BLOG#1
October 21, 2014
So far in English 0100, I have learned a few things. For an example, I've learned how to write a correct essay. Although I am still in the process of learning, I think in the end I will be OK. Everything will come together the way it is supposed to I believe in my heart. At first when I first stepped foot in this class, I thought it was just an I give you the assignment and you’re on your own type of class. Luckily for me, it’s not. Ms. Kent helps me and whoever else that need the help. I’m grateful to have such a caring teacher, because most teachers will just leave you out to dry on your own. I feel as though I can actually understand what the teacher is saying and doing as oppose to just not understanding and not bothering to ask questions. There are times where I don’t understand and don’t get the work but I do speak up and ask questions on what I do not know. When you don’t ask questions, you don’t get any answers and without answers, you’re going to be the one stuck on not knowing how or what to do. I refuse to be that one person who just sits there and get an F on a simple assignment as oppose to asking questions and figuring out the answers. I also learned how to take notes on things like Verb agreement, Sentence structure, the use of semi colons and colons. For me personally, I had to take notes on these things because these things can be tricky at most times. I rather have notes to look back on as oppose to failing an assignment or test because I didn't have the materials I needed to study. At first I was iffy about this class but now I’m glad I have this class. It really does help me out a lot!
BLOG#2
October 21, 2014
As I sit here and think about my unit one essay which was about my graduation, I began to think about the great memories! I tell myself all the time how happy I am to be out of high school, but the truth is, if I could redo my senior year in high school, I would. I had fun but I feel like I should’ve had more fun. Senior week I believe was the most fun. The seniors barely went to school that week. In college we don’t have things like senior week. Sure enough we do have events and parties and what not but I been going to college parties since I was in the ninth grade. So basically the partying is nothing new to me obviously. At my high school the teachers were too lazy to teach so on more than other days, we didn’t even get our lesson. Which at that time I didn't care I was just happy that we didn't have to do our work. That’s not one thing that I miss though because it has taken away of some of the knowledgeable things that I should know as far as school goes. I’m no dummy but I know I’m still lacking on some skills I should have thanks to my high school teachers. I do however miss the easy work. College isn't that hard right now but I know it will soon become more challenging. I’m already ready for the challenge though. I prepared myself this year and most of last year. My high school days were fun overall. I know they say school isn't made to be fun but in reality some schools do want you to have fun while you’re still getting your lesson. My school was just fun! On some days we did indeed get our lesson though. I really wish I could relieve just the one week of my high school graduation.
BLOG #3
November 3, 2014
Doing this pop up video took me a longgg time! (Sigh) overall the video turned out to be pretty good in my judgment! It was fun and a pretty nice experience. This was my first time ever making a pop up video and to be honest I liked it! I wouldn’t mind doing it again. It is very time consuming though. You just have to make sure you have the time before you just sit down and start doing it because it’s NOT that easy. You have to play with it and manipulate it a few time to get it just the way you want it to be. Once you get it where you want it, you will be shocked at how well it turned out. Putting the pictures in the video was the fun and funny part to me. Finding goofy pictures like the one of the cat was real funny. It was a challenge to make the picture pop up exactly at the right time and end at the right time but I took my time and made it happen. Once the video is finished, the hard work is done and over with so you can just sit back, relax and enjoy the video. Although I hate the song in my video, I love the way I made my video. It’s not bad for it being my first time making something like this. If that makes any sense. I done watched the video over and over again, many and plenty of times trying to make sure everything is right and is looking good! In my own opinion yes everything is! Hopefully yall all will go see the video under unit two and enjoy it as well as the essay that follows! I know I did.
BLOG #4
November 4, 2014
Today it is extremely cold outside! I really hate having a eight o’clock class, because that mean I have to wake up at about six something in the morning just to get here on time! Knowing dang well I’m not a morning person!! Next semester I will not be taking any morning classes if I can help it! I hate everything about morning classes! The traffic is terrible because it be school time, the sun be all shinny and bright just there like “Hey good morning rise and shine!” It’s almost like the sun knows I’m not in the mood when I wake up because it’s always shinning right in my face! When I’m diving, it feels like I’m the only person that the sun is on. When I look at the other drivers everyone else seem to be having a nice, jolly, happy go lucky morning. Then there is me looking all mean and mad trying to keep the sun from getting into my eyes. Then there is the fact that I don’t even get to eat in the morning! They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day, well then in that case if I’m late for class then the teacher should just excuse me because I was eating breakfast! That’s not so hard after all. I know that’s most definitely not going to happen though I wish it would. We shouldn’t have classes on a cold morning because people could sick and die. When I wake up, it be so cold because my sister never likes to turn on the heat so the whole house be feeling like the outdoors! I just don’t understand how and why she is never sick when she should be as cold as the house be!
