hurray last blog!!
We are on humpday of the last week of classes, and there is a lot of revising to do. There is just a lot of work to be done, it is overwhelming a bit. I'm just not in the mood, or have the motivation, to revise papers, but I have to force myself to do so and it stinks.
Next semester I am taking 104, and one of the questions asked during class was "Are you ready for 104?" I think so, I think I'm decent at researching sources for my papers, and since 104 focuses on research. With writing and mechanics, there are some things I still struggle on, but I will continue to work on that in 104, and even beyond, since I don't think you can be a "master" at writing, theres always something you can work on.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Revisons
This past week we started class revisions by bringing copies and reading them out loud to the class. I think I've mentioned this before, but this is my favorite (and I think most useful) way to revise papers. When I read my paper I was able to catch mistakes that didn't make sense to me, and when everyone gave feedback, it was nice to know what exactly I needed to work on.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
A "Conversation" with Ted Koppel
Last night I attended Ted Koppel's "conversation" with Ball State. The subject matter on journalism in America. I thought what he had to say was very interesting, one of his points was that America is obsessed with knowing what's going on every 5 seconds rather than important events that may have happened weeks ago. With devices like Facebook and Twitter, we are obsessed with knowing what's going on at this moment.
I think America is too focused on matters that isn't important, like what kind of dog the president is wanting to buy, or what did a celebrity have to eat for breakfast this morning. I don't care.
I think America is too focused on matters that isn't important, like what kind of dog the president is wanting to buy, or what did a celebrity have to eat for breakfast this morning. I don't care.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
This past week
This last week we spent time revising other papers on project 2. The method I thought was unique..reading your paper out loud makes you realize what mistakes, or what doesn't make sense, popnout to you. Its one of my favorite editing techniques we do in class.
One thing I found interesting this week was the building built at MIT. Looking at the building reminded me of my traveling experince to Boston, and the uniqueness to that city that I miss. I remember seeing that building being under construction and thought it was the weirdest thing ever, mainly because of its location being in an industrial-like setting with factories. I wonder what it looks like now that its finished?
One thing I found interesting this week was the building built at MIT. Looking at the building reminded me of my traveling experince to Boston, and the uniqueness to that city that I miss. I remember seeing that building being under construction and thought it was the weirdest thing ever, mainly because of its location being in an industrial-like setting with factories. I wonder what it looks like now that its finished?
Monday, January 25, 2010
ISFP
Introvert Sensing Feeling Perceiving
I'm not suprised at all, I remember taking a test about my personality back in my sophmore year of high school. My teacher did an activity with our personality types by posting on the screen two sets, one for extroverts and one for the introverts, and a order of the rest of the traits. Our job was to line up according to our personality type. When we eventually lined up, our teacher asks, "Did you notice how everyone lined up? The introverts did not talk at all when lining up, they just looked at the screen and knew where to go, while the extroverts talked to each other working together to figure out who is what and where to go" I always found that interesting.
Again I wasn't very suprised, however when it came down to feeling and perceiving, I felt like I could go either way. I do pay attention to my emotions, and they are important to me, however I don't rely on them to make certain decisions. Though this personality type describes me pretty well, I think my personality can go many ways.
When it comes to learning, I like things being straight forward. You could say I'm "lazy" but thats how I think I learn the best. I like being told what is what, a=b, when questions are open ended and seem to trick you, I get frustrated and confused. My personality I think says that I don't like writing essays, I have to disagree, because I like writing essays as a test.
I'm not suprised at all, I remember taking a test about my personality back in my sophmore year of high school. My teacher did an activity with our personality types by posting on the screen two sets, one for extroverts and one for the introverts, and a order of the rest of the traits. Our job was to line up according to our personality type. When we eventually lined up, our teacher asks, "Did you notice how everyone lined up? The introverts did not talk at all when lining up, they just looked at the screen and knew where to go, while the extroverts talked to each other working together to figure out who is what and where to go" I always found that interesting.
Again I wasn't very suprised, however when it came down to feeling and perceiving, I felt like I could go either way. I do pay attention to my emotions, and they are important to me, however I don't rely on them to make certain decisions. Though this personality type describes me pretty well, I think my personality can go many ways.
When it comes to learning, I like things being straight forward. You could say I'm "lazy" but thats how I think I learn the best. I like being told what is what, a=b, when questions are open ended and seem to trick you, I get frustrated and confused. My personality I think says that I don't like writing essays, I have to disagree, because I like writing essays as a test.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
MLK Speaker
This past Tuesday I went to the MLK speaker at Pruis hall. The speaker was Reverend Joseph Lowery, a man who worked along Martin Luther King Jr in the Civil Rights movement. I didn't know him by his name...but I recognized his face.
The Reverend was very interesting, but I found difficult, to listen to. He made many jokes which made the audience and me laugh. I loved when he made a reference to a man in american idol when a guy had asked the reverend a question. However what I found difficult was his voice. I think it was his age that gave his voice a worn out sound, but I had trouble listening to everything he said and missed some of the punchlines to his jokes.
What I also loved was his numerous examples, like how to love someone. For example he mentioned the phrase "give a man a fish and he's fed for a day, teach him how to fish and he's fed for a lifetime." We need to help people in ways that they learn how to help themselves, and even others, like pay it forward.
What I also liked was at the end he mentioned we need to take inventory in the country, how are we doing? I think we have a whole lot to do, since still after around 50 to 60 years after the time of MLK JR, not everyone is free.
The Reverend was very interesting, but I found difficult, to listen to. He made many jokes which made the audience and me laugh. I loved when he made a reference to a man in american idol when a guy had asked the reverend a question. However what I found difficult was his voice. I think it was his age that gave his voice a worn out sound, but I had trouble listening to everything he said and missed some of the punchlines to his jokes.
What I also loved was his numerous examples, like how to love someone. For example he mentioned the phrase "give a man a fish and he's fed for a day, teach him how to fish and he's fed for a lifetime." We need to help people in ways that they learn how to help themselves, and even others, like pay it forward.
What I also liked was at the end he mentioned we need to take inventory in the country, how are we doing? I think we have a whole lot to do, since still after around 50 to 60 years after the time of MLK JR, not everyone is free.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
New Semester, New Goals
I'm posting this on my phone..pretty cool.
Anyways, now that this is the spring semester, I have new goals for my writing. When I wrote my timed essay back in december, I talked about how I wanted to work on my sentence structure. A lot of feedback on my papers said that my sentences didn't flow very wdell and was hard to follow. So its my new goal on trying to work on my sentence flow
Anyways, now that this is the spring semester, I have new goals for my writing. When I wrote my timed essay back in december, I talked about how I wanted to work on my sentence structure. A lot of feedback on my papers said that my sentences didn't flow very wdell and was hard to follow. So its my new goal on trying to work on my sentence flow
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