Play Reading Log #2: Due Jan. 14

1/9/2019

Page 77-100 of Play by Stuart Brown M.D.

In the assigned reading, do the following:
1. QUOTE: Choose one quote that stands out to you from the text from the types of play discussed in this section that stands out to you the most. Your options in this section are: Attunement, Body and Movement Play, Object Play,Imaginative Play, Social Play, Friendship and Belonging, Rough and Tumble Play, Celebratory and Ritual Play, Storytelling and Narrative Play, Transformative-Integrative and Creative Play. Type this quote out in your log, along with what page it is on (in MLA format).

2. TEXT TO SELF: What is the earliest memory you have doing the kind of play that you identified above? How old were you? How were you playing? Why do you think you remember this?

3. COMPREHENSION & COMMENTARY: You read about the life and death of Charles Whitman in this section. What did you learn about Charles Whitman and how do you respond to his story and the way it was told in this section? What do you feel about what you read? Can you connect it to anything beyond the text? Another text? Our society and the world?

You should respond to at least one other students' Play Reading Log #2 by January 15th.

Response Requirements: Your response should be a minimum of 3 sentences and should comment on what the original poster said, connecting it to your own life or other things in our society and the world. Your response can also push the original poster by posing further questions.

PS. I'll be contributing to this as well so you can read my log as an example!

100 Comments

Ben Ugalde link

1/10/2019 03:06:49 pm

"Celebratory and ritual pay may be a birthday celebration, a dance, a holiday dinner.." (Pg 91) I remember a birthday party I had a really long time ago, I think I was in 1st or 2nd grade, and it was a scavenger hunt in my basement. I think I remember this one in particular because it was a big mess. I went through my whole yearbook and invited around 40 people, it was a big mistake.

I was surprised by the story about Charles Whitman, because he had such a nice and impressive past, but he ended up being a terrible person. Maybe he wasn't even a terrible person, he could have just been a good person that made a terrible and gruesome mistake. This reminds me of movies where the character's friends seem all nice and then they end up turning on the main character. I cant think of a specific example but I can confidently say I have seen a movie like this.

Connor Fein

1/11/2019 10:53:07 am

I agree and disagree with you Ben, I agree with the fact that he had an pretty OK past. But I do not agree with the fact that he just made a mistake. Remember, he did kill his own wife and killed 15 people and he might've done something stupid, but something as precise and deadly as it was, it's kill a mass murder.

Rileigh

1/25/2019 11:26:48 am

I agree with what connor said about him just making a mistake. Nobody should do something that bad and then just say oh it was a mistake. He must not have been in the right mindset to do something like that

Kai Ginardi

5/17/2019 11:04:40 am

I agree and disagree with you connor, i think what he did was totally wrong in so many ways but we don't exactly know for sure what happened, maybe her wife cheated on him, maybe he was drunk, maybe their is something that happened in his past that made him do this, or maybe all of those people were part of something. my point is don't write him off as a bad person until you haveproof that he did this just for the fun of it.

oh by the way, did you mean "it's still a mass murder" not "it's kill a mass murder"?

Andy Jimenez

1/16/2019 08:18:08 am

Ben I agree with you because he did have a tough life but he was a nice person but, ended up doing bad things. A lot of nice people in life end up doing bad things. I can relate this to a lot of school shootings that have happened in the past

Denise C.

1/17/2019 09:58:23 am

I agree with you Ben, I think not everyone is perfect, even the nicest people have a breaking point, so I agree that he may have been a really nice person in the past and then became a bad person.

Sebastian Villicana

1/17/2019 02:21:17 pm

No ones perfect and everyone has a point to where they cant handle anything. You could say that he was either two faced or that he was a total different person at one point.

Nathaniel Little

1/17/2019 02:22:43 pm

I both agree and disagree with the statements you said about Charles Whiteman. From a friends perspective it would have been really surprising. Though from a perspective of knowing about his past like family especially his father; It wouldn't have been very surprising.

Gabe link

1/24/2019 06:39:22 pm

I disagree with you ben because he did have a good childhood but that doesn't mean a mistake can make people see you as a bad person he didn't just make a little mistake he killed his wife and that is hard for someone to forgive

Connor Fein

1/11/2019 10:44:34 am

1. QUOTE: On Page 86, it states that ¨Imagination is perhaps the most powerful human ability. It allows us to create simulated realities that we can explore without giving up access to the real world.¨

2. TEXT TO SELF: One of my first memories of this was when I was about 7 years old jumping on my trampoline and before I went on, I was watching power rangers. So it was only a matter of time until I started swinging around my old minecraft sword and starting to act like the green power ranger. I think I remember this the most because it was just a lot of fun to remember and I just like thinking about when I was sad.

3. COMPREHENSION & COMMENTARY: How I respond in this story is that it is obviously I am sad that he died, but even of the circumstances, I still don’t think he should’ve killed anyone just cause he was mad about his father and how he was treated. Also, if he knew about his problem, he should‘ve went to someone after he left his father and told people about his problem before he just decided to shoot all these people. To be honest Im happy he died, he might’ve been a good guy before, but he murdered his family and killed a pregnant woman and 15 others. The bigger factor in this is that people new he had some sort of mental issue, so he should have never owned a firearm in the first place. Even though he lived a rough life, many people go through much worse lives and still come out alright, so in my opinion, not enough play had nothing to do with it.

Bear Greenfield

1/11/2019 10:50:31 am

I really agree with you there bro. He could've used his experiences to shape him into a better person but let them take him to the dark side. I also like your quote and your response to it. Thank you Connor, very cool!

Saba Honarvar

1/12/2019 04:18:12 pm

I agree with you that he should’ve gone to someone professional and tell them about his problems so that they could help him. I feel like if he got the proper help he needed, there probably wouldn’t have been a mass shooting in the first place. Also, your response to your quote relates to my own childhood a lot because, I used to do similar things with me and my friends when I was younger.

Cameron

1/14/2019 06:43:02 pm

Very nice text to self. Nice merge between the two topics. I like the quote from the book

Audra Gomez

1/15/2019 05:59:52 pm

I loved your response because I can relate a lot! I love how you take the killers life into consideration and thought about his life and the events that lead up to why he did it.

JJ Hope Hernandez

1/19/2019 10:58:52 am

I really enjoyed how you connected imagination quote to your childhood, most of us teenagers can no longer relate or remember our memories of imagination. I like how you can easily remember and relate making it one of your best memories

Eric

1/25/2019 10:13:19 am

I agree with you a lot your points on his life and how he could've prevented it

Eric Morfin

1/25/2019 10:27:57 am

alright let me make it a little longer. Maybe if Charles got help from someone his actions could've been prevented but no one help so his actions happened and maybe it could've been prevented

andrew chiariello

1/28/2019 03:43:31 pm

I like conors text to self because I also had a trampoline and I would imaginate. I was very imaginative when I was young and I think this quote was cool.

Dennis

1/11/2019 10:45:27 am

QUOTE: "Celebratory and ritual pay may be a birthday celebration, a dance, a holiday dinner.."

TEXT TO SELF: my first memory of this kind of play is when i was at my church, i was 3-5 at the time and they started singing songs about the christian religion that i sung along. a kind of play.

COMPREHENSION & COMMENTARY: he had a lack of play in his life. This is the main factor of people who have a criminal history. I feel that society needs to encourage people to play more and later in life, then we may have less shootings and less people in this awful state of mind.

