Thoughts

Thoughts on the English 103

My final thoughts on my English 103 class are, I am smiling I made it through another semester of very hard work and the holidays are here. I have just finished my German final one of my three finals about an hour ago and now just writing my last blog for my English 103 class. I am happy that my English 103 class is over.  I have learned some from taking this class but I feel that I didn’t learn as much as I should have.  I wish that I have learned more critical thinking skill from this class. Not getting everything out of this class is completely all on me not have the time that is needed for an English class.  

I am saying goodbye to my English 103 class, I hope everyone who taken this class has developed something from all the hard work that everyone put in it. Look back to your first blog about what you want to get out of this class did everyone learn something from their list? I have developed more about writing in this blog than anywhere else. I feel that it takes me no time at all to write this blog but when writing on discussion board or a paper for this class it takes me hours, something days just get an outline done.

I will really miss having to write those blogs every week, because if it’s not a homework assignment I will never write a blog again. I know this for a fact; I am very busy and will never make the time to write in this blog again.  Not only am I saying goodbye to my English class but saying goodbye to this blog as will. I hope that everyone whom read those blogs enjoyed them. I know I have enjoyed reading other peoples blog from our class and just blogs about interesting subjects.

This being my last week of school for the year of 2010, I want to thank everyone who read and comment on blogs. And thank everyone from my English class that edited my essay, I know they put a lot of hard work in reading my essay. I truly am grateful for my group reading my essay and telling what they really think. I hope that my editing for help in some way to you too. I hope everyone who reads this from my class is happy with their final grades. I hope everyone out have happy holidays and has a great new year.

Learned

Over the last few weeks I have been working on a research paper for my English 103, the subject I had pick was Iranian Revolution. I have planned to use two specific books but when I went looking for the books at a store they were only online. It was a little last minute for me to change my paper, so I have a lot of work to redo and find different articles on the person. The peep editing one person told me my paper was like a history paper and the only other person to grade it said it was good but had a lot of grammar errors. So it’s due in two days and I don’t know what way to do.

I have learned at lot from this research paper, one I learn about the history of Iran’s religion. Two I have learn that there was split in the religion and why it happened. Three why Iran’s hate American and what they mean about the western influence on their culture. Four what happen to create harsh laws in Iran. As for my writing, I hope that I have got the MLA format correct finally. I think I have learned what the importance of rereading my essays. Always about not only trying to uses book when doing my papers, it’s okay to get article off the web, I am hoping to do this for my final draft. I also feel that I have learned what strong quotes are. I think my research paper have a really good block quote that help it stand out.

 In my essay I working on making sure I have all of the following in it: What is “X”?  This is an argument that makes some kind of claim. What is the value of “X”? This question evaluates or assesses a topic and then convinces the reader that the assessment you made is reasonable. What are the causes (or consequences) of “X”? What should (or ought or must) be done about “X”? Those are the question my teacher what answer in the essay, I will be using those question again in an essay. I think that those questions are great for working on an essay.  Right now I think my essay force more on fact and I want it to force more on the effects it had.

I have known how to write a research paper but for English research papers are very different. I hope that my research paper in the end is an English research paper and not like a history research paper. I working on it all weekend, I hope to find some really good article that talk about the effects of the Iranian Revolution on the Iran’s public. In the end I hope to get a lot of good work done this weekend. I have been reading a lot about how English research paper should be from a different website, so I hope I get a good grade on this essay.

Question for my Research Project

Ø  How is it coming along?

For my final essay in my English 103 class is a research paper, which is my favor out of the all the essays I had to write this semester. For me research papers are simpler than putting my thoughts on to paper.  It’s Friday night and I am about half way done and its due Sunday. I need a few more books to complete what I have. I am doing the research paper on The Iranian Revolution. I have broken it down into a few different parts. After the opening came I put what caused the spilt of the religion. Next was the first shah that sold oil to other countries. Fourth the bio of the leader of the Iranian Revolution and then how the Revolution all came about and what happened first. Last are the effects after the Iranian Revolution and who’s happy and who’s not.  

Ø  What do you need to do to complete it?

