When taking my own notes on the video, and listed my “what went wrong”. To me not being able to expand so much everything I wanted to say. I caught myself repeating thing over and over again but not getting to the point, and when I thought I did and re-read what I wrote, I confused myself. On my list of “what went right” I liked how my own service paper came about to be because I was nervous of not having a great success and not having so much to say, but it went great! I am able to give details and explain what happened. What I will carry on is that I can make a different by giving back to my community.
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The conclusion was interesting to me. It took you on the journey of processing, thinking, the observing, the understanding, and to focus. Even if it was about the book, I can relate it to the writings I have done. As the chapters were about our writings, this part focused a little more on the title. I was always told that the title was important, but not like a “punch to the throat.” The process of how the title for the book came to be and the picture of how its not just a picture to match the title, but the artist response and how it relates to the goal and purpose of this book. I have to say I enjoyed reading this book and it has a lot of good pointers. I think this book should be made available to teachers in elementary school for children’s writing to be more developed by the time they go to college. Or maybe the same book in a format (if this is not appropiate) where students alone can read it and apply it to their writing. High school students especially. I am going to make sure I take the title of each of my paper and ask around if they would read anything with that title. This final portfolio makes me nervous. Trying to really pull in readers. Especially right now that I shared my writings to my family members and friends for feedback. I think they are being to nice to me and do not want to make me feel bad, so I have to push them to really look at it and really ask themselves if they would read it and if it caught their attention the whole way forgetting that I am the one that wrote it.
De Villez, Eric. “A conclusion that began briefly as a tip of the hat to the idea of process-and then lingered’ Why White Rice? Thinking Through Writing. Dubuque: Kendall Hunt, 2010. 175-197. Print. -
Mayra Pulido
Chapter 8 was a good chapter to read at this point of the class. Especially getting close to putting together our final portfolios. The first advice was how to make a topic interesting even though their is no interest on the topic at all. Taking a chance without be afraid of being wrong. Another advice was timing. Giving yourself time to write. Not doing it last minute like the day before. Pg. 184 “I worked on it again this morning, and now I’m adding to it. I’ll also keep writing it, re-working parts, revising the whole thing, and thinking about it pretty much non-stop until this manuscript is in our publisher’s hands.” Of course another advice that we all know we should not do is plagiarizing. Professor Dow also mentioned in this chapter that Professors really check the sources their students use and you have to state your sources. He also gave examples of two different ways you can write when using the word “you”. It is interesting to see how different the two examples become. He also talked about is their such thing a a stupid question, and his answer was yes. A good question is a question with will keep the mind thinking, expanding the different views of a question. What I mentioned above were the things that stood out to me more, especially when I have in mind how will I begin my intro to my portfolio. What can I say or use to keep the reader interested in what I have to say. I want my readers to not be able to put my paper done until they are done completely. I will certainly keep these point in mind. And I hope I have become a better writer than I was in the beginning. I do feel like I have learned different things here about writing. I am excited to put it all the “pieces” together and see what I have made all together (final portfolio).
Dow, Thomas “Advice, Writer to Writer. Answering your Frequently Asked Questions” Why White Rice? Thinking Through Writing. Dubuque:Kendall Hunt,2010. 77-99. Print. -
Mayra Pulido
When beginning to read, I really did not understand. I am not sure if it was because there were words I have never heard of or the names they used as examples I had not heard before either. I understood the examples they used. Like the blind man and how people can’t see beyond the man being blind and see everything else that he can do. I could not understand or heard of “The category labeled chinese comes to signify not only ethnic membership but also reticence, impassivity, poverty, treachery.” This is an example of what confused me. The pictures of the girls was quite interesting to what I understood, by their looks they were pretty, but once given a name, the prettiness went away. I never really thought of the fact that people can judge you or think they know how you are because of how you look or where you come from. I know this was very insulting back then, and now, I think people take it less offensive, and everyone has friends from different backgrounds, and we learn how they truly are. I hear the stereo types all the time and people talking about it amongst each other. I see them laugh and talk about how or why would they think or say that about a certain race. How did it come about. I also like the short stories of an individuals experience with a word. I found surprising and to some truth what these stories say. The girl not knowing what “niger” meant when a boy called her that in school. Eric Marcus who did not agree with the word “queer” while others were fine with it. I think everyone has their own opinion at the end of the day about everything. I just know that the stereotypes and labels with always be there, but i feel they are taken more lightly than before.
