Video response

Claim: Sarah Haskins believes that when companies try to sell their products they are using situations in the commercials that are unrealistic and that would never happen in real life. She believes that a guy whos chewing a certaint type of gum isn't really going to grab the attetnion of a "good looking" girl.



Support:
She uses multiple commercials to try and support that everyone in this business uses the same tactic. They all try to find a way in which the consumer would want to buy their products, whether they use people that are just like their ownselves or they use people that are completely different from them.

In-Class Writing topics essay 4

Things in daily life I wish were different:
-listening to people chew
-waking up at 8am for class
-having my own bathroom
-recycling/going green on campus
-wide selection of food on campus/more than one cafeteria
-better transportation systems for kids that don't have cars on campus

Issues that provide disagreement:
-not doing well in a class
-studying inside the dorm room/staying up late
-who texts who first
-being punished while being away from home


*Recycling/Going Green on campus
I think people don't realize how much we don't recycle and without the awareness of recycling our world today can easily be gone within the next 70 years. It's hard for student's to recycle when there are no recycling bins. We have to realize as a community that some of the things we do aren't economically healthy and they need to be changed in order to help the people of our community. It doesn't just effect one person it effects our community as a whole.

People who would disagree are the people who don't think of the economy and instead of going green, would rather consume things that aren't economically helpful. Usually people who think this way have a lot of money and can afford bigger and better things therefore, they choose to buy these things without thinking about the effect it will have on our environment. Buying big cars that need a lot of gas and let out bad fumes, houses that are mcmansions that have been recently built in an area where a lot of trees had to be removed. People like this aren't necessarily bad people, they are just caught up with the idea that things need to be done their way and they need to get what they want no matter what.

Blogging Rhetorically #4

While the Second Amendment may state that the Constitution allows for an individual to lawfully posses a handgun, it continues to amaze me that such a law was passed. After multiple known gun shootings at schools, public places, and other unknown places, how can such a dangerous weapon be allowed a part of our daily life?

As it is stated in Robert A. Levy’s response “legislatures in all 50 states have rejected bans on private handgun ownership” but concealed carry of a weapon is permitted. This to me is surprising because having this rule of concealing a weapon seems just as dangerous as having one for everyone to see. Understanding the Second Amendment and the right to bear arms is a little confusing because although it clearly states that we as American citizens, have the right to bear arms, still have little freedom in having weapons. The disagreement that is brought up states that there is a collective right of the people to have a weapon such as for “state militia, or an individual right that guarantees a person’s right to own firearms” but later in the complete opposite is shown. “…even if the Second Amendment protects private ownership of firearms for non-militia purposes, D.C.’s Mayor stated that legislature can constitutionally ban all hand guns if it determines, for example, that rifles and shotguns in the home are a reasonable alternative means of self defense ” this argument was raised by Mayor Adrian M. Fenty. This confused me because if the Second Amendment states that we have the individual right that guarantees a person’s right to own firearms, then how is that allowed to be taken away by the court.

I can directly relate our new topic of an argumentive research paper to this example because the writers are stating exact research and giving examples that help support the research given. As for arguing about gun control, it isn’t as strong and powerful of a fight as I thought it would be. I figured although you are not taking a side, rather stating the argument, its still a little confusing as to what the argument actually is. D.C. continues to go back and forth with the idea of guns and gun use. The Second Amendment clearly states that people have the right to bear arms for their protection, yet he continues to ban in while most of the rest of the country is all for personal gun use and the right to bear arms. Although it is clearly stated in the second amendment that an individual is lawfully allowed to posses a handgun, there is no detailed statement saying whether or not its people of the armed forces that can use weapons or if it’s for the general citizen’s of America.

I personally believe that guns are extremely dangerous weapons that should only be used in certain situations by certain people. Although people are worried about family and keeping them safe, I think they are more likely to have an accident happen such as a suicide, or an accidental shooting because of a lack of knowledge regarding the cautions of guns. Scalia wrote that the second amendment does not limit or expand the right to keep and bear arms expressly stated in the operative clause. It’s confusing to understand because one person is saying that people have the freedom to bear arms and to feel safe by owning a weapon while a different person says that although the second amendment states that people have the right to bear arms, there are certain rules behind it that prevent people from being able to keep weapons inside their homes.

