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For our first official set of Reader's Notes, you must first listen to the "Wonder Woman" segment of the "Super Powers" episode of the radio program This American Life. You can access that podcast from the syllabus.
NOTE: you don't need to listen to the entire hour long podcast, just the Wonder Woman episode. Once you've listened to the podcast, review the general requirements of what to do for Reader's Notes. Then post, below, your 300 words, in keeping with the requirements of the assignments, AND, consider what we've been talking about makes a good piece of writing about another person: the details, the facts, the information about that person (evidence) prove what it is the writer wants us to know and believe about the person (thesis). So, in "Wonder Woman," what are all of the things that we learn about the person who is the focus of the story, Zora, from the author Kelly McEvers? And then, what is the big idea--the thesis--the thing that the author want us, ultimately, to understand about Zora? WARNING: Remember what I said about not writing in cliches. It would be easy, in this story, to come up with a cliche, but I'm telling you ahead of time, Zora and her story are more complicated than it might seem. HOW TO POST
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Alexis Maldonado
9/15/2020 01:25:02 pm
Zora and Kelly met in a bar and Zora explains that she is a Bounty hunter, International Private Investigator, and a Bail Bond Enforcer. Zora has a tattoo that has a big circle with a white swirl and that is her magic globe that she holds in her dreams that gives her superpowers. That comes from when she was a kid, she had a dream to become a superhero and fight for a cause. She took this dream very serious. She even composed a list of skills she had to master. She actually accomplished nearly all the things on the list. In order to get more time, she had to finish school early and she achieved that. She finished high school at 15, attained her B.A. at 18, her master’s at 20 and finished the course work for a PhD by 21. This just shows how determined she was to become what she always dreamed of and did whatever things possible to attain it. Afterwards though she quit school. She then started a process to become a CIA. During the rigorous process she felt like everything was coming together and has never experienced so much joy. All the time and effort she put in for that moment. After 8 months or so she was notified that she was rejected from the CIA. She appealed for 2 years but all they said was to try again in a couple years. She had many doubts to why this happened. It took her 2 years to recover but after that she started to work for a women private investigator. Today she works for an international private investigator agency. She now has a new list that she does not take so seriously. Things can change and not go your way as you thought it could. You can see that Zara spent her life chasing one thing and when it didn’t go her way she didn’t know what to do anymore.
Grace Reardon
9/21/2020 09:24:36 am
In this podcast it talks about a very strong and powerful woman named Zora. Zora is the “Wonder Woman” that this story describes. She aspires to be a hero. Zora is a very determined woman and will stop at nothing to do good for people. Zora was so determined to learn new skills that she kept a journal and continued to write down all the new skills she wanted to learn. Zora was not a fragile woman that needed any mans help. She was tall, strong, and fierce. Zora was not only physically gifted, she was metally gifted as well. She finished school at such a young age because she was so advanced. Zora got her PhD at the age of 21 which is insanely impressive. She was so humble about all of her talents which is what makes her a hero in many people's eyes. Zora wanted to help fight crime so she applied for the CIA. The CIA rejected her and she was very distraught. Zora’s only problem is she is so used to succeeding in everything she does, that when she fails she takes it out on herself. She was upset for so long that she almost lost herself. Zora was too strong to let herself go over one failed attempt at what she wanted. She ended up becoming a private investigator for women. Zora is a role model for all women showing that we are strong and independent. Zora’s confidence is amazing and aspiring to all.
