Unit #3 Blog #3
Aaron Pilgrim
LSTD 1233 Interdisciplinary Composition I
Dr. Rhonda Kyncl
I agree with Shelly about reading to your children. My mother used to read to me all the time as a small child and I can Personally remember alot of the stories to this day. I also remember the time that we spent together reading. I read with my little girl every night. Though at this point there are some books I can read to you word for word without ever seeing the book, I don't mind too much because I know she will have memories of her daddy reading to her and hopefully it will spark a lifetime love of books for her as well. Though with the advances in technology her generation may not know what real books are because they will all be ebooks before long. Hopefully she'll at least remember the fun times we had acting out the books.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Unit#3 Blog #1
Unit #3 Blog #1
Aaron Pilgrim
LSTD 1233 Interdisciplinary Composition I
Dr. Rhonda Kyncl
In this blog I am going to talk about planning & drafting a paper. The first thing you need to is to establish your goals. What does the professor want? Often the assignment will contain key words such as analyze, compare and contrast, define, describe, evluate, or propose that will assist you in determining what direction to take. (Fagley, L., 2009, The Penguin Handbook Third Addition, p. 17). Next, find a topic that you care about. Then explore your topic. Ask the Who, What, Where, When & Why questions. Another good thing is freewriting. I freewriting you basically write down anything that pops in your head for a set period of time and then go back and seperate the good ideas from the bad. Another way of getting ideas is by brainstorming. At the end of your brainstorming session, you cn create a list of good ideas for your topic.The next step is that you need to create a thesis statement. A thesis statement is basically where you tell your idea of what your paper will be about. a good idea would then be to create an outline. This is basically done by starting with your thesis and then outlining all your supporting data in headers underneath in order that you will be writing about them.The final thing you are going to want to do is to write a rough draft of your paper. You should be aware that this will not be a perfect draft or final draft of your paper and that it will be revised some. If you follow these steps, you should not have any problems with writing assignments.
Aaron Pilgrim
LSTD 1233 Interdisciplinary Composition I
Dr. Rhonda Kyncl
In this blog I am going to talk about planning & drafting a paper. The first thing you need to is to establish your goals. What does the professor want? Often the assignment will contain key words such as analyze, compare and contrast, define, describe, evluate, or propose that will assist you in determining what direction to take. (Fagley, L., 2009, The Penguin Handbook Third Addition, p. 17). Next, find a topic that you care about. Then explore your topic. Ask the Who, What, Where, When & Why questions. Another good thing is freewriting. I freewriting you basically write down anything that pops in your head for a set period of time and then go back and seperate the good ideas from the bad. Another way of getting ideas is by brainstorming. At the end of your brainstorming session, you cn create a list of good ideas for your topic.The next step is that you need to create a thesis statement. A thesis statement is basically where you tell your idea of what your paper will be about. a good idea would then be to create an outline. This is basically done by starting with your thesis and then outlining all your supporting data in headers underneath in order that you will be writing about them.The final thing you are going to want to do is to write a rough draft of your paper. You should be aware that this will not be a perfect draft or final draft of your paper and that it will be revised some. If you follow these steps, you should not have any problems with writing assignments.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Unit #3 Blog #2
Unit #3 Blog#2
Aaron Pilgrim
LSTD 1233 Interdisciplinary Composition
Dr. Rhonda Kyncl
Though some people might find it kind of weird, my favorite book of all time is "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton. The story takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1965. On the surface it is the story of a gang of poor kids vs. the rich kids. Actually, it is a story about a 14 year old who winds up finding out who he really is and what he wants to be in his life. When the story opens we meet Ponyboy Curtis who is a 14 year old greaser who lives on the wrong side of the tracks with his older brothers Darryl "Darry" and Soda Pop. Their parents were killed a year ago in a car accident and since then Darry has been taking car of his two younger brothers. Ponyboy and his friend Jonny meet up with two girls at the movies who are rich kids or socs as they are called in the book. After the movie they have a runin with the girls boyfriends who are some of the most popular socs in town. After the girls leave with their boyfriends Pony and Johnny go to a vacant lot where their gang hangs out and start talking, but wind up falling asleep. Long story short, Johnny winds up killing one of the socs and he and Pony run away to hide in an old church in Windrixville. When they go to town one day they come back to the church a school had been up there on a field trip and the kids caught the church on fire. In the process of saving the kids Johnny is paralyzed when a board falls on him. In the end he dies and Pony learns that his family is the most important thing and that people are just people not greasers and socs.
