Friday, December 01, 2006
Week 16
Class Review
I have enjoyed taking this class this semester. I loved how we were able to share our ideas and our opinions on things that we had read. It was interesting for me to hear what others thoughts were on a particular subject and the reasons why they thought that way. I enjoyed the beginning of our semester because we were we were able to interview a person in the class, and then we were able to tell the class about the person we interviewed. I felt like we all became such good friends throughout the course and we learned a lot from one another.
I felt like I have learned many things while attending this class. I feel like I have become a better writer. I learned how to write papers in other ways than the normal five paragraph thesis essays that we always wrote in high school. I was so grateful that I was able to write about things that I was interested in, and also write about things that I wanted to do more research and do more reading on. I always hated writing papers in high school because we were always assigned a subject and I was never interested in the subjects that I was given. It made me dislike writing but ever since this class I have enjoyed writing because I can write what I think and feel and I can also choose something that interested me. It makes the writing process a lot more enjoyable.
The thing that I wanted to spend more time on would be when we peer reviewed each others papers. I know that we didn’t have a lot of time because our class isn’t very long and we needed to get a lot of other stuff done but I enjoyed getting input from others. I enjoyed when others could help me and could show me what could make my paper stronger. I felt like I became a better writer by listening to others, and that going to the peer review days was something that helped me become a better writer.
I feel that they articles that we read were very beneficial for my schooling. I know that in a lot of my other classes we have to read and remember the information that we have read. I thought that the articles that we read were very interesting because it made us think and made us form our own opinions on certain topics. I think that forming an opinion is something that is crucial in our society today. We are always voting and choosing things that will later be major factors in the way our lives are lived because of what or how we choose. During our class we were also able to talk about what we thought was interesting or what we agreed or disagreed with while we read each article. I loved having our discussions because it made me think of very different view points and brought up bigger questions. It even changed my opinions in some ways because I was able to see why someone else would think differently than me.
I have always enjoyed English; it has been one of my favorite and best subjects. I think that I have learned a lot more in this class and I have benefited from taking the course. I know that it has improved my writing and reading skills. I also know that it has helped me analyze the way I read things and has helped me use the things I read in my life. I am glad that I took this class because it has helped me in all of my classes that I am recently taking, and I know it will help the classes that I take next semester and the classes I plan on taking in the future.
Class Review
I have enjoyed taking this class this semester. I loved how we were able to share our ideas and our opinions on things that we had read. It was interesting for me to hear what others thoughts were on a particular subject and the reasons why they thought that way. I enjoyed the beginning of our semester because we were we were able to interview a person in the class, and then we were able to tell the class about the person we interviewed. I felt like we all became such good friends throughout the course and we learned a lot from one another.
I felt like I have learned many things while attending this class. I feel like I have become a better writer. I learned how to write papers in other ways than the normal five paragraph thesis essays that we always wrote in high school. I was so grateful that I was able to write about things that I was interested in, and also write about things that I wanted to do more research and do more reading on. I always hated writing papers in high school because we were always assigned a subject and I was never interested in the subjects that I was given. It made me dislike writing but ever since this class I have enjoyed writing because I can write what I think and feel and I can also choose something that interested me. It makes the writing process a lot more enjoyable.
The thing that I wanted to spend more time on would be when we peer reviewed each others papers. I know that we didn’t have a lot of time because our class isn’t very long and we needed to get a lot of other stuff done but I enjoyed getting input from others. I enjoyed when others could help me and could show me what could make my paper stronger. I felt like I became a better writer by listening to others, and that going to the peer review days was something that helped me become a better writer.
I feel that they articles that we read were very beneficial for my schooling. I know that in a lot of my other classes we have to read and remember the information that we have read. I thought that the articles that we read were very interesting because it made us think and made us form our own opinions on certain topics. I think that forming an opinion is something that is crucial in our society today. We are always voting and choosing things that will later be major factors in the way our lives are lived because of what or how we choose. During our class we were also able to talk about what we thought was interesting or what we agreed or disagreed with while we read each article. I loved having our discussions because it made me think of very different view points and brought up bigger questions. It even changed my opinions in some ways because I was able to see why someone else would think differently than me.
I have always enjoyed English; it has been one of my favorite and best subjects. I think that I have learned a lot more in this class and I have benefited from taking the course. I know that it has improved my writing and reading skills. I also know that it has helped me analyze the way I read things and has helped me use the things I read in my life. I am glad that I took this class because it has helped me in all of my classes that I am recently taking, and I know it will help the classes that I take next semester and the classes I plan on taking in the future.
Week 16
Class Review
I have enjoyed taking this class this semester. I loved how we were able to share our ideas and our opinions on things that we had read. It was interesting for me to hear what others thoughts were on a particular subject and the reasons why they thought that way. I enjoyed the beginning of our semester because we were we were able to interview a person in the class, and then we were able to tell the class about the person we interviewed. I felt like we all became such good friends throughout the course and we learned a lot from one another.
I felt like I have learned many things while attending this class. I feel like I have become a better writer. I learned how to write papers in other ways than the normal five paragraph thesis essays that we always wrote in high school. I was so grateful that I was able to write about things that I was interested in, and also write about things that I wanted to do more research and do more reading on. I always hated writing papers in high school because we were always assigned a subject and I was never interested in the subjects that I was given. It made me dislike writing but ever since this class I have enjoyed writing because I can write what I think and feel and I can also choose something that interested me. It makes the writing process a lot more enjoyable.
