2-28-11

So far I am enjoying into to lit, but its a lot more work than I expected, but its not hard word I dont think.. It's just more of you have to actually get the modivation to do it. So far I have enjoyed all of the reading so far except for We, it just wasnt my cut of tea. but with the class discussions if really really helped me understand it more and I was able to write my paper about it. I also really enjoy doing the gist, they help me understand and comprehend what I just read.

2-25-11

Story: "Drown" by Junot Diaz

Setting: The setting of "Drown" is set in a rural area (from little hints I think its somewhere in New York area because all of the different minorities said in the story). And to but it nicely, its set in the Ghetto. It takes place in the summer time because the pools are filled with water.

Point of view: The story is in limited omniscient narrator. You only hear the story through the narrator.The author also uses stream-of0consciousness technique.

2-22-11

The stories "The Birthmark" and "Bartelby" have simularities and differnences that could be found with the reader. Nippers, Turkey, Ginger Nut ("Bartelby") and Alymer from "The Birthmark" are flat characters because they do not change throughout the story; and they also had chacarcters that foiled one another. On the contrast "The Birthmark" did not have an antihero (the lawyer) like in "Bartelby." The stories both used their plot in chronogical order. Without this the stories would be confusing because you wouldn't know why and how Bartleby "got sick" or how and why the wife died. Both of the endings of these stories were extremely dark. By compairing the two stories readers can see the relationship between the characters and plot. Both stories try and control as much of aspects in other peoples lives, and trying to make them "perfect" in a unperfect world.

2-17-11

Once you said that you haven't seen anything for Black History Month, I really took that into consideration. I just I never really noticed that there hasn't been anything said or done about it. I've seen more posters about the "Jersey Shore Party" at the Eagles than I have for Black History month. Most of our black students come from out of state to play sports here, and I would think that they would want to endorse it more since a lot of them are from the south or other big cities that I would think that they would want to impact campus more. When I was little I remember having to memorize Martin Lurther King Jr's speech, and having to sing songs about being united no matter what color, and it's sad that once you get older it doesn't seem as important, even though it was and still is a major issue in America.

2-15-11 Extra Credit

I think that the students that they picked to be in the article did not represent the colleges and universities in America well. They seemed to pick bias students and also a student who has been in college for 6 years and cannot remember when the last time we wrote a three page paper.. (I wrote one just last week). Personally I some what in the middle on this article. In some of my classes it seems like I have 8+ hours of homework a week, while in other classes the teacher doesnt even take attendance let alone assign any homework. I do believe that social events do get in the way of studying and other academic situations. another point is like in your first semester I took a few easy classes to get me totally prepair for the college experience, because they are mostly all general classes that must be taken. During my junior and senior year I will take harder classes that pertain to my certain major.

2-15-11

I personally think that people should have consequences for their actions if they impostor someone on a social networking site. Last semester I did an report of the effects that cyberbullying can cause on someone because a family member had first hand experience with being bullied online. Imposturing someone, when you are not that person is called proxy, and it can be the most hurtful of all bullying. What happens is someone finds out the victims passwords and tries to set up an account under that person's name. Once this is done then they try to get everyone against that person, making them feel everything from anger and vulnerability, much like the fake Twitter accounts. Even though some people may think that it is funny, some things that people can say can leave an emotional scar on the victim. Especially now with techolongly being the main source of communication between people, they must know what is out there.

2-13-11

Well... Once I got the right topic to write about I thought that writing my paper was fairly easy. I think that my sources that I used were very legit. I'm not really sure if I liked the peer reviews, maybe it was because it was the first one so the people in my group didn't really know what to do. At times I think that some people were at a lost for words on how we could improve our papers, and also they are trying to be nice so that a persons feelings do not get hurt. I do really really enjoy the one on one conferences that we had with you, because I knew after it exactly what I had to do to improve my paper. I would really like you to keep the one on one conferences but maybe try something else for the peer reviews.

2-10-11

The first thing I thought about when I read Metamorphosis was now when he woke up in a bug form he didn't even freak out. Most girls (me included) will freak out if they wake up and have a zit on their face, let alone change into a whole other creature. All he cared about was his work schedule, and being late. Which for me would personally be the last thing on my mind. Another thing is that I felt horrible for Gergor since he had no family support, and with everything that he has done for his family, for them to kind of just "leave him hanging" is heart breaking. I'm so glad that I have family members what will always be there for me no matter what I have done (or turned into)... and believe me, I'm not angel.

2-1-11

Ross, Lindsey L, and Anne M. Bowen. "Sexual Decision Making for the 'Better than Average' College Student. Journal of American College Health 59.3 (2010): 211-16. Web. 30 January 2010

Wechsler, Henry and Toblen L. Nelson. "Will Increasing Alcohol Availabilty By Lowering the Minimum Legal Drinking Age Decrese and Related Consequences Among Youth?" American Journal for Public Health 100.6 (2010): 986-93. ProQuest. Web. 30 January 2011

Zamyatin, Yevgeny. We. Trans. Natasha Randall. New York: The Modern Family. 2006. Print


I hope I did this right.. and I remember that in normal cases the paragraphs will be hanging.