Friday, March 13, 2009
Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow
Concluding this class is a bit sad. During the course of English 98 I have grown as a person and a writer. In the beginning of this class I could not write effectively, or analytically, and now I can. I also improved on my ability to bring a paper through the writing process. Thank you for reading my best works and I hope it is apparent that Peace Love and Hope is all a person needs. I would also like to give a big thank you to my English 98 teacher and class. I would have never become the strong writer I am today without them.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
The Real Me
Inventory of being
I am Krystal
I have aged for nineteen years though it feels like longer.
I am an old soul.
I should have been born during a time of love of nature in the mountains where electricity couldn't reach.
The outer shell of my being is wrong to me sometimes I look in the mirror and am surprised.
Sometimes I see a pretty girl with dirty blonde hair, pale complexion, high cheekbones, aqua marine eyes with a white smile but I feel like a child.
Where did the years go? I spent them in my room hiding from the world.
I am a girl desperately trying to become a woman, a Christian to the core, and a romantic all the time.
I love being in love and everything that entails.
I am the daughter of a strong woman that sometimes goes retro when a man is involved.
I like to open my heart and let loose the spirit inside, through song and dance.
I love God above all things. My other half falls under him, though we have not sealed our love with the forever kiss.
I hope to change the world through research and medicine.
I believe that the Lord and love is all one could ever need.
I know I am in love and I know the periodic table, of course.
I don’t understand how someone can want war and personal possessions.
My mother and sister I look up to because they are strong, and one day I hope to be. As a good Christian I try to lead a life like Jesus.
I hate war. The fact that people kill over pieces of paper kills me inside.
I could not bear to live a life without my Lord and savior.
I spend too much on people that don’t love me back.
If I had all the money in the world I'd help my mom, but I would still be me living by the river wearing a free flowing dress.
I wish there was no lies, that one could trust everybody.
I sometimes shake and get dizzy; I am an introvert working at being a social butterfly.
I plan to be a doctor of medical science and research how to help social disorders as I could not be helped when I was a child.
I am honest, but I trust no one. I love. I love so much I hate it.
My name is Krystal, and this is the real me.
I am Krystal
I have aged for nineteen years though it feels like longer.
I am an old soul.
I should have been born during a time of love of nature in the mountains where electricity couldn't reach.
The outer shell of my being is wrong to me sometimes I look in the mirror and am surprised.
Sometimes I see a pretty girl with dirty blonde hair, pale complexion, high cheekbones, aqua marine eyes with a white smile but I feel like a child.
Where did the years go? I spent them in my room hiding from the world.
I am a girl desperately trying to become a woman, a Christian to the core, and a romantic all the time.
I love being in love and everything that entails.
I am the daughter of a strong woman that sometimes goes retro when a man is involved.
I like to open my heart and let loose the spirit inside, through song and dance.
I love God above all things. My other half falls under him, though we have not sealed our love with the forever kiss.
I hope to change the world through research and medicine.
I believe that the Lord and love is all one could ever need.
I know I am in love and I know the periodic table, of course.
I don’t understand how someone can want war and personal possessions.
My mother and sister I look up to because they are strong, and one day I hope to be. As a good Christian I try to lead a life like Jesus.
I hate war. The fact that people kill over pieces of paper kills me inside.
I could not bear to live a life without my Lord and savior.
I spend too much on people that don’t love me back.
If I had all the money in the world I'd help my mom, but I would still be me living by the river wearing a free flowing dress.
I wish there was no lies, that one could trust everybody.
I sometimes shake and get dizzy; I am an introvert working at being a social butterfly.
I plan to be a doctor of medical science and research how to help social disorders as I could not be helped when I was a child.
I am honest, but I trust no one. I love. I love so much I hate it.
My name is Krystal, and this is the real me.
Introduction to The Real Me
I chose to add this piece in my E portfolio because I had a lot of fun writing inventory of being. There are some spots where I don’t even remember writing so well, I am proud of this piece. I was totally open and honest with a bunch of strangers I have never met and that is not like me. Throughout this class I have grown and looking back on what I used to think was me, I am no longer “an introvert desperately trying to be an extrovert”. I am a good person that can finally talk to people without having social disorders get in the way. When I read, “I love God above all things. My other half falls under him, though we have not sealed our love with the forever kiss.” I remembered the pretty imagery that created in my mind. The way I represented the marital first kiss using word choice is poetry. I am proud of this piece because it’s the real me.
Writing Analytically (Three Cups of Tea)
SEMINAR 4
Words I had to look up
Pantheon= a public building containing tombs or memorials of the illustrious dead of a nation.