The thing that I wanted to spend more time on would be when we peer reviewed each others papers. I know that we didn’t have a lot of time because our class isn’t very long and we needed to get a lot of other stuff done but I enjoyed getting input from others. I enjoyed when others could help me and could show me what could make my paper stronger. I felt like I became a better writer by listening to others, and that going to the peer review days was something that helped me become a better writer.
I feel that they articles that we read were very beneficial for my schooling. I know that in a lot of my other classes we have to read and remember the information that we have read. I thought that the articles that we read were very interesting because it made us think and made us form our own opinions on certain topics. I think that forming an opinion is something that is crucial in our society today. We are always voting and choosing things that will later be major factors in the way our lives are lived because of what or how we choose. During our class we were also able to talk about what we thought was interesting or what we agreed or disagreed with while we read each article. I loved having our discussions because it made me think of very different view points and brought up bigger questions. It even changed my opinions in some ways because I was able to see why someone else would think differently than me.
I have always enjoyed English; it has been one of my favorite and best subjects. I think that I have learned a lot more in this class and I have benefited from taking the course. I know that it has improved my writing and reading skills. I also know that it has helped me analyze the way I read things and has helped me use the things I read in my life. I am glad that I took this class because it has helped me in all of my classes that I am recently taking, and I know it will help the classes that I take next semester and the classes I plan on taking in the future.
Class Review
I have enjoyed taking this class this semester. I loved how we were able to share our ideas and our opinions on things that we had read. It was interesting for me to hear what others thoughts were on a particular subject and the reasons why they thought that way. I enjoyed the beginning of our semester because we were we were able to interview a person in the class, and then we were able to tell the class about the person we interviewed. I felt like we all became such good friends throughout the course and we learned a lot from one another.
I felt like I have learned many things while attending this class. I feel like I have become a better writer. I learned how to write papers in other ways than the normal five paragraph thesis essays that we always wrote in high school. I was so grateful that I was able to write about things that I was interested in, and also write about things that I wanted to do more research and do more reading on. I always hated writing papers in high school because we were always assigned a subject and I was never interested in the subjects that I was given. It made me dislike writing but ever since this class I have enjoyed writing because I can write what I think and feel and I can also choose something that interested me. It makes the writing process a lot more enjoyable.
The thing that I wanted to spend more time on would be when we peer reviewed each others papers. I know that we didn’t have a lot of time because our class isn’t very long and we needed to get a lot of other stuff done but I enjoyed getting input from others. I enjoyed when others could help me and could show me what could make my paper stronger. I felt like I became a better writer by listening to others, and that going to the peer review days was something that helped me become a better writer.
I feel that they articles that we read were very beneficial for my schooling. I know that in a lot of my other classes we have to read and remember the information that we have read. I thought that the articles that we read were very interesting because it made us think and made us form our own opinions on certain topics. I think that forming an opinion is something that is crucial in our society today. We are always voting and choosing things that will later be major factors in the way our lives are lived because of what or how we choose. During our class we were also able to talk about what we thought was interesting or what we agreed or disagreed with while we read each article. I loved having our discussions because it made me think of very different view points and brought up bigger questions. It even changed my opinions in some ways because I was able to see why someone else would think differently than me.
I have always enjoyed English; it has been one of my favorite and best subjects. I think that I have learned a lot more in this class and I have benefited from taking the course. I know that it has improved my writing and reading skills. I also know that it has helped me analyze the way I read things and has helped me use the things I read in my life. I am glad that I took this class because it has helped me in all of my classes that I am recently taking, and I know it will help the classes that I take next semester and the classes I plan on taking in the future.
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Week 15
Peer Review Experience:
During this class I have really enjoyed doing peer reviews. I know it has helped me write better papers, and it has improved my sentence structure. I know that the peer review has helped me in the way I write because others have shown me how I could better word a sentence and structure my paragraphs and sentences. I enjoyed reading others papers and correcting things I felt sounded weird or that were unorganized. I enjoyed learning more about my peers and the views and opinions they had on certain topics.
I was sad that we didn’t get to do a peer review for our paper four. I felt like I did a lot worse because I didn’t get to have as many people look over and revise my paper. I know it would have been a big help for each of us if we would have been able to do a peer review on that paper, and if we read each others papers. I loved how we did revisions on all of our other papers though; it made me a lot less stressed and gave me a chance to write a rough draft. When I have to write a whole paper with out a rough draft I feel that I don’t get to revise it as much as I would like to. I was glad that we got to write rough drafts and have many revisions in our class this semester.
Sometimes I felt like some of the students in our class wouldn’t give enough help. I felt that they just said things that were nice because they didn’t want to sound rude. When someone is revising my paper I don’t care if they sound nice, I want to know what sounds weird, what is spelled wrong, or anything that sound confusing. I want to get a better grade on my paper, and I want to come out with a stronger, bolder paper. I don’t mind when other students tell me things like, “Your paper isn’t formatted right,” or “You aren’t clear in this area.” I felt that there was a great deal of people that were a slight withdrawn towards my papers because of the fact that they thought they were being rude if they said anything, or that they would offend me or my paper.
