Reflect on the difference between Blog 3's email and the email etiquette essay you have been writing.

There is a huge difference between the blogs. Blog 3 was to write to a fake email to a friend complaining about a grade given to you by a teacher. This blog was easier for me to write. On this blog I felt more comfortable writing to friend other than a teacher. With a friend I could relate more, explain my feelings, write freely, and use whatever language I want to. Plus this blog only had to be two hundred words, but besides that point complaining is easier to do then providing details for a thesis. My email etiquette essay was to send an email to instructor complaining about a grade and requesting reconsideration. This essay assignment needed to be in email format, contain appropriate language, two to three well developed paragraphs with six complete sentences. This email had to have a thesis which would be followed by a summary. When you are talking to the instructor you know the instructor is a busy person so you have to get straight to the point when you addressing them. You have to thank the instructor because it is the courteous thing to do. With your friends you do not have to be courteous. You can tell them whatever you want because they are your friends. Both of these assignments were challenging. I enjoyed writing these assignments because the first blog assignment was pretty easy so that was an easy grade for me. The email etiquette was challenging because I had to write supporting details for thesis and emphasize on the supporting details. But overall I know these assignments will help me with future blogs and essay assignments.

Reflecting on your workshop experience.

I set up an appointment with the writing center a week before my paper was due. It was pretty smart of me because by the time the week was up the writing center was all booked up. I arrived five minutes prior to my appointment time because I like to be courteous and be early to all my appointments. I walked in approached the receptionist and stated that I had an appointment. The receptionists looked up my appointment time and told me to have a seat and that someone would be with me in a second. I took a seat down took out my writing materials, rough draft, and essay assignment outline from my bag. I began to read my rough draft for errors and corrections that needed changing for my final draft. Ten minutes pass by and my tutor has not shown up yet. I go up to the receptionist desk and ask the receptionist "where is my tutor?" The receptionists reply to me was "the tutor is running late and will be here in a few minutes." I sit down at my desk and review my paper once again. Ten more minutes pass by and a new tutor comes to me and tells me to fill out his paper. He sits down with me and we begin to read my rough draft together. He tells me I need to emphasize on my thesis and add a little more to my conclusion, but overall my paper is a pretty decent paper. My writing center experience could have been better if my original tutor had showed up in time. My second tutor took care of me, but if I would have had more time with the tutor I would have been able to get more feedback from the tutor, but I will definitely be back for help on future essay assignments.

Summarize today's articles 9-18-09

The Dating Detectives by Madhur Singh. This article talks about how in India people are going to dating detectives more often to find out if the female or male is the right person. Vikas Sharma , a twenty eight year old operations manager with an IT company in Mumbai, began dating someone online, using one of the dozens of matchmaking sites that flourished in recent years. He met a girl and began chatting and meeting off and on for several months. Where traditional match making might have relied on a mutual relative or family friend to shuttle between the families of potential suitors, verifying their status to one another, Sharma had no such luxury. Instead he used a dating detective and found out she had been seen checking into a hotel with another man. He confronted her, and it was over. All of which means roaring business for private eyes in India. Is eHarmony Biased Against Gays? by John Cloud. John Cloud never tried eHarmony, but if he had, he would have not been welcomed. eHarmony has two choices on the first page of eharmony.com: "Man seeking a woman" and "Woman seeking a man." The founder of eHarmony, Neil Clark Warren, apparently believes that gays are some kind of different species. Warren, a psychologist, stated "We have done a deep amount of research on about five thousand married people , but never on people who are same-sex. So we don't know how to do that. A class action lawsuit was filed by a lesbian from the San Francisco Bay Area. She claims that eHarmony's no-gays policy is discriminatory under California law. There are are also many gay sites like gay.com and connexion.org, some of which could easily be charged with reverse discrimination. So as for that I will let you decide if you think eHarmony is biased against gays?

Reflecting on taday's experience. What was difficult? What went well? 9-16-09

Today we talked about our upcoming Email Etiquette Assignment. The Email Etiquette Assignment is a fake email to an instructor complaining about a grade and requesting reconsideration. The assignment is supposed to be two to three paragraphs long, with at least six complete sentences. It is also supposed contain appropriate language, have a specific email format, developed introduction, fully developed body paragraphs, and a conclusion. I am nervous to write this assignment because I do not know how to start this thing. We were supposed to start this in class but we still had a good class discussion. As a class we also discussed about something I never new about. The meaning of CC: and BCC:. CC: stands for carbon copy and BCC: stands for blind carbon copy. When you send an email everybody can see the email you mail when you place the people you want to see the email on the carbon copy. When you want to send the email to somebody and do not want anybody else to know who you sent the email to you place them in the blind carbon copy. I don't know I think it is pretty cool to know.

