Month: April 2017
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.
Unit 4 reflection
I always love this unit. For some reason, I am good at navigating these websites and figuring out how to work them. I love how my website turned out even though I have a good bit left to finish. My topic also did not bother me because in each unit, I changed it slightly each time. I feel accomplished and I’m just ready for that final push!
Unit 3 Reflection
My advice to a new student beginning the research paper would be to never be afraid to email their teacher and ask for help because it really does help. I would also discuss with them how helpful the student samples are and how they can contribute to their paper. I would talk about how they should put a lot of effort into the annotated bib because it helps so much with the works cited page, citing, commentary, and makes sure you have enough sources for your paper. I really liked the annotated bib (after it was done) because it has been so useful in my paper. If you forgot what a source was about, you could easily read the commentary you wrote on the source and decide which source best fits what you need. I would say that although it is sometimes hard to have the introduction or rough draft done in time for peer review, peer review for me was so effective. Also, having your teacher basically make you start on your paper and slowly add day by day helps by not procrastinating the paper and think on it for a long time.
Daily write 4/5/17 revising and adding more attributions for sources
A great example of this is when Turchik says “The male-dominated environment of the military has traditionally not been very inviting or prepared to handle the needs of women. The military is often viewed as an environment that promotes hypermasculinity and rigid sex roles.”
Revised:
Jessica Turchik, a professor at Stanford University, discusses how the male-dominated environment within the military is not very welcoming when handling the needs of women. “The military is often viewed as an environment that promotes hyper masculinity and rigid sex roles.”
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.