Aaron Pilgrim
LSTD 1233 Interdisciplinary Composition
Dr. Rhonda Kyncl
Though some people might find it kind of weird, my favorite book of all time is "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton. The story takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1965. On the surface it is the story of a gang of poor kids vs. the rich kids. Actually, it is a story about a 14 year old who winds up finding out who he really is and what he wants to be in his life. When the story opens we meet Ponyboy Curtis who is a 14 year old greaser who lives on the wrong side of the tracks with his older brothers Darryl "Darry" and Soda Pop. Their parents were killed a year ago in a car accident and since then Darry has been taking car of his two younger brothers. Ponyboy and his friend Jonny meet up with two girls at the movies who are rich kids or socs as they are called in the book. After the movie they have a runin with the girls boyfriends who are some of the most popular socs in town. After the girls leave with their boyfriends Pony and Johnny go to a vacant lot where their gang hangs out and start talking, but wind up falling asleep. Long story short, Johnny winds up killing one of the socs and he and Pony run away to hide in an old church in Windrixville. When they go to town one day they come back to the church a school had been up there on a field trip and the kids caught the church on fire. In the process of saving the kids Johnny is paralyzed when a board falls on him. In the end he dies and Pony learns that his family is the most important thing and that people are just people not greasers and socs.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Response to Tanya's Home Sweet Home
Unit #2 Blog #3
Aaron Pilgrim
LSTD 1233 Interdisciplinary Comp. I
Dr. Rhonda Kyncl
I found your blog on growing up in New York City very interesting. New York is exactly opposite of the place where I grew up. You said that it was the city that never sleeps and my town was the city that never woke up. I can only imagine what it would be like to see people out and about at all hours of the day and night. The only people we have out at night are criminals. Another cool thing would be all the diversity you must have encountered. All the different races, religions, and cultures mixing into one big melting pot of society is what this country was founded on. Playing in the fire hydrants is something you see on TV, but I didn't know people actually did! You had a very interesting childhood and you should be proud.
Aaron Pilgrim
LSTD 1233 Interdisciplinary Comp. I
Dr. Rhonda Kyncl
I found your blog on growing up in New York City very interesting. New York is exactly opposite of the place where I grew up. You said that it was the city that never sleeps and my town was the city that never woke up. I can only imagine what it would be like to see people out and about at all hours of the day and night. The only people we have out at night are criminals. Another cool thing would be all the diversity you must have encountered. All the different races, religions, and cultures mixing into one big melting pot of society is what this country was founded on. Playing in the fire hydrants is something you see on TV, but I didn't know people actually did! You had a very interesting childhood and you should be proud.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Where I come from
Unit #2 Blog #2
Aaron Pilgrim
LSTD 1233-01 Interdisciplinary Comp I
Dr. Rhonda Kyncl
I grew up in the giant metropolis of Rush Springs, Oklahoma. It is a small town about 50 miles Southwest of Oklahoma City. The sign outside of town said we had a population of 1200 and a few old soreheads, but reality was there were about 600 people in town and at least as many in the country. The Oklahoma Department of Transpertation had sealed the towns fate in the mid 1970's when they rerouted Hwy 81 around town.Rush Springs when I was a kid was right of the movie Footloose. The town was ran by the Church of Christ members and it was illigal to dance in the city limits. There were two bars, but they were out in the county and you can bet that the powers that be kept tabs on who's vehicles were there and dealt with them accordingly. It was the kind of town where people didn't lock their doors and little kids could leave the house in the morning and not come back until dark. No one worried because everyone knew everyone and if your kid did something wrong they'd bring them home,or more than likely just whip them on site and send them on their way. As a teenager, we would sit on main street sometimes for 2 hours before a car would come by, and then it'd just be the local cop.We were famous for our watermelons and once a year had a watermelon festival. It was the coolest thing as a kid. For one day the population of the town would swell to 30,000+ by people who came from all over to the celebration. That's where I was raised on a farm about three miles West of town. In fact, I bought the place a few years ago when my Dad passed away. I have no intention of ever living there myself, but I have alot of good memories there. We raised goats, pigs, cows, and watermelons. Not everyone can say they ever drove a tracter to school, and not be the only tracter in the parking lot!
