"Oh my gosh! Hold on lets take a selfie!" This is something I hear way too often in my day to day life. It doesn't matter where we are what we are doing or who we are doing it with the world needs to know how amazing we look. It is just expected that each day a flawlessly edited photo with a perfect filter is shared to the world. Basically instagram, twitter and facebook are tools to boost our self esteem and make our lives seem way more interesting than they really are. Over glorification on how amazing your life is and bragging to the world about how absolutely amazing you are.
Personally, I have never taken part in any of these social media sights myself. I like having my own privacy and don't feel the need to let everyone on the planet know what I ate for dinner. Does any one out there really even care? I feel like I have my own problems in my life so why would I ever want to share those to everyone hooked on these social sights.
The obsession people have with these sights worries me. How is anyone going to be happy with what they have anymore, and most importantly are people going to know how to communicate with each other in person anymore? These thoughts truly do worry me and in the passage, Here I am Taking my Own Picture, they clearly hit all of these sad but truthful points about the effect of these social sights.
-Maddie Rzeppa
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Revise Revise Revise
The never ending tornado of revising has officially hit me. Proejct 3 is in the final stages of revising. As painful as it is too get through every second is worth the ending result. The first thing I do is go through each paragraph, reading it aloud. This helps me find any mistakes or things I want to change. Once I am happy with that paragraph and I think it is perfect I move on to the next.
I think the most important thing about revising is having other people read your work and edit it. I always make sure both my mom and my dad are able to read through it and point out any mistakes. I also had my boss read through my paper because she has a masters in English. It is very beneficial having other people around you read your work. This helps you find any mistakes you may have missed.
When everyone has put there two cents in my paper I read through it again out loud to myself. Sometimes I may need to reword some sentences, or change some thoughts around, but when I am satisfied the feeling of completion hits. Know you just hope for the best and know you have done everything to make this paper the best.
-Maddie Rzeppa
I think the most important thing about revising is having other people read your work and edit it. I always make sure both my mom and my dad are able to read through it and point out any mistakes. I also had my boss read through my paper because she has a masters in English. It is very beneficial having other people around you read your work. This helps you find any mistakes you may have missed.
When everyone has put there two cents in my paper I read through it again out loud to myself. Sometimes I may need to reword some sentences, or change some thoughts around, but when I am satisfied the feeling of completion hits. Know you just hope for the best and know you have done everything to make this paper the best.
-Maddie Rzeppa
What the F***?
Last weekend I was hanging out with my friend from Poland. He has been her a year now and his English has improved greatly. When we were out the other day I never realized how much he swore. It was almost every sentence he dropped an considerably inappropriate word.
Personally, I do think swearing is a normal relaxed thing to do and is a way of expressing your feelings. But as society has gone on I think it has become more about showing your maturity and feeling grown up. We see constant swearing on TV, in books, and in songs so why shouldn't we do it? It is the cool thing to do.
I asked my friend if he swears just as much when he is speaking polish. He laughed at my curiosity and started to explain to me that teenagers in Poland swear in English because it is the cool thing to do. Parents and older people he said don't realize what the kids are saying because they don't speak English. He told me about how he has this one shirt that has the famous "F" word written across his chest. In Poland everyone had these shirts. When he came here and realized that this was not acceptable he was shocked.
Today it is becoming more and more acceptable for people to carelessly swear and there is a point where those words, won't have such an impact anymore. We all do it, and the power of a word is diminished each time it carelessly floats out of our mouths.
Personally, I do think swearing is a normal relaxed thing to do and is a way of expressing your feelings. But as society has gone on I think it has become more about showing your maturity and feeling grown up. We see constant swearing on TV, in books, and in songs so why shouldn't we do it? It is the cool thing to do.
I asked my friend if he swears just as much when he is speaking polish. He laughed at my curiosity and started to explain to me that teenagers in Poland swear in English because it is the cool thing to do. Parents and older people he said don't realize what the kids are saying because they don't speak English. He told me about how he has this one shirt that has the famous "F" word written across his chest. In Poland everyone had these shirts. When he came here and realized that this was not acceptable he was shocked.
