Play Reading Log #5: Due Jan. 29

1/23/2019

Read: Pages 156- 182 in Stuart Brown M.D.'s Play

Reading:
p. 128-175
p. 176-218

In the assigned reading, do the following:
1. QUOTE: Choose one quote that stands out to you about play in adult relationships (stay school appropriate!)

2. TEXT TO WORLD: Stay school appropriate! In this section, there is a lot of talk about play in adult relationships. Talk about an adult in your life either now, or in the past that you have seen at play. Get really specific! What or how was this adult playing? When? How did you know that this adult was playing? Was this adult just being playful? If so, how? Was this adult playing with other people? If so, how? Can you imagine yourself playing this way in the future? Do you already play this way now?

3. SUMMARY & TEXT TO SELF: In the beginning of Chapter 7, our author talks about how poor sports are no fun. Explain what the author claims makes a "poor sport" (Brown, 182). Have you ever seen anyone (no names!) in your life or in a film/movie/video (names okay here) being a poor sport? Why was this person being a poor sport? Have you ever been a poor sport?

You should respond to at least one other students' Play Reading Log #5 by 11:59pm on January 30th.

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!

104 Comments

Ben Ugalde link

1/24/2019 03:15:02 pm

One quote that stood out to me was from page 175, "Lawrence began spending all his time playing online interactive games." I can see how this takes a toll on relationship, because my friend from cheer plays on Nintendo switch with me a lot, and his girlfriend gets annoyed sometimes cause he doesn't focus on her. We play Pokemon together and it is a lot of fun, we always try and get to practice early to battle. or he will come to my house before weekend morning practices, and we will play then too.

The author on page 182 claimed that poor sports are narcissistically preoccupied, rather than caught up in the shared emotion and loss of self that team sports, at their best, can provide. They aren't playing at all really. One time in 6th grade gym class, one mean kid thought that I was not very good at being the goalie in our game of handball. I didn't think it mattered, it was just gym class right? Well he really thought it mattered like a whole lot. I was trying my best, but it clearly wasn't good enough for his standards. He had the nerve to go and ask the teacher if someone else could be the goalie instead of me, and he thought he was taking one for the team. Gym class ended and he complained to the whole class that we only lost because the gym teacher wouldn't switch me out as goalie.

Bear Greenfield

1/25/2019 10:07:24 am

QUOTE: “We might also raise eyebrows or lift the chin quickly in greeting.” (Page 160)

TEXT TO WORLD: My mom used to surf a lot and was on an adult softball team for the longest time until she tore her ACL and meniscus and had to stop playing. My twin and I used to go to her games and stuff til she stopped playing. We go to a family camp for a week every summer and there are adult volleyball tournaments, tennis tournaments, ping pong tournaments, and pretty much every other sport you could think of had adult tournaments. The kids go and watch the volleyball games against camp gold (we’re camp blue) and cheer along with everyone else.

SUMMARY & TEXT TO SELF: Yeah my twin is a terrible sport when we play board games. Whenever she wins she smirks, this terrible, super annoying, well known smirk, that everyone hates. When she loses, she starts throwing the game pieces around and just getting angry. I don’t know which one’s worse.

Saba Honarvar

1/26/2019 04:38:42 pm

That's very cool and interesting that your mom used to surf. I've never surfed before but in my opinion, I think surfing is a really cool thing to do. I also can relate to you with your text to self. I have a brother and whenever we play any kind of game which are mostly sport games, he would always take it seriously and take the fun from it by going really hard on me and beating me. I always would get mad at him for beating me every time because he would also laugh at me whenever he got his way in the game we were playing.

Audra Gomez

1/28/2019 06:43:27 pm

I love how you went straight to how much you hate your twins sore loser smile. I think I know what you're talking about also. I think its sweet that you went to your moms matches and sorry to hear she had to stop playing.

Fernando De Ita

1/29/2019 03:11:39 pm

Thats pretty dope how your mom use to surf.

Zac Foerster link

1/28/2019 08:03:47 pm

It is cool that you embark in a family camp each summer so not only you, but also your mom can enjoy play. My brother is similar to your twin, but instead of a smirk, he would get this look on his face that is impossible to describe. When I was little, I used to call it "wise eyes" and would scream at him every time he did it. My parents had no idea what it was, but we knew. Also, I don't see what your quote has to do with the rest of your response.

Connor Fein

1/29/2019 08:30:05 am

I totally agree with you bear on how family members can be terrible sports. I remember this one time when I was about 9 years old and we were playing monopoly and my father just out of no where just starts making fun of me. I know it was only for the joke of the game but really dad.

Ben Ugalde link

1/29/2019 09:58:51 am

I can relate to your text to world paragraph, because my dad used to be in a men's hockey league. My dad loved hockey and would watch every game on TV, he was in a league and was team captain. I would go to his games a lot and would hang out with his teammates kids, I had a lot of fun doing this. A lot of times they were really late at night so I could only go to his saturday or friday games, They would go until 11:00 or 12:00 at night.

Kai Ginardi

1/29/2019 10:35:35 am

Yikes, i hate it when someone plays against a poor sport, once i was playing against a friend of mine. his name is mana, i have known him since he was born, he is about nine years old. once i came to his house to play with him, and we went into his home and went to play on his Wii consul. we played two games, on both games the, every time i won, he got all mad and turned off the game. it was so annoying.

Ginger

1/31/2019 03:42:04 pm

I have a nephew that does similar things when we are playing a game. One time he wanted to play chess with me and he was so sure that he was gonna win. An hour later I won and he flipped the board.

CieCayla Williams

6/12/2019 03:28:12 pm

I didn't know that about you mom. She was very active. Your twin and my siblings act the same when they lose, it's always "You cheated!" or "That's not far!"

Nicholas Clark

1/25/2019 10:32:10 am

QUOTE: "If we lived in a world without play, all public adult interactions would model of those of subway sitters and elevator riders. It would be a pretty grim world to live in" (Brown, 161).

TEXT TO SELF: First, I want to explain my quote and what it means. Then, I will talk more on a personal experience of me seeing an adult play. The quote that I chose was relating more to the lack of play that most adults have. Brown was explained how a lack of play in adults creates a gloomy world and a place with no joy or excitement. The problem is that too many adults fall into this spiral and society is just saying, "That's life." We need to realize as a society that there is more to life than work. Now onto my personal experience. A time that I saw an adult engage in play was last summer when I went to Connecticut to have a family reunion. There were many people at the house and I had a great time. My favorite part was when we played the game Bullshit and it was really fun. We had to use two decks of cards because there were so many people playing. Many of the people playing were adults and we played it for hours. I think it distracted us from time and all of our worries. That is what play is supposed to be.

SUMMARY & TEXT TO SELF: Of course I have seen poor sports. I see them all the time when I am playing video games. They are usually narcissistic, backseat drivers, and foul-mouthed. I try to ignore them, but sometimes communication is necessary in the video games that I play. I also saw this a lot in sports. I have been a poor sport before in the games that I play, but I try to recognize this and stop.

andrew chairiello

1/29/2019 03:07:16 pm

I agree with nick. a lot of adults are unhappy because all they do is wake up go to work go home and go to sleep. they should sometimes take of work for a day or two because it would help them to be happier.

Runda

1/29/2019 06:05:58 pm

I love how you explained why you choose your quote before going in to talking about text to self. I think your right about how play distracts us from all our worries and how not a lot of adults still play.