BLOG #5
November 10, 2014
I want to talk about the ideal college lifestyle. It dissipates (I like this word lol) quickly once the reality is reached. Many young adults imagine vivid pictures of what college might be like for them. However, once these young adults mature into independent men and women, and enter into the school of their choice, they soon realize the reality of the college lifestyle. They must learn to adapt to their new surroundings as quickly as possible to accomplish the sought after degrees. Students come to the realization that life is not as easy as they might hope for. Many young adults seem to believe that college life is filled with parties and typically a laid-back lifestyle. These students believe that, much like high school, classes will be taken during the day and filled with all their friends. They imagine a lifestyle with no other worries besides an occasional essay or lab. It is often said that college is the greatest time of ones life; many high school students believe this and look forward to it. Some enjoy the idea of being able to come to class late, leave when they want, and pretty much have say-so of their own lives now that their parents are out of the picture. The majority of college freshmen enter into school picturing an easy, fun-filled ride. These reasons provide support to the unusually low grades of first-year college students. The widespread college ideal lifestyle is seldom the reality. Students quickly learn that many classes stretch into the nighttime hours. Often, students are not in classes with their friends, but with other students who sometimes can be old enough to be their parents. Although the average college age might be near 20 years old, it can range from 18 to 40 years old or older. There are many middle-aged adults going back to college to get their degree at the same time the 18-year-old college student is going to start his or her degree. (interesting right)
BLOG #6
November 13,2014
Most people in their lifetime will have gone to college. People go to college for all kinds of reasons. Whatever the reason may be, almost everyone will have gone. The biggest adaptation I have had to make in my life was moving to college. Not only was it totally different from high school in relation to the content of classes and homework, but it was also completely different from my home life. I was living on my own, with new surroundings, and new people. Needless to say, this was something like I had never experienced before. Generally, college classes aren't that much more difficult than high school courses. The big difference is that in college I have to do all of my homework outside of class. There's no study hall in college. I have to take it upon myself to get to the library if needed or ask the necessary questions. Another big difference between high school academics and college academics is the importance of the test. Unlike in high school, where daily assignments can help to pad a grade, the main source of grading in college is the test. I have only a couple tests per semester for each class. Each test will count for close to one-third of my grade. This puts me under a heavy burden to do well on each test. Also, with all of the independence I have, homework and studying are not always my first priorities. I would much rather spend time with my friends, watch television, or go to a party than do my schoolwork. I have found that all the distractions that are present in college life lead to procrastinating. There have been many times when I have put off doing an assignment until the night before. It is obvious that as a college student, I have had to adapt to a whole new style of learning.
BLOG #7
November 16, 2014
I really don’t have nothing to blog about but life itself I guess. Life is a great thing to all living things. This is what life is all about. In life, we come across many challenges. Some of them make us who we are while some tell us what we should be. Sometimes it is the opposite. There will be struggle, there will be bad days. Days which would never seem to end. Days which would go on and on, which would keep hurting us till the end. Many of us actually most would give up but the people who wont will be the ones to face the brighter side of the day. The night is darkest before dawn but how can we forget the rainbow after the rain? We understand to love, to give, to endure, to find pleasure, to please but what we do not understand is ourselves during all of this. Life can lie to us and no one will stop it, it can play all sorts of games with us without us even knowing because there is no one controlling it. But whatever happens in life happens for good. Good of all in it. Whatever decisions life takes for us is already planned by it and we must learn to accept it. We must come in terms with the fact that no matter how hard we try to fit in this imperfect world, it will never acknowledge us for who we are. We always feel like becoming everything else around us. But what we do not realize is that everyone wants to be happy in the end of the day. They just want to find someone who will love them and who will stand by them throughout. Throughout the stormy nights, throughout the lonely days, throughout all the cold memories.
