I have many different types of friends. All my friends have different personalities, which makes me happy because if all my friends had the same personality, then life would be pretty boring and plain. I have friends that i talk to school about, then i have friends that i talk about work with. I cant talk to all my friends about the same thing, because i trust all of them with different things. I also have the friends that i love going out with, because of their outgoing abilities.
I would have to say that my most complete and complex friend is Laura. Laura has a great personality, because not only is she full of life, but she is a great person to talk to. I met laura through my job 2 years ago, and never in my life did i ever think i would talk to her the way i do today. Laura is the type of friend that i can talk about anything with. I talk to her about school, work, and sometimes personal problems.
The reason i say that Laura is complete and complex, is because she loves doing everything! She can be funny and immature at times, but she can have her quiet days. Everyone has a piece of complexity in them. I believe that her complexity is being confused about what she wants in life. Although many people have this problem, she expresses it in a different way, which makes her the person that i love talking to.
Friday, September 28, 2007
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Sexuality
If i were to take Saunders' proposal to become more girly, i seriously would not mind. I don't think being a girly girl is such a bad thing. I believe that being a girly girl just makes you a better person in some ways. Then again there could be bad reasons to becoming more of a girl, like going to the mall way too much. Going to the mall allot can result in being in debt, but on a good note you can buy lots of nice clothes and shoes. Being more of a girl could also bring the deeper beauty in someone. The more beauty, the better.
Some aspects i would have to change is going to the mall allot more then i normally do. I usually go to the mall maybe around 4 or 5 times a month, and in a girly girl's mind that is def not enough. I would also have to go and do my nails every 3 weeks at the nail salon. I also think that girly girls go to hair salons allot and dye there hair way to much, so that would be another thing that i would of had to change about myself.
Some aspects i would have to change is going to the mall allot more then i normally do. I usually go to the mall maybe around 4 or 5 times a month, and in a girly girl's mind that is def not enough. I would also have to go and do my nails every 3 weeks at the nail salon. I also think that girly girls go to hair salons allot and dye there hair way to much, so that would be another thing that i would of had to change about myself.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
A Girly Girl Exemplification
My best friend is one the biggest girly girls you will ever see in your life. It starts off with wanting to wear nice skirts and dresses, all the way down to doing her nails every 3 weeks, and sometimes 2 weeks depending on how bad they are. She is a shop-a-holic. She goes to the mall maybe 2x a week, and comes back home with tons and tons of new clothes, and when she comes home she tries on all her clothes with a big giddy smile on her face. Her cell phone is a must have in her world. Although many girls think that they have to always have their cell phone, she is different. If she leaves her house and notices that she forgot her phone, she drives all the way back home just to get her phone.
One major thing that proves that my friend is a major girly girl, is that she buys a whole mess of make-up. If you were to walk in her room, all you would see is eye liner, eye shadow, lip gloss, glitter, and soo much more. She even has her own little desk with a light, just to put on her make-up. She goes to the nail salon maybe 2x a month, because she HAS to have her nails done, and if she doesnt, she gets upset. My friend also has a great sense of humor. Doing all these girly things makes us all laugh, but not in a bad way, just in a joking way.
One major thing that proves that my friend is a major girly girl, is that she buys a whole mess of make-up. If you were to walk in her room, all you would see is eye liner, eye shadow, lip gloss, glitter, and soo much more. She even has her own little desk with a light, just to put on her make-up. She goes to the nail salon maybe 2x a month, because she HAS to have her nails done, and if she doesnt, she gets upset. My friend also has a great sense of humor. Doing all these girly things makes us all laugh, but not in a bad way, just in a joking way.
Monday, September 24, 2007
Excuses from college students
In Carolyn Segal's essay, her tone is very strong. She exemplifies good points in her essay as to what excuses college students use just to not hand in their assignments. I agreed that the Family excuses are the most common among all the other excuses. Her tone might have been strong, but at the same time it was also soft, because she did not sound angry as she was explaining the excuses that people use. As she was explaining the excuses, there was no anger in her tone, but there was certainty.
Segal might change her tone by becoming angry at her students, and explaining how she hates all the excuses that her students give her. Her tone might also change by becoming upset with her students by being tired of all the excuses she receives. I know that if i was the teacher and my students gave me crazy excuses about why they could not hand in their papers, i would not write an essay with a good attitude. I would be extremely upset and angry, and let all my anger out as i was writing.
Segal might change her tone by becoming angry at her students, and explaining how she hates all the excuses that her students give her. Her tone might also change by becoming upset with her students by being tired of all the excuses she receives. I know that if i was the teacher and my students gave me crazy excuses about why they could not hand in their papers, i would not write an essay with a good attitude. I would be extremely upset and angry, and let all my anger out as i was writing.
Pressure as a college student
Coming into college there were many things that worried me. I worried about big things such as, "am i going to be able to keep up with all the work that is going to be assigned to me?", all the way down to a small worry such as "am i going to the right class?". I learned that worrying makes things much more difficult, and that you just have to walk in with a positive attitude. Another pressure i felt coming into college was if i was going to do good in college. I was scared that i would be assigned so much that would not be able to keep up with all my studying. I learned that as long as you manage your time right, their is no doubt in my mind that i would fail at anything that i study hard for.
