http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE48S8FS20080929
This lead sentence is a summary sentence. It summarizes the article about the ocean's dead zones, giving some of the 5 W's. I liked the lead sentence because it caught my attention and made me read it due to the scientific studies involved.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Essay #1 Rough Draft
Obesity, depression, and financial problems affect millions of people worldwide. Luckily, there is a cure for these detrimental aspects in life. The answer is extra-curricular activities. Although many parents do not encourage participation in extra-curricular activities, they are a positive aspect of students' school experiences because students will reap health, intellectual, and social benefits. Children who do not participate in extra-curricular activities are less likely to obtain these life changing benefits.
Extra-curricular activities help to lead a healthy lifestyle whether it involves lifting weights, participating in team activities, or even walking every day. When watching a sports team in school, there is not one student who is not trying to maintain a more healthy way of life. A more physical approach on life is key to attaining health and overall balance. It centers the body’s chi. When the body is left dormant for long periods of time, weight is put on and eventually obesity can set in. Obesity is an ever occurring dilemma, a disease if you will, in today’s society. Although, with the partaking of extra-curricular activities, it is sure to be a problem no longer.
The intellectual side of the activities aid in numerous ways. For starters, students gain an upper hand on college and job applications. College boards review everything about you, looking for a well-rounded student that sticks out among the rest for their campus. Students also apply for scholarships that have similar criteria, finding out all about the student and their lifestyle. Those with a higher abundance of extra-curricular activities and good grades (the well-rounded students) are chosen for various amounts of money to put towards their education. Extra-curricular activities give such an advantage to students that it is almost unfair. Studies have shown that students who participate in extra-curricular activities are more likely to pay attention in class and thus, do well in school. These studies have also shown that activities can prove to be an anti-drug/alcohol.
The social benefits are seen with the amount of involvement with other people with like interests. Extra-curricular activities are a great way to make new friends and broaden new horizons. In Alaska, depression is eminent with the 24-hour darkness and the severe cold. It may seem impossible to sneak by Jack Frost without him whistling the tune to your winter solstice blues, but this is not the case when involved in an extra-curricular activity. Involvement in activities keeps the mind and body in check. Depression is less likely to occur when students are involves in extra-curricular activities as studies have shown.
People who are active, involved, and social are more likely to do better in school and in life altogether. Extra-curricular activities give students a way to express themselves, gain a healthy lifestyle, meet new people, and go further in life. The body is in a balance, you are healthy, excelling in school, and making more friends than ever thought possible. This is due to extra-curricular activities. When parents do not encourage their children to apply themselves to activities, they are severely deprived and less likely to obtain the life changing health, social, and intellectual benefits.
Extra-curricular activities help to lead a healthy lifestyle whether it involves lifting weights, participating in team activities, or even walking every day. When watching a sports team in school, there is not one student who is not trying to maintain a more healthy way of life. A more physical approach on life is key to attaining health and overall balance. It centers the body’s chi. When the body is left dormant for long periods of time, weight is put on and eventually obesity can set in. Obesity is an ever occurring dilemma, a disease if you will, in today’s society. Although, with the partaking of extra-curricular activities, it is sure to be a problem no longer.
The intellectual side of the activities aid in numerous ways. For starters, students gain an upper hand on college and job applications. College boards review everything about you, looking for a well-rounded student that sticks out among the rest for their campus. Students also apply for scholarships that have similar criteria, finding out all about the student and their lifestyle. Those with a higher abundance of extra-curricular activities and good grades (the well-rounded students) are chosen for various amounts of money to put towards their education. Extra-curricular activities give such an advantage to students that it is almost unfair. Studies have shown that students who participate in extra-curricular activities are more likely to pay attention in class and thus, do well in school. These studies have also shown that activities can prove to be an anti-drug/alcohol.
The social benefits are seen with the amount of involvement with other people with like interests. Extra-curricular activities are a great way to make new friends and broaden new horizons. In Alaska, depression is eminent with the 24-hour darkness and the severe cold. It may seem impossible to sneak by Jack Frost without him whistling the tune to your winter solstice blues, but this is not the case when involved in an extra-curricular activity. Involvement in activities keeps the mind and body in check. Depression is less likely to occur when students are involves in extra-curricular activities as studies have shown.
