Rewriting passages

(1) Max Fisher gives a speech to his public high school developing narcissistic entitlement by saying, "I can write a hit play, why can't I have a little drink to unwind myself?"
(2) Classism is prevalent in both society and the episode of 30 days that our class watched.
(3) Media is a leading cause of classism, specifically directed towards the lower class.
(4) Hospital and medical bills cause financial problems for the people in the lower class.
(5) By saying, "They only want to ensure that the white male who has the appropriate boarding pass will have a seat in first class" the sexism is exposed.
(6)

speakers

After going to both speakers thursday and friday, I'd have to say I have very different opinions about both. The guy that spoke on thursday was a very interesting speaker. What he had to say kept my attention, and he had a catching tone. He added a few jokes, to lighten the mood. By him speaking about such a edgy topic getting to laugh made it easier to listen to him. When the introduction was going on I expected an older man to come on stage to be the speaker, I was surprised when I saw a young black man that had dread locks. 

I liked how he spoke about what he "should" and "shouldn't" talk about, and how he was answering a question through out the entire speech. I also found it comforting that he admitted to finishing the writing the night before, like an "undergraduate student".

The second speaker had an interesting topic, I couldn't relate to everything she was saying personally. I felt like I couldn't follow her speech as well as I did the first speaker. She referred to people and writings that I had never heard of. Her jokes weren't funny to me. It grabbed my attention that she spoke about her relationship with her father. At first I thought she was talking about getting raped or something tragic like that, but then towards the middle she said she did it to get back at her mom. Which I found absolutely mind blowing. I couldn't see how anyone would agree to having a sexual relationship with their father. 

I think if I could read her novel, or her other writings I would certainly understand more of where she was coming from. 

All in all, I thought the writers were very interesting, and made good speakers. They kept my attention and although I felt they weren't the easiest people to follow I would certainly go listen to them again.

Ruth's Song

The depression was a social force that she had no control over, and she lived through. She married a man of a different religion, so she experienced a lot of things that she didn't grow up with. She had a constant fear of things that people normally think about but don't obsess over like she did. She lived in and out of the hospital, so that would be a social force that she couldn't control except for when she was healthy enough to choose when she wanted to be in the hospital and not.

Early Ruth

The Earlier Ruth was an independent woman. She had a strong personality, and the people that liked her loved who she was. She seemed to really do everything she could for the people she loved.

Old Ruth

The Older Ruth changed a lot from the Early Ruth. She had flash backs to her old personality. Once she got older, her original self came out and her family was able to see who she used to be. The person they never got to meet. 

Op-Ed/ Letter to the Editor Exercise (illegal immigration)

The writer wants to make it clear that the term "Illegals" is not only referring to South Americans and Mexicans. The term "Illegals" is every individual that comes to the US without proper consent. If an "illegal" is caught they have broken the law and need to be punished as any other immigrant would be.
The writer is concerned with the cost of illegal immigration. He is concerned with the amount of crime committed by immigrants. They don't file tax returns, as in they don't pay taxes. The writer is also concerned with the number of drunk driving by "illegals". All his statistics come from different resources proving his evidence.

Dear Editor Response

Dear Editor,
I strongly feel that parents are letting their children get away with too much. Teenagers today, think they know everything, when really they haven't entered the real world. The students are speaking back to their grandparents and parents in such a way with no respect. You should always treat your elders with the highest respect. They also believe in strength in numbers, the teenagers believe if everyone else is doing something they can do it too. They skip school in large numbers so the school board can't do anything about it, they vandalize as a whole so not one individual can be punished.
If you have seen their new "senior shirts", it shows that they truly believe they are the best, and no one can stop them. If you were to read into their shirts, you would see that they are making statements to their parents that they will are currently are rebelling. Who do we I blame for the uproar of rude teenagers, their parents. The parents need to stop allowing their children to control them, and stop allowing the student to believe they are the best. Teenagers need to control themselves, and the parents need to teach them how to do so.

idea structure

"Killing Rage"- Long term ethical solutions- Require new way of thinking and acting-she needs to clear her mind that all people aren't racist, let people she doesn't know have a chance, keep her cool when angry about a situation, calm down when put into a situation that makes her feel like she's being attacked or she feels she wants to be attacked, stop living the with white supremacy in the back of her head 

"Killing Rage"-Short Term practical solutions-don't assume everyone is out to get you for your skin color, talk to someone that went through the same things she did growing up, stop making the assumption all white people are racist when in small situations

After reading "Killing Rage" I felt it was much easier to doubt the writer because she was writing with such an angry tone. It's easy to not "listen" to someone that is angry for multiple reasons. Although at the same time, it's not like I didn't believe her story, I don't doubt that all the situations she explained didn't happen because I'm sure they did. I just feel they wouldn't have been looked at in the same way if say I were to be there in her place. 