Tenacity= the quality or state of being tenacious; as, tenacity, or retentiveness, of memory; tenacity, or persistency, of purpose.
Monetary= of or pertaining to the coinage or currency of a country
Phantasmagorical= a shifting series of phantasms, illusions, or deceptive appearances, as in a dream or as created by the imagination.
Kowtowing= to kneel and touch the forehead to the ground in expression of deep respect, worship, or submission, as formerly done in China.
Theme: Start them Young
“Mortenson decided CAI schools should educate students only up to fifth grade and focus on increasing the enrollment of girls. Once you educate the boys they tend to leave the villages and go search for work in the cities. But the girls stay home, become leaders in the community, and pass on what they’ve learned. If you really want to change a culture, to empower women, improve basic hygiene and health care, and fight infant mortality, the answer is to educate the girls.” Pg 209
In this quote Mortenson was trying to come up with a solution to Pakistan’s healthcare problems because babies were dying. The women of the villages didn’t know how to properly care for their babies when it came to hygiene. Mortenson believes that if he can educate the people of Pakistan up to fifth grade everything will change. The boys won’t have to tend to the sheep and the girls will have the knowledge to keep their people alive and not die because of sanitary ignorance. Then the girls will teach other girls what they know. If the children are educated young at least they will have a fighting chance.
“Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen’s idea that you can change a culture by giving its girls the tools to grow up educated so they can help themselves.” pg 234
Once again this is another quote expressing the need for children especially girls to be educated at a young age. It is Mortenson’s own experience that this is true. Mortenson has heard of a girl from Pakistan that went to school and afterward is accepted into college and has dreams of being a doctor. Educate them young and they will change the world.
“From the age of twelve, she said, she felt a calling to work with the poor, and began training for missionary work.” Pg 236
This is the perfect example of the young being educated and changing the world. Mother Teresa started her lifetime work at age twelve. Most little girls at this time are just learning their how to divide and in America these little girls are in 6th grade so they have a little over the same education Pakistan children that go to a CAI school. However, in Pakistan the average fifth grader is fifteen. At the age of twelve Mother Teresa feels this tugging on her heart and sets to work at a young age and she did change the world. When people think of a good person to the core, they contrast it to her. It is because Mother Teresa started out so young that she accomplished so much.
Hey I noticed that some people were on the same line as me. The theme for chapters 16 through 20 is obviously education is the answer. I thought it was particularly interesting that Mortenson thought once someone reaches fifth grade level. In America children aren’t allowed to be alone in the fifth grade, yet Mortenson believes people can stand on their own. America and Pakistan are so different it is scary to see the responsibilities that they in the small hands of children in Pakistan when ours are so protected. Does anyone else believe the same?
Words I had to look up
Pantheon= a public building containing tombs or memorials of the illustrious dead of a nation.
Tenacity= the quality or state of being tenacious; as, tenacity, or retentiveness, of memory; tenacity, or persistency, of purpose.
Monetary= of or pertaining to the coinage or currency of a country
Phantasmagorical= a shifting series of phantasms, illusions, or deceptive appearances, as in a dream or as created by the imagination.
Kowtowing= to kneel and touch the forehead to the ground in expression of deep respect, worship, or submission, as formerly done in China.
Theme: Start them Young
“Mortenson decided CAI schools should educate students only up to fifth grade and focus on increasing the enrollment of girls. Once you educate the boys they tend to leave the villages and go search for work in the cities. But the girls stay home, become leaders in the community, and pass on what they’ve learned. If you really want to change a culture, to empower women, improve basic hygiene and health care, and fight infant mortality, the answer is to educate the girls.” Pg 209
In this quote Mortenson was trying to come up with a solution to Pakistan’s healthcare problems because babies were dying. The women of the villages didn’t know how to properly care for their babies when it came to hygiene. Mortenson believes that if he can educate the people of Pakistan up to fifth grade everything will change. The boys won’t have to tend to the sheep and the girls will have the knowledge to keep their people alive and not die because of sanitary ignorance. Then the girls will teach other girls what they know. If the children are educated young at least they will have a fighting chance.
“Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen’s idea that you can change a culture by giving its girls the tools to grow up educated so they can help themselves.” pg 234
Once again this is another quote expressing the need for children especially girls to be educated at a young age. It is Mortenson’s own experience that this is true. Mortenson has heard of a girl from Pakistan that went to school and afterward is accepted into college and has dreams of being a doctor. Educate them young and they will change the world.