People who are active, involved, and social are more likely to do better in school and in life altogether. Extra-curricular activities give students a way to express themselves, gain a healthy lifestyle, meet new people, and go further in life. The body is in a balance, you are healthy, excelling in school, and making more friends than ever thought possible. This is due to extra-curricular activities. When parents do not encourage their children to apply themselves to activities, they are severely deprived and less likely to obtain the life changing health, social, and intellectual benefits.
Week 3, Response 2
Lamott uses her writing style to enhance her points and to engage the reader into believing what she has written. She states her opinions and also gives examples to reinforce her facts. Hearing that she herself has experienced the troubles of writing and that many people she knows also have the same difficulties gives the reader reason to believe the author. Her essay gives readers hope that their next drafts will be better than that "shitty first draft."
Personally, I agree with all of the suggestions she gives. The best and most satisfying way to begin a paper is to get it all out. Every thought has to go on paper whether it be a fused sentence or just one key word. The point is to have it all down to get organized later on. The masterful wording and embellished sentence structure will come with time. I agree with her because she has experience and knows what she is writing about. Lamott has great insight and numerous perspectives due to her friends and different writing occupations.
Personally, I agree with all of the suggestions she gives. The best and most satisfying way to begin a paper is to get it all out. Every thought has to go on paper whether it be a fused sentence or just one key word. The point is to have it all down to get organized later on. The masterful wording and embellished sentence structure will come with time. I agree with her because she has experience and knows what she is writing about. Lamott has great insight and numerous perspectives due to her friends and different writing occupations.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Response #1
The Miller commercial in which William Sea's opinion piece talked of, engages in gender policing. Gender policing is a form of discrimination against the physical or thought-based being of opposite sex. It is always going on around us and you may not even know it. Policing comes in many forms, whether it is against ethnic groups, religious believers, lesbians, or gay men. The policing have numerous disadvantages and to some, have several advantages.
All policing prolongs stereotypes and discrimination. People pass their beliefs onto their children and their children's children which in turn, creates problems for the future. This is the main disadvantage to policing. With stereotypes and discrimination, how is it that we can all someday get along with one another? When young boys are punished or ridiculed for playing with barbies it sticks with them. It becomes a scar, an unstable support beam in their youth. Some people believe the gender policing to be an advantage in that it keeps people they despise off the streets and out of their sight.
Policing occurs in ethnic groups when people cross the street to avoid any contact with a person of different ethnicity, with lesbians and gay men it is seen all over the news when these people are revoked marriage because of their sexual beliefs and with religious beliefs, people are looked down upon if they do not attend church or if they are of a different religion such as Muslims.
Policing in any way is harmful. It can be psychologically damaging as seen in Sea's article where men cannot find the true definition of manliness when it is being stretched in so many different directions, or it can be physically damaging in that men and women are becoming transgendered or that parents are punishing children for trying things that are in opposition to society's definition of gender right and wrongs.
All policing prolongs stereotypes and discrimination. People pass their beliefs onto their children and their children's children which in turn, creates problems for the future. This is the main disadvantage to policing. With stereotypes and discrimination, how is it that we can all someday get along with one another? When young boys are punished or ridiculed for playing with barbies it sticks with them. It becomes a scar, an unstable support beam in their youth. Some people believe the gender policing to be an advantage in that it keeps people they despise off the streets and out of their sight.
Policing occurs in ethnic groups when people cross the street to avoid any contact with a person of different ethnicity, with lesbians and gay men it is seen all over the news when these people are revoked marriage because of their sexual beliefs and with religious beliefs, people are looked down upon if they do not attend church or if they are of a different religion such as Muslims.
