I’m going to make a symbolic collage about relationships. I know the probably sounds really “high school”, but I’m not just talking about couple relationships. And it seems like that is what my friends and I talk the most about. How were affected by family, friends, and boyfriends/ girlfriends (whether they have one or not).
A lot of it comes down to trust. Friends have had bad relationships with their fathers and it in turn leads to them not trusting any guy, and not being able to have a real relationship with a guy.
Other friends have been hurt so badly by their “ex’s” they’re too afraid to let anyone in again. Or if they do let someone in, they freeze or shut down as soon as they get to a point to where they feel vulnerable or care what they believe is “too much” because they are afraid they’ll be hurt.
Everyone is constantly being affected by relationships, and I think they are interesting, and therefore will make a good topic for my paper
I don’t think with my paper I’ll really need a collage but I enjoy doing artsy things.. so that will be my relief when I’m sick of writing.
I don’t know if this is a great proposal but I think it’ll work.. it’s the actual project that’s important anyway. right?

In Just walk on by racism and idenity seems to be a big issue. Racism is something I didn't even understnad until I was probably in the thrid grade when we leanred about the underground railroad and slavery. I was raised to believe all men (and women) were created equal and my parents never did or said anything to make me believe them to be lieing. I remember feeling really quilty though that my certain black friends family had probably gone thru much more pain than mine. If we bring the issue here to Miami today.. I do think this school is not diverse. Whether that is because of the students attracted to go here or because if the schools addmitting of students I am not sure, but I do know that Miami seems to be culture wise very limited. Which also makes me sad.

Our world is full of judgement and pre-conceived views though. The writer in Just walk on by experiecnes this in the beginning when the woman runs from him. He had done nothing wrong or given her the feeling that he would hurt her and yet because of the color of his skin she felt like he could harm her, and he in turn felt judged. I think we can all sympathise with this feeling, maybe not to the extent but I know we have all had moments where someone has judged or been awkward or something of the sort simply because they didn't know you and believed you to be different from your true self. My very best friend and my boyfriend both if they would have listened to preconceived views of me would have lost me in relationships. Apparently my sarcasm tends to make people believe I feel superior than others. HA!... They both know me and my heart now though and know I'm not like that, I'm glad they did give me a chance too. I enjoy them in my life. :). I believe judging and preconcieved views are always going to be a factor in life, someone is always going to remind you of another person you've already met. its whether or not you choose to let that view control you and your actions towards that person that really matter.

The End.

I lied I'm doing Gore's Testimony on Global Warming :)

I'm going to rhetorically analyze The Wicked Witch of the West: 'What a world; what a world' speech.
I'm choosing this specific speech because not only did I watch The Wizard of Oz every day when I was a young child, and was extrememly terrified of the witch.
I feel like thats a movie almost everyone has seen or defintiely at least heard of.
The speech is humorous and entertainging ang I think it will be interesting to listen to in a different way.

AXE

Of course the Axe commercials are almsot all fallacies of false cause or false analagy. Just because a guy sprays axe cologne on does not mean girls will instantly flock to him. Although with the right amount he probably will smell good. Axe can totally be overwhelming though and have the opposite effect if not used properly.

Anyway the specific Axe commercial I've chosen is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VDsLcl72Ss where apparently two people just had sex. Through out the commercial they are constantly picking up articles of clothing all over the city until they are completely dressed in the super market where they met. The end of the commercial says "because you never know". Like you never know when I "chance" could arrise so you better keep your axe on you at all times. Oh well it was funny and was definitely a fallacy.

dorm life?