Justin

1/14/2019 10:43:45 pm

I've never really liked birthdays, but I do enjoy some other holidays. I also think play is very important and has a very strong connection to empathy and social skills. It's sad to know some people go the majority of their life without many aspects of play. I've had some months without it, but I don't know how I would be after a lifetime; I wouldn't wish that upon anyone.

Eric G

1/23/2019 02:22:23 pm

Same I don't really like birthdays because I get embarrassed easily and when a lot of people just look at me I get unconformable. But because of what happened in the school shooting I do also feel that there should be more time for people to play. Parents should not just work and ignore their kids because they need attention too and that how the would help there selves and there kids so in the future they don't do a crime.

Bear Greenfield

1/11/2019 10:55:53 am

QUOTE: “Two kids may sit next to each other, both playing with sand, water, crayons, or blocks and cognizant of each other’s presence, but not interacting directly or emotionally with each other.”

TEXT TO SELF: This quote reminds me of when I grew up and how I would play cool math games on my computer next to my friend, then that slowly grew into my friends and I playing video games while calling or talking to each other and collaborating through the game.

COMPREHENSION & COMMENTARY: I think his life was rough before he went crazy and killed and injured all those innocent people, but I don’t think we should really let that cloud our thoughts about the whole thing. I know a lot of people who have had very rough lives and just used their bad pasts to keep them moving forward and shape their character into better people. I don’t particularly like when people die, but I think Charlie deserved it after what he did.

Isabel Oh

1/13/2019 08:40:00 pm

I agree that we shouldn't use our past as an excuse, we should use it as something that made us stronger. Just because you fell doesn't mean that you have to dwell on it, move foward, turn what you have been through into what makes you a better person. I believe no ones life is easy, it's just the way you deal with it, and how we overcome it.

carson

1/17/2019 11:53:46 am

Really good text to self. I can really relate to this because thats pretty much exactly what I did. I really feel like I evolved into more "advanced" video games because of my friends. If it weren't because of them I probably wouldn't even play. I'm not exactly saying it's a good thing but its still fun. It can be a good thing with maturity. But I on the other hand play way too much.

Arlene

1/21/2019 05:06:01 pm

I liked this quote from the book And they way you made you’re connection to it.

Dianet

1/22/2019 03:25:09 pm

I agree because he injured all of the innocent people. It wasn't right for him to do that but on the other hand he had a mental illness. I do agree that Charlie deserved it after he did what he did though.

Nicholas Clark

1/11/2019 03:18:01 pm

QUOTE:
"Deprivation studies demonstrate that fantasizing - imagining the inner life of others and comparing it to one's own - is one of the keys to developing empathy, understanding, and trust of other, as well as personal coping skills." (Brown, 87)

TEXT TO SELF:
All my life, I have been wondering. I wonder why something happens, what if this happened, what would happen if this occurred, and so on. This quote really connects to me on my more imaginative side of things. I would usually imagine the lives of mathematicians, philosophers, and historical figures. This could be anyone from Nikola Tesla, Socrates, Albert Einstein, Hitler, FDR, Winston Churchill, or Plato.

COMPREHENSION & COMMENTARY:
Some things that I learned from the section on Charles Whitman was that anybody can become a shooter even if they don't look like it. I have always said that a good person with a gun can easily become a bad person with a gun in the blink of an eye. This section was also pretty interesting as it went into the psychiatry of what a mass murderer's mindset may be like.

Bella N

1/12/2019 03:30:05 pm

I really like how you related the quote to not just the life we can see about you but the life that you see about you, which is your imaginary side. You where talking about what kind things you are thinking about daily. I also like your input on the section that you chose about the shooter.

Carol Cabrera link

1/11/2019 05:29:47 pm

1. QUOTE: "Creative play takes our minds to places we have never been, pioneering new paths that the real world can follow" (Brown, 93).

2. TEXT TO SELF: I have been a storyteller for as long as I can remember. My parents love to share the following two stories with me from when I was a child. When he was not deployed, my dad was the first one to get home from work. I spent most of my childhood before school with my grandfather and grandmother, so when my dad came home, I was always so excited to share what I had been doing all day. I would tell him everything--from what I ate, to what I drew, to what I imagined, to the plans I had for the next day, the wishes I had about how I had spent my time that day and the day before. When my mom arrived, my dad would pick me up, hand me to my mom, and say, "Your turn." Apparently, this never phased me or offend me--I would then turn to my mom and begin my storytelling again or continue from where I had left off. The second story: When I was in kindergarten, there was a holiday show that our class did. I was costumed as an angel, and placed on the very left side of the stage which meant I was very far away from the microphone that was at the center! There is a video of this performance, where it shows me inching my way closer and closer to the microphone throughout the performance. My family loves to laugh about how even as a kindergartener, I wanted everyone to hear my singing, my acting, my storytelling.

3. COMPREHENSION & COMMENTARY: I am extremely saddened reading about the life and death of Charles Whitman. While I had known about the Texas Tower Massacre, I had never read about the shooter's life as in depth as I did in this reading. I was surprised to read the section that talked about how Whitman was "seemingly a loving husband and son; an ex-Marine, he had been the youngest Eagle Scout in the history of the Boy Scouts" (95). It is simply not the background of someone that you would expect to commit such a horrific crime against himself, his family, and the world. Reading about his childhood makes me question a lot of my expectations when it comes to what is best for children. I have known for a very long time that play is important. However, this section talked about the importance of allowing children to "play freely" in "an environment that is structured enough to provide a feeling of safety, so that the child is confident that nothing bad is going to happen" (97).

This section of the text made me think a lot about playing freely. When I was a child, I did a lot playing freely in my home. My parents would tell me to go play outside, and I would mess around in the backyard, run around by myself, and try to communicate with the dog next door across the fence. I wasn't allowed to watch TV on the weekdays when I lived with my parents--all the way through my senior year of high school. Instead, my parents forced me to prioritize my school work, and when that was done, to be more creative about my activities instead of sitting in front of a television screen or a computer. I think that time after school work, away from screens, has really been something that has shaped me as an individual. When given options of what to do nowadays, I like to pick the option that will allow me to create more, and consume less. I don't watch television very often. In fact, I don't even own a television. When I do watch TV, I like for it to be a time where I am spending quality time with people that I love and appreciate, or time watching shows on my phone at the gym to help me get through my workout on the treadmill. I'm definitely not perfect, however, and still struggle to choose creating over consuming especially when it comes to food. I would like to be someone who cooks their own meals, but the convenience of eating out and UberEats has really made it difficult for me to choose to do it myself! I hope to improve upon this.

Saba Honarvar

1/12/2019 03:36:03 pm

QUOTE: “Imagination is perhaps the most powerful human ability. It allows us to create simulated realities that we can explore without giving up access to the real world.” (Brown, 86)

TEXT TO SELF: This type of play has been apart of my childhood for as long as I can remember. My earliest memory of this type of play was when I was around six years old. I would always invite my friends or neighbors over to my house and we would always play with dolls and have fashion shows with the dolls and pretend like we were on big adventures in my backyard. We would also watch a lot of TV shows and movies and we would try to reenact the action the main character of the show or movie was doing. For example, in the movie Star Wars, we would choose who would be the antagonist and protagonist (Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker) and fight each other with big sticks. I remember this clearly because, that was one of the highlights of my childhood and it was a lot of fun doing this and remembering my old neighborhood friends.