I also felt that there were a few people who weren’t as good as writers then me. I am not saying that I am an amazing writer or anything like that. I simply felt that there were a couple people who read my paper, and I didn’t get anything positive out of them reading it. They seemed bored and uninterested and I didn’t appreciate the little I got from them. They also seemed as if they just sped threw it and didn’t try to fix anything. It seemed as if they just want to hurry and get it over with.
There were many people who sat around me who were a great benefit for my paper though. They told me things that I never thought of that I could put in my paper, and they were the people who made the peer review such a positive and enjoying experience. I was able to get a better grade on my paper, and I learned how I could structure things better through out my paper. I felt that we all used our time wisely and we were able to help each other.
I felt like I helped students with their papers also. I was able to give the students more information that I knew more about on their topic and was able to list things that they could make certain sentences and paragraphs stronger. I also helped to show them how to do a work cited and how to format the papers.
Peer Review Experience:
During this class I have really enjoyed doing peer reviews. I know it has helped me write better papers, and it has improved my sentence structure. I know that the peer review has helped me in the way I write because others have shown me how I could better word a sentence and structure my paragraphs and sentences. I enjoyed reading others papers and correcting things I felt sounded weird or that were unorganized. I enjoyed learning more about my peers and the views and opinions they had on certain topics.
I was sad that we didn’t get to do a peer review for our paper four. I felt like I did a lot worse because I didn’t get to have as many people look over and revise my paper. I know it would have been a big help for each of us if we would have been able to do a peer review on that paper, and if we read each others papers. I loved how we did revisions on all of our other papers though; it made me a lot less stressed and gave me a chance to write a rough draft. When I have to write a whole paper with out a rough draft I feel that I don’t get to revise it as much as I would like to. I was glad that we got to write rough drafts and have many revisions in our class this semester.
Sometimes I felt like some of the students in our class wouldn’t give enough help. I felt that they just said things that were nice because they didn’t want to sound rude. When someone is revising my paper I don’t care if they sound nice, I want to know what sounds weird, what is spelled wrong, or anything that sound confusing. I want to get a better grade on my paper, and I want to come out with a stronger, bolder paper. I don’t mind when other students tell me things like, “Your paper isn’t formatted right,” or “You aren’t clear in this area.” I felt that there was a great deal of people that were a slight withdrawn towards my papers because of the fact that they thought they were being rude if they said anything, or that they would offend me or my paper.
I also felt that there were a few people who weren’t as good as writers then me. I am not saying that I am an amazing writer or anything like that. I simply felt that there were a couple people who read my paper, and I didn’t get anything positive out of them reading it. They seemed bored and uninterested and I didn’t appreciate the little I got from them. They also seemed as if they just sped threw it and didn’t try to fix anything. It seemed as if they just want to hurry and get it over with.
There were many people who sat around me who were a great benefit for my paper though. They told me things that I never thought of that I could put in my paper, and they were the people who made the peer review such a positive and enjoying experience. I was able to get a better grade on my paper, and I learned how I could structure things better through out my paper. I felt that we all used our time wisely and we were able to help each other.
I felt like I helped students with their papers also. I was able to give the students more information that I knew more about on their topic and was able to list things that they could make certain sentences and paragraphs stronger. I also helped to show them how to do a work cited and how to format the papers.
Friday, November 24, 2006
Week 14
Experience
During this past week I was able to go and visit some of my relatives during the Thanksgiving break. We all decided that it would be fun to go to Las Vegas this year so we all stayed down there for three nights and four days. While I was there I noticed how much people worry about actors, actresses, dancers, singers, and performers. People seemed to worry about where they were at what they are doing. These performers were advertised on billboards, moving vans, taxis, in the Las Vegas magazines, and even on the television. It seemed as if everyone needed to know everything about these performers just to be able to function.
I decided to write this week’s blog on an article I read about the pop singer Justin Timberlake. Throughout the article many questions popped into my mind. I started thinking about media hype and questioned myself if I really cared about these people. I read an interview that Justin talked about his new album. He seemed pretty excited about it and said that it was going to be his best so far. I started to wonder if singers just say things like that so we will buy their albums. I also started questioning if he only talks kindly to people who interview him. I know that all movie starts and singers aren’t rude, but I can’t see them being kind to people all the time because that is a part of being human.
While in Las Vegas my family and I went and walked around a famous wax museum. They had stars made out of wax that resembled the stars perfectly. It was fun to see the stars that I really liked, but there were people sculpted there that I wondered why they even put them in the museum. I understand when a person is famous because of something they are talented at such as acting, singing, and dancing or something they have discovered or accomplished but I feel like the people who are on reality shows, and people who try to put themselves out there for the attention shouldn’t be admired by us. I just think that you should do something useful in order to get attention or to be admired.
Another reason why I decided to write this weeks article about stars was because I was watching the CMT awards last week. Earlier I heard on the radio that many people thought that the recent American Idol, Carrie Underwood would win the female vocalist of the year award, and that she was competing with Faith Hill. I thought it was amazing how a girl so young and new could beat out Faith Hill, who in which had been singing for years and who had won this award several times before. During the CMT awards they announced the nominees for the female vocalist of the year and Faith Hill stood up as if she knew she was going to win. The name was then called out and Carrie Underwood had won the award. Faith Hill threw her arms up in the air and used body language that showed us that she was angry. While I watched this I wondered why a person would do that. Don’t you think that Faith Hill has enough? Can’t she let someone else win the award? I really enjoy Faith Hill don’t get me wrong, but when people do stupid things like this for attention it really makes me think of them otherwise. I use to really like seeing famous people but after seeing and reading through many things this past week I feel that sometimes we worry about them too much. They are normal people and we need to treat them like that. We shouldn’t worry and waste so much time on what they are wearing and where they are going. I think it’s pointless and useless.
