Anthropological

Today’s blog is focus on the, you tube videos, anthropological of it. The videos were very interested and some of the clippings were actually funny to watch. The video was focused on how the website you tube got started. And how some of our famous people, got to where they are today.

They talk about how people communicate from different countries through you tube, and how millions of people use you tube. What I found interested was the study they did and how you tube videos get just as much rating or views, just as a TV, sitcom, I thought that was very interesting information. And with all the reality shows out now, I see why people like watching you tube. You tube is another source of communication in today’s technology world, its interesting to see the different cultures communicating through you tube.

People also take other videos edit them and make there on versions of it, which some of them are pretty funny. The video were the big brother sticks his finger in his little brother’s mouth, that has hilarious (Ouch Charlie that hurts), to funny. And Soulja Boy became a Grammy nominee from one of his first hit songs, and it started from the world of you tube, it was remixed over and over and a record label discovered him, pretty cool; Now he’s famous in the world of hip hop. I started browsing you tube after I watched the video people advertising there kids on you tube trying to get them famous. And let me tell you, every parent think they kids can sing, but it’s not true.

As I stated I really thought this was a very entertaining assignment it keep me laughing and educated me on the world of you tube. You can get educational information, comedy, or people who think there kids have talent, and really weird people also, but its entertaining ad will keep you busy for hours.

Difference between Blog#3 and E-mail Etiquette Essay

Today's blog, we are suppose to compare the difference between blog #3 which was, write a fake e-mail to a friend complaining about a bad grade we received. And compare it with E-mail etiquette which was, write a fake e-mail to your instuctor to ask for reconsideration on a bad grade you received in there class.

The fake e-mail blog was a little bit more simple. First of all it was a blog, and not an essay. Blogs are more of your opinions, or feelings about a certain topic. So it usually flows out better without much thought put into it. Secondly when you e-mail a friend about a bad grade it was more of you are venting, you can tell your friend how much you hate that class, how you think the teacher is not teaching, and just your true feelings about the class, It's about your emotions .

Versus e-mail etiquette where as I stated took me thirty- minutes just to get it started, and after writing it, I had to rewrite after seeking advice on it. In this essay you have to plead your case on why you think the instructor should reconsider your grade. And you would need to do this with less emotions as possible, and in a respectable manner. Also try to stay away from words like, your, you, mine, and so on. It doesn't sound complex, but after discussing it in class and getting a tutor I wrote my paper four times. The essay had a two page guideline, were the blogs only guidelines are no text language or street slang. I've been working on my paper for over a week trying to get it right, (which I still think its not right but that's the reason for the class to teach me to get it right.) Where on my blogs, I just go with the flow of it.

Blogs, that's what they are. They are your thoughts, feelings, and opinions. My opinion is, its easier to write a blog because the only guidelines or no slang and no text language. So when writing my blogs I'm really just saying what's on my mind and giving my opinion on each subject, its more like free writing to me. There is not a lot of thought put into your blogs. Its also easier to vent to a friend, than writing a letter of reconsideration of a grade to a instructor. With a friend you can say whats really on your mind, but with your instructor you want to watch what you say.

Reflecting On today's workshop Blog #9

Today in class we did a group activity about our writing assignment E-mail Etiquette. We broke up into groups and read aloud our assignments and gave feedback on each person. Each person essay was different and every one had different opinion and good feedback on each paper.

When reading my essay and listening to feedback in class I learned my paper had lots of personal emotion to it. In the outlines it explain about the use of personal emotions in the essay, the e-mail is more complex than what it seems. When your not use to writing everyday its hard not to use; (me, you, no, your) and meeting the length requirements of six sentences and at least three paragraph of such a simple topic. When I first set down to write my paper it took me thirty minutes just to think of the first paragraph, I see what writers mean when they have writers block I was stuck on the one paragraph and didn't know where to go with it.

So after discussing the papers most of the member in my group had met with the tutor and had a lot of good feedback. I met with the tutor after class and sitting with someone one on one help me to realize what I was doing wrong, she explain to me that its a paper that is asking for reconsideration of a grade, and the instructor does not care about your personal feelings, you need to plead your case. Why you failed, what was different from the last assignment that was so different about this assignment. She explain to me, I need to plead my case, as if I was a lawyer pleading my case to a jury, so after talking with her she pointed my problems out.

