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Thursday, December 3, 2009
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Identity Essay (Un - Revised)
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In this unrevised form of my essay i am unaware of paragraph breaks, there is awkward phrasing that doesn't flow properly. For example, "Weather our personal beliefs are religious, self experienced or we get that icky gut feeling about something depends on our thoughts as individuals." These ideas don't flow together. Also my citations are not properly noted, they are missing page numbers.
Family comes in many shapes, sizes, colors, backgrounds and cultures. My own personal family is a unique shareholder. My parents included are loud, young at heart, comedic and loving. They both are responsible for my confident, enthusiastic, challenging and kooky personality. Starting with my mother, she has been my best friend and support group as I have grown into the woman I am today. She has got my back and taught me to not be afraid to express myself as she says, “the people who are mean to you are jealous, because you are a beautiful, smart young woman who is going places in life.” Along with my tag team of support my father is the most comedic. When I would get upset at anyone, like my boyfriend for example, he would say, “I will get your cousins to beat him up, actually you’re my daughter you can beat him up yourself.” My father then cocks his head back and then lets his cackling laugh echo throughout the house. However my parents aren’t the only parents who’ve made an impact. Queen Latifah credits her mother in her essay,” Who You Callin’ Bitch,” for her sense of self. In her essay she states, “I learned at an early age that nobody has the right to call me out of my name. The first time someone called me a tomboy I went home crying to my mother. She told me to go back out there and tell that boy, “You’re not a tomboy you’re athletic!” I define who I am. My mom planted a seed in my head that day.” In addition to Queen Latifah one other woman credits her family for her identity. In particular she credits her grandparents for her sense of self. Bell hooks demonstrates she not afraid to be herself in her essay “Baba and Daddy Gus”, this is a quote from her grandmother, ““ Ya have to be right with yaself in ya own heart – that’s all that matters.” Baba taught me to listen to my heart – to follow it.” Both of these women acknowledge their families for helping them become confident in who they are, along with encouraging them to stand up for what they believe in.
Personal Beliefs help us decided where we stand in this world. As a result beliefs can also define who we are. Weather our personal beliefs are religious, self experienced or we get that icky gut feeling about something depends on our thoughts as individuals. Furthermore some of my personal beliefs included are, we are who we decide to be and we can take guidance from those surrounding us, but in the end we take responsibility for ourselves. Other people like Queen Latifah believe, “A queen, a woman with self – esteem, handles adversity with grace. Even when her world is crumbling around her, she never lets her crown fall.”(Who you Callin’ Bitch) Queen Latifah speaks out for women. In the same way she understands that life is hard and problems will be thrown at you, but it’s how you handle the situation that gives you the self deserving name of a “queen”.
In this unrevised form of my essay i am unaware of paragraph breaks, there is awkward phrasing that doesn't flow properly. For example, "Weather our personal beliefs are religious, self experienced or we get that icky gut feeling about something depends on our thoughts as individuals." These ideas don't flow together. Also my citations are not properly noted, they are missing page numbers.
Family comes in many shapes, sizes, colors, backgrounds and cultures. My own personal family is a unique shareholder. My parents included are loud, young at heart, comedic and loving. They both are responsible for my confident, enthusiastic, challenging and kooky personality. Starting with my mother, she has been my best friend and support group as I have grown into the woman I am today. She has got my back and taught me to not be afraid to express myself as she says, “the people who are mean to you are jealous, because you are a beautiful, smart young woman who is going places in life.” Along with my tag team of support my father is the most comedic. When I would get upset at anyone, like my boyfriend for example, he would say, “I will get your cousins to beat him up, actually you’re my daughter you can beat him up yourself.” My father then cocks his head back and then lets his cackling laugh echo throughout the house. However my parents aren’t the only parents who’ve made an impact. Queen Latifah credits her mother in her essay,” Who You Callin’ Bitch,” for her sense of self. In her essay she states, “I learned at an early age that nobody has the right to call me out of my name. The first time someone called me a tomboy I went home crying to my mother. She told me to go back out there and tell that boy, “You’re not a tomboy you’re athletic!” I define who I am. My mom planted a seed in my head that day.” In addition to Queen Latifah one other woman credits her family for her identity. In particular she credits her grandparents for her sense of self. Bell hooks demonstrates she not afraid to be herself in her essay “Baba and Daddy Gus”, this is a quote from her grandmother, ““ Ya have to be right with yaself in ya own heart – that’s all that matters.” Baba taught me to listen to my heart – to follow it.” Both of these women acknowledge their families for helping them become confident in who they are, along with encouraging them to stand up for what they believe in.
Personal Beliefs help us decided where we stand in this world. As a result beliefs can also define who we are. Weather our personal beliefs are religious, self experienced or we get that icky gut feeling about something depends on our thoughts as individuals. Furthermore some of my personal beliefs included are, we are who we decide to be and we can take guidance from those surrounding us, but in the end we take responsibility for ourselves. Other people like Queen Latifah believe, “A queen, a woman with self – esteem, handles adversity with grace. Even when her world is crumbling around her, she never lets her crown fall.”(Who you Callin’ Bitch) Queen Latifah speaks out for women. In the same way she understands that life is hard and problems will be thrown at you, but it’s how you handle the situation that gives you the self deserving name of a “queen”.
