Sean De Haven US History Period 3 Anderson 13, December 2013 Diamond Jim Brady Revisited Questions and Answers

1. For the connections we made from the story, I have come to be ieve
that the three main themes that were !resent within the story" #he first is $oin$ dee!er within the story and findin$ o%t why &ana ysis'" #his is beca%se we were made to thin( and wonder why, and this ca%sed %s to tr% y foc%s and dive dee!er into what was bein$ read, )%st from hearin$ what was bein$ said" A so, there was the theme that history is a !rocess not an event" #his is beca%se in the story, it did not a )%st ha!!en a at once, it too( a ot of time and ! annin$ for everythin$ in the story to ha!!en" #he third theme I fo%nd was the who e findin$ the tr%th within" #his is a theme beca%se I be ieve that the c ass had to be ab e to find the tr%th, even if it was bein$ s!oon fed to %s, beca%se we wo% d have a hard time fi$%rin$ it o%t"

2. A) I now be ieve that my answers were very far from what i be ieve
now" #his is beca%se I now have a fee in$ I (now why *r" Anderson chose this s!ecific story and no other"

2. B) I was act%a y very far off in my !ersona o!inion" I basica y !%t

what was $oin$ thro%$h my mind, i had not rea y $iven any tho%$ht into the assi$nment and now, have rea i+ed that )%st by $oin$ dee!er

into the story and tryin$ to ana y+e everythin$ has been rea y he !f% "

2. C) I honest y be ieve I was )%st $ivin$ the answer to why" ,n y

beca%se in a act%a ity I had no c %e what *r" Anderson wo% d have wanted in a res!onse for these -%estions"

2. D) I was honest y )%st tryin$ to $et !oints for the assi$nment, as

stated ear ier, I did not rea y !%t effort into com! etin$ the assi$nment to my f% est ana ytic ca!abi ities"

3. I be ieve that in doin$ this, yo% ca%sed %s to try and !ay attention
to even the sma est of detai s so that way we co% d have an even dee!er ana ysis of the what was ha!!enin$ within the entire story"

4. .y oo(in$ at my assi$nment is was evident that I had !%t a most

no effort into com! etin$ this assi$nment" #hro%$ho%t the entire semester, I had t%rned in wor( e-%iva ent to that of the atter assi$nment, b%t i did a so have very we tho%$ht o%t thin$s that I had done for the c ass, where I had act%a y ta(en the time to wor( and !%t a of my effort into the one tas( at hand" .%t this is a beca%se of my wor( effort" /ar ier on in the year, I was in the habit of te in$ myse f that I can )%st do it ater, and when ater came I )%st frea(ed o%t and )%st did not do it" .%t on the o!!osin$ side, the thin$s I did do we on were the thin$s where I was ab e to find and ta(e o%t eno%$h time within a day, and )%st sit by myse f and wor( on homewor( and im!ortant thin$s" ,ne of the most he !f% of those was findin$ a way to stay motivated and so for every ho%r or so of wor( I did, i wo% d $et to

do somethin$ f%n, for abo%t 0110 min%tes to stay entertained"

5. #he most interestin$ thin$s I earned in US History this semester

was the fact that a most everythin$ we have been ta%$ht as a (id in !revio%s years was fa se" #his was the most interestin$ beca%se it bef%dd ed me that teachers wo% d sti teach it as if the te2tboo( was ri$ht and nothin$ e se was, and then this year, we com! ete y destroyed the idea that te2tboo(s were 3ho y4"

6. For the semester, I have had a few ro%$h s!ots, and d%rin$ those
ro%$h s!ots, I !robab y wo% d have $iven myse f a 51 beca%se it a most seemed as if I had no c %e what was $oin$ on, b%t there were other moments in c ass where I was s!ot on and fe t i(e i co% d not have done any better" At these !oints, I fe t i(e I !robab y wo% d have $iven myse f an A1 on y beca%se I (now i co% d have done even more, beca%se there is a ways room for im!rovement" .%t as an overa $rade for the first semester, I be ieve I wo% d have $iven myse f a .6" #his is beca%se as stated ear ier, I had s!ots where I fe t i(e I co% d not have done any better, b%t a so there were those s!ots where I (new c ose to nothin$, and )%st fe t i(e $ivin$ %! in c ass" .%t beca%se I )%st !ersevered thro%$h a of it and to d myse f there is on y one way and that is to do yo%r best no matter what" So I .e ieve, that i co% d have had a .6 b%t beca%se I did not a ways fo ow thro%$h with myse f I on y et myse f and those who (now I have !otentia to be somethin$ down"

7. ,ne thin$ I wo% d i(e to et yo% (now is that I a ways try to do my

best, b%t when I do not, it is not a ways )%st $oin$ to be some made %! e2c%se, I have a fair y short f%se when it comes to somethin$s" .%t if I do not com! ete an assi$nment, I wi a ways try to do it a$ain, and find a way to $et it done and avoid settin$ myse f off" ,ther than that, I )%st want to et yo% (now that this first semester bein$ in yo%r c ass was rea y ama+in$ and awesome, and I a ways oo(ed forward to bein$ in yo%r c ass, and now, I can not wait for the ne2t semester of history"