Aaron Pilgrim
LSTD 1233-01 Interdisciplinary Comp I
Dr. Rhonda Kyncl
I grew up in the giant metropolis of Rush Springs, Oklahoma. It is a small town about 50 miles Southwest of Oklahoma City. The sign outside of town said we had a population of 1200 and a few old soreheads, but reality was there were about 600 people in town and at least as many in the country. The Oklahoma Department of Transpertation had sealed the towns fate in the mid 1970's when they rerouted Hwy 81 around town.Rush Springs when I was a kid was right of the movie Footloose. The town was ran by the Church of Christ members and it was illigal to dance in the city limits. There were two bars, but they were out in the county and you can bet that the powers that be kept tabs on who's vehicles were there and dealt with them accordingly. It was the kind of town where people didn't lock their doors and little kids could leave the house in the morning and not come back until dark. No one worried because everyone knew everyone and if your kid did something wrong they'd bring them home,or more than likely just whip them on site and send them on their way. As a teenager, we would sit on main street sometimes for 2 hours before a car would come by, and then it'd just be the local cop.We were famous for our watermelons and once a year had a watermelon festival. It was the coolest thing as a kid. For one day the population of the town would swell to 30,000+ by people who came from all over to the celebration. That's where I was raised on a farm about three miles West of town. In fact, I bought the place a few years ago when my Dad passed away. I have no intention of ever living there myself, but I have alot of good memories there. We raised goats, pigs, cows, and watermelons. Not everyone can say they ever drove a tracter to school, and not be the only tracter in the parking lot!
When too much is too much.
Unit #2 Blog #1
Aaron Pilgrim
LSTD 1233-01 Interdisciplinary Comp I
Dr. Rhonda Kyncl
Blogging is a great way of people to express their opinions and beliefs to a wide audience easily. A persons blog could be read by hundreds, thousands, or even millions of people on the web. That being said, some things need to be kept to one's self or the few people who saw it. Blogging about how you tied someone to a flagpole and beat them with a rubber hose is not something you should post. Besides the fact that you are admitting to a criminal act, you are also talking about things that can effect the rest of your life. Potential employers have started to research the internet on applicants and finding things you can only imagine. Blog posts,Facebook, and Twitter are just a few of the places they look to see how applicants spend their time not at work and if they talk outside of class about their current job. Even if your boss is an old bald guy who needs to braid the hairs coming out of his nose, it's probably not in your best interest to post that on a social network site where anyone can see it. Not only could it be another employee who is looking for a reason to nark out anyone who may stand in their way of a promotion it could also be your boss or even someone who knows his cousin that is reading it. A good question to ask yourself, before you hit the post button on any social network site, is would my mom be emberassed to read this? If the answer is yes, then you might want to think twice about letting the entire world know about it. Though it is therapeudic to vent about a situation that you are frustrated about or fun to rehash about the night before and how Jim Bob woke up with a horse in his bed it is not in your or his best interest to tell everyone else about it.
Aaron Pilgrim
LSTD 1233-01 Interdisciplinary Comp I
Dr. Rhonda Kyncl
Blogging is a great way of people to express their opinions and beliefs to a wide audience easily. A persons blog could be read by hundreds, thousands, or even millions of people on the web. That being said, some things need to be kept to one's self or the few people who saw it. Blogging about how you tied someone to a flagpole and beat them with a rubber hose is not something you should post. Besides the fact that you are admitting to a criminal act, you are also talking about things that can effect the rest of your life. Potential employers have started to research the internet on applicants and finding things you can only imagine. Blog posts,Facebook, and Twitter are just a few of the places they look to see how applicants spend their time not at work and if they talk outside of class about their current job. Even if your boss is an old bald guy who needs to braid the hairs coming out of his nose, it's probably not in your best interest to post that on a social network site where anyone can see it. Not only could it be another employee who is looking for a reason to nark out anyone who may stand in their way of a promotion it could also be your boss or even someone who knows his cousin that is reading it. A good question to ask yourself, before you hit the post button on any social network site, is would my mom be emberassed to read this? If the answer is yes, then you might want to think twice about letting the entire world know about it. Though it is therapeudic to vent about a situation that you are frustrated about or fun to rehash about the night before and how Jim Bob woke up with a horse in his bed it is not in your or his best interest to tell everyone else about it.
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