Reflection Letter
I am a hard working, creative, kooky individual. My life is busy; I work full time while attending school. It's always a challenge to manage my hectic schedule, but I make it work. Recently i have been taking courses in english, math and science. These are all stepping stones to my teaching degree. The classes I am taking are the fundamental basics that help me understand various concepts. Concepts that i will take into my teaching career when teaching young children. However, through taking these classes I have found out some new and interests of mine and a different view of the world around me.
English 101 specifically has helped me understand tradition, communities and identities that apply to everyday life. Through our intermission sessions I have learned about life as a social outcast and as an immigrant, trying to establish a life in America. Seeing how people view individuals by ethnicity, apparel and religious values have challenged my perception of living in a diverse community. I have been taught that judging a book by its cover could really steer one away from it enchanting contents. In addition i have also learned that everyone is from a different background and way of life, but as we live amongst one another we learn to embrace and practice what makes us so unique from each other.
In this chapter of my blog i have included four pieces I wrote. These pieces reflect what i have been taught in English 101 this quarter. Included are two essays, a blog entry and group discussion I participated in. The first essay shows my ability to analyze a community and how they except outsiders. The second essay shows my ability to revise and re - evaluate my ability to write. In this essay specifically i wrote about identity and how we find it. The blog assignment is to demonstrate my voice and awareness of audience as I speak about how I belong to a specific community. Lastly I have included a discussion board I participated in to show my creativity and to let people know who I am. This discussion is about my first name and how I relate and act towards it. I have been taught many new skills about myself and others by playing a role in this class. I now invite readers to share what I have learned and let them acquire a understanding of who I am.
English 101 specifically has helped me understand tradition, communities and identities that apply to everyday life. Through our intermission sessions I have learned about life as a social outcast and as an immigrant, trying to establish a life in America. Seeing how people view individuals by ethnicity, apparel and religious values have challenged my perception of living in a diverse community. I have been taught that judging a book by its cover could really steer one away from it enchanting contents. In addition i have also learned that everyone is from a different background and way of life, but as we live amongst one another we learn to embrace and practice what makes us so unique from each other.
In this chapter of my blog i have included four pieces I wrote. These pieces reflect what i have been taught in English 101 this quarter. Included are two essays, a blog entry and group discussion I participated in. The first essay shows my ability to analyze a community and how they except outsiders. The second essay shows my ability to revise and re - evaluate my ability to write. In this essay specifically i wrote about identity and how we find it. The blog assignment is to demonstrate my voice and awareness of audience as I speak about how I belong to a specific community. Lastly I have included a discussion board I participated in to show my creativity and to let people know who I am. This discussion is about my first name and how I relate and act towards it. I have been taught many new skills about myself and others by playing a role in this class. I now invite readers to share what I have learned and let them acquire a understanding of who I am.
Analysis / Critical Thinking Introduction
To analyze is to examine something in detail in order to understand or discover more about it (research books). I personally have been able to express my analysis through interpreting particular movies. One movie in particular is the Lars and the Real Girl. This was a meaningful movie, about one man’s involvement in the community, and the things he did to become a part of society. I took this movie and watched in three times and examine the message this movie was delivering. I illustrated how Lars’s small town community reached out a helping hand in accepting him and his imagination. One example is this quote from my essay,” Once the community realizes that Bianca is helping Lars break out of his silence, they accept Bianca and involve her in the community cause Lars to come into his own as well.”
Revision Introduction
I have many creative ideas that I enjoy incorporating into my essays. However I often tend to go off subject, because I get lost in my train of thought, and when it comes down to punctuating my skills need some work. These errors were clearly demonstrated in my first paper I wrote for my English 101 class. In this paper we were expected to write about identity with supporting evidence from our week’s readings, with paragraph coherency and thesis driven. My essay struggled in all these areas. My supporting evidence was lacking proper citations. The paragraphs weren’t separated properly as I changed topics and my thesis became lost in my paper. However through thorough editing this experience taught me how to organize my paper more effectively and properly cite my sources.
Audience and Voice Introduction
An audience is there to listen to you speak and hopefully learn from your experiences. I wrote a blog about the community I belong to. This community is the full time student and employee. This blog really invites in the readers, and shows them what life is like from my perspective. This form of public writing illustrates voice because it is about personal experiences that many individuals can relate to. For example in my blog I state, “in this community you’re always going, going and going with very little breaks. Often left wishing there were just a few more hours in the day. ” This relates to my community as well as everyone else leading a busy life. My voice is strong in this blog because I use my own experiences to support my statements.
Writer's Choice Introduction
I want to include a blog I did, that I really enjoyed. A blog was done in which I discussed my feeling towards my first name. I enjoyed this assignment, because it allowed me to be goofy and introduce myself to the class. I was able to be my corky silly self with this line, “Guilty of my different nicknames I was often called Sam, Sammy, and a special thanks to my grandma for Sam-Bo (lovely).” Asides from this quote I also enjoyed this expression of myself, “However I find my nickname Sam amusing when I hang out with new friends, and their boyfriends’ call, and ask why they’re spending time with another guy other than him.” I just felt it was a great assignment that I was able to express myself and allow peers to laugh alongside with me.
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