Listening to you. Happy Thurday Hep. No disrespect.
You should come see the musical I'm in, it's called Miss Saigon.
I have a minor role but it should be good anyways.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Time writing 4-28-09
Prewrite
Prompt
Purpose: To write an essay in which you create an original definition for an abstract term—love, history, friendship, civility, education—any abstract term you would like to choose—and to practice employing definition in conjunction with the organizing principles of division and classification.Remember what your textbook has to say on the subject of Division and Classification as organizing principals of composition:"A paper organized according to the principle of division breaks a topic into its components—its separate parts. A paper on the solar system might devote a section to each planet; a paper on a political candidate might describe her position on several major issues in an order that seems appropriate . . . . Classification involves breaking a large subject into categories according to some consistent and useful principle of division. Classification must follow rules that don’t apply to division. First, classifications must be exhaustive: every member of the class must fit into a category. Any principle of division you use must also be consistent. You can’t classify by more than one principle at a time—for example, if you group planets according to the number of moons they have and whether or not they have rings, you are not really classifying. [Several planets have no moons or rings.] Finally, classes must not overlap. That means you should be able to place an object in only one category."In short, choose an abstract term that you can easily divide and classify and then write a classification essay. Be sure to formulate a strong thesis, to define your terms, and to develop your essay with plenty of evidence to support that thesis while using classification as your organizing principle.Write your timed essay using a word processing program on a computer and formatted in MLA style. Submit your timed essay to me online through MyCompLab by cutting and pasting the document from the original and make sure to save a copy of your original for yourself. Remember, too, to copy and paste your prewriting notes to the end of the document that you submit.
Paper topics:
Faith – what is faith? Who has it? Who doesn’t? What does it mean to have faith? What does it mean to be faithless? Can faith shift from one being to another? Or is it a solid block?
What is faith? – dictonary.com’s defiantions vs my own defination
What does it mean to have faith? My own corrupt thoughts on it
Who are the faithless?
How does the family impact faith? – From mother to daughter, father to son?
Is afaith based on a relationship with a higher being?
Does a higher power exsist? Why or why not?
Humility
Karma- karma as a being, karma as an energy, karma for the faithful; for the faithless, the impact of karma
As an energy – the bliss that karma can give an individual
As a being – the understanding one can come to after meeting with karma
For the faithful – Those who feel that their actions will bring them closer to a higher being
For the faithless – those who do what they feel is right based on their own sence of morals
How does karma affect those who are afaithful vs those who aren’t – perhaps interviews?
Ego
Addiction- What is an addiction? Can an addiction truly be overcome? What’s the difference between an addiction and a habit? Does it take years of rehab to beat the craving of an addiction?
What is an addiction? – dictionary.com’s vs mine
Can an addiction truly be overcome? My thoughts
What is the difference between an addiction and a habit? Dictionary vs me
Time
Education
Humor
Technology
Youth
Innocence
Work
Self
High – what is it to be high?
Imagination vs reality
The matrix
Age
Beauty
Music
Nature
Industry
Correct
Friendship
Love
Lust
Spirit
Converse
Prompt
Purpose: To write an essay in which you create an original definition for an abstract term—love, history, friendship, civility, education—any abstract term you would like to choose—and to practice employing definition in conjunction with the organizing principles of division and classification.Remember what your textbook has to say on the subject of Division and Classification as organizing principals of composition:"A paper organized according to the principle of division breaks a topic into its components—its separate parts. A paper on the solar system might devote a section to each planet; a paper on a political candidate might describe her position on several major issues in an order that seems appropriate . . . . Classification involves breaking a large subject into categories according to some consistent and useful principle of division. Classification must follow rules that don’t apply to division. First, classifications must be exhaustive: every member of the class must fit into a category. Any principle of division you use must also be consistent. You can’t classify by more than one principle at a time—for example, if you group planets according to the number of moons they have and whether or not they have rings, you are not really classifying. [Several planets have no moons or rings.] Finally, classes must not overlap. That means you should be able to place an object in only one category."In short, choose an abstract term that you can easily divide and classify and then write a classification essay. Be sure to formulate a strong thesis, to define your terms, and to develop your essay with plenty of evidence to support that thesis while using classification as your organizing principle.Write your timed essay using a word processing program on a computer and formatted in MLA style. Submit your timed essay to me online through MyCompLab by cutting and pasting the document from the original and make sure to save a copy of your original for yourself. Remember, too, to copy and paste your prewriting notes to the end of the document that you submit.
Paper topics:
Faith – what is faith? Who has it? Who doesn’t? What does it mean to have faith? What does it mean to be faithless? Can faith shift from one being to another? Or is it a solid block?
What is faith? – dictonary.com’s defiantions vs my own defination
What does it mean to have faith? My own corrupt thoughts on it
Who are the faithless?
How does the family impact faith? – From mother to daughter, father to son?
Is afaith based on a relationship with a higher being?
Does a higher power exsist? Why or why not?
Humility
Karma- karma as a being, karma as an energy, karma for the faithful; for the faithless, the impact of karma
As an energy – the bliss that karma can give an individual
As a being – the understanding one can come to after meeting with karma
For the faithful – Those who feel that their actions will bring them closer to a higher being
For the faithless – those who do what they feel is right based on their own sence of morals
How does karma affect those who are afaithful vs those who aren’t – perhaps interviews?
Ego
Addiction- What is an addiction? Can an addiction truly be overcome? What’s the difference between an addiction and a habit? Does it take years of rehab to beat the craving of an addiction?
What is an addiction? – dictionary.com’s vs mine
Can an addiction truly be overcome? My thoughts
What is the difference between an addiction and a habit? Dictionary vs me
Time
Education
Humor
Technology
Youth
Innocence
Work
Self
High – what is it to be high?
