A Whole New Mind[Portfolio - Empathy](169~176)

1. What surprised me ?
- Doctors taking acting classes to understand and deepen their Empathy was quite interesting

2. What did you already know??
-I remember reading a book about reading other peoplès body-language. The book was about the importance of reading other peoplès body-language

3. New Words

array - to place in proper or desired order

caveat - a warning or caution

validity - the state or quality of being valid

regimen - a regulated course, as of diet, exercise, or manner of living

bona fide - made, done, presented in good faith

inquiry - a seeking or request for truth, information, or knowledge

fibbing - a small lie

dubious - doubtful

duplicitous - deceitfulness in speech or conduct

perplexing - to cause to be puzzled; confuse mentally

ancillary - subordinate

4. What changes will you make ?
- When I grow up, I want to take an acting class. I also want to do more volunteering.

5. questions?
- not this time...haha

6. others?
-Volunteering at Langley Memorial Hospital was really good experience for me.

7. Word of the day
-Time
There are many things that I want to do, but I feel that there aren't enough time. Taking an acting class and volunteering requires a lot of time. I want more time!!! so I can do everything before I die.

A Whole New Mind (Chapter 7, 152~168)

1. What surprised me ?
- I was surprised by the fact that how empathy can save one person's life. One doctor listened to her patient and saved him, while the other doctor did not. This shows me that doctors do need an empathy.

2. What did you already know??
-I knew that there are some people, who studies other people's face(face reading skills). It is really cool and I also want to learn it. I want to look at other people's face and read their feelings; thoughts.

3. New Words

squirm - to feel or display discomfort

inclination - a tendency toward a certain condition, action, etc

innate - existing in one from birth

intuit - to know by intuition

bipedal - a two-footed animal

snide - derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner

scaffolding - an elevated platform on which a criminal is executed, usually by hanging

dissembling - to give a false or misleading appearance to

tad - a small child / a very small amount

lugubrious - gloomy, sad

langushed - to be or become weak

obscurity - the condition of being unknown

intrigued - to achieve or earn by appealing to another's curiosity

tribespeople - the members of a community

autism - characterized by impaired communication

malfunction - failure to function properly

aphasia - the loss of a previously held ability to speak ot understand spoken or written language, due to disease or injury of the brain.

compromise - the result of such a settlement

microcosm - a little world; a world in miniature

therapeutic - of or pertaining to the treating or curing of disease

accredit - attribute to

intonation - the pattern ot melody of pitch changes in connected speech

untenable - incapable of being defended, as an argument

rejoice - to be glad

attunement - to bring into accord, harmony

4. What changes will you make ?
-I will pay more attention to others' facial expressions, because I like to tease other people yet I do not know when to stop. I am sure that their facial expression will tell me when to stop it. :)

5. questions?
- The dark side of empathy?.... what if we use Empathy for bad things??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs2duteijt0

7. Word of the day
- attention

because... it might sounds weird but to me Empathy is like paying more attention. If we want to stand in others' shoes, and to see with their eyes, we have to pay attention to them. If we want to read their facial expressions, then we have to pay attention to their face. That is why, my word of the day is "attention".

A Whole New Mind [ Portfolio - Symphony ](145~151)

1. What has surprised you ?
-The fact that, listening to symphonies is an excellent way to develop my powers of Symphony surprised me.

2. What did you already know??
-I knew that we sometimes have to try new things to be creative.

3. New Words

stymied - a situation or problem presenting such difficulties as to discourage

array - to place in porper order

enliven - to make active

aerial - produced by the air

prominent - outstanding, seen easily, particularly noticeable

4. What changes will you make ?
-I will try to examine "what's between, beyond, and around it"(150).

5. questions?
- where is the proof?.....

6. others?
-It took me 3 minutes to find a negative space... I couldn't see it.

-I am doing poetry in my english class. I want to read "Metaphors We Live By" by George Lakoff and Mark Johson.

7. Word of the day
-"challenge"