Nathaniel Little

1/29/2019 06:53:41 pm

I agree with the quote strongly. A world without play would be dark. Just look at the places we studied about that don't have play like North Korea. If we are talking about world were there is absolutely no play allowed, you wouldn't be allowed to come home and play any sort of game. You also wouldn't be able to research a cool topic after you got sick of staring at the wall. You also wouldn't be able to read a book after you realise you've been denied access to the internet.

Saba Honarvar

1/26/2019 04:26:30 pm

QUOTE: "When we greet each other, we smile and look at the other person with 'soft' eyes---looking directly but not staring" (Brown, 160)

TEXT TO WORLD: Every time I came over to my uncle's house for either a holiday or a family gathering, the adults always play card games or very complicated board games. They also would put on funny clips and videos or watch a sports game on the TV. All the adults would play these games with each other. There was never a time I saw them not doing these things with each other. They always find a lot of excitement and fun out of these plays. I know this because I always hear them laughing really hard while doing this. I don't usually play with them because I don't know how to play any of the card and board games and the videos that they think are funny aren't that amusing and humorous to me. Basically, the things that are interesting and fun to them, are not for me. I am not sure if I can see myself playing the way they do when I'm an adult but I also feel like I will. My way of play changes over the years a lot so I could probably find amusement in these plays when I'm older.

SUMMARY & TEXT TO SELF: Being a poor sport is a person who takes the fun out of something that is meant to be fun and ruins it. They basically can't take a joke. They exhibit improper behavior during games and they forget that a game is just a game which is meant to be fun. One person that I remember being a "poor sport" was this girl from the other team of a volleyball game. She was way too serious about the game and her ego was higher than her volleyball skills. When another person would be next to serve the ball she would make mean and disrespectful remarks about my team and would whisper them to her friends. She basically made the game a whole lot less enjoyable of what it could've been.

JJ Hope Hernandez

1/27/2019 08:17:50 pm

I agree but I also disagree with Saba about poor sports and how they can clearly take the fun out of everything, but the part I disagree with if it is a competitive game then it is reasonable to take it serious. It is still not ok to be a poor sport if you lose you have to take it as is.

Bear Greenfield

1/28/2019 10:14:07 am

I totally agree with your text to self. Poor sports make everything worse. I mean you can be serious while playing sports but it kinda crosses a line when you start just being disrespectful to everyone because you think you're better than them. I had to deal with them in cross country.

Andy Jimenez

1/29/2019 07:36:53 am

I can totally agree with you Saba because a poor sport always runs the fun of any games that you are playing. An example I can share is when I play basketball sometimes I win and the opponent starts making excuses like you cheated me your taller that's why you won. If you are in a sports team and you have a poor sport on your team that really affects your team and kind of destroys it.

JJ Hope Hernandez

1/27/2019 07:57:27 pm

Quote: "If we lived in a world without play, all public adult interactions would model of those of subway sitters and elevator riders. It would be a pretty grim world to live in" (Page 161).

Text To Self: I understand this quote by personal experiences, I see that the world can be very grim without play or without other human interactions. I have seen this occur within my family especially with my brothers and their friends. I remember one time with my brother and one of his best friends it was very grim because my brothers friend was studying for his exams and there wasn't much interaction and play within those weeks. I always seem brothers playing with their friends if it is a video game or sports, but it is never a grim moment within their group it is always up beat and fun. I do see myself in the future keeping the play and human interaction especially because I hate grim moments I always try to make the best of them.

Summary & Text To Self: The author claims that a "Poor sport is narcissistically preoccupied" caring more about themselves than the people who share the emotion within the loss. I have seen poor sports in many situations especially within our Division and your sports. There are many occurrences in which the other players are angry because they had lost closely or had been blown out by our team. I have been a poor sport only when I was younger, but then I had to realize the truth which was you win some or you lose some and you can't do much about it.

Marc Robledo

1/28/2019 03:02:39 pm

I agree with you JJ in how if there isn't any play or anyone talking, like you said then things can get boring around the house. Whenever that would happen I would cheer my family up. I agree with what you said about how you lose some and you win some because we can't win them all and sometimes you just gotta go try-hard mode to win your games.

carson w

1/29/2019 02:21:06 pm

I agree with JJ. This is because around my house it is quite fun and boring at times. My parents can be bad and good sports. But it just depends on how their day went.

Helena Knowles link

1/27/2019 09:32:26 pm

1. QUOTE: “Psychobabble and intellectual explanations of what might be interfering with mutual joyfulness are not as effective as discovering (or rediscovering) what actually produces the joy.” (Brown, 173)

2. TEXT TO WORLD: My Aunt Tami always has a puzzle going on a table at her house. It is usually themed accordingly, like at Christmas time there was a snow scene with carolers and Christmas trees. In the Spring she has puzzles with flowers and others with beach scenes. In Fall, I have seen her do pumpkin puzzles. She puzzles in her free time, and she says with all the stress of cleaning and taking care of her grandkids she can escape all that when doing her puzzle. I feel like she puzzles the same way I craft. When my Aunt Tami puzzles, she usually has something going on in the background, like a Hallmark movie. That’s the same way I craft. When I am working on a project I always have a Netflix show playing in the background. We both concentrate more on the thing we are playing with, but we still like having that filler in our environment. I think I will always play this way because I don’t want the room to go silent.

3. SUMMARY & TEXT TO SELF: According to the author, a poor sport is in a foul mood after loosing and they continue to be in a foul mood for a while making it no fun to play with them. I feel like I am a poor sport. I don’t like to lose all the time and I don’t like to lose by a lot. Today I played Mario Kart with my brother and sister and I lost every game and one game I came in 9th (they always placed first or second). I get this very specific feeling in my chest when I lose, like everything drops and I can feel the tears rushing to my eyes even when I am thinking I don’t want to cry, and I hate it. I feel the if I win sometimes, or at least I’m able to be close, I think I am a better sport. It really sucks being a poor sport.

Gina Bacilio

1/29/2019 06:38:52 pm

I can connect with your aunt that loves puzzles. When I myself was younger I would sometimes puzzle during my free time. It was interesting putting the puzzles together and seeing how it would turn out.

Vanessa

1/30/2019 08:30:44 am

I agree with you that being a poor sport is unfortunate, and it makes you feel bad for being that way. I also really like the quote you chose, since it really makes you think, and it’s something I’ve thought about a lot.

Jose Jimenez

1/28/2019 03:07:12 pm

Quote: "If we lived in a world without play, all public adult interactions would model of those of subway sitters and elevator riders. It would be a pretty grim world to live in" (Page 161).

Text To Self:I understand this quote by personal experiences.I have seen my cousins not do anything because they started working and stopped having fun and playing with their friends.Play can change a lot of things.

Summary & Text To Self: The author claims that a "Poor sport is narcissistically preoccupied" caring more about themselves than the people who share the emotion within the loss. I have seen poor sports in many situations especially within our Division and your sports. There are many occurrences in which the other players are angry because they had lost closely or had been blown out by our team. I have been a poor sport only when I was younger, but then I had to realize the truth which was you win some or you lose some and you can't do much about i

samantha

1/28/2019 06:15:01 pm

I agree with your statement that play can change a lot of things.

Nathan Little

1/28/2019 05:04:17 pm

Quote: "Really making emotional contact with people, inviting an emotional closeness either in casual situation or in long-term relationship, requires that we open ourselves to them. It requires that we not put up our defensive wall and we accept others for who they are."

