Jonathan Safran Foer Webinar Reaction Assignment

Earlier this week we had a webinar with the acclaimed author, Jonathan Safran Foer. He has entertained people with his various books and some of them have even been turned into movies. One of his recent works in particular has gained the author prestige. The book is called Eating Animals. The webinar was presented by Farm Forward and Jonathan Safran Foer. In the webinar, students and teachers were able to ask Foer questions about his book. I felt like the webinar was persuasive, inspiring and informative.

The reason I believe that the webinar was persuasive, was because Foer would always talk about how being vegetarian is a better way to live, instead of consuming meat, or he also suggested that people eat less meat . He also stated that “meat is murder”. I think the message that he is trying to send is that meat is murder not only to us, but to the animals too. He explains that the process of the meat can be unhealthy for our bodies, and that it also takes an animals life to get that meat.

I also feel that this webinar was informative. In the webinar he would answer many peoples questions, and he would inform people of the dangers of factory farming. He also would get into detail about many of the answers that he would give to the people. He definitely went into detail with this webinar.

I really felt like this webinar was inspiring, it takes a lot of courage to introduce your ideas and thoughts to the world. Foer has inspired me to find a healthy alternative to meat and he has definitely made people think about what they are eating. Many people just pick up something and eat, and they don't realize what they are putting into their body.

I honestly think that this webinar has really affected me in such a big way. I can definitely say that i'm going to be changing the ways I eat. I feel like some of the topics that were introduced in the webinar relate to my life, such as becoming a vegetarian. I have always wanted to be a vegetarian, but I haven't put any effort into it. I feel like many people struggle not to eat meat, but I definitely have decided to change.

Latin roots #5

Roots:
1.cent-hundred
2.cid(e), cis(e)-cut, kill
3.clam, claim-cry out, declare
4.cord, cour-heart

Words:
1.bicentennial- celebration of a two hundredth anniversary
•The organization was celebrating it's bicentennial.
2.centenarian- a person who has lived a hundred years
•My great grandpa was a centenarian who lived to be 103.
3.centurion- a Roman soldier commanding a military unit known as a century
•The centurion commanded an army of a hundred men.
4.clamorous- characterized by insistent complaining
•The little girl was being clamorous by complaining about her loose tooth.
5.concise- covering much in few words; brief & to the point
•The leader gave a concise outline of their plan.
6.concordance- condition of harmony or agreement
•They were in concordance on where to go out and eat.
7.cordial- warm & sincere; amiable
•We gave a cordial welcome to our visitors.
8.discordant- (sounding) harsh or inharmonious
•The stern teacher gave a discordant lecture to her students.
9.genocide- the systematic killing of an entire ethnic group
•The Jewish were killed in a genocide.
10.incisive- keenly penetrating; cutting into
•The doctor cut an incisive cut through the patients body.
11.proclamation- an official announcement informing or honoring
•The mayor gave a proclamation in honor of the town.
12.reclaim- to restore to former importance or usefulness
•The girl reclaimed her grade to an A.

latin roots #4

Roots: 1.bon, boun-good 2.capit, capt-head, chief, leader 3.carn-flesh 4.ced, ceed, cess-go, yield, surrender Words: 1.accession- an increase by means of something added; the act of becoming joined •They were called upon an accession to perform as a group. 2.bona fide- in good faith, genuine •It was hard to tell if the person we suspected to be a bully, was being bona fide when telling someone a nice thing. 3.bonanza- sudden and expected source of money or riches •The girl in need of money was miraculously given a bonanza. 4.bounteous- inclined to be generous 5.capitulation- surrendering, a final give up •The crops of wheat they had gathered was bounteous. 6.carnage- a great slaughter, as in battle •The two boars were involved in an active carnage. 7.incarnate- literally in the flesh •The little girl was surprised to see her father incarnate again. 8.carnivorous- a flesh eating, as an animal •The lion was carnivorous, and could only eat meat. 9.intercede- to meditate •Instead of doing it herself, she had her partner intercede for her. 10.precedent- having gone before •Long ago events act as precedents for our future. 11.recapitulation- a brief relipitition •The teacher gave a brief recapitulation of the play we read. 12.reincarnation- thing that is reborn •According to some religions, some people believe people undergo reincarnation.