John C - 2010 June

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6/22 & 6/24




-tempus fugit: time flies
-denouement: i think an ending?
-persona non grata: unwelcomed person
-et tu brutus(brute)?: you too Brutus?
-non sequitur: does not follow
-deus ex machina:

overview of taxes
-income taxes
-federal-US
-state-CA
-local-LA
-payroll taxes
-social security
-medicare
-sales taxes
-California: 7.25%+
-often exemptions for things like food.
-wealth taxes
-estate taxes
-gift taxes

if your more successful you pay a larger percentage.

social security+medicare=FICA

$100,000
fed-28%
state-5%
FICA-15%
48% %52,000 left

sales tax-8%+property-4%
60% for taxes of %100,000
government gets almost half of the money you earn

aloof: cool guy that stands alone in the corner; loner
candor: frankness; not hiding anything
deterrent: discourages; prevents
enunciate: enunciate
gullible: believes everything
innocuous: harmless; minor
nefarious: very bad
prodigal: reckless
robust: strong
tirade:extended scolding
altruistic: not selfish
capricious: unpredictable
detrimental: harmful
ephemeral: short
hackneyed: commonplace
innovation(nova): something new
negate: do the opposite
prodigious: enormous
ruthless: no mercy
torpor: slow
ambiguous: both
caricature: picture with exaggerated features
devious: cunning
erroneous: wrong
hamper: blocks your path
insipid: dull
nonchalance: you dont care
profane: violate
sage: wise person
tranquility: peacefulness; calmness
ambivalent: uncertainty
censorious: critical
devise: plan
erratic:odd
hardy: sturdy
insolvent: loosing money
notoriety: ill fame
profligate: wildly immoral
sanction:approve
transient: temporary
analogous: two things that can be compared in similar situations
censure: rebuke
didactic: teaching
equivocal: ambiguous
haughtiness: stuck-up
instigate: provoke
novelty: newness
profound: meaningful
satirical: mocking
trepidations: feeling fear
insight-into

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dogmatic(dogma)
ascetic monk
perfunctory-cursory
credulity-easily believing everything

bourgeoisie---owners
proletariat-blue collar---workers

i am going to get better grades in school and SAT. i will study more often and do all my work. i will always be on time and try harder on quizzes and tests.

If we keep destroying our current language, future people will not know how to speak and write normally.

1. S-V
2. pronoun-antecedent

neither( )nor
A+B
A and B= are
S or S= is
S or P= are
P or S= is
There is/are A or B

prevent him from doing
nonessential
if you use "that" dont use comma
if you use "which" use comma

insight into



Last week i couldn't finish all the homework but still did some of it. This week i hope to do all the work on time and also finish the book we are reading.

deus ex machina-divine intervention

government
-democracy
-autocracy: single person with all the power
-oligarchy: a government in which a few people such as a dominant clan or clique have power.
-monarchy: one person ruling
-dictatorship:single leader
-anacrchy: no government
-capitalist: ownership
-communist: gov. owns property such as the businesses and farms.
-republic: country organization

sum of interior angles of a polygon
S=(n-2)x180

equilateral: equal sides
equiangular: equal angles
regular: equal both

abashed: ashamed
append:attach
connoisseur: judge of art
martial: signify
appraise: estimate value of
connotation: positive or negative expressions of words
importune: beg
canker:any evil
abdicate: to give up
canny: shrewd
forestall: stop it before it happens
forlorn: sad and lonely
maxim: proverb
meek: obedient
melancholy: gloomy
sham: pretend

[jonchoi123]

7-8-10

raison d'etre: reason for being

From now on i will finish all my homework and try to finish all the quizes on time. Next week I hope to do better in class and always be on time.

GOOD. TRY TO BE MORE SPECIFIC NEXT TIME ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT YOU WILL DO.

The aristocrats were exempts from the social strictures because they could get jobs unlike the middle-class or more poor people.

NO, THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO WORK AT ALL. THEY MOSTLY LIVED ON MONEY INHERITED THROUGH THE FAMILY. THAT'S WHY THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MAKING A LIVING.

I think that the class of workers in the society would have big differences because of money.

OK. TRY TO FORCE YOURSELF TO WRITE MORE IN THE TWO MINUTES.

diurnal animals are active during the day so they have anthropocentric views on the nocturnal animals which are active during the night.

WE HUMANS HAVE THE ANTHROPOCENTRIC VIEW. THE IDEAS ARE SOMEWHAT JUMBLED IN YOUR EXPLANATION.

The viewer can become habituated to libertinism when they watch things and they think that they should do those kinds of things too. They can get drunk and do crazy things if habituated to libertinism.

GOOD. SOME SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF SUCH TV SHOWS WOULD BE GREAT IMPROVEMENT.

socially, economically, and politically are good words for essay thesis

[jonchoi123]

7/13/10

dejection
de= down
ject=throw

muta=change

incontrovertible

Albeit: ,although it's only...