“From the age of twelve, she said, she felt a calling to work with the poor, and began training for missionary work.” Pg 236
This is the perfect example of the young being educated and changing the world. Mother Teresa started her lifetime work at age twelve. Most little girls at this time are just learning their how to divide and in America these little girls are in 6th grade so they have a little over the same education Pakistan children that go to a CAI school. However, in Pakistan the average fifth grader is fifteen. At the age of twelve Mother Teresa feels this tugging on her heart and sets to work at a young age and she did change the world. When people think of a good person to the core, they contrast it to her. It is because Mother Teresa started out so young that she accomplished so much.
Hey I noticed that some people were on the same line as me. The theme for chapters 16 through 20 is obviously education is the answer. I thought it was particularly interesting that Mortenson thought once someone reaches fifth grade level. In America children aren’t allowed to be alone in the fifth grade, yet Mortenson believes people can stand on their own. America and Pakistan are so different it is scary to see the responsibilities that they in the small hands of children in Pakistan when ours are so protected. Does anyone else believe the same?
Introduction to Analyzing Three Cups of Tea
This is a snippet of my seminar work where I analyzed Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson. In this seminar the assignment was to pick a few quotes that fit a theme that resonates throughout the book. The theme I saw and pointed out that most of my group saw was Education is the answer and to educate children young, so they can impact the world. Some places where my ability to analyze shown through particularly was in my first quote I realized what Mortenson meant by “schools should educate students only up to fifth grade and focus on increasing the enrollment of girls.” (Mortenson pg 209) Because I analyzed his words and got out the theme “educate them young”.
Writing Effectively
THESIS STATEMENTS DB 3
1. Amnesty should be provided to all immigrants that are already embedded in these United States because they have already made a life here, and after all we are a nation of immigrants.
2. Going to college may be stressful, but very worthwhile in the end toward a career.
3. Instead of shipping Grandma off to the nursing home, family should take care of their relatives.
5. An Inconvenient Truth has impacted the world's view of global warming by using evidence, and research in addition to presenting them in a hip new way through cartoons.
7. America needs to change to be a more fuel efficient economy by using solar power cars.
1. Amnesty should be provided to all immigrants that are already embedded in these United States because they have already made a life here, and after all we are a nation of immigrants.
2. Going to college may be stressful, but very worthwhile in the end toward a career.
3. Instead of shipping Grandma off to the nursing home, family should take care of their relatives.
5. An Inconvenient Truth has impacted the world's view of global warming by using evidence, and research in addition to presenting them in a hip new way through cartoons.
7. America needs to change to be a more fuel efficient economy by using solar power cars.
Introduction to Writing Effectively
In this assignment I was instructed to write effective thesis statements. This was one of the first discussion boards done around January of 2009. The reason I chose to include this discussion board assignment is because in the past I always thought my thesis statements were my weak spots. However, after reading the responses I received for these thesis statements, I no longer believe so. I especially liked my first thesis statement because it hits the heart of the issue and brings up a valid point, “we are a nation of immigrants.”
Journey Through the Writing Process
Krystal Harlow
Professor Shen
English 98
3 March 4 2009
Student vs. Working Student
As one reaches adulthood, they have many life choices to make including how they will pay for tuition and expenses while attending school. For those who have an option of working or not, it is better to focus on schoolwork rather than juggle class and work schedules. Both have their specific advantages, but it is better to go to school full time than to divide one’s time between work and school if at all possible.
Professor Shen
English 98
3 March 4 2009
Student vs. Working Student
As one reaches adulthood, they have many life choices to make including how they will pay for tuition and expenses while attending school. For those who have an option of working or not, it is better to focus on schoolwork rather than juggle class and work schedules. Both have their specific advantages, but it is better to go to school full time than to divide one’s time between work and school if at all possible.
Of course, not all working while in school is bad because there are benefits too. One benefit to working while in school is the student can afford to have play money when exams are over or there is free time. There is another advantage to working. On the working student’s resume, they will have something to write down and employers are looking for experience more than anything else. Another huge advantage for the working student is they do not need to take out a loan because they can pay their tuition with the money earned at their occupation. The average student in North Dakota for a two year degree pay over three thousand dollars, proof of this fact comes from “Tuition and fees at BSC average $3,773 compared to $2,737 nationally, according to a report by BSC to the state Senate Appropriations Committee in January.”
