Dear Students, the halfway mark has come and gone. Your completed portfolios are due two months from today. That includes final copies of your work and your cover letter. Remember, to submit you need points accumulated from your blog, our class blog reading responses, response group participation, attendance, and writing conferences. Check your syllabus for the details. Most of you are doing fine, although I continue to be troubled by spotty attendance and that some of you still don't bring drafts of your papers to class.
Next week, October 18 through October 22, we will again be having individual conferences. The sign up sheet will be on my door by this Thursday. Please do not miss this conference as I will not have time for make-up conferences. If you miss this conference, you will be lacking an important 100 points, and you may not have enough to submit the portfolio depending on other things you might be lacking.
We will begin our third paper on October 25. In order for you to have some free time over Thanksgiving break, I strongly encourage you to concentrate on this paper as much as you can while also revising the first two papers. Some of you may have enough work that is appropriate for the portfolio to write a 'free choice' fourth paper rather than an analytical one. But that's getting ahead....
If we are making good progress, we will not have class either Nov. 11 when the campus is closed for Veteran's Day or Friday, the 12th. Start bringing a paper draft to every class.
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Erika Jaimes TR 11 am
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In class last week we were told to choose an article to read during class. My group consists of two other members, but I forgot their names. Anyways, in the end of our discussion we chose “Call me Crazy, but I have to be Myself,” by Mary Seymour. We decided to go with this article because it seemed interesting. Though this was not the first one we read.
Basically, we started by reading the table of contents and looking through the different section. First we tried Marriage. We read an article, but we did not find it interesting. We browed through different articles in the Marriage category, but we found nothing. So, we decided to check out another section. I believe it was humanities or something like that. We read the first article, but stopped half way, because we wanted to see if they were any in the same section that might seem interesting. In the end we read another article on being insomniac and people viewed him as dangerous. The reason for this is because the way he looked at night when he roamed the streets. The next one was about gangsters. This one was about using the “I live in a gang all my life, and I don’t know any better. Basically, this girl lived with gang member parents, and when she was 17, she killed someone. Her lawyer tried to use this defense to win, but she fail. Though we don’t know what happens after that because we lost interest with the article. So in the end we stuck with the second article we read.
Good response, Erika. I think the article your group chose is a good one. It reads like an autoethnography to me.
ReplyDeletewe read a position paper in class about whether or not kids are idiots these days it was written by Amy Goldwasser she started out with seeming like she was completely for kids being idiots these days. but then quickly started to defend the youth of the nation. she talked about how it is just different now then it was in the past it looks like were just ipod brain sucking individuals. but the average time spent each week reading and writing on the internet is 16.7 hours a week. they always argue that our generation does not read or write anymore but they don't take into account the online reading and writing. she argues that we are able to go into more depth with our questions with access to the internet not just remembering text on a paper. which makes the internet a good learning tool and just because we have foreign skills then the elder people that we associate with doesn't mean were stupid it just means were adapting to the culture around us
ReplyDeleteRyan Gabby TR 11
ReplyDeleteIn class on 10/14/10 we read a article about current teenagers and how teenagers and people from older generation are very different. She is saying that the current generation of teenagers is part of a very high technology savvy , and that over 30 million american teenagers are up to date on the technology . Such as having the latest laptop , the latest cell phones , and how we up date our social profiles on website such as Facebook , myspace twitter and over 30 of our friends will visit our profile per day . Amy also states that the older generation don't know how to use these common technology in today's society . But it is under standible because the older generations people grew up using type writers and reading books for fun . They don't know how to use things like cell phones and laptops as well as the younger generations because the older generations did not grow up using them . Amy stated that the older generation of people such in-brace the idea of incorporating technology into education because the students might become more interested in learning. From just taking to my friends I know that most of the current generation of teenagers hate reading from books and writing essay’s by hand , instead we will just go onto a website that would give a very brief summary of the book and type the reading response on our laptops.
