Blog #27

Reflection on todays class,we started our new essay assisgment today I think this one is a little bit more simple than the other essay we are suppose to start our summary for the essay in this blog. To help us get started on the assignment.



In this article, “does your social class determine your online social network”? A recent Nielsen study finds class differences between online social networks, Breeanna Hare talks about how the different Internet website determines your social class. Hare talks about how MySpace users tend to be in the middle class, blue -collar neighborhood. And FaceBook goes off the charts in the upscale suburbs. Also Hare goes even further and discusses the income bracket of each website, MySpace user’s income range from 50,000 or less and FaceBook users earn 100,000 and more. Wealthier people are more likely to use FaceBook; and the less affluent, are MySpace Users.

Writer Hare research each website and provided the sources such as market research firm Nielsen Claritas, danah boyd, and Editor-in-chief Adam Ostow. The research is a reliable and current source to a certain extend. Recently more MySpace users have been switching to FaceBook. Not because the amount of income a person has, but the level of maturity of a person. The research Hare has is objective, Hare spoke with several sources and each source had their on opinion. The writer Breeanna Hare has well documented facts on MySpace and FaceBook, but Hare is not qualified on the subject. Hare has chosen a popular source; she has a lot of research in her article from several different researchers but has not exactly done studies of here own.

blog#26 What Thanksgiving Means to me..

Today's blog is what does Thanksgiving mean to.Wow! Good question I have not been ask that question since middle school. Back then I would have said food, food and more food, and after that leftover food that you take and make new meals for instance left over turkey turns in to turkey salad, MMMM! cannot wait til Thanksgiving.I can taste the turkey and dressing, yams, and sweet potato pies now.

The older you get the more you realize Thanksgiving is not just about the food and stuffing yourself until you can't breath. In today's society we have a lot to be thankful for. Over the last few years our economy has been on the down fall people losing there jobs, and there homes and not being able to have the Thanksgiving they had two or five years ago. Most people cherish what they have now because it can be taken away from them. Be thankful for what you have now and realize your situation can be worse off, there is someone out there that don't know where there next meal is coming from. My husband complains about being over worked and not being paid enough. And I have told him that there is someone out there wish they can be over worked for any pay, so stop complaining and go to work, because were better off than most.

So you ask the the question what does Thanksgiving mean to me. It means exactly what the word says "THANKSGIVING". Being thankful for what you do have and appreciate the things that are in front of you. there is someone out there that don't know where they are going to sleep tonight, let alone there next meal. And giving, give something that you have to someone less fortunate than you . Help someone in need this year. Have you heard the expression give to someone and you get your blessing in return doubled what you gave out. I heard that a lot growing up as a preachers daughter. SO this year for thanksgiving be thankful that you have a roof over your head,a job to go to everyday and food on your table. Give back to your community or one person that will not be able to share Thanksgiving with there family this. And Have a Happy Thanksgiving.

Blog #25 Reflect On class experience 11/13/09

Today in class we continued to work on our comparison or contrast essay. The class went to the writing center today and there was a few of us that had our rough drafts completed, so we went into a room and had a discussion about our papers. When listening to other essays you begin to second guess your own paper. But it also gives you ideas that you can add to your paper if your lacking in areas. I received good feedback from my paper, on what I should add and what I should take out my essay.
I also listen to other essays and gave feedback on there papers.I notice a lot of things in other essays that I was corrected on in my tutoring session, like using the word you, or using first person. I also gave advice on thesis which I think I got a good understanding of in my tutoring recession so I hope I can help someone else out. I think that wraps up everything we completed in class today so now I can go back and get ready to turn my final draft in. Oh, I also learned that the essay is six sentences or more so now I have to go back and figure away to add at least one sentence to each paragraph. Wow! that's going to be hard.

Blog#24 Writing Center Experience

Today in class we continued to work on our comparison or contrast essay, I am almost finish with my essay I only have the conclusion to complete and then I can go over it and scan it for errors and etc. I had a appointment today with a tutor in the writing center. when I arrived for my appointment they didn't have me in the computer, which made me very upset because I made the appointment three weeks ago. So I had to sit dig in my purse for the appointment card, If I did not have that I would have been stuck out because of them not me, but them.

But anyway, After having to wait for someone they finally found a tutor for me, Sela. I have worked with her before and I think she is a great tutor. Sela read my paper aloud and marked things as we went along to discuss afterwards. She ask me what things that I feel I need to work on and we will start their. So I told her I had a problem with punctuation and grammar. Sela said that overall I have a good paper and that I was correct about needing help on my punctuation. Sela also said that was her problem in college punctuation she would write a great paper but suck at punctuation and get marked off for it, which I do too.

So after going over the paper Sela helped out with my punctuation, she also took out some extra words that she said was not needed. We also went over verbs and nouns and when to use them. She exactly help me out a lot. and taught me a lot about punctuation, but I am not a English major so I know my paper is not going to be perfect or without error, but I do try my best in all my essay to make an A, and with each essay I learn something new. Sela also said that my thesis was good and straight to the point.

Going to the writing center was an advantage this time around, seeing that it started out pretty rocky. But the overall experience was good and educating.
after the initial shock of not being in the system. so now it is time to go back to the drawing board and edit my paper and get it ready for the final copy.