Text To World: A lot of times my uncle or mom will start playing with one of the four dogs at my house. A lot of times the other dogs will notice the commotion and start barking and jumping. This happens a lot and it's a fun time. Everyone in the situation drops everything and starts playing with the dogs as the run and jump around

Text To Self and Summary: I always hate it when I come across a sore loser/sport. The negative energy is just a black hole for positive. They can ruin whole games because they just start annoying everyone. It can start from fun game, to a bad time of listening to the sore loser yell at the game in frustration.

Isabel Oh

1/28/2019 07:35:40 pm

I agree with your Text To Self and Summary. When my brother was younger he would throw tantrums when he loses, and it just takes the fun out of the game. It really is like what you discribed it "A black hole for positive."

Fernando De Ita

1/28/2019 05:22:08 pm

Quote: "If we lived in a world without play, all public adult interactions would model of those of subway sitters and elevator riders. It would be a pretty grim world to live in" (Page 161).

Text To Self:I understand this quote by personal experiences.I have seen my cousins not do anything because they started working and stopped having fun and playing with their friends.Play can change a lot of things.

SUMMARY & TEXT TO SELF: Of course I have seen poor sports. I see them all the time when I am playing video games. They are usually narcissistic, backseat drivers, and foul-mouthed. I try to ignore them, but sometimes communication is necessary in the video games that I play. I also saw this a lot in sports. I have been a poor sport before in the games that I play, but I try to recognize this and stop.

Cameron Wilson

1/29/2019 01:52:56 pm

I really like your quote, I really like you text to the world i feel like it wa svery accurate, nice text to yourself.

samantha

1/28/2019 06:11:18 pm

1. QUOTE: “I think it’s unfortunate that the term “ Player” has come to mean something negative” ( Brown, 168).

2. TEXT TO WORLD: I knew that my mom rollerblade, but i didn't know she was good at it. Yesterday we went outside and got our rollerblades and it was fun but scary for me ; but for my mom it was so easy. I know that she was having fun playing because she was laughing and having a good time.She was playing with me. I can see myself plating this because it's fun once you get it.

3. SUMMARY & TEXT TO SELF: Yes I have seen people show some poor sport. I may be a poor sport on game boards because i get annoyed really easy when people take forever so I may just say something or I will say I don’t want to play anymore.

True Allard

1/28/2019 09:36:08 pm

Very interesting connection! You have a few spelling errors but otherwise this is very well written. Good Job Sammy!

dianet

1/28/2019 11:58:03 pm

I agree with you, when people are really slow it annoys me and I tend to do the same things you explained in your summary. This is well written and relatable.

Esdras G Cazarez

1/29/2019 03:13:10 pm

That's a great text to world I remember That My mom showed me how to jump rope and for her it was so easy and she was good at it and when I tried it I couldn't do a lot.

Austin Donnager

1/28/2019 06:26:32 pm

QUOTE: "...the products of play--art, drama, sports, music--exist because they are part of the human mating display."

TEXT TO WORLD: I don't often see my parents play together, but when they do, it's usually over The Walking Dead mobile phone game. Or whenever they are watching TV and crack a few jokes while we're in bed. Whenever they do so, they have fun with it, as they almost always seem to be happy.

SUMMARY & TEXT TO SELF: The author really does emphasize on how poor sports and salty attitudes can really mess up a friendship. Some games out there do indeed have some elements to them that can make anyone salty. For some of the many examples: Uno's Draw 4 wild card, Mario Kart's Blue, Spiny Shell, Dennis's Streak O' Luck board game and Monopoly's Broadway space with a hotel on it. Most of these I have experienced myself as well as get salty about. From personal experience, BS or game changing items or moves make a game that isn't too fun once you come across something like that.

Austin Donnager

1/28/2019 06:28:23 pm

Quote is from pg. 167

Cole Carrillo

1/28/2019 09:13:44 pm

I like how you connected how a poor sport attitude can really mess up relationships. Also, I can relate to the fact that some of my friends have gotten really mad at me from winning games such as Uno. I do think that if you're gonna get salty and mad at a simple fun game like Uno that's just not right.

Nicholas Clark

1/29/2019 10:17:09 am

I like how you connected games that we can relate to personally. It allowed me to get more invested in your writing. I agree that some of those games can cause saltiness, but some of them are just innocent saltiness. There is a big difference between being playfully salty and just being salty; however, I do have to agree that once that one poor sport person comes into play, it becomes much less fun to play the game.

Elijah Towe

1/28/2019 06:32:29 pm

Quote- "If we lived in a world without play, all public adult interactions would model of those of subway sitters and elevator riders. It would be a pretty grim world to live in" (Page 161).

Text To World- Me and my family still play games together all the time. We play a game called what Do You Meme were you have a picture and 7 caption card. You match it up with the funniest card you have. But some of my friends older siblings don't play and only work and have no fun.

Summary and text to self- I can relate to this quote because when I don't play for a day I feel upset and bored. Also I've noticed that people who play less are worse sports.

Connor Fein

1/28/2019 06:35:14 pm

Quote: On page 178, It states that "The existence of this kind of play proves that play has a negative side."

Text to World: Well I can actually relate this to my father when I was about 8 years old. I remember that he was next one up to bat on his softball team and you know that feeling when you look into someones eyes and they are just so excited and even though he wasn't even on the plate batting. My dad was running around the box like he was a little kid again and it honestly made me laugh.

Text to Self: Well when I was in elementary school I wasn't the most popular kid and I wasn't really the most picked in school so whenever I did do somewhat well in any game like soccer and football, I was mostly put out more and more and at one point I wasn't even allowed to play in some of the sports cause the kids didn't like how I looked like a girl and was beating them in sports.

Audra Gomez

1/28/2019 06:38:46 pm

Quote:Quote: “And to think we were laying out our adult scripts through play with this doll at age nine.”(159. Brown)

Text to World: I know an adult or two that I've noticed are simply walking through life with no fun. Now that they are older I believe they have lost their “young touch” with things like trying to have a better life and not taking no for an answer. Though I can imagine that in an adults life it’s much harder to do what you want and to be able to have ambitions as you grow old because all your trying to do it keep a stable income for your family. I’m sure not all lives are bt a lot are, and I really respect the people who can find a job that they love and also keeps them stable.

Summary and Text to self: The author uses “no fun...ruin game…’and’ “not enjoyable to win against them” to explain these poor losers. I know what it feels like to play with sore losers. They don't know how to understand that it's just a game and that its all part of it to lose. If you just keep winning the game will probably not be rewarding after a while. I'm sure I have been one at one time too so what can I really say.

Haven Koppisch

1/29/2019 09:06:35 pm

Audra, I think that you did a good job! I like how you made some of your connections personal!

Runda

1/28/2019 06:45:02 pm

Quote: "When we greet each other, we smile and look at the other person with 'soft' eyes---looking directly but not staring" pg. 160

Text To World: An adult I've seen at play is my dad. When I was little he used to play soccer with me. Nowadays, he would play ping pong with his friends Friday nights. I knew he was playing because he was enjoying playing and was sore at the end of the day from playing the game.

Summary & Text To Self: A poor sport is someone who, either win or looses, shows improper behavior. I don't believe I have seen someone who was a poor sport, or someone I remember, but it would usually happen if someone has lost a game or competition. I'm not quite sure if I am a poor sport but hopefully i'm not.