These two articles are very different in many ways. Not only do they have different views on what the Second Amendment is trying to convey to people, but it also contains different opinions as to why they have decided to make such opinions.

Free Write

Reading Home Girl was kind of hard to keep focused on because it was all over the place going back and forth between the interview with Badu, and an explanation of her life told in the eyes of author Michael Hall. I really enjoyed how he made such a visual image with the objects, paintings and meaningful heirlooms that surrounded Badu's house. I also enjoyed reading the interview itself. He did an interesting way of weaving the interview into the story and the life of Erykah Badu.

Blogging Rhetorically #3

While reading about Erykah Badu, a singer and dancer, I noticed the way that the author designed the layout of his essay. He used a simple conversational interview with Badu and his own research as a way to portray an informational essay. I was able to directly relate it to our new essay topic. This essay requires us to incorporate an interview with someone and using the information that we find, to answer a specific question.

Hall uses Badu as a way of explaining her life in a “biography” format. We learned that she is more than just a singer and a dancer; she raises her children, grows herbs, helps in her old neighborhood in Dallas and continues to work on her album. It surprised me to see that Hall didn’t have to have such a specific question on Erykah Badu. With or without a specific question, the essay was well thought out and organized in a way that made it easy for the reader to understand. When I think about giving an interview I fail to think that talking to the interviewee more than once would be a good idea. With this essay in mind, it was a good idea for Hall to interview Badu for a long period of time. He was able to figure out what Badu was all about, not just simple background information that anyone could Google. Instead, he was able to find a deeper meaning in every single movement that Badu made throughout the interview.

“I had already learned something that morning about waiting for Badu. She had been in her home studio until five in the morning, so we had started our interview almost two hours late.”

As the interview continued, Hall’s idea of Badu being more than an artist was explained well with a visual of what Badu had lying around during the interview.

“A box of art supplies sat on a cluttered table next to a couple of palettes of dried orange and purple paint; on the wall were paintings of and by mom and her other child, nine-year-old son Seven. A piano and guitar sat next to the fireplace, and a hundred stalactites of colored candle wax descended from the mantel”

This detailed explanation of what lay around throughout the interview was a way in which Ballinger defined as “Reading” the visual. This visual gives us a language to talk about what we see, not just creating assumptions of what we see. But what continues to confuse me is how we are supposed to bring “reading” the visual into a paper like this.

Hall used the quotes from his interview in an interesting way. He was able to manipulate the paragraphs in his essay to fit with the things that Badu responded to. For example, Badu talked about the Maze that was painted on the floor of her house and the meaning behind it. The maze on the floor of her house was to symbolize a nourishing environment and a place “that I could retreat to when things got too busy for me” In the next paragraph, Hall wrote about Badu and her daughter sitting together as she did her daughters hair while she sucked on a bottle. This visual made it seem like it was a response to the paragraph prior to it, Badu talking about having a nourishing environment.

I continue to think about this essay and the idea behind it and after reading this essay/interview, it’s easier to understand what is required of this paper.

Image Freewrite

This image makes me feel strong and patriotic. The image of the two men with muscles that are larger than my head create a feeling of unity and power. We as a nation have a lot of power and nothing can bring us down. We as Americans, feel this power when we work together and unite as one. Seeing these two men work together really puts a feeling on their faces in the photo. They are working extremely hard to pull together and work together. This picture could fall under a couple of topics if I really had to write a full essay about it. It could be about teamwork and the way we unite as one to get something done, or it could be about America and our ability to be one team that fights off the rest. The fact that their are no real faces on these people also make it feel like its not focused on one individual which is good to see because America is not based on one individual, we are all different people and we all fight for our rights together. Although seeing that there are no women in the picture, it makes me wonder if there is a meaning behind the illustrators doing so.

I think the real story of this photo does have to do with Americans and their unity of people working together. Our ability to do this only happens when we are working together and int his photo, two men are striving to pull a rope, as a team, beat their battle. Bringing in the idea of no real faces and a dark shaded area on the eyes and feautres of the men, makes it something deeper than just two men because they don't want to be too specific about who they are labeling as "men". Every single person in America is a part of this team that is able to fight for their rights--together as one. It's telling a story of how and what we do in order to gain this strength. We have a strength and a bond that no one can break. The boldness of the word "strength" makes the story a stronger story.