I'm going to take another shot at my paper and rewrite the entire paper to see if I really understood what the tutor explain to me, she also told me if my paper was suppose to have lots of emotion to it, I would have done a great job on it but I need to focus on pleading my case and stating the facts. So I'm going back to the drawing board for round two of Email Etiquette.

Summary of articles on Sept 18, 2009

Our group did a presentation today on Internet dating, the dating detective, getting back into it, and is eharmony biased against gays. This was a fun topic for the first time and the research done on the topic was interesting. My presentation was, is eharmony biased against gays and another interesting topic was Internet dating.

When reading the article about eharmony I looked at both point of views the writer John Cloud was upset that they didn't have the option when logging in, man seeking man or women seeking women. The only options were men seeking women and women seeking men, but the founder of eharmony Neil Warren describe as a conservative christian said, We've done research on about five thousand married people, but never same sex. So we don't know how to do that, and he thinks the principles probably are different, and since same-sex marriage is illegal is most states, they don't advertise it since the web site is focus on marriage. John Cloud the writer also stated, there are plenty web- sites focus on same-sex relationships.

Internet dating also was a big discussion in class today, everyone had there different opinions on the subject and also shared some of there experience with Internet dating. There are several dating web-sites, you have web-sites were people are looking for long-term relationships, and you have web-sites for one night stands. My opinion in today's world you really can't trust people, and I watch to many lifetime movies so Internet dating wouldn't be my first option. I prefer the old fashion way, but that's the new thing going on. I know a few people who meet there spouses online and so far things are working out with each of them. But with my luck I would have met that one psycho path in the whole bunch, thank god I'm already married.

Blog # 7 today's class discussion

Today in class we discuss our writing assignment, E-mail Etiquette. Write an email to your instructor complaining about a grade and requesting reconsideration. This is the first writing assignment for the class and a very interesting topic, an email that may be used to help some ones grade in the near future . Mrs Crawford had the class to read the outlines aloud today in class, and discuss some of the details of the assignment.

When writing the email you should consider a few things: Email format, double spacing, white paper, black ink, and times Roman Numeral. also no slang, text language, and language also describe as street language. Mrs. Crawford also wanted the class to focus on the audience, what purpose will the audience have on reading the assignment, now that's the easy part of the assignment.

The paragraphs have to at least be six sentences, and two to three well developed paragraphs, this is getting in to the more complicated things. Thinking of so many paragraphs for such a simple topic can be very complex. But I'm sure I will figure it out some how, I usually do. Things are getting a little better for me, the more I write, and writing blogs help me out a lot with get familiar with the writing process.

Our class is being taught to elaborate on sentences, instead of just saying the house is green, go in to detail about the house, the house on 1919 North Main street is the only green house in the neighborhood. I will be referring back to my book for information to help me through this assignment. but I think it will be okay. We are starting to get a little more challenge on our writing skills, I need to work more on when is the proper time to add my comas, and periods.

This essay will be a good challenge for me to get back into writing more. The rough draft is due on Monday, and we are suppose to see a tutor before we turn it in, and all slots or filled, so this is not good, I hate not having things done on time, but I will have my rough draft ready for class anyway.

Summary of Articles on Sept 11, 09

The two articles that I was interested in are the Al Gore; Should schools be link to the Internet, and how to bring our schools out of the 20Th century. I think these two articles go together and I will share my opinion on what I think about each topic.

The first article I would like to discuss is, should schools be wired to the Internet, and my answer to this question is yes. Everything today is web base, meaning if kids in today's world don't use the Internet they would be lost, everything today is focus on the Internet, job applications, college school enrollment, financial aid applications and so on. In today's world if you don't know your way around the Internet, not to many jobs are not going to hire you. So every school should have some type of computer class.

The second article was, how to bring our schools out of the 20Th century. I have two opinions about this article, first off I think that all schools should be provided the same education rich or poor, it is not the child's fault he or she was born to a family that could not provide as much as the next family. Money donated to schools should be shared equally amongst the school system. Secondly from my experience some of the 20Th century ways should be left alone, I notice some students can't even add, subtract, or multiply. Because they are taught to use a calculator. Back in the day you where taught without the use of a calculator so you actually learn how to add or multiply. And now there are audio books that definitely shouldn't be used in a classroom (if your not blind), if you have the eyes to read, pick up a book and read it.

