What's your response to Mr. Harvey?
Mr. Harvey seems to be a tough mean guy and sounds like he does not want to be there. On the other hand Mr. Harvey could be giving tough love to help push the kids to learn "Standard English" to get that job. As the chapter goes on you see how Lovey is graded for what she writes, which does not leave Mr Harvey with much. You see that Lovey wants to write more but never does and she can only be graded on what is shown, making Mr. Harvey look like harsh grader. While Jerry does not write much more than Lovey gets slightly higher grades.
By the end of the chapter Mr. Harvey looks to me like a person who does not like where he is. When he ask the kids to write about what they would do if their parents die in a train crash with a vivid description. To me that does not seem like the best way for kids to learn. I know that I would not learn well in that kind of environment. In the end my response to Mr. Harvey is not all that great, to me he does not seem like a great teacher.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Writing Topic: Rules for Writers chapter 47
Chapter 47 is about writing well constructed argument papers. The chapter really shows how to write a strong organized debatable paper. Most of it is how to write the paper to show your side and how a audience might read your paper. Along with how to write a argument paper, also what to put in it too like citing text, adding statistics, and facts. When adding these to a paper not to add too much or too long, which will take away from the paper and from your voice. With the end of the chapter talking about adding a bit on the counter argument.
What I found surprising is adding in your paper what the counter argument might be. This I guess makes you look like you did not only research on your side, but also the other side. I never really thought about this and definitely will remember for next argument paper. Going on that thought I will guess we will be doing a argument paper in the near future. Which will most likely be a challenge for me not doing one in who knows how long. As for how to add facts and statistics into papers the guideline for add a little but not to much will help. Never really knew how much is too little or too much and citing experts will help papers look more informed.
What I found surprising is adding in your paper what the counter argument might be. This I guess makes you look like you did not only research on your side, but also the other side. I never really thought about this and definitely will remember for next argument paper. Going on that thought I will guess we will be doing a argument paper in the near future. Which will most likely be a challenge for me not doing one in who knows how long. As for how to add facts and statistics into papers the guideline for add a little but not to much will help. Never really knew how much is too little or too much and citing experts will help papers look more informed.
Extra Credit: Writing About Fiction
This online article talks about reading and writing fiction. First showing how a to read fiction and ways to better understand the story. Highlighting being the main way to help understand the story and a good way to recall the story later. With the highlighting to also write about what you are highlighting, so you can recall what you highlighted. The second part about four common mistakes when writing fiction.The common mistake being about ways that slow you down when writing fiction.
This is be useful for me because the mistakes they mention I tend to do and hopeful will help recognize and fix them. I tend to over highlight the material and now with have a baseboard for highlighting, will help to not over highlight and to remember to write about the highlighted text.
This is be useful for me because the mistakes they mention I tend to do and hopeful will help recognize and fix them. I tend to over highlight the material and now with have a baseboard for highlighting, will help to not over highlight and to remember to write about the highlighted text.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Extra Credit: Optional Writing Topic Summary
This online article talks about how to make a thesis stronger by making it more debatable. In the article shows examples of two thesis's made better by making it more debatable and focus on a single idea. The two thesis's were a summary of a play and a list of texts, which are not really debatable and not very exciting. When turned into a new thesis makes it stronger and more debatable.
This article helps me with making thesis's stronger and more exciting for a reader to continue. This will help with my current essay on making a better thesis for the final draft due Sunday. For future essays this will help me make stronger thesis's and shorten and strengthen already made thesis's.
This article helps me with making thesis's stronger and more exciting for a reader to continue. This will help with my current essay on making a better thesis for the final draft due Sunday. For future essays this will help me make stronger thesis's and shorten and strengthen already made thesis's.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Essay 2
Haruki Yee
March 10, 2011
English 100
Relating to Sarah Vowell
“Dad and I started bickering in earnest when I was fourteen, after the 1984 Democratic National Convention.” (page 434). The same would go for me, my dad and I started to things differently around this age. Nothing as elaborate as elections, more about seeing things from different points of view and not joining into his favorite hobby.