Winslow. “What we call ourselves and others: Names, Solidarity, and Stereotypes.” Language Matters. New York, Pennsylvania: n.a., 1965-1968. 293-333. Web. -
Mayra Pulido
The Geography of Exclusion assignment was challenging. There are many things that people do to exclude certain things from their families or themselves. Private Fences to keep unwanted people or people to look inside or keep their house private. Dress codes at work to keep any unwanted “looks” or “styles” out., parking permits to keep “unwanted” or “strangers” being on their block. Certain amounts to open or keep a bank account open. I thinking parking meters also have a hidden exclusion, why can’t cars be parked as long as they want in a certain place?
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Mayra Pulido
Chapter 6 had interesting examples of writing. I liked Mr. McGuire’s story of him building a playhouse for his son. How he is not a builder but he was able to finish what sounded to me like a very great playhouse for his son. This made me realize we can all write a good paper or papers even though we aren’t writers. I found intriguing was the conversation between with an admission officer according to John Gatto. “what difference would it make if every kid in America had a 4.0 GPA and a perfect SAT score. She smiled and said no difference at all.” “..looking for people who can set themselves apart from the rest – who are distinctive in how they think and what they do.” Your writing says things about you to your readers. I liked the example he used when talking about most writing being the same in 6.3 “Same old mold, same old ideas”. This section inspired me to try and look outside the box and look for “new mold” create new stuff. In 6.4 “Rules to the ridiculous:The Responsibility of ultimate freedom” made me giggle a couple of times because of it talks about the rules when many of us do not follow or see or hear people talk or write in these ways. For example in 6.4.1.2 page 143 “The Rules of Standard English” The rule like “your subject and verb should agree a in “I am” instead of “I is,” and that you should say “He doesn’t have time for that” instead of “He don’t got no time for that.” The rules of not starting a sentence with “and” or “but”. There were some good pointers of how to be creative which I am sure I will refer back to.
Mcguire, Michael ”Existential Angst, Orgasm(s), and Jazz.” Why White Rice? Thinking Through Writing. Kendall Hunt: Dubuque,IA, 2010.61-75. Print. -
Mayra Pulido
L11.2: Sharpening our Fieldworker’s Gaze – A little More Advanced Practice.
I am not sure if I did this exercise good. But as I saw this video I wrote things done. One section was Emprical Observations: I wrote down the following; Flag, Police (NYPD) Something institute of Design Building, Window, Street names Kudirat Abiola & 2nd Avenue, Helicopter, Signs like “Egyptian Blood is our blood”, “People rise, Tyrants Fall”, “We want freedom”, A head picture on a red cardboard body, another sign that said 30 years – 1 president and 30 years – 5 presidents, “USA don’t support dictatorship”, “Egypt struggle is our struggle”, A language was spoken and speaking loud that I didn’t understand, Most women had a “scarf” wrapped around their head.
My Personal Reactions were: What country is the flag from? What is going on? What could the police be talking about? What exactly was inside the window? Where is this going on? What is the Rally for? What language are they speaking? What are the people feeling as the do this rally? Anger? Justice?
Of course I wrote this in the order as I saw the video, and as things sort of fell into place.
Putting this all together is what the Professor mentioned before the video.It is a Rally that took place in New york City “during the time Egypt was in the midst of its revolution and the ouster of Egyptian president Muhammad Mubarak. What you will see in the video below is a sympathy rally in support of the Egyptian people.”
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Patrycja Gola
I too wondered what was in the window hmm….the video didn’t really have any commentary other than what the people were chanting so it was hard to tell what feelings these people had and what the video was trying to convey.
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Mayra Pulido
There was some interesting things about service learning in “Ruptura”. There was also phrases or sentences that stood out to me. “Here I am trying to fulfill the requirements of this portfolio and my mind draws a blank”. I can very much relate to this sentence. This is how I feel in every paper that I need to write. What was also interesting was when a different view was looked at. Like when “the volunteers or community members do ot like each other, when the volunteers resent the time they are forced to give up, when participants develop antipathies that don’t make their way to consciousness, when students have visceral reactions to their sites and so on.” Being “forced volunteerism” because students do not this voluntarily on their own time but because they have to take time off to fulfill a class assignment, which is some what true. Students would not take time off to give back, because when they do have “free” time, they rather go out with their friends or family or parties maybe. If I read correctly. Tracy had a good point. Students are assigned to do service hours in a place and there is a lot of help until the hour need are complete. Than what? The place is left all of a sudden with less help. How many students would go back to the same place or even all at the same time so it can be a great help like it was when the whole class did the service hours there? This reading made me more nervous of our upcoming paper or some reason.
