Same Story, Alternate View

Caught my eye with only a glimpse I’m drawn in so easily

With all the colors and the exciting great pics

I click on what excites me

Wow!

It’s so much to do and to see I easily get distracted

I struggle through and find my way, yet

It’s too much already

Wow!

I think to myself, why is this blog so amusing?

And I’m only pulled in by the graphics

There’s got to be more to this

Wow!

I spoke to fast and there it was, there was actually too much going on

I exit out fast and dash back to my home

And now I’m very content here

I tried to explore other options

And now I see that other blog sites are not for me

Our blog site suits me just fine

Link of previous post: http://wp.me/p1AMvH-aw

 

Revealing the Secrets

My research topic is about fast food and college students. Food, of course is very common in our culture and can be shared and made very differently depending on where you’re from yet people have different reactions when eating it. The people who seem to have the most reactions to food are college students. Have you ever heard of the freshmen 15? This is usually the amount a new college student gains in weight when entering college because for some reason food affects college students a great deal. Why do college students gain weight all of a sudden? What’s different now that’s not the same before? Have you ever asked yourself these questions? Let’s try and get to the bottom of this.

The Beginning

Saying goodbye bye is never easy
Because you looking back and miss all you’ve done
Starting over is just a beginning
But realizing what’s gone, is never really easy
Meeting new people and learning there ways
Makes you wish you could just start a new day
Lessons learned and a curriculum too
Makes you wonder if you’ll get through
Get through the obstacles that you faced already
And the new ones to come and the burdens they carry
Unfortunately it’s true our time has come to an end
Yet it’s not the end but only the beginning

Being in this English 104 course I learned an abundant amount of information that opened my eyes to see writing in a different light and I learned a lot from it as well especially writing to appeal to your audience because I received a lot of feedback which also helped me in excelling in writing which was a very good experience for me.

The Other Blog

My experience with other blogs brings to my attention how different blogs can be and how other blogs interact. Looking at caravanserai tales and comparing it to our blog site shows me how different other blogs are and sometimes makes me think that our blog site is still better. When I first arrived on the blog site I noticed that everything had a date on it which to me seems very organized because of the pattern of it. As I continue to search through the site I noticed that everything was really in order and that tells me that it’s really plain because there’s nothing that’s really popping out and trying to grab your attention.  That’s one thing I can say about our blog site is that the colors and the scattered information brings a great deal of detail to our site and makes you want to search through it.

Artifact 2: Blogs

                Many blog sites try and trap you in by the different colors, pictures and maybe even theme music, yet are they really talking about something important? The blog sites I visited were an attraction that was trying to grab me and even though most of them caught my eye many of them were not that relevant. These blog sites in my opinion had way too much going on. For example one site had pictures on one side continuously moving while the blog you’re actually trying to read about has nothing to do with the moving picture. It seems like to me that this site was only trying to draw you in and there topic was about donuts. Honestly I don’t see how you can even focus on the site with all the commotion going on around the article.

             