In these two articles I can see both the pros and cons in each topic, I think every school should have an computer class, because that is what our world is surrounded by today, but I also think we need to keep some of the old fashion ways like doing math on your hands, or your head, or reading out loud just to know that our kids are actually learning the material being presented to them.

Summary of Todays Articles

Toay's groups discussions touch basis on some interesting topics. My two favorite articles were the discussion on texting, and is IPhone a good idea for classroom use. I know every one has different opinions on each of theses topics and I would like to share my opinion on each of these topics.
I would like to start with texting, John Sutherland wrote that texting is bleak, bald, sad shorthand which masks dyslexia, poor spelling and mental laziness. I totally disagree with this Author. I think it helps out with today's generation. even though it might be shorthand sometimes, its teaching today's generation how to write and read. Its a form of communication, and it helps this generation on there spelling also, because most kids if they are like me they are going to read over there text so they want sound dumb before sending it out, so it helps them to proofread and form sentences.
Also we discussed the use of IPhone in the schools, Abilene Christian University's gave there freshman's T-shirts, iPhone, or ipod touch. Schools say the devices will pep up class discussions and give students quick access to important information like local maps, and calendars. My opinion is a little different on this topic, I think texting is okay, but its a time and place for everything. I think it will be a distraction during lecture, yes they say its attended for classroom use, but be honest, if you have a phone in front of you do you really think your mind will be focus on what the attended use is for. If your like me your going to check e-mails, face book, and my space accounts.
So that my opinion and today's technology in the classroom and outside of the classroom, everyone in class today had a different outlook on these two subjects and that is what made this so interesting to me.

Reflecting ON Today's Discussion

We touch base on a lot of topics today, we received our syllabus and it answered a lot of questions I had. The syllabus gave a break down of our grades and how each section will be graded, My writing is worth thirty- four percent of my grade, Wow I hope that goes well. The one thing that I do like about it, you can earn up to one thousand forty five points in this class and you only need nine hundred to get an A. So you can earn an additional one hundred forty five points in the class, which most teachers don't offer.



We have a lot of writing in this class that could be overwhelming, but that's college life. We also received a tentative schedule, versus the syllabus where it gives you a break down of your grade and how you will be graded. The tentative gives you a break down when your assignments are due, it tells you when your presentations, blogs and how many words needed for each blog, writing assignments, and etc. are due. That also helps out a lot. I think it teaches you self discipline and how to manage your time better.



The group presentation is a good idea versus where I have to get in front of the class and talk by myself its hard for some people to get in front of people and speak, and that some people includes me. and the group activity also teaches you responsibility, You have to think of the other people in your group and how by you not doing your part will effect the group from getting extra points, cause in the end those extra points could help a classmate out.



I think this class will be a challenge for me, but with a lot of hard work and a little prayer, I might be able to make it through this class. It seems overwhelming to me right now, but I think in the back of my head, it will all pay off for me when I get my degree.

Fake E-mail about a bad grade

Baby, (what I call my husband). I worked so hard in Mr. Worthington class on my essay and he gave me a C. I was really disappointed by this grade, first off all I worked night and day on my essay, I did the research on the topic, I interview professionals, I even ask him detailed questions and took notes on everything he said, Mr. Worthington really sucks. And you know I have to maintain at least a B or more average in each class just to get excepted in the nursing program. He is really making things really hard for me. I went to Mr. Worthington and ask him why did he think I deserved a C, cause this paper has an A written all over it, then he went on to explain. "We'll Shanequa an A means perfect and know one is perfect," I was so mad when he said that, I had steam coming out my ears, then I said to him. " Well I think I'm pretty close to perfect at times, and this essay might not be perfect, but it is more close to perfect than it is to a C. I was so mad at that man I just walked out. How could he give me a freaking C, so that means I have to work even harder so that I can at least maintain an B average, this is so discouraging for me, no matter how hard I work its always going to be storms when you try and better yourself. I am at the point where I want to drop his class and just start fresh with a new teacher next semester. Its a must that I keep my GPA up its already a challenge to get in the program, seeing its over a thousand people wanting to get in the program and they only except 150 or less applicants a year. But this will only make me stronger I am not going to let him rain on my parade. He is just encouraging me to keep going and just work a little harder for teachers like him, I knew on the first day of class he was going to be a pain in the butt, cause who gives homework on your first day of class.