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What an Experience!

 
This very fast, and exhausting experience was well worth it with Professor Wesley in her GE 102 English class. I learned a lot of things that I actually should have learned already from my past English classes. Including all of the new things that she taught us; It all makes me feel so much smarter since I graduated high school already. Even though we have been in this class for five weeks now, it really does not feel that long. 

Never in my life have I ever had to work so hard to get what I want. That's a fact, here in college, things are real! Nothing is given to anybody, and it has been my wake up call that life isn't going to be a walk in the park. I feel that I wasn't really prepared to succeed here, as I did in high school. I struggled to pass the things I did pass, and in my mind I felt that my grade would be at least around a B. Turns out I had a C mid term average. This just means that I need to work harder, no excuses. Success is my goal, nothing will hinder me from reaching it. 

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Being in this program has brought more benefits to myself than I planned on getting. Seeing how the college life, and how classes are actually going to be before anyone else is a preparation for myself. Now I really know what is required of me to do my absolute best when I return in the fall. I said all that to say this, Professor Wesley is an awesome professor! She is a highly recommended English professor from me, I would advise anyone to take her classes. I will be taking her again in the fall for GE 103. Definitely looking forward to succeeding more than I did in the summer.

Racism Research

My Research From the Library 

Today in the library I experienced difficulty trying to obtain the books I could use as sources in my paper. Although I did figure out how to find the certain books I was looking for on my own. I went online and typed in racism as the criteria, then several books were at my disposal to choose from. Once I got help from the librarian on how to locate the book I chose on the shelves, I immediately went to help others who had a hard time finding what they needed.

The books I choose to pull information from were great choices. I already have a lot of facts, and also statistics that I can refer to in my paper. I haven't looked for many websites as sources yet, I am more concerned on making sure I get a good deal of information from the books since it is more difficult to find certain information from reading; rather than it is to find on the web.

I feel like I would still need a little help keeping up with the outline that I will create today. I think I may end up not following my outline as I begin to type my paper, which will probably cause me to not flow; and it may cause my paper to be unorganized. I know that I will do my best, and if there are any questions I may have, I know my peers are here with me the whole way.

Making You Believe Me

My Arguable Claim

So today in class, we discussed the four sources of arguable claims. Only one of the four will we choose to base our paper on. Those four sources are: Issues of Definition, Issues of Causation, Issues of Evaluation, and Issues of Recommendation

The source that matches my theme(racism) would be issues of definition. This means that my argument will hinge on how to define an object, events, or people.

In my argument, I must provide legit evidence that will make the reader look at my argument in my point of view. So for example, I would include a direct quote from a legit website like counterpnch.org 

Another aspect of this paper that will make it flow, and also support your evidence, is the emotion you include. For instance, I would incorporate logos by informing the reader on my beliefs. I believe that your race shouldn't be criticized from the way you dress. I could bring authority in, and my ethos would be not to stereotype people just because of their color. The hook that will have the reader wondering, is the pathos. I could easily say all native Americans are leaving Hollister, NC for example.

Argumentive Essay

Racism

 

 

If you are light skinned, no matter what your ethnicity is, you are WHITE!

Has anybody ever asked you what your race is? Because they couldn't tell what you could be...

Today in class, we discussed the different argumentative topics, and what an argumentative essay is all about. I'm talking HOT topics, like believing in god, people with no father amounting to nothing, people with poor motherhood growing up to be a disgrace, and such.

It reminds me of debating!

When you debate, you try to prove someone otherwise of their beliefs.  The point is not to win your case, but to prove your point with evidence. Since we have to choose a theme from the novel "Sula", that will also serve as a resource to write our essay;  I  would go with racism.

 

 Being that I am Native American, and being tanned, with a a hip hop looking style; this makes people clueless about my race. They look at my hair, they look at my clothes, they look at my skin. Since I have Native American hair, and I am light skinned, people consider me white.