There wasn't a lot of color in the picture so it made me feel solid and since it was mostly about patriotism, Americans work as one, sot he colors shouldn't be a rainbow of colors, it should be a select few. The fact taht its orange blue and black throws my emotions off track a little because I don't know how orange blue and black relate to being united as one, being american, and having a large amount of patriotism. Instead, I feel as if our nation's colors, red white and blue, does play a role in creating unity, patriotism and strength. But I think what makes this image so unique is that it ISN'T just using the colors that we associate America with. Since its not you average red, white and blue, we can make assumptions about why the illustrator chose orange blue and black.

The boldness of the word 'strength' makes the image itself, strong. It's the first thing that pops out of the picture and into my mind creating its very own story about America's strength and power. Without this boldness of the word 'strength' my eyes wander around, yeah the text underneath and above the word 'strength' are meaningful, but not as meaningful as the word itself because its type is different and not as bold. When I see the font type being bold, that itself makes me feel like there is a strength that America has and that no one can knock down.

Free Write: Generating Ideas

People I know whom I can't forget:
-my parents/grandparents
-Jessica and James
-Topher
-Coach Tracy/Coach Danny
-Elizabeth/Brooke
-old assistant principle
-Sammy

Controversies in the local community
-in school/out of school bullying
-littering/recycling
-underage drinking/drugs
-sexual assault

• What to do when someone gets homesick at camp: other counselors, parents of campers, program director, nurse
• What to do when the boys you babysit for start to fight: parents, other babysitters, older siblings
• Procrastinating work: other students, professors
• Approaching people of higher authority (parents, teachers...)
• Packing/organizing a suitcase
• Making my bed
• knowing the subway system in NYC and how to get around: NYC police, MTA authority, my friends because they've been living in NY their entire life
• planning other peoples birthday parties: my friends because they are just as social as I am
• finding the best clothes and shoe sales: my sister, she knows where all the sales are and where to find the best deal.
• staying up late when I need to get something done: my roommate, she can stay up the entire night studying for a test the next day, other students

It amazes me when I wake up in the morning and my roommate, is not there. Rather than sleeping, I wake up to her walking in from the library pulling an all-nighter, studying for an exam. I would use her as a way of explaining how she pulls off, not sleeping for at least 6 hours, prior to a large exam the next day. She is a good example because first of all, she is clearly capable of doing so, and how she keeps herself from going to bed is questionable. Although I can pull of the same idea of staying up late, she makes pulling an all-nighter, a whole different story.

Free Write: Essay 2 reflection

Starting this essay was a lot easier than I thought it was going to be. When I first started my topic I had to really break down my question to an even smaller question which is what I think made essay 2 so hard for me in the beginning. My question continued to chanage multiple times which made it really hard to start the essay itself. There were things I wanted to talk about that I couldn't talk about because it didn't have a lot to do with my question. Once I figured everything out it was extremely easy to put down on paper with added research to make it a "discovery essay". I think the hardest part about this essay was the actual writing of it. I had to manipulate paragraphs and figure out how to mix the research that I found, into my own personal experience. After my first rough draft, I realized it needed a lot of work, so re-read my essay nearly five times and edited it. After editing I feel like it could still use a lot of work, but its what I think is close to perfection. I want to fix my conclusion and I would like to see if I could add more personal experience into the whole idea of "Heirloom Jewelry" and jewelry in general.

Free Write

I absolutely cannot wait for this weekend because my entire family is coming down to see me for parents weekend. My brother and sister are going to ACL instead of the tcu v smu game which is annoying because i wanted to see them. I'm even more excited because next Thursday I'm going home for fall break. I'm having a lot of trouble narrowing down my topic and question for this essay. I thought that doing the assignment last night wouldn't take long but it took forever for me to finish. Study hours lasted longer than three hours last night and it really sucked. Tonight I have a lot to do, including starting this essay. I have to read a really boring book and write a book review on it, do my question card for religion, and study for that exam. It's starting to get cold outside and that really makes me happy because I love bundling up when it's cold.