Ashby Rios

1/29/2019 10:13:01 pm

That’s cool how your dad used to play soccer with you because you got the chance to play with him when you were younger. At least he is still playing something that is making him fun. Also, I don’t think that you will be a poor sport because you seem to enjoy doing a lot of things and if you enjoy what you’re doing then you shouldn’t be one at all.

Isabel Oh

1/28/2019 07:31:41 pm

QUOTE : Play allows us to embrace and even sculpt the contours of our fates with an ironic humor and a sense of sharing in our common humanity.

TEXT TO WORLD : During Chinese New Year my family would go to my grandparent's house and have dinner and talk about life. The grown ups like to play mahjong, it's a game where you have to have a certain pattern to win. I don't really know how it works, the grown ups seems to have a lot fun while playing mahjong. It's a four person game so they would wait for their turn. When they were playing it's like they forgot about their burdens, as if they are stress free.

SUMMARY & TEXT TO SELF : A poor sport is someone who shows inappropriate behavior when he or she loses. My brother use to be a poor sport, he would throw tantrums if he loses, even when playing rock, paper, scissors. As he grew older he began to stop, and accept his loss.

Thalia Rodriguez

1/28/2019 09:02:24 pm

When I was little I celebrated Chinese New Year with my Philipino side of the family (I don't know why) and they had similar actions of not caring. Instead of playing mahjong, all of my cousins, aunts and uncles would circle around one table just telling jokes. There wasn't any specific topic, except to make others laugh.

Cameron Wilson

1/28/2019 07:47:17 pm

quote ."If we lived in a world without play, all public adult interactions would model of those of subway sitters and elevator riders. It would be a pretty grim world to live in" (Page 161).

Text to world. I think that this connects to the world because I see so many people that look really sad and I think its because of the lack of play and also the lack of people they care for them. I feel like with more exposure to play and people then a lot more people can be happy.

text to self summarize. II agree with the quote because I can see that on the streets and at the store, and I wish that everyone will have the same mentality of play and realize how important it is.

Denise Catalan

1/30/2019 09:21:37 am

I can agree with you Carson because I also think without play the world would be a sad, gray, and grim place.

Gabe link

2/7/2019 10:11:34 am

I Agree with your connection Cam because if we didn't have play nothing would be fun and everyone would be slow sad and not fun

Zac Foerster link

1/28/2019 08:04:27 pm

QUOTE: "After 10 years of marriage, plus three kids and demanding jobs, their intellectual companionship has dwindled." (Brown 157)

TEXT TO WORLD: My dad has been working at the same place for years, and yet he still finds ways to incorporate play into his daily life to help spice things up. He usually plays in the form of jokes and sarcastic remarks. He takes any chance he can get to throw in a little pun or remark; he texts me a new joke every morning, and hasn’t missed one for 4 months!

SUMMARY & TEXT TO SELF: This passage focused on two main things; adult play, and the dark side of play. The first part is mainly about how in a relationship, there is always the danger of getting “burnt out” and losing interest for your partner. I won’t get too in depth for this, but the topic really struck home for me because of my parents’ recent divorce after 22 years of marriage. The second part was about the cruel or addictive side of “play”. I use play in quotation marks because the author emphasises that this isn’t play at all. It doesn’t meet the requirements for play, and also stops others from feeling the joy of play around you.

Dennis Hoehn

1/29/2019 07:13:21 am

I think that this summary has great descriptive language about how the dark side of play, isn’t really play at all.
I am sorry that your parents had to split up and that they had to for you to make the connection, but it was the best connection on this section of responses.
I agree with your reasoning behind you quote and I feel like you did a great job summarizing and connecting it to the world.

Eric Morfin

2/7/2019 08:19:45 pm

Zac, first i'm sorry your parents split up, second I agree with your reasoning for your quote and your summary you did a great job with everything

Justin Gans

1/28/2019 08:21:03 pm

Quote: "The kind of person who is called a player is someone who is entertaining himself or herself in ways that narcissistic, strictly manipulative play..." (page 169 referring to dating)
I both agree and disagree with this statement because I have seen examples of "players" that are narcissistic and careless, but I also know that many of these so-called "players" are just curious people who are looking for someone special.

Text to World: An example of play that I have seen in adults is mobile games. My mom likes to play those oversimplified, instant gratification connect-three games, as well as, Pokemon Go and other games of the sort. My dad and mom also play this one really stupid Clash of Clans rip-off game from China or some crap. It's always begging for you to pay money for micro-transactions and junk. I personally hate it, but it's also nice to see them enjoying something. When my parents are playing games, they are usually online with other people. Whenever I'm playing a game/video game, it's almost always with others' company.

Summary & Text to Self: There was a kid named _____ that went to my elementary school who was a poor sport. For the sake of not saying names, his assigned pseudonym will be "Chad". Chad was an absolute jerk. I went to his mansion one time--yes, a mansion. He had a water-slide and everything. I don't know why he ever invited me there because I just felt ignored the whole time, but I didn't care; which easily transitions us back to Chad, who was a prick in need of attention or praise every thirty seconds. I remember one time I was playing basketball with him and he was being such a rude and insensitive person to one of his "friends". This was a mutual friend that I had a lot of respect for. When I spoke out about it, he and his posse of asshole clones just mocked then ignored me. The friend appreciated it, though.
I'm so off topic, what the hell. Anyway, a poor sport is someone who is usually sore about something not going in his or her way; typically in a sport or game. I wouldn't say I'm a poor sport, but I do get frustrated when I lose sometimes.

Elizabeth Mortensen

1/28/2019 08:29:11 pm

Quote: “The silly and absurd shared task let them drop their guard and be fully with each other. They were able to play.” (Brown, 158)

Text to World: My dad collects records, and one of his favorite things to do when I was younger was to play and listen to music. He would play guitar while I would play the ukulele, we used to play for hours just having fun and writing songs. I can definitely see myself doing this in the future with my little sisters or cousins, it was always the highlight of my day.

Summary and Text to Self: The author explains that “poor sports” are often narcissistically preoccupied, or too focused on themselves rather than the shared experience. I have seen poor sports a lot, it comes with having big family, everyone has their moments when winning is the most important thing. Even I have had my time as a poor sport, when the only thing I value in the play is being the best and coming out on top.

Madison Leingang

1/29/2019 04:36:10 pm

I liked seeing your perspective on adult play. It can how you in the different upbringing than me. I would also like to ask you a question. Do you think competition is a bad thing? Do you think it leads to poor sports? Why or Why not?

Arlene

1/28/2019 08:34:49 pm

Quote: "If we lived in a world without play, all public adult interactions would model of those of subway sitters and elevator riders. It would be a pretty grim world to live in" (Page 161).

TEXT TO WORLD: An adult I've seen at play is my uncle's girlfriend. Each Saturday she goes to the beach and plays volleyball.

SUMMARY & TEXT TO SELF: In my opinion I think that a poor sport is someone who improper behavior during a game, or someone who has no play.

Elijah

1/29/2019 02:17:10 pm

I agree with you Arlene when I play games there is always abad sport and they way that you describe it is exactly how the act especial when they get called out and act childish.

