1. Just write, don't think. Start by writing down anything that comes to mind on a certain topic. You'll find that it isn't as hard as it seems.
2. After writing a paper, take some time off before proofreading it. A lot of times I notice things I missed if I take a short break. It's much easier to proofread something a couple of hours later when I'm not thinking about the project or topic you wrote on because it's easier to focus on the actual writing.
3. Proofread your work multiple times. Make sure that all grammar and spelling are both correct.
4. Relax and enjoy yourself. The more tense I am about a project, the harder it is for me to write.
5. And last, write about something you are passionate about.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
I'm a dirty rotten LIAR!
So two truths and a lie, huh? This would be the third class I've played this game in. Let's see if this class is better at guessing the lie than my other classes... Ok, how about this:
1. Throughout my life, I've always been the good kid. I've never received bad grades, and never was sent to detention in high school, not even once.
2.I love to watch and play all kinds of sports. I played 5 years of team basketball, was a little league all-star in baseball, and played 2 years of little grizzly football and 1 year of high school football before it became obvious that I was too small to keep playing. I've always been pretty good at them, but football was/is my favorite.
3. My family used to travel around the western half of the United States so my older brother and I could compete in judo and wrestling tournaments when we were little. We were both nationally ranked for our age and weight, with my brother winning the national title at age 7 and I finished 4th in the nation the next year when I was 7.
Can you guess which one is not true?
1. Throughout my life, I've always been the good kid. I've never received bad grades, and never was sent to detention in high school, not even once.
2.I love to watch and play all kinds of sports. I played 5 years of team basketball, was a little league all-star in baseball, and played 2 years of little grizzly football and 1 year of high school football before it became obvious that I was too small to keep playing. I've always been pretty good at them, but football was/is my favorite.
3. My family used to travel around the western half of the United States so my older brother and I could compete in judo and wrestling tournaments when we were little. We were both nationally ranked for our age and weight, with my brother winning the national title at age 7 and I finished 4th in the nation the next year when I was 7.
Can you guess which one is not true?
Saturday, October 9, 2010
TV Show!
The television show that I would recommend to everyone is American Idol. It has something for everyone. You could be a reality television fan, enjoy comedy or drama, or maybe you just like to think that you were part of the reason why the final contestant won. After the show is over, the winner gets a record contract, so who wins actually matters beyond the show. From Kelly Clarkson to Carrie Underwood, Chris Daughtry to David Cook, there have been many platinum selling artists that came from the show. For all the shows currently running on TV, American Idol is the only one that has lasting impact on the general public long after each season ends.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
The Great Debate: Opinion v. Fact
It's interesting to me to read how each of my classmates interpret the meaning of each article written and then respond to the writing afterward based on their own opinion. For me, being someone who I would classify as a progressive or liberal, my opinion or interpretation could be much different than someone who would call themselves a conservative. Here is what I read and what I thought about each article afterward:
The first article I read was an article by Arianna Huffington discussing a conversation she had with columnist Joe Klein about how out of touch the Washington media is with the rest of the country. She writes about Klein's trip around the country and talks about issues that should be the big stories in the Washington media cycle, like how 1 in 5 children live in poverty and 1 in 5 people are unemployed or underemployed. She uses pathos with great effect while she is discussing the issues at hand, as well as the "non" issues, like if Hillary Clinton will run as President Obama's Vice Presidential running mate in 2012, when there was no story there to begin with, just a couple of people bouncing ideas off a wall and nothing else. She also uses logos very well when closing her argument, using the statement "Maybe if the Washington press corps focused more on the casualties of the economic devastation in their own country, they'd care less about the horse race -- and a very different kind of story would "win the morning"" as a logical conclusion after her arguments she previously made.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/joe-klein-and-diane-sawye_b_752674.html
The second article I read is entitled "Facebook, I Just Can't Quit You" by Meghan Daum. It discusses how facebook is time wasting and for lack of a better adjective, addictive, but how it has become a necessity to be a member or feel like you've been left behind by the world. The author talks about how she was a skeptic of facebook and didn't want to join, but how she became hooked when she tried it and now how it is impossible to leave because of it's value to the current social world. The overall use of pathos is probably the strongest of the three here, but I also see a lot of logos as well, since the author uses the shear size of facebook to make an argument of how you have to join and can't leave.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-daum-facebook-20101007,0,2696276.column?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fnews%2Fopinion%2Fcommentary+%28L.A.+Times+-+Commentary%29
