Monday, April 19, 2010
The last week!
Tomorrow is our last class. Today I'm finishing up my rough draft and making a few changes to my paper. I figured I would write one last blog and reflect on the semester. Kate is an amazing teacher who prepares her students very well with the tools they need to suceed in further classes. I enjoyed having Kate as a techer this semester and plan to take ENC1102 this summer online since Kate is an instructor.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
The last blog.
So this is the last blog and its for extra credit hopefully gonna bring my blog grades up. So this week our annotated bibliography was due which i got a little confused on since all my sources we so much a like i felt like i kept writing the same things about each article in each section, so hopefully i did it right and i get a good grade. Its crazy to think we have just one more day of this class and its over. Our research paper is due Tuesday for our rough draft, it may be a little complicated to intertwine our research and our actual personal experience with what we are arguing. The food inc movie is what our final will be on so i think that could be a little easy especially since it doesn't have to be that long in length and i think i took pretty good notes. The only thing that confused me a little was talking about the hidden veil thing and Kate really made it seem that that was what the final essay would be about so i'm a little worried although i took notes on everything she was saying about it.
Friday, April 9, 2010
So this week we watched the movie Food Inc. this movie made me never want to eat meat again. I never really thought into how and where food came from. Just to think a burger could come from hundreds of different cows mixed into one burger is disgusting. Its also horrible all the things they are using to make cows and chickens bigger and fatter faster just so they can make more food. All fruits and vegetable i get i now wanna get from farmers markets. I think the final will be pretty easy to write about since it has to do with this movie and the movie i think affected a lot of people to realize how gross the food is they are eating. The semester is coming to an end fast and these last few weeks i have a TON of assignments to do and get done plus studying for finals. I'm really glad she is letting us do 2 blogs for extra credit because i forgot to do one before so now one of these gets to replace my late one. Don't forget to bring in everything she asked on tuesday!
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Food, Inc.
What an eye opener? I am horrified at the things we eat. It is digusting. I had heard of the book "The Jungle" and knew that our food industry was bad, but I had no idea it was like this. This is horrible to think this is what we eat. There are many horrible aspects to the food industry, one being how the animals are "farmed" it is inhumane. I am a meat eater so I'm not trying to go all vegetarian with this topic but there is NO reason for the animals to be kept and raised in the conditions they are. Our farmers are not allowed to bring these problems to the governments attention for fear they will lose their contracts with the major food industries (Tyson). Our farmers are not making any money, only causing themselves more debt. Something needs to be done. Americans have to put a stop the the food industry and how they are operating at this point in time.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Hey Yall!
So with getting ready for easter and such i totally forgot about doing my blog for last week. so i guess i will be doing one now... How was yalls easter?? mine was good had all the family over so our house was packed and beings alot of people stayed here i put my school work on the back burner ;( and i should not have did that.. Anyways.. we are almost done with this class. and i am really happy about that. I really would like to know what our final will be on or about? And this next essay sounds easy but i think it is going to be hard. and i should start soon.. Well have a great week...
Thursday, April 1, 2010
The perfect child...
The essay "Grade A" help extremly with giving me an idea of what our paper should be like. The thing that I keep thinking about is David and his wife. To me it is unreal that these people are looking for the "perfect" child. They have a check list that has to be met, to me this is like you make the child a possesion, instead of a person. I can't believe these people actually thought this was ok.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Yesterday in the library was extremely helpful and i'm glad we go to go and get taught how to access all of the different resources available to us because i'm sure it will be really helpful for our next essay and in other classes later on down the road. Its really awesome how we can get to all that stuff without even having to go to the library all we have to do is get on a computer. I'm not looking forward to this essay i don't know what to write about yet, and the in-class essay from Tuesday i found to be extremely difficult. I started writing and its like i had some sort of brain fart and nothing was making sense, i did research on the article i chose and still i had a lot of trouble writing that essay so i'm just really hoping i get a good grade on it. Summers coming up though it wont be to exciting because i will be loading myself down with more classes and i see we have our final at an awkward time from 3:30-5:30.. i wonder what we will be tested on, we haven't had any tests yet so i'm really curious to find out what will be on our final!
Thursday, March 25, 2010
well..
I thought going to the library helped A LOT today! There was so much information she was saying I don’t think I took it all in. I am kind of scared about out next paper due. i was trying to think of a topic that would be good, but I have not came up with anything yet. I did not know that you could look up all that information just online! That was crazy! Who would of thought online books! CRAZY!
On the other hand can yall really believe that our class is almost over? We have learned so much, now I have to worry about what classes to take over the summer! Yall have a GREAT weekend!!!