Today it is becoming more and more acceptable for people to carelessly swear and there is a point where those words, won't have such an impact anymore. We all do it, and the power of a word is diminished each time it carelessly floats out of our mouths.
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Tech-NO!
Like most people in the world, I am a victim of Google, Bing, Yahoo and all of those other brilliant search engines. If I find myself thinking too much about how much I truly depend on these sites I quickly change my thought because honestly it scares me. Titles always seem to jump out to me, and this was no exception. Is Google Making Us Stupid?, is the title of my chosen article for Chapter 70. I saw this title and said oh my gosh heck yes!
As the writer describes that we are completely dependent on the world wide web. All of our desired answers can be found with a few taps of your fingers and a click of a button. Too easy. What ever happened to working for what you want? Books are unnecessary for our everyday lives and the object that was cherish and used until it fell apart is know sitting on a self accumulating layers of dust each day.
You never are left to wonder about something with the internet getting in your way. Your thoughts can never just be yours. I would ask someone a question that I don't necessarily need an answer for, something that I just want my brain to imagine the answer. But immediately someone already has it pulled up on their phone. As much as the instant access of knowing what you need to know whenever you want it is extremely helpful and I rely on it day to day sometimes I wonder what would happen if suddenly this access was gone.
The difficulty my generation and generations younger is we don't know how to find information on our own in books. Its not fast enough for us and we have to work to our answer. You can type anything in the world in to a search engine and it will give you the answer. An example, if your stranded how to make a fire. I could look that up in a second, but if I was really stranded I wouldn't know that basic survival technique because I depend to much on technology. I see good and bad sides the increasing use of technology and how it is evolving more and more. It is helpful and amazing in one way, but scary and devastating in another. I hope enough people realize that we need to take a minute to pause the screen and live in the real world.
Maddie Rzeppa
As the writer describes that we are completely dependent on the world wide web. All of our desired answers can be found with a few taps of your fingers and a click of a button. Too easy. What ever happened to working for what you want? Books are unnecessary for our everyday lives and the object that was cherish and used until it fell apart is know sitting on a self accumulating layers of dust each day.
You never are left to wonder about something with the internet getting in your way. Your thoughts can never just be yours. I would ask someone a question that I don't necessarily need an answer for, something that I just want my brain to imagine the answer. But immediately someone already has it pulled up on their phone. As much as the instant access of knowing what you need to know whenever you want it is extremely helpful and I rely on it day to day sometimes I wonder what would happen if suddenly this access was gone.
The difficulty my generation and generations younger is we don't know how to find information on our own in books. Its not fast enough for us and we have to work to our answer. You can type anything in the world in to a search engine and it will give you the answer. An example, if your stranded how to make a fire. I could look that up in a second, but if I was really stranded I wouldn't know that basic survival technique because I depend to much on technology. I see good and bad sides the increasing use of technology and how it is evolving more and more. It is helpful and amazing in one way, but scary and devastating in another. I hope enough people realize that we need to take a minute to pause the screen and live in the real world.
Maddie Rzeppa
Conference Time!
Being totally honest, I was extremely nervous for my conference on my project 3 research paper. I was unsure if I was achieving what was being expected from me and not quit sure the direction I was going in. I had many questions going into the meeting like, citing sources, what my intro should be, the title of my paper, the thesis etc. Basically, I had a lot of questions and was not completely confident in the way my paper was being written.
When I met with my professor, she covered everything. I was blown away by how helpful she was in giving me the guidance I needed for this paper. I had never had a teach work with me face to face about the problems that need fixing, or a way of saying something I didn't know how to say. I felt confident in myself and was completely ready to tackle this paper. Talking about what was needed to be done gave me more passion in writing this paper and helped me not procrastinate. When we were done with our meeting every single question had been answered and I felt really good about this paper.
If we weren't encouraged to schedule a conference, my paper would have not been nearly as good as t was. This helped me learn that even if it is not mandatory, or greatly suggested I should always try to get my papers looked over or ask questions to my future professors. There was a weight lifted off my shoulders after the conference and it helped me out greatly.