BLOG #8
November 18, 2014
I was just sitting here thinking about if I had 1 million dollars. If I had 1 million dollars I would first be in shock! Somebody would have to literally slap me really hard for me to come back to life! I would be so happy to the point where I probably wouldn’t even be able to stand up straight! I would pray and thank God for allowing me to have that money. I would then go put 60 thousand in my savings account and then go buy a range rover, Camaro and a audi. My range rover would be all black on black on black. Black out! Black everything with purple lights. My inside would be purple leather also. My Camaro would be a plum color purple with matching wheels to match and the inside would be plum color purple also. My audi would be all black just like my range rover but with peanut butter color leather seats on the inside. I would then give my momma $25,000 and my grandma. My sisters and brother would only get $20,000 each. My dad wouldn’t get anything. I would buy me a house in Atlanta and a condo in California and make sure they both are paid for! Completely. I would go to goodwill and buy a lot of clothes and shoes for the homeless and go to shelters and pass it out them. I would take my whole family on a family vacation to Hawaii, Brazil, and The Cayman Islands! Everything would be beautiful, peaceful and nothing but fun! Enjoying my young life and making sure my family have fun is the only thing I’m really interested in. Exploring the world and going on dream vacations is all I ever wanted and one day soon I will get that!
BLOG #9
November 18, 2014
Although abuse is something no one wants to believe it does happen. It’s sad but true to know that the dynamics of physical abuse is complex and hard to generalize. Although physical abuse can be predictable in each individual case there is no one pattern or "warning sign for every abuser. Alcohol and drug abuse, stress, and threats to the relationship are a few of the reasons the women categorized the abuse, but the largest percentage noted that ineffective communication was a part of the reason for abuse. Problems such as the inability and unwillingness to talk about feelings could lead to the abuse. Also, more severe communication problems, such as verbal abuse, would end in physical abuse. As the intensity of an argument or conflict escalated the more common it was to end in physical aggression. Often times the men would use violence as a form of control or strategy to end the argument. Some women would do anything to avoid a conflict or argument in fear that it would end in physical abuse. Women reacted differently to the abuse. Some women felt as if they were damned if they do and damned if they don't. They tried to find reasons behind the abuse and questioned their own behavior. Some women fought back with aggression while others didn't know how to or found other was to vent their anger. Women labeled the meaning of the abuse differently depending on the level and amount of physical and physiological abuse they had experienced. Disbelief and confusion, excusing and forgiving, and blaming were the ways the women went through the meaning-making process. Women had much disbelief and confusion that this was happening to them. Even after several years of abuse the women could still be going through this stage because of the empty promises of the abuser to change or stop. Excusing the abuser's behavior is often the next step in finding meaning for the abuse.
October 21, 2014
So far in English 0100, I have learned a few things. For an example, I've learned how to write a correct essay. Although I am still in the process of learning, I think in the end I will be OK. Everything will come together the way it is supposed to I believe in my heart. At first when I first stepped foot in this class, I thought it was just an I give you the assignment and you’re on your own type of class. Luckily for me, it’s not. Ms. Kent helps me and whoever else that need the help. I’m grateful to have such a caring teacher, because most teachers will just leave you out to dry on your own. I feel as though I can actually understand what the teacher is saying and doing as oppose to just not understanding and not bothering to ask questions. There are times where I don’t understand and don’t get the work but I do speak up and ask questions on what I do not know. When you don’t ask questions, you don’t get any answers and without answers, you’re going to be the one stuck on not knowing how or what to do. I refuse to be that one person who just sits there and get an F on a simple assignment as oppose to asking questions and figuring out the answers. I also learned how to take notes on things like Verb agreement, Sentence structure, the use of semi colons and colons. For me personally, I had to take notes on these things because these things can be tricky at most times. I rather have notes to look back on as oppose to failing an assignment or test because I didn't have the materials I needed to study. At first I was iffy about this class but now I’m glad I have this class. It really does help me out a lot!
BLOG#2
October 21, 2014
As I sit here and think about my unit one essay which was about my graduation, I began to think about the great memories! I tell myself all the time how happy I am to be out of high school, but the truth is, if I could redo my senior year in high school, I would. I had fun but I feel like I should’ve had more fun. Senior week I believe was the most fun. The seniors barely went to school that week. In college we don’t have things like senior week. Sure enough we do have events and parties and what not but I been going to college parties since I was in the ninth grade. So basically the partying is nothing new to me obviously. At my high school the teachers were too lazy to teach so on more than other days, we didn’t even get our lesson. Which at that time I didn't care I was just happy that we didn't have to do our work. That’s not one thing that I miss though because it has taken away of some of the knowledgeable things that I should know as far as school goes. I’m no dummy but I know I’m still lacking on some skills I should have thanks to my high school teachers. I do however miss the easy work. College isn't that hard right now but I know it will soon become more challenging. I’m already ready for the challenge though. I prepared myself this year and most of last year. My high school days were fun overall. I know they say school isn't made to be fun but in reality some schools do want you to have fun while you’re still getting your lesson. My school was just fun! On some days we did indeed get our lesson though. I really wish I could relieve just the one week of my high school graduation.