1.The school year was shortened ,albeit only by a day.
2.The car still went after all the gas was used up, albeit for only one minute.
3.I finally went to the park, albeit it was raining.
4.I got a new car, albeit it broke the next day.
5.My allowance was raised, albeit only five dollars a month.

Vis-a'-vis:
Lest:
Not only does he..., but he also...
;however,
; nevertheless,
That he is...

[jonchoi123]

7/22/10
lest
not only does he... but he also
Not only will i complete the hw, but I will also are it.

Not only do i take the trash out, but I also do the dishes.
Not only does he play the guitar, but he also plays the drums.

walt disney

I will work on all my work before i do all my other things like computer and games. I am going to make a promise to myself to always come to class on time for the class and myself.

[jonchoi123]

7-15-10

vis-a-vis: compared
The food in restaurants are healthier, vis-a-vis fast food places.
I get more homework at school, vis-a-vis my tutor.

[jonchoi123]

7/27/10

“;however,”
I like to eat pizza; however, not with ham.

;nevertheless,
My mom kept telling me to put on sunblock; nevertheless, I didn’t.

“invisible hand”
Adam Smith-“Wealth of Nations”

Supply and Demand
The Law of Demand hold that other things equal, as the price of a good or service rises, its quantity demanded falls.
The demand curve has a negative slope.
The supply curve has a positive slope consistent with the law of supply.

Equilibrium

There are a few factors that change the demand curve. One of them is population change. For example, if many Asians migrate to a city, that city would have a higher demand for Asian food. When the food demand rises, the city will have to get more of the Asian food than other food. Another reason for a change in the demand curve would be the different prices of the same products. If one store had a tv that was $1000, and another store had the same tv for $899, people would go to the cheaper store more often.

[jonchoi123]

8/17/10
Per se: by, of, or in itself or oneself or themselves: as such: intrinsically
I’m not a professional per se, I play pretty well.

Modern Korean history 1876-1953
8/15/45-Korean Independence Day
1910-1945-Korea Under Japanese Rule
1937-1945-Japanese Occupation
Syngman Rhee-first south Korean president
1945-1950-war ends because of Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing
6/25/50-korean war

Equity: equalness
(nox: night) Equinox: time of day and night is exactly the same
(animus: mind/soul/spirit) equanimity
Hw: summary of Korean thingy

[jonchoi123]

7-29-10

That he is very loud is true.
That he is awesome is false.
That pizza is a widely known food is an obvious fact that everyone knows about.

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8/26/10

The forces of good and evil in the Southern town in which the story, To kill a Mockingbird, takes place seems larger than the small town. Lee adds drama and atmosphere to her story by making use of Gothic aspects in numerous places throughout the setting and plot. Among the Gothic elements in To Kill a Mockingbird are the unusual snowfall, the fire that desolates Radley, the mad dog which Atticus kills, and

[jonchoi123]

8-31-10

1. She awoke from her long nap.
2. They have awakened and came out of the house.
3. He bore the painful surgery for 5 hours.
4. She has borne the child.
5. He beat the monster.
6. The flu was beaten by the medicine.
7. He began to start the fireplace.
8. They had begun to swim.



1. The water balloon was caught in the air.
2. All the healthy sons were chosen.
3. Jason has come to the house.
4.



1. He had fought with the gang leader before he fought the whole gang.
2. He had fled the battle before he fled the war.
3. She had flung the lunch at him before she flung it at her.
4.

[jonchoi123]

9/9/10

No a premptive attack isn’t justifiable because there’s a chance that the other side may not attack.

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9/16/06

I experienced a schadenfreude when he tripped and broke his arm.

When Richard Cory greets people he fluttered pulses.

[jonchoi123]

9/21/10

Socrates was a philosopher who was sentenced to death because the community thought that he had taught young people the wrong things.

Plato, a student of Socrates, wrote a book called Republic which advocated eugenics.

Descartes made the idea that everything was dubitable except one idea, Cogito ergo sum. It means “I think, therefore I am”.

Hume’s idea is that we obtain knowledge from observing but observe causation.

sec 111

He had an awry smile across his face.

the crypt
The snow started to dwindle.
They are a group of renegade marines.
That was a very sumptuous dinner.

112

He stood with an agape mouth.
His work was made from many cubicles.
That was a dynamic performance.
The glaring lamp blinded him for a second.
I have many intimate friends.
The hotel was renovated.
There was a new rule that superseded.

115

They wanted to buy the aggregate package.
Mostly everyone who lives here has civil rights.
He completed the culmination of high school.
The spelling word are in the glossary.

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10/5/10

It behooves him to study for the test.

the first amendment
freedom of religion
freedom of speech
freedom of press
right to peacefully assemble

N.R.A
national rifle assoc.