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!