BLOG #3
November 3, 2014
Doing this pop up video took me a longgg time! (Sigh) overall the video turned out to be pretty good in my judgment! It was fun and a pretty nice experience. This was my first time ever making a pop up video and to be honest I liked it! I wouldn’t mind doing it again. It is very time consuming though. You just have to make sure you have the time before you just sit down and start doing it because it’s NOT that easy. You have to play with it and manipulate it a few time to get it just the way you want it to be. Once you get it where you want it, you will be shocked at how well it turned out. Putting the pictures in the video was the fun and funny part to me. Finding goofy pictures like the one of the cat was real funny. It was a challenge to make the picture pop up exactly at the right time and end at the right time but I took my time and made it happen. Once the video is finished, the hard work is done and over with so you can just sit back, relax and enjoy the video. Although I hate the song in my video, I love the way I made my video. It’s not bad for it being my first time making something like this. If that makes any sense. I done watched the video over and over again, many and plenty of times trying to make sure everything is right and is looking good! In my own opinion yes everything is! Hopefully yall all will go see the video under unit two and enjoy it as well as the essay that follows! I know I did.
BLOG #4
November 4, 2014
Today it is extremely cold outside! I really hate having a eight o’clock class, because that mean I have to wake up at about six something in the morning just to get here on time! Knowing dang well I’m not a morning person!! Next semester I will not be taking any morning classes if I can help it! I hate everything about morning classes! The traffic is terrible because it be school time, the sun be all shinny and bright just there like “Hey good morning rise and shine!” It’s almost like the sun knows I’m not in the mood when I wake up because it’s always shinning right in my face! When I’m diving, it feels like I’m the only person that the sun is on. When I look at the other drivers everyone else seem to be having a nice, jolly, happy go lucky morning. Then there is me looking all mean and mad trying to keep the sun from getting into my eyes. Then there is the fact that I don’t even get to eat in the morning! They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day, well then in that case if I’m late for class then the teacher should just excuse me because I was eating breakfast! That’s not so hard after all. I know that’s most definitely not going to happen though I wish it would. We shouldn’t have classes on a cold morning because people could sick and die. When I wake up, it be so cold because my sister never likes to turn on the heat so the whole house be feeling like the outdoors! I just don’t understand how and why she is never sick when she should be as cold as the house be!
BLOG #5
November 10, 2014
I want to talk about the ideal college lifestyle. It dissipates (I like this word lol) quickly once the reality is reached. Many young adults imagine vivid pictures of what college might be like for them. However, once these young adults mature into independent men and women, and enter into the school of their choice, they soon realize the reality of the college lifestyle. They must learn to adapt to their new surroundings as quickly as possible to accomplish the sought after degrees. Students come to the realization that life is not as easy as they might hope for. Many young adults seem to believe that college life is filled with parties and typically a laid-back lifestyle. These students believe that, much like high school, classes will be taken during the day and filled with all their friends. They imagine a lifestyle with no other worries besides an occasional essay or lab. It is often said that college is the greatest time of ones life; many high school students believe this and look forward to it. Some enjoy the idea of being able to come to class late, leave when they want, and pretty much have say-so of their own lives now that their parents are out of the picture. The majority of college freshmen enter into school picturing an easy, fun-filled ride. These reasons provide support to the unusually low grades of first-year college students. The widespread college ideal lifestyle is seldom the reality. Students quickly learn that many classes stretch into the nighttime hours. Often, students are not in classes with their friends, but with other students who sometimes can be old enough to be their parents. Although the average college age might be near 20 years old, it can range from 18 to 40 years old or older. There are many middle-aged adults going back to college to get their degree at the same time the 18-year-old college student is going to start his or her degree. (interesting right)
BLOG #6
November 13,2014
Most people in their lifetime will have gone to college. People go to college for all kinds of reasons. Whatever the reason may be, almost everyone will have gone. The biggest adaptation I have had to make in my life was moving to college. Not only was it totally different from high school in relation to the content of classes and homework, but it was also completely different from my home life. I was living on my own, with new surroundings, and new people. Needless to say, this was something like I had never experienced before. Generally, college classes aren't that much more difficult than high school courses. The big difference is that in college I have to do all of my homework outside of class. There's no study hall in college. I have to take it upon myself to get to the library if needed or ask the necessary questions. Another big difference between high school academics and college academics is the importance of the test. Unlike in high school, where daily assignments can help to pad a grade, the main source of grading in college is the test. I have only a couple tests per semester for each class. Each test will count for close to one-third of my grade. This puts me under a heavy burden to do well on each test. Also, with all of the independence I have, homework and studying are not always my first priorities. I would much rather spend time with my friends, watch television, or go to a party than do my schoolwork. I have found that all the distractions that are present in college life lead to procrastinating. There have been many times when I have put off doing an assignment until the night before. It is obvious that as a college student, I have had to adapt to a whole new style of learning.