COMPREHENSION & COMMENTRY: Whitman’s story was very tragic and it saddened me while reading it. It was really interesting reading about how a persons past affected them when they got older. What saddened me the most while reading this, is that he took out all of his anger and problems on the innocent lives that took place at the Texas Tower Massacre. I feel like after he left his father, knowing his problems and thoughts, he should’ve gone to the appropriate help he needed. For example, he should’ve gone to a professional psychologist that could help him become a better person. His past life wasn’t the best, but what he did was obviously wrong and saddenning. I also feel like he shouldn’t have died because no one deserves to die, he should have gone to jail in the end and gotten the help he needed to become a better person and to change his murderous mindset. I have seen many movies like Whitman’s story and most of them have a rough backstory that effects them to do these actions.

Runda

1/15/2019 06:21:47 am

I chose that quote as well, and I like how you decided to write it about your childhood memory when you were younger. I do believe that you can find another memory more recently that could relate to this quote. I also like your thinking on the section nice job!

Jaden Hayden

1/15/2019 07:55:29 pm

I really like how informative your comprehension and commentary was. I agree with you that he should have gotten help a long time ago. Do you think the absence of play was the main problem?

Bella N

1/12/2019 05:33:06 pm

QUOTE: From: Body of Movement play. "Movement fills an empty heart" bottom of pg (84) Quote from: Bob F

TEXT TO SELF: I don't quite remember my little days but I remember I was always active. I loved going outside to play if I was bored or if I was hipper, or emotion for that reason. Going outside was my go to. My Mom always told me I was a fidgety child. How I can relate to the quote I chose is a memory that I have when I was in gymnastics. I would always feel tired or not wanting to do anything at school, but when I would realize that I would have gymnastics after school I would get really happy and forget about ether I was tired or lazy or etc. I think this happened when I was a toddler through a 12 year old. So I think my sport filled my "empty heart."

COMPREHENSION & COMMENTARY: What I have learned from the Charles Whitman section was that he was a man who accomplished many things and its sad to think that he died. But it was surprising that he was a shooter because of all of his accomplishments. I have never read anything like this before because I don't really read or watch documentary's about shooters. I feel surprised about this whole story because I haven't heard anything like it. I can connect this story to the news because they have lots of stories about shooters and a lot of information about the unfortunate acts of violence.

Ella

1/14/2019 09:41:09 pm

I agree with the fact that you're surprised that Charles Whitman was a shooter. Although, he he did grow up in a broken home which could have ties to why he committed the shooting. It still surprises me that his family thought he was completely fine and didn't notice anything about his behavior.

Austin Donnager

1/13/2019 07:38:34 pm

QUOTE: From Transformative-Integrative and Creative play, "Play can become a doorway to a new self, one much more in tune with the world." (pg 92)

TEXT TO SELF: None of you were around for this but in Fifth Grade, I had my first ever project based exhibition about the ocean's problems. I had a project based on The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, which is now around the size of Texas and one other state put together. And for this project, I created an accurate, scale model of how the garbage patch work using Legos and an EV3 Lego Robotics brain and motor. At the time, this changed and influenced how I saw Legos. I now see them as a way for education, and a way for children of all ages to enjoy.

COMPREHENSION AND COMMENTARY: Charles Whitman was like this probably because he had a rough childhood or born with a sociopath disorder. Now one may argue that one can't be born with a "mental disorder" as stated in the text that most psychological changes happen after you're born. But there are existing cases that prove that people can born with "mental disorders" like autism (like myself) or dementia.

Nicholas Clark

1/14/2019 10:29:19 am

I like how you talked about a specific event in which you engaged in your chosen play. You also glazed over a little bit of what you learned and what you were talking about, instead of just going over it and not giving us any context. I also agree with you on the fact that people can be born with mental disorders or disabilities. I think it is really foolish for some people to blame the environment or parents for everything wrong with a child or adult. Some things are out of the world's control and we have to accept that we can't help everyone.

Madison Leingang

1/14/2019 07:29:56 pm

When I read your comprehension and commentary I agreed with some of your statements; disagreed with others. When you discussed mental illness, I don't believe you can compare a sociopath disorder and autism. Their only similarity is that they are mental illnesses. I myself live with a mental illness; there are two ways to gain this illness. The ways are hereditary, genetically passed down, or the other way is through development later in life. That is the same for many phycological disorders including, but not limited to, Sociopath disorders, schizophrenia, depression, anxiety disorders, etc. I do agree that some disorders can be from birth, but you might want to consider that some illness can develop both ways. Finally, I would like to close off saying not mental illnesses are the same and impact people differently.

Madison Leingang

1/13/2019 08:05:39 pm

Quote:
“Give-and-take, with shared contagious enthusiasm, characterizes healthy mutual play.” (Brown, 88)
Text-to-Self:
I read on Friday and thought about what to pick. I thought that maybe that it describes the person I am, maybe it doesn’t, but ultimately I chose this quote in the end. When I saw this quote I didn’t think about a memory right away, but I saw myself connecting with this most of all. I don’t like relying on anyone for anything because being let down by others hurts more than letting yourself down. Though I talk loud and seem very open I myself am actually very introverted which seems crazy, but I get stressed in social situations and my volume is a response to the anxiety and stress. When I think about this quote I remember this boy in my neighborhood I live in. He was really the only kid close to my age where we live and I liked following him around and I would grab a kitchen chair to talk over the fence with him. I always smiled laughed and had fun with him as I thought he was cool because he was a year older than me so I looked up to him (even though he was shorter him.) But one day they moved down the street, so I decided to visit him and his guy friends were over and I guess to impress them he started to pick on me and made fun of my name. I remember pretending not to care and lied saying my mom was calling me on my phone (that had no service). I was so hurt because I didn’t understand what I did, but I see that now that we are beings meant to have friends. And we want nothing more. I had so much fun and laughed with him until that day when I cried almost all the way home till I wiped my tears so my parents wouldn’t ask me anything. I remember this because every fun thing we did together equally together crumbled when one trip to his house had me not equally enjoying myself.
Commentary & Comprehension:
I learned that controlling parents where the child feels a lack of freedom can be detrimental to the child’s development and future for them as a person in society. Although I feel I shouldn’t I feel some sympathy for him. I don’t condone what he did, but I feel like that mental instability should have been dealt with in the best way for him. I feel this connects with the mental illness crisis. So many mental illnesses can be so painful to live with and can have you thinking and doing things differently than considered acceptable by society. I know from experience where people think the same treatment works for everyone plus it’s expensive to get the services. So many people daily are forgotten by society and that is why every 40 seconds someone takes their life (expected to grow to 1 every 20 seconds in 2020) it takes about 2 minutes to read this which means about 3 people have died.Charles fell through the cracks and so do many.

Isabel Oh

1/13/2019 08:31:31 pm

QUOTE : Curiosty about and multipulcations of "objects" is a pervasive , innately fun patteren of playand represents its own "state" (intrinsic patteren) of play. (Brown, 85)

TEXT TO SELF : This reminds me a lot about myself when I was younger, I really like to touch and play with objects around me. I would touch them, poke them, and shake them, I don't know where the urge of needing to thouch these, sometimes foreign, objects comes from. I was young, and when you were young you'd be very clumsy, atleast for me I was. Curiosty caught the best of me, this with my clumsiness combined as one led to a lot of distructions and things shattering/breaking. Thus brought me into quite a large amount of apologizing to others.

