#14 SuperBlog

This semester in English 101 blogging gave me a chance to do something that I never thought I would have to do. I felt like a teacher writing a statement on the board and students commenting. Starting a blog was a great way to distinguish our class from other English 101 classes. Even if you were not a great writer and didn’t have a ton of insight, it gave us a way to look at how to analyze what you were reading in the Reader. I found it very interesting that we blog instead of talking in class so much. I did feel that we could have used a more better prompt, or website. Some students did not do their blogs because they either forgot, or felt that it was not worth their time. Using the Reader book was also an epic fail. I did not like it for blogging. Most blogs fail because; 1.) We get off track trying to blog about a long post that the teacher posted. 2.) We do not understand what is being asked. 3.) We lack focus. 4.) Students do not update their blogs, so we can not comment. Blogging was very difficult we should have used another method. We can try a different way of blogging to help the students get the blogging grade they need.
The Reader book was a big source that was necessary for blogging in this class. I did not like using the book, because the essays were not something you can automatically understand. It took more time to sit read, and understand this than to blog. Some students did not even have the book. This was a waste of time. The teacher could have used the journal post to do a blog instead of having a journal in a notebook in class. That just gave us an extra book to carry around, no matter how small or big it was.
When the teacher post a blog with a numerous amounts of questions, and a numerous amounts of parts to go along with the question a student tends to lose track. We can not keep up with they many questions a teacher ask, especially if we are having difficulty understanding what was read. A teacher posting a long blog tends to upset us if we do not understand, so we give up. Sometimes we do not understand what the teacher is asking, because we do not analyze what was read, or do not go over what we read. This can be another down fall of blogging.
Lacking focus is something all college students do. Focusing is a very challenging thing when you have a lot going on. Not reading the book, or not paying attention can cause us to focus less. We expect to get on the website, and it will automatically be easy for us. Being on the internet blogging is just giving us more time to face book, or twitter. We end up losing focus because we log onto other websites.
Some students feel that blogging is not a priority for that class, so they do not update their blogs on Wednesday. It is wasting time for those who do their blogs. We can not comment on other students blogs, and we do not get points for commenting on Friday’s . They are making us get a bad grade because they do not post blogs. I do not think that this is fair.
We should have used a different method of blogging. I would suggest face book. Everyone uses face book and it is just like commenting on a blog. People spend more time on face book than doing homework anyways. This would have been a better and easier way of doing things. We would not have to worry about the letters that we have to type for verification before posting a blog. We would not have to worry about creating a new username, email, and password. We would not have to worry about confirming comments from peers. Face book is also faster we do not have to keep going back and look at the question in another window. We can comment as we go.
We could even talk about it with other students from other classes, instead of just commenting on three people from our group. That would help us better understand. Follow a blog was also a problem for me. On face book all we have to do is add that person as a friend you can see their bio, and even more. face book blogging is a great suggestion.

There are different methods of blogging instead of using Blogger.com. I think it would be better if we tried a different method/website. It would be helpful, and the students grades would improve for the blogging points. Using something students are used to would give a student a better chance. Blog post can be a failure in many ways.

#11

1)  A person has Baccalaureate degree, but they weren't content with their field of study, so they only half heartedly worked toward their degree. Also, they cheated on the final exam that they took right before getting the degree. Can they still be considered intelligent?
- The person can still be considered intelligent. They managed to stay in college regardless of what they did. They are not considered unintellegent because of the decision they decided to make. They aer still intellegent to me.


2)  Bill Gates was a college drop out.  Do we consider him intelligent?  Why or why not?  How might this affect your criteria for your definition of intelligence?
- We do not know why he dropped out of college.He could have had many reasons, but we still consider him intelligent. He invented something no one else ever thought of. He is a practical genius. We would have never known he was a drop out. He is a billionaire.

3)  A man with a BA goes into politics and proposes going to war with another country.  He knows the war will drag out, and he knows many people will be killed during the duration of it.  Was this an intelligent decision?  Are people we admit are intelligent allowed to make unintelligent decisions from time to time?  Why or why not?  How might this affect your criteria for your definition of intelligence?
- this was an unintellegent decision. Some intellegent people make bad decisions, but we still consider them intellegent.This will not affect my criteria decision of intellegence.

Monday Nov. 7 Online Class Assignment

1.       After reviewing the information about the drafting introduction on page 3, review your own intro and decide what you can do to:

a.       more clearly show what is at stake for your issue

• In my introduction, to more clearly show what is at stake I can adress my topic more clearly and elaborate on it.

b.      more thoroughly contextualize your issue with background information (this is helpful for both intro and conclusion)

• I can elaborate more

c.       write a few sentences for a. and b. that you will insert into your next draft.

• A student who is considered an exemplary student, is a student who is outstanding, a student who is an over achiever, who sets goals and accomplish them.