BLOG #7
November 16, 2014
I really don’t have nothing to blog about but life itself I guess. Life is a great thing to all living things. This is what life is all about. In life, we come across many challenges. Some of them make us who we are while some tell us what we should be. Sometimes it is the opposite. There will be struggle, there will be bad days. Days which would never seem to end. Days which would go on and on, which would keep hurting us till the end. Many of us actually most would give up but the people who wont will be the ones to face the brighter side of the day. The night is darkest before dawn but how can we forget the rainbow after the rain? We understand to love, to give, to endure, to find pleasure, to please but what we do not understand is ourselves during all of this. Life can lie to us and no one will stop it, it can play all sorts of games with us without us even knowing because there is no one controlling it. But whatever happens in life happens for good. Good of all in it. Whatever decisions life takes for us is already planned by it and we must learn to accept it. We must come in terms with the fact that no matter how hard we try to fit in this imperfect world, it will never acknowledge us for who we are. We always feel like becoming everything else around us. But what we do not realize is that everyone wants to be happy in the end of the day. They just want to find someone who will love them and who will stand by them throughout. Throughout the stormy nights, throughout the lonely days, throughout all the cold memories.
BLOG #8
November 18, 2014
I was just sitting here thinking about if I had 1 million dollars. If I had 1 million dollars I would first be in shock! Somebody would have to literally slap me really hard for me to come back to life! I would be so happy to the point where I probably wouldn’t even be able to stand up straight! I would pray and thank God for allowing me to have that money. I would then go put 60 thousand in my savings account and then go buy a range rover, Camaro and a audi. My range rover would be all black on black on black. Black out! Black everything with purple lights. My inside would be purple leather also. My Camaro would be a plum color purple with matching wheels to match and the inside would be plum color purple also. My audi would be all black just like my range rover but with peanut butter color leather seats on the inside. I would then give my momma $25,000 and my grandma. My sisters and brother would only get $20,000 each. My dad wouldn’t get anything. I would buy me a house in Atlanta and a condo in California and make sure they both are paid for! Completely. I would go to goodwill and buy a lot of clothes and shoes for the homeless and go to shelters and pass it out them. I would take my whole family on a family vacation to Hawaii, Brazil, and The Cayman Islands! Everything would be beautiful, peaceful and nothing but fun! Enjoying my young life and making sure my family have fun is the only thing I’m really interested in. Exploring the world and going on dream vacations is all I ever wanted and one day soon I will get that!
BLOG #9
November 18, 2014
Although abuse is something no one wants to believe it does happen. It’s sad but true to know that the dynamics of physical abuse is complex and hard to generalize. Although physical abuse can be predictable in each individual case there is no one pattern or "warning sign for every abuser. Alcohol and drug abuse, stress, and threats to the relationship are a few of the reasons the women categorized the abuse, but the largest percentage noted that ineffective communication was a part of the reason for abuse. Problems such as the inability and unwillingness to talk about feelings could lead to the abuse. Also, more severe communication problems, such as verbal abuse, would end in physical abuse. As the intensity of an argument or conflict escalated the more common it was to end in physical aggression. Often times the men would use violence as a form of control or strategy to end the argument. Some women would do anything to avoid a conflict or argument in fear that it would end in physical abuse. Women reacted differently to the abuse. Some women felt as if they were damned if they do and damned if they don't. They tried to find reasons behind the abuse and questioned their own behavior. Some women fought back with aggression while others didn't know how to or found other was to vent their anger. Women labeled the meaning of the abuse differently depending on the level and amount of physical and physiological abuse they had experienced. Disbelief and confusion, excusing and forgiving, and blaming were the ways the women went through the meaning-making process. Women had much disbelief and confusion that this was happening to them. Even after several years of abuse the women could still be going through this stage because of the empty promises of the abuser to change or stop. Excusing the abuser's behavior is often the next step in finding meaning for the abuse.