I need the bio of the leader of the Iranian Revolution. I want to find more information on the first Shah that started sailing oil to other countries.  I would like to find the books written by the leader of the Iranian Revolution and see how different people seen the books. I need to work on my opening and closing but I always do this last for some reason. It’s just easier for me to come up with the opening and closing if the whole paper is done.

Ø   How do you plan to accomplish this?

Tomorrow I have got a babysitter and I plan to go to a book store and read as many books about the Iranian Revolution as I can. I am bringing my computer with me to get as much of the work as I can before I have to be home. I have a clear a web of I have plan to bring all my research together. I hope it get me a good grade because I feel more comfortable doing research papers.

Ø  What areas of difficulty are you encountering?

The only area I was having problems with was finding a good place to get the bio for the Iranian Revolution leader but I have found a book at a store. I can’t a ford to buy the book but hoping to use at the store for awhile. Also I haven’t been able to find newspaper from the date it happened but I am still looking and my fingers are crossed that I will find some. I find myself during the holidays or will the last few weeks not caring about school. I just want the semester to be over. I tired of staying up all night and getting wakened up by my son at five am, I just want the semester to be over.

Ø  How might you overcome these obstacles?

I am going to the book for some time to read the book there and hope that it’s not a book that have a cover over.  I am holding my head up and I just keep telling myself that the semester is almost over. And next semester is my last. I can get a good grade and be done with my English class for a long time.

Writing Styles

Online communication sucks for me. I am not a social person; I like to keep to myself. Posting my feeling online for the world to see can be very hard and has created a lot of stress for me. But I do like writing this blog, it’s gotten very easy. Over the last few months, I have learned not to care if anyone has read my blogs or not. In my English class’s discussion board has been a great way for me to see how other people writ and helped my writ more and put more thought into my writing.

My online communication is brief and to the point. I hate trying to make my paper, blog or whatever I am writing long. I don’t like reading anything that seems like it’ll never come to an end. And I would hate to have other people read my work and feel like it goes on and on. The only time I like to use a lot of detail is when I am telling/writing a great story and in college most papers are research papers, so why make them long and not to the point ? I hope other people don’t see my work as never ending and not to the point.

Other people might see my writing style very different then I see it. I have been writing this blog for 13 weeks now and not one person outside of my class has commented on it. So to say anything about how the public see my blog/writing is very hard. But I do have some feeling about how my group sees my writing style. From their comment and peep editing, they most like see my writing as tossed together and not well throughout.  Which can be a little true, I have a hard time working on a paper for a long time and going back and rereading it. I can work on it for a few hours but if I don’t finish it in that time, I stop caring. For rereading it to make sure it reads smoothly, I just can’t do it more than once.

Lastly my writing style does change. If I like what I am writing about then I do my best to take my time, which makes my writing better then if it’s a subject I don’t care because then my writing is tossed together and not care about. For the most part everyone can pick out which one is which for the first paragraph. After most teachers have told me time and time again not to be person about research paper, lots of my papers lack a person touch now. The only time I put person touch in my writing is when I am telling a story. But those are the only times when my writing changes. I hope that one day my writing will not change and it will be great no matter what subject or if different type of writing I am work on will remain consistent.

Stop and Love What You Have

A truly great and eye opening book is Reading Lolita in Tehran. So I had to read this book my English 103 class, which I wasn’t happy to know that I had to read it and Animal Farm too.  I had read Animal Farm in high school, so I spend a lot of time reading, Reading Lolita in Tehran. At first it was hard to get into, when I got to about ten pages in I remember reading “How many people get a chance to paint the colors of their dreams?” This is when the book becomes hard to put down.

To think about great women in history that have made a name for themselves or lived out their dreams. After reading, Reading Lolita in Tehran it helped me to see the bigger pictures of dreams and how lucky I is to be an American! I don’t have to hide my dreams from the government and I post whatever I like all over the place, if I please to do so.  I can take any class I want, will almost.  Freedom with school is the greatest thing in the whole world.

