Happy Halloween. I hope you are all safe this weekend when choosing your fun.
Next week is going to be busy so be ready. Also, you need to find a quote from your second source that relates to your value.
For today:
"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change."
Charles Darwin
49 comments:
This means that even if your the strongest but cant withstand the cold you still wont be the best species.If you can deal with what the enviroment gives you will bewhat makes you a better species.So as long as you can adapt to what life gives you,you wont need to be the strongest or most intelligent.So i think that scientiffically this is about evolution and how todays species became.This shows how even if your the best at something it doesnt mean your the best.
Tyler McLeod 6th
Mr. Kay,
This is a very cool and true quote. At least to me. He is saying if you can understand change and learn how to adapt to change, you will survive better then someone strong or intelligent. This is one of the first quotes I have heard that goes in the favor of transcendentalist that also goes against intelligent people. But all in all it is true. You don't need to be super smart to survive. You just need to know how to adapt. This is like the blog we had a while back talking about how you never experienced life until you understand change and disappointment. This adds onto it by saying that you will also survive better. This is just what I take away from it.
-Luke LaFountain
6th Hour
I believe that this quote means is it doesn't matter what's on the outside, it's really who you are as a person and you act to events in your life. For example, when your in gym playing basketball, your not going to get picked because of how cute/pretty you are. Your going to get picked by how well you play in basketball. If you adapt well to the changes in life, most likely your going to have a better outcome. If everything was the same in life, there would be nothing to look forward to in the end. Even if somone else is stronger or more itelligent, they may not adapt to change very well, so they would have a hard time surving. Rather than someone who knows what it's all about. From my opioin this is what I feel this quote means, it doesn't matter what you put out, all that matters is how you put it out. As you, yourself as a person.
Alanna Nagi
6th hour
I believe that this quote means that the people can adapt the best in life will be the ones that succeed. Life is all about change, and the people who deal with these changes the best are the most likely to survive in life. The strongest people in life can make for a little while but once they get older, things begin to get a lot more tough. Intelligent people, to me, would also succeed earlier in life. They are the ones that can adapt to change in their minds. They are the more logical people. They use there minds more than their heart. The people that use their hearts to search and adapt to change will be the most successful. The more responsive people will do great things. They can use the changes in life to make their own changes and build off one another to create a better world.
William Schwartz
6th hr
Megan Fraser 6th hour
I think this quote means that life changes and you have to be ready for it. The people that aren't ready won't be able to accept the changes. You can be the smartest person in the world but when something goes not according to plan everything is ruined. Its very important to be able to adjust to changes because life it full of them. We learned about this in biology last year and it related to genes. Now, it relates to who you are as a person and how you make choices for yourself. If you follow the crowd constantly, you won't know what to do when the crowd leaves and you have to adapt to the change and think for yourself.
Mr. Kay,
I think that this quote means that if you can't take the changes that life throws at your way, then you won't last longer than those who will go with the flow. If you can't evolve with nature, then you can't revive at all. That doesn't mean you will die if you can't take change. It just means that you will have a harder time going through life than people who are ready for change. It makes a difference if you can learn to follow the river. (go with the flow). Then you can be responcive for what might come in the near future.
Danielle Turner
5th Hour
it doesn't matter rather or not you are the strongest or the weakest. the only thing that matters is if you can find a way to defeat the cold and stay warm. if you know your environment then you have a better chance to survive. if you can adapt to your environment that is what makes you the strongest. but in the wilderness the wild life need the weak that don't survive so the strong has some sort of food. just because you look and act the beat it doesn't mean your the best.
What I think this quote means is it doesn't matter if you are the srongest or the intelligent one it is one who is better with change. Also, I think it means the person whose been through alot in their life will survive because they have been through the most change. Like the people who move to a different state will have to know their way around the area. Also, moving to a different school a person must adapt to the school by making new friends. I think those are some ways people will survive. I think its the people who try their hardest and not giving up. This is what the quote means to me.
Katherine Walsh
6th hour
This quote means that you dont have to be the strongest or the most intelligent to survive, but the one most responsive to change. Life is all about change. Throught out life, you will always be adapting to change. And if you arent responsive to change, then you will most likely not survive. Being the strongest will only get you so far. And same goes for intelligence. But, if you are adaptive to change, then that will get you farther in life. The people who like change are the ones that will create a better world.
in this qoute darwin is talking about his studies with animals, but it also relates to humans as well. its weird becuse you would ushally think that being strong or really intelegent would grant you a better chance of survival, but this quote says differnt. when i think of this i also think of like the person with will power can acomplish anything. i think that relates to change becuase its like how adaptive you could be. life is all about change. the person that can adapt to things the best will ultimatly succeed. things will happen to you that you cant conrtol so the best thing to do is adapt to it.
