Sept. 23, 2009

So today there asking us to go back and reflect upon blog # 3 we wrote called the fake email to our friend talking about a letter grade we got from our teacher and us not really accepting the grade. And what were to do now is go back and reflect on what we now know about email etiquettes on our essay and come up with a difference.
To start off the first difference is that one in the blog we are writing to our friend explains why we did not think we should have received this grade and two on the fact that they are not the teacher but simply a friend.
The main difference is that in the essay we are talking directly to the teacher and trying to get a hold of there attention and try to reason with them on why we got the grade that we got and if so is there any chance that we could work something out with us to change the grade or do some other assignment to see if the grade could be fixed.
Another thing that was different was that we were mad and kind of taking out our angry on our friend but not to the point where any friendship would be broken but simply the person reading the email would know where we are trying to get our point across to them that the grade was not acceptable to us in my class I used to term GPA. If the GPA is low then that dose not look good on the transcript and will not fly with me I would rather stay late at school fixing the problem rather then just accepting the letter grade and moving now no way sorry to say but I for one and not a quitter.

Sept. 21. 09

Today in class we were to come prepared with our rough drafts and be ready to form into our groups and discus are papers and see what our other team members had to say about are paper.
Well everything went well in the group I was in we all had to read our papers to one another and listen to what each member had to say basically given us a critic about are fake email we were assigned to write up and turn in to the teacher next class we have.
Well turns out that the critics we were given and made were to help us out on having a little more details or less well basically to help us finish or reformat the paper.
Oh yes and one of the requirements that was made for our paper is that we have to go to the writing center and get more help on it to easy the flow of stress on this assignment a lot of people still have not gone but as for me I don’t not have to worry about getting an appointment mines over and done with I went in last Monday for mine Mr. Renato or something like that ha my bad I did not mean to sound rude I just simply don’t not remember his name But back to what I was saying when I went in there for my paper I marked down that I went in so I can get help on formatting my paper little did I know that I was going to have to re write my paper no big it all helps out in the end when the grade that I get is that counts.
So yeah basically what happened today in class was that we got in group read openly freely ours lines to the team mates and received critics.

Internet Dating

Well today in class there was a presentation about internet dating. The group that went up came with a well thought out discussion. Internet dating is now used very often now days that's how a lot of people get to know each other through the magic of a net work using from their phones to the computer laptop desktop and exc. To me I think people are relaying to much to the source of the internet to find comfort. And to think about it there is a whole lot of sites out there that are just for internet dating and to think about it also some of those site to help you out and maybe you will find your one and truly on there but to me its like wow come on now you had to go so low as do that basically a blind date and those not always end up right cause who knows who the person is on the other side even though they tell you that they check to see if there safe or not its very easy to lie and spit more flames in to the fire. I don’t know but that’s my thought on that and that’s that.
Now another thing they disused about was if eHarmony was biased against gays.
Why, no I don’t not think so simply because there is other sites out there that only always homosexuals and there’s other websites for heterosexuals why would they be biased against any one they could say the same things on other websites simply because say a heterosexual would want to sign up on a homosexual website then what would happen well there would be a big ole dissociation on that to so either way no one wins because they would be going back and forth on the same idea and what not.

Email Etiquette

Well today in my English class i take we had to print out this paper well more on the lines of notes talking about the term email etiquettes. Well to start off this topic is talking about just how to write the paper without having to start off bad giving you tips ideas and other helpful quotes.
Also showing us how to create a thesis and to know how to draft out the first paper.
To me what i think was actually difficult about this paper would have been to start off the paper because everybody knows starting is always the hardest thing to do but ending a paper well that’s another thing you never want to go too far with it but at the same thing you have to make sure the reader is still in the zone with your paper and is able to follow thru and out.
The Experience I took out of this paper would be that now I know how to try to get at the teacher with the assignment but am not saying that I can do it too well that takes time and a lot of paper I mean a lot ha!. Well what I think maybe what I guess what I am trying to say is yeah I did take a little something out of this lesson we had today in class even though I was a little late not too much though I got something good out of it.
And that this class should do more of this having the notes already printed out makes it easier for a lot of people to follow thru and not having to slack and stay behind and stalling up other people in the class well main point of me writing this out is to say that this class lesson was not to bad to be able to follow thru thick and thin.