We just read an article in class today written by Amy Goldwasser. The article Susan read out loud today was a position paper about how teenagers are stereotypd to be teenagers, when in fact they haven't changed as generations have gone on. She states that the adults are the ones who have changed and are ignorant bcause teenagers have always basically been the same. The things that have changed are the media, fashon, and technology. Amy's first paragraph seeemed as if she was going to put down teenagers and say they are ignorant and idiots but then she soon turns everything around and says that the adults are the ignorant ones. The whole essay then turns into a focus on how teenagers have always been the same. She talks about how the average teenager spends 16.7 hours a week on the internet. She also talks about how teenagers can go more into depth with questions and essays because we can look it up on the internet.
ReplyDeleteToday in class we were read an article titled "What's The Matter With Kids Today?" by Amy Goldwasser. The main idea that about this article was that our generation is intertwined with technology and that the old generation needs to conform to the new way of life. She talks about how the old generation is stuck in their old ways and is too stubborn to make the switch and use the internet for their benefits. Although some think that teenagers now a days are entirely too attached to technology, the author disagrees. She seems to think that we have now incorporated reading and writing in our lives everyday. We are also capable of so much information and knowledge right at the tips of our finger tips. The author thinks that the old generation is ignorant and needs to adapt to the new sources that this new generation has grown accustomed too. I agree with the author but at the same time i disagree with her. I feel that teenagers are too addicted to technology making them all a robotic nation run by the internet and social networking. But i do think that the older generation should get in on the new and use it for their own benefits.
ReplyDeleteIn class we read an article called What's the Matter With Kids Today? The article was in part about how many people spend time on the computer. The study also listed that students were ignorant of litature and history. Even the Nobel Peace Prize winners believe the younger generation to be stunningly ignorant of teenagers. She believes that the older generation was equally ignorant of litature. The method has changed but the same ignorance exists. She believes that its nice that people write about themselves and talk to each other over IM. There seems to be that adults seem to ask for help from their daughters. There are also over generalizations about the bad parts of the internet according to the author Amy Goldwasser. She believes that parents and teachers are to blame for ignorance of teenagers. She believes that this is a good thing rather then a bad thing ultimately. She believes that perhaps in seventy years someone that was a teenager now might accept a Noble Peace Prize and list the internet as a formative source
ReplyDeleteIn class we read a position paper by Amy Goldwasser called "Whats the matter with kids these days?" I really enjoyed this paper because first of all its describing my generation and second of all she makes you believe that she against my generation on social networking sites. She then changes her position to talk about how my generation is actually reading and writing up to 17hrs per week. I believe both sides of this argument because alot of the reading and writing is mostly about nonsense, people who comment on each other photos or comment about each others drama. Im also leaning to the other side of the argument because alot of people also use the internet to research news, sports or just plain research for a class project. I also believe that because of our generation, the new way of reading and writing will be electronic/online, books/pen and paper in the future will probably be a thing of the past. Libraries will probably close down and they will create online libraries. Even today they are replacing books with a device called ebook. Personally I prefer reading a book because 1. If you have a slow internet connection it may take a while to read your book. 2.You can never really lose a book whereas the electronics could accidently erase your book or the electronic device could break.
