Vivan Waghela Week 11 - Gambling with my grade (credit to Sean for title and Sophie for idea) V2 (part 2 of Sean's Week 9 and continuation of Sophie's Week 10)

 Gambling with my grade (credit to Sean for title and Sophie for idea) V2 (part 2 of Sean's Week 9 and continuation of Sophie's Week 10)

Pictures of Nothing - Japan Camera Hunter

    Why do we have annotations plus this plus a bunch of other things on top of POAS? I'm basically writing this an hour before this is due. I don't know what to write at all. My mind is just blank. Empty. Now remember Sean's blog (Gambling with My Grade, remember that?). Damn. I could just do the same. What do I talk about though. And then there's Sophie's blog. I got my idea. Thanks Sophie and Sean. Thanks a lot. The credit for this blog goes to you guys.

    I know I can write about basically anything, but I will write about nothing. Yes, nothing. Seems strange right? How am I supposed to write about nothing? It sounds impossible. It really does. But here's the thing: writing about nothing is still something, right? So nothing is contradictory in its own self. Just like the image above. Yes, I literally searched up "images of nothing," yet this image has something.

    You might be asking, "where's Power and Language in this?" If you noticed already, I have nothing about language and power until now. So this is basically part 2 to Sean's blog from week 9 and a continuation of Sophie's blog from week 10. Like what Sophie said in her blog last time, I could write about anything I want and the readers can make the connection to language and power for me. Me, Sean, and Sophie are all gambling with our grades: either we all fail this or we get credit for using power to not write about power. Now there is one connection of power to nothing: it's that you can use power to not write about power, and that's contradictory, so power is contradictory like nothing.

All credit for this blog goes to Sophie and Sean. Thank you guys a lot for this.

Comments

  1. Faith QiaoFebruary 21, 2022 at 5:20 PM

    I can't help but wonder what Ms. Benedetti would think when she scrolls through our blog group and sees "gambling with my grade" after "gambling with my grade." Maybe next week I'll gamble with my grade if there's anything to gamble with after the tragedy of my POAS research paper. I feel like the blue period of school has ended and my days looking forward to being at school has finally halted. I'm burnt out—out of ideas and out of brain cells to create new ones. My grades are sinking in quicksand. My future prospects are dissipating. So what is there to gamble on? Since I don't plan on expediting this process of failure, I will say that I have resolutely embraced the idea that these blog topics are supposed to be inspiration. And I would you using your power to refuse to write about power is an accurate interpretation of the inspiration. There is no right or wrong, and I think there's also nothing to gamble on because, come on, this is APENG.

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    1. Krish ParikhFebruary 23, 2022 at 11:12 AM

      Hey Faith, I'm quite concerned after reading this. Is everything okay?

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    2. RaymondFebruary 23, 2022 at 5:48 PM

      Hi Faith,
      Even the greatest grades and accomplishments in high school will not accurately predict your future. It's never too late to be better.

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  2. Krish ParikhFebruary 23, 2022 at 11:15 AM

    Hi Vivan,

    I love how you start your blog talking about how difficult it is to write about nothing, yet proceed to do so for its entire duration. There's a certain comedic effect in that. I can relate to the stress you are feeling. Right now, my robotics team's season is in full swing, and I still have my POAS to complete along with several high point tests at school. I hope that both of us can get through it together!

    Sincerely,
    Krish

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  3. Anwika PalleFebruary 23, 2022 at 12:58 PM

    Hey Vivan,
    The power of "nothing" is truly interesting. You're right that although the image may technically have "nothing" on it, it actually has something on it. It's impossible for something to have "nothing." Does nothing even exist? This reminds me of when my grandparents would ask me what I was doing during our weekly FaceTime calls when I was younger, and I would always reply with "nothing." They would always ask me to answer the question again, because according to them, there's no way I could have been doing "nothing." I could have been sitting down or standing, and that is definitely more than nothing.

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  4. Sean WangFebruary 23, 2022 at 4:25 PM

    Hi Vivan,

    We got another one. That leaves Krish, Anwika, and Faith left... y'all have one blog left, so join the revolution! I appreciate the mention, although the circumstances for my blog were the same as yours. At this point, I don't even know what assignments are due when; all I can do is finish them mindlessly and hope that there will be a calm before the next storm. Good luck on your own issues, get that POAS submitted as soon as possible (with revisions)!

    Sincerely,

    Sean Wang

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  5. RaymondFebruary 23, 2022 at 5:52 PM

    Hi Vivan,
    Congratulations! You have successfully written about nothing, conquering the paradox that you have posed for yourself. The last topic which you wrote about is particularly interesting, using power to not use power. I think that this is an interesting thought, perhaps like using overwhelming force to maintain peace (such as the nuclear bomb). While this is not an effective strategy, it presents quite a contradiction.
    Sincerely,
    Raymond Yu

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  6. Sophie Minh Thy C NguyenFebruary 23, 2022 at 7:23 PM

    Hi Vivan,
    I appreciate the credits for the topic of your blog, and I truly hope we all come out of this quarter of blogging with full scores. I fear that Ms. Benedetti will read all of our blogs and say that we are making excuses, but I'm thinking positively and hoping that our theories are correct. The way you were able to write about nothing throughout your entire blog was astonishing. So now, I will do my job as a student in this class by making the connection for you. By writing about nothing for this blog, we are collectively using our power of diction to start a movement within this blogging quarter. The movement started with Sean's first post of the quarter, inspiring multiple students, including myself, to think outside the box in the same way. Just by that, it shows the power we have even if writing about nothing.

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  7. Yi-Kuan CFebruary 23, 2022 at 7:28 PM

    Hey Vivan,

    Aside from the impending dread of POAS, my sincerest desire is to see Ms. Benedetti's reaction when she looks at the content of all our blogs. It seems we have become so innovative that a lack of content is self justifiable. This post reminds me a lot of "paintings" that are just blank canvases. At first glance the idea of it is pretty stupid, but the more one thinks about it, the more ingenious it is that the artist painted literally nothing, and that that in of itself is a work of art.

    Yi-Kuan Cheng

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  8. Sierra DellenbaughFebruary 23, 2022 at 8:17 PM

    Hey Vivan, I agree with you and Faith; these past few weeks have completely drained all my energy (just maybe not to Faith's extent; maybe we should check in with them). Why would she expect a paper written to the best of our ability when we have the stress of blogs and comments, current event papers, DJs, annotations, AP classroom progress checks, and no time in class to work? All that stuff would be fine if we didn't have POAS, but the DJs are officially weekend homework. I'm actually kinda glad we still have blogs cause at least we can all vent, complain, and suffer together. Thanks for sharing!

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  9. DeetaMarch 11, 2022 at 5:13 PM

    Hey Vivan!
    These blog posts are so funny. I don't even know how to respond to this, as it quite literally is nothing. I do believe Ms. Benedetti will be incredibly confused (and hopefully amused??) by all the "gambling" blog posts. I do think you are right when you said even nothing is something, and this post is both nothing and something. Thanks for sharing nothing:)

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