Hamler Carrick Tracy, Himley Margaret, and Jacobi Tobi. Language and Learning Across the Disciplines. Reptura: Acknowledging the Lost Subjects of the Service Learning Story. (2000)-
Maureen Rich
Mayra, it made me a bit more nervous about our upcoming paper also!
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Mayra Pulido
Reading “Interdependence” was interesting to me. Seeing the point of view from S. Taylor. Also comparing with able bodies with disable bodies to different situations and comparisons. “normal eating habits of people at a baseball games, they use their mouths in all kinds of ways, uncorking and spitting and putting their mouths into their bowls of whatever.”… “and yet maybe it is unacceptable, according to a certain propriety or class mores or a sense of correctness. It makes me wander why people don’t get upset about that” When an able-bodied person maybe uses their mouth in an unconventional way, it’s ok, but if a disabled person does, there’s some kind of challenge to our idea of what human functions are or what certain body parts are meant for.” Pg. 191 and 192. I agree with this statement. I am usually afraid of disabled people. Sometimes I feel like if I help, they might not want help or feel like they can’t do anything on their own because I offered to help. And if I don’t help I feel like they are thinking “this girl can’t even help me out when she sees I am having trouble”. I haven’t been around a lot of disable people so I really do not know how to react or what to do to not make them feel uncomfortable. I enjoyed watching the video more other than I am more of a visual learner, you see things more how it really is than trying to imagine how it could be.
Butler, Judith. “Interdependence.” learning. writting101. Professor McGuire, 25 march 2012. Web. 26 -
Mayra Pulido
The vision test was interesting. Setting aside everything you have learned or experienced with different people, and you having to choose one because of you were raised or maybe comments you heard when you still didn’t interact with a lot of people yet might be why you choose what you choose. I know that as we grow up we experience a lot on our own without our parents telling us anything and not always being there.
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Mayra Pulido
When I started working at my job, almost everyone treated me in a mean way. Everyone at my job is at least 5 years or more older than me. Did they treat me mean because I was the youngest worker there and “I do not know anything” or because I’m new. I do not know if this relates somehow to the article, but you think about how these “theories” came along, maybe its because at some point they felt threaten in some way. Like my co-workers felt that a young new person did many things at the work place. When I read “The Cycle of Situation”, I found some things to be true. Yes, thing shave changed a lot, but if we look back to when we were young. Unconsciously our parents might have said a comment that at some point we take it true or into consideration, but of course as we grow up, we learn to socialize and see how everyone is on your own and not because of what other people comment. Each circle had an interesting and had true in t. For example “First Socialization” Pg.17, it talks about socializing with the people we love and grow with, our parents, siblings, grandpa, grandma. And like I mentioned if we look back to things they might have said or done that you didn’t get back then or didn’t find why it was a big deal, but to them it was. Circle number two is about “Once we begin to attend school, go to a place of worship, visit a medical facility, play on sports team, work with a social worker,etc” pg. 18 This is when we start seeing and knowing people the way we are experiencing with them, living with them. This article in general pointed out something that I saw, I see, and I think will continue seeing. Maybe not as much, maybe not everywhere, but I know I will.
Harro, Bobbie. “The Cycle of Socialization.” 15-21.-
Maureen Rich
Mayra, I can relate to you on how you were treated being the youngest. Years ago I experienced the same thing. I was the youngest in an office and the other woman were all at least 15+ years older than me. It was very hard for some of them to come to terms when I learned or knew more than them. I was treated horribly and not liked at first, all because of my age and how fast I caught on. I do feel it relates somewhat with this article because it goes along with their beliefs that they have. Some older people can not face the fact that younger people may be more knowledgable in certain aspects, especially business. Younger people tend to be fresh out of school and know more technology and so forth. It’s hard for them to get out of that zone of thinking they know more because of their age.
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Mayra Pulido
Yes!! Exactly
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When I read “Writing about People: The Interview” by William Zinsser, I realized that interviewing isn’t just asking questions and writing the simple short answers that we can get and settle for. Its getting to know the person, researching their background/getting their facts, gaining the person’s trust so he/she feels comfortable opening up and answering deeply. “If your interview is on tape you become the listener,” (Page 106). This really stood out when talking about tape recorder VS a pencil and notebook.Zinsser also wrote on page 108,”You are dealing with a persons honor and reputation and also with your own.” when talking about writing exactly what the interviewer said and not changing the persons words around when quoting. This paper had good tips for interviewing, I will refer to this paper if I ever need to interview.