Andy B, 6th hour
I think this quote is true. It means that you could be considered the smartest or the strongest but if you can't take care of yourself that doesn't matter. Its like if you got by on something like charm in high school you arn't nessasarilly going to survive life. All that could change in the real world. None of the little battles matter as long as you win the war. You are great at one thing but you don't have the variety to suceed. You need to adapt in your environment to be able to get a job.
Kristen Pauly
6th hour
I agree with this quote all the way. To me it means that life and the world is always changing so you have to be able to adapt to it. People who don't adapt to changes will have difficulties in life. For example , now a days if people aren't familiar with technology then they will struggle with things. And if your the smartest person but something automatically changes to something that your not use to , then your intellegence wont help you. And also if your really strong that doesn't help you survive in life now , you don't always have to be strong and like i said before it something in your life changes and strength doesn't matter than that person would struggle to survive.
Hannah Aittama
5th Hour
In this quote I think that Charles Darwin is talking about evolution but it can be used to expalian other life process's. It says that the species taht is most ready for teh current sitution will survie the best. But in humans lifes if you can't reponse to cahnge you will go no where in life. If you can't change with life cahnging every day then you will not "survive". Change happens every day , for example you have to adjuste to what ever life throws at you. Darwin talks about long cahnges over time,but it can be used to exaplain everyday life. No matter who you are you have to change inorder to be sucessful and have a good quality life.
Shaun Gerber
5th Hour
Mr kay,
This quote can mean any number of things. What it is saying is that the smart dont always succeed. A lot of people think that if you are smart then youll go really far in life. That is not true at all. Those who are able to adapt to change at all times are the ones who are going to be succesful. You have to be able to put up with anything life throws at you. The people who adapt are the people who will be great.
Jordan Blanzy
5th hr
I think this quote means that the people who can change the best in life will be the ones that succeed. If you can handle with what the enviroment brings you than that will make you a better species or person. The strongest people in life can go farther easier, but once they get older, things begin to get a lot more tough. If you can adapt well to the changes in life, your most likely your going to have a better outcome in life. If you can adapt to your environment then you have a better chance to survive. It shouldnt matter how you put your self out as, all that matters is you put your self out their. You should respect your self and others.
This means that the ones who are more responsive to change are the ones who have the best chance to survive. This also means that the people who can adapt to the changes around them, are ones who will most likely succeed in life. When you get older, you lose strength and your intelligence starts to wear off. Being able to adapt to changes is probably one of the best qualities a person can have. If you can roll with the changes, your life will be alot easier and good things will happen. People who are responsive to change can adapt to their surrounding like an animal which suits them to their environment.
Cody Kabisa
6th hour
i think this quote means that if you can handle change you will be able to succeed in life. Everyone changes and when you get out of high school you have to adapt to the next chapter in your life. You dont have to be good at everything to succeed you have to be able to handle anything and everything that life throws at you. The people or species that can life the best is the people or specie that can adapt to change and live by the changes that it happens. We can and cannot control change it happens alot as we get older we realize how much we grew up and changed. So i think this is what that quote means only the people can succeed if you can handle the changes that we face.
crystal maybee
5th hour
This qoute is saying that you or an animal doesnt have to be the strongest or the smartest to survive, you just need to accept change. If something can adapt to different changes, and survive, they don't need to be strong or smart. The better you adapt to change, the better outcome you'll have. The strongest or smartest animal would never survive if they couldnt adapt to freezing weather, or less water. The smartest or strongest person could'nt live if they couldnt adapt to a loss in thier life. The most important thing is to be able to change, and accept changes. If you or an animal can't do that, survival is not likely.
Mikki Nosek 5th Hr
I believe that this quote is very true. I think it means that even if you are the strongest you can still not go against the change. It also means that the weak are the strong too. You don't just have to be muscular strong. You can have smart whits.
Samantha Casteel
5th hour
I believe this quote is very true. I think it is saying that you don't have to be strong or smart to survive. But be most adaptable to change. Its kind of like what my dad taught me as a child. You have to expect the unexpected, And if you are ready for this change you will be better to respond to the situation. For example someone tries to jump you sure strength and smarts would help you in this situation but the ability to make a quick decision could save your life. This is why the ones most responsive to change are most likely to survive
Taylor Wattles
6th
i think this is a very true quote. people who can adapt to different surrondings are better off. to go with the flow will make it easier on you. you don't have to be really smart or physically fit to get anywhere in life. like animals it is very important for them to find food fast and protect thier territory. but they could die even if they can do that. like if the weather suddenly changes or a new species moves in. most of all you have to be able to accept change.
