Mutigenre project

Keep calm and sign on

Why I Write

Why I Write

            Why do I write? I write because I am told to. I write for a grade. I write to get an A. Outside of class or outside of school I don’t write. I’ve tried writingoutside of school but I don’t enjoy it. Having to write papers for every class at somepoint has totally taken the joy that wrting was had away.

            When I do write for this class or any other class I find it easier to write aout myself rather than about a topic I was assigned. Howeer it usually takes a couple of times before a satifactory amount of information in the paper or the poem. Our first piece was anabout me poem, and I had to edit that like three different times in order to get the stuff you wanted to know. I have to be guided when I write but not restrained.

            When I do write,I write to express who I am.I write to open up to others. I write to say what I cannot say outloud. I write to tell my story.  I prefer writing about myself because I know an infinate amount of knowledge about who I am. I don’t have to research or ask other people about myself in order to write a paper. I know what I wnt to say. It might take a couple of drafts for me to open up with enough information for a full paper or poem, but I get there. I hate researching. I like to know new information but I don’t like having to look for it. I put off any paper that involves research until the very last minute. Until I barely have enough time to write it, let alone get any sleep before the class to turn it in.

            When I write, I write to come to terms with things that have happened recently or in the past. I wrote a lullaby weave about my grandma’s death and how I took at at the tender age of eight. I wrote a “I should have told you” poem about the death of my great grandma, which happened six days after Christmas, and five days before my other great grandma died and seven days before my uncle died. When I write, I write with emotion. I try to write ina way that pulls at your heart, makes you think.

            When I write, I write to be a better me. My poem to my great grandma was a way of saying love and cherish the time you have with your family because you don’t know how much time you have left with them. I write to apologize for the way I handle some things or didn’t handle them. I write with a certain audience in mind but in a way that will still make sense to others who read it. I don’t write outside of class but when I do write in class, I write on a personal level. I write who I am. I write to be memorable. I tried to write in a way that you wouldn’t forget me. When I write, I write because I fear being forgotten.

College...:(

This article made me laugh, it was seriously funny. The breakdown of the hours, 2 hours of useful information and 1998 hours of things you'll forget, was so funny and kind of awful how true it will actually be. The description of wha field to go into (English if you can make stuff up, Philosophy if you plan on doing a lot of drugs, Psychology if you like rats and dreams, and Sociology if you can make simple things drawn out and confusing) was hilarious! This article seriously just cracked me up.
I am SUPER scared to go to college next year, like you have no idea. College scares the crap out of me, the idea of being closer to being on your own, having debts, choices, etc. just freaks me out. I know what I want to do with my life, Speech Pathology (Communication Science and Disorders), but it terrifies me. I am also afraid of failing out of college or dropping out because it is too hard. Mainly just afraid of failing. The article though was a nice little laugh and calmed me down a bit. Ms. Wood's comment made me laugh too, actually seemed like some good advice.

grammar IS bogus

I actually did not know that some of these now "bogus rules" were rules in the first place. Some of them are just things I avoid doing o do all the time without knowing that I am making a grammar Nazi mad. I didn't know you weren't supposed to split infinitives, I honestly didn't even know what on was until I started taking French. I end sentences in English with prepositions all the time, and again the only  reason I know that it is wrong is beccause of my French class. Ms. West gets super annoyed when you end a sentence with one and since you cannot do it in French she WILL correct you. I didn't even know there was a rule for which. I don't start a sentence with And or But because it just seems weird, so even though it is now okay to do so I will continue to avoid it. I also didn't know not using a passive voice was a grammar law, sucks to suck I do that a lot. The singular verb one is super confusing, pretty positive I use that one wrong a lot too, but oh well I could care less. The word rule is a weird one and I can't say I completely understand it. From the article I learned that I am very ignorant when it comes to grammar, but I don't care enough to change it. Sorry.

Grammar rules response

I suck at grammar. I seem to always use it the wrong way. The only grammar rule I make a point to using correctly is the me, myself and I pronoun. My sister uses it wrong a lot and it makes me want to punch her in the throat, but I resist. Any other grammar rule I can almost garuntee that I will use it the wrong way. If it seems like someone is using incorrect grammar I probably not going to correct it because I am afraid I will do it wrong, then I'll look super stupid.
I did think the article was pretty funny and imformative, but I will still be using the rules he talked about incorrectly. Bad grammar is now a habit.

Oh there is one other grammar thing that makes me mad when it is used wrong, an vs. a. If the word starts with a vowel just use an, and if not use a. It is defintely not that hard. 

Michelle Trantham is a grammar Nazi.

Multicultural Project

Just kidding I am doing ASL (American Sign Language)

Multicultural Project

My topic will be centered around myself, obviously it won't be how I like my eyes and what not, it will branch out to what makes me who I am. I will be the cener and there will be a portion about my family, who they are and how that makes me, me. There will be a portion about what I am involved in at school and how that shapes me. There will be a portion about how my friends see me, how they helped me find out the person that I am. Basically I am my inspiration. I will interview club sponsors, family members, and my friends. It will include stories about our epirences together and how my life has changed or I have changed since I have known them. Not sure what I would do as an alternate project if this one falls through. I had a hard enought time coming up with this topic so I don't know what I would do instead maybe something about Speech Pathology.
Question Categories:
1. Family
2. Friends
3. Involvment
4. Work
5. Social Networking use
6. Attitude
7. Treatment of others
8. "Adventures"
9. Likes
10. Dislikes
Interview
1. Give them things
2. Don't be mean
3. Smile
4. Don't disagree
5. Not fighting
Information Flow
1. Change questions
2. Broaden topic
3. Give own examples
Want to know
1. First impressions
2. Stories
3. How things contributed to who I am
Acedemic Topics
1. ?