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Iwona Ligeska
After reading the article about “Writing about people”, I realized that the whole process of conducting the interview takes a lot of research and technical preparation. You need to find out a lot of information about the person who will give the interview and about the issue. “Never let anything go out into the world that you don’t understand”, Mr. Zinsser said in his article. I agree with this statement because if you need to conduct the interivew, you need to be familiar with the topic and the person. You need to bond with that person and understand the issue. If you don’t understand the topic, nobody else wil. During the interview you need to be a writer and listener at the same time. It is not easy to memorize all the important facts and to present them in the way the author would like to. Conducting an interview takes a lot practice and research. It’s a “craft project” and you need to find a way to present it accurately, intrestingly and responsibly.
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Mayra Pulido
Zinssser wrote “If your interview is on tape you become the listener,” (Page 106). When your actually are the writer. Its different listening then actually conversing with someone. Don’t you think?
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Iwona Ligeska
I agree with you listening differs from writing.It takes practice to figure it out which form is the best to conduct the interview. Most of the people are not a fast writers and they might lose important information by taking notes. When you use a tape recorder you have more freedom because you can focuse more on asking questions and conversing because your hands and mind are free.
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Patrycja Gola
I agree with William Zinsser as well, interviewing means to really get to know the person and not just ask them the same boring questions. I actually have to interview someone this upcoming week for another class so these tips have helped me out a lot. And yes a tape recorder gives you a chance to really listen in and get involved in what your interviewee is saying as opposed to trying to write every word they say.
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Mayra Pulido
When I watched the movie about Sister Helen, I had watery eyes at the end of the movie. Sister Helen was really down to earth, straight forward about what she felt and what she thought. What was interesting about her was how she was able to manage a “house” full of men and set rules that they needed to follow. She did a really good job doing that. What I found surprising about sister Helen was the way she talked to the guys. She even cursed a few times, I didn’t think she would swear. I felt she had a really big, kind, string heart to do what she did and ran the building the way she did seeing she was not young, she had a lot of energy in her. And a lot of us that are still capable of doing things like this, are to “lazy” to do or help in any way we can. Sister Helen said at some point in the movie that there is always someone you get attached to, even though they do not do the right things they fill a special space in your heart. Even though Ashish messed up at least 6 times and was given a last chance by her and the group, I think Ashish held a special part in her heart. For her to take the time and ask him why he drank even though he had no more chances, she took the time to ask and I think his answer of his mom passing away when he was 9 got to her connecting that she lost her son when he was 15. I think Robert refuses the monetary help from Sister Helen. ( $10 from her), because of his guys being guys. Guys tend to have this “pride” when getting help from anyone, especially when it comes to money. Guys feel like they can do everything without any help, they rather work for it or find any other way possible before they someone help them. I think this is Robert. He felt like by Sister Helen “taking care” of this whole group and giving them a “home” is already enough. Advocacy is the act of pleading for, while charity is donating. When working for others, and us expecting a reward, or a certificate or some of recognition that is self serving. In my opinion. Because your not really helping others your waiting for something, something that is on your mind. Sister Helen as a viewer/reader came to know her as a very helpful, generous, hard working woman who also hurts about her sons and husband. We do not see or know full details about her past. She is also well respected with the guys in the group. The storytelling techniques that I saw being used in the film was “Interviews”, where the characters had sometimes time to talk to the camera on their own. “Exposition” because in the beginning and throughout the movie they show the streets of the Bronx. To write about my service-learning, I will try to write about the settings, how I felt, and all about my thoughts. Im not sure exactly how will my paper will turn out, since I am constantly making changes to it. But my goal is to place almost the full experience into my readers minds.
Film by Rob Fruchtman and Rebecca Cammisa “Sister Helen” Copyright © 2012 Hulu. All rights reserved.-
Linda Seguin
I agree with you that these men had a tremendous amount of respect for Sister Helen. She was not a trained counselor or social worker so you can not expect her to treat these men with a professional treatment plan. She treats them as she would a family member and her being from this very rough part of town, she knows how they can and have lied to her before breaking her number 1 rule. No Lying. BE HONEST and she will give you another chance if you promise to do better. She is an awsome lady and will be sadly missed.