Policing in any way is harmful. It can be psychologically damaging as seen in Sea's article where men cannot find the true definition of manliness when it is being stretched in so many different directions, or it can be physically damaging in that men and women are becoming transgendered or that parents are punishing children for trying things that are in opposition to society's definition of gender right and wrongs.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Crazed, Dazed, and Confused - Writing Assignment #1
Life is hectic no matter what perspective you decide to view it from. Whether it be school, sports, a job, friends, or family, there is always a point of balance. Throughout life's journeys, I have slowly discovered new and superior ways to balance my busy schedule. The hardest things for me are balancing my schedule, procrastinating, and focusing. Taking a course completely online is a new concept for me and I am eager to see how I adapt. I signed up for the course thinking it would be extremely easy and that I would not even have to dedicate much of my time to the class. After reviewing the syllabus, my thoughts were immediately contradicted and I could tell that I would need to stay focused and stay far from the dreaded... procrastination!
This is my first year in college and I am taking 16 credits, working about 30 hours a week, and trying to stay active with extra-curricular activities. Balancing and prioritizing is a daunting task for me, mainly because there is just an overload of things going on. I am very active and I cannot sit for long periods of time. I have to be doing something at all times, which is why I believe this online course will prove to be a fantastic decision due to my A.D.D.-like tendencies. So far I have been able to balance the load, but we shall see as time ticks away.
The big, bad, p-p-p-procrastination is a definite doozie for me. It seems to be an unbreakable habit, where I find exciting things to do for as long as possible, as the deadline approaches and then decide, "Hummm...I imagine I should begin that paper due in two hours." Fortunately, I have a monthly planner to organize all the events in my life and this is an online class which I have been able to schedule time for in my restless week. By the end of this first semester, I hope to abolish my procrastinative ways and to uphold time management!
My last hefty flaw would have to be my attention span. I am unable to stay focused on lectures, readings, and miscellaneous other things. Due to this, I am then unable to retain information, thus doing poorly on quizzes and tests. This is precisely why I believe I will excel in this English course. I do love expressing my opinions and I guess you could say I am now a blogger. I think that English is able to hold my attention longer than anything else. I will need to watch this, but I believe it will be little to no trouble for this course.
English is a very important class to me and I believe that being that this is a web-based course, it will bring out characters in everyone that were once shy. I am happy to be enrolled and able to have freedom, yet still maintain a connection with the professor and class. This will enhance my time management and several other aspects of my dazed crazed and confused life.
This is my first year in college and I am taking 16 credits, working about 30 hours a week, and trying to stay active with extra-curricular activities. Balancing and prioritizing is a daunting task for me, mainly because there is just an overload of things going on. I am very active and I cannot sit for long periods of time. I have to be doing something at all times, which is why I believe this online course will prove to be a fantastic decision due to my A.D.D.-like tendencies. So far I have been able to balance the load, but we shall see as time ticks away.
The big, bad, p-p-p-procrastination is a definite doozie for me. It seems to be an unbreakable habit, where I find exciting things to do for as long as possible, as the deadline approaches and then decide, "Hummm...I imagine I should begin that paper due in two hours." Fortunately, I have a monthly planner to organize all the events in my life and this is an online class which I have been able to schedule time for in my restless week. By the end of this first semester, I hope to abolish my procrastinative ways and to uphold time management!
My last hefty flaw would have to be my attention span. I am unable to stay focused on lectures, readings, and miscellaneous other things. Due to this, I am then unable to retain information, thus doing poorly on quizzes and tests. This is precisely why I believe I will excel in this English course. I do love expressing my opinions and I guess you could say I am now a blogger. I think that English is able to hold my attention longer than anything else. I will need to watch this, but I believe it will be little to no trouble for this course.
English is a very important class to me and I believe that being that this is a web-based course, it will bring out characters in everyone that were once shy. I am happy to be enrolled and able to have freedom, yet still maintain a connection with the professor and class. This will enhance my time management and several other aspects of my dazed crazed and confused life.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Introduction
Hello, my name is James Logan Lyle and I am currently living in Fairbanks Alaska attending the University of Alaska Fairbanks. I have lived in this glorious state all 18 years of my life and have loved it all. I am fairly outgoing and I will speak my mind when given the chance. I expect to become a much better writer and hope to excel in this class. I have had a knack for English and I enjoy it quite a bit. Throughout high school I took the honor and AP English courses. I believe that my high school English has set a foundation strong enough for all of my forthcoming college journeys. In my spare time, I love to play sports, especially soccer! I balance sports and school, as well as a part-time job at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital as a pharmacy technician.
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