Blog (Feb. 24)

After chapter 6 of the conquest I thought about writing about sexual violence. I thought I would research different problems created when this serious of a crime isn't punished greatly. I also thought I could write about how books and movies portray Americans. I feel as if sometimes Americans are seen as such bad people and it make me sad, but then I realize we did these things I don't blame people for thinking of us as monsters. I probably would too. The curious researcher is coming along nicely. I am working hard to get the different lessons things done throughout the book. I will make sure I get them all done. Hopefully it will help me to be a better researcher. I liked the annotated bibliography because it helped me organize my ideas about what I would take from the article. It also helped me remember what I thought stuck out at first. It helped me get a start on my paper and I think I will do this for future research papers I have. I am glad I tried it even though I didn't want to do it at first.

My Choice Blog (Feb. 23)

My group and I just finished our project. We did our project over chapter one. We put questions on ten different cards and answers on the others. On Wednesday in class we are going to give each person a card and have them find the person that has the part that goes with their card. We chose to do this because it was something different the jeopardy. I hope the class enjoys it. On the back of the cards is our groups artwork. It is fantastic I might add. It is going to be weird to be back in class on Monday because it seems like it has been forever. It was nice having sometime off to sleep in. This winter weather makes me feel like I don't want to get up out of bed. I can't wait tell spring comes so I don't have to wear my big coat to class. I can't believe spring break is already here next week. This semester is going by so fast. I am not going anywhere besides home. It will be nice to be home so I can sleep in my own bed and to not be woken up by a roommate throughout the night. It will also be nice to see old friends again. I can't wait for next week!

Feelings about the quote (Feb 15)

The readings were very hard for me to read. Some things that have occurred in the readings were not even long ago. I think that is what makes it harder to read about. No one should have to go through what children or adults in those readings have went through. The quote "rape is nothing more or less than a conscious process of intimidation by which all men keep all women in the a state of fear" was a quote I read over and over again before reading on into the reading. The quote to me means rape is when a man takes control over a woman because he scares her so much to the point where she does not know what to think. The conscious process of imitation to me means what pain he has been inflicted with or what he is feeling is brought out in the same way. It is a cycle of violence that keeps on going unless the cycle is broken.

Final Paper

Finishing up my paper was a lot easier then writing it for the first time. I hope I changed what you wanted me to change. I added a little more detail here and there. I also fixed the space between the paragraph that was there. I hope my paper goes well, but I guess if it doesn't it is always good that I can fix what I messed up on. I plan on fixing my paper until I get a 4. I hope I don't have to do it too many times. I thought on Sunday we had to have it in before class so I was worried when I could not find the drop box so I uploaded to draft 2 just to be on the safe side. I will upload it to the right spot when I am done with my classes today.

Final Paper

Comments Back From Draft 2 (Feb. 03)

Writing draft number two was hard because you have to organize your thoughts and think about how you're going to say certain things. On my paper I didn't have very much feedback. I hope that means my paper is okay because the girl next to me has feedback all over her page. I just feel a little nervous now. I like the way you're giving feedback on my paper. It lets me know exactly where the problems is and what I need to fix. I thought you would comment on how I worded different sentences or how I needed to be more clear. I did not get very many comments on sentence structure, but I got some on spacing between paragraphs, to erase me name on the top of the paper, and a couple grammar mistakes. I am just going to keep looking over my paper and hopefully it is what you want.

Blog on Feb. 1

Draft two is coming along nicely. The hardest part about my draft was organizing it and putting down what I wanted to say. Once I got started and thought of events that impacted my identity it was easy to do. I thought the writing workshop helped me get started in the right direction. At first I had no idea what to write about. Once I had read others I then was able to put my paper together. At first I thought we had to write about literacy, but then I found out the paper did not have to do anything with it. There are not any questions that I need answered. I think my paper needs different wording in spots, but overall everything is fine.