When writing my essay, I know that I will make everyone believe that this is what people really do. This is how they really look at my kind of people. I could definitely research way back in the day, and speak of the types of racism in our world back then, and the kind that still lives today. 

 

 

Media Violence

Mature Audiences ONLY !! +17 

 

• Why do parents not let children watch whatever they want?

• Why does the gamestop clerk tell you that you can't buy Resident Evil 6 ? 

BECAUSE YOU ARE A CHILD

And this is NO excuse...

 

Even when i was a child, I always got upset at my parents for not letting me buy the games some of my friends had. Like "Grand Theft Auto, and True Crime". As a kid, I felt like that was mean, but now that I see what media violence does to kids just like I was, it influences them that they can do what imaginary things do.From the reading we done this morning, I now know that many of the American children today, shows little, to no interest at all in reading, and educational activities. Surveys show that they choose to stay inside their room and play video games, or watch inappropriate cartoons all day; rather than going outside to get the physical activity their body needs.

The media alone is having a negative affect on children. If parents allow their children to do as they please, like staying on the video game all day, they get no exercise, and have bad health. Which leads up to obesity(another problem in America). 

On the other hand, with a parent who balances their child's activities out, and monitors what their child is engaged in, this will most likely be the child that won't become someone their not meant to be. Like possibly the next mass murderer of one of our fifty states in the U.S.

 

The video we watched in class touched me from the introduction. Which showed near infants, up to no good; causing pain upon their selves. All because they don't know any better, and they seen cartoons do things that hurts their self. So it makes them think that they can hurt their selves, and be okay just like the characters. In this video, you get the idea that if a child of any age, has access to the violent media entertainment, it is normal for a kid  to attempt to do exactly what someone on video games, or movies, or even cartoons are doing. 

Nothing could be worse than dealing with your child growing up as a criminal. Or having your child seriously injure their selves, or someone else. Knowing that it was your fault you let them see things they shouldn't as an immature audience. 

I believe its all about good parenting!

The more the parents of America stand up for preventing media violence, the less criminal children we would have; and maybe more successful children will be the leaders of America for our future.

1965 - She Cries Out for Her

Sula oh Sula. . . 

Since her death...twenty five years has now passed. Things are really changing in the Bottom. Women all still close to their husbands, just as if Sula was still there. This is a good thing though, women should value their marriage not because they fear someone will interfere, but because its what you are supposed to do in a marriage. So things are really coming together in the Bottom...

 

Nel is still though, one of the curious ones. 

She really wants to know more about Eva. I think that she is just so used to hearing rumors in the Bottom about her, so she wants to see for herself what type of person she is.


This turned out to be everything Nel thought it wouldn't. Nel went to the nursing home where Eva was. She was welcomed by Eva with no problem, and out of no where it was like Eva just started to accuse Nel of being the one who killed Chicken Little. I was thinking, "Yeah, Eva is really messed up in the mind." She was saying things that didn't make sense, while she was being an asshole towards Nel; like she kept on saying things about orange juice, while the topic was who killed Chicken Little. Nel tried her best to plead her case, that it was Sula who killed him. Eva didn't listen, she thought they were the same anyway. 

Yes, Nel and Sula...Eva said "whats the difference?"

Nel is really feeling some type of way about this, so she leaves before this argument may have escalated into something much worse. 

As she makes it onto the streets, all she can do is look at flashbacks in her mind. Surprisingly, Nel didn't have a nervous breakdown or anything like that. She sees a lot of her past. She even meets Shadrack as she walked back toward the Bottom. Shadrack knew he had seen her before too. He didn't say a thing though, so they both walked further and further away from each other. I kind of thought Shadrack was going to say something to her for sure.They both just walking, and thinking of the past.

 

 

 The very segregated town of the Bottom, was becoming less racist. Everybody started coming together, and making things better in the community, and also in their lives. I really thought that Shadrack would have been another victim for death, as well as Nel. Although, these two characters remained. I just hope that no one ever comes back in their society that is another "Sula".