Blog #20

I think I have improved in my grammar and writing. If anything I wish I would have gone to more tutoring to help to improve my grades. I want excell more in my writing technique. I think if I started taking more advantage in making an effort to go to tutoring more I think I would understand concepts of the assignment more. In that case I would better grades which I always want. In other matters I would also like to be able to be able to perfect my grammar. Although it is an easy topic I want to get the entire concept down.

Blog #19

I would like people to take away from my photo journal the fact that I was very sentimental through out my entire photo journal. I wanted to make sure that I included my family through out the entire process. People take me more seriously because of my sassy sense of humor and I wanted to show more of a sensitive side. I want them to remember family means to me. I included all my personal photos with very limited google images. I hope people notice this the most. I want to know that people acknowledge the amount of personal time I put into this project.

Blog #18

My photo journal is going well, and I feel that I will get an outstanding grade on it. I am going to work more on the essay section of my project. I feel like I need to improve more in English than I do in ET 100. I am going to get extra help from a tutor at home to really understand my appeals. I will also be writing multiple drafts to have different ideas and have improvement. I want to make sure that this paper is absolutely perfect. I also want to have an organized power point that flows nice.  

Blog #16

What I learned this week in this weeks readings is how different some cultures are. What readings I liked the most were about the deaf community. I think that deaf people are extremely intelligent and I like how we got a look into their world. I know I have a really hard time understanding a lot sign language and I only know minimal things but it is fascinating to me that people can communicate with their hands. The concept of not being able to hear is so foreign to us that it is hard to understand the perspective of being born into a hearing family when you are deaf. Deaf people should get more props for being so good at what they do. They have a great sense of awareness and being optimistic. I love meeting deaf people because I respect them so much. Their community is so much different than ours and if we could see how it does work I think it would open up new doors to both communities. Everyone faces challenges and to be able to live a normal life without being able to hear is incredible. Breaking the language barrier between the two different communities gives the world new opportunities to make more connections as a human race .

Simon and Sally

Two characters:

Simon the Cat

Sally the pony

Setting: a deserted island

 

Sally and Simon are stuck on island surrounded by the never-ending ocean. The weather outside is very rainy and humid. The only sound you can hear is the raindrops hitting the oceans surface. Simon walks over to Sally and starts to snuggle up to each other because of the harsh weather. Sally said to Simon, “Let’s stick together.” The sun suddenly came out from behind the clouds giving to two friends hope. Simon spoke out from his silence and said; “ I think this is a sign that we will not be stuck on this island for long. Lets be honest a deserted island is no place for a pony and a cat.” The sand started to warm up below their hooves and paws. The sand to them felt a soft warm blanket, which was unexpected. They both started seeing itty-bitty sea shells appearing all around them. The felt like they were in Salvador Dali’s art piece “The Persistence of Memory.” Not only because time was no longer important but because it was getting so hot they felt like everything was melting away. Feeling overheated.  Suddenly a futon fell from the sky and they were stoked.  Sally said, “ Where the heck is the futon store in the sky?” Simon asked Sally “ Why are they giving out futons?” They had been there for many days and night they ran out of fingers to count on, poor Simon and Sally. Sally was talking and then suddenly—they saw a boat out at sea.  It was almost the spitting image of the show “Naked and Afraid.”  Sally’s hair was an image majestic Willow Tree, it was shiny and perfect. Suddenly the Animal Coast guard found them alive and well and that is when Simon leaned over and whispered to Sally, “I could not have survived without you, friend.”

Blog #12

Departure to Being a Scholar 

I am continually impressed 

By the patience in drawn creativity 

While writing for success 

The rituals of remarkable performance 

As their rhythm has endurance 

Original sin described like Clay Model of basic writing 

So do not discourse 

Inventing and arranging 

Don't forget finesse 

Scholars and Shepard's 

Giving departure to transform 

There is never exclusion 

Don't be disguised, offer up and be 

Recognized 

Show enormous amounts of power 

Then you can departure.

 I guess I wanted to communicate that I think writing is almost an art because of all the effort put into it. Writing in my opinion is a challenging thing to do and I wanted to communicate that it is okay and there is always room for improvement. Even if you're ashamed of what your writing is about it is valued to someone out there. Therefore, I think that if you keep writing it will eventually become close to perfect (Nothing nor nobody is perfect). I didn't really realize the deeper meaning of this poem until I read it, now. Everyone is born to do things and I think writing is not my strong point, but with the practice I'll get better. It is a motivational poem.

Blog #11

What I have gotten from the article that we are currently working on is a new perspective of how teachers grade writing. I think the article was a little hard to read but after analyzing what to do I think that it makes more sense. I understand that there is a certain curriculum that has to be followed but I never realized how confusing it actually was. Like being creative could possibly work against you or being to descriptive could be bad. What? What the heck no wonder it is hard to get a good grade on an essay. I agree in the fact that it could be taught better like one of the scholars was saying. I could see how being to original could be wrong because of how it's not suppose to be an original paper it is suppose to be formal. I wish I knew all this before because my life would be so much easier. I guess good old Bartholomae taught me some good lessons and I am thankful because of it. Writing has never been my strong point and I think that when you analyze something you understand things better. He taught me how teachers are understanding and do know what students are going through and it made me be more appreciative.