 I also learned from reading, Reading Lolita in Tehran that no one can take away your knowledge. I was not push to go school and get an education. After reading this book I know what to tell my son about education. And I will never let him give up on his education; he is a boy and wouldn’t have the same problems as girl have in Iraq. But I want him to know that knowledge is power and at the end of the day you will always have your knowledge left, no matter what. Also to teach those whom are willing to learn, like in this book the author never let her will to empower women die.

In Reading Lolita in Tehran, Nafisi says “when all possibilities seem to be taken away from you, the minutest opening can become a great freedom.” I am American I know that I have and will in the further take freedom for grated, because I know that freedom is America. To see in a different world where freedom isn’t there, is hard to read about. You know that not all places around the world are great but when you are touch my a book about young people wanting it to change it, made me think of America when not everyone was equal. It makes me think, why hasn’t the rest of the world followed that every human is equal?

This book also showed me that literature is powerful but to know that girls all the way around the world feel power from just getting to read is simply beautiful. I have taken for grate getting to read whatever I want; yes I know I am an America. To think about “banned books” is crazy to me. I always think of my teacher wanting to read all the time and to think of a place where teachers tell children what books are okay or not okay to read is very crazy. I think it’s amazing to read about the Nafisi story and how she empowers those girls. I hope those girls see Nafisi as a hero and be brave to keep bring the literature to all girls.

Critical

I have been taking an English 103 class for critical thinking skills, for a few weeks now and my writing doesn’t seem to be getting in better. I took English 101 a little over a year ago and had no problems with my English essays but doing critical thinking essays, they have become nothing more than just stressful.  There are lots of different writing actives we do in this class that can be fun and not stressful but some are very hard and stressful. I remain hopeful that my writing will get to where it needs to be at.

Critical thinking is very hard compared to research papers which I am used to doing. Research papers are simple, just write down what other people have said or did but critical thinking papers are very different. When doing critical thinking one you don’t chose sides of an essay, book, report or speech, two you analyze what was said and did and three I haven’t had to use MLA Format in awhile and now I feel a little lost with the new up-dates, because most of my research papers are APA Format.

As the weeks go by my blogs are getting easier to write and I don’t think so much about putting them on the web for everyone to see.  I think this my favorite part of the class as the weeks go on.  I don’t have to think about using MLA Format or about citrating correctly.  I use the blogs to warm up my writing now and before I was just looking to make sure I have the word count. Also enjoy reading other peoples blog to see what they thought about the same type or why they did a different type then mine.

Discussion board has been getting easier for me as well. I think the discussion board is the only place where I feel like I am gaining critical thinking skills. I enjoy reading other people thought and the question they ask. I think the discussion board is a more comfortable place where I feel more open.  While read other peoples post, I feel like I am gaining different way to be critical and how to go about it.  

Worst part for me in the whole class is the group actives. Mostly because I do work a few days here and there, have a kid to take care of and go to school full-time, so I feel really bad when I am running late on posting my group answers. I also feel like I don’t take as much time going the actives as everyone else in my group does. I think that they get mad because my answers are usually half ass.   But hopefully the next group active I will be less stressed to do a great job and take my time.

I know my writing is a work in progress and it takes time to be a great writer. I just hope it gets there before the semester comes to an end. I know what I need to work, like taking my time and reread my work. If I need help understanding the assignments then ask for it. I will continue to try my hardest and work on taking my time to make sure my essays are well thought out.  

Ad Chaning Mind?

                Ad Changing Minds?

Studies have shown teenager are more likely to smoke if an adult figure in their live smokes, like their mother, father, grandparent, etc… I don’t think an ad is going to make a difference in the way a teenager see smoking.

I was a teen smoker, all my friends smoke but a few. The few that didn’t smoke had parents that didn’t smoke. I feel that teenager whom have parent or an adult in their house hold that smoke are way more likely to smoke, due to the fact that they have a way to get cigarettes. I don’t smoke today, but when I was a teenager an ad would have never made in effect on the way I seen smoking.

 Anti-smoking campaigns, like Phillip Morris’s prevention ad tells youth to “Think. Don’t Smoke.” I see this ad to be positive and have nothing but the best of attention. Being an effective ad is a whole another issues. Most teen, speaking only for my friends, older and young brothers and myself, an ad would have never made impacted on our lives. Teenagers think that they know everything and don’t want to listen to what anyone else as to say.