tk okla
9/15/2020 01:43:10 pm
Zara also known as “ Wonder Woman” is a very determined, active, and outgoing female. Zara says she had dreams and in these dreams she had superpowers. And with these superpowers she would be fighting , but not with her bare hands, she fought with weapons like guns and knives. She was also 6 foot 5 inches tall. That’s even taller than me. One of her superpowers was that she could shoot lighting from her hands, which kinda reminds me of a black superhero named Black Lighting. Since she was young Zara’s mindset was she wanted to fight for a cause. She started to write a list of things she needed to learn and master and she wanted to get all these things done by age 23. Some of the skills she wanted to learn and master include martial arts, survival, and politics. She wrote these goals in a diary she titled “ the list”. She had three of these diaries with all the same format and the same title in each. To be able to accomplish these goals by 23 years old, Zara sped through school. She finished highschool by 15 years old, finished her undergraduate by 19 and got her masters at 21. She did a lot of school during the summer in order to finish so quickly. I can’t imagine the amount of work she had to do. She attempted to join the CIA (central intelligence agency). She went through all the background checks, all the interviews, her past relationship partners got interviewed as well as her neighbors and family members. Even with going through all that she was rejected. She stated it took her 2 years to recover from the rejection. Today she is an undercover agent and has created a new list. This new list isn’t as serious.
Emily Bachman
9/15/2020 02:13:00 pm
In this story, Zora and Kelly meet at a bar, where Zora shares her story of her dreams and what made them so special to her. Zora is a so called superhero to herself. She had this recurring dream of having superhero powers of being able to fly and shoot lightning from her hands. Which makes her motivated to become skilled in everything she wanted to before she turned 23. She kept a diary of it and every time she went to open her diary, she would update it with all the skills she wanted to be good at. I would say she was a big “goal reacher” because every goal that she had she would accomplish whether it be throwing knives, or fist fighting or whatever she desired to be successful at. She even finished school by the age of fifteen. She would spend her whole summer speeding through years’ work of schoolwork, and she accomplished it. She even got her PhD at the age of 21. I can’t even imagine how much hard work she had to do at such a young age. In the podcast, Kelly mentioned that she accomplished most of her goals and training that she ever wanted to do. She was a very adventurous with all of the things she wanted to accomplish. She talked about how she did some elephant riding and she did some pretty crazy stunts. All of this was the kind of thing that made her super happy. She said that was the happiest she ever felt.
miah poindexter
9/15/2020 07:23:00 pm
In the podcast Kelly McEvers starts by describing how her and Zora met. She then starts to create an image of Zora also known as “wonder woman” for the listeners by describing her as a powerful athletic six foot five with long silver hair. She then goes on to tell how musical her voice was. Zora seems to be someone that Kelly looks up to and aspires to be. Zora aspired to be this superhero and was so sure of what she wanted to be she even set herself a goal to master up to thirty skills to learn to be as immortal as she can be and planned to meet these goals by the age of twenty-three. She always accomplished every item on the list, which she felt would help her become the closest thing to a superhero. She was very smart and finished school at a very young age. Zora lived by this strict set of rules and was very confident in herself. She worked so hard for so many years to join become an agent in the CIA but no matter how hard she tried they rejected her, and she just didn’t know why. She felt like she failed for so long and failed many of her accomplishments because of this. She then started working as a private investigator for this woman. She created herself a new list, which is much easier on her. So she’s now able to enjoy a little bit more of life. You can tell from Zora’s life experiences that she is a very determined person but once things don’t go her way, she tends to feel lost.
Wicahpi Chaddlesone-Yankton
9/15/2020 09:38:02 pm
Zora is turning into the everyday modern woman “Wonder Woman” with her understanding of herself. The podcast is telling us a story about one woman with her different stories and her travels and long term achievements also goals. Zora is a powerful dreamer and she mostly dreams of fighting and saving the world in different time sources. I had learned that I am a powerful dreamer just like Zora and I always have crazy dreams such as fighting over some corn nuggets with another person in a casino. Zora is a woman that defines the main idea of how a woman should look and act towards the world. She is a tall woman and I relate to her because I am very tall (just like 9 ½ in) in my own eyes and others. She has created a list of skills that will help her become a superhero which includes chemistry, flying license, bodybuilding, and different nature skills and she has achieved almost everything. Zora has achieved the goals of graduating early from different schools and her deep dream of becoming just like Indiana Jones. Zora had wanted to join the CIA but she had failed a couple of times and this sent her to thinking about her list and how she had failed to become a superhero in her mind. A couple of thoughts later she had learned to become more feminine towards the world and she had learned the idea of using her looks to control the mind of others. Zora had created a newer list to help her develop a wider talent and she doesn’t make this list that much seriously. She has achieved so much in life that inspires people to follow her. She has many goals to become the ultimate superhero in her own eyes.
