Letter of Introduction

Easily entertained, easily distracted, loud and obnoxious is how most describe me. I love being with friends, even though they are crazy; my family is wonderful when we aren't fighting; bowling is fun, exciting, and is even better with people you enjoy being around, like the bowling team for example; music is a great deal of my life as well, without music i honestly can say I think I'd be on the eighth floor at Methodist; pen and paper would also have to be an advantage of mine that I take pride in, when I was down and depressed i would write it out like a journal so I'd know which day it was, what I was feeling, and the events that lead to the way I was feeling; hanging out with people I enjoy being around such as friends and family. Hanging out with my friend and family could consist of many different things such as bowling, going out to eat, and having parties for any sort of celebrations. When I was three weeks old I was back in the hospital for a little diagnostic called asthma. I have had asthma ever since and it is not getting any better, it is something I have learned to live, cope, and deal with. It is not very appealing to me. Running and myself does not mix very well; it is like taking a fish out of water, not a good idea! Many visits to the emergency room and hospital for checkups were a daily thing for me when I was younger. It seems like every time you turn around I am making new friends in the Prompt Care center. Numbers strike my love and after getting a CPA, I plan to be an Accountant to fill the number passion that I am dealing with. My parents' screw ups made me become who I am today because I do not want to end up making great mistakes like they have. Many bad experiences in my lifetime, even if I was able to pull through them, made me realize who I am and show my family how much of a turn around I could be.

Gas Prices #5

Most of us in the class are near the same age and I can remember when gas was like $1.25 a gallon. Think back, can you remember seeing any gas prices when you were younger? How much were they? Gas prices lately have been crazy! They have been ranged from $1.25 to $3.00 a gallon in the past year. My mom made a remark last night how one week they will be $2.69 then they jump back down a week later to $2.33. Do the gas companies not know what is really going on or are they trying to test their fellow Americans? Most families can not afford to put gas in their cars for transportation. The last couple time I have been on a bus they have been packed full because it is way cheaper to ride them then buy gas for their cars. At $2.33 a gallon it takes my mom $40.. to fill her tank, which lasts three to five days. A bus pass is $25 a month. Think about it. Buses are way cheaper. A lot of people pay a lot more than $40 a gallon to fill up their tanks. They should decide on a gas price and lower it, or raise it ONLY as needed.

Audience #4

I have written a bunch of papers for teachers, friends, family, colleges, myself, and scholarships. The different effects the audiences have had on my writing were how many people I had proof read my papers and how hard I worked to organize the papers. It had many different effects feelings wise because with teachers I was worried about my grade, with friend and family I was normally expressing my feelings, colleges and scholarships I was worried if I did the best to my ability, I was also very stressed out because it was something that my future could possibly depend on. I also expressed my feelings to myself in journals. My audience had many different effects on the way I wrote because I normally was worried about how I did and was very stressed trying to make sure I did my very best and did not make any grammar errors or spelling errors or anything that would not help me achieve my goal. It sometimes took me hours to write a one page paper depending on the audience. My friends always helped me out because they helped me revise a lot of my papers and so did plenty of my other teachers. I find myself as the only audience a lot because that is how I express my feelings when I just plain out right need someone to talk to or something to take my anger out on besides getting in trouble by doing it.

Entry #3 ICC's Smoking Ban

There should be a designated area for the smokers, but I understand that there are people who can not stand the cigarette smoke and do not like to be around it. I believe this because that way it is not that much of a walk to smoke, the weather, and other classes. Personally I believe that it is beyond ridiculous that we have to walk across the bridge to smoke. That is a long walk when you have your next class in ten minutes. The weather could be have an effect too because it could be raining or snowing or something along them lines and some people don’t like getting wet or whatever the case may be. There should be a spot where people can go to smoke like a part that is covered but also a part that is in the open for when it is nice outside. With the rain and the snow people could get sick easier and miss more class if they keep the smoking ban effective. As far as the other classes, like I stated before, people do have to be in their next class, most of the time, in ten minutes. So why have it to where they have to walk all the way out just to get their nicotine fix and then walk all the way to their class. That is a little more than ridiculous. Granted it would not hurt some people to get that exercise but some may not feel up for it that day. Nicotine is a drug, most people I know need it to function properly, by not having it they may be thinking about that cigarette they need instead of actually having their head on straight and listening to their instructor.

Pitbulls- Good VS Bad

I personally think pit bulls are good dogs because I have had two pit bulls and they were both really great dogs. From what I have experienced with many different pit bulls it is in how they are raised, what animals/people they are around while they are growing up and how you treat them. If you treat them nice and praise them for good behavior and punish them for bad behavior they will be good dogs. If you train them to attack anyone and everyone they will do so. The pit bulls I have had were good dogs because of the way they were treated and raised. They knew when they did something bad where to go and what their punishment would be, when they were good they knew what would happen and their rewards and where to go to receive their rewards. My pit bull, Star, was the best dog you could ever have. At the snap of the fingers she would sit, snap them twice and she would lay down. My boyfriend, Star, and I would walk around the riverfront and she was so good that when she would walk in front of us, she would only get so far then she would sit down and look at my boyfriend. If my boyfriend would shake his head no she would stay, if he shook his head yes, she went ahead and took off but she would not go too far because she knew the consequences if she did. She was wonderful with people of all sorts, children, infants, grown-ups. She even loved other animals. We had her and three other dogs and a cat. She was friendly with everyone! She loved the attention. We called her attention hog. Star definitely had a bunch of nick names but she was a dog, all dogs have many different nick names from different people. When she was good she was rewarded walks and treats and different forms of praise. When she was bad she got swatted on the butt with a newspaper and locked in a room for five minutes, depending on what she did. When she got into the trash she would get smacked with whatever was laying around from the garbage that she got into. It could have been a paper plate or a plastic bowl or whatever she really got into honestly. She was the best dog I have ever had! I miss her so much!

Case Study #1

The relation I see in my writing process and my temperament, character or feelings is that when I am anger I really do not organize much, I just write. The way I feel has a lot to do with the way I write. It depends on how I feel about the topic and my views versus other peoples views. My mood that day has a lot to do with it too. If I am not feeling well I will slap something together quickly. If I feel fine but am not sure about the topic itself I will most likely have to brainstorm first and look at my resources, to figure out exactly what my actual views are on the topic. If I feel fine and I like the topic or dislike the topic and I have got strong views on the topic I will brainstorm, organize, put it all together, re-read it a few times, change the things that need to be changed, and then have someone else read through it to get their ideas, opinions, reactions, then I revise it yet again. I have been told by my counselor, when I was younger, that I make writing seem so easy especially when it is a topic I am familiar with. She has also told me, very often, that if words could kill I would be able to do it because of the way I write and the way I express my feelings through writing them out.