Writing (Week 2)

I find it really hard to concentrate and start writing about a topic that I am given. The process of my writing first starts off with my pre-writing and listing the things that I know about the subject. I usually get stuck because I have no idea how to start offf my paper. When I get in the mood of writing, I tend to write and write and then when I go back and read it, it doesnt make any sense to me. Writing and English are definitely not my strong points when it comes to education.

Reflection (week 14)

I have not started my research yet because I am still thinking on what I will be doing it on, Finding a topic that I will enjoy researching is not always easy! There are so many topics to pick from but I can only pick one to write about. I would like to learn about something that I don't throughly know about the topic.

Facebook generation (week 6)

When I first heard about Facebook I didn't konw what it was. When my friend Emma was talking about it I thought she ment like a year book that was new and called it Facebook. When she informed me that it was a new social network. I felt so stupid that I didn't know what it was. After that, I went home and got Facebook and at first I didn't understand it at all but with time I started to understand what it was. Now everything is on facebook. I find my self speading a lot of time on Facebook, it's like a refrigerator when there's no food in it, you keep checking it even though there's nothing good to eat in the refrigerator. I find Facebook to be the same as the refrigerator.

Logcial fallacies ( week 13)

I have noticed some of the logical fallacies that are used everyday where I work and on commercials are: “A penny saves is a penny earned.”

How is did you warn the penny if it was already yours to start off with? I don’t understand why people say this if the penny was yours to begin with.

 I used to believe this logical fallacy until I researched it and found out it was false.

“The faster you drive the more gas you waste.”

This is false because between 40-60 us the most fuel efficient and driving in town is the worst because of all the stops and slow drivers.

 Other logical fallacy that I have noticed is used often by my parents and the people I work for is... “Stay in school, knowledge is power.”

You should stay in school. It will benefit you in the long run. The down side is that knowledge is not always power. Power is controlled by how much money you have and social status.

The one my parents are victims of is Menards.

“Save big money at Menards.”

I see this as spend big money at Menards. I don’t see how people save money shopping there in the first place because everything is so expensive now.

Sexting (week 12)

I can’t believe how many songs are about sexting and think it’s funny but they don’t think about what it can do to your image by doing it. Teenagers now- a -days think this is “normal” but what they don’t realize that the picture can be spread world wide. There are better ways to get self-esteem other than sexting.  For example, Doing exercise and being with a group of friends that support you in every way possible. This is more widely seen by young girls rather than boys. Girls are trying to get accepted by boys. This is just the beginning to my research that I have found.

The Glass Castle (week 8)

I found that this book had it's good moments and it's bad moments. This book was eye opening because of the abuse of drinking alcohol. Most people thik that by drinking your only affecting yourself and in reality your not your affecitng the people that surround you. To me this book made me feel all sorts of emotions. Some parts of the book made my blood level rise from how mad I was but it made me realize that parents will love their kids in their own way.

Blogging about your life (Week 10)

When I was younger, I would keep a dairy. At first I thought I was so cool by keeping one but little did I know that my dairy would fall into the wrong hands. Some of the kids at school found it and read my dairy. They were spreading rumors about what they have read. I felt so ashamed and embarrassed.  One of the rumors that were being spread around was about who I had a crush on at the time, when it got to my crush’s ears, I was so embarrassed. Now, I really don’t care who knows about my life. I would keep a blog telling the world my feelings and my life to a certain extent. There are certain things that the world doesn’t need to know. I tend to be open about certain things with certain people and I think that the web is the same way. Some things about ourselves should be kept to ourselves instead of posting everything on the web.

Dysfuntional families and Functional familes (Week8)

 

What makes a family dysfunctional or functional? This is an interesting question because there is always a dysfunction in a functional family; otherwise it wouldn't be a functional family. In a dysfunctional family there is a lack of commutation with work and time. When there is a lack of communication the family members don’t know how to approach each other because they don’t have that communication that they need. Another reason that makes a family dysfunctional is lack of income; this may cause dysfunction of family and duties. This may cause high tension between everyone. Drugs and alcohol may play a role in a dysfunctional family and gender roles. Age difference is another factor that may cause a family dysfunction as well as lack to relate to each other. I think that in order to have a functional family there must be some sort of dysfunction to some extent.