ReplyDeleteIn response to the article "What's The Matter With Kids These Days" the argument was a good one because there are many sides that can be taken regarding the topic. The auther implies the youth of today to be wrapped up in a technological world, and the elders of today to be completely ignorant of technology. One is really not better than the other, the youth today, including myself, relies on technology just to get by in school and life in general. While my grandparents are able to get by without even a cellphone. Looking back on how my parents got by in school without a computer or internet to do homework and even classwork seems like such a hassle. After this artical I can see how each side has its benifits and its burdens, technology is the lazy way out, but also the most efficient.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Erin's statement about technology being the lazy way out, but being the most efficient. Todays generation uses internet to find almost everything they need for homework assignments or pieces of information they need. For example most people will go to google maps or mapquest to find directions rather than use a map. It may be the "lazy way" to do things, but it is much less of a hassle, and much more efficient. Almost everybody in this day in age uses computers for work, school, or everyday life. It is required for some jobs that you know how to work a computer. I agree with the author of the article when she says that youth are wrapped up in technology and elders are not really giving it a chance. I rely on the internet as well as many of my friends, and my grandparents have no clue what the internet is and do not really care what it is. Both sides have reasons to either like technology or not support it, but whether you like it or not, it looks like its going to be here for a while
ReplyDeleteIn class we read an article called Whats the Matter With Kids Today? by Amy Goldwasser. At the beginning of the article she started off by saying how kids are idiots these days and then quickly started talking about how kids are actually very smart because of how well they use technology. She started defending how older generations are just too stubborn to switch over and use more technological things to benefit them. And how kids use technology about 17 hours a week for school, socializing, directions, etc.. Although some say that using technology is the easy way out and how we are not benefiting the same from school as our parents did. But I think that it is not the lazy way out but more of the way things are done now a days, because of how fast pace things are with school and powerpoints and how tests are now given on the internet in some colleges. Also how most research is done on the computer with news websites and books online. Life is moving on a whole different level then it was for our parents. I think that if they dont keep up then they are going to be the ones missing out on whats next in the world. I think our generation is going to create an even more demanding and fast pace world in the next 10 to 15 years, with all the new inventions to make life easier for everyone. And before we know it school will all be online; where you can see your professor on the screen and coming to school wont be a necessity anymore. But what happens when things are already as easy as they can be.. what did our grandparents do without cell phones and internet for most of their lives? Well their lives were much more simple than ours are now. To be honest things can get pretty complicated with remembering all the passwords and websites to remember.
ReplyDeleteOK so i know im behind on my reading responses because i could never clarify what it was supposed to be about. So i guess im going to start with a few that i kind of remember....
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So, there were several authoethnographys read in class... One that i really remember is the one about the guy who was really short, The Life As A Shrimp. I really liked it because I could visualze everything that he was saying. And it didnt feel really like an essay or paper.. if felt more like a story. I saw it in my mind and his writing was the Narration. Now i could kind of relate to this story. Only difference is that i was always the tall one. I grew faster than most if not all the boys in my middle school. All my friends were short. and even a home they called me Sasquath cuz i am taller than most people in my family... But unlike the writer i became comfortable with my height. I liked it because once i hit high school everyone else was taller than me. So i felt like i finlaly fit in. Same with college...
Reading Response on Authethnography:
ReplyDeleteOk the other Authethnography that was read during class was the one about the Japanese girl who didnt really appreciate her culture because her parents embarressed her. It was very analytical. It felt just like a paper and i didnt really enjoy itIt felt boring to me.. But other than that i did pay attention and i too didnt appreciate my culture. It took my a while to actually get into the "Lation" spirit. But when i did it was great. I feel proud to be a latina women. My appreciation started when i started listening to Puerto Rican Salsa. I am half Puerto Rican and they are proud people. I love it. I went to a puerto rican day pininc thing and i felt comfortable and happy. I love my people. Seeing them in their clothes that sported the islands flag and listening to the band play and sing in spanish made me more appreciative toward being latin
Reading Response about picking Article:
ReplyDeleteThe article my group, Group 1, picked is called "Amercians Are Tuning Out the World." Im not sure how we picked this stroy. Gigi looked through the index and seleted a few good topics. We went through some of the chapter looking at each article and reading the title trying to guess at what its going to be about. Finally we came upon the article we finally choose. We each said how intersting that sounded and agreed that we were going to read that one. I dont know what else to say seeing that our picking process wasnt all that long. We all enjoyed the article and talked about the questions at the end.
Reading Response on the actaul Article:
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So I really liked the article. It was intersting and eye opening. Its about americas decreasing intrest in the rest of the world One thing that caught my eye was that sine 1970 the American public has paid less attention to foregin affairs. That since then the economy was ranked first. It surprising because i was to go out and travel overseas, just for fun. In the article it said that fewer college students travel overseas.