Experience
During this past week I was able to go and visit some of my relatives during the Thanksgiving break. We all decided that it would be fun to go to Las Vegas this year so we all stayed down there for three nights and four days. While I was there I noticed how much people worry about actors, actresses, dancers, singers, and performers. People seemed to worry about where they were at what they are doing. These performers were advertised on billboards, moving vans, taxis, in the Las Vegas magazines, and even on the television. It seemed as if everyone needed to know everything about these performers just to be able to function.
I decided to write this week’s blog on an article I read about the pop singer Justin Timberlake. Throughout the article many questions popped into my mind. I started thinking about media hype and questioned myself if I really cared about these people. I read an interview that Justin talked about his new album. He seemed pretty excited about it and said that it was going to be his best so far. I started to wonder if singers just say things like that so we will buy their albums. I also started questioning if he only talks kindly to people who interview him. I know that all movie starts and singers aren’t rude, but I can’t see them being kind to people all the time because that is a part of being human.
While in Las Vegas my family and I went and walked around a famous wax museum. They had stars made out of wax that resembled the stars perfectly. It was fun to see the stars that I really liked, but there were people sculpted there that I wondered why they even put them in the museum. I understand when a person is famous because of something they are talented at such as acting, singing, and dancing or something they have discovered or accomplished but I feel like the people who are on reality shows, and people who try to put themselves out there for the attention shouldn’t be admired by us. I just think that you should do something useful in order to get attention or to be admired.
Another reason why I decided to write this weeks article about stars was because I was watching the CMT awards last week. Earlier I heard on the radio that many people thought that the recent American Idol, Carrie Underwood would win the female vocalist of the year award, and that she was competing with Faith Hill. I thought it was amazing how a girl so young and new could beat out Faith Hill, who in which had been singing for years and who had won this award several times before. During the CMT awards they announced the nominees for the female vocalist of the year and Faith Hill stood up as if she knew she was going to win. The name was then called out and Carrie Underwood had won the award. Faith Hill threw her arms up in the air and used body language that showed us that she was angry. While I watched this I wondered why a person would do that. Don’t you think that Faith Hill has enough? Can’t she let someone else win the award? I really enjoy Faith Hill don’t get me wrong, but when people do stupid things like this for attention it really makes me think of them otherwise. I use to really like seeing famous people but after seeing and reading through many things this past week I feel that sometimes we worry about them too much. They are normal people and we need to treat them like that. We shouldn’t worry and waste so much time on what they are wearing and where they are going. I think it’s pointless and useless.
Week 14
Experience
During this past week I was able to go and visit some of my relatives during the Thanksgiving break. We all decided that it would be fun to go to Las Vegas this year so we all stayed down there for three nights and four days. While I was there I noticed how much people worry about actors, actresses, dancers, singers, and performers. People seemed to worry about where they were at what they are doing. These performers were advertised on billboards, moving vans, taxis, in the Las Vegas magazines, and even on the television. It seemed as if everyone needed to know everything about these performers just to be able to function.
I decided to write this week’s blog on an article I read about the pop singer Justin Timberlake. Throughout the article many questions popped into my mind. I started thinking about media hype and questioned myself if I really cared about these people. I read an interview that Justin talked about his new album. He seemed pretty excited about it and said that it was going to be his best so far. I started to wonder if singers just say things like that so we will buy their albums. I also started questioning if he only talks kindly to people who interview him. I know that all movie starts and singers aren’t rude, but I can’t see them being kind to people all the time because that is a part of being human.
While in Las Vegas my family and I went and walked around a famous wax museum. They had stars made out of wax that resembled the stars perfectly. It was fun to see the stars that I really liked, but there were people sculpted there that I wondered why they even put them in the museum. I understand when a person is famous because of something they are talented at such as acting, singing, and dancing or something they have discovered or accomplished but I feel like the people who are on reality shows, and people who try to put themselves out there for the attention shouldn’t be admired by us. I just think that you should do something useful in order to get attention or to be admired.
Another reason why I decided to write this weeks article about stars was because I was watching the CMT awards last week. Earlier I heard on the radio that many people thought that the recent American Idol, Carrie Underwood would win the female vocalist of the year award, and that she was competing with Faith Hill. I thought it was amazing how a girl so young and new could beat out Faith Hill, who in which had been singing for years and who had won this award several times before. During the CMT awards they announced the nominees for the female vocalist of the year and Faith Hill stood up as if she knew she was going to win. The name was then called out and Carrie Underwood had won the award. Faith Hill threw her arms up in the air and used body language that showed us that she was angry. While I watched this I wondered why a person would do that. Don’t you think that Faith Hill has enough? Can’t she let someone else win the award? I really enjoy Faith Hill don’t get me wrong, but when people do stupid things like this for attention it really makes me think of them otherwise. I use to really like seeing famous people but after seeing and reading through many things this past week I feel that sometimes we worry about them too much. They are normal people and we need to treat them like that. We shouldn’t worry and waste so much time on what they are wearing and where they are going. I think it’s pointless and useless.