Imagination vs reality
The matrix
Age
Beauty
Music
Nature
Industry
Correct
Friendship
Love
Lust
Spirit
Converse
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Slipping up...
Oh dear... I'm starting to lose it... Havn't done my math for 2 days and bombed a quiz that I needed...
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
New post
Choose one topic from the two writing prompts below. Then write a timed essay (no more than an hour) in which you go through, as best you can, the stages of pre-writing, drafting, and brief revision. Be sure to employ an introductory and concluding technique and to position your thesis as the last sentence in your first paragraph. In the body of your essay, be sure to use an appropriate organizational strategy and to provide your readers with plenty of evidence to support your claims in each of your paragraphs. When you have finished, submit your work online to me through MyCompLab in this order: (1) complete draft of the essay formatted in MLA style and below it (2) your prewriting.
1. Make a short list of gifts people have presented to you over the years on special occasions like Christmas or your birthday. Reflect on two of these gifts that are particularly meaningful. Which of these gifts do you most value and why? What symbolic value do these gifts hold for the giver and the receiver? What does the gift represent? What cultural values would the object represent to a stranger who knows nothing about the history of the gift? If you could only pass on to someone else one of these two gifts, which one would choose and why? To whom would you give it? How would the symbolic value of the gift change, or would it?
Happy Birthday to you, Happy birthday to you, I didn’t know what to get you, so this will have to do.
This is a more realistic version of the classic birthday song, in all reality why don’t we just sing this every year? Why is shopping for a birthday, easter, or christmas present so difficult? In recent years I’ve received numerous gifts, some good, some bad, most of the time they weren’t exactly what I had asked for, or at other times they were what was delivered when nothing was asked for. It’s always interesting to see what the members if your family will get you un-prompted. But have you had the same feeling as I have when you open a gift and just for a split second think to yourself “Not even close.” Or the exact opposite reaction, “This is PERFECT”. Have you been that family member who’s gift didn’t fall on appericated hands?
In recent years I’ve received some gifts that I appericated; shoes, a subscription to a historical newspaper, a new cell phone. A stereo for the car I was driving at the time. A flask with a funnel for drinking on the go.
I’ve also received some gifts that I didn’t care for as much; hats on several occasions,
This is what I want; this is where you can find it; this is how much it costs. If only it were that simple.
“Pop quiz!” What kind of toy would your little sister like you to get her?
Happy birthday to you…Happy birthday to you… I didn’t know what to get you…So this will have to do.
It’s easter; you know what that means! The christians savior became a zombie! So it’s time to hide the eggs that we soaked in vinigar and food coloring, and bring on the chocolate
Pre write:
Recent presents…
Mp3 player
Shoes
Movies
Stereo
Books
Flask
Computer
New cell phone
Newpaper subscription
Shitty gifts gifts I didn’t appericate
Hats
1. Make a short list of gifts people have presented to you over the years on special occasions like Christmas or your birthday. Reflect on two of these gifts that are particularly meaningful. Which of these gifts do you most value and why? What symbolic value do these gifts hold for the giver and the receiver? What does the gift represent? What cultural values would the object represent to a stranger who knows nothing about the history of the gift? If you could only pass on to someone else one of these two gifts, which one would choose and why? To whom would you give it? How would the symbolic value of the gift change, or would it?
Happy Birthday to you, Happy birthday to you, I didn’t know what to get you, so this will have to do.
This is a more realistic version of the classic birthday song, in all reality why don’t we just sing this every year? Why is shopping for a birthday, easter, or christmas present so difficult? In recent years I’ve received numerous gifts, some good, some bad, most of the time they weren’t exactly what I had asked for, or at other times they were what was delivered when nothing was asked for. It’s always interesting to see what the members if your family will get you un-prompted. But have you had the same feeling as I have when you open a gift and just for a split second think to yourself “Not even close.” Or the exact opposite reaction, “This is PERFECT”. Have you been that family member who’s gift didn’t fall on appericated hands?
In recent years I’ve received some gifts that I appericated; shoes, a subscription to a historical newspaper, a new cell phone. A stereo for the car I was driving at the time. A flask with a funnel for drinking on the go.
I’ve also received some gifts that I didn’t care for as much; hats on several occasions,
This is what I want; this is where you can find it; this is how much it costs. If only it were that simple.
“Pop quiz!” What kind of toy would your little sister like you to get her?
Happy birthday to you…Happy birthday to you… I didn’t know what to get you…So this will have to do.
It’s easter; you know what that means! The christians savior became a zombie! So it’s time to hide the eggs that we soaked in vinigar and food coloring, and bring on the chocolate
Pre write:
Recent presents…
Mp3 player
Shoes
Movies
Stereo
Books
Flask
Computer
New cell phone
Newpaper subscription
Shitty gifts gifts I didn’t appericate
Hats
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
The three prompts
Promps
Compare/contrast 2 friends that you admire and respect if you had to entrust your life and the life of your family members which would you choose and why?
Compare and contrast two meals you’ve eaten recently prepared by someone else; if you had to choose one of them to be your final meal which would you choose and why?
Compare and contrast two unrelated familys you knew when you were grade school age, imagian your family were to suddenly die and you had to choose one of these two familys would you choose and why?
Compare/contrast 2 friends that you admire and respect if you had to entrust your life and the life of your family members which would you choose and why?
Compare and contrast two meals you’ve eaten recently prepared by someone else; if you had to choose one of them to be your final meal which would you choose and why?
Compare and contrast two unrelated familys you knew when you were grade school age, imagian your family were to suddenly die and you had to choose one of these two familys would you choose and why?
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