COMPREHENSION & COMMENTARY : It's really depressing to see someone who should be excited about life and their future do such a thing. He seemed to have what some of the people envied and wanted, but who knew childhood could have such an effect on us, humans. I can't imagine having his childhood, living with strict parents and rules, just thinking about it makes me upset. Childhood is called childhood for a reason, you shouldn't have to worry about anything, or to not use your imagination. It's the time to be free, to explore, to look at the world through your own lenses.

Helena Knowles link

1/14/2019 09:50:59 pm

I to identify with object play, and feel that same urge to touch things. However, I continue to do this even to this day, and I am considering the idea that it is a form of OCD. I would like to know if you feel the same way, and if you get the same urge, or used to get this same urge well going through stores like Target or Walmart?

Andrea

1/15/2019 04:21:21 pm

I think that you still have Curiosity even until this day because you wonder everything that you don't know. either if the consequence is good or bad that's really cool to have. Hopefully, you still have that Curiosity once you're older. In the text to self, you have some spelling errors so you should look out for that next time.

Ella Mailliard

1/13/2019 08:58:04 pm

Quote: "Imagination is perhaps the most powerful human ability. It allows us to create simulated realities that we can explore without giving up access to the real world" (Brown, 86). This quote was from the Imaginative Play section.

Text to Self: I don't really remember when I was little very clearly, but I do know, for a fact, that I used imaginative play 99% of the time.The most vivid memories I can recall is when I was about 5 or 6 and my friend from across the street would come over. We'd either play with our dolls the whole time or we'd make up plays and pretend that we were the actresses. I think these memories have stuck with me the most because those instances were my favorite parts of when we'd hang out.

Comprehension and Commentary: The Charles Whitman section was very sad to read, but it also gave me chills when I read sentences like "Whitman was a seemingly loving husband and son" (Brown, 95) because his family had no idea what was going on inside of his mind. I think some major events in the world that I can relate this to are all the violent shootings across the United States that are being talked about through social media and the news.

Ben Ugalde link

1/14/2019 10:33:02 am

I can relate to you, because as a little kid I also used a lot of Imaginative play. We had one family friend in our neighborhood, and since the daughter was my sisters age and the brother was my age, we would usually all four play together. We would always play house and pretend that one of us was the son, one of us was the daughter, one of us was the dog. Why do you think that we usually don"t play like this anymore? What do you think changed?

Chloe Fermin

1/13/2019 09:05:27 pm

Quote:
"As they suggest their own imaginative elements in their game, kids hear other contributions and come to understand other points of view. This mutual play is the basic state of friendship that operates throughout our lives (Brown, 88).

Text to Self:
One of my first memories was playing games with my friends in preschool. It was my first year, so I was about 3. Since it was so long ago, I can't remember exactly what we were playing. All I remember is the other kids' faces and what the room looked like. I think that I remember this because they were my first friends, and some of them are still my friends today.

Commentary:
In this section, I learned about who Charles Whitman was and what caused him to commit multiple murders. It's saddening to think that he was so lonely that he felt he needed to commit murders to feel fulfilled. It was told to give awareness about how important play is. Without play, we become depressed and sad human beings who do bad things. Imagining a world without play is imagining a world without happiness. I can connect this to many shootings and murders that are happening today. We hear on the news so often about another tragedy like this, and now I know a contributing factor on what their motives are.

Thalia Rodriguez

1/13/2019 11:03:41 pm

I agree it's very disheartening to know that tragedies like this are still happening. We now know that the absence play is a big part in some of these peoples lives. It's silly to think, but a world without play is like a world without cartoons, like SpongeBob.

Samantha Sanchez

1/13/2019 09:47:48 pm

1. QUOTE: “ We continually make up story lines in our heads to keep the past, present, and future in context.” ( Brown, 87)
2. TEXT TO SELF: Mine earliest memory of doing the kind of play that I identified above was when I was little I could just forgot what a did in like a week so,l like I couldn't remember so I just made my imagination to fill everything up in a good story.
3. COMPREHENSION & COMMENTARY: I learn that even though you have everything you can lose everything in an blink of an eye. Like Charles Whitman he was a loving husband, an ex-marine, youngest Eagle Scout in the history of the Boy Scouts. It was sad, how the wrote because you can't really see it but you can feel the tone on how you were reading it.

Thalia Rodriguez

1/13/2019 10:58:13 pm

Quote: "Humans are social animals, and play is the gas that drives the engine of social competence" (Brown, 87).

Text to Self: One of my most vivid memories as a child is playing with toy boats in a water puddle with my best friend. At my preschool there was this plastic table meant for water, that my friends and I would play in with little toy boats and things. I remember this specific moment when my best friend and I arrived at school early just to play with the boats. We got there and another kid had stolen "his" boat. The boats were everybody, but that was the one he always used. He tried to get it back, but the other kid was resistant. Being the kid I was, I asked for the boat, but when he didn't give it back it took from him. I didn't even think about it I just wanted my best friend and I to play together.

Comprehension and Commentary:
Charles Whitman was a kid deprived of play and self control. His father abused his mom and did allow Charlie to be a kid. Reading this really opens your eyes to how important simple things are. Someone who had many skill sets, but didn't know how to play or be social is a degrading thing. In our world there are people still like Charlie. Others, who didn't get the whole childhood experience and is missing out on the precious essence of play. By learning about this topic, someone can easily see that play is necessary for a healthy life. Children need to learn on their own without limits, how to play and how to be social. It is something crucial to a persons morals. Not only does this prove how beneficial and vital play is, but also shows how precious our childhood is. It is one of the shortest times of our lives, but so significant to the rest of our life.

Ginger link

1/14/2019 04:55:25 pm

I understand why you took the toy away from the kid. Sometimes we just want things to be our way and we do what we can about it. I can't remember anything specific, but I know that as a kid I did the same thing.

Vanessa

1/15/2019 08:22:55 am

I really like how informative your response was. You not only empathized with Charles Whitman but you look at the bigger picture (like his childhood). It was also really interesting to hear about your bravery in taking that boat, as you are now. Overall, it was a well put response.

Esdras G Cazarez

1/29/2019 04:02:36 pm

This is very true because when I train my dog to do things he will listen and cooperate with me more when I use play in our training. So I feel like it is very true.

Ginger Scroggin link

1/14/2019 12:22:31 am

Quote:
"When we engage in fantasy play at any age, we bend the reality of our normal lives, and in the process germinate news ideas and ways of being." (brown, 93)

Text to Self:
I remember being creative like this as a child and even now. As a child I would play with dolls and before I can even remember I would play with baby dolls. Today it would be day dreaming about having super powers or something cool like that.

Comprehension and Commentary:
I would usually play alone because I didn't have a sibling that was close to my age that I could play "rough & tumble" play with. Although, I do have a nephew the same age, I didn't see him that often. In the last paragraph of page 99, beginning of 100. It talks about ADHD. I have ADHD. It says how lack of rough and tumble play can cause ADHD or more specifically, lack of self control. Which is something I struggle a lot with. So I think it is possible that if I had a sibling to have rough and tumble play with I might not have ADHD.

