English 103

Considering this is my last blog post for English 103 I decided to blog about my experience in this class. I was very surprised at everything I have learned in this class. Although it is a prerequisite for my required English 104 class I feel prepared for English 104 and I have felt prepared for all of the papers I have written thus far this semester. This class has taught me how to get all my primary ideas on paper and then edit them into an organized pattern that tells the story I need it to. Thanks to this class I have learned about websites like Wiki and this blog website that I know now how to navigate pretty thoroughly. I believe this class has been very beneficial for my future writing skills and all of my future classes that will involve me writing papers.

Finally an A!

After months of working in this English 103 class I have finally received an A on a paper! Personally it was by far the paper that needed the most attention considering it was a research paper and I think that had a lot to do with it. I needed to give a paper the attention it deserved and up until this paper I was not doing that I think. Thanks to the difficulty level of this paper I was more in tuned to giving it the attention it needed to become an A paper. I think with this last paper I will be doing the same considering it is not necessarily complicated, but time consuming. With this new-found confidence I have acquired with my writing skills I feel hopeful with this next paper. I feel much more accomplished than I did after writing my past papers! 

The Multi-Genre Paper

I am actually very excited to write this next paper! I have thought a lot about what I should write about and the only idea I have come up with so far is inside the life of a sorority girl or inside the life of sorority recruitment. These may sound stupid, but after experiencing these things I feel as if it is something worth sharing. It was absolutely awful to see how many girls cried, were dirty rushed, and how many girls talked behind eachother's backs to get into a sorority. My personal experience was very interesting, and although it was not sad like some of the stories I heard, it is worth telling from my point of view. The politics that go behind rushing are so complicated an outsider would be totally lost. For instance; I am in Alpha Phi because a girl I do not particularly is in AGD because a girl she does not like is in Chi Omega. As I am writing about this it does sound very insignificant, but to me it was a great experience.

Working Out

Since I've gotten to college I have been terrified of gaining weight. My extended family is full of fairly large people because we are all naturally short so keeping off the weight is extremely difficult. At orientation for Ball State my dad leaned over to me and said, fyi I hope you are planning on working out because your aunt was your size when she got to ball state, and now my aunt is  fairly large woman. Everyone says the freshman 15 is a serious issue, and with my frame I am sure it would be if I was not eating fairly healthy and working out on a regular basis. I have not gained a single pound yet and I intend to keep it that way. I feel awful for the people who come back from school and have gained an ungodly amount of weight. Part of college is learning to balance studying, social activities, and your health. I feel as if I am doing a very good job so far, but hey, I am only a first semester freshman...

Halloween!

This week is starting halloween weekend! I am so excited to dress up and hang out with my friends! Halloween is a great time to go all out and be something or someone you aren't. Of course some girls take advantage of this by dressing a little or a lot on the scandalous side and it is kind of appalling. There should not be an excuse to be distasteful. I understand where they get the idea that is may be accepted, but I find it unnecessary. There are so many things you can be for Halloween, why be something revealing or skanky? I am being an 80's workout girl and I find that highly appropriate and plan to show my mom pictures of my weekend because I have nothing to hide!

Research 2

So far I am having a good time researching. Since we are doing violent video games I am staying pretty interested. The database is my new favorite thing because it makes everything so easy! I love how it can cite things automatically for us and find valuable and reliable resources! I am trying to practice and learn  how to use it more efficiently. This paper, which I have yet to start writing, might be somewhat of a challenge for me though. I am having a difficult time starting because it is a factual paper and not an opinion one. I am planning on starting tomorrow and I am hoping procrastination does not get the best of me. I will try my best and hardest on this paper because I have got two 85%'s in a row and it is so frustrating! It is not bad by any means, but it is average and I do not like it. I am putting all of my english knowledge into this next paper and I hope it pays off!

Research

Apparently I did not blog about the right thing last week so I am going to do that now. The research for this assignment is fairly easy because violent video games is a hot topic. It is very controversial to give a small toddler a video game with shootings and drugs. Could these things effect how a child sees the world? Could these things promote violent behavior? These are questions I plan on addressing with my research and my paper. I personally believe that video games have a part in violent behavior to a point. I think constant exposure to violence creates violence just like exposure to domestic violence creates a higher likelihood that domestic violence will continue throughout generations.