Experience
During this past week I was able to go and visit some of my relatives during the Thanksgiving break. We all decided that it would be fun to go to Las Vegas this year so we all stayed down there for three nights and four days. While I was there I noticed how much people worry about actors, actresses, dancers, singers, and performers. People seemed to worry about where they were at what they are doing. These performers were advertised on billboards, moving vans, taxis, in the Las Vegas magazines, and even on the television. It seemed as if everyone needed to know everything about these performers just to be able to function.
I decided to write this week’s blog on an article I read about the pop singer Justin Timberlake. Throughout the article many questions popped into my mind. I started thinking about media hype and questioned myself if I really cared about these people. I read an interview that Justin talked about his new album. He seemed pretty excited about it and said that it was going to be his best so far. I started to wonder if singers just say things like that so we will buy their albums. I also started questioning if he only talks kindly to people who interview him. I know that all movie starts and singers aren’t rude, but I can’t see them being kind to people all the time because that is a part of being human.
While in Las Vegas my family and I went and walked around a famous wax museum. They had stars made out of wax that resembled the stars perfectly. It was fun to see the stars that I really liked, but there were people sculpted there that I wondered why they even put them in the museum. I understand when a person is famous because of something they are talented at such as acting, singing, and dancing or something they have discovered or accomplished but I feel like the people who are on reality shows, and people who try to put themselves out there for the attention shouldn’t be admired by us. I just think that you should do something useful in order to get attention or to be admired.
Another reason why I decided to write this weeks article about stars was because I was watching the CMT awards last week. Earlier I heard on the radio that many people thought that the recent American Idol, Carrie Underwood would win the female vocalist of the year award, and that she was competing with Faith Hill. I thought it was amazing how a girl so young and new could beat out Faith Hill, who in which had been singing for years and who had won this award several times before. During the CMT awards they announced the nominees for the female vocalist of the year and Faith Hill stood up as if she knew she was going to win. The name was then called out and Carrie Underwood had won the award. Faith Hill threw her arms up in the air and used body language that showed us that she was angry. While I watched this I wondered why a person would do that. Don’t you think that Faith Hill has enough? Can’t she let someone else win the award? I really enjoy Faith Hill don’t get me wrong, but when people do stupid things like this for attention it really makes me think of them otherwise. I use to really like seeing famous people but after seeing and reading through many things this past week I feel that sometimes we worry about them too much. They are normal people and we need to treat them like that. We shouldn’t worry and waste so much time on what they are wearing and where they are going. I think it’s pointless and useless.
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Week 13
Research Update
I am writing paper five on my same topic, which is elementary education. Throughout paper four I talked about the benefits that and education can have on our lives. I emphasized why an education is very vital in our society and why it can have such a positive impact in our lives. I gave many examples of why an education can be beneficial for each person’s life and the lives around them.
Since paper four I have been thinking of what else I would like to research on this topic. I want to find more things that would be interesting for me to learn and apply to my elementary education knowledge. While I was doing research for paper four I was able to talk to a friend about what she thought was interesting about an education. She pointed out that education in the United States is very different than the education in other countries. I thought this was very interesting and I asked her why she thought that, her reply was that we as Americans are lazier than other countries, and we try to find the easiest way out of anything, especially when we feel that it is hard or that is boring. We feel like we should be entertained and enjoy everything that we are doing.
I decided to do some more research on this and found an article that talked about Japanese education. I found out that they learn things at a very young age and that an education is their top priority. They are tested harder in subjects and have to study more than they would have to if they lived here in the United States. Through out this article I remembered a kid who was in my math class last year. He was a sophomore and I was a senior and he seemed to know more than I did. I always told him that I thought the class was very hard and that I had to study so much. He said that this class was so easy compared to all the classes that he took when he lived in Japan. I couldn’t believe it, I felt like this was so hard. He told me that they learn more while they are younger and that school is longer for them there. They don’t get out as early as we do so they are able learn more. He said that you had to do your homework or you would never understand what was going on in class. You could not just try to act like you did it or get it from someone else because you had to know to learn other things.
For my paper five I want to research more on why an education is different in other countries. I want to know if it is because of their culture or if there are any other reasons. I feel that we need to be educated just as much or we will be a few steps behind the world. Knowledge is everything, it helps you progress, prepare, and enjoy. I want to research more so that I can find out why Americans aren’t quite as worried about getting a good education. Is it simply because of our laziness? All people aren’t lazy in the United States, so I feel that there must be other reasons. This conversation with a friend and an old math friend has sparked a question for me to research. I am excited to find out the reasons why we are simply passing up a good thing.
Research Update
I am writing paper five on my same topic, which is elementary education. Throughout paper four I talked about the benefits that and education can have on our lives. I emphasized why an education is very vital in our society and why it can have such a positive impact in our lives. I gave many examples of why an education can be beneficial for each person’s life and the lives around them.
Since paper four I have been thinking of what else I would like to research on this topic. I want to find more things that would be interesting for me to learn and apply to my elementary education knowledge. While I was doing research for paper four I was able to talk to a friend about what she thought was interesting about an education. She pointed out that education in the United States is very different than the education in other countries. I thought this was very interesting and I asked her why she thought that, her reply was that we as Americans are lazier than other countries, and we try to find the easiest way out of anything, especially when we feel that it is hard or that is boring. We feel like we should be entertained and enjoy everything that we are doing.