It’s really sad, to say that teenagers have a “whatever approach,” but most teens do. I think if they are thinking about smoking then they are going to try it. Teenager want to live their lives and trying things like smoking or drinking, which is everywhere in high school those days. The teenagers that don’t follow others are the ones who have parents that don’t do those things.

There are many anti-smoking ads those days that are pay for by the cigarette companies, may have an effect on the way that a teenager sees smoking. I just know how my friends and I thought when we were freshman in high school; we want to be “cool” and belonged to a “group.”  I never fit in to a group, I had a few close friends and never liked school, so it meant for me to skip a lot and while skipping I started smoking.

So for me, teenagers need to have positive friends and positive role moles to help them develop who they want to be.  I truly feel that teenager don’t care about an ad, most of the time they don’t care a homework or school at all. High school can be one of the hardest times in a person live and most of teenagers stop caring about reading or school work. I feel that teenagers just want to be a “cool kid” and will do anything to fit in with a group. It’s a sad reality to think that most teenagers aren’t going to see this ad as positive or see this ad as having an good side, mostly just seen as WHATEVER!

Good Intension Ending Badly

Learning the hard way that censorship can create hatred between children and an over protective parent. That’ll end in a fight that’ll never slow or stop.  Developing minds need reality to mature.

Growing up in a suburb of Los Angeles one would expect that the banning of the books was common by the public middle schools and, or the local cities, but at Park View Middle School in 2000 a PTA member was very PISSED about a book her child had checked out at the school library. This PTA member decided to challenge the school and wanted the school to fire the librarian whom recommended the book, to an “impressionable young mind.”

It all started with four young girls in the same English class having to the go to the school library and read one book and write a book review. The four girls were twins Jessie and Josie, Crystal and me. We all headed to the library to get the book after school on Friday to do the book review over the weekend. Jessie had gotten a book from the Baby Sitter Club, Josie got Harry Potter that was recommend by the librarian in a pile of new books, Crystal got Tuck Everlasting, and I got where the Red Fern Grows. Knowing that we still had two weeks to do our book reviews we took our time.

Within a few days Jessie and Josie had traded books. Josie got bored with the Harry Potter, after only reading a few pages, so the twins traded. The night before the report was due the girl’s mother was helping them with their homework and was stunned to see that Jessie’s book review was on magic. She took both of the books from the girls and sent them to bed.

The next morning when the book reviews where due, the twin girls gave the teacher a note written by their mother. It read:

 Miss. White

         I am very sorry for my girls not turning the book report they had worked so hard on for the last two weeks. But I regret to inform you that the library at the school you work for has told my impressionable young minded children to read a book on magic.  The matter will be taken to the next PTA meeting.

From, Mrs. Johnson

Within a week the news of the book being challenged was all around school. Mrs. Johnson had every PTA parent reading all the children’s homework, school books, and lesson plans.  The meeting was to be held at the end of the month, but the buzz was scaring teachers and the librarian was to take a leave. 

I don’t truly know what happened at the meeting for the PTA meeting, due to the fact that my parents were not part of the PTA. But I remember the day after all was calm with the teachers, school office administration and the librarian. Everyone acted like nothing happened, that is everyone but the twins.

The twins didn’t show up to school until the end of the week on Friday and that was at the end of the school day. The twins stopped to talk to me about what happened. The school ruled that the book was not appropriate for middle school children but today it’s allowed. The twin’s mother was happy that the book had been banned but the mother hated the school and made the twins change schools. In the end the book wasn’t permanently banned and the twins grew to be resentful towards their mother. They said that their mother embarrassed them and made them leave their friends behind. Both the twins loved the book and didn’t see it as bad. The censorship from a mother wanting nothing but the best for her twins, ended badly.

At The End Of The Day

　shit about every choice you make in life. At the end of the day when you look into a mirror what are your thoughts about yourself going to be. Do you feel like you have respect for yourself or are you not happy with the choices of that day and the events that happened. Happiness and self-respect go hand in hand and that'll never change. Life is full of choices and every choice will allow you to have self-respect or none at all. If you are an America then smile, all your choices are free and no one can make them for you, so you can control your own self-respect and happiness. One will never be truly happy until they respect themselves.