Free Write: Essay 2 Topic

Honestly, I have no idea what I want to write about. I don't know what interests me and I really need to think hard about a topic that I can write about for 5-7 pages. I've had a couple ideas and one is research on James Avery the jewlery. My family has been wearing James Avery since I was born and multiple items have been passed down to me. It's something that is very important to me because its meaningful in multiple ways. What I don't know is how and what I should research. I came up with this idea when I read how important starbucks was to the girl and her father and the relationship between them. In some ways my topic is very similar because James Avery plays a huge role between my mom, sister, cousins, aunts, and grandma.
What makes James Avery such a special jewler? (I'm not even sure I'm going to use this question) James Avery has unique and special jewlery that not everyone in the world can find. While Tiffany & Co. is all over the world, James Avery is in a select few states, including Texas, Oklahoma, and (I'd research this). Religion plays a huge role in my family and a lot of their jewlery is religious and special to me. I started going to kamp when I was 8 years old---the same camp my mom, grandma, and aunt went to. Every year we got charms that represented us as a camper and as a person. When my sister and I started going, we were handed down the same charms that they wore. (More research on jeweler and why he is so unique at what he does).
This question would be beneficial for others who read this to show how such a small object can mean the world to someone. Realizing that something so special can make someone feel that way is something not all of us may understand. I want to answer why James Avery is such a unique and special jewler and what makes him make so many families happy. From engagement rings, to confirmation rings, to camp rings, to heirlooms and charms, James Avery has impacted the lives of many.

Rhetorical Blogging # 2

While reading Tattoo Crazy and We Proudly Brew Starbucks Coffee, I found it extremely interesting how both author’s were able to turn such a personal and thoughtful essay into an essay that contained both personal thoughts and research. Without the detail and personalization that Parker used in, We Proudly Brew Starbucks Coffee it would not have been as fun to read. Simply reading about information on Starbuck’s Coffee and how it came to be would not be as interesting.

I think one thing that really helps engage the reader is the way that the essay is outlined. The outline of this essay is more than just a research paper; it’s an added opinion that coincides with the topic. The author of We Proudly Brew Starbucks Coffee does a good job of using detailed descriptions of how the relationship between her and her father and really personalized how it made her feel. She worked at changing paragraphs. By changing paragraphs she was able to go back and forth from researched information to her description and personal narrative. I found that a discovery essay can be hard to write for multiple reasons. Some writers have a hard time balancing between their research and their personal experience.

“With each sip, the warmth of the latte or the sweet flavoring of the frappuccino made this place become more than just a coffee shop because it did not just contain quality coffee, but quality conversations with my dad as well…

The Phenomenon of Starbucks began in 1971…”

Here the author switches off as she swaps from her personal experience between her and her dad to the informational research that she found. If the author were to continue to talk about her personal experience it wouldn’t flow with the outline of the essay.

In Tattoo Crazy the author also does a good job at balancing between telling her personal experience and switching to informational research. One thing that really caught my eye and made her essay completely different from the othe is that the information and personal experience weaved into one another when it came to organizing her essay. Although it sounds confusing, it really worked out well for a topic that wasn’t as interesting to me.

“I always had the idea that tattoos were for bikers and gang members; they “became associated with marginalized groups, signaling time spent in jail, punk status, membership in a motorcycle gang or a traveling circus” (Farah)

Here in this quote she really weaves her information into her own personal thoughts and experience. Because it is weaved into itself, it really makes it a lot easier for me as the reader to understand where she’s coming from. It’s almost like she immediately backing up her information with evidence. Getting into the informational part of the story became confusing when she brought up all the negative aspects of getting a tattoo. After naming multiple cons to getting a tattoo she immediately states that she “finally decided that a tattoo”. I feel as if she started to contradict what she believed in and went against the information she found. By doing this it not only confused me but also made me wonder if getting a tattoo really made her happy?

The second essay I read about was really helpful when it came to thinking about how I am going to outline my essay and the importance of forming some kind of structure. It is obvious between the two papers that the structure is the most important thing. Without balanced paragraphs between the research that I find and my personal experience, the essay it would be hard to keep the reader interested.

In Class Free Write

Thinking about this paper makes me feel a little overwhelmed. I don't have any ideas as to what I should write about. I'm not good at researching things and never have been. Essay one was really hard to get past because I had an idea as to what I was writing about but I had so many thoughts going on at once that I lost my train of thought. So far college is pretty intense. I regret choosing 8am classes and wish that i could sleep in longer. My roommate on the other hand has afternoon classes. Therefore she stays up all night and wakes up around 11 everyday. It's kind of annoying because when she does stay up late she's never studying and its extremely distracting. Last night she stayed up the entire night studying for a chem exam and when I woke up this morning she was awake sitting downstairs. I'm not good at staying up late because I will never be able to get up in time for an 8am class.