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Mayra Pulido
“What should we be spending are money on” Stuck to me when Peter Singer asked that for those who buy Gucci or Prada or other expensive brands. The prices for expensive shoes is a lot and instead of buying shoes (shoes that some people have a lot of and do not necessarily need to add more) like Peter Singer said can help many children or families who do not have anything at all. I also like his question he asked himself when he met a vegetarian in 1970s “Are you justified in continuing to eat meat.” And how animals are treated the way they are before being turned into food. That really touched me because we eat meat without thinking how we get it, and taking it for granted. Given the opportunities to help and we are failing to do so.
Professor McGuire asked “What kinds of ethics should you be considering for your particular project?” I think what Peter Singer said answers this question. “Ethics comes from ourselves.” We have to think “what would I choose if i were in that position rather than our position.” In other words you have to put each other in someone else’s shoes.
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Mayra Pulido
As I began reading Chapter 2, I really connected to the feeling of not being able to read aloud to my classmates. Since elementary until now, I just don’t feel comfortable telling people what I wrote. I also had a good visual about the sky diving. I have always wanted to do that, but can’t find friends who are not scared of heights. Knowing that Professor McGuire found reading his paper aloud scarier than when he sky dove is understandable because I can really see his point. Looking back at how school was for 8 year in elementary was pretty much what Professor McGuire said. Being obsessed to getting good grades and making sure I gave the teacher exactly what he/she was looking for in my papers and in general. I really like the “carrot and stick” example. It is very true. I also agree with us owning our writing. We should write our thoughts into our writing, and if it a writing we “do not care about”, we should care because our readers won’t care if we don’t. I am very afraid of speaking my thoughts out. I feel like people might judge, or disagree with me or say, “why would she even think that?”. But I am not like that just in writing. I am like that when speaking to others. Almost anybody, but its stronger with strangers, or people I might see daily but they are not close like I would be with a cousin or a friend that I have known for year now. Hopefully as I finish this chapter, I will find things that can help me with this fear of mine. Or even this class can help me.
McGuire, Michael. “Chapter 2.” Why White Rice? Thinking Through Writing. Kendall Hunt Pub, 2010.Print. -
Mayra Pulido
For my Reading/Research Journal, I have been going back to WWR and I have been reading the little stories in each chapter. Even though I read them when reading the chapters, but I really read them with full attention. “You can’t dodge all the bullets” by Katie Kinsella. I liked how she started and ended with two stories about the words “noying” and “noxious”. What stood out to me is when she wrote, “He tells me I would not believe some of the mistakes grown men, with degrees, make in their writing.” I can relate to seeing this at work. I work at an elementary school and I have caught mistakes that teachers, and even the principal make. Writing is important in every profession. I also liked the idea of our own inquisition when writing. The thought of doing something we did as children helping us as adults is pretty cool. Asking questions, “exhausting your resources” helps us write good papers. The other one I read was “Thesis as Anchor and Other Nautical Musings” by Tom Dow. I heard many reasons for what a thesis is suppose to be. and with time its gets confusing. What explained to me what a thesis was and stuck to me was his example. “Thesis statements provide anchors for papers, much like a traditional anchor functions on a boat. Without an anchor, it is very difficult to stay focused in one area of the lake or river”. I will remember this as long as I can to remember what a thesis is.
Dow, Thomas. “Chapter 4″ Why White Rice? Thinking Through Writing. Kendall Hunt Pub, 2010. 61-75. Print. -
Mayra Pulido
I think critical thinking is looking at something in a million ways in a minute. For example, if your driving and a not so smart driver does something where for that one split minute you think if I move this way I will hit the other vehicle on my side if I brake the car will hit me from the back if I slightly go left I might avoid a whole accident. Looking in your rear view mirror, the left and right mirror and thinking what will be the best decision is critical thinking. In my opinion.
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Mayra Pulido
Here are three questions we had to answer and make conversation with this.
The first one is “How did Rajeev Goyal engage in creative problem solving”. He engaged by involving himself to help others and find people who can help also like he has “connections” is what I call it.
How will you engage in creative problem solving with your service/activism project? What are the possibilities? My paper was about immigration and I could help by helping people in any way I can so they can get a great life or make their life great for a moment with my help.
Goyal is one person. Consider everything he accomplished. What do you think you will accomplish this semester that will leave a lasting impact on others? In this semester I hope to accomplish in being a better write by putting all my thoughts and feelings in the open and no holding back. Maybe I can impact people by having different views of different things that we might talk about in class.