Blog #23 Assignment on 11/06//09

Today in class we were suppose to create a thesis and draft plan of our essay. But instead Mrs. Crawford had another assignment for us today a essay on why are we in college titled:

Defeating the Odds

I attend San Antonio College because I am a thirty soon to be thirty- one year old, African American, and I think that I am a very intelligent young woman, but I have not accomplished anything in my life. I have tried going to college on three different occasions and I have not gotten far. Over the last few months I have set down to reevaluate some things in my life, and going back to school was first on my list. My mother has a bachelor’s in business and my father is a few months away from a PHD in biblical studies. I said to myself there is not any reason why I should not have a degree; I come from an educated family.
This time around my college experience is exciting, and I am motivated to come to class and do homework. I am more focused on what I want because I see the things that I could have had by now. Those days when I wake up, and hit the snooze button, and say to myself” I will go tomorrow.” Then I think about all the things that I should have already accomplished in my life, also my husband yelling in my ear about the money he paid. So my reasons for college and accomplishing is encouraged by the people around me and, me telling myself you should have already been in this position.

Blog #21 Dana Boyd learning connection

Today in class we went to the writing we watched a video on Dana Boyd Learning Conference and we did another survey for the book we are using. And I was wondering why we had to do those surveys and I got my answer today. The books were free so it is always a catch to getting things free. The question I was wondering about was answered today, because I thought it was pointless.

Back to the video we watch on Dana Boyd learning conference, she spoke on today’s technology and how it affects today's world. Which I do agree, but I think it should be taught in all schools because, it is part of today's world and technology is used in everyday things. Most kids these days would rather stay inside on a computer than be outside playing. She spoke about the use of cell phones and how kids are so dependent on them. And the parents make kids dependant on them I think. They are so busy in their life they give their kids cell phones to keep in contact with them.

During the video we also were pulled to the side by Mrs. Crawford and discuss our last writing assignment the descriptive essay. overall I did pretty good on the essay I received a seventy out of eighty points on my assignment which was better than the last essay. She told me I need to proofread my paper a little more before I turn it in. Which I thought I did that, but now I know what I need to work my editing skills. I need to learn more about punctuation and sentence fragments when I am writing my papers. But that is what school is all about, doing better, improving yourself. Well I think I have summarized everything we went over in class today. And I have a headache so its bedtime now :-}

Blog# 20 Reflect on class experience

Today in class we talked about our essay Comparison and contrast. And I'm glad that we did because, I didn't realize it was a comparison or contrast so I would have failed this assignment from the beginning, Just from miss reading the guidelines. So we need to pick either or, which is good narrow it down a little. So I decided as I stated in blog twenty I chose the contrast side of the essay assignment.

We also talked about how to correct some of the simple mistakes from previous essays things such as, the font of the paper double space and in dents. Also don't use the word you in your paper. and stay away from contractions words such as don't isn't and so on. We also talked about where you should put your thesis in the topic sentence or conclusion sentence. And when you begin your essay make sure not to confuse your reader if you start talking about facebook always start all the topics starting with facebook so that the audience want get confuse about which website your talking about, We also received a work sheet to help us to keep focus of our topics which, in this type of essay you need to write down what each paragraph is about, and that should help get through this essay.

Blog #19 Writing lab experience

On Monday October twenty- six we went to the computer lab to explore my space and face book, for our upcoming essay the comparison and contrast of both websites. And we also had to be friend the writing center on each website. for the essay. We did a short survey on the book we are using for the class also.Due to the rain Monday and Wednesday assignments got swapped.

I had already both a my space page and face book. All that needed to be done was to befriend the writing center. Even though I had both pages I never have set down and thought about what they had in common and what they do not have in common. So I begin to explore each page and wrote down some differences and similarities between the two websites.

My space and face book have a lot of different things two totally different websites. So I think I will be going with the contrast part of the essay.There is alot more differences than similarities. A few of them or, my space you can decorate your page back ground, download music for your page background and just jazz it up mainly this website is for the teenagers. Face book I think is for the older generation. It's more catching up and chatting for people you haven't seen in a while and seeing old class mates and what they are doing in present times.

I don't want to get into to much detail about the essay. I will save it for my assignment so that I can have something to write about. But by reviewing both websites, I think contrast can give me more to write about. I think there are more differences, and I can go into more details, pulling out the difference in each website. So this will be a to be continue blog must read essay.

Bog #18 My group presentation

My group had a presentation over the next articles and videos I am going to blog about. We had a presentation on October 15Th. Letty talked about the videos. Adam talked about Brazilian obesity, and I spoke on Plastic Surgery. I learned something different with this project. I think its a topic that should be shown to teenagers. to boost there self esteem.

There were also to commercial attached to this assignment. One of the commercials was about a women, an average looking women and just gives her a complete makeover. What I got out of the video was, a little makeup can make anybody look like a model they have flaws to. Television has such a big influence on today's society. On how they should look. But my opinion you are who you are. we all were created differently. That's why kids need something created to do and a little less television.

The article I spoke about was focus on plastic surgery. One part of this article talked about, the number of men seeking cosmetic correction has increased my 35% in the past two years. They cite professional image and job marketability as the reason for smoothing creases or trimming jowls. Explain Doctor Melvyn Dinner, directer of the center of plastic in Cleveland. It also talked about improving one's look surgically has been made easier. Quick procedures Can be done on an outpatient basis and require a short recovery period.

Reflecting back on the videos and articles, a study showed the average women size is a fourteen, So those women in the music videos, models, and anyone in the spotlight are just as normal as the average looking women. A little makeup and extra camera touch up, you can look just like those models. But that's not the part they advertise.