In class today with Mr. Featherstone we talked all about winder and we are handing it in though our blogs.

First we made mind maps about everything to do with wonder.

Then we answered the following questions about This essay.

1- How was Prinz’s experience with the “ Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus” different from his parents? why?

My answer- He has never seen this kind of thing, thus he was in wonder. For his parents they had see things like that their whole lives, but for him he had never been exposed to such an experience.

2- What are the three bodily symptoms Prinza postulates as components of wonder?

My answer- Sensory, cognitive and spiritual

3- How does Francis Bacon consider wonder?

My answer- Wonder to Francis Bacon was a broken knowledge and a mystified incomprehension that science could cure.

And Finally 4- Describe one moment in your life when you experienced wonder.

My Paragraph-

For me the time that I have been the most wonderstruck was back in February of 2015. Back then I was playing on the Peewee A1 team and we were at a tournament in Quebec. When I stepped onto the ice, I cast my gaze upwards and was in wonder at what I saw. 6-7 thousand people all looking down on me, cheering me, analyzing me, as if they were 6 thousand hawks scouting prey. Then our opponents came onto the ice, the Gatineau Olympique, a favorite to win and the local team. When they stepped on the ice the noise was nearly deafening, cheers, whistles, yells, all aimed at my opponents. But it did not only fuel them, it was my teams nitrous. Giving us an extremely intense focus. The whole stadium melted away as I lined up for the puck drop, I didn’t hear anything it was just me and the 11 other players and goalies on the ice. I could feel my heartbeat rack my whole body like a drum, and then… It began. Surrounded by 6 thousand people the only 11 I cared about were the only ones I saw.