2.       Review your topic sentences of your body paragraphs:

a.       Whether you are doing org. plan 1 or 2, your topic sentences should contain the criteria that you are discussing in the paragraph.  (Review bottom of page 4 and all of page 5). 

b.      If you have any main topic sentences (do at least two here) that don’t contain the criteria of your definition that you are about to discuss in your paragraph, paste the old sentence, then write the revision of it that you will change in your next draft, like this:

                                                               i.      OLD SENTENCE:   YADDA YADDA

                                                             ii.      NEW SENTENCE   YADDA YADDA now with criteria clearly stated so we know what to expect out of this paragraph

                               i.   OLD SENTENCE: An Exemplary student must do great things.

 

                               ii.   NEW SENTENCE: An exemplary student is a student who strives even though they do not understand.

 

                               i.   OLD SENTENCE: .In college we expect to go to school for our major and take only classes that relate to what our future career will look like

 

                               ii.   NEW SENTENCE: In college we expect to go to school for our major and take only classes that relate to what our future career will look like. We must go beyond what is expected, and do bigger things to have a higher chance of getting a job in our career.

                             

3.       Now, go through your body paragraphs and make sure that in the evidence sections of them, you are “developing” the criterion you are discussing, which means: explaining/defining each criterion for your definition.  By the end of your paper, we should be able to tell a) your definitions, b) the criteria for those definitions, and c) the definitions of those criteria. (Look at page 5, description of BP1).

a.       Find your shortest body paragraph.  This is a quick way to determine which one needs more development. 

b.      Paste it in.

c.       Then paste in a revision of it that contains more details and explanations of the criterion under discussion.

•   . A student who has a mastery of writing skills is a student who let the flow of words and thoughts process into one. They understand what they read and write. They write essays to get accepted into grad school, or write to get jobs. They know how to correctly spell words, or how to use grammar.

 

Revised: A student with a mastery of writing skills are the students who are more likely to get the job. They use their common sense as well as other sense to help them understand. They study, as well as reading and writing.

4.       Look over one of your rebuttal areas.  If you have one (and you should; “considering the opposition” or “other viewpoints” is on the rubric) look for a way to revise it to be more developed, if you don’t have one, make one now to add into your next draft.  Review page 6 and the ways that you 1) acknowledge opposition to your argument, 2) but prove how the opposition is not strong enough to invalidate your argument.

a.       Paste in the old and new rebuttal sections

b.      Or say that you hadn’t gotten around to that yet in your first draft and make one up now to include in your next draft.

Discussion #10

Claim: No, having good writing skills does not make you an excellent student.

Reason: because there are other skills that makes you the student that you are. Not everyone is good in writing, or even speaking. I do not think that you must write an essay to enter Grad school.

Warrant: Good writing skills just prove that you can write, not everyone will obtain good writing skills no matter no long they have been writing. Writing is not a gift for everyone.

discussion #9

1.Rich is stating that all women must step up and play the role.she quotes "we have two choices: to lend our weight to the forces that indoctrinate women to passivity. depreciation, and a sense of powerlessness, in which case the issue of taking women students seriously is a moot one; or to consider what we have to work against, as well as with, in ourselves, in our students, in the content of the curriculum, in the structure of the institution, in the society at large"

 

2.  I feel some people think that b/c we are women we are catergorized differently. I don't think it has anything to do with race anymore, maybe back then. I do not feel any racism of any kind now.

Discussion #8

A.) I spoke the same language at home and in school. I had a boyfriend who was hispanic and Spanish was his first lanugage. He found it difficult to communicate with me, especially being black. Our dialect is so diverse now. He learned the basic english, not the Urban english. I found it ver y annoying, but I had to respect his culture.

 

B.) The field I have chosen is Speech Pathology. I will have to speak other languages for certain people I encounter.

C.)It will be important b/c a Speech Pathologist work with people of all ethnicies.

 

 

2A.) yes. A family does change as the children grow up. When a child is younger he/she has no choice but to bond together. When they grow up it's like they want to be on their own and not be told what to do, when to do it, or how to do it. To be successful yes we have to sacrafice.

 

 

2B.) No, we just all talk differently, and Academics help.

2C.) I think he valued his first language and it was challegning losing it. 

#7

I am doing Lisa D. Deplit's  "Education in a Multicultural Society: Our Future's Greatest Challenge." Her purpose was to help the reader's understand of what happends in a classroom between a student and a teacher in our diverse socciety.  Her attitude was formal. She uses alot of examples from real student, and even from her own experience. The purpose of her audience is to expalin how multicultural students are in a bind. The attitude of her audience should be serious. Those reading this paper, may feel like I felt while reading. I found it very hard to analyze.

Self Respect

1.) To get her point across she uses her own style. It confused the reader alot. I did not really understand it. I had to reread it more than twice. It made it hard to undrstand. After reading over and over I feel that she did a good job making her point.

 

2.) When she made the statement about adultrey I really did not understand her point in throwing that in. I felt as if a person had self respect they would not have committed it anyways.

 

 

 3.) In her writing she was saying self respect can be complex.  Her thesis was not really clear until we reached the end of the writing, so I did not understand how it connected to writing skills. Maybe its the way self respect allows you to write some things, like personal experience for example.

