Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Fall Cookout
 
 On Oct 25,2013 there was a Fall cookout held at the principles house of Richard bland college. Tiara and I decided to go after class to attend. There was plenty of food and people to attend. I felt if I was at my own family cookout, I was welcomed with a smile and asked how my first year was going. It was a good place to mingle with friends and just to sit out and relax near some nice calm water...There was enough food that the Statesmen grill provided and it was free so it was no excuse why people said they was hungry or they didn't have any food to eat because it was plenty...After getting my food I did leave because I don't like to be outside eating and bugs com e around my food. I think more things should be held on campus more to do and a way to mingle around with everybody that you haven't met yet. Being that it was my first time down that way, it was very nice overall !

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Grammar Schrammar Presentation
 
 
Hunter, Karmin and myself presented a class project on Quotation with Quotation, It was kind of a hard subject to teach off of because nobody in the group really knew what it meant. At first we were going to do a video and then we decided to let Sweeney record us in class and I felt more comfortable with that rather than having someone watch what we recorded. After all getting in class and presenting it wasn't as bad as I thought ,so my whole point is I have slowly gotten out the ways of being sky and nervous in talking in front of people. Our next topic is on Further vs Farther anyone have any idea what this means? I don't want to present with a blank stare...This class has yet been the easiest English class ive ever taken having a contract no quizzes, test, homework, is the best feeling ever and only 3papers to write the entire semester I couldn't ask for a better English teacher :)




Friday, October 18, 2013

In class we have been talking about writing our papers based on what we wrote about in the previous and I don't know what to write because I haven't gotten my previous paper back to make corrections. The rough draft for the following paper is due on Monday Oct, 21 with 750 words to be written and I have nothing. I'm not really taking this class serious, because I'm not really being motivated to do work even though I know it needs to be done. There are no grades in this class except we have beyond class to do and these 3 papers, there is no other quizzes tests, or anything to boost my grade so there for attendance and getting good grades on this paper is well needed. I really don't see a point in going to this class because we don't do any work in class unless we are behind just need the time to blog or ask questions, but bye the way I can take this class anytime because all you really have to do is show up !!!!!!

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Fall Break
 
My first year of college and my first fall break was pretty boring it rained since Wednesday the night I left college until I returned that Sunday evening. I went to a bond fire in the rain it was cold and I spend a lot of my time with my family. The best part of it all was getting to bring the car back to college with me it made me feel more on my own and more responsible.! Fall break went by pretty quick before you knew it, it was over and school was around the corner. It gave me time to myself not to do any school work and just to be away from the college life, but my friends were missed. Before leaving for fall break things got hetic and that Tuesday was a rough night because people knew it was fall break the next day and there were no classes. After fall break things seem to go  back to normal, but I also think break shoud be a lot longer. 

Friday, October 4, 2013

Using commas
 
 
 
The presentation that was done in class on commas and using semicolons helped me with knowing how to use them in the future. I never knew where to put commas I always would use to have my sentences running on. Using commas makes me pause into going into what else you have to say. Now I can go back and rely on where to put them. Commas were my biggest fear because I always thought they would be in the wrong spot. That was the best presentations used so far I have actually learned something in English that I didn't know. They were well organized and knew what they were going to talk about. They weren't silly and all laughing and didn't get me of subject. Doing these presentations in class help because you get to teach somebody what they might not know and it was helpful it me. It has got me out my comfort zone.