REFLECTING ON TODAY'S CLASS EXPERIENCE

Annotated bibliography is all I'm going to say the essay assignment that has been really getting on my nerves. In class we had to type out what we had so far and turn it in for credit. I had nothing I had just started today but I did turn something in. We all went to the writing center to type our progress out, everyone one was doing their thing while I was getting everything together. I like challenges they test my skills and that’s what today was all about, getting something done when I had nothing. Well I did get to write about my first article now I need to write about my second one and go to the writing center with a rough draft typed out for feedback. That's what today's class was mainly all about us showing our instructor our progress. I showed some, so I’m glad with that and I was in a rush. In the end I had proof to show that I was doing the assignment and that’s better then turning in nothing. This essay is the last essay assignment and I just want to get it over and done with as soon as I can. So over our holiday break this essay is getting written and typed out.

REFLECTING ON WRITING CENTER EXPERIENCE FOR MY ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Once again back to the writing center once again for another essay assignment due soon. The title says it all my annotated bibliography, well I have not had a chance to go yet but will next Tuesday. I was out on Monday and I had made an appointment for that day at 11:15. I was feeling sick so I stayed home, but I'm sure the experience won't be any different from the other ones. Every time that I have come to the writing center I learn something new and get the help I need. The writing center like I've said before has always been there when I needed help and well my instructor demands that we go for each essay assignment. Its part of our grade we have to get a paper stamped by the writing center once we leave from our tutoring session. That paper is turned in to show proof that we went and got help on our essay. Well you can see that I don't have that paper yet because I have not gone yet. This has kind of made me mad because I'm one of those people that like to have everything done before hand. If I did not miss that day I would have had that paper stamped and ready to go but things always come up just got to bounce back from them. It's like that saying what don't kill you only makes you stronger. Me feeling sick did not kill me it just made me stronger now I'm back tracked on work but once I pull through and turn everything in then I've become stronger. I've over come something that was kind of stressful, and the writing center knows how to handle essay assignments so I'm not stressing over coming. It's the fact that I did not get the paper yet and to include the rough draft was do today and since I missed Monday I did not receive the articles needed for the annotated bibliography. So you can see that I'm in a sticky situation I've started to write the essay just need to finish it, come to the writing center get it reviewed and stamped then I'll be right on track again. The writing center has always been helpful and today I just scheduled a tutoring session and being that it’s the holiday break I’ll have time to right my paper. Hopefully I get an A on it because for this essay I’ve been having a little bit of trouble. We’ll see how everything turns out I ‘am probably going to have to write a blog about it so you’ll be able to see how everything went.

REFLECTING OVER MY NEW ASSIGNMENT "ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY"

In class we were given instructions on how to complete our new assignment. It's the last essay assignment that we are going to have and for some weird reason it seems like its going to be the hardest one. Every time we get an essay assignment we print out a paper that tells us exactly what we got to have in the essay. We went over the paper in class and read it out loud the instructions on the paper are somewhat confusing. They always are but when I head to the writing center everything becomes so easy. The paper is like the written ingredients to a recipe follow all the steps and you'll have a well written essay. Also on the paper that we printed out there was an example of an annotated bibliography. The other papers before did not have examples that's why I believe this essay is going to be the hardest one. We have to read articles summarize them and give an evaluation of them, sounds easy but there is a cerain format that we have to follow. So I'm going to follow the paper completely through because I want to get a good grade on the last essay assignment of the semester.