While Sarah’s dad made guns and my dad was a category 1 cyclist. For those who don’t know what a category 1 racer is its pretty much pro level. My dad said if he didn’t get into Cal Poly, his plan B was to move to France were cycling was the biggest back then. These are two very different hobbies but both Sarah and I had a difficult first experience. We know what happen to Sarah and you can guess what happen to me, being on a two wheel bike for the first time. I can still remember it like yesterday, age four just got my new two wheel bike with painted flames, red and yellow reflectors, and nice feeling grips. Later that night still some light out went behind the Safeway in Novato (were the new Paradise Foods is) and started to ride around with my dad’s help. Once I got use to it and my dad swears he told me that to break press back on the pedals. He let me go on my own and to both my surprise and my parents I went straight into a fence, which felt like I was going super fast. Lucky me dad was close behind me and caught me right before hitting the ground. Though feeling I felt was not quite like Sarah’s but looking at the ground and almost hitting is still very scary. Another bad experience is when I got my first road bike a Masi. My dad took me out for a ride that afternoon and on the way back I fell down trying to follow my dad’s line down a narrow windy two line hill at about 17 mph. While going down the hill a car came up and we were really close to the middle line on a turn. I got spooked and thought I needed to move back in the middle of our lane. Instead I fell down and got really bad road rash on my hip, calf, elbow, shoulder, and tricep because I didn’t slow down enough when moving back. After that fall it took me awhile to get back on my road bike not only because of my road rash but how the fall affected my mindset. Since that point I did not get on my bike for a long time and this would be where we start to see differently.
Unlike Sarah’s experience of shooting the gun, I still ride my road bike every now and then. Still riding my bike only came to me lately once I started to train more for my Jiu Jitsu tournaments and after understanding why my dad and I have different points of view. For Sarah found that her dad and she were not all that different. While for me I found why my dad and I had different points of view starting with our sports, cycling and Martial Arts. While my dad saw endurance more important than strength, I saw the opposite. We could both see that you needed endurance and strength but could not agree on which one was more important. It took me awhile to understand and start to see why we saw differently. I started Martial Arts at four and it has all I have really known. My dad on the other hand started to race at sixteen being the youngest for many of the races he participated in and winning or getting in top ten. Both sports have been major parts of our lives and have shaped us so. What I realize now is we are two people submersed into our sport and only really known what is best for our sport. My dad for his long fast paced races and my time limit muscle fights. In the end we still love each other but will all see our sport as superior.
March 10, 2011
English 100
Relating to Sarah Vowell
“Dad and I started bickering in earnest when I was fourteen, after the 1984 Democratic National Convention.” (page 434). The same would go for me, my dad and I started to things differently around this age. Nothing as elaborate as elections, more about seeing things from different points of view and not joining into his favorite hobby.
While Sarah’s dad made guns and my dad was a category 1 cyclist. For those who don’t know what a category 1 racer is its pretty much pro level. My dad said if he didn’t get into Cal Poly, his plan B was to move to France were cycling was the biggest back then. These are two very different hobbies but both Sarah and I had a difficult first experience. We know what happen to Sarah and you can guess what happen to me, being on a two wheel bike for the first time. I can still remember it like yesterday, age four just got my new two wheel bike with painted flames, red and yellow reflectors, and nice feeling grips. Later that night still some light out went behind the Safeway in Novato (were the new Paradise Foods is) and started to ride around with my dad’s help. Once I got use to it and my dad swears he told me that to break press back on the pedals. He let me go on my own and to both my surprise and my parents I went straight into a fence, which felt like I was going super fast. Lucky me dad was close behind me and caught me right before hitting the ground. Though feeling I felt was not quite like Sarah’s but looking at the ground and almost hitting is still very scary. Another bad experience is when I got my first road bike a Masi. My dad took me out for a ride that afternoon and on the way back I fell down trying to follow my dad’s line down a narrow windy two line hill at about 17 mph. While going down the hill a car came up and we were really close to the middle line on a turn. I got spooked and thought I needed to move back in the middle of our lane. Instead I fell down and got really bad road rash on my hip, calf, elbow, shoulder, and tricep because I didn’t slow down enough when moving back. After that fall it took me awhile to get back on my road bike not only because of my road rash but how the fall affected my mindset. Since that point I did not get on my bike for a long time and this would be where we start to see differently.
