Dangerous Games at Owl Creek Bridge.. ha

I didnt expect the ending of Owl Creek Bridge. When it stated that he had fallen asleep and was clearly dreaming, I just assumed he would wake up in the arms of his capture. Having his dream abruptly taken away by his neck snapping was not what I was expecting. I enjoyed how it started with teh end and then went back to tell us how he got there. Moving on to Dangerous Game, I love how in the opening Rainsford is making fun of another character teling her to be a realist, that there are hunters and those who are hunted. Then later he becomes the hunted. I enjoy the twist at the end when Rainsford is assumed dead but in reality isnt.

Omelas

Wow..okay. The idea of locking up one child in a basement just as a reminder to treat the rest well is twisted. If the society needs a constant reminder to be nice, they need thereapy. The town sounded nice, with its music and colors and smiles and such but then they talk about the child in the tool closet. I wish they told us why that child was chosen. Why that child alone must suffer in isolation. Maybe that child commited a crime.. or maybe that child was born with a defect. Along that line of thinking, if the child wasnt beautiful would it be locked away so noone could see it? If so, that is just wrong. In each persons imperfection there is beauty.

The Writing Process

Looking back.. I should have started earlier. I read my four sources, looked for a few more. Made my cute little note cards with quotes and such. The cards are handy in the fact I dont have to flip back through my sources. Taped the cards with each letters representation up infront of my face to make the parentetical citations easier. Now is the hard part, actually writing my essay. Music pumping softly, salad sitting to my left, door's locked, fuzzy socks are on, and Im staring at my computer screen. About two pages in and its starting to get hard. No matter how much information I gather I can never seem to stretch it out over mulitple pages. I need to work on that.

The Course as We Know it..

  Thus far I have mixed feelings about our English class. I am petrified of the day I lose all sense of reality and forget something in my room and have to sprint back to the north complex to get my book. Also afraid of the day my phone goes off and I have to perform a little dance for the class. These small fears aside, I enjoy when we make a circle like shape and have discussions. It bores me to sit there and listen to a lecture like I do in Psychology and Anatomy. I enjoy it when we can see everyone and we all get to talk. We all seem a lot more talkative when we are in a circle. Maybe it is less intimidating. I'm not a major fan of the debates. I am not a fan of the writers classes for extra credit all being when I can not attend (although you have no say in their times.. just thought I would throw that out there). Hmm not sure what else to mention. This class isn't my favorite due to the fact I don't like English. I feel I haven't really become a better writer.. my essays still lack that cohesive touch. I put time and effort into my papers but they never seem to turn out as I intend.

My Research Paper

I have decided to write about Type One Diabetes, or Juvenile Diabetes.

I will open up with facts on it, like how one in ten Americans have type one and how it isn't hereditary. I will talk about the differences between type one and type two. I will go on to talk about the technologies being created to make it manageable and where that will go in the future. Branching off of this sub section, I will talk about the few studies being done to cure diabetes. Currently there is one in England that is being experimented with. I will also talk about stem cell research that is focusing on how type one comes about and how they can prevent it.

Some of the questions I hope to answer are..
   1) What solutions are being proposed to cure diabetes?
   2) How close are scientists to finding the cause of diabetes?
   3) What technologies are being researched to better diabetes management?

I believe I can keep personal experience out of this paper. =]

What to write about?

Alright.. so.. this research paper. I can not quite decide what to talk about. I look at the list we wrote in class and I see some topics that could be good but if I write about something I don't know much about it might be better. I was thinking about writing about how smoking shouldn't be allowed in public. When an individual decides to smoke it effects everyone around them, not just themselves. I can be really passionate about that topic due to my grandma passing away due to lung cancer brought on by second hand smoke. Another topic I would like to talk about would be Diabetes. The research, the technologies, and even the prejudice I sometimes receive. I have been told I cant do certain activities due to my chronic disease as well as not receiving the same items as everyone else due to being diabetic. Just because I am diabetic doesn't mean I don't want the cookies. Just saying. Ignorance on diabetes is just annoying. If you have a question just ask me, don't assume.

As of right now those are my two choices I am thinking about.. I haven't quite decided which to do just yet.

Presentation Day

In class on Thursday all the groups presented their projects about revision strategies. The ones that are still vivid in my memory would be Dereck's Frankenstein example with jello, and the names like Cutting Clutter. I feel the presentations were really helpful. I used multiple strategies when revising my own essay that were presented in class. Having access to those on D2L will be beneficial later on when I find myself sitting in my dorm room staring at my computer wondering what to do next. Try as I might, those moments are inevitable.