Shattered Glass

1. The people in this video used editing, fact checking, and recorded data when writing their articles.

2. The characters collected data by observing, taking notes, interviewing, and taking pictures.

3. There were a lot of ethical issues involved in this movie. The main character was making up everything he was writing about. None of his information was credible and the magazine kept publishing it. He used people he knew to pose as other people, he invented sources on his own, and made up quotes.

Shitty First Drafts

Had this article been called anything different, I would not have read it. Anne Lamott describes in her essay that how people just write down whatever they are thinking and feeling, and then they go back and "tweek" the paper to make it more polished. I love the idea of the shitty first draft. I always write one, it's the worst part of writing. When I am writing a first draft I always have to sit down and do it all at once. If I don't, I will loose concentration and never be able to finish. I have to allow a lot of time time to write the draft, because as I said before, I loose my concentration very easily and need to stop and get on Facebook or watch some TV to get back into things. I plan to re-read my draft, outloud, and then take the comments that have been given to me and improve the draft. I will probably re-read the literature I have aquired and add anything I can to prove my point. I like to put the entire project together and re-read it again, and it I see anything wrong I can fix it then.

MLA Practice

Liza Burby, a writer for Better Homes and Gardens explains the difference in mood children feel when they are in school as opposed being at a birthday party or interesting event. Russ Quaglia says, " THe sense of fun and adventure they have in going to school and learning new things begins to wane by third grade when they've leanred the basic skills...By high school, they are talking about school as some kind of prison." (Quoted in Burby 108).

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When I was younger I was on a swim team for my school from age 6-18. Some of the best memories I have in life have been from swim meets or practice, and to this day my best friends come from that team. I loved swimming in the summer the most, the team had the opportunity to swim outside, play games outside and have parties. Swimming has given me excellent team work skills as well as leadership skills. I miss the feeling of being in a competition and giving it all you have to win a race. I loved to swim backstroke, and that carried with me through my high school years. Even though I was on the high school team, I still competed in the meets for my rec team over the winter. I still go back once a year and participate in the "alumni swim meet" that my high school has every year.

I-SEARCH

I picked this topic because I am interested in the advancement of women in today's workforce. Suprisingly, it wasn't as easy as I thought to find information about this topic, but when I did, it was full of statistics and how things are "getting better" in today's work world. I plan on doing a questionnaire that asks women how they have felt over the years as a woman in the working world. My goal is to prove to the reader that most women have in fact felt oppressed in jobs they have had in their life time. My views have no really changed since starting my research project because I went into this thinking things aren't as easy for women as they are for men, and my research has yet to prove me wrong. I am having a hard time getting people to participate in my questionnaire, but hope to find more participants this week!

Paraphrase

When writing a research paper, students tend to use direct quotations more than they should which causes their research papers to be full of quotations. Students should be cautious when writing a research paper because about 10% of the finished product should be directly quoted. Due to the amount of plagarism in today's academic world, students should be aware of the amount of direct quotes they use when taking notes. (Lester, 1976).

Malcom Gladwell

If I were to start a social epidemic in my community it would probably be recycling. I live ten minutes from the Cumberland County Dump and everytime I drive by it smells absolutely awful. Not only is the smell bad, it gets more full as every year passes. I am willing to bet that oveer one quarter of the dump is recycleable and no one does anything about it! I would make members of the community more aware of recycling and the positive factors it contributes to our town, this could be done by commercial, newspaper articles, and sending letters. Taking pictures of the dump would help too!

I think the chapter about the Stickiness Factor was most influential when I read the book. It pretty much set the scene for the rest of the book as well, since he referred back to it often. This chapter was also interesting because I got to read about Sesame Street and Blue's Clues, all shows I grew up watching. I never thought about the studies that went into these shows or that Sesame Street actually had problems with kids viewing their show. I just like seeing things from another point of view.

I'm going to look at a lot of political ans social situations alot differently. I always see or hear about something and automatically have an opinion, but I think before I develop a strong opinion I should consider all sides of the story. It will make me look more professional, and I may learn a little something along the way!

Tipping Point Questions

Bernie Goetez is a successful business man who got on a bus one day and sat in the back where 4 black teenagers were causing trouble. Suddenly, he shot all of them, killing three and paralyzing another. Bernie feels no guilt for what he has done and he sees it as getting some of those kids off the streets. I'm not so sure how I feel about this situation. Murder is wrong, I know that much. He is a criminal, not a hero, but the kids were trying to take money from him. He could have turned them into the police, or done something a little less well, dramatic. Murdering 3 kids and severely ruining another's was not the answer.

I believe that prisons are meant to take a criminal out of society so that they can't harm others any longer and learn from their mistakes. Prisons shouldn't be a luxury place to be, but to the people who truly "learn their lesson" by spending time in jail will realize that no amount of fine living or good food will give them their freedom, they can't just leave jail to spend time with their kids or to run to the grocery store. They are stuck in a building full of thieves, murders, and child molesters. The people who complain about the quality of living in jail are the criminals who plan to be in and out of there for life and don't care about learning what's right and what's wrong.

English Confrence

I went to the session about creative writing. Three students read each of their short stories, they liked to call it "flash fiction". The first story was about a divorced family the next, a dead wife and baby, and the last was about a young girl trying to find her sexual identity. I enjoyed all three stories, and the writer's were very passionate about their work! I like the idea of a short story, it's not too much to read and there is no limit to your imagination. Overall, it was fun!