I decided to do some more research on this and found an article that talked about Japanese education. I found out that they learn things at a very young age and that an education is their top priority. They are tested harder in subjects and have to study more than they would have to if they lived here in the United States. Through out this article I remembered a kid who was in my math class last year. He was a sophomore and I was a senior and he seemed to know more than I did. I always told him that I thought the class was very hard and that I had to study so much. He said that this class was so easy compared to all the classes that he took when he lived in Japan. I couldn’t believe it, I felt like this was so hard. He told me that they learn more while they are younger and that school is longer for them there. They don’t get out as early as we do so they are able learn more. He said that you had to do your homework or you would never understand what was going on in class. You could not just try to act like you did it or get it from someone else because you had to know to learn other things.
For my paper five I want to research more on why an education is different in other countries. I want to know if it is because of their culture or if there are any other reasons. I feel that we need to be educated just as much or we will be a few steps behind the world. Knowledge is everything, it helps you progress, prepare, and enjoy. I want to research more so that I can find out why Americans aren’t quite as worried about getting a good education. Is it simply because of our laziness? All people aren’t lazy in the United States, so I feel that there must be other reasons. This conversation with a friend and an old math friend has sparked a question for me to research. I am excited to find out the reasons why we are simply passing up a good thing.
Monday, November 06, 2006
Marie AntoinetteQueen of France
1755 - 1793
"Courage! I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose itat the moment when my sufferings are to end?"
—Marie Antoinette
Week 12
I would like to write this week’s blog on a movie called “Marie Antoinette.” I recently saw this movie over the weekend and it popped some questions into my mind that I’d like to write about. Okay, so I know what you are thinking, how is this related to our English class? Well I was very interested in Marie Antoinette; as a result I did some research on her to see who she really was, and what she was like. I wanted to see if the movie that had just come out was really portraying her or was just for our entertainment.
Me and my Mom went and saw the movie on Saturday. At first I wasn’t sure if I would like it because I hadn’t heard if it was good, and I didn’t know anything about the woman named Marie Antoinette. Throughout the movie it shows the young actress, Kirsten Durst playing the part of Marie Antoinette. Marie moves to a different country and marries someone who she hardly knows and likes. She was set up with the Kings nephew when she was a child. They soon are married and she keeps getting letters from her mother telling her that she needs to have a son because if she doesn’t than the king of France position could be filled by someone else. Her husband, Louis XVI, later becomes the King of France. He is extremely young and it is hard for him to run the country because it is hard for him to decide what to do with his country. He listens to men who are older, but ends up giving away a lot of Frances money to other countries. His wife Marie spends most of the money on things for herself. She makes her servants grow her gardens, make her a new dress almost everyday, and will spend most of her time partying.
Their actions come back to haunt the young Queen and King. They are later confronted by a mob, and later removed from their palace. The movie ends with the King, Queen, and their children leaving the beautiful place. I thought the ending was really awkward and I wanted to know what happened next. I went home and did some research on Google, and found out what happened to this young family.
The royal family was later arrested and placed in prison. They were then mistreated. Maries best friend, the Princess de Lambelle was severely killed and her head was cut off and put on a pike and shown to the Queen. Her children were then taken from her, and her husband died from malnutrition and tuberculosis. He was also cruelly beaten by the jail owners. Later Marie Antoinette was accused of crimes that were unproved, and was later executed on October 16, 1793. All of her children except her oldest died in the prison. France was later restored and became a republic in 1871.
Work Cited:
Lucidcafé. “Marie Antoinette Queen of France.” October 2006: Pg 1,2 of 2
1755 - 1793
"Courage! I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose itat the moment when my sufferings are to end?"
—Marie Antoinette
Week 12
I would like to write this week’s blog on a movie called “Marie Antoinette.” I recently saw this movie over the weekend and it popped some questions into my mind that I’d like to write about. Okay, so I know what you are thinking, how is this related to our English class? Well I was very interested in Marie Antoinette; as a result I did some research on her to see who she really was, and what she was like. I wanted to see if the movie that had just come out was really portraying her or was just for our entertainment.
Me and my Mom went and saw the movie on Saturday. At first I wasn’t sure if I would like it because I hadn’t heard if it was good, and I didn’t know anything about the woman named Marie Antoinette. Throughout the movie it shows the young actress, Kirsten Durst playing the part of Marie Antoinette. Marie moves to a different country and marries someone who she hardly knows and likes. She was set up with the Kings nephew when she was a child. They soon are married and she keeps getting letters from her mother telling her that she needs to have a son because if she doesn’t than the king of France position could be filled by someone else. Her husband, Louis XVI, later becomes the King of France. He is extremely young and it is hard for him to run the country because it is hard for him to decide what to do with his country. He listens to men who are older, but ends up giving away a lot of Frances money to other countries. His wife Marie spends most of the money on things for herself. She makes her servants grow her gardens, make her a new dress almost everyday, and will spend most of her time partying.
Their actions come back to haunt the young Queen and King. They are later confronted by a mob, and later removed from their palace. The movie ends with the King, Queen, and their children leaving the beautiful place. I thought the ending was really awkward and I wanted to know what happened next. I went home and did some research on Google, and found out what happened to this young family.