I like how Darwin says that you dont have to be the strongest to survive. But it matters how you respond to change. I thnk that he is saying that if an animal wants to survive then he will need to adapt to his surroundings. It dosent need to know everything but needs to be aware of it's surroundings. So if yu can't take the heat but find a way to beat the heat then you will be the one to survive. I do not always agree with Drwin but i agree with this particular statement.
Tyler Inman
5th Hour
I think that this quote is saying that you don't have to be strong or intelligent to survive, you have to change to things that happen. Chris/Alex wasn't the strongest or most intelligent, bute he changed to the problems that occured in his life. If you can't adapt to change then you're going to be the same person your whole life. People that change are usually the most successful, like buisness owners that change find products that the new generation of people want. Well also this quote is from charles darwin, so I think he's talking about evelution. This would then say that the animals that evolve are the ones who survive. This is all about survival of the fittest, and it's a big part of change. The animals that adapt and are fittest to survive, do survive.
I think this quote means that since life changes so much, we all have to be ready. Darwins theory was survival of the fittest. So, this says that we need to learn how to adapt over time. There are so many changes and events that come at us in life. If you dont accept changes, you will have a hard life, and basically, you wont survive. If you dont take everyday as a new day, then how do you live? thats what i think this quote means.
Amy Urbanik
5th hour
This quote means that even the most strongest and intelligent person won't be able to survive if they don't know how to handle change. If you are not aware of your surrounding you will not be able to respond to the change around you. For example if you are really good at basket ball and that is the only sport you play and the only sport you have ever attempted to play, you may not be able to play a sport like volleyball. This is because you arn't used to change. If you go through a lot of change then you will able to get farther in life, and in the end you will be more likely to suceed.
Taylor Dieck
5th hour
"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change."
Charles Darwin
I think this quote is very true. The strongest things dont always survive. What he means is that the most adapted creature will live because they can handle change. As long as you can adapt the quickest and handle new things you will survive. Adapting to enviroment helps get an upper advantage than not being adapted. It would be like a polar bear and a lizard surviving in alaska...no duh the polar bear will live longer than the lizard. That would happen because the lizard is used to 100 degree weather.
Thats what I came up with from this quote.
Hunter White
Mr. Kay
This is a important message in life. The srtong don't survive because there are ceretain factor that are just not good for the strong. The entelligent can't survive becaue if something in the invuronment was changing then the inttlelegent would only be able to slow the proces down. But the things that change are adaptable to the enivionment. There for the ones who adapt the best to change are going to live. But I would have to somewhat disagree. Us as humans are the most intellegent. We have used are intelligence to keep us alive. For example, if a astriod were to hit the earth the ones adaptble to change would also die. But the intllegent have created inventons to avoid this so they will live.
Chris reid
5th hour
I think this qoute means that you have to go through alot to be succesfull in life. if you are just so used to one situation you wont do well when other situations are thrown your way. There are many examples for how this quotes could be used , but one is that if you play soccer that is a sport that you are constanly using your feet, and you decide to play football you might not be as good because you use your hands mostly in football. If you always stick to one thing it makes you a sheltered individual and you dont really have a chance to adapt to harder situations.
stefffffff samuel
I believe this quote means the most quickest adapting species to changes wil live. Meaning that if there is to be change with a certain act. That species shall be able to adapt. Or just in general be able to change and fit the new standards. Were most people look at the strongest. That may help but in the long run, its the quickest to adapt. People also think that its the most smartest or intelligent, but once again its the quickest or most adaptible to change.
Conner Risi
6th
This quote is stating that it is not always the strong and smart who survive. You can be strong and intelligent but get nowhere in life because you wont adapt to change. An example of this is when you were expecting your life to go a certain way and it doesn't. The people who then give up on the situation are going to be the ones to fail. The people who accept that this is the way it is are the ones who are going to surive. I think that this quote by Charles Darwin is true. A lot of times people expect the strongest or smartest to "survive" and that ins't the case. As long as you are open to change and new things you will be sucsessful. I think being responsive to change makes you stronger and smarter than all the others anyway.
This quote pretty much states that you have to adapt with your sorrundings to be able to survive. This quote says that you can be the biggest and toughest but you wont survive unless you can adapt. This quote is true in many ways. One way is surviving in the wild. Animals have to be able to adapt and cope with their surroundings or else you wont make. This is also true for humans who want to do the same. This quote can be related in many situations and is very true.
