October 10, 2016

This weekend we had the homecoming game and my team had to meet at 11:30am. A lot of girls were late and our coach was getting mad. Usually I’m one of the late ones so I was enjoying sitting back and not getting yelled at. One of the girls texted me and asked me to…

October 5, 2016

I honestly just skimmed this article Monday because I thought we needed it that day and I had to re-skim it today. While reading this article I realized that some of the things he says I already have been trying to do especially when we peer edit. Most people when reading things they just read…

October 3, 2016

Since this semester has began I am doing pretty well. I learned the hard way that my UNIV instructor was not going to be informing us about online homework but now I make sure to check all my classes. Keeping up with school work and cheer practices or games has been kind of difficult though.…

September 28, 2016

I think the most helpful part of coming up with topics for this research proposal was coming up with multiple questions that made us think and come up with more ideas. I started off looking up sources that would support or answer my questions, that way I could get a feel about how many sources…

September 26, 2016

Since discussing the email in class last Wednesday I have received the emails offering support and witnessed one of the large protests. I like that the university has made its available resources clear to the students if they need someone to consult with about whats been going on. On Friday at the game I was…

September 21 2016

Rhetoric is an important use when speaking and writing. Using rhetoric when writing allows a writer to think about their audience and the way you want them to perceive your writing. This allows you to create a more powerful and affective message. Thinking back to my previous writing I realized that I have always slightly struggled. It…

September 19, 2016

In the article about Wikipedia I thought it was really interesting when it said to see the cite as a starting place and not as a resource. Although wikipedia is not always the most reliable because of how it can be edited by anyone with incorrect information, it can be used in very helpful ways.…

September 14, 2016

In my previous experiences with research papers they were main in middle school and early high school. I was always given a certain topic to research by the teacher. That was alway accompanied by a list of key points I had to include in the paper. When we were allowed to kind of pick our…