The third article I chose to read is entitled "Obama's a Lock in 2012" by Peter Beinart. Overall, I liked the argument made by the author when he stated that Obama will win election in 2012 because he has no serious primary challenger from his own party, and only 3 sitting presidents didn't win re-election in the last 75 years, and all had serious competition within their own political party. He also uses an argument made by GOP Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in that if the GOP takes the House of Representatives this fall, it will only help Obama and history shows that if the economy shows that it has improved from what a president inherited, then he almost always gets re-elected. This article focuses heavily on logos, using logical conclusions based on what has happened in the past.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-10-06/why-obama-will-win-a-second-term/?cid=bs:archive7
The first article I read was an article by Arianna Huffington discussing a conversation she had with columnist Joe Klein about how out of touch the Washington media is with the rest of the country. She writes about Klein's trip around the country and talks about issues that should be the big stories in the Washington media cycle, like how 1 in 5 children live in poverty and 1 in 5 people are unemployed or underemployed. She uses pathos with great effect while she is discussing the issues at hand, as well as the "non" issues, like if Hillary Clinton will run as President Obama's Vice Presidential running mate in 2012, when there was no story there to begin with, just a couple of people bouncing ideas off a wall and nothing else. She also uses logos very well when closing her argument, using the statement "Maybe if the Washington press corps focused more on the casualties of the economic devastation in their own country, they'd care less about the horse race -- and a very different kind of story would "win the morning"" as a logical conclusion after her arguments she previously made.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/joe-klein-and-diane-sawye_b_752674.html
The second article I read is entitled "Facebook, I Just Can't Quit You" by Meghan Daum. It discusses how facebook is time wasting and for lack of a better adjective, addictive, but how it has become a necessity to be a member or feel like you've been left behind by the world. The author talks about how she was a skeptic of facebook and didn't want to join, but how she became hooked when she tried it and now how it is impossible to leave because of it's value to the current social world. The overall use of pathos is probably the strongest of the three here, but I also see a lot of logos as well, since the author uses the shear size of facebook to make an argument of how you have to join and can't leave.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-daum-facebook-20101007,0,2696276.column?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fnews%2Fopinion%2Fcommentary+%28L.A.+Times+-+Commentary%29
The third article I chose to read is entitled "Obama's a Lock in 2012" by Peter Beinart. Overall, I liked the argument made by the author when he stated that Obama will win election in 2012 because he has no serious primary challenger from his own party, and only 3 sitting presidents didn't win re-election in the last 75 years, and all had serious competition within their own political party. He also uses an argument made by GOP Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in that if the GOP takes the House of Representatives this fall, it will only help Obama and history shows that if the economy shows that it has improved from what a president inherited, then he almost always gets re-elected. This article focuses heavily on logos, using logical conclusions based on what has happened in the past.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-10-06/why-obama-will-win-a-second-term/?cid=bs:archive7
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Enneagram test
I think this is pretty accurate. If I was to describe myself personally, I can't disagree with anything that came up as a result of this test. Yes, I would say that I tend to stay detached from things most of the time (Molly, you already knew this from our chat during conferences). I also agree with the result of me being a "type 5" person. I do tend to enjoy analyzing things, sometimes I think too much. I always like to think logically and I do have a need to understand everything and sometimes I do have a fear of being overwhelmed. I do like the statement that says my mind is my best friend. So, again, I would agree that this test is accurate.
As for my 2nd and 3rd tests, I also tend to agree (mostly). Type 2, the helper, also does describe me. I do like to help people and I am overly concerned about others' well being more than mine, at least most of the time. As for Type 4, hypersensitivity, or the romantic, I agree completely with the good and bad analysis from 9types.com.
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As for my 2nd and 3rd tests, I also tend to agree (mostly). Type 2, the helper, also does describe me. I do like to help people and I am overly concerned about others' well being more than mine, at least most of the time. As for Type 4, hypersensitivity, or the romantic, I agree completely with the good and bad analysis from 9types.com.
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