1. How different would our lives be today if people didn't try to destroy the land? For example in Wisconsin where they just took out the trees and land by the lake that the cranes were at.
2. Has the community of land owners recently been more careful with their land and bettered it for the future?
Friday, July 2, 2010
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Bad Apple
As I mentioned in my previous post, I was in a group with a couple of bad apples. The one kid especially was the worst of them all. The first day we got assigned to the project, he straight up told me that he was lazy and didn't want to do anything. At first things were alright and then his attitude did begin to rub off onto the other group members. It was obvious that they wanted to be lazy just like him, so they decided to just mess around as well. What I did to sort of help the situation was I gave him tasks that I knew that he could do, that were fairly easy, but helped the project along. When dividing up the work, I knew it wouldn't be even for everybody, but if I could just get him to do something productive would help. I also had him help me with what I was doing for the project. This allowed him to get involved and have someone helping him so he didn't feel alone. These strategies seemed to work well, because we were in a group together later in the semester and he worked a lot harder than the first time.
Friday, June 25, 2010
Previous Group Project Outcome
It was my first semester in college and I was in an engineering class. Everyone was pretty new to the material that was being taught and for one project we had to work in groups. My group had 5 people. When we got our assignment, it turned out that only a few of the group members wanted to participate. What it lead to was one kid and myself doing mostly all of the work and the other kids not very much. I tried to give them smaller tasks that they could do to get them to feel like a part of the group. They would do some things but it was tough, because they didn't show up half of the time, or were late to everything. We ended up getting everything accomplished that was asked of from the project, but it was not a very good experience. Two people should not have to do the work of five and it would be nice if everyone just pitched in a little bit.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
"Fecundity" -- Annie Dillard
Homeplace:
The flatness that spans across the horizon stretches for miles upon miles. Ground as level as a freshly planed wood table top. Green fills your eyes and explodes your mind. How can this be? Rows upon rows of growing corn and soybeans scatters the land. Driving, I encounter field after field seeming to be endless. The lone paved road breaks the fields apart and allows for farming equipment to get to their destinations. Fertile land spreads the countryside and the distinct aroma of the soil fills my nostrils. I have lived many years in this area and every year, the land always produces a plentiful crop. The best crops in the world come from this nutrient filled soil. With the flourishing amount of crops, many other animals and organisms are able to live. I love how the deer are able to run free and be as wild as possible. I believe they are in heaven around my area. Deer always have food to eat and an abundant source of water. Often times late at night I catch them sneaking drinks of water from a pound in a near timber. Fog slowly starts to creep in on them as the sun sets slowly over the horizon. I believe that this land makes a perfect home for many living organisms.
The flatness that spans across the horizon stretches for miles upon miles. Ground as level as a freshly planed wood table top. Green fills your eyes and explodes your mind. How can this be? Rows upon rows of growing corn and soybeans scatters the land. Driving, I encounter field after field seeming to be endless. The lone paved road breaks the fields apart and allows for farming equipment to get to their destinations. Fertile land spreads the countryside and the distinct aroma of the soil fills my nostrils. I have lived many years in this area and every year, the land always produces a plentiful crop. The best crops in the world come from this nutrient filled soil. With the flourishing amount of crops, many other animals and organisms are able to live. I love how the deer are able to run free and be as wild as possible. I believe they are in heaven around my area. Deer always have food to eat and an abundant source of water. Often times late at night I catch them sneaking drinks of water from a pound in a near timber. Fog slowly starts to creep in on them as the sun sets slowly over the horizon. I believe that this land makes a perfect home for many living organisms.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
"Manifesto" and "The Making of a Marginal Farm" -- Wendell Berry
"Manifesto"
I didn't connect with this poem that Wendell Berry wrote. I thought it had some very good lines and thoughts to it, but I couldn't for some reason come to grasps with it. His intent was to let people know that it is okay to make mistakes and just live your live happy and don't worry about what others are doing or trying to make you do.
"The Making of a Marginal Farm"
I enjoyed this essay. I was able to connect to this piece of writing extremely better than "Manifesto." I come from a farming background, so I was able to see the farming aspect and how his farm had grown over the years. Our farm was the same way, it started out small and we have made it larger over the years. His description of the land and how it was steep or had pasture on it, gave me a vivid description of what it looked like. This description helped me to be there on his farm in a way. His intent of this piece was to inform readers that it's possible to be well off with such marginal land, and when you replenish the earth, it in return revives and replenishes the human.
I didn't connect with this poem that Wendell Berry wrote. I thought it had some very good lines and thoughts to it, but I couldn't for some reason come to grasps with it. His intent was to let people know that it is okay to make mistakes and just live your live happy and don't worry about what others are doing or trying to make you do.
"The Making of a Marginal Farm"
I enjoyed this essay. I was able to connect to this piece of writing extremely better than "Manifesto." I come from a farming background, so I was able to see the farming aspect and how his farm had grown over the years. Our farm was the same way, it started out small and we have made it larger over the years. His description of the land and how it was steep or had pasture on it, gave me a vivid description of what it looked like. This description helped me to be there on his farm in a way. His intent of this piece was to inform readers that it's possible to be well off with such marginal land, and when you replenish the earth, it in return revives and replenishes the human.
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