Reflection 2: transformation the beginning and creating context

In the article transformation a beginning, a series of essays are used to describe the definition of transformation along with context clues. Transformation, in my opinion, is another word for evolution or change. It is an object becoming a newer version. One can transform itself into many things or transform one thing into many versions. Many terms are used to describe Transformation. They include Renovation, which is the act of transforming something into a better quality; Alteration, which helps fix an object to fit better in a life style. Makeover, this helps an object gain a different look, Revolution, which explains how life changed to the universal system that we are in now and Conversion, which is the act of converting something. The second article, Transformation: Creating Context Part One talks about self-transforming one’s self. It describes the different steps one has to take in truly complete the process. Reinventing one’s self image and/or self-esteem is the first step in the transformation process. The development of self-confidence, finding your inner strength to improve your abilities and behavior, is key to this step. The article also describes accepting one’s self image and self-personality, which is step two of self- transformation. If a person feels that they are doing wrong, they should learn from their mistakes and change into a better person. Learning to accept other people for who they are and for what they look like is step three. One should not judge others due to their image or their character because you would not like to be judged by others based on the same issues. One should reinvent him/herself if they want a change in their life, whether it is a change in social status, or a change in personality and behavior. The change however should be for a positive outcome. In conclusion, both articles talk about how life has transformed and how self-transformation is linked to transformation of the world, as it is known today.

Reflection1 : the use of fire , invention of the wheel and history of writing

In the article about the invention of fire, several changes took place due to this discovery. The nutritional effect of being able to find food and prepare it was a major accomplishment for humans. Their brains became mature and developed. Fire became a source of protection for man against their enemies. This probably allowed man to socialize with each other more often. The invention of the wheel brought many changes to humankind. It allowed the use of trade and transportation. This development in transportation would bring an evolution of trade and growth to the cities and governments. Increasing social development and taking the strain out of having to carry supplies from one place to another.Furthermore, the invention of writing took place in an agrarian culture. It showed recordings of their production of grains and cattle produced as the first examples of written symbols engraved on clay. This transferred over to Egypt where the symbols called pictographs were represented by not only words but also eventually they each represented individual sounds and they created the first alphabet.
After reading these three articles, I have learnt that humans develop mentally, physically, socially and emotionally. Evolutionary changes have occurred with the development of the use of fire, the invention of the wheel and writing. Man now knew how to protect themselves better, how to trade and socialize and how to communicate and record changes. The significance of the readings to me was that helpful resources that we as human beings use everyday developed from little as nothing to something so great and of such big importance. To me these readings were given to us as pre-intern teachers for us to realize that we have come a long way and as educators, we should know that knowledge develops just as humans develop; it happen in stages.

A LITTLE ABOUT ME

My name is Kayon Kaliesha Bernard; I am 17 years of age. I was born on the beautiful Caribbean island of Jamaica. My hobbies include dancing, singing, reading, watching the television, socializing with friends and watching people learn and grow. I do not know if anyone else in the world considers laughing a hobby but I certainly do. Reason being is I do it so frequently I might as well consider it a hobby.
I am such a huge fan of children. All my thoughts about having a career were always directed in the field of education. I have had the opportunity to view a wide variety of careers from engineering to teaching to owning a business and even being pharmacist through the help of my family. Nevertheless, I still thought that the field of education was what I wanted because teachers are the most important people in the world. If there were no teachers, there would be no other career.
I strongly believe that with hard work, perseverance and my philosophy, which states “I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS ME” I will make it.