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Mayra Pulido
Chapter 4 had a lot information, a lot of explanations and examples. It is about thinking about what you are going to write. But then Mr. DeVillez says “Writing is thinking”. How ideas or thoughts can get lost from your head to your fingers. He also talk about thesis. And gives various examples of how to come up with you thesis. I liked how he showed/helped Mark to come up with his thesis, which was being in a hotel and having 20 seconds to tell a stranger the idea that he wanted to get across, knowing that the stranger knew nothing of him or what he plans to write. After he came up with his thesis and wrote his paper. Mr. DeVillez asked him to “tighten” his thesis up. The thesis was completed! What I found interesting but I am still trying to figure out is when he wrote “your never writing about what you are writing about – your writing about what it means”(page 91). To get what this phrase means, I keep thinking about the girl who was writing about a table in her grandmas house, but actually wrote stories of her family involving the table. It was like if the table talked to her and she wrote what the table sees in her family. He also mentioned the 5 W’s. I remember learning about the 5 W’s in elementary school when writing a paper. The Who What When Where and Why and sometimes H = How. I also liked how he said to think like a 5 year old. All the questions that come to you with anything you see, read, etc. And how you should answer any questions your reader might have when reading a sentence you wrote because the reader will want to know why at that very moment not later. Now. Overall, this chapter was very helpful and I will remember this when writing my papers from now on
DeVillez, Eric. Why White Rice? Chapter 4. Dubuque: Kendall Hunt, 2010. Print. -
Mayra Pulido
It was kind of scary giving feed back and getting feed back. I was scared of writing something might discourage someone in some way. I feared that my paper was not going to be interesting to anybody. ( Which is my fear for every paper that I write and have to write). The feedback was useful that I received and it gave me some confidence in my writing.
How did you guys all feel about this?
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Sujoud Jumah
I was also afraid people would get offended if i disagreed with something, I didn’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings. However, I was not scared of getting any negative feedback, because too me that person is just trying to help me better myself through out my papers. I think I am one of those people who handle criticism very well.
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Maureen Rich
I agree with your feelings. I too felt scared about giving and receiving the feedback at first. After following the guidlines of the peer reviews and reading my own, I felt that boost of confidence as well.
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Mayra Pulido
Thats is true, the guideline did help out a lot in writing feedbacks.
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Mayra Pulido
Has anybody read the article “Village Voice – the Peace Corps brightest hope”? I am confused on what the article was about. I know there is a man named Rajeev, who was assigned to teach English in Namje, I think it was. There was a student who was absent one day ( a good student ) and he asked why he didn’t go to school and it was because people made three day trips to carry a certain amount of water needed. He built a pumping system so water can travel to the village. Funds from the peace corps helped with this I think, then Rajeev met another person who together spoke or got across congress for funding for reconstructing where it was most needed. So I am assuming this article is a story about the peace corps (which I googled around to see what they do, and what it is because I didn’t know) and how it was created by president kennedy. Did I miss any other point? I am lost with this article.
Hessler, Peter. “Village Voice: The Peace Corps’s Brightest Hope.” The New Yorker Dec. 20
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Linda Seguin
I believe the reason the Professor assigned this article is because it is a example of the ultimate activist and extreme in volunteerism done with unmeasurable perseverence and hope. His very legitamate concern that (he encountered while in the Peace corp.) delt with people in dire need of assistance and one mans extreme resolve to do whatever it takes to accomplish his enourmous goals and ultimately help a tribe of individuals whose main concern is daily survival. Namje did help them and others in this whirlwind tale of determination and courage. It is a hero story.
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Mayra Pulido
As I said about most of these chapters, Chapter 7 was interesting and caught my attention the whole time. What stuck to me from the first paragraph was how Mike commented “we live in a world full of remixes and mashups.” and I strongly a agree with comment along with “from laptop, to phone to desktop, info moves fast and quick. Nothing seems original. Everything seems mixed up” ( page 163 ). I found it fascinating how he explained that our ideas are always there in our minds and new ideas became new because maybe of something we heard, another idea of a person, ( but not all of it “a net” page 164). He used as an example to magic trick of a quarter behind your ear. (very good example). I thought that citation’s purpose was not to plagiarize, but in chapter 7, it shows the reader different ways of how to use citation in your writing. So not just because you don’t want to be accused of plagiarism. But also to support your idea. Back up what you are writing about. If you are commenting on something you read you use citation to show the readers of what and who your responding too. I also learned that citation needs to be specifically on what the author said and not just a sentence that can be read in different ways and mean different things just to prove your point, a point or anything else. I was surprised about Obama borrowing someone’s speech. I didn’t really pay attention to the news about the elections or anything back then. I agree with the author that he should have at least given credit to his friend for letting him use his speech. Like Mr. Swanson said, everybody would love some credit on their “answer” to a teachers question, or for the “joke” we told our friend who ended up telling it to someone else, etc. (page 164)
Why White Rice?: Thinking Through Writing. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt, 2010.Swanson, Troy. “Mash It Up … Gracefully Using Sources.”-
Mayra Pulido
Yes, your right Kimberly. Im focusing more on citations lol… Its hard for me to speak of everything I think of, but Im working on it, hopefully I do open up more soon to be better on my writing. :/
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Kimberly Kolozy
Me too! Citations scare me to be honest. Well, not the citation itself, just not doing it correctly! hopefully that cheat sheet that we bought (the card that breaks down the proper ways to cite sources) will help!
