The End... Of My Blogs...

The whole blogging idea was a bitter sweet thing for me.  I had never done a blog before and frankly had never really heard anything about them.  I hated the blog at first because I did not know how to work it.  I had like five different blogs going on instead of one blog with multiple posts.  After I figured out how to work the darn thing it really grew on me.  I have come to like and enjoy blogging.  I am one to always be willing to give my opinion so I enjoy blogging.  I would much rather blog than do a journal.  Journals are not for me.  I think that all teachers that want a journal type thing should do blogs.  Typing about how you feel seems to be a lot easier and more enjoyable.  I am glad that Lindsey decided to roll with the blogs instead of journals.  After having multiple zero's in the gradebook because I did not know how to blog correctly and getting that all fixed... I have enjoyed the experience.  I now can say I am a true (well kind of) blogger. :)

Work, Work, Workshop Day!

I did not like workshop day.  I found the two types of workshop activities useless and a waste of time.  I have not gotten the chance to see if the third type of workshop will be helpful or not.  I really just did not like either of the workshop activities.  I found the reading out loud workshop to be the worse.  I do not the attention span to listen and do a mental critique at the same time.  I forget what was wrong with the first part of the story.  I also found that my feedback was "It was good" and I personally said the same thing to my two partners.  I hated that workshop.  The second workshop was useless also.  I was told nothing new about my paper.  I just like it when Lindsey gives me feedback and that is about it.  I have really bad experiences with workshops with students.  I would rather my teacher just tells me what all is wrong with my paper.

Turkey Day!!

I am personally not a Thanksgiving lover.  I have to work at 6 in the morning until 2 in the afternoon.  I do not like turkey, mashed potatos, sweet potatos, pie, or basically any Thanksgiving food.  I really enjoy the day after Thanksgiving... Black Friday! :)  It is my favoirte day!  I love all of the sales and being able to go out with my family shopping.  Black Friday is like a tradition to us.  I am excited for Christmas and Thanksgiving gets me in the mood.  I love setting up the tree and decking the halls.  I love the holidays but hate the cold.  I wish it could be Chirstmas with snow but not the cold weather.  Unfortunately that is not possible.  I am ready for the breaks, I need them.  I hope everyone has a happy Thanksgiving!

The Brain Cell Saver!

I found the online to be extremely helpful.  I did not completely fill it out in the body section but it helped me know what type of paper Lindsey was looking for.  The outline helped me get out of a writers block and start brain storming ideas.  I did however find out that I am not a fan of literacy annalyze.  I found my topic hard to do and it needs a lot of work.  The outline did help a lot though.  I wish we would have had more outlines like this for every paper, it would have saved me a lot of time and brain cells.  I felt I over thought a lot of my papers and killed off a number of brain cells with my massive head aches.  Ha.  Overall, the outline was a great little helper and I am very thankful that Lindsey gave it to use to use.  It saved me some brain cells!

Thesis... Attempt One

Sarah Orne Jewett's, "The White Heron" and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall-Paper" reflect a person's internal struggle with reality.

Reading Critically

I must confess... I do not read critically.  I am not the type to read something and think deeply about what each part of it means.  I need to work on this because I think reading critically is something that would really benefit me and everyone else in not only education but professional and personal.  I will have to read critically on the literature I choice to write about and I am nervous about it.  I am not a reader, I tend to avoid it as much as possible.  I am hoping to just somehow make it through this six page paper.  I do not know how I am going to do it but I will find away.  Critical thinking will lead a person to figuring out the theme, symbols, context, and more.  I will try to read more critically instead of just brushing through the literature.  If I was a critical reader I would be doing better on the daily quizes.   

Symbols

The White Heron

• White - purity
• Woods- being away from reality/parents
• Gun – power/control
• Child - innocence
• Cow – survival (get the milk from them)
• Tree- Sex
• Heron- Desire

The Yellow Wall-Paper

·         Wall-paper– confusion/mystery  

• Bars in the window- jail-like/trap
• Bed- confinement  
• Garden- life
• Writings- escape from reality