At The End Of The Day

　
John Herschel once said "Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue. " My grandmother loved this saying and believed respect is the greatest accomplishment. She taught me to see that without respect of any kind one will never truly be happy, but if you respect all, including yourself, you will learn and grow to become happy.
I believe that self-respect is more important to me then happiness. I feel that if you respect yourself than you will be happy. If you don't respect your self than you will never be happy. Self-respect will always hold the key to my happiness. The choices you make in life can show that you have self-respect and if you make the right choice for yourself to have self-respect you will learn to be happy about the choice. For example when making the choice not to return to work after having my son was born two months early by the doctors request. I wasn't happy but I respected my self for putting my son first, then I grew to be happy with my choice. I become happy to see his first everything and it has given me the opportunity to return to school full time.
There are always going to be some cases where self-respect will come first but then there will be cases like revenge will come first; which is just one thing that can happen, for you to not think of self-respect. If you want revenge for something then you will end up losing all self-respect because two wrongs don't make a right. I believe that if one feels the need for revenge self-respect has been long gone and your happiness is gone with it. Also revenge will not truly bring one happiness. For example your boyfriends cheat on you and you go out and cheat with someone else. In the end you get revenge but you lose your self-respect and you may feel happy at first but two wrongs don't make a right. Or you can end the relationship or work through the problems and still have your self-respect.
Self-respect is taken for granted by so many around us. When you don't put self-respect first you will feel like

The Number One Judge

·         What nonverbal cues do you project to others? In a few paragraphs, analyze yourself and the “vibes” you give to those around you through your body language, the way you walk, your facial expressions, dress style, and mental attitude.

           A young woman covered in black from the top of her head and to tip of her toe walks with her head tilted high and not a care in world.  With a light brown face of no emotion, that can turn rosy red with the blink of an eye. Plump, pink lips, with a big black freckle that always remain tightly closed while walking. Never smiles or grins just lips that only move when rolled in and out of the mouth. Eyes that have been passed down from an American Indian that always have dark brown shadow that lines the whole eyes. Eyes always giving the look that she needs sleep, the face of woman whom is standoffish and mean.

           As she walks in the sun her hair turns from black to a shiny burgundy.  This becomes the only color you’ll she, on her other than black. The hair that is straight as a bored, which flows down to bottom on her back. The hair always surrounds her round face, like a blanket that can protect her from the world.  With the hair that never let her face show through, just another way to show how standoffish she truly is. While walking in a crowd she never lets anyone touch her and walks as fast as she can to get through the crowd.  Also anyone can see her looking around for another way to walk, to avoid the crowds.  

          While standing her back remains straight as bored, in prefect sync with the straight lines in her hair. This shows how she has some confidence but doesn’t seem to be approachable.  Her head never turns, always remaining straight, which show she is avoiding eye contact. The way she walks always looks like a woman on a mission and she might be running late. She keeps up a fast past at all times. While sitting her legs and arms are always crossed, this shows she is closed off to the world. Most see this as way to avoid conversation with others. The clothes she wears are mostly black and she dresses in layers. This can mean many things one of them is that she is trying to hide her body in layers to not get attention.  All of those things can point to negative vibes.

       The young lady is me and I know I just called myself negative and mean. I don’t like making eye contact or smiling to people because then it opens the door to conversation. I really don’t feel comfortable talking to people, or being in public. At home or around family or really close friends is when I feel talking. I was always told to keep my head tilted high and never arch my back.  Most of my friends have told me that I walk like I am a mean bitch. I wear mostly dark clothes, because they don’t stain.  I wear layer to hide my body, which is covered with scars.  In the end I don’t open up to people I don’t know and my body language completely shows this. I am sweet but to a stranger I look mean and standoffish.

Communication Differences

 Question #6 Nonverbal behavior can be influenced by gender, culture, and media cues that may cause people to misunderstand each other. Explore the ways you rely on nonverbal cues when communicating with others. How much do you depend on the actual words used in a conversation versus the tone, Facial expressions, gestures, and mannerisms of the conversationalists? Do you think your nonverbal behavior is influence by your gender? Explain.