Zac Foerster link

1/14/2019 06:06:42 pm

As a child (or possibly still now), did/do you feel like imaginative play is the only tyoe of play that can be done alone? Have you had ADHD since you were born? I don't know a lot about ADHD, so some of these questions might seem obvious. Is ADHD like depression, where there are certain kinds that you are born with and others that are induced during childhood?

Vanessa

1/14/2019 12:56:04 pm

Quote: "Imagination is perhaps the most powerful human ability. It allows us to create simulated realities that we can explore without giving up access to the real world" (Brown, 86).

TEXT TO SELF- Now that I can identify the certain types of play, I realize that Imaginative play is the most common in my childhood. My earliest memory as a child involved me running and playing a game of tag with my best friend (at the time) on the beach. I would say I was about 4 years old. I dont really have the best memory, so I was surprised when I found this memory in the back of my mind.

COMPREHENSION & COMMENTARY- After reading this, it kind of made me rethink how easily we trust people. Charles Whitman's past was incredibly saddening, but the fact that he seemed completely normal still amazes me. I would think there would be some signs of solitude to make people wonder if things were okay with him, but there wasn't. His mother's abuse, more specifically, his dad ripped his childhood away and deprived him of functioning like a normal person. The whole situation was sad.

Chloe

1/14/2019 03:27:24 pm

I am not surprised that you connected imaginative play to your childhood because kids come up with the craziest things. Even though I didn't connect imaginative play in my response, I definitely connect that type of play to my childhood as well. Your earliest memory sounds really fun and wish that my first memory was as happy as that.

carson

1/14/2019 03:28:13 pm

Quote: "Creative play takes our minds to places we have never been, pioneering new paths that the real world can follow" (Brown, 93).
Text To Self: I can connect to this because whenever I play I always get very creative and I feel like I can do more creative things. I also think that I only get to these stages whenever I play.
Comprehension & Commentary: After reading this I want to play more and get more creative thinking. But I don't think that playing alone would do anything, I have way more fun when I am playing with my friends.

Cole Carrillo

1/14/2019 11:15:19 pm

I liked you're connection to the quote and I also agree with how playing with friends is way more fun. I do believe playing alone still helps if you have no-one around

Elijah Towe

1/14/2019 03:28:48 pm

As they suggest their own imaginative elements in their game, kids hear other contributions and come to understand other points of view. This mutual play is the basic state of friendship that operates throughout our lives (Brown, 88)

Text to self- I as a child and still make up my own rules for board games and add new rules to other games like tag and football drills.
if its a boring game like 3 flags I will make a one hand rule so that it gets more fun. Also in my family you don't have to call uno when you have on card.

In this section, I learned about who Charles Whitman was and what caused him to commit many murders. It's horrible to think that he was so lonely that he only felt happy was buy killing people. Its showing how important play can be in childhood. Without play, we become can become depressed and find alternative happiness and that is one of the big causes of drug use people will do anything to be happy even for just a minute.

Fernando De Ita

3/12/2019 03:50:54 pm

As well as I do I make my own rules sometime when i'm playing with my cousins sometimes I change them so I have more of the winning chance.

Zac Foerster link

1/14/2019 06:00:19 pm

QUOTE: "As skills in manipulating objects (e.g., banging on pans, skipping rocks) develop, the richer the circuits in the brain become." (Brown 85)

TEXT TO SELF: As a child, I was always naturally drawn to activities like rubik's cubes and puzzles. I still am attracted to these areas, but surprisingly, I don't engage in a lot of physical activities.

COMPREHENSION & COMENTARY: The text mentions that the more you engage in manipulative play, the richer the circuits in the brain become. Logic dictates that this wouldn't be the only type of play to have this effect, but I wonder if there is a certain type of play that helps the brain moe than another.

Austin Donnager

1/14/2019 08:07:00 pm

I like how you connected your personal experiences with a moment in the text that also seems like it was taken directly from your childhood. The Rubik's Cube is a perfect example of a toy that allows and requires you to use your hands in order to solve it.

Dianet

1/14/2019 06:38:36 pm

1. QUOTE: On Page 86, it states that ¨Imagination is perhaps the most powerful human ability. It allows us to create simulated realities that we can explore without giving up access to the real world.¨

2. TEXT TO SELF: One of my first memories of this was when I was about 10 years old. I sold a lot of candies and I remembered me and my sister would stand in front of my house and I would make my sister hold a sign saying “Candies for sell” We would make a lot of money and we would spend it all on games we wanted for the wii we had. It’s a good memory that I had and I’m sad that all of that is all in the past now.

3. COMPREHENSION & COMMENTARY:
My response to this story is that I’m very upset that he died but obviously I don’t think that he should’ve killed anyone because he was mad at his father and his past like the way he was treated. In my opinion if he knew about his problem, he should’ve went to someone for help instead of leaving his father and shoot multiple people. To add he had a mental illness, I don’t think that he should have owned a firearm to even beginning

Rebekah Evans

1/14/2019 08:43:56 pm

I love your connection to the quote you chose. It truly says a lot about you and how deep your imagination goes.

sebastian villicana

1/14/2019 06:51:41 pm

Quote: "Imagination is perhaps the most powerful human ability. It allows us to create simulated realities that we can explore without giving up access to the real world" (Brown, 86).

Text to self: Im able to determine what types of play and i was a kid that was really into imaginative play. I loved legos when I was in elementary school and was into them for a long time. I have memories of going to the store with my mom and picking out lego sets every week or two.

Commentary: I was a really imaginative kid cause i used my imagination for lots of stuff. For example, I used to play legos with myself when I couldn't hang out with people or if it didn't work out. All in all I was way different than I am now.

Cameron Wilson

1/14/2019 07:03:07 pm

Quote: On page 84 it says Our knowledge of the physical world,based in movement, Explains why we describe emotions with terms like close and distant.

Text to self: I use a lot of terms like close and distant and open and closed, Wether its with a door or a person something is always open or closed. And movement fills an empty heart plenty of times I've been sad and empty and stuff like and it fills me to play soccer and to flips.

My comprehension: My response is that I really like activity and that it can make my day and cheer me up even the slightest thing like just juggling a soccer ball will fill me with joy and thats why I like to play soccer and do flips because I love to do, Thats why people do what they do because It fills them with happiness. Everyone should have that one thing that no matter what it just fills them with happiness.

Rebekah Evans

1/14/2019 08:42:12 pm

Quote: "Imagination is perhaps the most powerful human ability. It allows us to create simulated realities that we can explore without giving up access to the real world" Brown, 86

Text to Self: I chose imagination because when I was younger I didn't have much friends. So I would use my imagination to play so I wouldn't feel lonely. Ever since I was younger I've always been creative and had that great imagination. This quote really relates to me because like it says we aren't giving up access to the world. It is our imagination and it's what we want it to be.

Comprehension and Commentary: Charles whitman definitely went through a lot and going through what he went through probably thought him a lot. He is very intelligent and creative and smart and he really used all his skills for his research and writing. Look where he is now.

True Allard

1/14/2019 09:11:25 pm

Very good job Rebekah! You have some spelling and punctuation errors so be on the look out for those. I like your very honest Text-To-Self response.