Unlike Sarah’s experience of shooting the gun, I still ride my road bike every now and then. Still riding my bike only came to me lately once I started to train more for my Jiu Jitsu tournaments and after understanding why my dad and I have different points of view. For Sarah found that her dad and she were not all that different. While for me I found why my dad and I had different points of view starting with our sports, cycling and Martial Arts. While my dad saw endurance more important than strength, I saw the opposite. We could both see that you needed endurance and strength but could not agree on which one was more important. It took me awhile to understand and start to see why we saw differently. I started Martial Arts at four and it has all I have really known. My dad on the other hand started to race at sixteen being the youngest for many of the races he participated in and winning or getting in top ten. Both sports have been major parts of our lives and have shaped us so. What I realize now is we are two people submersed into our sport and only really known what is best for our sport. My dad for his long fast paced races and my time limit muscle fights. In the end we still love each other but will all see our sport as superior.
Monday, March 7, 2011
"The Insufficiency of Honesty" Dialogue
Why is integrity difficult to achieve?
As Stephen stated integrity can have different meanings for everyone. This makes integrity much more difficult to achieve because people will see you differently. It's like people looking at art, everyone has a different point of view of the art. Same goes for integrity as Stephen gave us several examples of how integrity can be different for people.
At the same time many people have similar views and values for integrity. Integrity can be seen in the same light when it comes to people's moral and ethical principles. For example most people see stealing as bad same goes for murder. On the other end of the spectrum people see giving stuff to people less fortunate then them as good. In the end integrity is hard to achieve because people are different and have different points of view.
As Stephen stated integrity can have different meanings for everyone. This makes integrity much more difficult to achieve because people will see you differently. It's like people looking at art, everyone has a different point of view of the art. Same goes for integrity as Stephen gave us several examples of how integrity can be different for people.
At the same time many people have similar views and values for integrity. Integrity can be seen in the same light when it comes to people's moral and ethical principles. For example most people see stealing as bad same goes for murder. On the other end of the spectrum people see giving stuff to people less fortunate then them as good. In the end integrity is hard to achieve because people are different and have different points of view.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Rules for Writers Chapter 4
This chapter was all about paragraphs and transitions between paragraphs. Tells about the different kinds of paragraphs and when and how to use these paragraphs. Also showing how to link paragraphs together smoothly and coherently. With the chapter ending on transitions within a paragraph and to other paragraphs. This was all useful but I found the most helpful, list of common transitions.
I personally have a hard time remembering all the different transitions I can use at certain times. Now having a list in my book will help use them and a place I can keep going back to until I have them down. The different types paragraphs and when to use them is also useful because it is something I need to work on. I type my papers I really do not think much more about the paper then getting it done and a good grade. Now I have more insight to what makes a better paper, hopeful I will remember to utilize it.
I personally have a hard time remembering all the different transitions I can use at certain times. Now having a list in my book will help use them and a place I can keep going back to until I have them down. The different types paragraphs and when to use them is also useful because it is something I need to work on. I type my papers I really do not think much more about the paper then getting it done and a good grade. Now I have more insight to what makes a better paper, hopeful I will remember to utilize it.
“Shooting Dad” Dialogue
What accounts for the narrator’s struggles with her dad?
Sarah and her dad's struggles come from being to very different people. While Sarah being a democrat and enjoying art and music. Her dad being a republican and enjoying guns. You could say there are on different sides of light spectrum. This started when Sarah first fired her first gun at age six with her twin sister.
Sarah's reaction was not for her, while her twin's reaction was totally for her. This event triggered Sarah's not understanding of her father's interest in guns. Next difference would be their hobbies. Sarah enjoying art and music and her father being a gunsmith. Leading to having their own sides of the house, one for music and art other for guns. These differences led to their struggles but in the end Sarah found that they are very similar. "We're both smart-alecky loners with goody projects and wired equipment." (439)
Sarah and her dad's struggles come from being to very different people. While Sarah being a democrat and enjoying art and music. Her dad being a republican and enjoying guns. You could say there are on different sides of light spectrum. This started when Sarah first fired her first gun at age six with her twin sister.
Sarah's reaction was not for her, while her twin's reaction was totally for her. This event triggered Sarah's not understanding of her father's interest in guns. Next difference would be their hobbies. Sarah enjoying art and music and her father being a gunsmith. Leading to having their own sides of the house, one for music and art other for guns. These differences led to their struggles but in the end Sarah found that they are very similar. "We're both smart-alecky loners with goody projects and wired equipment." (439)
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