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Kimberly Kolozy
You bring up a lot of good thoughts that I read, but didn’t even link! Although we must use citations to share with others where we obtained our information from, it also shows the reader that it backs our overall idea and others do too!
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Mayra Pulido
Chapter 3: This chapter made me look forward to this class even more. I can relate in certain situations that he was in. Like when he became nervous on writing the dissertation project. I get nervous in anything that I have to write about. And to know that Mr. Thomas Dow who loves reading and wanted to become an english teacher was also nervous made me feel better. What inspired me and I might use when writing our first project was how he would call his wife to write what he was brainstorming on a sticky not to out on his desk, or how he left voicemails for himself. I can also relate and it led me to a better understanding on how he knew what he wanted to write about, but didn’t know on his focus was. Page 72 “I discovered that focusing on only those characters who were literally younger sons in families with multiple sons was too narrow. That very tight focus was forcing me to leave out other characters whose life circumstances placed them inn younger son-like positions. But broadening my focus too much, to include all powerless males, for example, made my topic impossible to control.” ( Chapter 3 page 72 ) I always like hearing everyones’ personal experience on anything and everything. Which is basically what this chapter was with a few notes on what we can write on, and his journey to finding what makes him happy. This chapter made me realize life is a journey and we don’t know what we want until we experience different jobs, take a variety of classes, etc. I am looking forward for this class and this journey in life to find what I will love to do in life.
Why White Rice? Thinking Through Writing. Kendall Hunt publishing company; Thomas Dow ” How I Took on Beatrice and Won.”-
Kimberly Kolozy
I also found the section where Tom was calling his wife to jot down his ideas, while driving, inspiring and quite funny! We have so much on our minds, but we are always thinking about a number of things at any given time.
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Mayra Pulido
We should all try that for a whole week and really look at all the things we think of
That would be interesting.
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Mayra Pulido
Chapter 5 was very informative about researching. One thing that confused me in the beginning was Pg. 108 about the two guys named Albert Michelson and Edward Morley and at the end of that paragraph it had “(Perkowitz, 2010)”. Does this mean that that is where he got that information? Or did Perkowitz said this, which means there should have beed quotation marks or am I wrong? I found it kind of funny but it is true how we get information form people we know, friends, family,etc. Which brings me to Section 5.7 and 5.8. It was surprising seeing how much information can be not precisely right from Google and Wikipedia, but then again it brings me back to how we get our information, (Section 5.1) from people we know. People (who know how to work the internet) can put up any information. and wether its wrong we got the information form people. I think that ever since internet became “popular” or computers started getting easier to afford for some people, they might have found it very interesting browsing all these websites with information that we all forgot what a library is. Or how to really research things when writing about it. Im relating this to my experiences. It may not be true to most people. Like I had mention on my first reading on Chapter 1. Im not a very big fan on reading, its hard for me to concentrate, Chapter 5 was interesting to me in the beginning but I skimmed through the rest. Or some parts that were just not catching my attention. Maybe that also happened with the internet, its more interesting reading something thought the internet than a book.