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
In-Class Essay
So I just finished the In-Class Essay and I have to say it was pretty challenging. I usually have no problems writing a paper, but today I felt like I wasn't prepared. I did prepare this weekend for the essay but I still felt insecure about it. I kept reading the guidelines paper to make sure I covered everything. I think I was just over thinking the entire essay. How did you girls feel about the essay?
Thursday, March 18, 2010
YES the weekend..
This time change is driving me CRAZY! I can not go to sleep at a normal time, and waking up is such a DRAG! I feel like my body is not on right. Anyways. The reading this week was LONG! I did not like the "Politics in the English Language” I thought it was a long reading, trying to prove the same thing. Although on the other hand today’s class I learned a lot, took lots of notes. I hope these notes will help me for the in class essay we have on Tuesday. I am very nervous about this writing. What are you girls writing about? I have going to have to reread them I am still undecided about which one I want to write about. Well I hope it goes well cause I am stressing out about it.. Yall have a great weekend!! :)
I feel like these weeks are starting to go by slower and slower. I was not to interested in the "Politics in the English Language" article it was really boring and confusing to me. I don't get it and i couldn't stay focused when i was trying to read it at all. It always does make more sense though after Kate explains everything. I feel like this in class essay Tuesday may be a little more difficult then i though since we really have to analyze one of the papers and really look into and go into details with the meaningless words and the euphemisms then we have the whole rhetorical triangle with the ethos, pathos, and logos. I'm really not looking forward to Tuesdays class at all. The good thing is that it can be 500 words and we have just the class time to do it, beside the research that has to be done over the weekend so it should be a pretty quick essay rather then the others where i spent days trying to make it really good. But then the short amount of time could also be harder since we are pressured to get it done within the class period. I just want Tuesday to be gone and over with!
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
It's way to early!
Since the time change over the weekend it feels way to early to be in class. Talking about "Politics and the English Language" is not helping me stay awake either. Maybe when we get further into talking about the essay I will understand it more but right now it seems so boring and very hard to understand. I don't get George Orwell, his whole thing is say what you mean, but he takes so long to say it. That is very frustrating to me. I hope I see his point of the paper the further we get into our convorsation in class.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Finally spring break has arrived, this week was going by so slow i thought spring break would never get here. Finally time to relax and hang out with friends for a week. I was really wanting to go to panama city beach for break, but weather shows it will be rainy and cold there the whole week so i don't wanna waste my money going there so now i'm going to be heading to Daytona Beach for the second half of the week. I'm ready to get a tan! And people post keep being about the in class essay and how it seems to be hard.. Did we go over what it was going to be like or something the day i was absent? i'm confused because i haven't heard really anything about the assignment yet. I'm hoping all this practice with commas, fragments, and run-ons help me with my next essays because i know i probably just throw commas around everywhere i tend to get a little "comma happy" which is really bad so hopefully these exercises help. I hope everyone has a great and SAFE spring break!
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
YES! Spring break!
Yes it is spring break time! Never thought I would be ready for this coming week, well I take that back I am ready, to think it will be a “break” from waking up early, driving the 45 minutes, and class being at 8… I am lacking on my sleep.. I think this “break” will be packed with work. Not only for this class, for some reason teachers should know spring break is a break FROM SCHOOL not time to give students a lot of homework just for the fun of giving it. Although I have been to class every time, I feel like I am behind. WAY BEHIND, even though I am not. I know I will be playing catch up this break.. Trying to get ready for the in class essay.. May I add I think that essay is going to get the best of me.. On the other hand, it has been really good to get to know you girls better. Thanks so much, I know we have helped each other, and will keep help through out this class. Yall have a GREAT spring break, I know I will me and my family are going to, Amelia Island. Remember be safe!
Monday, March 1, 2010
Almost Spring Break!
These past few weeks have been super hectic. I was thrilled to learn I had to have surgery (NOT), which only put me behind in my classes. As of this week I think I am pretty caught up with everything. I enjoyed the reading from the textbook "Female Fear Factor" I didnt realize how true that actually was. I bought an issue of COSMO and was reading a story that proved the female fear factor even more true. I am with Jeanita on the one about the vocab. I didnt think I would add ethos, pathos, and logos to my vocab either, but I guess thats what college is about, learning new things everyday. I am excited about the upcoming week and ready to get through my classes on Tuesday and Thursday, I hope I am Daytona Beach Bound next week for a few days. A break at the beach sure would be nice!
