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Paragraph 1:
Thesis- the first sentence is the thesis. “Closely associated with the ‘art of the mind’ is the art of nurturing the ch’I, the life-spirit.”

-This paragraph talks about the ch’I, which is the spirit that may shrink or grow in a person.

Backup quote- “The valiant, the magnanimous, the strong will are those whose ch’I pervades the whole body, down to the very toes and finger-tips.”

Paragraph 3:
Thesis- The life-breath (ling-ch’i) that is within your mind will come and go where it will.

Backup quote- “Be so small that nothing could go inside it; so large that nothing exists beyond it.” This quote tells how the life-breath come and goes.

Paragraph 4:
Thesis- This paragraph is talking about the things that trouble you. When you reach the state of Accord (Harmony between the mind and the universe), you will not be trouble. So Accord, will give you peace of mind.

Backup quote- “Do not fret, do not let yourself be perturbed and the Accord (Harmony between the mind and the universe, which gives power over outside things) will come unsought.

Paragraph 5:
Thesis- The Kung is the sanctuary of the spirit.

Backup quote: “In the Ch’I system of Quietism the central conception is that of the ‘mind within the mind,’ the sanctuary (kung) of the spirit.

-Quietism is the withdrawal from all human effort and passive contemplation of God.

This story is about the four men:the cook,the oiler,correspondent,and the captain.They were on a small boat in the ocean that have big waves and strong winds.Because of this,there is a chance that their ship might be sunk into the ocean.The cook states that they might could be save if seen by the rescuers or by finding a house of refuge on the shore.After that,the captain spot a barely visible lighthouse.This is the sign that they are approaching the shore.The men on the boat,help each other by take turn rowing the boat,so that each one of them could have a time to rest.The lighthouse appear to be deserted.The men then return to ocean.The men see that someone is waving at them from the shore.There are more people coming to wave at them.At first,the men thought that they were going to help them.However,the men realized that the people on shore are just tourists who think that the men are fishermen.The four men spending time rowing at night.At dawn, the men decide that the only way that they will survive is to row toward the distance shore again and swim when the boat sunk.The oiler row the boat toward the shore.Waves then crash into the boat as it break. The four men then swim to the shore.The rescuer appear on the shore and help drag the cook,the correspondent, and captain to safety.Billie,the oiler turned out to be dead from drowning.At the end,the three men left,are being well taking care of by the rescuer.

This story is about a girl named Sylvia.She came to lived with her grandmother,Mrs. Tilley,around England's country site.One evening while she her cow,Misstress Mooly,she was approached by a young handsome man,who is searching for a rare white heron,in which he sure is around Sylvia's areas.The young man asked Sylvia if he could stay at her grandma's house.The grandma let him stay for the night.The young man told Sylvia & her grandmother that he will gave ten dollars to anyone that lead him to a white heron.The next day,Sylvia go with the man into the forest to search for the bird,but the man could not find it.Next morning,Sylvia decide to go to look for the white heron by herself,so that she could show him the exact location,where the bird located at.Sylvia decide to climb the tallest tree to see the countryside.She found the white heron on this tallest tree.At the end of the story,Sylvia decide not to tell the man where the heron is.I think that she decide to do this because she might don't want to see the bird get kill.Overall,this story was okie to read, but I don't really understand the theme that in the story.Hopefully when we discuss this story in class,I will be able to understand the story more. :)

This field trip turned out to be better than I expected.In the morning,before we went on the bus,it was a little awkward because everybody that drove his or her own car had to go through a one road entrance to park in the school’s parking lot.There were some people already there who were standing outside and looking at the people that drove.I found it to be a little embarrassing.It was because I do not like to be a center of attention.Anyway,when we went on the bus,it was the nice bus like last time.I loved it.The seats were comfortable and adjustable,there was air conditioning,and the windows of the bus were tinted.I think that it was about thirty minutes until we got to Los Sanchez.This time, my sister and I ordered soft tacos.I think that this time,the food was pretty good.It tasted better than the “Super Taco” that we ordered on our last trip.After that,we were on our way to The Getty Museum. On the way to the museum,I saw certain places that I have passed when I went with my dad to Beverly Hills,so I thought that the museum might be around that area,but I am still not sure.When we got to the museum,we had to go on this tram in order to get to the museum,which was located on top of the mountain.It was pretty cool to go on a tram.While the tram went up the mountain,I looked down to see the view,and we were up very high.When we finally got to the museum,we had to decide which group we wanted to join.My sister suggested that we go with Kevin.She said she thought that he looked like a nice person,so I decided to go with her decision.Almost everybody in the group was Asian.I found this to be pretty funny.After that,Kevin led us to many different parts of the museum.My sister and I always followed him because we did not want to get lost.There were a lot of people inside the museum.I listened to my iPod the whole time because if I did not,I would get bored.While in different parts of the museum,my sister and I took many pictures of ourselves at the art gallery and with some unique items in the museum.Overall,I took about sixty pictures of myself inside the museum and at the Central Garden.The part of the museum that my sister and I liked the most is the “South Pavilion”, which had many beautiful decorative arts.Many times,Mr.Hsiao was trying to take pictures of me and my sister,but we did not let him.Kevin's girlfriend also wanted to take picture of us, but we refused.It was because my sister and I feel more comfortable taking pictures by ourselves.As for the paintings,I thought that they were pretty,but I did not really like them.I thought it was pretty boring.We also went out to the balcony of the museum and we could see the beautiful views of L.A.My sister and I tried to take pictures there too,but it was kind of hard because it was so windy.We only got a few good pictures up there.Anyway,the last part of the tour was the Central Garden.I have to admit that the Central Garden was beautiful,but not as beautiful as I imagined.My sister and I also took many pictures of ourselves there. We separated from our group because we kind of walked faster than them,but they are still cool.Around 2:45 PM,we left the museum and went back home on the bus. This time on the bus,it was not a pleasing experience.It was because,for some reason, there was a beeping noise throughout our bus ride home.The music was turned up a little too loud,and there always a baby crying or yelling.I tried to sleep many times on the bus,but I could not because of all those things.The traffic on the freeway was pretty bad.I thought that on weekend,there would be less traffic,but I was wrong.It took around two hours for us to get back to school.When I got to school,I was very thankful that the ride was over.Overall,I pretty much enjoyed the trip.I think that it was a fun experience.I hope to go on more field trips in the near future.

I found this story to be interesting to read.I really like it.This story is about two girls named Roberta and Twyla.Roberta is white and Twyla is black.They first met each other at St. Bonaventure orphanage because both of their mothers dump them there.Twyla had been place in the orphanage because her mother seem to be crazy.As for Roberta,her mother is sick.Roberta and Twyla seem to get along pretty well because they seem to be the outsiders.It is because they not the real orphans like the other kids.I like how this story show the readers that no matter what races you are,you can be friends with someone that have different race than yourself.One should not judge the other by how they look or by their race.One should get to know the person better before judging that person.

The story is really sad.The author,Jo Goodwin Parker,writes about a situation of a lonely mother,who lives in poverty.The mother doesn’t have money for food,medicine,soap,electricity,toothbrushes,diapers or hand cream.When she asks for help,she feels humiliated.A life in poverty means for her,the life in the darkness,with worries and troubles. There is no hope for her children.She sees their future in black colors.The mother lost her hope for better life,she has only the dreams.The author is showing us how life in poverty really like.This story definitely make me appreciate the things that I have right now and not wanting more.I think the purpose of the essay is to let the society know that there are the poor citizens out there,looking for help.The author is passing a message to the public to not to be arrogant to people but to treat everybody equally regardless of wealth and what they look like.