Allyson Spencer
9/16/2020 09:21:17 am
Kelly McEvers met Zora at a bar. Zora is also known as “Wonder Women. Kelly was inspired by Zora and thinks very highly of her. Ever since Zora was a young child, she wanted to be a superhero. She began making a list of things she needed to accomplish in order to become a superhero and even gave herself a deadline. The deadline made her work harder. This shows us that from a young age Zora was very determined. Right away she started working and getting ahead in all her classes. She graduated at the age of 15 and immediately started to get things done on her list. She received her B.A. at 18, her masters at 20, and completed the coursework for a PhD by 21. This proved to us all the hard work she did to achieve her goal. She decided that she would apply to join the CIA. The application process was hard and took a very long time. Zora was determined and never gave up. She then found out that she had been rejected from the CIA. This hurt Zora a lot and it took her about 2 years to come back from the rejection. Even though there was a bump in the road, she never fully gave up. I know how hard it is to come back from a major setback, especially when it feels like all your hard work isn’t paying off. Zora is now a private investigator and has a new list that isn’t as harsh. This article has shown that no matter how hard things may get, you shouldn’t give up.
Essiah Marcial
9/16/2020 11:48:44 am
Zora met Kelly McEvers at a bar. Zora is also known as “Wonder Women. Kelly was inspired by Zora and thinks very highly of her. Since Zora was a little child she knew she wanted to be a super hero. She wanted to live a life like Indiana Jones half in the classroom half saving the world. Zora graduated high school at the age of 15 and finished her masters and PH.D at 21 years of age. That alone is a superhero accomplishment in itself, Zora understood no matter how much she wanted to be a superhero she still would have to go and get herself a real job and that's what she set out to do. Zora worked very hard and got a interview with the CIA. Thee application process was hard and took a very long time but regardless Zora was determined and never gave up. She then found out that she had been rejected from the CIA. This hurt Zora a lot and it took her about 2 years to come back from the rejection. Even though there was a bump in the road, she understood that it was not final and it was something she had to get out of. You can tell Zora is a very educated person and when she wants something she gets it or keeps trying until she has a fighting chance. Now she has created a new life as and undercover agent and she is super happy and her own self proclaimed "super hero".
Colm McDonough
9/16/2020 12:28:54 pm
Zora always wanted to be a superhero. She had dreams of herself being bigger and faster than anyone else. She could fly and fight. So Zora made a list of all she thought she needed to become the closet to a superhero as possible. Being so dedicated to completing her dream she finished school and got a PhD all before she was 21. She met Kelly in a bar and began talking about her superheroes dreams and what her tattoos meant. From a young age she wanted to fight for a cause. Giving herself a deadline by 23 to master all skills. One word for Zora would be determination. She was so dedicated to her craft she mastered many skills and trades. But this isn’t about Zora being able to hunt and kill or play tennis or golf. It is about the drive one can have for wanting something so bad. After her run-in with the CIA she was declined after 8 long months of interviews. As she mentioned on the podcast, she was just down. She wasn't angry or sad, just a little let down as if she had failed herself. After having a drive to be a hero her whole life, she didn’t have one anymore. It stopped. But not for her. Zora still became someone who can help others and fight for what is right. As of now Zora works as an international private investigator accomplishing her dream as much as she can.