Summarize two of the articles assigned for today 09-11-09

Today in English class we had a class discussion on four articles. One of the articles we discussed is called "New iPod rules touch off heated debate." This article talks about how a new policy at the University of Missouri School of Journalism requires students to have an iPhone, or an iPod touch. The school is asked the students to purchase the devices, so students can download classroom lectures or confirm facts on the web while reporting from the scene of a plane crash or town council meeting. This marks the one of the first times an American university requires undergraduates to buy the device themselves. Clyde Bentley a journalism professor voted against the new policy, because his primary concern was burdening students with an additional expense, and questioned whether the students will actually use the device as the journalism school's has intended for the device to be used properly. Jeffrey Cole, director of the Center for the Digital Future at the University of Southern California, calls the new Missouri requirement "not only reasonable but admirable." Jeffrey also provides how schools are usually behind their students in embracing new technology, and faculty are usually behind the schools. "It really shows how both journalism and education are changing in transformational ways," and adds "The biggest effect the internet will have is how we learn." I think this is a great idea and that new technology shows us students across the country new ways to learn. iPods are great fast ways to gain access to the internet, and the internet in my opinion is the fastest way for me to get the information I need. Another article that caught my attention is called "Al Gore: Should Schools Be Wired To The Internet?" by Vice President Al Gore. This article talks about how all kids should grow up with a computer. The internet gives we the people easy ways of communication and information. The Education Department reports that students in classes that use computers outperform their peers on standardized tests of by skills by an average of 30%. Another study showed that with access tho the internet not only presented their final projects in more creative ways but also turned in work that was more complete and had better syntheses of different points of view. Former President Bill Clinton and Al gore have created an E-rate program to give crucial discounts to schools and libraries, with the steepest discounts going to the neediest communities. Through this program the government gives all children an equal chance to learn and succeed in school. Without this help, technology is one more hurdle for poor and rural communities struggling to keep up with richer communities. This article is important to me because I believe that all schools should be hooked up with the internet because it fast, fun, reliable search engine that students can use in order to complete a specific assignment. I hope someday that all schools will be able to afford computers and internet. For now hopefully our government can help these poor communities attain this technology because you never know where the next Albert Einstein will pop up.

summarize the two articles assigned for 9-9-09

Today we reviewed and discussed four articles and for which two I have to summarize. One caught my attention. The name of the article is called Tech helps students adopt good study habits by Dennis Carter. This one caught my attention because the article talks about how teachers are using online "signals" to warn students that their grades are dropping. If the student grade is dropping the teacher sends study habit suggestions to the student. The system consists of of three signals, a red signal (low grades), a yellow signal (doing well), and a green signal (passing). This would help me greatly to know that if I was failing a class I would be notified within the first two weeks of school rather than waiting half a semester and finding out i am failing. I think this is a great system and that all schools should try using this system. Another article that caught my attention is called Reading, Writing, iPhoning by Elizabeth Woyke. This article talks abut how some schools are issuing out either an iPhone or an iPod touch. Oklahoma Christian University is the only school giving students MacBooks along with the iPhone or iPod touch. Of course the students are going to have to pay for the device, and if you choose the iPhone you have to pay AT&T's monthly service bill. The device will be used inside the classroom for tracking attendance, campus maps, check their course calendars, receive emergency alerts, and keep up with city events. Of course there is a downfall some students might use the device in a non productive way and might screw it up for everyone else. I think this is a great idea for a way to introduce modern technology with today learning planner. Plus hopefully I can get my hands on an iPhone and a MacBook.

Reflecting on today's discussion, your group, your upcoming writing assignments

Today's discussion was very important to us students. Our teacher taught us how to access articles, links, and assignments on our pals account. We also learned that we can access our syllabus from her class from our pals account. She also talked about how many points we can get in the class, survival statistics, and the rules to her class. My group is a pretty good group (Strykers), we always try to get things done together, try to be on the same page, try to get things done on time, e-mail on assignments that need to be done. It's easier that we student development class together because we can talk about our classes and if somebody forget something for a certain class we try to help each other out so they won't stick out like a sore thumb. I know they will help me out if I need help and I'll be there if they need help in any class. In the end of our semester the Stryker team will prevail in the end becoming the English 0301 survivors. We have quite of few of writing assignments in this class. (Duh, it's English class.) We students have plenty more blogs to do which is hell for me already. Plenty more classroom writing, final drafts, and discussions, but in the end I believe this well prepare me for my future classes and will be well worth it for me in the future. I can not wait for what this class has in store for me in the future because I truly need this class to become a better writer in general since it has been about 5 years since I have truly written a story, blog, or writing drafts. I am going to try to survive the semester with an A in the class, but it will require plenty of time and effort from me. The reward? Realize all the necessary writing skills to take me through college and life.

Write a fake email to our friend complaining about a grade you earned in class

What's up homie, long time no talk to. What you been up to? Me chillin started school up last week. So I show up in class and this teacher right old man, 5'9ish, grumpy as hell gives me back a paper that I wrote which took two hard weeks of research on the computer, books, and outside help gave me a D. He said "You should have known better to have written this paper with black ink instead of blue ink." So I said, " You did not specify on whether the paper should be written black ink, blue ink, red ink, or a pencil I see other students have written in other colored inks," then totally cut me off and starts ranting and pointing his fingers in an angry tone, "I am the teacher here so what I say goes, and I distinctly remember telling you that I wanted the research paper written in black ink," and heads off toward his desk angrily moaning and groaning as he walks. So I waited till after class to confront him once again about my grade. As I walk toward his desk he abruptly gets up and heads toward his office in the back of the classroom and shuts his door. I walk up to the door and knock three times.There is no answer. I knock three more times. No answer. I knock again three more times and hear a thunderous voice saying, "Quit knocking on my door and come in already." I enter the door and they he is crying on his desk telling me how his wife cheated on him with another teacher and took their kids and ran off to Mexico. I listen to him sob and cry for about an hour and at the end he ends up giving me an A for the research paper just for listening to his problem and I ended up passing for the semester. Anyways thanks for letting me vent see you at the concert this Saturday. MuDvAyNe rocks. Laterz.