Sept. 11. 09

Well today in class it was my groups turn to go up in front of the class and present our topic on our discussions the names of the articles were (Al Gore: "Should Schools Be Wired to the Internet?” By Al Gore “How to bring our schools out of the 20th century” By Claudia Wallis and Sonja Steptoe; “new iPod rules touch off heated debate”; where phones in class are ok”). To me all these articles were almostly about the same to start off the first one was basically about the internet helping the younger students meaning the under classmen or lower grade levels out there to accomplish there working studied habits more on the side that the teachers give them the assignments to work on the internet. For example there’s the possibility of having to do a resource paper, presentations, and just in general getting your facts and data bases if you were making a bibliography the internet is very useful now a days all you really need to know is how to use a computer and the rest falls in place its not that hard to just google just about everything you need and the answer will pop up for you the internet does most of the work for you but at the same time it can be very harmful if you don’t know what you are up against and do not know what you are doing.
Now to talk about the iphone and itouch and ipod rule in general this device is not a bad idea to start doing in school basically its your own education in your hands I can see where the teachers would not like the ides simply because the students can just wonder off the device would be facing towards them so yeah they could be doing other things that cause a distraction but its not the teachers fault for the grade the student gets in my thoughts its not the grade the teacher give but the grade the student earns as a student they have the option to do what they are expected to do or slack off and for me being a student in college it would not be the brightest idea to start stalling in class just because I’m paying my way for my own education now why would I ever want to mess that up if I want to slack off I will do that on my own time when I know I can be able to do what I please without having to suffer the price of going through the same class its not high school or grade school anymore my mistakes could cause a lot of damage and I’m not trying to go there anytime soon. And that’s a fact.

Class sept.9.09

Well today in class we talked about different type of papers that were written by different authors talking about things that are going on today in this world the economy. And these papers were read to use by other classmates in our class and they were talking about things from phones to texting to different methods of learning and helping out the students to become successful in their study habits later on.
In one of the topics that was discussed was about the study habits that teachers are trying to lend out to the students so there works ethnics would come out better on their part. And by doing this they would be doing better in their class and out there in the real world. Well in my opinion bout this is I think they should start trying to lend this characteristic out to everyone I mean everyone would be better off like this if you see some one is in need of help why not go over and help them out its like treat one like one would like to be treated.
On the second topic they informed us about how texting and writing out our daily words could cause a confusing on our methods of work but to me that idea is usurped why simply because when writing a paper you tend to write what you are told to write and of course you would want to write a good clean well written one out right well I am pretty sure everyone knows when to use your aberrations and when to correctly spell out your thoughts meanings and expressions and on doing this everything comes out fine.
So by them saying that it causes problems to you is outspoken because you as an individual chose what to say and how to say it.

Fake Email.

Hey.
Kid how you been dang today in class I got the lowest grade I think I’ve ever gotten and let me tell you something kiddo that never happens to me got it! Ugh I can’t believe this lady would ever give me such a grade I mean hey I know she might be my teacher and she might have liked my paper but I think my paper was at least worth more than she decided to give me as a grade yuck you know. Nah but watch out I’m going to show her what I am capable of doing and I’m going to show her what I can do as in my education is in worth of this. Dang this gets me mad like for real’s chill with all of that no sense just because I write about what I feel and not about what she feels about the topic.
Hey well kid just so you know when you get to college don’t take no for answer you can always get a better grade if you mange yourself right and know what you are trying to get and where you are going because to be truthfully honest with you some people are just out to get you so watch out kid and you don’t take the no make them take it from you. As you are better than you think you are and better then what you seem.
But on this paper I wrote I pretty sure it was not necessary for this grade I was given this teacher sure does know how to push my buttons and to tell you something no one does that to me ha no one and I am going to go up to her at the end of class and have a one on one talk with her and she is going to hear me out whether she likes it or not.

Sept. 4. 2009

In Class today we were talking about all of our work we will be doing for the next couple of weeks in this class till the semester is over.
Things that were spoken in here for example were the way our blogs are going to be graded also the requirements it takes to be in here to do the work and request that the teacher asks of us to do to fulfill her demands to be able to pass her class and earn our credits.
Some things we will be doing are team presentations meaning having with the people in our groups each team member is responsible for their given assignment and to collaborate with one another with their information to be able to complete the task and receive the credit for the assignment of that day.
Also the Teacher mentioned that we are competing other teams in our class for that grade and by doing so it would be called team effort and we would all be receiving the grade we deserve so in my own way to put it “the early bird gets the worm.”
Also In Class Today we discussed about GPA meaning Grade Point Average meaning mine and how high or low it will be if i need up doing or not doing my work is depended on me and only me and I could not let my team down by any meaning cause in the end all our grades come together and the team is one.
Well to sum everything up that happened in class as of today we talked about what the class will be doing in her class and her expectations towards us as her class and the daily work how we will be graded also and to have a nice semester with her.