Writing 150 Spring 2021

Post 1.3

Reading chapter one of Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed, I was struck right away with his description of the contrast between humanization and dehumanization. I believe, asa Freire does, that there is a natural ability within all humans to understand that we, as humans, do have a real dignity within us…

Post 2.2

In chapter two of Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Freire begins by offering a strong rebuke of the current model of education used in most classrooms, especially for students at a young age. In chapter one, the concept of the oppressed’s “fear of freedom” was discussed, as a way of showing how if…

Post 2.6

Over the course of this class, we have had an opportunity to see how so many different methods of presenting ideas can be powerful and effective for an audience. This week we had an opportunity to look at a couple of poems, namely “Smuggled Poem” and “Memory 126” by Aimee Herman. I believe that both of these…

Should we be angry?

(Read the fear of death first)

Ever since the dawn of human, we have been seeking immortality. Although immortality could be something painful to experience, most people alive still want to live longer than their natural lifespan. Last time we proved that fear might…

To unlearn Philosophy

I like learning, because not only that the result of learning almost always have positive effects on me, but also that I am addicted to the mere process of acquiring knowledge. I found everything I learned, simple or complicated, relevant or irrelevant, professional or recreational, has…

The Fear of Death

As far back as I can remember, the notion of death has been (I guess in some degree it still does) keeping me awake at nights in extreme terror. Even if I couldn’t clearly identify what it was I was afraid of, it seems very natural to be afraid of a compulsive end to everything forever. At a…

Infusing a Buddhist practice in an American market

In previous post, I spoke about moving our education system into the 21st century and how that’d look like. It wasn’t until I read chapter…

POST 6

The face is the most defining feature of a person for me. When I think about someone, I will imagine their face or what my mind thinks of their face to be.While I cannot say this for everyone, I can reflect for myself.

POST 8) Obsession categorization and style

A recurring thought or notice about myself is how I obsess over something which seems to narrow my creativity and arrange my viewing things. It’s contributing to my rigid thinking. This ties into the artist idea of having a specific style to their work. On a basic level, I have…

Post 8: On Fourth Wall Breaks

I don’t know about you, but I feel like I’ve seen a lot of fourth wall breaks in comedy these last few…

Post 6: “Epic Rap Battles of History” & Why I Can Never Escape The Effects of Two Rapping White Guys

Post: The Significance of Paper

My dad was primarily raised by his immigrant mother and her two siblings in Inglewood California. After barely graduating high school, due to a lack of effort, he immediately joined the United States Marine Corps. After his service, he came back to his hometown and quickly…

Post 7: Friday Free Writings

My favorite part of this class is the free writing that we have on Fridays. This is something that I look forward to every week, as I can really let myself go in the form of writing, which isn’t something that I normally do. I had never really experienced this before being in…

Post 8: Genius — Deconstructed

For about 6 months now, I have been obsessed with music production. Alongside producing music everyday, I have been watching this youtube channel called, “Genius.” They have a series called, “Deconstructed” which I love. Basically, they take popular modern songs and they…

Post 9: Thinking about next year

Since my freshman year at USC started, I’ve learned a lot about my passion as well as met a ton of like-minded students my age (mostly virtually). I’m super grateful for the opportunities that I’ve been given here by the great teachers that I’ve encountered. But as we’re…

Post 5: Infinity Train — A Meaningful Anthology Series Not Enough People Watch

Post VI: Grief and Nothingness in “Nomadland”

I watched Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland a couple weeks ago and was surprised by the movie’s structure: there was a noticeably strange lack of EVENTS that actually happened in the movie. At first glance, it felt like an extended train of thought, like a…

Post IV: Undertale, an Anti-Oppressive Game (Train of Thought from “How Should Games Teach”)

Post 4: ENA — The Best Animated Series You Probably Haven’t Heard Of

Stand Up Comedy

As I’m sure most people know, I am a comedy major. So that means listening to this stand-up set I automatically noticed some of the more technical things that were done. Overall, the set was hilarious and I loved how he tied his culture, race, and sexuality into his comedy set in a way that wasn’t…

The History of my Face

This is not my typical medium post because I actually wrote about this poem, but in the context in my life.

My eyes are brown like my moms. They hold fierceness and power and determination. They have the strength to overcome poverty and create an amazing life for…

Post #5: Executive Functioning of the Late-Stage Teenage Brain

I was tired, in a shit mood, and ready for the day to be over, but I still had to eat. I decided chocolate chip cookies would be an acceptable dinner.

Post #6: The Travels of Mr. Coffee™

This is an incomplete portion of the presumably long, strange story of a Mr. Coffee coffee machine that crossed my path a while back.

During the fall of 2020, I was “attending” college remotely, living 3,000 miles away from my campus. As a…

Post #7: Let’s stop acting as if we know what the fuck is going on

I was a few misplaced words and unshaken hands away from freezing my ass off in Wisconsin for the next 4 years of my life. And at the time I was pissed about it.