The writer seemed to have a chip on her shoulder that prevented her to look at anyone in a clear point of view. She went into situations with a mind set of people are racist, and people treat her and her friend differently because of their skin color. If anyone no matter what their skin color goes into a situation with a pre-conceived notion of people are going to treat me differently then, yes people will treat you differently in your point of view.

Frank Sinatra

In my personal opinion, I think George Clooney is equivalent to Frank Sinatra in todays world. Take into consideration, I had to look up who Frank Sinatra was on wikipedia to gather information about him to make a assumption of who might be equivalent, and what his answers may include.

So if I was to interview George Clooney, I would assume this might be what it would be like...

Me: Good afternoon Mr. Clooney, how are you doing on this wonderful day? Enjoying the weather I would assume?

Clooney: Yes, this time of year is my favorite actually, all the ladies start to wear less and less clothes!

Me: I've noticed your history with all the ladies, Do you ever think you'll marry ? Or settle down?

Clooney: Well, I'd like to keep doing Ocean movies, just like Frank Sinatra! 

Me: Oh really, do you relate yourself to him at all?

Clooney: Well he stared in the original Oceans Eleven, and I stared in the remake of it so yes we have some things in common.

Robert Cole's Entitlement

Before reading Robert Cole's Entitlement, I wasn't exactly sure what entitlement even meant. So I looked up the definition, and that really didn't give me what I was looking for either. So by Robert Cole giving me the impression that he describes entitlement by what you teach your children. By teaching your children who they are by how much money they grew up with. When he gives the example, if you grow up with parents that work with money like lawyers or stockbrokers you learn to live your life around money. So by growing up with money, you're entitled to live your life with money. 

Now after reading, I can see what he means by parents feeling that their children are entitled to certain things, but at the same time they want them to feel that they don't just get everything handed to them. 

I know a lot of very wealthy people, and I feel that now that the children are older, some act like their life will be handed to them on a silver platter and they feel that they're entitled to it. But some people's parents make them have a job, and work for their own money, because their parents feel that if they worked for their money their kids can do the same. 

Robert Cole used the term spoiled, and referred to how some parents don't care at all if their children become spoiled, because once again they're entitled to it. Then he mentioned how some parents felt that it was ok for their children to get a little spoiled, and that it's bound to happen, but they dont want their kids to get everything handed to them. Like I mentioned earlier, I know a lot of wealthy people, and some parents will just hand money over on demand, and some wont. I think it really depends on how their parents raised them. 

The coal mine owners son, really shows the difference in how the owners family lives opposed to the coal miners families. Calling in the best doctors for the injured, but at the same time saying they deserved it because they get careless sometimes. I feel like the father contradicted himself by saying that. Like he cares, but only because he has to. He wants them to get better, but only because they are working for him...

I personally think that no matter how much money you have growing up, if you grow up in the right environment, and your parents raise you knowing that nothing in life is just given to you, you can still have a good state of thinking about the term entitlement. Just because you have money, doesn't mean you're entitled to it.

Reflective Reading 4/9/08

The reading "Excerpts from My Life" describes several ways that cultures differ from one to another, Iserhoff's cultural background as a Native Indian living in Canada clashed with other cultures throughout the story. One way was the obvious religious differences, and how her mother warned her not to experience the other religion when she was sent away to the hospital. Even when she was with her family, and first experienced the Mistissini their cultures differed in the way that they lived their day to day lives. Iserhoff lived in a tent with other families, upon arriving in Mistissini, she realized that these "different looking" people lived in wooden cabins and had glass windows. After living her life away from the bush for so long, coming back she felt as if she was an "outcast" in her own home, and I feel part of the reason for this is because of the culture she had been around, and lived in for such a long period of time. When living with the other family, she experienced such new things, that I'd consider that family as teachers of a new culture also.

When I think of the term "clashes" I feel like it's referring to something bad, when really throughout the story, all the cultural differences made her who grew up to be. I think by experiencing all of these different cultural "clashes" she would be a better teacher in the end, being capable of explaining to her students that their is more to life than your small community. Even though getting shipped to a hospital for worms wasn't a fun experience and her culture wasn't the same as all the nurses, she learned a lot at such a young age, that many of her peers from the bush didn't get to experience.