Then again if a person decides to work and go to school at the same time there are many disadvantages. One disadvantage to the student is they may have to attend classes around their work schedule. This is problematic because the student might have to wait for certain classes to come around again if they missed out on the class the first time it was offered. Another disadvantage is the grade the student may receive could be affected because of lack of studying time “For example, an increase in study effort of one hour per day (an increase of approximately .67 of a standard deviation in our sample) is estimated to have the same effect on grades as a 5.74 point increase in ACT scores (an increase of 1.54 standard deviations in our sample and 1.21 standard deviations among all ACT test takers” <http://www.clevelandfed.org/research/conferences/ 2005/ November/Papers/ Stine bricknerPaperFINALweb>. If the student would have studied more then, they could have received a better grade. One more downside to working while still in school is school takes up a lot of time. So when one is either at work or studying for a test, there is not much time for anything else including a social life. Another downside to working is the people that chose to go for their degree ahead of working people will have the advantage of being out in the working world before the working students; therefore, they will get the jobs they want faster and start earning money faster at those higher paying jobs.
There are many more benefits to being a full time student while attending school than a working student. If one focuses on earning their degree then they will earn their degree faster than the working person because the working person has to go to classes around their work schedule. Freshman year is tough people just starting out sometimes need a little extra help. Being a full time student means having more time to devote to their studies and tutoring if needed. In a world of hectic people, if one is focused on earning their degree they may have less stress then the people constantly worrying about losing their jobs, and how they will pass their next test and when they will finally earn their diploma of choice. Yes, there won’t be as much money to spend on free time and they will need to apply for scholarships and loans, but being a full time student is still better because it is less stressful. Let us look at two pictures of two different students that made their choices.
So imagine a student working at a store and on the student’s free time instead of relaxing after someone chewed them out while on the floor. They are busily working on their homework and studying for their test. The test is scheduled for the next day when the boss comes in and says they need to work late. The student doesn’t have much choice because jobs are hard to come by right now. So they take their test and do poorly because they didn’t have enough time to study. In addition to their mind being worried about losing their job the working student is left with a failing grade, and layoffs are around the corner. Who would want to live this life?
Or better yet picture this…a student wakes up fully refreshed, enjoys a book. After that, looks online for scholarships they qualify for because their grades are high which was made possible by all the studying the student did. The student is relaxed because they have been studying for the past few weeks for the test. So they know the material and take the test. Finally the student receives an A and goes on to celebrate with a few friends they met in class.
School is so crucial towards a young person’s life the social aspect i.e.: the connections they make, the grades are so important to what they become in twenty years. Which picture would anyone like to live in because both people are found everywhere in school at the coffee shop, using the computers, and another playing guitar outside on the lawn. There are two pictures to choose from one struggling to find scholarships to pay for their expenses, and the other struggling to pay for school, work, study, and if there is time possibly find some time to have a social life.. The struggling for money student sounds a lot better than the stressed out working one.
In conclusion, there are only two choices to make for the student that has the option of not working for a living. Whether it is, to slave away for the man or at the books there are disadvantages to both sides. But the disadvantages on the full time student side are much less then the never ending to do list of the working student. The benefits of the full time student far outweigh the money struggles because it makes up for the issues. If a student had the choice of not working versus working and going to school the better choice is being a full time student.
Full Time Student vs. Working Student
Bibliography
1. Haley, Jen. "Student Loan Debt- How to Get Relief." CNN. 2 Mar. 2009
2. Kincaid, Sara. "College Costs Compared to National Figures." 24 Feb. 2009. ProQuest. Bismarck Tribune, Bismarck, ND. 3 Mar. 2009
Introduction to the Argument Paper
It took me a few tries but I am confident in this piece. I took the argument paper through much scrutiny when put through the writing process. The title is Student vs. Working student. In this last paper written in early March, I was instructed to “write an argument paper that demonstrates your understanding of what a good argument essay is as well as all the parts of an effective essay.” (Phebe Shen) I believe I did that well. One of the things I believe I excelled in was, my voice came through in an articulate way, and my organization skills greatly improved from the start of the class. As well as my thesis statement was strong and clear and I researched both the negative aspects and the benefits. After reading over Phebe’s comments my new thesis statement is even stronger than before. “Both have their specific advantages, but it is better to go to school full time than to divide one’s time between work and school if at all possible.” So therefore my revision skills greatly improved.
Hello Reader!
What a trip it has been in English 98! I am Krystal Harlow, and when I started this class, I was completely confused because I had never done an online class before. At first this class was a nightmare because I am what they called computer illiterate. However, Phebe has been a great teacher along with my fellow classmates. I joined this class because I am going for my associates in science/premed program. My ultimate goal is to join the Peace Corps so the book Three Cups of Tea, a book about a man overcoming cultural barriers to educate children in the middle east, I read and analyzed was particularly of interest to me.
