Questions that I will ask my subject for "Task Two"

Five questions I will ask my subject and, explaining why I have chosen these questions.

1. When you where in High School did you always know that you wanted to be a teacher.
"I'm asking this question because she will tell me the reasons why she was wanting to be a teacher and who inspired her to have this dream".

2. What kinda of problems did you have going through High School  that could of prevented you from achieving your dream.
" By asking this question I can find out what she went through during high school and how she had to over come these problems. What was the breaking point in her life when she would decide to change her mind on what she wanted to do or to follow her dream and become a teacher".

3. What did you have to do to be able to over come some of your problems that was challenging you to become successful.
"I'll learn about her challenges and how she worked her way though them. What made her want to keep striving forward towards her goal".

4. What Teacher, Family member or student have the biggest impact on you, and how did they help you.
" I will find out who she was really close to. Who kept pushing her to make her achieve her goals in life, and that helped her get through her struggles in live".
  
5. What life lessons did you learn from this whole process.
" I will learn what she learned from her life experiences and how it made her become the person that she is today".

“Casa: A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood” by Judith Ortiz Cofer

1. Why are the cuentos in Cofer's memoir particularly women's stores? What would be the equivalent of these cuentos for the boys in the family? Who would tell them?

The cuentos in Cofer's memoir are particularly women's stories because women could most generally imagine getting all dressed up, looking like a princess in her lace waiting at the altar and finding out that the man did not show up. Women are constantly worrying about things and a main goal that most women may have is to get married and the worst thing that could happen to a girl is her fiance not showing up for the wedding. Women do not want to have the humiliation of being ditched on there wedding night. If the boys where sitting around talking about stories and what they would watch for, I would imagine that they would talk about the signs that women are cheating on you. When guys get together I don't think that they are worrying about getting married, actually I think that is the last thing on there minds because once your married you will be on the o'l ball and chain. A women cheating on a man is almost just as embarrassing as a women being left t the altar because one way or another you are being left One of the most important thing for a guy is to have a girl that he can trust. In a males life we have enough problems as it is, having a girl that you can't depend on your trust just makes life that much more complicated. A grandpa or father would tell these stories  about signs on if a girl is cheating on you or if you can trust them because they have more knowledge about it.

Maya Angelou, Sister Flowers

6. Tell the story of a memorable childhood experiance.

When I was around six years old it was the first time that my family and I took a vacation with my grandparents. We took a trip to Minnesota and oh my was it beautiful, there was trees and large bodies of water as far as you can see. Grandapa had been renting a cabin out there for weeks at a time each summer and I guess he figured it would be fun with my family around. When we arrived at the cabin we got all packed in and ate at a restaurant called Zorbas, it had the best arcade that I had ever been to, i'm sure that i spend more time in there then actually eating. The first day that we spend there we just took walks and looked at the sights, but grandpa said tomorrow that we could go on the boat and go fishing. The next day came and I was determined to catch my first fish. The family all loaded up in grandpa's new fancy boat and we headed off in the lake. On grandpa's boat it had a fish detector, it told where the fish where at, we found a spot where tons of fish where at then grandpa said cast out your lines. We sat there for hours not a single bite let alone a nipple, we gave up and headed back to cabin to make a camp fire an then call it a night. Morning came I was the first to wake up so i headed out side to fish on the dock. I cast out my line waiting patiently, being a little boy I got distracted by all the rocks so i decided to start skipping rocks. While I was skipping rock I had gotten a bite on my hook and not realizing it, the fish took my rod under water.

Subjects that i'm interested in interviewing and writing about for Task Two.

Why are you interested in these subjects?
I am interested in interviewing my grandpa because I have always known him and he has always been in my life. I would like to know more about his past education and compare how they are different from my own.

What makes him/her interesting and unique?
My Grandpa is unique because I have never meet another man like him before. He could possibly be on of the craziest grandpas in the world. When he was younger he didn't live at home much, he was mainly on his own and supporting him self while still getting his G.E.D through high school.

What sort of questions would you ask and why?
I would ask him why he was on his own for so long, how he managed to be on his own and still go through school, what is something interesting that has happened that was educational.

What sort of problems do you think may arise for Task Two?
A problem that might arise for ask two is that some of the information that I receive may be false. I have noticed when I talked with my grandpa a might ask him to repeat something and each time to me it seems to change a little bit or it might be that he just forgot to add the information?

What do you anticipate? Why?
I anticipate that I will have a lot of information on my grandpa for task two. I am hoping that I I'll learn something new about him while I am interviewing him.

What questions do you have for Task Two?
What are some specific questions that I should ask my grandpa while I am interviewing him. How am I suppose to write the paper.
 

Self Evaluation

Self-Evaluation

What is the thesis for your paper?

The thesis for my paper was how I started to get into the sport of (MMA).

List the main points you make in your paper.

My friend Justin first MMA Fight, When I decided to fight, The training it took to prepare my first fight, Training with a actual MMA Fighter named Steve and winning my first fight.

What was the most helpful advice you received from your peer evaluation?

The most helpful advice that I received

What was the most helpful information you received in class for your paper?

The most helpful information that I received in class or my paper was how to make the paper complete. Before I didn't know how to start out a paper let alone how to make a good thesis.