After reading this excerpt, it made me realize that experiencing such an array of cultures, especially at such a young age really made Iserhoff learn the differences from culture to culture, and now being a teacher for students so young, she can relate to them, and tell them stories about her life, and how other people live differently than they do.

Reading Rhetorically ch.1-2

1. If I was to choose any background knowledge I'm bringing to the text, it would just be the history of writing that I have. Nothing special, just writing papers in high school and now college. The section about sleeping habits I've read a lot of information about before, being in health and nutrition courses, and having to learn what's good for the young body. Other than that my past knowledge hasn't really come into play yet.

2. When reading the chapter, I was able to relate to the sleeping articles, only because of my sleeping patterns personally, and being in a lot of health and nutrition classes, and learning what is healthy, and what is common.

3. I would ask to have more explanation in the specific strategies mentioned, I am still slightly confused about what all of them mean to a definition.

4. The poem "The Voice You Hear When You Read Silently", I wish to have a little more clarification on the exercises after the poem, they are still unfamiliar to me.

5. The text's meaning to me is more or less a reference to what I am learning in the classroom, it just repeats that information presented before me.

6. This text differs from many, just because it's not the normal definition, explanation kind of reading, it makes you guess to what they're trying to present.

interview paper

April 2, 2008

Katlin is the girl that her family can always depend on; she lives her life for others. This wholehearted girl looks forward to lending out a helping hand.
Katlin is from the small town of Gallia County, and has a strong relationship with everyone in her family and her community. Katlin emphasized how much she loves her small town of Gallia, and how she is looking forward to living there for the rest of her life. She plans on using her hearing speech and language degree to care for the next generation in her hometown, and taking care of those who are in need.
I feel as if Katlin must have a slight obsession with Florida, because Florida was brought up a lot when getting to know her. Katlin said if she could fly, she’d fly to Florida. And her all time favorite childhood memory was when her grandma took her to Florida when she was in the third grade, and spent all her time in Disney World. Even though Katlin wants to live in Ohio for her whole life, I think she will take her kids to Florida and give them the memories that she got from her grandma.
Katlin is such a fun loving person; she talks about going to fairs and getting involved in her community. She always refers to her mom, and her boyfriend, and how much she loves spending time with the two of them. Taking care of those around her seems to be the most important objective in her life right now. Katlin really lives her life for others right now, and probably always will.

How I Wrote the Moth Essay response

I can understand why Annie Dillard is opposed to writing personally. When you write about yourself, or your thought process you really do include things that you think are important but all in all they really aren't important to the reader. When I have written things about myself, I feel like I write about things that aren't interesting to anyone but me.

The "dangers" of writing personally according to Annie Dillard are that you take the chance of getting lost in yourself, and you include things that happen in life that have nothing to do with what you're really writing about. When writing, I think that Annie Dillard knows what to include in her writing and what not to include, because she has grown into such an excellent writer. I feel that when making the moth significant in the original story to becoming a good writer, Annie Dillard knew not to add personal stories, or thoughts to point out she was making the reference to herself and not to writers in general.

Making notes throughout her writings made it easier for her to look back and have a reference to what the meanings were all in all, and now for the reader having a reference in her theories it makes it easier to read and understand all the connections she made throughout the entire storyline or the "Death of a Moth"

death of a moth free-write

Free-Writing on “Death of a Moth” by Annie Dillard

1. 1. Annie Dillard throughout the entire story is expressing her passion of writing, and towards the end she says “I’ll do it in the evenings, after skiing, or on the way home from the bank…” I think she’s trying to give across the message that at any moment in her day/life she is thinking about writing and will take part in what she is passionate about whenever she can. I feel that most people are passionate about something, whether that be writing like Annie Dillard or a type of hobby like sewing, or even working out.

5. After talking about the representation of the moth in the story, and the relation to writers, it made me realize that everyone is passionate about something. Like I said above, people can be passionate about anything.

Animals live for a very long time if you treat them right, take care of them, and enjoy their company. Animals like bunnies aren’t as common as dogs and cats, but they are just as playful. Bunnies can hop around and do lots of strange tricks that other animals typically can’t.

2. I think the most climatic or most dramatic event of the narrative was when the candle had two identical flames, ...