While reading Three Cups of Tea I learned a lot about people in general. Most of my time when I was a child, I would watch people have fun, but would stay indoors myself. Meeting Carlos Buhler, a climber like Mortenson from Three Cups of Tea, was quite inspiring and it forced me to leave my house. After reading Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson I am convinced it is my destiny to help people because when I read about his tales I said “I want that too, I want to help.” However, one needs more than just wanting to help, they need to learn. In English 98 that is what I have done. My writing, analyze and revision skills greatly improved throughout English 98.
The most important part of this course that taught me so much was the service learning portion of English 98. During my service learning I spent Thursday mornings at Praise Chapel. Serving and preparing meals for the homeless has become one of the highlights of my week. It pained me when I could not make it in because I was sick for three days. Fortunately breakfast went on smoothly without me but I still don’t want to miss another Thursday morning with the best people I have ever met. Those people include the volunteers and the people that are down on their luck. I have learned the most from Teresa, a woman that attends Praise Chapel and has become something like the leader of Thursday mornings. She brings her three children in and the boys help serve the homeless and clean up after them. The boys often fight over who gets to help. This is so refreshing to hear from young ones. Start em young was my seminar four’s title and it is true. If we teach the children to do well and help themselves maybe this world is not lost to evil just yet. I hope you enjoy my selection and remember teach the young ones from past mistakes and maybe they won’t suffer as our generation does.
Some things I got out of English 98 are; I learned how to write an argument essay which I chose to write a paper persuading students to not work while they were in school. Another thing I picked up along this winding down road to the completion of English 98, was the ability to write effectively which I feel I did in the first Discussion Board, Inventory of being which I properly titled The Real Me. The next thing I learned was how to analyze a piece of writing which I feel I did most the time while reading Three cups of tea. My favorite seminar that I think I did very well using my new skill of analyzing was the fourth seminar. The final piece I will share is my writer’s choice. This was a hard one to choose because there are a few assignments which I feel I showed my writing abilities very well. The piece I chose in the end was the thesis statements we were told to make in the very beginning in Discussion Board three because before this class I always thought that my thesis statements were my weak point. Phebe proved me wrong when she used my assignment as an example of good thesis statements, so I am proud of this assignment especially. So those are my picks and I hope they are enjoyable, educational and really hit why peace love and hope is all the world needs.
While reading Three Cups of Tea I learned a lot about people in general. Most of my time when I was a child, I would watch people have fun, but would stay indoors myself. Meeting Carlos Buhler, a climber like Mortenson from Three Cups of Tea, was quite inspiring and it forced me to leave my house. After reading Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson I am convinced it is my destiny to help people because when I read about his tales I said “I want that too, I want to help.” However, one needs more than just wanting to help, they need to learn. In English 98 that is what I have done. My writing, analyze and revision skills greatly improved throughout English 98.
The most important part of this course that taught me so much was the service learning portion of English 98. During my service learning I spent Thursday mornings at Praise Chapel. Serving and preparing meals for the homeless has become one of the highlights of my week. It pained me when I could not make it in because I was sick for three days. Fortunately breakfast went on smoothly without me but I still don’t want to miss another Thursday morning with the best people I have ever met. Those people include the volunteers and the people that are down on their luck. I have learned the most from Teresa, a woman that attends Praise Chapel and has become something like the leader of Thursday mornings. She brings her three children in and the boys help serve the homeless and clean up after them. The boys often fight over who gets to help. This is so refreshing to hear from young ones. Start em young was my seminar four’s title and it is true. If we teach the children to do well and help themselves maybe this world is not lost to evil just yet. I hope you enjoy my selection and remember teach the young ones from past mistakes and maybe they won’t suffer as our generation does.
Some things I got out of English 98 are; I learned how to write an argument essay which I chose to write a paper persuading students to not work while they were in school. Another thing I picked up along this winding down road to the completion of English 98, was the ability to write effectively which I feel I did in the first Discussion Board, Inventory of being which I properly titled The Real Me. The next thing I learned was how to analyze a piece of writing which I feel I did most the time while reading Three cups of tea. My favorite seminar that I think I did very well using my new skill of analyzing was the fourth seminar. The final piece I will share is my writer’s choice. This was a hard one to choose because there are a few assignments which I feel I showed my writing abilities very well. The piece I chose in the end was the thesis statements we were told to make in the very beginning in Discussion Board three because before this class I always thought that my thesis statements were my weak point. Phebe proved me wrong when she used my assignment as an example of good thesis statements, so I am proud of this assignment especially. So those are my picks and I hope they are enjoyable, educational and really hit why peace love and hope is all the world needs.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
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