Thursday, February 25, 2010
So i couldn't make it to class today, i woke up on time then just had an incredibly sore throat that was not making me feel to well, i couldn't even get out of bed. If anyone can let me know what we did and what we covered in class today would really help. I was kind of surprised when class was canceled Tuesday after driving all the way there then having an hour and a half until my next class so i finally go to eat breakfast, went to Ihop and it just so happen to be free pancake day which was pretty cool. I read The Female Fear Factor and i never really realized that news and stuff really do have a way of scaring not only women but everyone in to thinking something is bad so people just try to avoid all these things that are "bad." I read the amendments last night expecting to be in class today and i thought it was strange to be reading about the amendments in an English class, seems to be more of something to be covered in a political or history class.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
sleep would of been better!
Okay so the reading from the book was very interesting to me, “the female fear factor” I thought it was kind of crazy how woman defiantly listen to something, on the TV, news, or by word of mouth. The fact that woman will follow what the media people will say, I think to a degree men also do this. Especially if it is for hunting, fishing, or something they want. On the other side it was a nice break to have this Tuesday off, although I did not like driving almost 45 minute to get to an 8 o’clock class, and especially because I could of used the extra sleep today, it was a great time to relax, and catch up on some other homework, as well as the lovely facebook. Now I bet class will be packed on Thursday. Well better go read the Thursday homework, yall girls have a great week!
Friday, February 19, 2010
So the peer reviews helped that we did on Tuesday i liked not having to go to class Thursday because i got to sleep in for once since i've been really busy this week with essays and projects for my minimester class ending this week. I finally found my new ad to compare with my first one and it made the assignment seem much easier. I thought the essay would be much easier then it was but once i started writing it i found it to be much more difficult. I found so many similarities but i couldn't find many differences so i guess i need to look more into the ads then i was since its two companies selling the same thing i just thought they are just using the same tactics to sell their products but i know there has to be more differences that i haven't noticed. I hope i can make more changed to my rough draft for my final draft as well since on the first essay i didn't make enough changes to it.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Questions ANSWERED!
Well class today was great! It was nice to only have about 5 people in the class. The one on one with Kate was great, I was really LOST with my add essay :( and at one point upset because I felt like I could not get any words on the paper, or to get the words to make any since. When we got to class today it was good to hear that the other 4 people could not get the words requirement. (Made me feel better). I hope yall are doing good with your essay because I am having a hard time. After talking to Kate she told me a few point to think about and I think I will have a better time with the final paper. Seeing this essay I am really hoping the next essay we do is not this hard. (Hopefully not)
Missed the BAND in class today.... See yall on Tuesday :)
Friday, February 12, 2010
Week in Review
We had a pretty busy week in class. The adbusters assignment helped greatly with helping me understand how much you can pull from an ad. Still I dont think just 1 certain person is right when they say what they see in the ad. I think it's ok to have different perspectives about what we see in the ad, there is no right or wrong. I didn't like the reading for class this week. Just reading it at home and in my free time, I didnt understand the purpose of the article. After we dicussed it in class I did understand it more. I think they author could have chosen a better title because I think we all got the wrong impression before reading the article. It was clever of the author to use Tiger Woods have a reference and say that he sums up America's past decade of events.
On to another subject, Over the past week I have became aware of some medical problems that require me to have surgery on Tuesday. Ladies keep me in your thoughts. I am very nervous, this all happened so fast and very unexpected. I'm still trying to figure all this out for myself...it's very scary!
Thursday, February 11, 2010
This Week:
So its getting closer to tuesday when the rough draft is due, and i was thinking it was going to be rather easy to write about two ads, but i don't think it is going to end up being as easy as i thought. I never knew ads could have so much detail and mean so much, after analyzing the ad in class i realized that there is a lot more to ads. The adbusters website was pretty funny too how they were just making fun of all real ads. I didn't really like the tiger woods article either, i was thinking it would be more about him and what he did not someone giving opinion on him and comparing tiger to all these other things that i had no idea what they were. It was boring and hard for me to read but i got through it some how. After talking about it the entire class period it made it a little easier to understand but it was still pretty confusing.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
That Add ment WHAT?
i normally do not "read" into an add. last class was the first time i have ever had to think about what the add really meant and what i thought the add meant. i totally got two different reasons for the add. (for the in class and my add) i think it is so cool, after you glance at the add then look "into" the add you can almost feel what the add makers are wanting you to know, and change your mind to the product, although i think differently about smoking, and i have a huge turn off towards smoking i thought it was interesting to look at the add and talk about what i thought the add was about and what other people thought about the add. i know we all had some of the same idea and some different. it is funny how a picture really can say one thousand words. when at a first glance it might be yelling one point and when you look at it for a few minutes you get something different, the wonderful picture has many meaning (and many words depending on how you look at the picture).