THANKSGIVING

Thanksgiving the holiday that the early Indians celebrated with the Pilgrims back on Plymouth Rock is the true purpose thanksgiving is celebrated. This holiday has gone on ever since but what is the real reason for celebrating thanksgiving? To me thanksgiving is that one day to get stuffed just like the turkey does. Also it's the holiday to be around your family have a huge family dinner be thankful for your family above all else. Celebrating thanksgiving has always been a good thing for me every year me and my family always eat at my aunt’s house. Let me tell you she knows how to cook a thanksgiving meal fit for a king. Thanksgiving brings families closer say if you got in a fight with your cousin, uncle, brother, etc. No matter the circumstance thanksgiving has this way of bringing us as a people and as a family together. I'm glad that there are communities that give the poor a meal on thanksgiving. They have no home no family and deserve a meal on thanksgiving everyone does. The Indians and Pilgrims hated each in the beginning and they learned how to set aside their differences. The Indians taught the Pilgrims how to crop plants and in return the Pilgrims showed the Indians spices and wines. So this is a big example of what the meaning of thanksgiving is and this is what it means to me. Being thankful for everything you have, your life the clothes on your back your neighbors and also family. When thanksgiving comes around this is all I think about and I thank god for my accomplishments. The word thanksgiving says it all thanks for giving, so why not give someone something be happy for what you have but also share. Sharing is a big thing as well sharing with someone lets them know that you care about them. Come on if you saw someone with a big juicy turkey leg you'd want them to share. In today’s world many are greedy many only want what they want thanksgiving has this sort of magic that changes their view point and makes them give. Christmas is somewhat like this getting together with family and friends, but Christmas has a whole different meaning. Holidays over all are good things, they bring communities together and they bring out the happy person in everyone. So you won’t catch that jerk that gives you a hard day on upcoming Thanksgiving.

REFLECTING ON IN CLASS EXPERIENCE FOR TODAY

Lately I have been blogging on my contrast essay assignment. In class today we read out load our rough drafts to each other. We were in groups of three, my classmate Jesse went first I and my other classmate named Luis gave him some good tips after he got done reading. We did this through the whole class period read out loud and got feedback on each other’s essays. I'm glad I did not turn in my essay as my final copy because I probably would not have got the grade I wanted. I have to do some revising on it now but the revising should get me that A that I want. Today’s class was very beneficial I think it helped me out a lot, it helped because I never would have saw my paper through the view points of others. The feedback is what I'm talking about without this feedback my paper probably would have been a low C. Now all that’s left to do is type out the final copy turn it in and see what I get. We went to the writing center and went in a room I’ve never seen before it was nice and quiet. It really gave us a listing ear no distractions around only hearing the reader and there paper. That I think was the best part of the whole experience for me today.

REFLECTING OVER MY WRITING CENTER EXPERIENCE

Like I’ve said before the place to go to for help on any writing assignment is the writing center. The past experiences have all been good and that’s why I keep coming for each and every one of my essay assignments. They help you with everything from starting to finishing, whoever is the director or person in charge is doing a real great job. In my blogs lately I've been talking about my contrast essay on Myspace and Facebook this is why I came to the writing center. I want feed back on my work to see if I'm doing a good job. They helped me on the topic sentences and the thesis statement I always have a little bit of trouble with these sentences but thanks to the writing center I've learned how to master the technique in making them. I have a book as well to learn from but I'm a kinesthetic learner that means I learn through hands on and visual work. The writing center is helping me learn how to write by showing me what to do and giving me the hands on work I need. My tutor gave me a pen and said, "Here you go show me where you think you need some improvement." After that we just started creating ideas to feed off of and by the end of the whole session I'd really learned a lot and saw what my essay was going to look like. So I'm always going to recommend the writing center to any student they even let you print up to ten pages a day. I'm glad they don't charge because I'd be spending a lot. My essay is coming along very well ever since my tutoring session. I’m hoping that I get an A on this essay assignment. The writing center says it all “writing center” come here to write something and get help on it. Also so far I have not had the same tutor I don’t know if they do that on purpose but I like the fact that I get to work with different people. People all think differently and by getting a different tutor every time I see different viewpoints and gain knowledge off of each experience. I just wish I had a writing center at my house with my own personal tutor. Then I would not have to stay at school so long. I need the education and ultimately the writing center is giving me the exact education I need.

REFELCTING ON TODAYS CLASS EXPERIENCE

In class we were given an assignment over how to write an essay. We were shown how our paper should be setup on Microsoft word. The margins and double spacing all that good stuff that comes with writing in MLA format. We were supposed to focus on San Antonio College the college me and my classmates attend. We created a title and then went on with it, I wrote two paragraphs and my MLA format was good. After all of us got done we printed our papers out. I kept an extra copy just to see how MLA is supposed to look. Now I can right my essay with the correct format and hopefully get an A on it. The essays I turned in before were B’s but thanks to today that won’t happen anymore. In today’s assignment I used a lot of evidence to back me up. My title was the reason why SAC is one of the most suitable environments for your everyday student. So my paragraphs where over this and I would type out what I wrote for you to see but this blog only has to be two-hundred words long. Last thing each day I learn something new and it becomes beneficial college is an experience. So if you plan on attending your making a choice that you won’t regret.

