Category: Daily Writes
Daily Write 5/1/17
-Reasons for sexual assault within the military
-Gender Stereotypes
-College Identity
-Should the drinking age be lowered in the US?
-Would you help a refugee?
These are just some of the multiple papers I have done throughout this year. Some of my research can effect my future career as a teacher and it will effect how I think about my future students. These different things have effected how I think about equality for the most part. I used to be afraid of the words feminism and gender equality. Mainly because I had learned about them in a negative connotation. Now that I understand them, I know these are not things that should constantly be pushed aside. I should not let things that bother me continue to bother me. If no one else will say something, then I know I should.
Daily Write 4/28/17
Life after high school is so much more than I thought it would be. During the end of my senior year, I was freaking out. What was orientation going to be like? Would I make new friends? Would I be forgotten in high school after I left? College is not what I expected it to be, by any means, but I would not change a thing if I was able. Do not get me wrong, there is a lot of coffee, a lot of hours the library, required things to go to, a lot of procrastination, and stress. There is more stress than anything else, but would you be doing it right if there wasn’t? College was the absolute best decision of my life for a lot of different reasons: I have met so many new friends who are like family to me now. I finally got away from home. I am so much more experienced now with how everything works in college and what I need to do to be successful.
Daily Write 4/26/17
There I was, a senior in high school all high and mighty. I thought I had everything figured out, but little did I know. Honestly, scared out of my mind to step foot on campus. What would happen if I got lost? Who was going to help me? There I was scared yet cocky at the same time trying to push away my fears of not being in high school anymore. Fears of not being smart enough. Fears of not being good enough. Would I be forgotten? I was confused. Broken. I was so sure of my decisions, but what if I was wrong? In reality I just did not want to admit I was lost just like everyone else. What I would give to go back and tell myself that it was okay to feel this way. It was okay to not know what I was doing. That even though everything did not turn out as planned, it turned out okay. It gets better.
Daily Write 4/24/17
In my epilogue post in December, I wrote “I had a ‘reality check’ during my very first week at Ole Miss. I said ‘I have already done more in a week than I did in the first semester of high school.’ I almost expected college to be harder than it is, but it is mainly just different. I enjoy the challenges that have been thrown at me. Of course, I did not like them at the time, but they made me much stronger in the long run.”
At the time, I was not ready for the multiple reality checks I would later have during second semester. I realized the moments I thought were so bad were actually nothing compared to things I have had to go through during Spring Semester. Spring Semester has not been awful by any means. I have had more time because of not having marching band. I have made even more friends and I went to visit my family a lot more than I originally had been. I am very happy with how spring semester has turned out for me, but I still went through so much more and I have matured a lot since last semester academically and in every other area.
I am so much happier than I was during the first semester of college. I did not know for sure what I wanted to do, even though I told myself I did. I have put myself and my feeling first. I have grown spiritually, physically, and mentally. It gets harder, but it gets better.
Daily write 4/3/17 Peer review of rough draft
The peer review was pretty helpful today. My paper has a long way to go so it was a little difficult to analyze, but my partner gave me some good feedback. My revision plans for Wednesday are to add in places I need to expand, add in my solution paragraphs, and really dig into my annotated bib and add in all of my sources and how they connect to the paper. In my paper, I also need to connect how the military and sexual assault are connected and really expand on what is going on with this epidemic, then expand on how I believe hyper masculine stereotypes are contributing to this problem.
Daily Write 3/31/17
My counterclaim for my research paper would be the religious views that say women are supposed to submit to the husband. I believe that the man should be the spiritual leader of the household, but not overbearing and not someone women are expected to submit and tend to every need they have. Although many believe men should be the spiritual leader of the household and someone their family should look to for advice and look up to. This authority should not turn violent, abusive, or submissive.
Daily Write 3/20/17
My research of my research paper topic has become much more specific and I’ve discovered that not everything, especially something more broad, is easy to write about or find research on. I have read a lot of different views on my topic and seen different people’s points and how they affect their readers. I have read a lot more examples of how male stereotyping can affect women and learned a lot of things I never necessarily thought of before. Seeing both sides of this argument helps as well because you can really see where the counter argument is coming from. They are not necessarily wrong and have reason for what they believe, and, because I understand this, this makes my argument stronger.
Daily Write 3/6/17 Peer review- Annotated bib
Today’s peer review was very helpful to me because I was able to see a lot of great examples of different formatting, ideas, and how others did their conclusions. I am personally struggling with my conclusion and some examples in my annotated bib. Reading other people’s comments on my annotated bib was also very helpful because it gave me advice on some things that I did not necessarily notice on my own.
Daily Write Feb 27th 2017
I found it very interesting the way that the parents from the better school stereotyped these students and hearing both sides from each schools. Especially if these new students are going out of their way to get a better education, if they were really “bad” they would not go out of their way to get a better education. These parents need to consider how bad the other school actually is considering that these leaving students would drive 30+ minutes just to go to a better school
Daily Write 2/15/17 Synthesis Paper concerns/ process
I feel really good about this paper. I really understand both of my sources and have very strong opinions and concerns about the topics with a lot to write about. I really do not have any concerns or questions about this paper. I feel like I am going to do really well with this topic.