My annotation skills have been progressing. I feel as if I am making more connections to myself and other areas rather than mostly summarizing the text.
This story was originally published on the World-Post, which is an online blog in January of 2014. Yo-Yo Ma’s credentials were greatly displayed in the biography about the author. His awards and accolades were mentioned in order to inform the reader about how he was more than qualified to discuss the topic at hand.
The reason for me reading this text is to understand why art is so important in our society today. Yo-Yo Ma was trying to convince the audience that art should be integrated into school systems more than it is currently. Art has many aspects that can help any individual in their life as a whole and make them a more well-rounded person.
The use of art can teach balanced thinking, empathy, and creativity which is useful in any future career. By putting art into a curriculum (STEAM instead of STEM) a student is more likely to learn different skills than if they solely focused on the “reasoning” portion of a problem rather than how it makes them or others feel. Yo-Yo Ma also mentions how it may help kids want to go to school because they can express themselves and think creatively. So, they are more likely to want to go to school and will not view it as a “requirement”.
Words:
- Tandem: Tandem means together. It is easy to think of a tandem bike because the seats are together on the bike working together as well.
- Bolster: support or strengthen. Bolster reminds me of a booster seat, because they sound the same, which supports a child in a car.
- Lewd: offensive
- Lascivious: offensive sexual desire
Your annotations look great from a distance! Use the link below to include images that I can more easily enlarge.
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You do a great job unpacking your “preliminary scan.” Good work.