FROGS

i HATE, loathe and despise frogs!!!! especially green tree frogs...with their slimy little feet! i get goose bumps and my lips quiver at the thought of them. i would rather eat dirt than have to ever see one again. they are also my worst fear. for the picture I couldn't even get a real one. i would vomit everywhere if i google image frogs. i have had a few terrible run ins with them. people also think its really funny to throw them on me because they think its a joke. i immediately start screaming and crying like a 2 year old. i would rather saw my own arm off then touch one!

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style at its finest

I think everyone has a writing style to some degree; some more noticeable than others. mine is very distinct. my teachers have always told me they always know when it is mine whether its a research paper or even a short paragraph. i usually have a hint of humor while using ambiguous words. i also use catchy little phrases and even make up words. this shows personality in your paper. i LOVE imagery as well. i really have been implementing it since i started taking classes as FSU. the "show, don't tell" method brings whatever you're writing to a personal level and really entices the reader. also, you cant turn a boring topic that the reader is not interested in into something magnificent. one important thing to remember while writing is your audience. when i write i might change some minor details such as vocabulary depending on the reader. for example, when writing a poem for class versus writing a poem for a children's book. but, i definitely think that i still incorporate my style just as much. i believe that what makes writing a work of art is that each person is different and no two people write exactly the same. this keeps things interesting and makes reading worthwhile!

the reality of reality

my reality show would be one that has never been created before. it would be juicy, heated and entertaining. it would be a reality show about making a reality show. each week is might spotlight a popular reality show many of us watch weekly. it would be like a behind the scenes look at what is really true and what is staged. i would find this very intriguing because whenever i watch reality shows i always find myself thinking what is fact and what is fiction. this show could be on many different networks, depending on what type of reality shows you wanted to look at. the 2 that i think would have the most success are MTV or the E channel. the E channel has a lot of scandalous reality shows like Keeping up with the Kardashian's and The Girls Next Door. this would definitely attract girls of all ages who love gossip. it would also attract boys who are into girls that they say watch those shows purely to make fun of them...but we all know why they really watch them! if it aired on MTV there are endless shows it could involve. from Ashton Kutcher's Punked to Flava-Flav's ridiculous dating shows. it would be incredibly funny to see how they are off camera. i would even want this show to involve hidden cameras. this would allow us to take a double behind the scenes look at who the stars really are!

Researching Research

Research papers are not my favorite but i actually like them. they are very hard to do if you're not interested in your topic or don't enjoy it. and you really have to do a step by step process. you also cant wait until the last minute to do it. in enc1101 i wrote a research paper on music influencing dance throughout the decades. i described how music changed, started or influenced dance which then had an effect on overall society. i really liked doing this because i was talking about something i like but i also learned a lot more than expected. but, in the past i have also been assigned topics that were awful. i usually use the Internet with a few books for sources. i do that because i always use a ton of sources and ,ix them all together, i think this is the most accurate thing to do. also, after learning the drafting process research papers have become way easier. i also think that visual aids are a really good thing to use in longer research papers. this is because usually you cant create as much imagery or emotion as you can in a personal narrative. in my papers this is my favorite thing to do. i love showing, not telling. pictures literally show and exemplify what you're saying. at the same time, they keep the reader intrigued because research papers are lengthy. i guess you could say I'm a little excited about this paper. i enjoy doing it but its just hard to get started. also, i love being creative and not sticking to a prompt. kind of like writing out of the box. Whit research papers its more structured.

Our Evolving world

Im not exactly sure i did this right.....i didnt answer the questions posed in the end. i just repsonded to the ideas propposed.

30 years older -- Being in my 50’s its amazing to see how far we have come as a nation. After so many years I have realized there is more to life than just living in your own bubble. When I was a kid we were limited to the groups we congregated in. All of my friends were of the same skin color and there were little differences between all of us. Now I watch my kids play and every child is a different color, height, weight, etc. Not a thing stops them from accepting each other and they are all equal. i never thought I would see an African American as president. Many things have contributed to these advancements. I remember thinking cell phones were way too cool and now my children are asking for hand held computers at the age of 10. What is this world coming to? Many argue there is no diversity but compared to when I was a toddler there has been worlds of difference. Sometimes I wonder what my kids will live to see.


I -- Some say that we all live in a superficial world that is all materialism. I do agree to this statement to some degree. Some also say we are not diverse one bit while others say we are as diverse as they come. I think we do congregate around the people we are the comfortable with, those people being like ourselves. This causes materialism. You judge a person off of what they look like, what they wear, how much money they have. Etc. By doing this we can easily pick out who is like us. This is why our diverse world is separated into homogenous communities. I really liked how this short story explained this. I had never thought about it as they put it but I found it to not only be very interesting, but also very true. I can even remember my brothers frowning upon interracial dating. Now it is as common as someone walking down the street. I think if the world continues as it is today, one day it really will be a diverse community


Contemporary Music Artist –- By touring the world for my musical talents I have been lucky enough to see all different walks of life. It’s peculiar to see how they interact and treat one another. When I was younger this interaction between different groups was what one would call “frowned upon.” Now a days it’s a common sight. In the future I think our nation, among others, will be extremely diverse. It is even possible for the minority count to exceed the native count. It will be interesting to see what the future holds.

If one life is created it could change the world of many

Hills Like White Elephants was a very odd short story. i read it twice and it was still a little unclear to me. after reading the previous posts and reading it once again, i can definitely understand what it was meaning. The operation they were alluding to is an abortion. the two characters are a couple that is not married. the short dialogue and way they spoke to each other led me to believe two different scenarios. they are a very young couple and not yet married. they are not settled, travel a lot, and still have a long way until they are ready for children. the female just wants to make her other half happy. he does not want to be tied down and thinks this operation is a better idea than completely changing their lives. Or, i could also see them as being an older couple. maybe they aren't married because they have both been married before and don't feel like having a ring and a certificate makes their love any different. living by old traditions, the man in the relationship gets to make the decisions and the girl just obeys and wants him to be happy. he favors this operation so she is just going along with it. i think the title is good because you can see how it relates to the story but it doesn't give anything away. also, by never saying exactly what they are discussing keeps you intrigued and interested. also, i liked the dialogue. it never got boring.

ENC 1101

I took ENC 1101 over this past summer. Looking back I am so glad it was one of the first classes I took. After taking it I used the writing processes we learned in other classes such as history. This made it possible for me to achieve an A in what was almost a junior level class. I can definitely say that I still use the tools of the course daily and probably always will. My teacher was great and really motivated us. I noticed I started writing for fun more often rather than doing it for a grade. I have never been a big reader unless it was for school. This class taught me that reading is more than scanning the terrible novels that teachers assign. Our first assignment was a personal narrative. We incorporated ourselves into the paper and had a broad topic. This made it easier to learn the new drafting process taught to us. Next, we had to write a feature article with visual aids. This was a lengthy paper but was quite easy after learning the tricks to writing. Again, we could pick our topic. The last assignment was a collection of poetry. Everyone dreaded it! After doing reflections and journals about it our teacher helped us by showing us how easy poetry can be. I have never written a poem and never wanted to. Now I find myself doing things like writing a birthday poem for a friend in their card. As you can see, this class went step by step. Our teacher let us try our old style of writing, close to what we had done in high school, but then she added the drafting process. We then had to try things we had never done before. After taking this course, I feel more comfortable with my own writing as well as my ability to review others.