Angelo Cotugno
Professor Lohr
English 1109 at 01:30 T-Th
4th December, 2020
Journal Nine
After reading Callings By Dave Isay I don’t think I’m going to only remember one passage, but if I had to pick I think that the most memorable for me is the one about Ronald McNair. I think that The story of him checking out books at a library really stuck out to me while reading this book. It was a very good example of people working towards their callings and not letting others bring them down. However my favorite passage out of these secretions is what his brother told the author about his brother's first space flight, “Ron went on a space flight in February of 1984. When he went out in space and he looked out at the world, he saw no lines of demarcation. It was a world of peace” (Isay 38). He was able to do something most of us dream about and would not let others stand in his way. However in his pursuit of greatness he lost his life tragically During in the Challenger Disaster.
I think the best two presentations were Tim, Dave, and Issacs. I think Tim and Dave were able to create a captive presentation about Pharmacy and were able to split primary sources and secondary sources in a way that made sense as an audience member. They also had the best overall layout and did not crowd the slides with words. That also did not read from a script they just went through what they needed to say about each topic. I think Issacs had a very good layout of what he talked about. Instead of picking 3 topics about the job he picked 3 types of taxidermy. I think the way he formatted his slides made them stick out compacted to the rest of us.
Hello Arturo, I think the chapter you chose about Ronald is relatable to our world today. I think we live in a divided world and a lot of times there are still divisions based on race and gender. A world with no lines and demarcations, like Ronald saw from up there would be amazing.
ReplyDeleteHey Angelo! I appreciate the feed back on my presentation and I also agree that profile is one I would also not want to forget.
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ReplyDeleteI liked what you had to say about this chapter. I feel like people should let nothing get in their path to what they think success is. I admire Ron because he pursued his dream "till the death." This quote was used by some of my role models. It tells me that once you put your mind on something, you pursue it even if you may die while doing it because that's what makes you able to achieve it. Have you ever pursued something that was difficult for you?
This was a good story. What I liked from it was the fact that later on the library ended up being named after him. This shows that no matter what people think of you they will have to acknowledge your success
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