Knowing My Audience

I think that we have a wide and varied audience in this class. I’m sure that it’s the same way every semester. My audience is one that has many interests. I’ve noticed from the answers in the forum that there are many age groups. I can tell that some of the students in this class are fresh from high school. It also seems that some others are middle aged and have grown children. We have parents. We have full time students and part time students. I have also noticed that the majority of the people that respond to other’s posts are female. Nothing against the guys in the class, but speaking for myself, we’re lazy. 

There is a very large majority of people that have already spent there imaginary lottery winnings. Glad to see I’m not the only one who does that. 

The musical appreciation of this class seems to be on the high side. It is varied, I think, but there. There are a number of people in this class that can actually play an instrument. One person has actually been to numerous competitions and won awards for their musicality and skill.

I also believe that I have a well-read audience. Most everyone in this class has a personal favorite for reading styles. We also have a couple of people that seem to have a sort of reading Tourette’s. They just spout random quotes and characters from a multitude of genres. 

All in all, I think that I have a wonderfully open and receptive audience. I think that I may not be able to captivate each and every person, but I can in some way appeal to the senses of all of them. I will be readily familiar with the experiences and memories of some. I will also have a hard time appreciating others. All in all, I think it is a wonderful audience to write for.

Free Write Response to This I Believe

This will be a freewrite.

So considering how tired I am and the amount of work I out into reading the articles I hope it is presentable. The first essay I read was "A Grown-Up Barbie. I thought it was very commendable how she worked in the fashion industry but had no care for fashion, really. She only wanted to make nice clothes for how they made people feel and not for the money or fame involved. She actually cared very little for the industry, but liked to travel. The next one was "Leaving Identity Issues To Other Folks". It was an interesting essay, and it held my attention. It seemed that she worked hard to stereotype herself. But only because others told her what to be. It seemed to me that she didn't find herself until later in her life. She wasn't quite who she wanted to be. The next essay was Always go to the funeral. It was an interesting piece because I can't see my self as being a person to always go. I uderstand paying your last respects but it seems a little much to go to every funeral.I guess the point the auther was trying to maske is that you should pay respect. The next essay was be cool to the pizza dude. I liked this article. It kind of goes in with the whole Karma trip. I tend to live that way, so it makes since.On the this Takes Practice article I had a hard time not dozing off. It just seems like a teacher essay. Nothing fancy but not to bad I guess...Hopefully I can make it t

Personal Credo Skeleton

I believe that all good things in life come to those who work for them. Nothing is ever free except for trouble. If you want something in this world you must earn it. But, do not let others tell you whether or not these things have been earned. Every person knows in their heart if they deserve something. You make life your own with every decision. With that, you will pay a consequence for every action, good or bad. Ill consequences come back quickly but karma will bring the good ones eventually.

Creed/credo Research

I've done some research into many creeds and credos over the last week. I haven't had a whole lot of time, but I have discovered that nearly every organization in the history of the written language uses some sort of motto. Some are rather benign like in the instance of my place of work. Commercial Metals uses the credo "Commitment you can count on." That is rather simple statement that simply explains the root of all we do.

Assignment 4.1 Fluency Journal/Blog

This week in English 101 we were informed that part of our latest assignment is to enter into our blog seven times per week. I know, without an inkling of a doubt that this is going to be a very rough assignment for me. I work approximately fifty to seventy hours per week before I even consider school. This week alone we are having a quarterly inventory and I am looking at about sixty plus hours. I chose to start my assignment with a general rant about my life and how “woe is me”. I know I’m not the only person trying to go to school and still live a day to day life. I’m not that naive. I can only hope to gather what knowledge I can and press on. I gather some encouragement from my fellow students and in the knowledge that they are also facing the trials and tribulations of adult learning. All I can continue to do is do. They taught us in the U.S. Army to “adapt and overcome”. That has become one of my life mottos, and I’m actually considering on whether or not to use part of that for my essay we are working on. I also know how this almost reads like a free-write, but it is my experiment in learning. I can only do my best and hope that with a little luck, tenacity, and perseverance I will “overcome” this obstacle also. I’ve also printed off most of the reading portions of this lesson and am hoping to peruse them during down-time at work. It amazes me how much I loved reading in my teenage years and yet can’t seem to find the time for it now. I remember actually using the phrase “who needs sleep”. Is that a sign of age that you can rant and rave about trivial things incoherently for ten minutes and then miss your childhood? Makes one wonder.

Assingment 3.3 This I Believe Freewriting

So, for the second part of my assignment this week, I have to post a free writing exercise based upon my "this I believe" statements. Here you go.

Free writing about “This I Believe”

So we are supposed to pick one of our this I believe statements to expound on for ten minutes without stopping in a freewrite. This is going to be difficult for me but I choose the statement “I believe that there is something fundamentally more natural about writing with a pencil and paper.” This is true in my heart because with a pencil and paper you actually feel kind of what the writer does. You get to see in the strokes and curves of their handwriting how they feel on a subject. Typing is a very cold medium. There is no differences between one person’s typing and another’s. They aal come out the same, regardless of the author. If you are using a pencil, it is much warmer to me. Also, there is something about the shine of graphite on parchment that just gets to me. It strikes a chord inside of me. This is very difficult to do with the television going in the background. It is also difficult for me not to back up and make corrections and such. I tend to try to be a very coreect speller. Speller? Is that a word? Back to subject. Handwriting. It is actually much easier to read into a person if they write versus type something. There is actually whole sciences dedicated to studying the ins and outs of the different nuances of a persons writing. This is a difficult assignment. It’s hard to expound much more on this subject, but I have to continue typing without stopping until the timer goes off. I don’t know how much time is left because my phone has went blank. I hope it goes off soon. SO, pencil and paper versus typing. Also I’m not that fast at typing. It feels that my thoughts tend to flow more readily if I’m using a pencil and paper… Maybe it’s just me b……

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