Fernando De Ita

1/14/2019 09:04:04 pm

QUOTE:
"Deprivation studies demonstrate that fantasizing - imagining the inner life of others and comparing it to one's own - is one of the keys to developing empathy, understanding, and trust of other, as well as personal coping skills." (Brown, 87)

TEXT TO SELF: As a child, I was always naturally drawn to activities like rubik's cubes and puzzles. I still am attracted to these areas, but surprisingly, I don't engage in a lot of physical activities.

Comprehension and Commentary:
Charles Whitman was a kid deprived of play and self control. His father abused his mom and did allow Charlie to be a kid. Reading this really opens your eyes to how important simple things are. Someone who had many skill sets, but didn't know how to play or be social is a degrading thing. In our world there are people still like Charlie. Others, who didn't get the whole childhood experience and is missing out on the precious essence of play. By learning about this topic, someone can easily see that play is necessary for a healthy life. Children need to learn on their own without limits, how to play and how to be social. It is something crucial to a persons morals. Not only does this prove how beneficial and vital play is, but also shows how precious our childhood is. It is one of the shortest times of our lives, but so significant to the rest of our life.

True Allard

1/14/2019 09:09:05 pm

QUOTE: On Page 86, it states that ¨Imagination is perhaps the most powerful human ability. It allows us to create simulated realities that we can explore without giving up access to the real world.¨

2. TEXT TO SELF: I've created many characters in my imagination to help me cope with my life's problems. The Shadow Man is a black figure that I've seen since I was 10. He lives out his own reality that seems to resemble what difficult things i'm going through at the moment. I have seen him recently in a dream where he was sitting comfortably in his car and wasn't living out a stressful/scary event. I like to think that its a sign that my mental health has improved.

3. COMPREHENSION & COMMENTARY:
I was upset that he was able to get a firearm while in the mental state he was in. I think we would have avoided a huge crisis if better background checks were in place.

Rylee Balignasay

1/15/2019 05:33:21 am

I noticed that I used the same quote as you and I ended up reading the whole reading log. I really like how you're honest on what you imagined and how it affects your life now. That's something that I wish I could do myself. I remember reading about the shadow man in your vignettes and I know he is an emotion within deep down. I just hope he stays where he is at so your mental health can stay "improved."

Cie'Cayla Williams

1/16/2019 01:02:22 pm

I agree but there is no "check" on the metal state of a person trying to get a weapon. And a background check also can't tell whether the played as a child so if his background was clear what could they have done?

Helena Knowles link

1/14/2019 09:36:37 pm

1. QUOTE: “We find pleasure in the physical part of object play, in putting together a puzzle, kicking a ball through the goal, or simply tossing a paper wad into the wastebasket.” (Brown, 86-86)

2. TEXT TO SELF: I do not know the age this started, but I remember raiding my brother’s closet to find his box of Legos. Even though most of them were painted over and scribbled on, and I can’t remember if that was my or my brother’s fault, I still loved making little Lego castles and houses, and being able to put a piece down and even if it didn’t make sense, you could say, “This is the shower,” or, “This is the closet.” I think I remember this because it brought me so much joy and you tend to remember things when there are strong emotions attached to them.

3. COMPREHENSION & COMMENTARY: I did not have a fun time reading this section because it honestly scared me. It was taken from a scientific standpoint showing that his lack of play was the reason that he had so many mental problems that lead to this event. In the world today, it seems that there are so many people heading down a similar path, it makes me wonder about how many of these people experienced play deprivation as a child.

Gina Bacilio

1/15/2019 01:10:09 am

I agree with you, I can connect with you. As a child, I also made furniture/houses/castles/etc with legos. One day I was bored and saw my brother's box scattered with legos. I decided to create something. With many thoughts and ideas running through my head of making many different things.

Andrea Arellano

1/14/2019 10:08:40 pm

Quote:· From the simplest game of peekaboo to a formal dance ball, the social play has a major role in human play behavior. Humans are social animals.. (Bown, 87)

TEXT TO SELF: My earliest memory is looking for the ketchup with my mom, also will be playing with my cousins hide in go seek and getting in trouble. I still get entertain by babies or toddlers being happy by playing where is the sock. Being so young and having interactions with people of your age, younger, or older can help you be sociable with people.

Comprehension & Commentary: I think it is crazy that he did that and hurt/kill people who were standing by. It says he was a good caring person, but a person with that can still have negative thoughts. Also when they start ingesting about why he did it, and who was part of it. reading this makes me upset but think why. if this person was a good person why did he do it? Why cause him to do this tragedy.

Justin Gans

1/14/2019 10:38:13 pm

Quote: "Play can become a doorway to a new self, one much more in tune with the world"

Text to self: I think that some of the times I'm playing are the times I feel alive.

Comprehension and Commentary: This can relate back to the mice from earlier in the book. The mice who played were most in touch with their surroundings and had better chances of surviving more life or death scenarios.

Cole Carrillo

1/14/2019 11:12:37 pm

1. QUOTE: On Page 86, it states that ¨Imagination is perhaps the most powerful human ability. It allows us to create simulated realities that we can explore without giving up access to the real world.¨

2. TEXT TO SELF: A memory from my childhood that I used imaginary play was when I was around 6 and my brother and I would bring a little tent to our small little backyard and pretend we’re camping out in the woods. We would bring snacks inside the tent and sometimes even spend the night. I think I can remember these memories well because It’s something I shared with my brother.

3. COMPREHENSION & COMMENTARY: Something that I learned from the Charles Whitman section that surprised me was, that he was a quite successful man and had lots of accomplishments but he ended up being a shooter. This shows how even a good person with a gun can turn into a bad person. For example, his family thought he was completely fine and mentally ok but he really wasn’t .This story was really interesting to me because it’s a lot different than any other stories I’ve heard.

Jaden Hayden

1/14/2019 11:13:03 pm

Quote: “From the simplest game of peekaboo to a formal dance ball, social play has a major role in human behavior.” (Brown, 87)

Text to Self: A time I can remember where I had social play was when I went behind this building. There was a giant steep hill and a tree branch that we could swing on and took turns swinging around the tree using the branch. Then we did a challenge who could run down the steep hill behind the tree and we ran down but I fell on my face into the plants. I think I was like 7 years old. We were just challenging each other and doing random stuff. I think I remember this because it was a really fun moment.

Comprehension & Commentary: Charles Whitman was deprived of play as a kid and had access to a firearm. He wasn’t in a good mental state and didn’t get the help he needed. If he had gotten the help this could have been prevented or if he didn’t have a firearm in the first place.

Ashby Rios

1/15/2019 09:27:28 pm

I like the text to self connection you said because that is something interesting for you to do at that age. I can relate to challenging other people and doing other things at the same time because me and cousins would do that to see who is better, who is faster, etc.

Gina Bacilio

1/15/2019 12:29:26 am

1. QUOTE: "Celebratory and ritual play may be a birthday celebration, a dance, a holiday dinner..." (Brown, 91)

2. TEXT TO SELF: When I was around 7 and would go to church we would do dances or singing. We would dance or sing around the holidays like Christmas, and new years. All of us would sing/dance/read bible verses. I got to meet new people and make friends during these times, which I’m still really good friends with some people to this day.

3. COMPREHENSION & COMMENTARY: It may seem like not having none or a lot of play incorporated into your life can affect you, but it does. Play is highly important in your childhood and now. It shapes you as a person and has many benefits. Charles Whitman had a rough childhood. This resulted in him shooting a college campus. Its saddened that he had to take other people's lives away for how he was feeling. Without play involved in our childhood/now lives it can cause us to change drastically and go down bad paths.

