BLOGGER

I actually enjoy blogging its very relaxing especially when you get to choose your own topic. It also helps me get comfortable with typing. I have always enjoyed typing but never have I gotten to type on an every week basis. Blogging helps approve my writing also, I've noticed that I do a better job with my grammar and my content also. I also enjoy all the comments from my fellow classmates, as well as reading their blogs and commenting. I think that blogging is perfect way to socialize and to get to know people on more of a personal level. I remember talking about how much I love basketball and when I read the comments there was a lot of encouragement to continue on with my love for it. Its just nice to know that there are people that can relate to you. It also makes you feel good about your writing when you post a blog because your actually writing about something that you like and something you can relate to. I only struggled a little bit with my blog experience and that was actually creating it i could not figure out how to personalize my page. i kept going back and forth to the instructions to see if I missed anything. I honestly was trying to figure it out for like 20 mins. Obviously I figured out but I was getting a little upset when i first started my blog. Other then that i truly enjoy blogging.

Peer Reviews

Peer review was not only helpful it was interesting. It gave us time to see what someone else thought about our paper but also to see their style in writing. It wasn't anything I didn't like, but I like how our group took turns and explained our comment so that they are completely understandable. If there was a comment we didn’t understand or was not correct we were able to point it out without any problems. I was kind of confused when I started the paper on my own and I didn’t know exactly where to go with it. When one of my members told me to add more about my experiences, how literacy affected me through out my life, and not so much of defining literacy. We also took time out to make sure we understood each other’s point. At first we tried to guess each other’s points and it made it more interesting. I was able to come up with a point on what literacy meant to me and also how it affected me through my years in school. Personally I gained a lot of knowledge on what the audience may be looking for. At first I was confused about the topic and how we were supposed to go about it. When we had peer reviews it actually made clear what I was supposed to be writing about. They gave me ideas on how I could relate my paper to myself. I gained a lot of insight from the peer reviews. I feel like it would be very helpful to do it again.  

Being A Role Model

I believe that being a role model is important to this day and age. Without positive role models in certain neighborhoods, it have an affect on how that community is brought up. Many teenager are very similar and and a lot of them follows the crowd and If the crowd is into doing negative things for fun then the followers see those things as cool and whats in. For instances In my old school fighting between certain parts of the city was very popular if you were not down with this group or then it created beef. It would be things; such as don't talk to her she from this side of town and you not. the kids younger then them would try to impress them and join the lil gangs or just try to do things to be seen. I was always the type to do my own thing and give the younger generation something to look forward to. I remember looking at me as though I was so cool when the other kids selling drugs or fighting when I would be working or at basket ball practice and how it feel to know that some of your old friends are in jail after graduation and I was in college trying to make something of myself. Kids dream and when they are brought up in a community where shooting somebody was cool rather than being successful. Kids need more people that are willing to set in example and give back to the community. Communities fall apart when there isn't anything to look forward to. I just want to live in a community where helping each other is more popular then much money you can make in the street. Bad thing is some people can't even help there situations, however many people give in to minimum wage and selling dime bags. It’s the F*@# it mentality that makes communities. I just would rather be a role model and give back to the community.