The Little Things

but I thought you talked really black.” I truly think I’ve heard everything you could possibly say to offend a dark skin female or any black person for that matter. I mean honestly, you cannot, I repeat cannot talk like a race. My dialect may be a little more southern and I may speak in Ebonics but that surely does not determine who I am on the inside. Racism is something that no person of color can avoid. Every day I have assumptions made about simply because of the color of my skin and the…

and get it done so I could earn my grade and move on. I also figured there would be courses where I would actually learn something that would be useful in my career. This Online Course Development class has been an example of the latter. The thing that comes slamming into my mind when reflecting on this course experience is the fact that I had actual experience creating an online course for an audience that pertains to my current career. Most of the previous courses in my program of study…

Profile of Mister William Ashcraft It’s a cool spring after noon on Friday and Araria Campus has some lingering students, teachers and campus workers. Some have classes, meeting to attended, papers to write, or papers to grade. As I head to my interview with Mister William Ashcraft in the kings building on the 5th floor. I hear 60s rock music coming from his office, as I walk in he, is sitting behind is desk grading papers. A man over 50 years old standing about 5’6 foot tall. He wore a light…

Throughout my life I have had to deal with some pretty scary things. As a child, and even now, these things take a huge toll on how I deal with other things. I have always been an anxious person and I can definitely say that traumatic experiences (like the one I am writing about) have changed my mindset and how I live my daily life. The day started of fairly normal. My friend had just got her license and she offered to take me to Washington, Missouri to go shopping and just have a fun day…

finally left behind that little farm. I must be honest when I say that i’m a little less than merry about having to go. The farm just isn’t what it used to be, however, Mother and Father aren’t making the money they used to. So it’s my turn to make my way in the world. I plan to get a job in the city and send what I can back to the farm. It’s my first time on a train and I must admit how terribly nervous I am. Living in the countryside my whole life I’ve never seen such a thing. Hearing about it…

talking to us about her childhood and how her parents were never home and it was always her, her little brother, and the nanny. The young ladies parents were never home they traveled for work a lot so they spent most of their time in motels across the country. She expressed that growing up with your mom or dad…

I asked Cedric what he regret not having done in college?, the response that he gave me surprised me a little. The response was that he really did not regret many things about college because the experiences that he had were great experiences that taught him a lesson. If he did have to choose something, he would have chosen to have studied with more urgency his first couple of years and…

always the girl who bad things were happening but I could never let these things get in my way. I always knew I could build myself from the things that were happening in my life. These helped me be the better and brighter person I am today.From my experiences I became a blunt person, not to the point that I am mean, just that I’m only going to tell the truth and not sugar coat things. “ What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” ( Clarkson 2011) shows that a lot of things will get in one’s way,…

actually kinda shocked that I chose to room with her. They assumed I’d have issues with her because of our different religions. It was a time in Nigeria when there were a lot of extremist Islamic terrorists attacks and people were being cautious and a little prejudiced so they had concerns about me rooming with an…

The only point on a funeral is to send the ones who has passed a nice place in where ever they go. People believe in a lot of things in religion and things but the true way to understand what death is like is to experience it but not a lot of people come back from being dead not like a zombie. The way we live our lives is what people say at our funerals the ones that love us tell you how…