Out of the 4 pressures that Zinsser describes, which are economic, parental, peer, and self-induced, i only feel pressure from parental. The reason i only feel pressure from parental is not because my parents are strict with grades, but because i want to prove to my parents that i do work hard in school, and that i also want to make something of my life. I want to prove to everyone that my parents brought up a smart and child and that she fought for what she really wanted.
Out of the 4 pressures that Zinsser describes, which are economic, parental, peer, and self-induced, i only feel pressure from parental. The reason i only feel pressure from parental is not because my parents are strict with grades, but because i want to prove to my parents that i do work hard in school, and that i also want to make something of my life. I want to prove to everyone that my parents brought up a smart and child and that she fought for what she really wanted.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Colin Duffy: The American Boy at the Age of 10
Colin Duffy was a very extraordinary 10 yr old boy. The things he spoke and thought about were very out of the ordinary. When i was 10 yrs old i never thought about being in relationships and working just to make money. At the age of 10 i thought boys had cooties. One thing that Colin and I had in common at the age of ten is wanting to be successful when i got older and also being a strong person.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Description Paper
Naming:
- trees
- flowers
- people
- roads
- cars
- benches
- animals
- swings
- dirt
- people:young
- animals:deer, squirrels, birds, grasshoppers, bugs, flies
- flowers/trees:green, red, yellow, pink, orange
- roads:dark, gloomy
- animal noises
- cars
- my phone
- wind in my face
- mint
- dirt
- manuer
- flowers
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Writing is extremely important. In any career that someone chooses, involves knowing how write. When applying for a job, you must write a resume, and in order to write one, you must have some type of knowledge in writing one. Another reason why writing is important is because, when quiting a job, you must write a letter of resignation. Writing is very essential in a persons everyday life, because without, writing someone could never really become very successful.
I used to hate writing. Anytime i had a paper i would take the longest time to write it, because i could never put my thoughts on paper. Until my last few years in High school, i started writing a lot better. I started writing better because my teacher gave me a lot of writing assignments and as the assignments got harder, my knowledge grew. I also always made little mistakes which did not always make my paper look to good, but i learned from those mistake, and although i still might now be the best at writing, i am def happy that i got better at it.
The area that i would like this class to help me in the most is allowing myself to have an open mind when i write. I tend to always know what i want to write about, but when it comes to finally writing my paper, i seem to always blank out. Another thing i want this class to help me with is that when i write, i tend to doubt myself in anything that i do write. When i write i want to be positive that what i am writing is real good.
I used to hate writing. Anytime i had a paper i would take the longest time to write it, because i could never put my thoughts on paper. Until my last few years in High school, i started writing a lot better. I started writing better because my teacher gave me a lot of writing assignments and as the assignments got harder, my knowledge grew. I also always made little mistakes which did not always make my paper look to good, but i learned from those mistake, and although i still might now be the best at writing, i am def happy that i got better at it.
The area that i would like this class to help me in the most is allowing myself to have an open mind when i write. I tend to always know what i want to write about, but when it comes to finally writing my paper, i seem to always blank out. Another thing i want this class to help me with is that when i write, i tend to doubt myself in anything that i do write. When i write i want to be positive that what i am writing is real good.
Monday, September 10, 2007
High School English Courses
My high school English courses were all quite similar in style. One of the few things that my English classes taught me, was how to use my grammar in the correct way, and also helped me become a better writer. Out of all my English teachers i would have to say that my Junior/Senior teacher had to of taught me the most. She would always teach us something new and be extremely elaborate when teaching anything.
Throughout my High school years i read many books. One of the few books that i read that really caught my eye was, "Like Water for Chocolate", "Fences", "Princess Bride", "Life of Pi", and "Dracula". Types of papers that i wrote were mainly research papers. My papers mainly focused on English literary works. I remember writing my last research paper. It was about three books that i had read senior year, and how they related to one another.
Out of the three teachers i had in high school my junior/senior year teacher was the best. My freshmen and sophomore teacher had good techniques but their teaching techniques were not as strong as my last English teacher. Unlike my other teachers, she gave homework everyday, and that led us to understand how to write, and comprehend things a lot better. Some assignments that led me to learning the most was when she had us read from the books we read and then write a summary on what we read. She then would have us sometimes write an essay on the book, to have us practice our comprehension, reading, and writing skills.
Throughout my High school years i read many books. One of the few books that i read that really caught my eye was, "Like Water for Chocolate", "Fences", "Princess Bride", "Life of Pi", and "Dracula". Types of papers that i wrote were mainly research papers. My papers mainly focused on English literary works. I remember writing my last research paper. It was about three books that i had read senior year, and how they related to one another.
Out of the three teachers i had in high school my junior/senior year teacher was the best. My freshmen and sophomore teacher had good techniques but their teaching techniques were not as strong as my last English teacher. Unlike my other teachers, she gave homework everyday, and that led us to understand how to write, and comprehend things a lot better. Some assignments that led me to learning the most was when she had us read from the books we read and then write a summary on what we read. She then would have us sometimes write an essay on the book, to have us practice our comprehension, reading, and writing skills.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
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