Troy Wojichowski 6th hr.
I think that this means if you can adopt to good or bad things in your life than you'll be successful. Plus you have to be good at more than one thing. Also this means being strong or smart is good but when you need to adapt it won't be enough. Another thing is the people that don't mind when something goes wrong and adapt are the best. Or even a group of people. For exampler a sports team has to find a way to adapt if the other team has an outstanding player. Last you cant just be good at one thing you have to have all abilities.
Ty Bouwens, 6th hour
I think this is a great quote because its true. People can be srong or smart, but it doesnt mean anything if they cant adapt to new things. Life is always changing and if you cant keep up with it your gonna get lost in the pack. Yuo can try to be the strongest, fastest, and smartest, but if you cant learn new things your not gonna go anywhere. Darwin based this quote off evolution of animals, although I think this applies for humans too. I think adapting also has to do with learning from mistakes. If you learn from them, then you have longevitiy on your side.
Sean Detersss
I find it interesting how a quote can have multiple meanings. This was originally meant to be applied to he idea of the survial of the fittest. I believe that survival of the fittest is also applicable to our everyday lives as well. If you focus so much on becoming the best at only one thing, then adapting to changes is harder. We must try to become better at everything, especially at being able to live with changes. Life is always changine. If we cannot continue to move forward when a change occurs, then we cannot surive life. The better we can respond to change, the easier it will be for us to live a productive. Those of us who do not respond to change well will have a difficult life and will not be as prosperous as those who respond positively. This quote is saying, you do not have to be the strongest or smartest necessarily to be one of the most successful, you just have to be better at acting in response to changes.
Kaleigh Swanson
6th hour
It means that you don't have to be the smartest or the strongest to survive. You have to be able to adapt to what's given to you. Whatever change in your life that happens, you must deal with it and not just mope around all day. When I first moved to Michigan last year it was terrible, it was going from paradise to hell in a week. I used to wear sandals everyday and I had to get used to snow and cold weather 6 months ou of the year. But I put up with it, and I'm not depressed everyday or doing bad things. Being strong and smart does help, but being mentally strong is much more convenient to surviving.
Caroltn Newton Period 5
"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change."
Charles Darwin
This quote means being the strongest or the most intelligent doesn't mean everything. You can be very strong or very intelligent but it doesn't matter if it only applies to a certain environment. Things are constantly changing. If you cant comply with change then nothing can be done efficiently. Its like a farmer moving to a city. If he cant complete the change or adjust, he fails. Being adaptable is being able to change with the ways. If you cant do that, in Darwin's words, you wont survive.
Chloe Martin, 6th hour
I think that Darwin is saying that the things blend in more they will surivive. I can relate this to Lakeland. The kids that dress and look like the other kids dont get picked on. But the kids that stands out do. If you stand out a little you have jerk in your ear. That is wrong with our society today. We should dress and act the way we want to. This problem is not just in Lakeland. It is everywhere. In every place that i have been to. I do think that this quote is very true. But I wish it wasn't.
Mr. Kay,
"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change."
What this quote means is that you can be the most prepared person in the world, but you still might fail. It means that the person that is the most adaptable to what happens in life. There are many curveballs in life that you do not plan to happen and when one of those curveballs is thrown, it is the person that reacts the best to it that will survive. Although I dont believe in Darwins theory, this quote is very true. Many people are so ready for anything in life to happen to thm that when something unexpected comes they react the wrong way. That is why there is so much violence in our community.
Tim Wilson
5th Hour
I believe that this quote means is it doesn't matter what's on the outside. For example if your playing a sport, your not going to get picked cause of your looks, or popularity. your going to get picked because of how good you are. It may seem to be that way, because if your liked by the coach you will make the varsity team. But if you really think about it, they only choosing you to be on the team cause your good. This also means that the people who can adapt to the changes around them, are ones who will most likely succeed in life. The ones who are most likely to change are the ones who will make this world a better place.
Hailey Ledgley(:
5th hour.
I think this meens that it doesnt matter if u are strong or inteligent. The only way you can survive is if u can withstand change. You have to be able to go through changes in life to be able to get by in life. To be the stronger species you have to be able to withstand change ion the environment. For people to survive they have to be able to go through changes in their lives. It doesnt matter if your smarter then other people the only thing that matters is going through change. Same with being strong that doesnt matter if u cant go through change.
Katlyn Twigg 6th Hour
John Kent
5th hour
Sorry about the late ness Mr. Kay.