In Class: thoughts and questions - essay 1

While writing my personal essay I don't know how much information I need to reveal before I get to the point of the story. Should I start with explaining the story and then interpreting it for the reader? Or should I shorten the story and use more explaining of the idea of the story. It's hard to figure out when a story is going on for too long, and when to start explaining your thoughts. My story is about meeting my first friend when I was little and moved to a new state, and a new school. I talk a lot about how moving isn't easy and its not fun trying to have to make new friends. I also talk about how when were younger, were not usually the ones to make the friends--our parents are usually the ones who introduce us to our first friends. Whether our parents have friends who have kids, or if its forced through out of school activities--like joining a soccer team, or taking ballet classes.

In Class: Free Write 9/1/09

When I first started college I thought that it would be a lot easier to manage then it really is. I am having so much trouble getting organized and setting priorities. I hope that by mid-september things will fall into place. I really don't like writing while people talk because it distracts me and I lose my train of thought. I should have gone to bed a lot earlier but instead I stayed up reading a really boring book for my religion class. I cannot wait for the weekend so I can sleep in every morning.

Blake Stone

Blogging Rhetorically

August 30, 2009

While reading The Biography of Blake Stone by Jeramey Kraatz, the first thing that really grabbed my attention was the format of the biography. Usually we see biographies written as informational formatted essays that contain multiple paragraphs about another person’s life. This essay was not your usual biography; instead it was in the form of an Instant Message conversation as well as a detailed description of the character, Blake Stone who really was Jeramey Kraatz.

Reading two different perspectives of Blake Stone and Jeramey Kraatz was interesting because you could see two completely different people. As I began to read about Blake Stone, the tone of the writer, Jeramey Kraatz began to get emotional. It was easy to understand that he wasn’t completely happy with the way he was He wasn’t one to get a girlfriend and he wasn’t one to have very many friends. Jeramey talked about Blake as if he was someone that was very special to him.

“Blake was born in my Grandmother’s Compaq desktop. She was the first person I knew with the Internet”

Here Jeramey expresses how much his new self means to him. While I continue to read more about Blake and the new Internet Jeramey, I get a feeling that he is making up for things that he wishes that he had. As a not-so average pre-teen kid, Jeramey had his own vision of perfect—and he portrayed it through a fake person.

Our upcoming writing assignment has to do with our personal selves. It requires us to explore a moment in our life that was more than just a memory, its something meaningful and significant. This biography about Blake Stone and the real Jeramey Kraatz was something more than a life story. Blake Stone made Jeramey Kraatz feel comfortable with himself. I believe that in order for some people to feel comfortable with themselves they need something that makes them feel special. Jeramey felt completely comfortable with himself when he was being his internet self—Blake Stone. Blake Stone had the full package, he was a ladies man, he was smart, and he was popular in all the chat rooms. As Jeremay continued writing his biography about Blake Stone, he was still able to continue bringing up information about the real Blake Stone—Jeremay Kraatz.

I continued to notice how Kraatz was able to explain so much about Blake through simple instant messages between him and his relationships with his instant messaging friends. It is a very different way to approach writing a biography that continues to amaze me throughout its entirety.

Blake Stone

Blogging Rhetorically

August 30, 2009

While reading The Biography of Blake Stone by Jeramey Kraatz, the first thing that really grabbed my attention was the format of the biography. Usually we see biographies written as informational formatted essays that contain multiple paragraphs about another person’s life. This essay was not your usual biography; instead it was in the form of an Instant Message conversation as well as a detailed description of the character, Blake Stone who really was Jeramey Kraatz.

Reading two different perspectives of Blake Stone and Jeramey Kraatz was interesting because you could see two completely different people. As I began to read about Blake Stone, the tone of the writer, Jeramey Kraatz began to get emotional. It was easy to understand that he wasn’t completely happy with the way he was He wasn’t one to get a girlfriend and he wasn’t one to have very many friends. Jeramey talked about Blake as if he was someone that was very special to him.

“Blake was born in my Grandmother’s Compaq desktop. She was the first person I knew with the Internet”

Here Jeramey expresses how much his new self means to him. While I continue to read more about Blake and the new Internet Jeramey, I get a feeling that he is making up for things that he wishes that he had. As a not-so average pre-teen kid, Jeramey had his own vision of perfect—and he portrayed it through a fake person.