I think the reason for Americans decreaseing intrest in forgein affairs is that this counrty is Self Centered. We only care about ourselves. Americans think they've learned everything they can learn about forgein lands. They see everyone else trying to get into America so they say if they are leaving there why should we go there, there obviously isnt anything good there.
I feel that our counrty has grown ignorant. They think that America is more importanat than any other counrty in the world. There are way more beautiful places around the world. Another thing that could be the cause is the Discovery channel. They can go other places from the comfort of their homes. But its not the same.
I, unfortunatly, dont have enough money to be traveling everywhere but i would like too. The discovery channel wont satisfy my need to see the rest of the world and expericane new things and see beauty that is untouhed by human hands. I want that.
Every since I was young, I have been told that going to a college or university is where you go once you graduate high school. In order to get a good paying job and be successful a college degree is required, but what does the university do to make you successful? When you start college, you sign up for classes based on your major and you are also required to take classes not necessarily related to your major, but ones that every student has to take in order to graduate. The professors of your classes are given a huge responsibility to teach you the “truth” of the subject, but many of the professors are biased and this is hard to keep out of the classroom. Academics on the university level is compared to politics. As a student, you need to understand that everyone has their own opinion on subjects and it is your our responsibility to interpret it and make your own opinions on the subject. College is the time for a student to do what they want to do, and advance their knowledge in a number of subjects as well in the way life works. It is the first step to the real world once you reach adulthood. People built the ivory tower not to brainwash others into their beliefs but to allow others to have the opportunity to expand their minds. Although some people involved in the college education system do have bad intentions when it comes to educating students, I believe the majority are there to help their students.
ReplyDeleteI agree with both Erin and Anthony’s comments. I think technology has totally revolutionized our lives. Is it for the best? Only time will tell, really. I do believe that technology has definitely enabled a certain level of laziness within us all. It makes the finding of information, communicating with others, and a whole bunch of things easier, faster and more simplistic and less work involved to make it happen. While this has sped up the whole world by a bunch it has also complicated things a whole bunch. Technology has both eliminated old jobs and created new ones. It has enabled us to destroy our natural environment at a faster rate and has given us new ways to sustain energy. I guess it is all about finding the balance of it all, the yin and yang, the good and bad. I know personally that technology, the internet specifically, has been both a blessing and a curse in my life. I love computers, the internet and all that jazz: it is amazing; there is so much you can get out of it. However, it also enables me to rely too heavily on the internet. For example, like for this class, the internet is such a good resource of information, that when doing research for my papers, I just procrastinate and procrastinate. It is because I know that all the information I could ever want is right at my fingertips. But, that’s no excuse… I still have to analyze the information and break it down for the context of my essays. So I think technology is definitely a blessing, but like all blessings if it isn’t dealt with carefully, it can become a curse.
ReplyDeleteThe article "What's the Matter with Kids Today?" is an article that explains young people today and our attachment to technology. Fellow students explained that technology is the easiest way out, but is the most efficient. Technology defiantly makes a lot of things a whole lot easier. I can look up causes of insomnia while laying in my bed, by slipping my mac out from under my bed and in seconds I receive my answer. However is in convenient, there are many downfalls to technology. Many people think that everything on the internet it true and spend a lot of time and thought relying of false information. It is easy to come across false information on the internet. Search engines such as google should not be uses when trying to gain factual information.
ReplyDeleteAlso, we have become more active with social relationships through technology then face to face. In is common for a person on Facebook to have over 100 friends, when I do not think I would be able to find someone at this school that can list to me an amount of actual friends in the triple digits. These new types of cyber relationships have caused people to interact less in person. People are able to know what is going in a friends life that they had not spoken to in years, without seeing them or speaking to them. Recently, I have deleted my Facebook and have been using my cell phone only when needed. I find enjoyment in running into people or showing up at their house rather than making plans through a text message. Just because all of this technology is available, does not mean we have to use it, life will go on.