Save the Yurok Language!

Yurok

A language that exists in the United States. Only 279 people use the language at home. 

Why save this language? This is a language of a Native American tribe, and by helping the people who use it save it, we are preserving their language, thus preserving an entire culture and way of life of the Yurok Native Americans. 

Happiness

The quote I think best describes how I know when I'm happy is this: "Happiness is like peeing in your pants. Everyone can see it, but only you can feel its warmth." - Unknown. When I'm happy, I feel all the worrying and stressing and sadness I've ever experienced just leave my mind for awhile. I don't have to worry about the next big project coming up, or stress about maintaining my grades at a high level. I'm just me. I feel like the only time I'm truly happy is when all of these things are pushed from my mind for the time being. I'm not even happy in my sleep it seems, because this morning, I actually woke myself up crying, and my dream was really sad. I think feeling happy can promote knowledge in the sense that, if you're not stressing over other things while trying to learn, you'll retain the knowledge, and still be happy at the same time. 

The Phantom's Good Sign

http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/30/3048.html
 Pierced cross
1. What is/are the cultural origin(s) of the symbol? Henry VI in England & the Mayan people
2. Describe the knowledge portrayed in the symbol. In Henry VI, the symbol is used in heraldry (coat of arms) and on coins. Mayan people used this symbol for their fire god
3. Is the symbol emotive, ambiguous, or vague? The sign is ambiguous because it has two very different meanings in the cultures. Especially in the Mayan country it is emotive because the gods are important to them, and this is a symbol for their fire god.
4. What are the problems of knowledge you identify for the symbol? One problem I can identify in knowledge is that I had to search what in heraldry even meant to know what the symbol was used for.