Rylee Balignasay

1/15/2019 05:22:51 am

Quote: "Imagination is perhaps the most powerful human ability." (Brown, 86)

Text to Self: I don’t remember the very first time I did imaginative play, but I do remember one time I did. Now, I don’t remember how old I was while playing. I was maybe 4 or 5 years old. But, when my sister and I shared a bed and a room the headboard of our bed had “storage cubbies.” I remember being alone in my room and I had had two small Barbie dolls. In the cubby I was using, I imagined the space was a hospital room and I literally drew a life support monitor at the back of the cubby. Then once I was done playing, and this next part is why I remember it so clearly, but when I tried to erase it, it just smudged. I tried every eraser I could find in my room and it just kept smudging. Still to this day, my sister still has the bed and I sometimes see what I drew and I know exactly how it got there.

Comprehension & Commentary: Reading about Charles Whitman actually made me sad. He had zero reasons to do what he did to innocent . I learned that anyone can become a shooter. Charles seemed like a good guy, but I really think not “playing” when he was younger played a role into why he did it.

Audra Gomez

1/15/2019 05:56:50 pm

Quote: "Storytelling has the capacity to produce a sense of timelessness pleasure..."

Text to self: I can relate to thin because I too love to write and tell stories, even if I'm not very good at telling stories out loud. I love to type or write whatever is on my mind or if I have an idea. I come up with so many stories and they wont leave my mind until I write it out, though sometimes it still stays with me. I enjoy writing because it can help me relieve stress and also I just like to create stories about thing I'm passionate about or just strange short stories.

Comprehension and Commentary: I believe that the reasons there are mass murders and shootings is not because of guns, or the availability of them, though of courses that can help. I believe that it all has to do with the persons mental state, the mental states that can bring someone to kill themselves can cause them to kill others. A lack of empathy and a lack of emotions can change a person. I think there should be more thought in out future generations and the kids now days, people know how to stop kids from being this way and we need to start by parenting right and teaching empathy to all kids and in general all people.

Ashby Rios

1/15/2019 08:12:08 pm

QUOTE: “Imagination is perhaps the most powerful human ability. It allows us to create simulated realities that we can explore without giving up access to the real world” (Brown, 86).

TEXT TO SELF: The earliest memory that I have about Imaginative play is when I was about 5 or 6. I was at a party with my two of my cousins and we had nothing to do at the party because was dancing and having a good time. So we went to his room and we were pretending to be knights and we were pretending that our siblings were dragons and we had to run away from them or just go try to kill them and what we did is pretend that we were in a castle when we were just under a little fort we had made. We also had these foam swords that we had used to scare them away from us.

COMPREHENSION & COMMENTARY: I have learned before in elementary about how he climbed the tower at Virginia Tech and he started killing people with a gun and it’s interesting how play can play a big role in this topic about the shooting and it had me surprised when it said that he had a lack of play as a child. It’s surprising how play has a big role in our life and if we have a lack of play something can change because of that.

Omar. R

1/17/2019 03:04:11 pm

I agree with this because i didn't know that play can deeply affect how your brain works and how it affects your thoughts

Andy Jimenez

1/16/2019 08:14:45 am

Andy Jimenez
Carol Cabrera
Humanities
16 January 2018
Reading Log #2
Quote on page 86 is “Imagination is perhaps the most powerful human ability”. I chose this quote because I can relate a lot of it to me because when I was little like about 4 or 5 I used to use of imaginative play like pretending I was a superhero or a wrestler. When I was little I had a lot of fun using imaginative play and was really used to it. I learned that Charles Whitman had a rough childhood growing up and I wish someone could have talked to him about his life and help him figure it out.The killing spree he had reminded me of a lot of school shootings that have happened in the past and can relate because the people who we’re the school shooters were mostly bullied their entire life.

Cie'Cayla Williams

1/16/2019 12:58:26 pm

QUOTE: On Page 86, it states that ¨Imagination is perhaps the most powerful human ability. It allows us to create simulated realities that we can explore without giving up access to the real world.¨

TEXT TO SELF: This reminded my of being younger and having no toys so my siblings and I would just make up games to play.

COMPREHENSION & COMMENTARY: I feel like with Charles Whitman situation they show do like an emotion analysis following a background check. I feel like the analysis will see how the are feeling while trying to get a weapon and from there they can make an educated assumption on whether or not to give them the weapon.

Nathaniel Little link

1/16/2019 01:19:39 pm

QUOTE: "Research on rough and tumble play in animals and humans has shown that it is necessary for the development and maintenance of social awareness, cooperation, fairness, and altruism.

TEXT TO SELF: I have a few different memories from when I was young about playing with my cousin. I can't remember exact details but I remember it happened when I was maybe 4-6.

COMPREHENSION & COMMENTARY: I think it is crazy how something like this can happen to someone from a lack of play. This really makes me grateful about the life I have. I find it even crazier that someone can seem do normal and have a good life then just snap like that and do something insane.

Marc Robledo

1/16/2019 01:20:03 pm

QUOTE:"Celebratory and ritual pay may be a birthday celebration, a dance, a holiday dinner.."

TEXT TO SELF: I remember when I was about 8 or 9 and I had my birthday at Pump It Up and then invited a lot of people but I had fun because who doesn't have fun on their birthday. I was getting a whole lotta attention though and for me I was hyper kid back then so I ran and played a lot because I got bored a lot and I would sometimes get in trouble but it was worth it because I got to have fun and hanging out with my friends was awesome as well so I hopeful never want to lose the feeling of playing or celebrating.

COMPREHENSION & COMMENTARY: I was a bummed out about how Charles Whitman Killed 15 people and started off with a Pregnant woman and then injured 30 others, but If I'm being honest I hate it when people die but this was horrible as well but back to my celebration. Celebrating things can be fun and sad, well depending on what it is it can be both and Celebrating Birthdays are great because of the smiles you see and happiness and someone wishing a happy birthday to someone else.

Eric Gallegos

1/16/2019 09:53:58 pm

Pg 86 The earliest evidence of imaginative play comes at about the age of two in the form of fragmentary stories
The earliest memory I have of imaginative play was when I was about three years old what I did was I pretended I was a soldier and I used to jump all over the couches to cover up from people shooting me and I used a stick or a toy gun I had to shoot them back why I think I remember this is because I always used to play it until I turned like seven.
Something that I learned about Charles Whitman was that he killed 15 people and wounded 31 people and and that the night before he killed his wife and mother how I felt when I read that I was shocked that someone could kill other people and hurt other and mother and wife that crazy and just because he had a lack of play that is what shocked me the most that the lack of play can harm you later on in life by making bad decisions.

Denise C.

1/17/2019 09:54:50 am

Quote: ¨Imagination is perhaps the most powerful human ability. It allows us to create simulated realities that we can explore without giving up access to the real world.¨

Text to self: I can relate to this because my imagination, sometimes I feel like it can create new places in my mind. It's like this cool power you have that has no limits to it. And you're still in the real world no matter what, your imagination is always with you.

Connection: Usually for me my imagination is very big, I think of the weirdest things and my imagination can make it real. Like I see something and think of something I could do with so I use my imagination to connect with the real world while it still being non-realistic and stuff.