Swanson, Troy. “Dry Your Hair and Don’t Lick the Frozen Flag Pole Researching and Information Literacy”. Why White Rice? Kendall Hunt Publishing Company. 2010. -
Mayra Pulido
The first one I read was “Your mother and I”. It was confusing at first until I caought on that ita was from a father talking to his child. I found it funny how sometime he went off the subject and talked about how the mother and him would ____. ” Matter of fact, I think you were conceived around that time.” And how you figure how the child reacted because the father would be like I know I know to much information. “Oh don’t give me that face. What? Did I croos the line?”. The way the father was telling the story seemed like he and his wife went through bad and good and up hill and down hill doing all that work, things that we should be doing. If it was that easy for only two people with the help of others do that much work. The “What It Means When a Crowd in a Faraway Nation Takes a Soldier Representing Your Own Nation, Shoots Him, Drags Him From His Vehicle, and Then Mutilates Him in the Dust” took me to the place where this man was. I can actually feel everything and see everything that was explained. At first I thought maybe this soldier is related to him thats why he has that feeling, but looking back at it and the title, I figuered he wanted to help but reall could because the man was in a different country and already dead. There was not much he can do. Both of theses dtories are relevant beacuse we should be doing things about all sorts of situations we have. Making a better lifew for the furture and correcting all this violence in a different way. Like gangs that are actually killing others for no reason when we have bigger problems to fix. We have or will have kids who then have their kids and their kids will have kids and we need think of them even if we are not going to be here. Life is short to be wasting time, and manage mora of our time to make a little difference every day.
— Eggers, Dave “Your mother and I” & — Eggers, Dave What It Means When a Crowd in a Faraway Nation Takes a Soldier Representing Your Own Nation, Shoots Him, Drags Him From His Vehicle, and Then Mutilates Him in the Dust” -
Mayra Pulido
I must confess, I have not heard of the term ecological literacy. If I were to break it down, its sounds like ecology which almost sounds like ecosystem, which reminds me of earth and everything that makes earth ( people, animals, plants, water, sun, air,etc) After reading Fritjof Capra, it reminded me of the “The Lion King”, and how the father lion tells simba “Cirlce of Life”. Everything helps somethings in some way. “All organisms produces waste, but what is waste for one species is food for another”. The left overs that animal leave may be food for other animals. The food we dont like to eat or should I say the piece of a food we eat is food for others who don’t have food at all. (I tought about the trip to Aurira the proffessor assigned) A few things that stood out to me was pg.82 ” The success of the whole community depends on the success of its individual members, while the success of each member depends on the success of the community as a whole.” We need everything, and everything needs us so we really need to be “ecoliterate”. This article did make me more aware of how amazing everything works here in life and earth. Its very important that we all learn about this or be aware of this. Pg. 84 ” As a partnership proceeds, each partner better understands the needs of the other. In a true, committed partnership both partnership LEARN TO CHANGE – coevolve” Im not sure what is our first journal entry, I thought it was about the article of “From the Web of Life”. If it is about chapter 5 I will soon post that up just in case.
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Mayra Pulido
I took the “Quiz” on the women and aids research and seeing which website has accurate information and see which one comes out on google. Exhibit one looked pretty accurate to me. Then I went to the second exhibit and I said “Ummm, what is this, doesnt look right to me”. I didnt even have a feel to reading what it had. Then I looked it up on google, and it’s interesting what website came up. That makes me think twice of always going for the website that comes up, which is usually the first website i go to beacuse when you look up facebook or major websites, they are the first ones on the list. I usually also click on other websites when doing research of course but this made me more aware of this research hunting and where to look.
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Mayra Pulido
I am not very good at reading books or textbooks or anything that I personally don’t choose to read. Its hard for me to imagine things or understand it for some reason. But reading the first chapter in this book caught my attention. I felt like the writer is actually talking to me and I understand it. The examples that were used were great. Like how the outline of the 5 paragraphs are or how we were taught made me laugh because that is how I was taught when I was young. I never liked writing papers and I am scared of what people might think of how I write or what I write about. But I felt some kind of inspiration to actually wanting to learn to be a good writer, and to put myself out there and take a chance to write anything that come to my mind. I looking forward to writing papers and how this class will be.
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Mayra Pulido
My name is Mayra Pulido.
This is not my first time in an online class and this is very different to what I was use to, but I am willing to learn new things in this new and different way.
I am looking forward to working as a group and meeting all of you.
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Prof McGuire
Hi, Mayra. Thanks for keeping an open mind. This online class is setup a little different form the “typical,” but many students say they really like this setup once they get used to it. I hope you find it to be the case. If you have any questions, just ask. Welcome to the class.
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Linda Seguin 6:56 pm on April 16, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
As an employee of the hospital I never focused on all the areas of limitations that the hospital designates. I have now taken notice of the posted signs for employees”s only and let me tell you its for the publics own good. Non-employee’s entering into these area would cause a huge HIPA/ privacy provision violation. So please follow the signage at the hospital. Thanks.