Madison Leingang

1/28/2019 08:41:40 pm

QUOTE: “If we lived in a world without play, all public adult interactions would model those of subway sitters and elevator riders.” (Brown, 161)

TEXT-TO-WORLD: Before my uncle passed last year I could remember how he seemed to have fun. We would see him on occasion with his wife, my aunt, and it was usually at the zoo. He seemed on the reserve side, but it never seemed to be bored he seemed to be having a good time. I guess I could say his type play was seeing others that he cares about having fun. He was also a nurse for Mayo Clinic and when my grandpa was very sick and my aunt came to help out in the house he would help with his medical advice on his breaks. He took the time to care for other and even though we didn’t see each other a lot because of distance I miss him lots. You could always know he was enjoying himself because he seemed so happy; I think that should be considered play because play is supposed to be enjoyed that releases chemicals in the brain. You could just see it in his eyes he was having fun.

SUMMARY & TEXT-TO-SELF: He means the people who are too preoccupied to enjoy the moment. I myself can understand where he is coming from, but I also know that is a reason people don’t play games with me. When doing an assignment or playing a game I get caught up with what is expected when trying to just enjoy the process. But from my perspective people who don’t take things seriously bother me because certain things matter quite a bit and even being carefree in a game can make me upset. I feel when it comes to media and outside perception, it can it the wrong way especially for people like me. I have no control over this response and it is the wired response in my brain.

Helena Knowles link

1/28/2019 08:42:12 pm

I loved your quote, I think that this is an important topic. With the online gaming fan base growing so rapidly, a lot of people can get wrapped up in the game. Do you think this is a problem? If you were in the position of the girlfriend would you get annoyed, and/or jealous? Also, it seems as if the mean “gym class kid” was being a poor sport, not you.

Ginger

1/28/2019 08:48:55 pm

who is this a reply to?

Chloe Fermin

1/28/2019 08:46:46 pm

Quote:
"Other objects of desire-great care, expensive restaurant, gold jewelry, a home-based media center- can add to the narcissistic thrill, but there is no emotional opening or true connection." (Brown, 169)

Text to world:
I sometimes babysit for one of my mom's coworkers, and I see them play with their 11 month old. This adult was playing by making funny faces to the baby, playing with the little toys with him, and laughing/smiling with him. I know that these parents are playing because they are genuinely happy and are enjoying their time. I could see myself playing this way in the future because when I am older I'd like to have kids of my own. I guess I play this way now when I babysit and look after the baby.

Summary:
Basically, Brown is explaining how poor sports ruin the whole point of play, They take out the joy in the game and take it too seriously. They're so focused on their experience and winning that they ruin the fun for everyone else around them. In this way, they really aren't playing. I have seen one person in particular do this before. One of the girls that I went to middle school with would take volleyball way too seriously and would ruin the experience for everyone else. This one time, we had a tournament and she would yell at us whenever we messed up. I could understand if this were a coach, but teammates are supposed to build you up, not break you down.

Ella

1/28/2019 10:21:31 pm

I've also noticed that older people interact with babies by making the weird and funny faces. I could definitely see you being good with kids. Connecting to the "poor sport" part though, have you ever been a poor sport while playing a game?

Thalia Rodriguez

1/28/2019 08:56:34 pm

Quote:
"Really making emotional contact with people, inviting an emotional closeness either in a casual situation or long-term relationship, requires that we open ourselves to them. It requires that we not put up defensive walls and that we accept others for who they are. Then we can invite others to engage in play" (Brown, 162).

Text to World:
I know a lot of adults who still take time to do things and enjoy, but my mom comes to mind when reading about adults who play. When my brother, sister, and I were younger we'd always mess around by making fun of each other and playing a simple prank. My mom would always lightly threaten my brother to take away his phone or Xbox. It was always clear that these silly pranks were never his fault, but my mom trying to make him feel singled out. She loved to make sarcastic remarks and be my my sister and I's "side". It's something that continued even until my brother was in high school.

Summary and Text to Self:
Poor sport, also know as someone who can't see the fun in a game. Someone who only looks at the end goal of winning or the minor details of the game. At my school there was this one person in my friend group who REALLY exemplified, poor sport. Every single time we had recess my class and I would have terribly intense games of four square out on the blacktop. This particular person was the one kid everyone told to calm down or "it's just a game" before even playing. This never worked though, because they always ended up yelling at someone or getting worked up being voted out. I guess to my friends and I, it didn't matter. We kept playing every single day, knowing that there was always a tiny little hill to climb.

Cole Carrillo

1/28/2019 09:05:48 pm

Quote: "If we lived in a world without play, all public adult interactions would model of those of subway sitters and elevator riders. It would be a pretty grim world to live in" (Page 161).

Text To World: This quote is focusing on the fact that most adults lack play and how the world can be quite grim without it. Brown explained in this section how adults can have a very boring and unexciting life while lacking play. It can create a very grim world for the person possessing a lack of play. What causes this is when people think all life is is work and forget to have a little fun. Also, just to clarify play isn't just fun it's a way to stay sane. So now I’m going to talk about how I see adult play. When I’m in the lineup surfing you see older guys all the time having a great time while boarding and hanging out. All the guys out there always have a smile on there face and are usually really talkative (I mean until you snake them or they don’t get the wave they want).

SUMMARY & TEXT TO SELF: I see poor sports all the time especially because I’m a competitive athlete. During my surf events it gets really competitive and I’ve seen some incidents when competitors get way to mad. For example, I saw a kid throw his board he was so mad. I believe that If you’re going to be that much of a poor sport you shouldn’t be competing. I’m also not gonna act like I’ve never been a poor sport because I have when I was younger but I learned that the only way to be successful is to take in failure.

Andrea Arellano

1/28/2019 09:31:45 pm

QUOTE: “Jokes are the minimally invasive surgery of a relationship: they penetrate to a deep emotional level...When other friends and I stood around his bed making jokes, we all laughed and it was clear that he was connecting with us” (Brown 164).

TEXT TO WORLD: What I really like to see in relationships is both people joke around with each other. My parents make so many puns about the things that they relate to. That they find on social media and they don't get offended. It's a type of connecting ot each other in a fun way.

SUMMARY & TEXT TO SELF: A poor sport would be a person who really doesn't care about something important. For example, I used to talk to this one person who plays sports. He was being a bad sport because the person really didn't care about how many goals they made if they won or lost. Always had a bad mindset about the team and I would want someone that is a bad sport on a sports team.

True Allard

1/28/2019 09:32:41 pm

QUOTE: "If we lived in a world without play, all public adult interactions would model of those of subway sitters and elevator riders. It would be a pretty grim world to live in" (Page 161).

TEXT TO SELF: The world can be very grim without play or without other human interactions. People change, because change is imminent and people split and due to change in adulthood people start to lose friends and become consumed by jobs and bills, but this does not mean that play has to stop. Play cam lighten the mood of a bland and gloomy place. Play sends a river of endorphins through the body giving your mind a break and can help you focus.

SUMMARY: Play is vital for success in development and adulthood. It helps us in the work place and at home.

Rebekah

1/28/2019 09:51:47 pm

I totally agree with you 100%, all the things you said here very factual. I really love the quote that you chose and I think you did a great reflection and text to self on it amazingly.

Jaden Hayden

1/28/2019 09:35:01 pm

Quote: “At some point, dragging around a ten-foot Technicolor tail becomes a handicap and an impediment to everyday survival.” (Brown, 168)

Text to World: A adult I have seen at play in the past is Mr.Jonathan because when he was in class sometimes he would joke around and do freestyles. I know because he was doing the joker type of play. Yeah he was playing with students. Yeah I could see myself playing this way. Yes, I already play this way and joke around a lot.

