revision

I revised Hailey's paper and I thought the outlines were a great idea for the revision strategy.  I thought Nicole did a really good job on rating my paper and I thought she was very honest. 

revision strategies

Our group is doing revision strategies 10.11 through 10.15 we each did one except i did 2 cuz i told my group i didn't care and now we r goin to meet in the library and discuss a strategy to give our presentation.  I'm kind of scared to give this presentation because we had a sub on tuesday so i'm not really sure what to expect.  I just want to get it over with and hope we do well. 

thesis stament

Finding a job isn’t always as easy as it looks.  The point of this problem is trying to find a solution that will suit a person who is having trouble finding a job.  These are my two main sentences that create my thesis.  I hope to prove in this paper that finding a job is hard with a lot of competition around.  You must be well-prepared for the interview and must have a great resume if you are planning on getting a good position.  I just wanna show people that there is a solution to this problem if you were work hard at it. 

Proposal

My proposal topic ended up being about finding a job in vermillion.  I chose this topic because I am currently looking for a job and with the economy being so terrible and the rise of population it is definitely way harder to find a job in vermillion than it is in my hometown.  I hope that through doing research on my paper I can find a job that I'm looking for.

100 people screwing up america

I felt that this piece was very blundt about the topic and ideas.  I didn't love it especially the beginning part because I felt it was hard to follow.  I felt this because I didn't know who the people were they were talking about in the beginning.  I would probably not read it again unless I had to, but some pieces can be read twice and liked the second time.  I just felt this wasn't my type of reading that I like, although I didn't completely hate it. 

revision

I feel that peer revision always helps because it gives you another person's opinion on the piece.  I liked the different arrange of topics we could pick from and definitely thought I wrote about something meaningful to me.  I'm more worried about the whole idea of our paper being critiqued than anything.  I love hearing opinions on stuff though.  Overall I think it went well and helped everyone in the class out. 

if i die young

If i were to die tomorrow, my contribution to the world would not have been big, but my contribution to my town would have been huge.  I would not go down in history as anything special, but I would be remembered as the crazy, bubbly, ougoing, spontaneous, girl that loved to dance.  In my town I wasn't an outcast because people became used to the crazy-way i dressed and the wild things I did.  I was known for being involved in many things in our school and I achieved good grades.  If I died, I feel I would be missed, but people would move on with their lives...cuz death is a regular part of life.  I titled my blog if i die young for 2 reasons.  One is that I love that song by the band perry and two is because that's what i would want to happen...if i die young

if i were a boy

If i were a boy...Idk how I would feel. It seems to me that I would play women, but maybe I would treat them like a queen.  Boys can do what they want with no question it atleast seems that way.  It's hard to think of how I would act without actually being in their shoes...if i were a boy

Literacy Narrative

I'm sooo excited!!! I just finished my literacy narrative.  The topic I chose was suicide because my town has had a ton of suicides for as many people that live there.  I can't wait to go over the papers in class. 

The Notebook

I read about the notebook.  I seriously love this book and movie.  I feel it has a lot to do with people around us.  It gives us hope that there is actually true love out there, although it is hard to find.  I thought it was a cool perspective how the author wrote that some people would consider this a tragedy and some people would consider it a love story.  I would consider it a sad love story in my own words, but really the ending is bittersweet. 

Frederick Douglas story

I read "Learning How to Read and Write" and I enjoyed it.  Most stories like this I would get bored of, but this one seemed interesting to me because it's hard to believe he had to sneak around to learn how to read and write.  These days people are normally required to learn to read and write.  The times have changed a lot since slavery I would say.  It is interesting to realize all the differences from earlier times til now.  I am thankful we do not have to hide if we want to read in public.  I enjoy reading excerpts like this, and hope to read more in the future.