Our assignment was to pick something from the chapters and reflect about it. I chose the first paragraph because it stood out to me the most. This really stood out to me because I think childhood is extremely important in ones life. A childhood is when you learn right from wrong, life lessons, love, and having innocent fun.
Having your child hood taken away like the boy soldiers would be horrible. I am so suprised Ishmael Beah is still able to go on with a normal life after this. After being a boy soldier I would think that there would still be a life of crime, and not knowing what is right or what is wrong any more. I'm guessing there are boys who were effected by this war earlier in their life, and I am guessing that it was a lot harder for them to learn what happened to them is wrong.
It's also sad that on the same page Ishmael Beah was excited to see his friend, not to catch up and play around but to hear about how many people he has killed. In a way it really shows how his child hood disappeared. Instead of being concerned with school or things kids his age should've been interested in he wanted to hear his friends war stories.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Monday, October 5, 2009
Writing Center
Today we went to the writing center for the end of class. I had no idea there was even such a thing. My only class I have in the Robert Bell building is my math class. So i would have never thought the writing center would be in a building were math classes are being held.
I was really excited when i discovered the writing center. I feel more comfortable with someone that really knows what they're talking about edit my paper. This is because i get more of a professional response, I also get shy about my writing so it's better when someone who does this a lot reads and corrects and makes comments about my paper.
The only thing that worries me is that I feel like there will never be any time for any one to correct my paper because it's so busy. The girl showed us all the appointments and there isn't even an opening for three days, So i feel like i will never get time to make an appointment.
I was really excited when i discovered the writing center. I feel more comfortable with someone that really knows what they're talking about edit my paper. This is because i get more of a professional response, I also get shy about my writing so it's better when someone who does this a lot reads and corrects and makes comments about my paper.
The only thing that worries me is that I feel like there will never be any time for any one to correct my paper because it's so busy. The girl showed us all the appointments and there isn't even an opening for three days, So i feel like i will never get time to make an appointment.
Wrong Due Date/ being absent
Sadly I couldn't make it to class two classes in a row, and because of this I forgot when our paper for project two was due. I realize skipping class is extremely irresponsible and i now i learned my lesson.
Reason number one/ Day one: The night before this class i felt extremely sick for some reason and i couldn't sleep that well. I was tossing and turning all night and kind of woke up at seven, I remember seeing my room mate getting ready for work and i fell back asleep. Then later on i apparently woke up to my friend austin getting me for class. We always walk together to our first class. I must have been sleep talking because i don't remember getting up and telling him I already went to class. obviously I didn't already go to class considering it was nine forty five and class doesn't start until ten. So thank the lord I woke up in time for my second class of the day.
Reason number two/ Day two: Thursday night I decided to go out to eat and rent a few movies with my girls and stopping by some friends house for an hour or so. When we finally got back to the stadium to park it was pouring down rain. By the time we were there the buses weren't running any more. We weren't that worried because we would just call charlie the charter. They weren't answering the phone, but we didn't understand because it was within their working hours, it was only eleven at night. We weren't about to walk in the pouring rain so instead we decided to take the chance to park in the parking lot right by my dorm. I was driving my mom's jeep so we were going to use a visitor excuse if I got a ticket. This was a great idea that night. When I woke up the morning after before class I realized how this might not work. So i thought i need to move my car and i needed to see if I had gotten a ticket and get that taken care of. I got to my car luckily I didn't get a parking ticket and i was thrilled but I still had to move it. By the time I moved it and got on the bus back to the room and got ready I was already way to late to go all the way to the library.
Because of all these absences I forgot when our paper was due. I asked Mark what all we missed and he told me. I asked when the paper was due and he thought i meant the paper we worked on in the library. He said it was already due but i could turn it in the next class. So i stayed up until twelve thirty last night working on this paper that isn't due until friday. Hopefully this will give me time to perfect it and now i know i should always go to class.
Reason number one/ Day one: The night before this class i felt extremely sick for some reason and i couldn't sleep that well. I was tossing and turning all night and kind of woke up at seven, I remember seeing my room mate getting ready for work and i fell back asleep. Then later on i apparently woke up to my friend austin getting me for class. We always walk together to our first class. I must have been sleep talking because i don't remember getting up and telling him I already went to class. obviously I didn't already go to class considering it was nine forty five and class doesn't start until ten. So thank the lord I woke up in time for my second class of the day.
Reason number two/ Day two: Thursday night I decided to go out to eat and rent a few movies with my girls and stopping by some friends house for an hour or so. When we finally got back to the stadium to park it was pouring down rain. By the time we were there the buses weren't running any more. We weren't that worried because we would just call charlie the charter. They weren't answering the phone, but we didn't understand because it was within their working hours, it was only eleven at night. We weren't about to walk in the pouring rain so instead we decided to take the chance to park in the parking lot right by my dorm. I was driving my mom's jeep so we were going to use a visitor excuse if I got a ticket. This was a great idea that night. When I woke up the morning after before class I realized how this might not work. So i thought i need to move my car and i needed to see if I had gotten a ticket and get that taken care of. I got to my car luckily I didn't get a parking ticket and i was thrilled but I still had to move it. By the time I moved it and got on the bus back to the room and got ready I was already way to late to go all the way to the library.
Because of all these absences I forgot when our paper was due. I asked Mark what all we missed and he told me. I asked when the paper was due and he thought i meant the paper we worked on in the library. He said it was already due but i could turn it in the next class. So i stayed up until twelve thirty last night working on this paper that isn't due until friday. Hopefully this will give me time to perfect it and now i know i should always go to class.
my nose piercing
A few classes ago karen told me to blog about my nose piercing so here i go. Sadly when i first got it pierced it got infected. Then after using sea salt and water for a week a so it healed. It was perfectly fine for awhile, then randomly last week i believe it started becoming sore. I didn't understand why so I thought maybe i hit it some how during my sleep, so i tried leaving it alone. Days later I woke up and a black bubble was right next to it, filled with blood. It was also swollen all around the piercing and it was an stunning pain. It was so swollen that half of it was out of my nose. So i tried putting it back in all morning even as I was sitting there in english. So there was no other answer, I had to take it out.
My nose ring was my favorite piercing. It looked good and there was so much behind it. I loved it because I got it the same day I got my tattoo. Those were the things i first did to distinguish that I was 18 and didn't need my parents approval. It showed that i was now independent and I went through a painful hour or two that day to prove it. It always my bestfriends gift to me. We always said she would come with me to get my nose pierced and my tattoo. Next our plan is to get a best friend tattoo.
I plan on getting it repierced when it is fully healed. I also added to my collection of piercings and I now know to take better care of it and not touch and play with all the time. I also should listen to my boyfriend and how he knows how to clean piercings to keep them from getting infected.
My nose ring was my favorite piercing. It looked good and there was so much behind it. I loved it because I got it the same day I got my tattoo. Those were the things i first did to distinguish that I was 18 and didn't need my parents approval. It showed that i was now independent and I went through a painful hour or two that day to prove it. It always my bestfriends gift to me. We always said she would come with me to get my nose pierced and my tattoo. Next our plan is to get a best friend tattoo.
I plan on getting it repierced when it is fully healed. I also added to my collection of piercings and I now know to take better care of it and not touch and play with all the time. I also should listen to my boyfriend and how he knows how to clean piercings to keep them from getting infected.
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