Summary & Text to Self: A poor sport is someone that doesn’t really play at all and isn’t fun to play with. Yeah one of my friends was a poor sport when we were playing fortnite and raged and was annoying because I kept beating them. Yeah I have also when playing fornite I raged and was annoying myself.

Arlene

1/29/2019 02:12:21 pm

I liked your'e quote. I also think that your text to world made a lot of sense. And I also think that your'e summary about a poor sport is right because that what I said.

Rebekah

1/28/2019 09:46:34 pm

1. QUOTE: “When putting people in love into the imaging machine was that the areas of the brain that lit up were the same as those that lit up in people on cocaine.”

2. TEXT TO WORLD: I feel like this quote relates to the world because personally I haven’t experienced this myself but Ik most pe or have. It is true love is like an addiction and can make people crazy and even psychotic. Sometimes being in love so much can be potentially dangerous.

3. SUMMARY & TEXT TO SELF: I chose this quote because when I am older I am going to find love and I’m really afraid of falling into something dangerous to me, or me even being dangerous towards other. I want love but not a love that I want to be addicted to.

andrew chiariello

1/28/2019 09:55:23 pm

QUOTE: The change came because they put themselves in a situation in which they had the opportunity to viscerally connect for the first time in a long time.

TEXT TO WORLD: My parents where in a very loveles relation ship. it got to the point where my mom wouldn't sleep with my dad.This was probably because my mom at the time had a job at a grocery store, was going to colledge, and ha to take care of me and my brother. and my dad had a nine to five job that was very stressful with a very difficult to work with group lead. but my parents went to a counceler and they might have done something where they had the opportunity to viscerally connect with each other. now they love each other and we are a happy family now.

SUMMARY & TEXT TO SELF: A poor sport is someone that takes a enjoyable sport or activity and uses it to enflate there ego or if they are not god are the activity they Are mean to the other players and ruin the fun for evryone. I know a couple of people outside of school that are poor sports. nobody here because you all of you are great. thiese people are being poor sports because they are insecure about there knoledge about the sport and they take it out on others because there not that good.

Haven Koppisch

1/28/2019 09:56:36 pm

Havn Koppisch
Miss Carol
Humanities
28 January 2019

QUOTE: “Jokes, when they contain unrealistic exaggeration, can to safely address real fears without making them seem like accusations. “Sur, you're my best friend now, but as soon as I lend you the money you're off to Bora Bora and I may never see you again.” one friend might say.

TEXT TO WORLD: I think this quote can relate to many ages, but I feel like adults do say this stuff when they have grown up without good communication skills. So, when adults use that tactic, I feel as though it is very passive aggressive. I do also think that when any age would say that, it is considered a form of passive aggressive behavior. The difference, I think, is the level of maturity and intelligence.

SUMMARY & TEXT TO SELF: It seems as though they are talking about having good sportsmanship and poor sportsmanship makes it a “poor game.” It states that some people forget that at the end of the game, it was just a game.

(Brown PG 163)

Chloe

1/29/2019 08:10:18 pm

I agree with you about the passive aggressive comment. Sometimes when people are sarcastic or are jokingly talking to someone, it feels like they're just being aggressive, is not all "fun and games". When adults do this, especially, he/she makes it feel as if whoever they are talking to is dumb. For the poor sportsmanship, have you ever seen anyone be a poor sport?

Ella

1/28/2019 10:14:00 pm

Quote: "If we lived in a world without play, all public adult interactions would model of those of subway sitters" (Brown,161).

Text to World: I feel like in the world people often act like "subway sitters" if they weren't/aren't exposed to enough play. People who do get the chance to be exposed to play often are more likely to strike up conversations with strangers. I think it has to do with the social aspect that people experience when they play.

Summary and Text to Self: A poor sport, someone who doesn't see the fun in a game, is never fun to have around when you're trying to have a good time. An experience that I've had with a poor sport is when we would play Football for my PE class last year. Whenever his team would lose he'd always find a way to blame everyone on the team for not winning. I have had instances where I've been a poor sport too. However, that was when I was younger and I've grown out of being a sore loser.

Rylee Balignasay

1/29/2019 01:28:37 am

I remember in 5th grade my class would play kickball occasionally. I remember everyone seeing the fun in it just having a blast , and I'd always be quite competitive. Then once the game was over, I'd turn into a sore loser if we lost. But like you, I've grown out of being a "sore loser", for the most part.

dianet

1/28/2019 11:55:48 pm

1. QUOTE: “I think it’s unfortunate that the term “ Player” has come to mean something negative” ( Brown, 168).

2. TEXT TO WORLD: I knew that my father played soccer but I never knew that he was real good at playing soccer. Last weekend me and and my mother and sister played soccer for fun and my dad joined and it was all three of us joined up to play against him. It was extremely hard for me to keep up at him but he made it look like it is so easy. I had a blast because we were all playing and having the time of our life.

3. SUMMARY & TEXT TO SELF: Yes, I have seen someone that wasn’t always the positive one and it brought down the rest of the group because we all felt like we could do it and then we have one person in our team that just brought themselves down. I tend to just help them push through and tell them to have a growth mindset or I will just leave them alone and not let it effect me.

Jaden Hayden

1/29/2019 02:22:09 pm

Wow so cool! Best writer ever! Do you think that your group would play better if someone wasn't bringing you guys down,

Gina Bacilio

1/29/2019 12:35:14 am

QUOTE: “Even in a causal interactions, the sincere compliment, the remark about the hot/rainy/freezing/damp weather, a joke or sympathetic observation opens people up emotionally” (Brown, 161).

TEXT TO THE WORLD: Sometimes when we go visit my aunt for family gatherings/dinner later on in the afternoon she and her family play a card game. They all gather around and play a card game or a board game for fun. They play many rounds of the game and each person competitive to win the game, after many rounds. I rarely play with cards or board games, but they are fun to play with people when you have nothing to do. Yes, further into the future I do imagine myself playing like this when I start my own family, later on.

SUMMARY & TEXT TO SELF: When I was younger and in elementary, during rainy days they would take out the board games. I was playing with a group of people and I kept winning multiple rounds. One person started getting mad and started complaining about me winning, etc. It’s funny and annoying seeing people react like that to a game.

Elizabeth Mortensen

1/29/2019 09:00:51 pm

I really like how detailed your answer for the text to world is. I liked how you describe the memories you had with your family, and when you were in elementary school. One question I have is, have you ever been a poor sport when playing a game?

andrea

1/29/2019 10:01:48 pm

It's really interesting that you took the question in a different way than most people did. I connected my quote to my parents and you related it to your family. you could have connected more to text to world. The reason is that you connect it to your family then what the question was asking about adult relationships.

Rylee Balignasay

1/29/2019 01:20:38 am

QUOTE: "Play keeps everything in balance, providing resilience and flexibility in a relationship, and allowing couples to rebound from misunderstandings or unrealistic expectations." (Brown, 170)

TEXT TO WORLD: Whenever my family has a get together, the "older people", mainly the men, sit at a table and play card games. My dad is always at the table. My family likes to have fun so most of them have a beer next to them. The game they usually play is Pusoy dos and I'd see my dad laughing and enjoying time playing with his family.