FACEBOOK AND MYSPACE ARTICLES

In class we went over Myspace and Facebook articles once again. The converse over the two is between their differences and that they're no good to people. By saying no good I mean that they are nothing but trouble for people. One article talks exactly about this how a boy met a girl who he that was at least eighteen. She turned out to be fourteen and he himself was nineteen. They had sex and he got in trouble with the law, this is just one example the article gives. Another article was on which one is better, now this is hard they both offer the same thing. I believe it’s the user that chooses which one is better you can’t get a real answer on which one is more addictive. People are both on them from day in to day out it would be hard, but for me I like MySpace a lot more. Music is something that was brought up in one of the articles, how MySpace is allowing music to be used on their sight without purchase. ITunes and all those things that have to deal with paying for music are being scammed off. These industries are mad because MySpace lets so many people have music for free and they’re not getting anything out of it. I like music a lot and when it comes to listening to it on a computer it should be free. So I really don't agree with this article. Some of the other articles where once again over how your Myspace and Facebook accounts could get you into trouble. Whether its for getting a job or maybe even getting you fired, all I can say is be careful of what you leak out on the internet. Don't say something stupid that might just get you in trouble use these social websites only for their purpose. Everyone wants to express themselves just be careful how you do it because you never know who’s watching. This is a debate that can go on for days and the articles are helping me see a lot between the two. I need to my contrast essay over the two. The articles are really giving me ideas and helping me out a lot. So does technology really affect us in a good or bad why I’ll leave that up to you. I believe it is beneficial and will play a big part of everyone’s life for a very longtime.

VIDEO SUMMARY

Technology, a big part of our everyday lives whether it’s from your phone to your computer and even to that game system you kids spend hours at times on. In class today we watched a video over technology and how it is viewed and used in today’s world. A woman by the name of Dana Boyd was presenting a presentation over technology to a big crowd. It was even being filmed at the time. She says that people view technology as the devil because some believe it is destroying the way schools are teaching their students. In the old days it was books and paper today it is laptops, computers, iphones, and things such as email. Is it really destroying us or bettering us? That is the question she is trying to answer and she answers it well she gives examples of Myspace Facebook and a website I've never seen called Bebo. She says people use these websites mainly to socialize and its true. I use it only to socialize with friends and family, she says something funny to about young boys using these websites. She begins to say they only are called collectors because they spend most of their time searching for cute girls and adding them. Everyone else is on their mainly for socialization. Technology is at an advanced era where we don't even need paper and pencil anymore. This to me is not such a bad thing with each new invention comes great things the computer most of all. She gives a example of Wikipedia a search engine that helps you look up and find research on things. If you type in Stonehenge up comes Stonehenge with all this information to write a story on. So technology is not bringing us down but brings us up in a way it has never done before. We as people learn quickly from using the internet you are constantly using grammar and spelling daily if you use a computer daily. The idea that technology is a bad thing is one that can be debated about all day. Dana Boyd is with technology and backs it up well, through the video she is talking and showing examples on a projector. There great examples and the video is very informing it makes you want to get into this debate and write your own feelings on it kind of what I doing right now. If you want to see the video here’s the link http://handheldlearning.blip.tv/file/1366079/

PAPER OVER COMPARISON OR CONTRAST ESSAYS

We have been focusing on writing comparison or contrast essays in class for the last past weeks. We get to choose which one comparison or contrast, in a comparison essay you have to write about the similarities between two different things and contrast you got to tell the difference. In class we where given a paper that really helped us out a lot, it helped us pin point what we really wanted to focus on. I'll give you a nice example what if you where writing about the difference between fruits and vegetables. That would be something you'd have to write down get ideas from and build off of. We're all writing about Myspace and Facebook and mine is a contrast essay so I'm going to be writing about the difference between the two, sometimes it's hard to find ideas. That's why I'd tell you if you ever write one of these essays get visual help and write off that. When class was over I went and pulled up both websites on the internet and started jotting down notes on there differences. The paper helped because it gave me a place to start and the start is always the best thing of something. Now the next thing for me to do is start writing my paper, I have the notes and the paper from class so it should be easy to write.