Election Day

I think it is very important that everyone votes, but I think that it is even more important that people have an educated vote. It is our responsibility to be informed about the issues and stances of candidates and go to the polls. =)

What has worked best for me in class is group disscussions, I like to hear others opinions and insight. The least effective thing in class would probably be peer editing days because I feel they are not that helpful. Probably because we do not try that hard. However, I think that the letter version of peer editing worked best. I do feel prepared for the assignments, the book examples are very helpful as well as examples from class. Some advise I would give to students taking Engish 151 next quarter is to do the assignments, turn them in on time, make sure you are clear on what the assignment is, read Cion and have fun.

Essay 1 Reflection

I thought this essay was somewhat challenging, I felt like I did not have much to say about the article. Also, it was difficult for me to make it four pages. However, I think it was a good experience because it made me think about what I believe about anti-male bias and it made me aware of this issue in the English language.

I feel I did best on the body paragraphs in my essay because I gave different example throughout it to support my beliefs about August's article.

I wish I could have spent more time on making it a little longer and making it feel more structured. I do not have that much experience with summary/strong response essays therefore I felt that my paper was just random thoughts thrown together.

The hardest part was coming up with multiple points that went against the grain and with the grain of August's essay. It would be easy if I just needed a couple but once again I did not feel like there was a lot to say without being repetitive.

I do feel like I put forth the expected effort, I tried to make the essay flow and complete the requirements. In addition, I tried to make my essay grammatically correct.

I feel my essay deserves a "B" because it is not completely four pages and I do not know if it us structured as well as it should be. But, I do feel it is pretty well written.

Topic for Exploratory Essay

My topic for our exploratory essay is, Academic Integrity. Which is a big issue in Intercollegiate Athletics today.

Cion Theme

A major theme I see developing has to do with the relationship between the past and the 21st century. Even though I am not to far into the book, there have been major ties between the two worlds. For example, the book is alternating chapters, one about present day Athens and the other about the Underground Railroad. Although, I am not sure what exactly the theme is, I would venture to say Mda is trying to show that these different time periods are more alike then we as readers assume.

Free-Writing

The last thing that I wrote that I was proud of was last year in English. We had to write a Senior Memory Book. It was fifteen chapters, and they ranged from childhood, favorite movies, first loves, vacations, senior year and many more topics. I liked it because it was a free write with no real constrictions. We also had to provide three pictures that went along with the chapter and at the end of the year all of our essays and pictures were bound together in a book for us to keep.

Summary

I have decided to write my paper on the Real Men Don't essay. I chose this essay because I thought it has more substance and more to write about. I plan to respond to it by disagreeing with some of its content although the piece of literature does have some strong points. I also plan to highlight some points not mentioned in the article.

Summary:

Real Men Don't: Anti Male Bias in English by Eugene R. August is a strong opinion essay on how men in America have an unfair bias surrounding them. Most people are aware of the sexist language used against women but many people are either unaware or immune to sexist language used against men. August points out that the media has a huge influence on male bias. Furthermore, he goes on to point out and explain bias in young boys and works up to bias in adults. Finally, August suggest men can shape themselves into what society tells them they are, therefore why do we keep suggesting that they are the enemy.

Out of Class #2

"The more we make men the enemy, the more they will have to behave like the enemy". From Warren Farrell in Why Men Are the Way They Are.

To be honest this essay kind of bothered me, it made it seem like the whole world is out to get every male on the planet. I thought it was very one sided, which was the point of the essay but it seemed very extreme with the examples. For instance, when the essay refers to men being murders, I bet the statistics show that the majority are men, not saying women do not commit those crimes. In addition, I chose this particular quote because I do not think men or anyone has to behave a certain way. Also, every race, sex, age group has some type of bias that is associated with it, I think it is just the world we live in and we are never going to be bias free.


"... in mixed company, men are boring."


This information was very surprising to me, I have never really thought about men vs women is the boring department. I do agree that women tend to get more personal and men are usually just talk about business. Another part of the text that caught my attention was the split genders at the party and the part about women listening and responding to the person who is doing the talking. However, this did not strike me has surprising because it is something that is more easily seen at a party or function.

Out of Class #1

"Our point here is that your purposes for writing are always more complex than the simple desire to meet an assignment deadline"

I chose this line out of the text because it stood out to me, especially the segment that says "...always more complex..". I honestly can not remember when my writing was more complex than the simple desire to meet an assignment deadline. Besides the daily text messaging and facebook comments, my sole purpose for writing is to meet an assignment deadline. Maybe, it was just a high school thing or I can not recall other reasons to write.


"Good writing can vary from closed to open forms of prose."

I chose this line out of the text because it was very thought provoking, I never thought of the broad range of open and close writing. I thought the example of the A Letter to the Editor by David Rockwood and A Festival of Rain Thomas Merton portrayed close and open forms of writing extremely well.

In class Log #1

My writing background includes four years of English in high school and I have practice many different types of writing throughout those years. Not only did I have writing assignments in English class but also in my other courses, for example, contemporary issues and my science classes. Every subject as its own unique writing style and I enjoy researching all varieties.
"For me, writing is like

I am in Pre-Sports Management, and this field of study includes many different opportunities and directions for the future. For now, I am uncertain of my long term and professional goals. I chose this area to study because sports is a true passion of mine.

I grew up in Louisville, Ohio and went to Louisville High School about 100 yards away from my front door. My dad is an English teacher there but unforchanltly, I did not receive any of his genes when it comes to grammer or spelling. My mom work in pharmacy in North Canton. In addition to my parents, I have an older brother and a younger sister. This summer I worked the The Pro Football Hall of Fame. In my free time I like hanging out with my friends, playing sports and going on vacation.

This school year I want to get involed on campus, like join some different activities.