McCormick was definitely way too bias, and obviously had a bad experience with dorm life. Although I don’t find the dorms a vacation resort I find my dorm on western campus quite content. The food does make my stomach hurt, and it does take a while to walk to come of my classes, but I’m also not on the main part of campus so that is expected. She talks a lot about the brochure but doesn’t go into great detail about anything and complains about the vagueness of the brochure it’s self. (how ironic lol) Her argument was that dorm life wasn’t all it was perked up to be into a brochure but she totally doesn’t explain anything about living in a dorm besides matching bed spreads and personalizing your room. If she would have described actual living in the dorm such as showering, and eating , not in the cafeterias, and sleeping with roommates her argument would have been much more valid, but she didn’t go into any detail on any of those topics other than food, but the cafeterias don’t have a whole lot to do with living on campus, at least not a whole lot.
Why did she choose to argue about the brochure? She could have made a better argument by stating her experience as a freshman and that she didn’t like it. I did enjoy that she pointed out that the brochure was aimed more towards incoming freshmen because its true once and upper classman has lived outside the dorm and compare the two experiences living in a house or an apartment probably does seem worlds better but as for me I am not despising the life in a dorm. It’s not as cushy as home but I don’t hate it. She simply just didn’t give enough detail to support her case and the body of her writing didn’t fit with her chosen topic well enough.

Journal #2 THICK description

Havighurst Hall

Havighurst Hall is my home for my freshman year of college. It is detached from most of campus, secluded but close enough to still get to class in a timely matter. On the outside it looks like most halls here in Oxford, almost like a miniature white house or mansion. The sidewalks are less crowded than main campus like spring street, but still occupied with traffic going both ways during most times of the school day. Alexander the closest dining hall is said to be one of the best on campus giving the students living in the boonies of Miami an advantage for being so far from everyone else. On the inside of the building almost every dormitory door has a white board. Some boards have many messages some few, many from friends with updates of events or random hellos, and several from random strangers leaving inappropriate but none the less funny images. Almost every third door is open where friends or those looking for friends are welcome. The girls halls smell rather perfumes or of girly air fresheners. The male halls do not smell bad, but are definitely not has flowery as the girls, as expected. The doors are thin enough to hear when your neighbor and their roommate has come home late after an eventful night, but quiet enough that you can't hear the homesick freshman a little more than upset being away from the normal friends and family. New friends and acquaintances are constantly being made because so many people are new to each other. The bathrooms are crowded but not congested in the mornings, at least in the girls’ halls. The kitchenette on the third floor is often used during lunch and early afternoon hours. Mainly only the microwave is used, and there are splatters of different soups and/or pastas on the counter, it’s not disgusting but if made a habit without attention there could be a smelly situation in that room.

Not only is Havighurst Hall now my home, but home to many new freshman here at Miami. Now we all have to live together, although not closely, we still use the same doors, and we’re all in a very different environment from homes back home.

journal 1

I am not a writer. I express myself much better verbally. I tell stories much better than writing stories. Although I enjoy word grammar like their, there, and they’re , to, two and too ect. I am terrible with punctuation and I spell awful. I can outline and come up with ideas to write about, but I just can’t add all of the flowery verbiage that makes writing good.
In the past most of my teachers have followed thru the writing process as steps of outline ideas, rough draft, “re-draft” (I forgot the name of that one), and final draft. Those steps I’ve been following probably since 3rd grade when I learned cursive. Whether I was writing a letter, telling a story, or writing an essay it was always the same steps; which is probably why I dislike writing. I’ve never had a teacher tell me my writing was terrible, but never great, I’ve had great outline ideas to start off my writing but the fished product never gets the same wow effect.
I don’t read on my own, except for my bible, even that’s often a struggle though. I do, however, enjoy reading in class. My senior year in high school I took two English classes in the same term Western and War Literature, because I liked the teacher, and Futuristic Literature, because I like the sci-fi kind of stuff: Fahrenheit 451, Dracula, The Time Machine. I didn’t enjoy the Western books as much as the futuristic, but War literature was pretty cool. I can’t really read outside of class though, I wish I could I love the movie Pride and Prejudice, tried reading the book 5 times, its sits on my shelf at home collecting dust bunnies. I also read the first Harry Potter book when I was 14 in about ten days over Christmas break while I was at my Grandma’s “extremely exciting” house. I started the second book when I got home and have started it at least 7 times since then. I just can’t stand that Dobby character he’s annoying.
So I don’t believe English is wasteful but, I personally find reading sci-fi books more “less wasteful”. I really wish I enjoyed writing or reading; I feel like because I don’t I’m proving the stereotype of my generation that we need everything instantaneously. My page is almost over now and I think I’ve done pretty well, minus the grammar. Have a nice day.