Artifact 1: Tunnel Vision

My own definition of self is defined by my goals. Me, my individual personality. Me, I see, when I look in the mirror my reflection stares back at me for me, I am the only one who determines where me, myself will end up and be. Through my eyes I see me being very successful. To graduate with a degree in business with honors is how I see me. To learn the business so I can run my own and be wealthy, through my eyes I see myself living very comfortably with all my degrees. I see me, myself with my husband doing just as well if not better than me. I see me, myself and my husband with four children that’s well taken care of and giving them the opportunities we didn’t have. Looking out on to the world with tunnel vision my way I walk along a narrow path that I set up for myself where not many mistakes can be made for me, myself I plan not to fail yet only succeed.
Even though I will walk out onto a world by self with no parents to pick me up if I fall because I’ll have to stand on my own as an adult many obstacles will try and stop me. On the fifth page of, Bryn Mawr Commencement Address, Le Guin writes, “No trespassing, it’s a man’s world, they say.” “The Man’s World,” will be obstacles that I face. Le Guin Speaks about self as if she’s saying, be who you are and not what other’s want to see. This statement Le Guin makes supports my interpretation, “I want to hear your judgments. I am sick of the silence of women. I want to hear you speaking all the languages, offering your experience as your truth…” As for me I see myself achieving my goals because that’s who I am, me the type of person I chose to be. If I did what others wanted to see I’d only speak with the mother tongue which is what Le Guin described as something that only females know and it’s looked down upon by men ad frowned upon in the world because it will never do, in the world, in a man’s world.
Starting off slow
But taking off as it goes
Myself is my goals;
Defiant!
Trying to climb,
This impeccable reach
I stumble, and then learn from the highest
Through my eyes I starve for success I see me, myself with my goals complete. Me, I see myself with business décor from head to toe. Me, I see me with a women’s face yet (what society would call) a man’s mentality in my brain. Through my looking glass I see me, myself making a difference. Through my looking glass I see hunger, regardless of the negativity of “The Man’s World.” Through my eyes I see a strong head, forgiving hurt and understanding spirit yet I’m an assertive person. I see me, myself and who I choose to be because when my reflection stares back at me, I see what everyone else perceives me to be.
Le Guin’s article went along with my idea of self and supports the logos of what I was trying to open the reader’s eyes to see. Her idea of self basically was do what’s best for you and mines describe and supported her notion. I felt self was my goals and accomplishments in life and how I plan to go about it. Some quotes in her article helped me better explain myself like the one I pointed out in a previous paragraph. It also helped me get my point across to what I was trying to describe. I also like her approach as to how she captured the reader’s attention at the beginning of the article and I tried to grasp the reader’s attention on a poetic bases as well. An only difference with my poetic sense is that I was telling my definition of the term I chose and how it reflected upon me. Reading her article made me see how she views the world and how her definition of self is incorporated in it. I showed my own version of self and how me, myself wants to be.

Reflection: Last Goodbye

            My writing process this semester took a different turn then what I’m normally use to which is, mostly writing a paper and turning it in and getting a grade. During this English course there were more people involved with different comments, peer editing and even having to post it online. The online posts and blogs and the simple fact that anyone was able to evaluate your paper can sometimes put you on edge because you never know how people may respond to your writing and if people view your paper the way you want them too. I can honestly say that this was something I learned in the process that everyone will not see your paper the way you want them to see it but it’s your job as a writer to think of the audience when you’re writing.  This and many other writing processes helped me throughout writing and these things really showed my strengths and weaknesses.

Silent Killer (final project)

Silent Killer

Change, We Can

Authors: Sheena Coleman and Latrice Johnson

 

Religion and science are two powerful subjects in the world today. Many people believe in a higher being that created this world. Then we have science that can contradict our beliefs with evolution and open our minds to a whole new outlook on the world. These two subjects are different but can be somehow tied together.  In, “Apocalypse Now,” the writer starts off by grabbing the reader’s attention by addressing the reader to someone that we all have high respect for and that is, Pastor. This gives the reader trust that they can believe in his information and what he’s saying.

The argument for this article is that we need to take a stand and really help the environment because it’s only getting worse as technology and time progress. Science and religion need to find a way to meet in the middle of their issues. Although there issues can contradict one another there is always a way to meet in the middle. Wilson focused on a religious aspect because that’s the one thing that many can relate to and by knowing that pastor is mutual and that many look onto a pastor as a high power. He is saying, hey you’re high and powerful so you should also use it to an advantage to save the environment so that the world won’t lose all the necessary assets.  We are all here on earth together so it is only right that we put our differences aside and unite to save human life.

Tunnel Vision

My own definition of self is defined by my goals. Me, my individual personality. Me, I see, when I look in the mirror my reflection stares back at me for me, I am the only one who determines where me, myself will end up and be. Through my eyes I see me being very successful; through my eyes I see my goals. To graduate in business with honors is how I see me. To learn the business so I can run my own and be wealthy, through my eyes I see myself living very comfortably with all my degrees. I see me, myself with my husband doing just as well if not better than me. I see me, myself and my husband with four children that’s well taken care of and giving them the opportunities we didn’t have. Looking out on to the world with tunnel vision my way I walk along a narrow path that I set up for myself where not many mistakes can be made for me, myself I plan not to fail yet only succeed.