Monday, February 8, 2010
Opps i completely forgot there was a blog due over the weekend until now my birthday was friday so i was pretty busy with family and stuff the entire weekend. i know its too late but i guess i should still do one anyways. My ads for our next writing assignment is two of the same smoking ads and how one is much thicker and double sided and how one is thin and single sided. I'm not sure if i'll be switching these or not i think i will be easy to write about these two but then again i might want to try to write about two different ads advertising two different smoking ads. I'm kind of looking forward to doing this, i don't know much about cigarettes but i know that smoking companies really try hard to get their nasty products out there. So i can use what i know from commercials i see to add them to these ads i'm using.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Suprised!!
Hey Ladies!!!
I thought I had the perfect idea for my 2 ads. I wanted to compare/contrast how teen magazines vs women magazines promote pregnacy prevention. I'm sure you girls remember reading SEVENTEEN when we were younger and the distinctive pregancy prevention ads they showed each month. I was suprised to find that I could not find a popular teen magazine in bookamillion that advertised pregnancy prevention. On the other hand, COSMO gives advice to women on pregnacy prevention. In my opinion I see something wrong here. America should be foccusing on pregnacy prevention for our teens not grown women.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Got That Feeling
Friday, January 29, 2010
Weekend!!!
I can't believe were already done with the fourth week of class. I found Tuesdaysclass very helpful, Kate is right when she said we all try to be "nice" to each other when writing our essays, but the honesty is what helps. Luckily, I got a parter who was pretty critical but brought up some very valid points I hadn't thought of. I'm excited about our next essay, I've been thinking of what to write about, I think I'm gonna take Kate's advice and flip through my favorite magizines. Hope you ladies all have a great weekend! See you girls Tuesday!
Thursday, January 28, 2010
These weeks are flying by and i'm pretty happy about that! The narrative essay wasn't to bad i couldn't figure out anything to write about when it came to food or social networking though luckily i got to write about my move to Gainesville instead. I'm not looking forward to this next essay. The only good thing is that everyone gets to pick pretty much their own topic and what they want to compare and contrast and what not. The peer review is a good way for us to help each other out, i just didn't know we had to answer the questions until the very end of class i thought it was just editing things we noticed were wrong. I do think it will be hard changing up the essay so much like we were told today because the kids we looked at went from boring to really good and i don't know if thats going to be easy to change it up so much.
Week Four
This week has been a bit different form my previous weeks. I haven't got much rest at all, assignments are elevating, and there isn't enough hours in the day or week. (I know that's so cliché, but that's what this week makes me feel like). My fan-base for objective writing has never been popular. Hearing that there was another essay assignment wasn't exciting news until I thought about what good could come from it; the essay kind of gives me a chance to exercise some new techniques. I see it as an opportunity to make an improvement in my writing or as a chance to show how much improvement I need with writing. I suppose I'll see, but of course, my best efforts will be put forth. I also can't help but to continuously question myself about peer reviews, because I'm not a strong writer I don't see how well I could review someone’s paper. Maybe I will feel different further in the semester (only time will tell).
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
WOW week FOUR :)
Thursday, January 21, 2010
"The Modern Hunter-Gatherer" had a lot going on in it. The writer was very descriptive with they way he wrote, and was always questioning himself about things that he did and things that were going on. I felt this was a little long as well for this story, i felt like there was a lot of things that were getting repeated also. But i think the meaning behind the whole thing was good and after reading it, it was an alright essay, just not sure if i could ever write like that! It was weird how he kept comparing the pig to humans, like when he said it weighed exactly as much as him as if he felt bad because that's like a human hanging from that tree, that could be him that someone is cutting open cleaning so it can be eaten. The after the kill he didn't really want to eat it anymore but then felt like it was his responsibility to eat it since he already killed it he can't just not eat it and have killed the pig for no reason at all.
The Flu SUCKS!!!!
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Do you hunt your food?
I did not like the article "The Modern Hunter-Gatherer". I can very well see the author's point of view but I did not feel like it was nessecery to take 12 pages to say the same thing over and over. I am still confused on where the author stands about hunting? I think he has a respect for it, but will he ever hunt again? I guess I'm waiting for class on Thursday, maybe some points will be brought up that I havn't realised.
Are you a hunter?
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Sleeping on some things
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Just a reminder girls!
Friday, January 15, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Nike, You Really are a RAT!
Whoa, let me say that Jonah Peretti and Nike both have some nerve. First of all, I've always worn Nike's and found them comfortable, but after reading this article I will think hard before buying another pair of Nike's. I think when Jonah actually changed his request is should have stated "Thank you Vietnamese people for making my shoes and going through verbal and physical abuse for me to recieve them" Get a grip Nike, treat your employees better.