The royal family was later arrested and placed in prison. They were then mistreated. Maries best friend, the Princess de Lambelle was severely killed and her head was cut off and put on a pike and shown to the Queen. Her children were then taken from her, and her husband died from malnutrition and tuberculosis. He was also cruelly beaten by the jail owners. Later Marie Antoinette was accused of crimes that were unproved, and was later executed on October 16, 1793. All of her children except her oldest died in the prison. France was later restored and became a republic in 1871.
Work Cited:
Lucidcafé. “Marie Antoinette Queen of France.” October 2006: Pg 1,2 of 2
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Week 11
I was excited to see that it was my choice for this week’s blog. I always like writing my response to something, recording my thoughts on a question, or writing about anything I thought was interesting throughout the course.
I decided to write this week’s blog on something I had read over the weekend. I work at a place called Pier 49. It’s a restaurant franchise that makes pizza, sells ice cream, and anything else that’s good and fattening. During a Saturday morning shift I was sitting in the front waiting for customers. Saturday mornings are slow, because we don’t get the usual teachers, constructor works, and students in for lunch on this day. While I waited a lady who brings the mail slipped in a package of free magazines that customers could take with them for free. On the front cover there was a cute little girl dressed in a Halloween costume that resembled a baby chick. I read the cover and it said something about ghost hunters. Since Halloween is coming up I decided to take a look. I quickly opened it to page twenty-eight and saw two girls around the age of twenty five explaining that they had met each other during a summer camp, and they quickly became friends when they found out that they were both very interested in spirits and ghosts. I was interested because these women were actually “ghost hunters” this was their occupation and something they both enjoyed doing. They would set up cameras and recorders in peoples barns, buildings, old homes, and even cemeteries to see if the place was really haunted by ghosts.
During the article the women talked about what you need in order to become a good ghost hunter. They said things like: Take a Flashlight- You do not want to be stuck in a scary building without a light. Use a digital Camera- You can check your pictures right after and see if you got what you wanted. Bring a Tape Recorder- You can listen after you have gone through the house/building to see if any weird noises or voices were recorded. After I had read through the “tips” column I thought to myself, are these people just putting on a show? Do you think they really see or hear things? Are old buildings really haunted? I then read that these women even taught classes for ghost hunting, and that they teach you the signs of a ghost in presence. The women told us a few that seemed to surprise me.
During the article I didn’t believe it. After I had finished I kept wondering if this was just put in the article since its Halloween season, or if the article were in the magazine because the girls do this for their career. I was still unsure who or what I believe when I got off of work, so I asked a close friend what he thought. He simply replied that he thinks that there is a lot of weird stuff that goes on. He felt that people can become satanic, and crazy and that weird spirits can come if there is evil present. It made me wonder, what do I believe? During the past couple of days I felt as if I believe my friend. I feel that when there are wicked things then evil spirits can come. When you are just out with your friends and not doing anything wrong, bad, or evil then these things won’t appear. I feel that if there’s a place were people say that there are haunted or evil spirits, then we need to get rid of those buildings. It is not good to get in with things that are scary and satanic.
I was excited to see that it was my choice for this week’s blog. I always like writing my response to something, recording my thoughts on a question, or writing about anything I thought was interesting throughout the course.
I decided to write this week’s blog on something I had read over the weekend. I work at a place called Pier 49. It’s a restaurant franchise that makes pizza, sells ice cream, and anything else that’s good and fattening. During a Saturday morning shift I was sitting in the front waiting for customers. Saturday mornings are slow, because we don’t get the usual teachers, constructor works, and students in for lunch on this day. While I waited a lady who brings the mail slipped in a package of free magazines that customers could take with them for free. On the front cover there was a cute little girl dressed in a Halloween costume that resembled a baby chick. I read the cover and it said something about ghost hunters. Since Halloween is coming up I decided to take a look. I quickly opened it to page twenty-eight and saw two girls around the age of twenty five explaining that they had met each other during a summer camp, and they quickly became friends when they found out that they were both very interested in spirits and ghosts. I was interested because these women were actually “ghost hunters” this was their occupation and something they both enjoyed doing. They would set up cameras and recorders in peoples barns, buildings, old homes, and even cemeteries to see if the place was really haunted by ghosts.
During the article the women talked about what you need in order to become a good ghost hunter. They said things like: Take a Flashlight- You do not want to be stuck in a scary building without a light. Use a digital Camera- You can check your pictures right after and see if you got what you wanted. Bring a Tape Recorder- You can listen after you have gone through the house/building to see if any weird noises or voices were recorded. After I had read through the “tips” column I thought to myself, are these people just putting on a show? Do you think they really see or hear things? Are old buildings really haunted? I then read that these women even taught classes for ghost hunting, and that they teach you the signs of a ghost in presence. The women told us a few that seemed to surprise me.
During the article I didn’t believe it. After I had finished I kept wondering if this was just put in the article since its Halloween season, or if the article were in the magazine because the girls do this for their career. I was still unsure who or what I believe when I got off of work, so I asked a close friend what he thought. He simply replied that he thinks that there is a lot of weird stuff that goes on. He felt that people can become satanic, and crazy and that weird spirits can come if there is evil present. It made me wonder, what do I believe? During the past couple of days I felt as if I believe my friend. I feel that when there are wicked things then evil spirits can come. When you are just out with your friends and not doing anything wrong, bad, or evil then these things won’t appear. I feel that if there’s a place were people say that there are haunted or evil spirits, then we need to get rid of those buildings. It is not good to get in with things that are scary and satanic.