Misunderstandings happen to everyone, I see it happening due to gender, culture, and media every day.  I rely on nonverbal communication, everyday but nonverbal behaviors for me are the number one cause of misunderstandings. When communicating with a person in everyday life, I don’t depend on the actual word. I am always listening for tone and looking for facial expressions, gestures, and mannerisms of the person I am talking with.  I feel that the number one difference in nonverbal behavior is influenced by the person’s gender; I say this because it’s okay for women to make specific nonverbal behaviors versus man can’t make the same ones, which women can. 

When communicating with family and friends nonverbal communication is natural and part of your culture, and for the most part there aren’t any misunderstandings. For example, I know when my father has had a bad day at work by the way he is walking, and then I just let him be. Or when I am with one of my good friends, Roxy at a party and she gives me a sideways glance I know it’s time to leave or something bad going to happen. When communicating in a public with co-workers or strangers nonverbal communications can be misunderstood very easily.  For example, when you are having a communication at the supermarket with the cashier if you give them a sideway glance it’s a little awkward, no matter what gender and the cashier can get the wrong impression. There are things that family and friends will always know about you and understand but co-workers or strangers won’t understand.

Location of where a person is from is a key to understanding their nonverbal communication.  In America it’s okay to shake with your left hand but in Middle East it isn’t okay to shake with your left hand.  In the Middle East is a sign of disrespect.  If I was to travel across the word, I would have to learn the type of communication that goes on in the country I am visiting. I rely on nonverbal communication every day, for example when I am in a line at the bank I wait for a cashier to make eye contacted to let me know that it’s my turn. Nonverbal communication is everywhere and for the most part is so natural you don’t always realize you are doing nonverbal communication.

Verbal communication is just as important as nonverbal communication. When I am communicating with someone I am listening for the tone I their voice, tones say everything about how they feel about you and how they communicate. For example when my boyfriend gets home from school, I ask him how his day was and I don’t listen to actual words, I am always listening to see what tone he has. The tone tells me if his day was bad or good and if he is mad, happy, or sad. When talking with a co-worker I listen for their tone but also look for their facial expressions, gestures, and mannerisms. All of those things tell me what is going on with them. For example after a co-worker meets with the boss I know it went bad if their tone in their voice got weaker, if their trying to hold a smile, if they are moving more quickly and if they are holding back. Those things are more powerful than their actual word. Think of someone doing all those things but tell you everything went great with the boss. I feel that tones, facial expressions, gestures, and mannerisms are more important than actual words.

In America gender plays a big role in nonverbal communication, what is acceptable for women to do and what is acceptable for men to do differs. If a man gives a dirty look, no one thinks twice about but if a woman gives a dirty look, we all think what up her ass? In the work place, if something happens and someone wants to comfort them it’s okay for a woman to rub the top of someone’s be it a girl or boys back, but it’s okay for a man to only pat the top of someone back. Those are pretty much the same gestures with the same meaning behind them but it’s completely different for the different genders. Its okay for high five at sporting events for all genders but if a woman gives a high five for any other event, it’s just not natural. Men can give a high five any time and it is not weird. In the end gender makes a difference with nonverbal communication. I feel the American culture let it happen. As a young child you’re taught that girls are girls and boys are boys. Boys are given cars to play with and girls are given dolls. It’s America’s nature to see man as man and woman as woman.

America Today

Write an essay arguing and universities should- or should not- require foreign language for admission or graduation.

America Today

           It’s 2010 and technological skills have taken a back seat to world wide work skills.  A few years ago every student was trying to gain as many technological skills that they possibly could, but with the economy changing everyday, Americans are looking to work with other countries. In order to be able to work with other countries all students should be studying other languages. While studying those languages they will also gain culture history and world wide economics information. Countries world wide have children learning two languages by the age of ten, due to the fact that it easier for the brain to process new languages. In America schools are behind in that way, but America does require a year of language at college level depending on the degree. I personally feel that it’s great to have to take diverse courses.

