Today's Presentations

The presentations today i think went very well. Everyone seemed to have it done which is always a plus. I liked it when people used their own papers as examples of how to use the revision strategies. It helped me understand them much better. I also like when people had posters and handout that we could read, than when they just read what it was off of a sheet of paper, it was hard for me to understand what the revision strategy was and how to use it. I will use these strategies in my papers, like the one about getting rid of cluttering. I know for a fact that I have a lot of clutter in my papers so i am going to go through and highlight all of the clutter to get rid of it.    

Class today

I enjoyed today's class period. I think it is good to have someone else teach you every once and awhile just to get a different teaching style and just to mix it up a little. I also was happy to have Ryan teach us for a day since one of my best friends has him as a teacher and she raves about how nice he is all the time!

Thesis Statement

I decided to write about how USD needs to improve there campus parking. I kind of had thought about it as an idea, but wasn't really sure about it. But then i got a parking ticket, which i am royally pissed about, so now i actually had a reason to right about it. In my thesis i talk about how the University needs to make sure they have enough packing spots for the number so passes they sell, they need to use the space they do have wisely, and they need to expand on from the parking that they do have. By doing all this maybe so many people wont get tickets which i have talked to about 6 people now that have gotten tickets too. So i know i am not the only one on campus that has this problem!

People who are Screwing up America

While I was reading this piece I could not help but think of people who are not even famous but I believe are screwing up America. The people who are making America look so bad. America like the author said is not a bad place, like most places in the world, there are just some people in America that are bad. The people that think they are better then everyone else, that think that for some reason they are higher up than everyone else, and the people who for some reason think that EVERYONE cares about what THEY think, when really, nobody cares!! It is those people who drive me absolutely crazy. And if we didn't have those people American would probably be a better place, but then again I would have no one to complain about or make fun of.

Peer Reviews

I found the peer review today to be more helpful than i thought it was going to be. Alyson actually told me if my paper was good or not, unlike in high school when they would just edit my paper then hand it back to me, without any input on the actual paper. Today's peer review helped show me that i jump around a lot in my paper and that i need to focus on my main topic and stay on that topic! Thank you so much Alyson!

If I died tomorrow

If I died tomorrow this town would be sad. I have lived here since I was about 3 and since this town is very small people get to know people pretty easily. So I would say that I would have a pretty good turn out at my funeral, all of my high school would come, my past teachers, my teammates, and of course family and friends. But outside of this town I don't think anyone would know. Which comes back to my point that I need to get out of this town. People always say they want to change the world or make a difference in the world. Well I don't want to just talk about it. I hope to one day help make this world a better place, I'm not really sure how I am going to do that yet, but I'm almost positive it will have something to do with children since I do want to go into education. It doesn't have to be something huge and I don't need to make the headlines or anything I just really want to make a difference. So I better not die tomorrow!

Boys vs. Girls

I found our conversation that we had today in class about what makes up a boy and what makes up a girl very interesting. We all had a preset idea of qualities that make up a boys and ones that make up a girls, and yes some of these qualities can be true to what a girl or boy is like, but it really depends on the person. Emotional was a word we used to describe girls and i am an emotional girl, but i do know some girls that the thought of crying would mean they are a whimp. While we described boys as immature i know some (very few) who are not, and on the other hand i know some girls that are VERY inmmature. So i think the whole idea of "what makes up a girl or boy" all depends on that girl or boy.     

University of Life

This story did a great job of showing people that there are so many things out there that they don't know about. For example she talks about how when she visited black and Hispanic churches in Chicago, they knew so much about the civil right movement, when it was just something she had kind of heard about. I feel like by living in Vermillion for most of my life it has made me very sheltered. That's why I hope to get out of the town for awhile and maybe travel or just do something so I can really see the world and learn knew things.

I also like they part about how she encountered situations in her life when she was held back because she was a girl. Even though these are different times and equality between men and women has gotten much better there are still time that people make me feel like I can't do something because I am a girl. But that doesn't matter because it does not stop me from trying!!

Talk Pretty One Day

I felt that I could relate a lot with this story. The first couple days of college are terrifying. The teachers sure can do a good job of scaring the crap out of you the first day. Most of the time this doesn't last but in some cases like this story it can. This story may have been a little bit of an exaggeration of how scary teachers can be, (at least I have never has a teacher chuck pens and pencils at me) but it still shows the point at how overwhelming school can be and how hard students are really willing to work to get approval from their teachers. This story also made me think of the point that yes school may be hard but at least i am able to understand what the teachers are saying. I could not imagine going to a school in a different country and only knowing bits and pieces of what the teacher was saying.
Please leave a comment to tell me what you think!!!