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Week Ten:
I decided to write paper five on something that deals with elementary education. I choose this particular topic because I am a little unsure if I want to be an elementary teacher. I have always thought it would be fun, but I still want to be one hundred percent sure that I still want to. I know the research, and reading for my paper would be good to help me decide.
I printed off a few articles that are related to elementary education, but I haven’t narrowed them down to a certain topic that I want to follow in my article. I will tell you about each article, and this will help me decide which one will be best for my paper.
The first article that I have is called “Environmental Education at Pre-school.” This paper talks about how children should be involved as young as two and three years old because this is a “period of very intense development of all areas of the personality, in which half of the person’s intellectual potential is developed.” (Lubomira pg 258). I thought it was interesting because I never thought of pre-school as being a place where you really learn. I always thought of it as a place where a parent could take their child each day while they either went to work, or so it would give the parent or even the child a few hours to be away from home and each other. This article says that during the younger years of a person it is crucial that they seek schooling, and they interact socially with others because it will help them through out their whole life.
The second article that I read was entitled, “Why Do We Send Children to School?” The title states the article perfectly. It starts about by asking why we need to take our children to school, and what the benefits are from it. They also show a study in the middle of the article to show what the purpose of schooling does. It gives reasons why education is good for students. Some of them include, avoiding cultural pitfall, for example: unwanted pregnancy, AIDS, drugs, and alcoholism. They state that if you are educated you are less likely to start an crimes or problems. I like this paper because it gives a very strong response to the title and why education is such an important thing in our society. I also asked the question on how they feel like their study is very correct, they only asked teachers what their views on education are, but they didn’t ask others who might be against education.
The third article I read was “Helping Children Cope with Fears: Using Children’s Literature in Classroom Guidance.” This paper states that children start to worry about crime, war, and many things that adults think about. They see their parents worrying about these issues and feel as if they should worry about them also. They tend to shy away from the world because they are scared and feel insecure. The paper goes on to say why these fears are developed and what parents should and can to do help their child. It states that parents should get their children involved by reading, because in books the child can see how a character can confront many of the same dilemmas that are faced by the child in our society. The paper shows many books that can help benefit a child that’s in this circumstance.
I really like all three of the articles that I read, I feel like all of them could greatly benefit my paper. After reading through the articles and finding what the benefits of the topic are I feel like I am going to write my final paper on the benefits of education. I thought they each had part that were valuable and could help support me in my paper five.
Work Cited:
Lubomira, Domka. “Environmental Education at Pre-School.”
International Research in Geographical and Enviromental Education 2004: pg 258
I decided to write paper five on something that deals with elementary education. I choose this particular topic because I am a little unsure if I want to be an elementary teacher. I have always thought it would be fun, but I still want to be one hundred percent sure that I still want to. I know the research, and reading for my paper would be good to help me decide.
I printed off a few articles that are related to elementary education, but I haven’t narrowed them down to a certain topic that I want to follow in my article. I will tell you about each article, and this will help me decide which one will be best for my paper.
The first article that I have is called “Environmental Education at Pre-school.” This paper talks about how children should be involved as young as two and three years old because this is a “period of very intense development of all areas of the personality, in which half of the person’s intellectual potential is developed.” (Lubomira pg 258). I thought it was interesting because I never thought of pre-school as being a place where you really learn. I always thought of it as a place where a parent could take their child each day while they either went to work, or so it would give the parent or even the child a few hours to be away from home and each other. This article says that during the younger years of a person it is crucial that they seek schooling, and they interact socially with others because it will help them through out their whole life.
The second article that I read was entitled, “Why Do We Send Children to School?” The title states the article perfectly. It starts about by asking why we need to take our children to school, and what the benefits are from it. They also show a study in the middle of the article to show what the purpose of schooling does. It gives reasons why education is good for students. Some of them include, avoiding cultural pitfall, for example: unwanted pregnancy, AIDS, drugs, and alcoholism. They state that if you are educated you are less likely to start an crimes or problems. I like this paper because it gives a very strong response to the title and why education is such an important thing in our society. I also asked the question on how they feel like their study is very correct, they only asked teachers what their views on education are, but they didn’t ask others who might be against education.
The third article I read was “Helping Children Cope with Fears: Using Children’s Literature in Classroom Guidance.” This paper states that children start to worry about crime, war, and many things that adults think about. They see their parents worrying about these issues and feel as if they should worry about them also. They tend to shy away from the world because they are scared and feel insecure. The paper goes on to say why these fears are developed and what parents should and can to do help their child. It states that parents should get their children involved by reading, because in books the child can see how a character can confront many of the same dilemmas that are faced by the child in our society. The paper shows many books that can help benefit a child that’s in this circumstance.
I really like all three of the articles that I read, I feel like all of them could greatly benefit my paper. After reading through the articles and finding what the benefits of the topic are I feel like I am going to write my final paper on the benefits of education. I thought they each had part that were valuable and could help support me in my paper five.
Work Cited:
Lubomira, Domka. “Environmental Education at Pre-School.”
International Research in Geographical and Enviromental Education 2004: pg 258