 

 

Discussion #5

1.) Who: Acadian People
     What: French Language
     Where: Louisiana
     Why: Keep French Heritage

2.) Sentence 1: M: main Idea
     Sentence 2: E: Evaluates the past
    Sentence 3: A: Analyzes the past events
   Sentence 4: L: Links the past with the present

3.)

• Time period the past with the present
• Restates her thesis
• The quotes she uses to support her main idea

4.) The Acadian People's Culture was very important and very passionate to them.

Discussion #4

1.) This passage is not only for women, but it also applies to men. I agree with doing things that will better challenge our lives. Women too often do things that they know will not challenge them. Men will do things to take on a big challenge. Just like a woman a man should not let others think,speak, or act for them. Women do things because, a male does it first. If a male does something, a female will go right behind him and do the same thing, NOT thinking we suffer different consequences. Women are more looked down on because, we have the sex; FEMALE. Minorities and people with low income are also looked down upon because of their situation. We should all be viewed equally.

2.) When students enter a classroom they agree to learn! College is like a big high school to me, except when you enter a classroom in high school you are forced to learn if not you get written up. In college you are not forced to learn. Yes, in college the teacher cares because, they are getting paid if your grades are good. In high school they get paid whether you learn or not. Teachers agree to teach you and also to help you.

Discussion #3

1.) I generally read over an assignment for a paper two or three times before beginning. I re-read the directions over and over as I write the paper, to make sure I answer all of the questions, and give the reader every detail. I read over it a numerous amount of times while I am writing, and twice after my first draft is done. There are many benefits of looking over a paper after you are finished. Looking over a paper after you are done esures that what you want to say is what actually appears on paper. While you are writing you may think you answered the question, but actually missed out on a few important pointers. It will also help you to catch some of your grammar mistakes and spelling mistakes. The computer does not always catch your mistakes.

2.) I can apply the "Consider the Evidence" information to the drafting of an Argument from Personal Experience paper by experimenting with my own eyes and hands, instead of through sources like (magazines, or television.) Using your own facts relates you to your paper and helps you go more into details. Using sources does not always fully support your ideas.

3.) What is the most useful information from the "Academic Writing is an Analysis" section is do not write a summary unless directly asked to. I tend to gather all of the information and try to imply the whole thing to the writing assignment. I tend to skip out on the important details rather than cover the important details. The analysis part needs to be more explained in class, I don not understand.

4.) Some similarities for the two are mostly everything that a perfect paper would be. There are really no differences. They both are clear on how to create perfect papers.

Discussion #2 "A Homemade Education"

1.) The word "HOMEMADE" defines itself. Made from the home. When you make things you often start from scratch. You make the things how you would like it. Benefits from homemaking are the best benefits. You use the things that you like, and that you will feel comfortable with. Some store bought things may not have the material that you are searching for. Homemade things are made from the heart. For example, its someone special in your life birthday, and you want to get them a card, but you have no money. You can either skip out on this year, or make them a card. You love them so much, that you make a card. When that person receives the card they know it was from the heart. It will become very special to them. President Lincoln was largely self-educated, but came out to be the 16th President of the United States. He led the country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis; the American Civil War.

2.) Malcolm X relates education to freedom by saying he wasn't educated the way some people were in a school, but when he entered the classroom he felt as if he knew more than what some people already knew. Education is Freedom. It is the right to get an education despite what religion you are, what ethnic background you are, or even what sex you are. When you have knowledge no one can ever entrap you. Knowledge is power and sets you free from bondage.

3.) If I was locked in a cell I would pursue psychology. Psychology is the study of the mind. In jail all kinds of things happen, and as your mind revolves around alot of things I would be able to figure out why people do the things they do in jail, or why people go crazy while in jail. My goals for my life after would be to go beyond studying pyschology and do something greater to help our mind and figure out more things on our thought processes. I would go to college and find good internship that can help me.

Benefits from Drafting

Benefits to drafting my papers with my own world view leading my thought processes could be the way I view different options, my opinions, and the way I make my choices. World view is different for eveyone. Everyone has their own opinion on the world, and we all handle the situations we encounter differently. Our opinions are based upon what we think of a situation or maybe how we feel about the situation. My opinion could help someone view the world differently, or someone else's opinion can help me view the world differently. The choices I make may depend on my perspective of the world. They may be good, they may be bad.Drafting your papers with the way you view the world connects you to yourself and who you are as a person.

2.) World views is how we all view things from our own eyes. We can use our view of the world to help us better understand our academic view. Using a real life situation can help us with our academic views. Academic views are more of an overview dealing with school. After education you should keep your views of the world, bc you will know who you are. Our world views can help us make a good decision.

My name is T'arika Williams and I am a student at UL Lafayette. I am orginally from Lake Charles. My major is Speech Pathology and Audiology. I enjoy playing basketball. I am a sports fanatic. Growing up I always wnated to be the first girl in the NBA. I love going to church and I go everytime there is something going on. I have 2 brothers and 1 sister. I am the oldest! They are my everything. I will be the first generation in my family to finish college. I have one God son who is 8 weeks old. He is my heart. English and Pyschology are my favorite subjects. Math is my worst subject. I love to keep a smile on other people faces. I am outgoing and like to have alot of fun.