I would have to say that when I was 15 years old in high school i was told by a "friend" that I had at the time to sneak out my bedroom window one night, led to a new high school and scaled the roof with them and walked in.. as I sat against the wall, freaking out that I was going to get in so much trouble by my parents. The people I was with at the time were screwing around in the garbage cans... all in all the police came and took us to jail. I was so freaked out to call my parents that I didn't call them at all. They were contacted by the police saying their daughter was in jail and to come pick her up.. my parents went to my room to tell me they were going to pick my sister up from jail, until they found that I wasn't there. My parents called the jail back and told them to leave me there. The charges were dropped to a misdemeanor and because I had never done something so stupid in my life, had great grades, was on honor roll, in AP classes.. I didn't have any charges against me and they let me out after three days.
I turned 16 in juvy.. I felt like a failure.. it is the most important lesson I have ever learned because you realize who your friends are and that school is very important to you. The only person who cared enough was my athletic medicine teacher who sought me out after I had been dropped and re-enrolled to all my classes and he put the whole thing together and took me in his office and gave me a life speech. He helped me get back on track and onto my career path in medicine which I had been interested in since day one of starting that three year course. I have stayed out of trouble since and I learned a very valuable life lesson.
Thursday, October 3, 2013
10/1/13 blog post(s)
The prewriting that I have used in the past is to write it all down on paper at least an outline of what i hope to write about (planning), then I write it out as a rough draft (prewriting). Typing a second and third draft helps so I can make fixes and edit my spelling and make it look more decent (drafting/editing), I've learned to write drafts and edit as I go. Revising, proofreading and correcting as well. That's the only way I have ever learned to write essays.
Malcolm X's essay was a lot different than Mike Rose's essay, Malcolm's was mostly about how he learned and strove to better himself and his vocabulary, Rose's essay was mainly about fitting in and developing into being a mediocre student.
Rose wrote about how he got bored with history and detested Shakespeare, how his attention flitted here and there and he fooled around in class, basically did what he had to do to get by. Malcolm's was completely opposite, writing about how he went through the whole dictionary to learn a vocabulary other than the slang that he knew and there was never a dull moment, he would stay up past the lights out call because he was so deeply interested in his reading, that he would run and jump back into bed when the guard would do a room check only to jump right back out and start reading until the next time the guard came back.
The essays are similar in that they both have educational experiences but I wouldn't say any more in how they are alike. I feel that if Rose hadn't gotten placed in the lower class due to a mix up in their entrance papers with another Rose, then his story wouldn't be so much about being average, he would have written about a greater and non-dull educational experience. Either way they were both great essays, Malcolm's kept my interest more than Rose's though.
Malcolm X's essay was a lot different than Mike Rose's essay, Malcolm's was mostly about how he learned and strove to better himself and his vocabulary, Rose's essay was mainly about fitting in and developing into being a mediocre student.
Rose wrote about how he got bored with history and detested Shakespeare, how his attention flitted here and there and he fooled around in class, basically did what he had to do to get by. Malcolm's was completely opposite, writing about how he went through the whole dictionary to learn a vocabulary other than the slang that he knew and there was never a dull moment, he would stay up past the lights out call because he was so deeply interested in his reading, that he would run and jump back into bed when the guard would do a room check only to jump right back out and start reading until the next time the guard came back.
The essays are similar in that they both have educational experiences but I wouldn't say any more in how they are alike. I feel that if Rose hadn't gotten placed in the lower class due to a mix up in their entrance papers with another Rose, then his story wouldn't be so much about being average, he would have written about a greater and non-dull educational experience. Either way they were both great essays, Malcolm's kept my interest more than Rose's though.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
A few words about me.
Well I work at Martha and Mary Health and Rehab as a CNA with Alzheimer's and Dementia residents. I'm working on going through nursing school and then after nursing school I really want to go to med school. That is my big dream, otherwise I'm just here at OC to obtain my BSN degree. Other than medicine I am in love with photography, I'm working on building a portfolio with wedding photography but I normally shoot nature and lighthouses, birds, animals, etc. I'm in love with the water. I live in Port Ludlow as of March and my favorite part of the day is driving across the hood canal bridge. I work full time and I go to school and I like taking pictures in the middle, that is what my life consists of, school, work, and nature. Rough life if you ask me. ;]
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