SUMMARY & TEXT TO SELF: The author claims that, "Poor sports are often narcissistically preoccupied." (Brown, 182). I've definitely experienced someone being a poor sport. When I was playing the card game UNO with a group of people, _____ would always say, "Hey that's not fair!" to try and get what they want when things don't go their way. Then they'd just throw a huge fit. It's just really annoying because then it sucks all the fun out of everything. That's why I try to keep myself away from being a poor sport.

Dennis Hoehn

1/29/2019 07:02:31 am

QUOTE- "Whenever I am stuck, I try to imagine what someone smarter than me would do, and then I do that.” - One high level executive

TEXT TO WORLD- I feel like i do a similar approach that the executive does, but i would like to rephrase it to the way that i do it. I try to look at the same problem, but with a different perspective. It is a very similar take of the same subject, but it may provide the insight that is required to solve the problem.

SUMMARY AND TEXT TO SELF- in the book the author discribes people being poor sports when they play games and that they take the fun out of play for everyone else who is playing.
The agrue, they don’t agree with their placements, or they try to cheat. People do this alot when they are younger and are playing games like tag or four square in elementry school.

Carol Cabrera

1/29/2019 07:55:11 am

1. QUOTE: "Play keeps everything in balance, providing resilience and flexibility in a relationship, and allowing couples to rebound from misunderstandings or unrealistic expectations" (Brown, 170).

2. TEXT TO WORLD: I hang out with a lot of adults who love to play. I go to and host a lot of board game nights. My husband enjoys playing video games with our friend, Philip. We enjoy going on adventures outdoors, camping, riding, etc. I particularly enjoy any imaginative activity. I do a lot of theatre--writing, acting, and directing, and I enjoy dancing. Someone older than me who enjoys playing is Kurt Schwartz. He does sudoku in the mornings, and he gets really intense and competitive about bowling, in a good way.

3. SUMMARY & TEXT TO SELF: I have definitely been a poor sport in terms of goals for myself and not reaching them. I think that this is part of why playing pretend in board games is important for me. It helps me lose more gracefully and let go of things more easily. The author talks about how poor sports take the joy and the fun out of the activity that is supposed to be playful. I have a fictional example of a poor sport. I watch A LOT of Friends (the television show). Monica on Friends is a really poor sport!!! It makes it so that her friends don't want to play games with her at all. I hope that I never get like that!

Vanessa

1/29/2019 08:31:51 am

Quote: "If we lived in a world without play, all public adult interactions would model of those of subway sitters and elevator riders. It would be a pretty grim world to live in" (Page 161).

Text to world : My brothers use to play non stop, but ever since my brother got into middle school, he’s only been on his phone. I’ve noticed that he doesn’t really seem as happy as he was when he was younger. It’s kind of disappointing, but it’s also what everyone goes through. I remember they used to make up a new games every single day, acting as if a pile of clothes was a volcano about to erupt.
Text to self: I used to be a very poor sport, but as soon as I saw that it was affecting everyone around me, as well as my team, I stopped.

Justin Gans

1/29/2019 01:56:25 pm

I can vouch for you and say that you are a good sport. Every time I beat you in word hunt you always come back for more. This reflects a strong growth mindset, because maybe some day you will be able to consistently win. >:)

Austin Donnager

1/29/2019 02:20:32 pm

I like that you take away a learning experience from your childhood and write it out here. If you were to ever tell 10 year old me that Monopoly was a fair game, then you wold be sorry.

P.S. Justin you are evil <:(

Gabe link

2/19/2019 07:30:32 pm

I really like the connection that you made because I feel like I saw that in my cousin too he is on his phone a lot top and is less happy

carson w

1/29/2019 09:08:15 am

QUOTE: "If we lived in a world without play, all public adult interactions would model of those of subway sitters and elevator riders. It would be a pretty grim world to live in" (Brown, 161).
TEXT TO WORLD: Whenever I had went to see my uncle he was always doing cool things. One example was when I came over he was playing video games. I found that cool because I do that too. Video games are not a kid only kind of thing, actually a lot of adults play video games. Another example was when I was with my grandpa camping and he woke up really early to go fish and he looked like he was having so much fun.
TEXT TO SELF: A poor sport is someone who wins/looses or shows improper behavior. I have seen many poor sports when I played basketball. For example, when we were down to the last minute if we were in the lead by a little then the other team would sometimes try and act like we had injured one of them for free shots. I have personally never been a poor sport.

Marc Robledo

1/29/2019 09:33:00 am

QUOTE: ¨ The world needs play because it enables each person to live a good life.¨ pg 201

TEXT TO WORLD: Whenever I was played with my dad and this was when I was younger I would wrestle. One time it got too rough, but that never stopped me from playing because I was bored and the only thing that was fun was watch WWE on my TV. I loved wrestling and a every day combat sport that people like me like to do, but as the years past by I got sick of doing wrestling and moved on to gaming and watching my dad play video games and sometimes we would play together which was pretty epic.

TEXT TO SELF: Overall playing is a everyday essential thing that everyone should be doing in there everyday life. If you don´t play then some problems can happen that can be fatal like not enough play can result to living shorter lives.

Ashby Rios

1/29/2019 02:35:29 pm

Quote: “If we lived in a world without play, all public adult interactions would model those of subway sitters and elevator riders. It would be a pretty grim world to live in" (Brown, 161).

Text To World: I remembered when I was younger I never really went outside to go play something. So during the summers when my cousins would visit for a week. We would all do lots of things each day. One of things we did is play soccer since my cousin used to play a lot and she hasn’t played soccer in a while so we went to go kick around the ball. She wasn’t used to playing with a soccer ball because it was a few years since she last played. Once she got the hang of it again she got really happy and didn’t want to stop playing. So we spent the rest of the day just messing around with the ball.

Summary & Text To Self: On page 182 it says that a poor sport aren’t really playing at all. It also says that they don’t share the same emotions as everyone else who is enjoying the game. They are narcissistically preoccupied. Last year when I was playing in one of the first soccer games for our team in the summer we went up against this team and there was this kid that was too busy trying to show off and show that he is better than everyone else. He didn’t realize they has team was losing and then when he found out he got mad and tried to start a fight with our team because he wanted his team to win. He ended up being mad at everyone even his teammates and he got really aggressive with everyone with the ball. He ended up starting two fights in one half of the game.

Omar. R

1/29/2019 03:22:38 pm

Quote
“If we lived in a world without play, all public adult interactions would model those of subway sitters and elevator riders. It would be a pretty grim world to live in" (Brown, 161).

Text to world
in my 7th grade year, my class had really boring teachers. That would soon come to an end when I met this assistant teacher who was really cool. We would hang out and talk about video games and stuff. One day we found out he had a steam account. we all played video games together and had fun

Text to self
Poor sports are people who are toxic and rude when playing with other people and overall ruin the experience for people trying to play the game

Rileigh

2/1/2019 04:17:02 pm

I agree to what you said about poor sports. They are definitely not fun to be around and they can change a mood in an Instant.

Gabe link

1/29/2019 03:29:00 pm

"Whenever I am stuck, I try to imagine what someone smarter than me would do, and then I do that.” - One high level executive

TEXT TO WORLD: When I was younger I thought of doing something bad and then I thought to myself what would the consequences and what would someone other than me do in that situation someone that understood more

Summary & Text To Self: I think this is saying that when you are going to do an action think about the consequences and what someone smarter would do in that situation.

sebastian villicana

1/29/2019 08:08:27 pm

I totally agree with you 100%, all the things you said here felt very real. I like the quote that you had chose and I think you did a good reflection and text to self on it.