Leona Cotton
9/16/2020 02:19:58 pm
In the podcast ‘Wonder Woman’, author Kelly McEvers tells a story about Zora. Zora is a Private Investigator who dreamed of becoming a superhero when she was younger. While listening to the podcast I believe that what Kelly McEvers wanted us as listeners to get from this, is that your dream doesn't have to be exact. You don’t have to follow your ‘list’ fully to receive your goal. In life there are always going to have minor or even major setbacks. In the podcast, zora made it clear that she was driven at a young age. When zora was 12 years old she made a list on what to do to become a superhero. Zora made a list to end in her 20’s that was her deadline, later on the podcast we discovered that Zora wanted to be in the C.I.A. after Zora received a rejection letter but didn't explain why. Being a C.I.A agent was the closest thing to a superhero. Zora had some time to recover during that time she finally ended up getting a job. Zora became a private investigator, still that's similar to being a superhero. Overall , Kelly McEvers wanted us to get from this podcast that the journey to getting to your goal isn't always going to be simple.
Cindy Moran
9/18/2020 08:06:58 am
Kelly McEvers met Zora at a bar in Arizona, and in the very beginning Kelly could feel the intimidation of Zora's character when Zora entered the bar with huge blonde red streaks hair. Zora was a strong willed, diligent woman. Once Zora noticed Kelly's cigarettes and new where they come from, Zora invited Kelly to sit with her. Zora was an international private investigator and with. Zora had an interesting tattoo on her left arm, a big circle with blue and white swirls. She said that ball was her magic globe she holds in her dreams that give her superpowers. During the dreams, she was fighting with guns, had super strength, long silver hair, athletic, powerful, and her voice sounded magical. At 12, she had done a list of actions she thought was required to do to become as much of a superhero she can be, and made it her goal to finish these things at 23. In her old notebook she wrote things like; martial arts, electronics, chemistry, metaphysics, hand gliding, helicopter riding, parachuting, mountclimibing, survival, much more and by then she had completed most things on the list. Speeding through highschool, at 15 graduated highschool, got a BA at 18, masters at 20, and phd in geopolitics at 21. Giving up on that she went through exams to be a CIA but unfortunately didn't get in, but in the end, years later got into an international private investigator agency and is happy, not obsessed with her list anymore.
kaia souza
9/21/2020 08:19:24 am
In this podcast we learn all about Zora or "wonder woman", In the beggining of this podcast Zora meets Kelly mcevers in a bar and they talk all about how Zora whats to be a super hero. Zora always wanted to become a super hero from the time she was little. she would have lists for her self on how she would acheive this and these list would change. On these list she would have specific skills that she wanted to achieve like fighting using martial arts. Zora was very smart she had finished school by the time she was 15 and then went to get her phd. Zora also had a goal of getting into the cia she had an interview with them that she worked very hard for so when she was rejected it hurt her a lot and made her feel as if she had failed and failed at becoming a super hero. after 2 years she was able to come back from this she began working as a private investigator. she was able to make a new list and be that superhero.
Laura Schnitzer
9/21/2020 04:16:04 pm
In the podcast Wonder Woman by Kelly McEvans she describes when she first met Zora at the bar in Flagstaff Arizona. The author just moved back from Cambodia and noticed an amazon of a woman with blonde and red streaked hair, frosty lips, wearing a short red tank dress that showed lots of leg and at least fifty bracelets. The woman was 6 feet tall. Her name was Zora and she is an International Private Investigator, a Boundy Hunter and a Bail Bond Enforcer. Then she goes into detail about the meaning behind her tattoo on her left shoulder. It is a big magic globe with blue and white swirls in it that vividly describe her dreams which involves superpowers. They entailed fighting sometimes with guns, lightning from her face, and superstrength where she can fly. Zora took these dreams seriously. At the age of twelve she sat down and started to make a list of all the skills she needed to become a superhero. She even gave herself a deadline to master these skills by the age of 23. The list includes martial arts, electronics, hand gliding, chemistry, metaphysics, helicopter flying, airplane flying, parachuting, mountain climbing, survival, politics, weapon ringing, rafting, scuba diving, arbology, CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation), first aid, mountain emergency medicine, bodybuilding, archery, demolitions, and explosives. She completed almost everything on the list. Zora was incredibly smart. She finished high school at 15, got her BA (bachelor's degree), masters at 20, and a phd (philosophiae doctor) in geopolitics at 21. Nothing was impossible for Zora; she never gave up.
Omayra Saez
9/23/2020 02:26:08 am
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