Book Review- Pooh and the Philosophers (In which it is shown that all of Western Philosophy is merely a preamble to Winnie-the-Pooh)

On Ms Yee's request, 4J's to do a short book review. (: Well, nobody's done so, so I'll start the ball rolling since I'm currently reading "Pooh and the Philosophers (In which it is shown that all of Western Philosophy is merely a preamble to Winnie-the-Pooh)" By John Tyerman Williams.

It is an extremely mind boggling book- I didn't choose it on deliberation, my dad did for me. But it is very interesting because it exposed me to many secular perceptions, and it brought quite a bit of twist to the original Winnie-the-Pooh story I knew.

However, I must say that I disagree at some of the author's allegories that make a few of the connections seem a little too forced. For an example when the author expounded about the purpose of the blue balloon used by Winnie-the-Pooh to get to the honey, was interpreted as a symbolization of earth.

"The shape of the balloon makes the elementary symbolism obvious enough, while the picture of the balloon floating in the air is as near to the earth floating in space as the imaginative limits of the parable allow. Nevertheless, this picture prompts some questions. It even raises what the shallow-minded may consider difficulties."

Throughout the whole book, I received a feeling of condemnation whenever I thought otherwise of the author's theories.

In any case, some theories and ideas were agreeable, like for an example, when the author explained about the use of the Useful Pot given to Eeyore as a birthday present, and the perception of Christopher Robin as a person whom is satisfied with his mind's own narrow limits and its equally narrow world. One time is when Winnie-the-Pooh asked him what the North Pole is, and he answered carelessly, although not being quite sure of the answer himself.

In all, the book is educational on philosophy, explaining many of the terms with simple examples from the Hundred Acre Wood. But being part of the 'superficial and blinded generation', I really do wonder if Milne (author of Winnie-the-Pooh) did intend every single philosophical meaning to every word.

I took me a bit of time to understand the book, but do read the book if you like philosophy, Winnie-the-Pooh and new Winnie-the-Pooh twists. (:


-Rachel

Bio notes!!!!

There are 15 pages in total! (:


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yups! that's all for bio! :D

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The Thing That You've All Been Waiting For.

Greetings Little Friends!

The moment you've been waiting for is arriving- 4J class outing on the 12th of June 2009!

We will be meeting at Cityhall Mrt at 5pm, and then we'll take a leisure stroll to Suntec for dinner. The place where we will be having our dinner is called Just Noodles, (And as you can see, you cannot order rice.) with just 10 Singapore dollars, you can have your pick of your main course. Also, for all those gluttonous little friends out there, the 10 Singaporean dollars comes with freeflow of ice-cream and drinks.

Unfortunately, we will not be accompanied by some of our little friends, it's impossible to get a perfect date where everyone is available, so, my apologies, little friends.

Also, there will be a second outing on the last week of the school holidays. Basically it's just a mugging session that I think is appropriate for the 99.9999% mugging population in our class.

For more details, please check your email or dhsmail.

Have a nice holiday everyone and don't miss me, you'll be seeing me soon. -Rachel♥

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GOOD EVENING I BRING YOU BREAKING NEWS.

CHECK YOUR DHS MAIL, THERE'S MATHS ASSG FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

chem homework list also posted on dhs mail. it includes a chem article critique.

AND I'M SORRY TO ANNOUNCE THAT THERE IS MATH TEST ON INTEGRATION AND APPLICATIONS ON FIRST WEEK OF TERM THREE.

yes i'm cassandra. my deepest condolences to you. (i hope this update helps)

june holiday homework list

its never too early to post a homework list (:
i cannot remember details, so i need someone to help out. jiaying said she would post the homework list up soon, but i dont see it -.-
so here goes:

holiday homework (based on memory):
chinese writing (x2)
chinese newspaper cutting (x2)
chinese exam paper (optional?)
chinese spelling
chem ten year series (tys) (x2)
chem (topic: atmosphere) self learn
maths (moodle)
physics take home quiz
physics textbook questions (what page, what question?)
physics tys (answers on moodle)
ACE UN project
geog ws (moodle)
LA journal
LA creative product

bio proj
bio exam papers (optional?)

tests:
chem test t3w2 (energy changes + something else)
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CASSANDRA OUT.

Stuff we gotta do this weekend:

HW:
math assg 1 and 2
HCL cheng yu ws
Bio ws
Maths ex on kinematics(notes)

Tests:
ASC
gong han(yan jiang ci)
Bio(plant reproduction adn cell division?)

Projects:
Geog river thingo

YEPP! tt's all! oh! should i post the pics we took on the movie day thingy last year? HAHA! XD it's uber late i know... but ... yeah xD

HOLIDAY HW!!!!

CREDITS TO CHELS :DDDD

hey peeps,
sorry fer da late post, but yeah... was playing with kiddos these few days, so was abit busy :D
but here's ur march hols hw! :D
Homework:
1) Bio WS (abstract)
2) Jianbao 1
3) Chem WS x 3
4) Chem Poster(by 31st march)
5) Assg 6 math
6) L.A individual report
7) Math revision ws x 4
8) Physics Journal and assignment booklet
9) Bio ws on eyeball x 2
10) Bio prac ws
11) Research on Triboelectric waves

Projects:
1) L.A
2) CME [youth olympics]
3) ACE
4) HCL [food stuff]

Tests:
1) maths trigo test on T2W1 D4
2) math emath on T2W2D9
3) biotest on nervous and endocrine system on T2W1
4) chem test on T2W2 [metal periodic table & mole concept!]

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enjoy ur hols..... :(

:)jiaying