Process states

This semester for “The Character Experiment”, the first virtue I chose is managing my time. My procrastination has not been my best friend, or my friend at all. I constantly tend to put things off, and don't notice or seem to give much thought to the days that pass by. For example, this homework assignment is due on Friday and it is Thursday afternoon that I am completing the assignment. My procrastination causes stress, anxiety, and sometimes for my works to be turned in mediocre and not to my…

Although many of the religions in this class are ideas that I would think of as out of the ordinary and unusual, Shinto takes the cake for religions that are more of a mindset more than a religion – at least with the religions that we have covered in this class. Because I previously wrote about Shinto in my Philosophical research paper, I had a small understanding of it before we covered it in class. However, I learned a great deal more when we discussed it in class. I’ve found the country of…

The 20C Academic English course is a lot harder than my previous Academic English Courses. I tried my absolute best in every single assignment to improve and to prepare myself for 39A writing class. I have trouble in some areas for example in editing my own grammar errors, organizing my thoughts in writing assignments, and taking grammar quizzes. Despite, I find some obstacles in some areas I also find myself enhanced in other parts. For example, I used to struggle in writing thesis statement…

The Goals of an Aspiring Writer Sometimes in life, goals can change. What one inspires to be as a child, can turn in a different direction for many. I, however, took a different path in life. I am an aspiring screenwriter with a background of playwriting. I caught the writing bug about twelve years ago, after a slip and fall accident. To me, writing is more than just putting some words onto a computer screen. You have to have that passion and be driven to go the next level, and that’s what I…

College can be full of twist and turns. Especially when you have a full schedule. Coming into English 101 I didn’t feel too confident about my writing I have never been a great writer. Kathleen Reiman has been a great factor in improving my writing skills this semester and I want to continue to improve. We have gone over so much in this class, and I felt I kept improving with each essay. The final portfolio that was due for this class consisted of my two best written essays which were “Divorce’s…

intensity still surprised me. I had never written much for a period of time. However, what stressed me out was the topics, in other words, I had to write about theme out of my interest. It always took me much time to write, and I was usually in the state of being nervous. Needless to say, writing itself was hard, and writing about things I did not possess any prior knowledge was a real challenge. For instance, there was a time the topic was drug, which was not familiar with me. I was forced to…

“The Black Sheep in flock of Royalty Attempts to Rule: Olivier’s Richard III” “The Black Sheep in flock of Royalty Attempts to Rule” was interesting to write. I had never read the play, Richard III prior to enrolling in the class. Shakespeare really fascinates me, because of the linguistically differences in our modern day English. In English 339, Dr. Clermont-Ferrand had the class look at a total of five different plays and movie adaptations (online) during the summer session. My only request…

Finding one’s true passions can be an epiphany, yet for me it was an oddity I strayed away from at first. As a child, I finger painted to my heart’s content and displayed my artistic expressions on the cream-colored walls of my house. I loved art throughout elementary and middle school, although I never felt that I was very good at it. Even still, it captivated me. Curious to test this inexplicable pull, and at a suggestion from my English teacher Sean Pang, I joined Echoes—my high school’s…

Amanda Kranning: An Interview with an Intellectual First let me say thank you for agreeing to this interview. I am pleased to be here. Thank you. So, we see you talk often about how literature impacts your life. Could you explain more on this topic? Well, as we all know there are many aspects to what things we read, this includes books whether nonfiction or fiction, blogs like yours, or the daily newspapers. All have something to offer us in a way of learning. Take newspapers, they are full of…

While writing these past journals and essays, I feel in many ways I connected with part of the message of Carr's Googley-Technology essay. Carr wrote about the loss of deep reading skills, and the trend of skimming. Carr provided examples of the effects it had on some individuals. When I first read Carr's essay, I felt it was hard to follow, all over the road, long, somewhat tedious. Now, I had to write discussion entries, journals, and work on my essays, most of which were reflective of…