pretty constant habits. One very interesting fact that I learned is that Gestalt learners, like me, learn best through movement with experiments and physically doing what is expected, as well as having example given which would greatly help me with what I am learning. I always do these two things and now I know that is is pretty much normal for me to do move around the class and always ask for examples when given a new piece of information or work.

I learned that when in class, I learn best when I move around and when I look at the whole picture instead of just focusing on the smaller details. When I move around, it feels like it helps me take in more information and helps me concentrate more on whats going on in class rather than just sitting down while the teacher is piling down information onto us. Also, I feel that when looking at the bigger picture, I get a better outline of what is going on and a better understanding of what we are looking at or analyzing.

When taking in information, I need to move while processing internally and when thinking of a new idea. Also, I feel that I need quite time alone sometimes, especially when I am under stress. I tend to do this a lot while doing homework and when there is a project. I sometimes find myself spontaneously getting up and moving when I need to think of a new idea and plan for something else in the future. Another thing I learned that helps me when taking in information is that I need to move my hands or quietly fiddle with things without getting distracted such as doodling. I already know I do this so I hope my teachers respect that and now understand why.

The strategies that would help me in my learning are writing and drawing with the non-dominant hand, which I already attempt to do while doodling, and also if I make a checklist of things I have to do before I start my homework so that I can see what I have completed and check off all finished work to help me make my planning more clear and concise.

Finally, I would like my teachers to know that I prefer to not follow step-by-step instructions. I tend to start by thinking about the final product rather than starting with the expected procedure and working my way up and plan as it goes on. I also tend to depend a lot on examples or demonstrations in order to thoroughly understand my work. If no examples are given to me, I will start to get a little bit lost in what we have to do and might start asking my peers for help with lots of different questions, which I think might sometimes annoy them. (:

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How Does Art Mirror Society?

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp by Rembrandt Van Rijn is a 1632 oil painting. When Rembrandt was only 25 he painted this painting, therefore he was still experimenting with all the different art techniques and methods. This piece of art was a reflection of what was happening during the Renaissance because, at that time people were experimenting with new ideas and were searching for ideas by themselves along with observing their surroundings. Rembrandt shows this in his painting by the Doctor who looks to be teaching a room of observers about the anatomy of the human arm and the observers themselves who look to be questioning the physics and built of the arm. Both of these things relate to the Renaissance because by questioning ideas and thoughts, they were forced to dig deeper and actually get a full understanding of the idea/knowledge that they have. This tells me that the people in the Renaissance were interested in learning new things and exploring themselves and the objects around them, as well as having quite a lot of knowledge about the human body. Just like how to rediscover ancient Roman and Greek ideas, people had to look for answers themselves and observe their surroundings. With that knowledge they were able to expand their boundaries with art and architecture and teach others about their new findings. Overall, all these art works have revealed to us the truth about the renaissance that we would have never found out if we didn't look deeper and question what is surrounding us.

Picture: http://justinecooper.com/tulp/images/remb_tulp.jpg

Driving Forces of the Renaissance

I think the church was the most crucial driving force during the Renaissance because, during the middle ages the church was the strongest ruler; Though once the church started to loose power during the Renaissance, people took the opportunity to learn new things and explore and experiment with previous knowledge. As a result, people were able to rediscover previous knowledge and expand each city-state with the knowledge that was passed on from the Roman's which the church prevented them from learning. Due to this knowledge Italy was able to become richer with power, wealth, and knowledge.


Picture: http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intdept/pnp/images/cath45.jpg

This I Believe

I believe that life isn’t fair. I know it seems weird for an 11 year old to say that, since I haven’t ‘lived my life to the fullest’ yet, but I’m smart enough to know that life isn’t fair.

When I was younger, I visited a toyshop and I always wanted new toys. I would want everything! As my parents grew aggravated they constantly told me, “Do you need this?” This stunned me completely, “Do I need this?” well no but I do want to play with something. Now, looking back on this I understand what my parents meant.

Children are begging their parents for iPads or iPhones when some children are on the streets begging for even just a dollar, and not even from their parents, begging to strangers.

Did you know that there is actually enough food and water for everyone in this world? It just isn’t shared properly. So actually, People in Kenya who don’t have any food and are starving ‘till death do have a chance to live. It’s just that we are too greedy to share what everyone on this planet needs to survive.

Believing life isn’t fair is just my opinion. You don’t have to believe it or you can, it’s totally up to you. Though not everyone realizes how lucky we are and how people in LEDC (Low Economically Developed Country) countries are struggling for survival while we are just sitting back and watching.

Picture: http://www.artmajeur.com/0/images/images/alexandermoreira_3777079_Alexander-JusticaJul08.jpg

Battle of Hastings Game

The Battle of Hastings game is basically just a strategic game. In the game you can play as either William or Harold. In the game, you have to pick your next movement and if you pick all the right ones, you win the game. This game is really easy, if you know the events that happened during 1066 because this game is basically the same thing. The thing I enjoy about this game is that I know what to do because we studied this, so I end up with the victory. While playing this game, I learned that strategy is very important. Without a strategy your army could crumble to bits. During the battle of Hastings, the Saxons made a 'shield wall' to block off the Normans. Though eventually the Normans broke the wall but then retreated because they thought their king (King William) had died. The Saxons chased them only to find out it was a fake and King William was indeed still alive. Therefore the Normans turned back and killed the Saxons. The Normans finally had victory when King Harold died. I think this type of game is a valuable learning experience because whilst playing, you learn what happened during the Battle of Hastings and you also learn to use the right strategic plan.
The Game: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/normans/launch_gms_battle_hastings.shtml