Chapter 2

In chapter 2 Gladwell talks about the three types of people who keep epidemics alive: Connectors, Mavens, and Salesmen. The most interesting thing about this chapter was the idea of "connectors" and how they keep things moving throughout our world. They serve as people who keep connections and relationships alive, especially the relationships that have not been connected for awhile. Gladwell uses the quote "It would be a mistake, however, to think Connectors are the only people who matter in a social epidemic" (page 59)

Comparison Facebook and Tipping Point

I read A LOT of facebook profiles. To compare this to Malcolm Gladwell is hard to do! They are both similar because he is expressing his opinion and people do that on their Facebook pages. They are totally opposite because Facebook doesn't necessarily tell a complete story. You can get parts of a person's life by looking at their page but often the whole story doesn't come out. In Gladwell's book, he uses facts and statistics to prove the points he is making, and the entire "story" he is trying to tell is within the pages of his book. Sometimes, with Facebook you need to look at other peoples pages to get the whole story, and even then, you don't know what is going on in other people's lives!

Introduction and Chapter One

The author Malcolm Gladwell talks about the idea of an epidemic and how it takes more then a few people to cause this to happen. He explains the idea of an epidemic spreading using Hush Puppies. A few people started wearing these shoes, others in their community saw them, and soon it spread all over the country. He also talks about an outbreak with Syphilis in the city of Baltimore and how it was much more then the spread of a disease. It included drugs, and the slow deterioration of health services in the less fortunate parts of the city. At one point, people who should have only had this disease for a week had it for weeks on end, spreading it throughout the city. He concludes his chapter by reviewing the three rules of the Tipping Point, and gives a small clue as to what will happen in the next chapter.

Brainstorming

I would like to research about the difference between women in the work force in the past (50's or 60's) and now. I am motivated to write about this because I am a woman and want to advance in the working world, with as much ease as men do. This is related to my major because Hospitality Management is a business related, and men still dominate the management positions, and I want to change that! I believe the only way you can really help this situation is to jump into the work force and do my best to break the "glass ceiling". To conduct this research I could do alot of things: Interview, read articles, watch reality TV, and searching the internet. I would start my paper with the history of women's rights and maybe pick female business owner's of large coorporations to research more in detail. Over all I am very excited about this research and hope to motivate myself to be a better business woman and rise to the top!

Activity Five

*Single Parents

*Young Parents

*Adoption

*Stay at Home Fathers

*Daycare

*A LOT of Children

*Gay/Lesbian Parents

*Teen Parents

*No one eats dinner at the table

*No Homemade meals

*"Trophy" Wife

*Pets

*Money Oriented

*Cars

Diversity

Diversity is a big part of my life, although I don't notice it as often as I should. I grew up in a place where everyone was the same race and had practically the same backgrounds. As I go through college I see the differences other cultures, races, and religions have. I am thankful for this because I will soon be entering the Hospitality workforce. People of all different backgrounds look for employment in this field and I would like to be understanding and accepting of them. I think that me being a woman will be a little bit of a struggle in the work force, but I plan to prove everyone wrong and manage my own business. I look up to women who can be in charge and not worry about what others think. In today's society gender differences isn't as big of a topic, but it still lingers. In this class I would like to research about women in the workplace and how easy it is to "rise to the top" as opposed to men. My major is mostly business related so this would fit perfectly!

Activity One

When I was in Elementary school, we did a lot of writing, but it consisted of one to two sentences. It was never anything big, but we would always draw a picture to go along with it, which I enjoyed alot more. When I started to get older and I was going into fourth and fifth grade, we would write small book reports and autobiographies. Our "library time" during the week always focused on writing a small current event or report. In middle school we wrote reports in all of our subjects, and they usually involved us making visuals to go along with them like a diarama or a poster. In high school, things got a little more complicated. We would write essays, biographies, journals... etc. I would say that my high school years were the hardest when it came to writing. I don't have a problem with writing, but it is SO hard for me to get started! Once I do, I like to write the entire paper in one sitting. If I stop, I loose focus and things get messed up. I didn't like having to write about topics I wasn't interested in, but I guess you'll have that in high school English. I only read when I have to, but I do enjoy reading books I am assigned. I don't care for Shakespeare or stories that you have to feel like you are cracking a code every other sentence. I do enjoy real life stories and romance novels (of course!). I have never kept a diary, or written anything on my own time that reflects on how I am feeling. I regularly text...maybe a little too much! I also send e-mails, and do write the occasional letter to my best friends who are living out of state. Where I work I have filled out several incident memos (I work at an amusement park), and when I was in high school I wrote the minutes for my Student Council, and National Honors Society. I never noticed a difference in speaking between school and home, my parents were (and still are) very big on speaking correctly. I have taken eight years of Spanish, and sadly I can only speak very little. If I were to be fluent in both languages Spanish would definitely be easier to speak, the verbs are always the same, they just need conjugated, and all you have to worry about is making sure the noun has the correct ending and that you avoid double negatives.


Essay and assignment writing differs from other kinds of writing because it is what your professor wants you to write about, it isn't just jotting down your feelings and calling it quits. I don't hate writing essays, I actually enjoy it, because it gives you the opportunity to write down everything you know, and that may save you on a test! When you are writing on your own time as opposed to an essay, you can write to any audience you please, and not worry about what anyone thinks. As for an essay or assignment, you have to focus on facts and getting an excellent grade.

About me

My name is Kate, I am a Hospitality Management major. I am going to be 21 in less than a month (which is very exciting!), and love going to school at IUP. I am a supervisor at Hershey Park and enjoy spending time with my friends. I like being very busy!