Andy Jimenez

1/29/2019 04:32:26 pm

Andy Jimenez Jimenez 1
Carol Cabrera
Humanities
29 January 2019
Response Paper #5
Quote: “ As kids grow older, the play they engage in with friends, siblings, and (in a more complicated way) with parents sets the stage for their adults interactions”).
I can relate this quote to me because when I was younger I didn’t really get along with my siblings and know as I get older I realize that I need to spend more time with them.

Text to World: I have seen a lot of youtubers that film themselves playing with their own toys or reviewing the hottest new toy. The youtubers that I have seen are usually reviewing the newest lego set. In the video description it says what toy it is and what they are doing with it. These youtubers are usually solo or doing it with a a partner. I don’t see myself recording me playing with toys. I mostly see myself playing sports.
Summary and Text: In sports mostly in Basketball and football there are a lot of players being poor sports like Lebron James, Tom Brady, Draymond Green, Demarcus Cousins, Jalen Ramsey and many more. I think what the author means by poor sports is that people who don’t agree to the rules to the sports and play differently.

sebastian villicana

1/29/2019 08:03:45 pm

QUOTE: "If we lived in a world without play, all public adult interactions would model of those of subway sitters and elevator riders. It would be a pretty grim world to live in" (Page 161).
TEXT TO WORLD: I can relate to this quote a bit because my older cousin used to skate 24/7 and make youtube videos about it and stuff but now he barely ever skates at all. I guess when you get a job and have a girlfriend take your play time away and minimizes it. He also used to play video games as well yet he doesn't have time to attend that. He was a crazy skater and he's the one who taught me as much as i know.
TEXT TO SELF: I want to play soccer hopefully as a career and hope to never stop playing. My mindset for soccer is like coming home after school and your dogs go crazy. i love soccer with all my heart and couldn't live without it.

Bella

1/30/2019 09:29:36 pm

I think you made a good text to world statement because that is true for a lot of people and we tend to forget about the thing that we love or do for fun because life gets in the way. That has happened to me in gymnastics. I think you responded to the quote well.

GiNgEr ScRoGgIn

1/29/2019 08:11:02 pm

Quote
"She has students pair off about two feet apart and look at each other for three solid minutes. A lot of people find this really uncomfortable. People only look this intently at each other if they are in love or in a stare-down confrontation. It's very personal. (Brown, 162, 163)

Text to World
My dad is always playing pool. He has been playing pool for a really long time. He is really good at pool and many people around the area know of him. He even makes pool sticks and sells them. We used to have a pool table in the garage and a long time ago too. He would encourage me to play, but I wasn't always that into it. Only sometimes because he was so much better then me.

Summary & Text to Self
Poor sports get really upset and salty when they lose and very cocky and braggy. In elementary school I used to know this girl that would always try to cheat and ALWAYS wanted to win. Anytime someone on the other team made a goal she would yell at everyone and say that it didn't count. When her team scored (but it ended up not counting) she would say that it did count. It was her against the rest of P.E. class. No one ever wanted to play with her. She was super annoying, even when she wasn't being competitive. I hated arguing with her one on one. Sometimes I can be a little bit of a poor sport, but most the time I am nice about it. Although, sometimes i am salty longer than 30 seconds after losing.

Denise Catalan

1/30/2019 09:19:10 am

Quote: "If we lived in a world without play, all public adult interactions would model of those of subway sitters and elevator riders. It would be a pretty grim world to live in" Page 161.

Text to self: I can agree with this quote because without play our world would be pretty gray and grim. I feel like play gives the world color, purpose too, without it I just feel like we would be mindless humans we would just wake up, go to school, the same routine, for adults, just wake up, eat and go to work and do the same thing. Not be able to interact with others and learn from play experiences and stuff like that.

Summary: What I believe a poor sport is someone who performs very poorly in doing things, I feel like they really don't wanna participate and just do a very poor job and bring their friends down.

Bella

1/30/2019 10:02:50 pm

QUOTE: "If we lived in a world without play, all public adult interactions would model of those of subway sitters" (Brown,161). Yes... I know everyone has been doing this quote, but its a good quote to relate your self to.

TEXT TO WORLD: My uncle used to be a really good pole vaulter. He had a scholarship into a really nice college (I forgot which one) and he was thinking weather he should or shouldn't take it. People where pressuring him to do it because it was a once in a life time opportunity. At the end he decided not to do it because life got in the way and he took another path. He stopped doing that sport eventually. I have never seen him do it before but my Dad talks about it sometimes.

SUMMARY & TEXT TO SELF: This has also happened to me except for the whole college thing and i'm not an adult either. But when I was a gymnast I had to be there 16 hours a week. Once I got older I was in level 7-8 and then we had to be there about 24 hours a week. It began to be too much because I started having too much homework. So I had to quit and I was really sad but relieved.

Rileigh

2/1/2019 04:13:36 pm

QUOTE: "When we greet each other, we smile and look at the other person with 'soft' eyes---looking directly but not staring" (Brown, 160)

My dad is very sociable and loves talking to new people so whenever he gets the chance he doesnt just smile all the time.He finds some kind of joke or something funny to say to random poeple just to lighten up the mood. He loves to mess around when my friends are over or if were at a party. Weather its dancing or play fighting with people he always makes people laugh. I can tell he is playing because he doesnt always act like that. There is a time and place with him when he is serious and knows that its not the time to not joke. Other than that though he definitely enjoys acting like a child whenever he can.

The author states that people who are poor sports are preoccupied and not caught up with everyone else. I think a poor sport is someone who doesn’t care and who doesn’t try when doing something. When I am around a poor sport it bring my energy down. When they don’t have confidence or don’t want to try it can be hard to keep your energy up.

Eric Gallegos

2/6/2019 08:13:57 pm

Quote:158 Pg Those who played together stay together and those who didn't either split or worse yet simply endured an unhappy and dysfunctional relationship

When I see adults play they play with there kids or with someone young in our family but when they play with each other they play beer pong or cards also sometimes for fun we play soccer they mix around the adults and the kids so they can be even. And they act the same but they get really competitive. I feel I would also play like how they play in the future because I am starting already to play like them because I do get a little competitive when I play.

What it means to be a poor sport is that you cheat or you don’t know how to lose I have seen people being a poor sport and he was being a poor sport because he lost a soccer game I don’t think I’ve been a poor sport.

Eric Morfin

2/7/2019 08:15:31 pm

Quote: Page 178 "The existence of this kind of play proves that play has a negative side."

Text to world: I have one story from my life that kinda proves that play could have a negative side. So four years ago give or take a few I was at my grandmas house and my dad and uncle were arguing about who is faster so we went outside to see who is faster and they run, it was hard to tell who won the first time so they went again and my father pulled his hamstring and was in pain so it kinda proves that play could be negative

Text to self: I have a story for my self so in this story it was in 8th grade. My friends and I were playing infection and I forgot if I started it or someonelse did but at the end some dudes were acting like they were not it and I just ran after him just to tag him and he just fell on the ground for some reason and I fell our him and fell hard onto my shoulder and fractured my collarbone so for a couple of weeks I had my arm in a sling and I was pissed. So in this story if the guy wasn’t being a poor sport in saying he was not it, I wouldn’t have broke my collarbone.

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