How many drafts of this paper do you think you wrote and how/when did you write them?

 For example, did you compose at the keyboard, did you write lots of notes to yourself, did you pre-write or outline, did you write in small chunks of time or sit down and produce an entire draft at one sitting?

I had made about three different drafts on this paper. The first draft I wrote little small chunks of all the main ideas in my paper then described each one of them with details. The second draft I put all of my ideas and wrote them out in sentence form. After I got my paper looked over and corrected I added my thesis, conclusion and corrected all of my mistakes which made up o my final draft.

What would you do differently with this paper to make it more effectively, or what did you try to do that you just don't got a good handle on? 

What I would do differently to make my paper more effective would be to describe my setting more and I Should of described my opponent more. I'm not the best at making a good thesis so if I had a better thesis I think my story could of been a little bit better.

What are most pleased with about this paper?

What I was most pleased with my paper was the more descriptive words that I put into my story to make it more visual. I tried to had more facts, details and I thought It made my story.

Peer Review

What would you like to see changed?

Take more time in review each one of our papers. Some of the people in the group did not get their papers reviewed until the last day.

How would you like for it to be done?

Each person gets to review a paper and when they are finished they give it to someone else in the group for them to look at.

Is there too much time in class that is devoted to peer review?

No, because I think having multiple people in the class look at the papers helps to catch errors.

Questions for Reflection and Writing

"How it Feels to Be Colored Me"
what labels do you give yourself? How does your self-identity function in your day-to-day life? Compare your concept of self with Hurtson's, as she expresses it in this essay.

Some labels that I give myself are White, Student, Brother, Uncle, Worker, Eighteen Years Old, Non-Reader, Active, Six foot, Two Hundred and Five Pounds Male. By being white my self-identity blends in with the majority of the community. The functions i do from day-today I don't worry about what people say whether they are judging me or not. I'm not a person that stands out or makes a big statement. I think because the color of my skin people intend to give more respect to me even though that's not far or equal. My neighborhood is full of elderly people so they are mostly old fashion and have different morals, thoughts about certain people. Zora Hurston and I are just people like everyone else but we get judge differently because the color of are skin. Zora expects that she is the only black in the United States whose grandfather on the mother's side was not an Indian chief. Zora lives in a black community where she feels comfortable because she is around her kind. When she has to go to a school with a lot of white kids she feels out of place. She says that "slavery is sixty years in the past" Zora is the type of girl that looks forward to the future and does sob over the past because it has already happen and there is nothing you can do about it. I have nothing to compare to the things that she is having to go through. I live in a community of whites and the High School I went to was white. I may not be able to compare to what she went through but i do understand how hard it must of been to do what she had done. You shouldn't have to feel like your being judged just because you are different from others. If you have the mind set that you are just as good as everyone else I think you will be ok.

Question for Refletion and Writing

 On Becoming a Chicano
Define your racial identity. What struggles have you gone through? How are your experiences similar to those of Rodriguez

I am just a average White/Caucasian male born in the United States. I have been through many different struggles but the one that comes to my mind first is being the new kid at a new school. When I was younger we moved around a couple of times and I just felt when I started making friends and was getting comfortable with everyone it was about time for us to move again. At the beginning it was hard to fit in because you don't know anyone and everyone is just staring at you trying to figure who you were. We eventually settled down in King City, MO and went to school there for seven years then I was off to college and it is starting all over again just trying to get use to campus and make new friends what really helped me was knowing that there were several kids in the same boat as I were. My experiences where similar to those of Rodriguez because I to also had a feeling of not fitting in a school and a constant worry wondering if people where talking about me. At times I didn't know who I was for sure or where do I belong. It took me sometime to realize that i'm not the only one in this situation and that I will be ok at the end. But  as the years past I made friends, was a active student and found myself through out the process. Life is full of learning experiences make the most of what you can and always try to stay positive.

"Task One" / Questions for Reflection and Writing

What are you thinking about writing? Why?

Recently I fought in Chillicothe and I was thinking about writing about the preparation for the (MMA) fight and the actual fight. I'm wanting to write about this because it is something that really interests me and it has been a major part of my summer.

What sort of problems do you think may arise for Task One?

Problems that may arise while I'm writing task one are my writing abilities and getting use to writing papers.

What do you anticipate? Why?

I anticipate that my story will meet all the requirements and I will have a "Shitty First Draft." I have more than enough information to support my story but not enough experience writing.

What questions do you have for Task One?

How are you going to grade the paper?

How long does the final draft have to be?

Questions for Reflection and Writing


1. One person that is important to the family is my Grandpa. He is always supporting my family and I. When we are in time of need he is always there to fall back on. Recently, my older sister had a baby girl and he scheduled a baby shower for her and bought her a ton of baby supplies. Grandpa also shows that he cares in other ways than just buying gifts though; he takes the time to sit down and to tell you how much he loves you. He would surprise me by showing up at some of my football practices and would attend all of my high school events. He is the type of grandpa that is very goofy but also when the time comes he can give good advice. He calls daily and makes sure that everything is going well. When we spend time with him it means the whole world to him, it’s the little things that makes grandpa happy.