Maddie Rzeppa
When I met with my professor, she covered everything. I was blown away by how helpful she was in giving me the guidance I needed for this paper. I had never had a teach work with me face to face about the problems that need fixing, or a way of saying something I didn't know how to say. I felt confident in myself and was completely ready to tackle this paper. Talking about what was needed to be done gave me more passion in writing this paper and helped me not procrastinate. When we were done with our meeting every single question had been answered and I felt really good about this paper.
If we weren't encouraged to schedule a conference, my paper would have not been nearly as good as t was. This helped me learn that even if it is not mandatory, or greatly suggested I should always try to get my papers looked over or ask questions to my future professors. There was a weight lifted off my shoulders after the conference and it helped me out greatly.
Maddie Rzeppa
Bella, Bella, Bella
The last passage I chose to write about, is called CinderBella: Twilight, Fairy Tales, and the Twenty-First-Century American Dream. I have never been the girl into romance books or movies. Chick flicks have never been my cup of tea and they never will. I am more of the action movie type of girl and enjoy rugged tough films. When the Twilight series of books came out I was the only girl in my middle school class who wasn't reading the series. My friends were obsessed with them, my mom was addicted, and the world was hooked. Trust me I love a good fairy tale and Disney movies are the one exception to my love for thrillers, but this just seemed too out there for me.
I was very curious to read this article and see what the opinion of the author is of this book and movie. I was entertained by the realism behind this article and it showed that this story is a over exaggerated fairy tale. Resembling Snow White and Cinderella, Bella is a sweet curious character trying to fit into the world and befriends the animals and creatures in the forest. Bella is desperate to find who she is and these stories bend and twist her path and changes from the person she once was into something she feels she was always born to be.
You caught me red handed, I have seen each of the movies. Each time I hoped something real would happen and after each scene I became more and more disappointed. Being the oldest in my family, and having a mom being a devoted fan, I was brought to the movie theater to watch one of the films. I couldn't understand how having an pasty unattractive man playing a sparkly vampire was entertaining, or seeing a very attractive man constantly change into a giant dog. The cheesy romance of this movie was kind of pathetic to me. After I read this passage I understand a little more about the books and the movies. I can see the inspiration behind it and appreciate it a little bit more.
Maddie Rzeppa
I was very curious to read this article and see what the opinion of the author is of this book and movie. I was entertained by the realism behind this article and it showed that this story is a over exaggerated fairy tale. Resembling Snow White and Cinderella, Bella is a sweet curious character trying to fit into the world and befriends the animals and creatures in the forest. Bella is desperate to find who she is and these stories bend and twist her path and changes from the person she once was into something she feels she was always born to be.
You caught me red handed, I have seen each of the movies. Each time I hoped something real would happen and after each scene I became more and more disappointed. Being the oldest in my family, and having a mom being a devoted fan, I was brought to the movie theater to watch one of the films. I couldn't understand how having an pasty unattractive man playing a sparkly vampire was entertaining, or seeing a very attractive man constantly change into a giant dog. The cheesy romance of this movie was kind of pathetic to me. After I read this passage I understand a little more about the books and the movies. I can see the inspiration behind it and appreciate it a little bit more.
Maddie Rzeppa
Monday, December 1, 2014
Peer Review Questions
When I got my peer review handed back to me everything looked well written and thought out. If I could ask a few questions to my editor I definitely would. I think having a peer edit my paper really helps me step up my game while writing my rough draft. I try to write better and edit my paper so my editor doesn't have as much work to do. And in a way I do want to empress them with my writing as well. I would have asked my editor what he thought I could have done better to extend the length of my paper. At first I had trouble shortening it and then I ran into the problem of it not being long enough. I would have liked to know if he had any ideas I could have benefited from. Another question I would have asked is if he thought I should start off my paper with a quote to lead into the opening of the story. It was important to me to have the intro and the conclusion to flow well together so I could tie off the thesis from beginning to end. I wonder if the editor liked how I did that or if he felt it was too redundant. Over all I felt my peer edit answered most of my questions and worries about my paper.
Maddie Rzeppa
Maddie Rzeppa
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