This quotes to me it means that you have to be prepared for change. For example Chris never was prepared for what he was going to do. He thought that he was in invincible to any think that the wild could throw at him. If Chris had of been ready for the change that he knew about he mite be still around today. Like to day we went out and bout new winter jackets so we are not cold in the winter. Another example is birds flying south for the winter to survive. Also young adults go to school to be successful in the real world.
Sorry about being late i was not home i had to go to my dads.
This quote means that even if your the strongest but cant evolve with the changes you still wont be the top specie. If you are able to evolve and change to be survival of the fittest you can live. so if you can adapt to new features in your environment you can defeat your obstacles. i fell this quote is about evolution. I also see this quote as how people can change and adapt to the world as i change with or without you. If you can survive the change you become a better individual as you go on with the changes. that what i view from this quote from Charles Darwin.
Rob Keller
5th hour
yep, i totally know its late, and im not staying after for it either.
these 3 things go hand in hand really, because to respond to change, you need to be one of the strongest. and you need to be intelligent to change as well.
although, as a species i believe we fail; even though we have made so many achievements, we fail at the point where we are so intelligent to make something that kills us faster, and yet people deny it. im talking about smoking, because only recently did this hit me after seeing people under age smoking cigarettes. he was a friend, and i thought i could look up to him, but now, whenever i will see him, i will always hate him for making the stupid choice to harm himself. because i am not going to watch just as someone harms themselves, i either walk away, or i help them, but i unfortunately feel walking away was best, because he would just not listen.
today I lost a friend to smoking, and every day, I will hate never being able to help him. i just wish he seeks help to get rid of a bad habit.
see, when your so intelligent to start finding way to harm yourself, i believe you fail at being smart. on Monday, i am going to have a stern talk with him, and his friend, both of them i am very disappointed for their very poor choices.
Nick Visger
GO OBAMA!
nickvisger@mac.com
I think it means you have to be able to respond to things to survive. Like you can reley on brute force to get you thought life. Or pure inteligence they both have their flaws. But you need to be able to respond to a change that happens in life. Like if theres a food shortage you need to learn to eat less or you'll eat all your food and starve later on. Or think ahead of what your doing. Because its depends not on your strength or intelligence but how you respond to the situation.
kevin anderson 6th hour
sorry its late just rembered
Thanks for that exrta info. I think he is saying that the middle class people is what the U.S. is made. They aren't the most intelligent but their hard work makes up for it. They aren't the srtongest but they make it through with logicall thinking. And when they are forced to change because of a problem they can do it easily because they have money and some intelligence. They are kind of the average person with all equal attributes. Like if there house got burnt down. They would work to gain it back. The stronge people wouldn't know what to do and the intelligent people wouldn't have the srtength to rebuild it.
Zack Ruffin 6 th
Well, this quote basically means that it isnt the smartest people who survive, but the people best suited to take on change in their lives. I completely agree with this quote. However, intelligent people are the ones who probably have the ability to adapt to change the best. This is because people who aren't smart won't have enough common sense to be ready. So they pretty much go hand in hand. This is just a generalization, so it isn't true of everyone, but I can realte to what Darwin is saying. As for the strong people, they can make their lives good now, but in the future when everything changes they will be left in the dust.
mr.Kay,
This qoute has a few meanings. Before analyzing this it basically says that the one's who survive are the one's best fit for that situation. It could also mean that givin a situation the one who has had more experience in it will last longer. For example, if your parents told you that you we going to be moving into a new house. A person who has maybe lived in the same place all there life might be very scared, upset, and not know how to react to it. Where as a perosn who move's often would at least know how to react to it. I think that in a situation intelligence always plays a role because it helps you to know more about what your doing. But I think expericence and the people who are open to letting things just go there course will be able to follow or react to something more easier.
Brittney Cooper
6th hour
mr. kay i was suspended from wednesday to friday, i would like to talk to you before school on monday if possible, about homework and schoolwork missed. >alex warner 5th hour<
Ah, survival of the fittest. I remember learning this in science! We had to make model "birds" with varying heads and tails to witch get to water. A certain length was to be required otherwise the worst death would befall the bird: dehydration. Diarrhea, nausea, weakness and pains in various parts of the body(the sigh of organs failing), it makes you wanna cry, but by then you have no tears. If the birds cannot get to water at all, they become extinct. Scary thought, but this theory of primordial ooze was met with great discouragement. Most religions said we weren't even in coloration with "beasts", while Darwin states we share ancestry. This was even proven by science! squirrels and humans share 75% of DNA! (some more than others). I was so late because i wanted to wait so that others couldn't read my blog to copy and then crap happened. I do not expect to get a good grade, just a grade for this one is satisfactory to me.
Derek Guckian
6th hour
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