          The national world language is English but it can and does change. University students should be taught a foreign Language because: 

1.     Knowing two languages gives anyone an extremely cutthroat edge over those who do not know a foreign language.

2.     One will be able to communicate with an entire group of people from another nation that might work for the same company.

3.     While learning a foreign language, one will learn about the culture, history and their economic stand.

4.     Knowing a foreign language makes it easier to travel and work in another country.

           America is one of the few most industrialized nations to not have children learning a foreign language. Learning two languages is important to be well rounded person and to have a step up over others in finding a high paying job. Companies today are now world wide and need employees to be able to communicate with the other nations on a day to day bases. Knowing two languages puts you ahead in communication. It makes it possible to travel for work or even be stationed in another country.

            Foreign languages can be fun and open a college student to a whole new world. If a college student takes foreign languages course is gives them an option to study overseas. It can allow a student to see two countries sides to a world war, and other historical events. America is the most diverse country with many cultural differences. Most Americans came from immigrating and everyone should learn their cultural background and their family’s native languages.

          College students in America should count their blessings to have the ability to learn a foreign language. Not all college students get that option. America is a nation full of immigrants and everyone should want to learn other languages and cultures. It is important to know two languages while living in California, due to the fact that California is a bilingual speaking state and on all government papers there are two languages.  I feel that no matter what everyone can gain something from taking a foreign language course. I see it as new, great experience and a way to gain knowledge of different parts of the world.

**3 descriptions of my outfit**

3. Write three descriptions of the outfit you are wearing: as it might be seen by an artist, a tailor, and a nudist.

At young age of nineteen I had got to my nude beach. I was wearing a white two piece bikini and a light sun dress over it, the dress went to my middle of my upper tights. I was shocked to see many people wearing Speedos. Both girls and guys wearing very small Speedos, I think I would be more comfortable if they were all just plain nude. I can feel every eye on me; I had become the big fat elephant in a small little room, but wasn’t a little room it was a beach filled with millions of eyes, full of judgment. As I look down at my dress, I could start to see sweat marks between my boobs. I felt as if the big fat elephant was sitting on my chest stopping all air from circulating my body. My friend and her mother, whom lived about ten minutes from this beach must of seen all of my color drain out of my face. My friend’s mother takes me by my hand and started walking me back to the car.

As I looked back on that day, the reality was it was around nine in the morning only about thirty residents of the beach from the beach front apartments were there.  My mind took over every two minutes as I stood there on that beach. I know they were looking at me but not in the way my mind munipulated myself to see it.  My friend’s mother explained that no one cares if I was wearing clothes or not. She told that most nudists, see too many out of town to care way more.  The only reason they where looking at me was, due to the fact I couldn’t stop staring at them.  They didn’t care that I was wearing a dress, as my friend’s mother put it how do they know we weren’t going to strip down and start running around? Most of those people on the beach that day where middle age and didn’t care to judge.

Growing up in California I did a lot of camping and was always surround with local college students taking film classes, which my aunt took every summer. The family had become close friend with the college teacher Lee. Lee would always use me to model the light, due to the fact that I was the only person on the camping trip not taking his class. After having to hike miles to get to the spot he wanted to take picture of I would have to sit there, in a puddle of my own sweat and have pictures taken.  When I saw the pictures they took, I would always be shocked to not see my sweaty face. Every picture had different views and was pretty in its own way.

If they where to take a picture or draw me right now, it wouldn't be pretty. I am wearing my favorite big, holey, stained, t-shirt I been wearing to bed for the past five years now. I just don’t think anyone getting to find a view of what I am wearing to be anything more then someone rolling out of bed. But then again artist always have a way of seeing the world in a very different point of view and it’s not always a view you would want the world to see.

And lastly a tailor I never have been around a tailor; I have a feeling that a tailor wouldn’t be pleased to see what I am wearing. When I think of a tailor I think of the show “what not to wear,” and “project runway.” In both shows I see the people telling people not to leave the house in what I am wearing in my favorite big, holey, stained, t-shirt. I think they would see me as someone not fashionable, lazy, and a home body that stoped getting dressed for the day.