Our upcoming writing assignment has to do with our personal selves. It requires us to explore a moment in our life that was more than just a memory, its something meaningful and significant. This biography about Blake Stone and the real Jeramey Kraatz was something more than a life story. Blake Stone made Jeramey Kraatz feel comfortable with himself. I believe that in order for some people to feel comfortable with themselves they need something that makes them feel special. Jeramey felt completely comfortable with himself when he was being his internet self—Blake Stone. Blake Stone had the full package, he was a ladies man, he was smart, and he was popular in all the chat rooms. As Jeremay continued writing his biography about Blake Stone, he was still able to continue bringing up information about the real Blake Stone—Jeremay Kraatz.

I continued to notice how Kraatz was able to explain so much about Blake through simple instant messages between him and his relationships with his instant messaging friends. It is a very different way to approach writing a biography that continues to amaze me throughout its entirety.

In Class: List of Authority

• What to do when someone gets homesick at camp
• What to do when the boys you babysit for start to fight
• Procrastinating work
• Approaching people of higher authority (parents, teachers...)
• Packing/organizing a suitcase
• Making my bed
• knowing the subway system in NYC and how to get around
• planning other peoples birthday parties
• finding the best clothes and shoe sales
• staying up late when I need to get something done

• knowing the subway system in NYC and how to get around

Growing up in New York wasn't as easy as I thought it was going to be. My parents always made me be more independent with myself and less dependent on the people around me. I have always been able to figure out problems on my own. My parents both work in the city and on Fridays, I would meet each of them at their offices with my brother and sister. When I first started going to the city, I felt lost and uncomfortable, but when my parents began to make me do it to get comfortable, things started to fall into place. They eased me slowly into getting to know Manhattan by starting off getting to the Chappaqua train station, buying a ticket, getting on the right train and taking it all the way to Grand Central Station. My parents would then meet me when the train arrived. Once I got the hang of taking the train by myself, I began to learn how to get to each of their offices by paying close attention to the few times they'd walk me there from the GCS. After getting comfortable with the walk to their offices, it was time to learn how to get back. Getting back was a little bit easier than getting there because I would re-trace my steps and make mental notes of where I was--while following my parents. As walking there became easier, I found that there was a better way of transportation--the Subway System. I took my first subway to my parents' offices with them by my side the first time, and after millions of rides, I began to learn the entire NYC subway system.

In Class: Free Write

Ballinger spoke about writing as inquiry. He came up with peoples beliefs on writings. When people write about their beliefs, they tend to become more personal. If someone believes strongly in something they are able to really personalize the essay or writing. Ballinger makes writing as inquiry sound easier than it truly is. It doesn't have any sort of organization to the essay. Instead, it is more of a thoughtful essay that contains a lot of information. When we write, we tend not to write for ourselves. Many write because they have to or because they are told to. Not that it's unusual for someone to write to release energy, but when it comes to students, many are usually writing essays for school, or their english class. When I write I usually write because I am given an assignment. The truth about writing is that it can come easy to people or it can become very difficult. Especially if it's an assignment that you read, but don't remember, and then were told to write a blog on it.

Hi! My name is Katye Gallardo. I'm a freshman at TCU and I'm from Chappaqua, New York. The reason why I chose TCU was because I loved the location and size of campus. I think a good teacher is someone that a student feels comfortable going to with any type of problem and is willing to help them. They should be someone that is understanding and open to any type of question.

A good student is a hardworking person who strives to achieve their goals. They come prepared to learn and ask questions. I believe that to be a successful student you have to be able to manage your time well to balance with school and social activities. If there was one person I could have dinner with it would have to be Barack Obama. He is someone I look up to and is a heroic figure in my life.

One thing that I really enjoy doing is writing. Whether its on a certain topic or a creative piece, I love writing. I am still looking to improve my writing skills so I decided to pick a class in which all it entailed was writing. I really enjoy getting assignments that are creative and not usually thought of. I had an assignment that required us to take a Ripleys Believe it or not quote and turn it into a story --I had a lot of fun with that. I think my writing could definitely use some work. I need to work on sentence fragments and working on organizing my thoughts and paragraphs.

I have read, understand and agree to the terms of the course syllabus.