Marc Robledo

1/17/2019 01:18:32 pm

I agree with you because I have a big imagination as well and when I read it helps form my imagination as well and because of that I get new ideas for new things like drawing something that you would see in your dream because your imagine it

Olivia Dimmitt

1/17/2019 01:35:44 pm

Olivia Dimmitt
Mrs.Carol
Humanities
15 january 2019
The effects of mutual play
Once again I feel like I can relate to most of these types of play it really just depends on my mood. If I feel like roughhousing with my brother I will. Friendship and belonging, attunement… I don't relate to one specifically. So I am going to talk about one that I do often. Friendship and belonging. I always have so much fun when I am with my friends. We laugh all the time whether it is my friends from church or my friends from school. I have so much fun with them. I wasn't always a social butterfly. I used to be really shy and I didnt like talking to people I didn't know because I was to nervous but now I am totally fine. The quote that I picked was “ Give-and take, with shared contagious enthusiasm, characterized healthy mutual play¨. I believe that to enjoy life you need others to enjoy it with which is where friendship comes in handy. In the presence of your friend do you ever feel lonely? I know that I dont and I would rather be in the presence of friends than rich. Friendship as my quote says is mutual play. I remember how whenever my sister and I were outside when we were young the backyard was puddy in our hands. We could mold a whole new world to experience and then return and other day. With Charles Whitman I couldn't believe what was said at first. His homicidal breakdowns were because of his lack of play. It was so sad and is so sad that someone didn't have play in their childhood. I am so grateful for my family and for my sister and friends. They bring even more joy into my life.

Rileigh

1/17/2019 02:26:19 pm

¨Imagination is perhaps the most powerful human ability. It allows us to create simulated realities that we can explore without giving up access to the real world.¨

Imagination was always a big part of my childhood. My siblings, friends and I would always play with dolls or act like we were in the wilderness and we had to hunt things.I was very young and I still remember it to this day because I always had so much fun

he had very little play in his life. To me this the key to people who have a criminal history or had one. Play helps shape the way people make decisions and behave.

Omar.R

1/17/2019 02:48:41 pm

quote
"Celebratory and ritual pay may be a birthday celebration, a dance, a holiday dinner"

Text to self:
i can relate to this because every Christmas. Thanksgiving, and new years my family celebrates this with a lot of food and and fun

COMPREHENSION & COMMENTARY
I was really shocked when i found out that Charles Whitman Killed 15 people and then injured 30 others. this just makes me thankful for being able to play and celebrate.

JJ Hope Hernandez

1/19/2019 11:57:09 am

1. Quote: ¨Imagination is perhaps the most powerful human ability. It allows us to create simulated realities that we can explore without giving up access to the real world.¨ Pg.89

2. Text To Self: I can defiantly relate this to my own play mostly because enjoy sports. When I was younger before my double digit years I used to play many sports and I always imagined about making the winning shot in the NBA Finals every time I would shoot or Throwing the Hail marry pass to win the Super Bow WhenI would play catch. Till this day I still think about what could be.

3. Comprehension & Commentary: Charles Whitman was definitely deprived of play and even though he was deprived of play and treated badly doesn't mean it is correct to Kill and injure a lot of people.There is professional help and to think that something so minimal as play deprivation can cause a person to kill people is sad.

Arlene

1/21/2019 05:02:12 pm

Quote: “Infants begin to play to make sense of their bodies very early”

Text to self: This is understandable because when my cousins son was and Infant he was playing a lot, which makes sense because they have nothing else.

Comprehension and commentary: I’m pretty sure that there are some Infants that don’t play because I think it’s just apart of there character and who they are. Or how fast they develop.

Gabe link

1/24/2019 06:48:49 pm

“Imagination is perhaps the most powerful human ability. It allows us to create simulated realities that we can explore without giving up access to the real world.” (Brown, 86)

Text To Self: I can relate to this quote because when I was smaller I would always imagine me being in a combative soccer team and being really good at soccer and I also imagined myself having good friends that I can trust that wont backstab me and I feel like I have those friends

Comprehension and commentary: I feel like if Charles the guy who killed his wife had positive thoughts or thought about him and his wife being happy he would not had killed her I feel like your thoughts or imagination get to you sometimes which leads you to make bad or good decisions

Eric

1/25/2019 10:11:13 am

Quote: Page 86 the quote I chose is ¨Imagination is perhaps the most powerful human ability. It allows us to create simulated realities that we can explore without giving up access to the real world.¨

Text to self: A good memory of me playing was when I Pretended I was surviving in a zombie apocalypse with my brother and it was really fun I was about 9 years old and we had hockey sticks that we pretended were guns and I think I remember this cause it was a fun memory to play with my brother in a zombie apocalypse

Comprehension & Commentary: The is sad in the fact he killed a pregnant women, His family and 15 other people which sucks but people knew about his problem and could have helped him before his actions but no one did and of course he did what he did and it stinks. I feel that he was a good guy before then events fueled him into his actions and I think that there is no play involved in this

aandrew chiariello

1/28/2019 10:23:27 pm

QUOTE: Imagination is perhaps one of the most powerful human ability. It allows us tocreate a smulated realities that we can explore without giving up acces to the real world.

TEXT TO SELF: I remember going to my god familys house and playing with nerf guns and having missions like capture the flag. and this was one of my favorit childhood memorys as a kid.

COMPREHENSION & COMMENTARY: Charls Whitman was a guy who killed 15 people and wounded 31. I think this is very sad and I think he should have died for that he done he killed a pregnant woman and 14 others. It is really sad that this still happens to this day.

Jose Jimenez

1/29/2019 02:02:53 pm

Quote
"Celebratory and ritual pay may be a birthday celebration, a dance, a holiday dinner"

Text to self:
i can relate to this because every Christmas. Thanksgiving, and new years my family celebrates this with a lot of food and and fun

COMPREHENSION & COMMENTARY
I was really shocked when i found out that Charles Whitman Killed 15 people and then injured 30 others. this just makes me thankful for being able to play and celebrate

Esdras G Cazarez

1/29/2019 04:21:48 pm

QUOTE: "If we wired mom and baby and took an electroencephalogram you would see their brain currents are in sinc.

2. TEXT TO SELF: I chose this quote because I found it interesting that the mom and baby have a connection even when they don't know it. And I feel like my mom and I have that connection still and even though sometimes I dont see it its scientifically proven.

3. COMPREHENSION & COMMENTARY: Its crazy how someone can take another life so quickly and I feel like how he killed his wife and she was pregnant. Me reading that honestly made me feel sorry and they should of done something before his actions were made. This is also connected to the real world because we can always be better but most wont.

Runda

5/28/2019 07:20:28 pm

QUOTE:
¨Imagination is perhaps the most powerful human ability. It allows us to create simulated realities that we can explore without giving up access to the real world.¨ page 86
TEXT TO SELF:
I think that this quote gives a deeper meaning that we all can understand and agree on. I always imagine possibilities I could do in life and how things could happen. The quote explains how I’ve been thinking. Just imagining what might happen, or what I could say during a situation.
COMPREHENSION & COMMENTARY:
Killing someone because your upset and mad is the wrong way to go. You should always talk about what’s troubling you and share out. It’s better to open up and speak instead of taking action while you're not thinking clearly. Sometimes you need to have an understanding before doing actions because while you're mad you can’t see straight, you only see your point of view and your anger. You don’t know what's wrong or right but what you believe is right.

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