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Friday, March 11, 2011
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Reflection Letter
I’m a 21 year old girl from Everett, WA. I graduated high school in 2008 from a sad high school in Marysville, WA. I went to a trade school about a year ago and got my nursing assisting certification and am now working on getting my RN certification. I’ve always wanted to be a nurse so I can’t see myself doing anything else but I’m still not quite sure what kind of nurse I would like to be. I haven’t been able to get a job since I’ve been back so my landlords has been letting me say with them as long as I watch their kids, help cook, clean, and when I can do repairs. It’s not all that bad since I’ve known them for some time and have been living with them since the middle of my sophomore year in high school, mother left without a word to anyone.
Since I’ve been in this class I would have to say that diversity is very over looked. I think that I would say that I over looked it quite a bit and even stereo typed many people, traditions, and communities because I didn’t know all that much about it outside what I was taught by teachers and my mother. I think that thanks to my peers and teachers I have learned more about diversity and myself than I thought I could ever really learn.
Doing an essay on identity has opened my eyes to what I have missed in other’s and in myself, that is why I chose to uses my essay on identity, so I can share what I have learned with others around me. I chose “What’s in Your Wallet” as one of my pieces because it also gives a small look into one side of a personality. I chose my essay on community because everyone seems to like to over look them I thought that I would write about one of mine this is always over looked and bring it to people’s attention.
Now more than ever I want to become a nurse and help those around me. Our readings and discussions have helped me see that there is a lot that I can do to help people and help reduce stereo typing among communities, about communities, traditions, and about identities and the different ways they can be seen and shown.
Since I’ve been in this class I would have to say that diversity is very over looked. I think that I would say that I over looked it quite a bit and even stereo typed many people, traditions, and communities because I didn’t know all that much about it outside what I was taught by teachers and my mother. I think that thanks to my peers and teachers I have learned more about diversity and myself than I thought I could ever really learn.
Doing an essay on identity has opened my eyes to what I have missed in other’s and in myself, that is why I chose to uses my essay on identity, so I can share what I have learned with others around me. I chose “What’s in Your Wallet” as one of my pieces because it also gives a small look into one side of a personality. I chose my essay on community because everyone seems to like to over look them I thought that I would write about one of mine this is always over looked and bring it to people’s attention.
Now more than ever I want to become a nurse and help those around me. Our readings and discussions have helped me see that there is a lot that I can do to help people and help reduce stereo typing among communities, about communities, traditions, and about identities and the different ways they can be seen and shown.
Introduction to Crotchet Community
Introduction to Crotchet Community
This is the piece that I chose for my revision essay. In this essay I talk about how different communities compare to one of the communities that I am a part of, the crotchet community. I use excerpts from some of the stories written in a textbook called Remix: Reading + Composing Culture, Second Edition, written by Catherine G. Latterell. I show how they are different and how they are the same through these excerpts. I also show how it has changed through excerpts from an interview with my grandmother, Lee.
This is the piece that I chose for my revision essay. In this essay I talk about how different communities compare to one of the communities that I am a part of, the crotchet community. I use excerpts from some of the stories written in a textbook called Remix: Reading + Composing Culture, Second Edition, written by Catherine G. Latterell. I show how they are different and how they are the same through these excerpts. I also show how it has changed through excerpts from an interview with my grandmother, Lee.
Crotchet Community
Brandy McMullen
Professors Smith and Wells-Edwards
English 101D OL
2 Feb. 2011
The Crotchet Community
Hearing over and over from people talking to us or behind our backs about how crocheting is for old women can hurt. This is a sad and misplaced myth that many people of my generation will support publicly but behind closed doors do not except. Just as people say it’s for old people they also say that men are not suppose to crotchet either, this is also not true but is socially shown as true. Men prove that this myth, this stereo type is faulty and unfair in the bedroom, in the house, or in a small group.
In this essay I will be focusing on how a crochet community compares and differs from other communities. “I like to go to needlers on Thursdays because I get to learn new things and talk to people who have the same interests as I do.” My grandmother, Lee, told me when I interviewed her. The goal is to show that the rules are relaxed just like the people in it but that this community still has structure to it. “What the function of this interesting community?” We would reply, “It is a small one.” This community isn’t based around a life style and rules like the Amish community. We aren’t based around learning like colleges are, just like we’re not ethnically based. “What is its function precisely?” We would respond with several things; “It is fun, relaxing, easy going, and you get to meet a lot of new and interesting people.”
The crotchet community doesn’t have an overly big function in people’s lives. This community isn’t strict like the Amish or learning based like colleges are. Crotchet communities are ethnically mixed like Espinoza and her community, but just like all communities they do have rules to follow. However their rules are more for the making of items than for the group/community.
The crotchet tribe always has their own rules like stitch A can only be used in the making of pattern E while pattern K can be made with stitch B or D. According to John A. Hostetler’s essay, “The Amish Charter”, the Amish are not so laid back. The passage (pg.143), “Once the individual has been baptized, he is committed to keeping the Ordnung or the rules of the church.” Where the Amish are overly strict, the crotchet tribe, community is not.
In “The Boondocks”, by Aaron McGruder, (pg.179) Jasmine says, “I am half-white and half-black but we’re all human and it’s nice to meet you.” Caesar replies to her saying, “I totally understand…I’m half-Jamaican.” This says that it doesn’t matter what ethnic background someone comes from, it’s okay and within the rules to hang out with the same and different ethnic groups; this is also seen within the crotchet community.
Colleges are about learning and experiments, crotchet is not. In David Berreby’s essay he states (pg.122), “As for professor Aronson, had he not wanted tight control over the experiment, he writes in his widely used textbook, the social animal, he and professor Mills could simply have studied an initiation outside the lab-at a campus fraternity or sorority.” This proves that colleges are based around studies, experiments, and learning where as the crotchet community is based around relaxing, fun, and the sense of community if you so choose to do it in a group. My grandmother proves this fact when she said, “I learned and continue to crotchet because it is relaxing and I like to do it.”
The group is a lot like Alex Espinoza is in her essay, “My Filipino Roots.” In her essay she states (pg.131), “I feel like I know enough about my Italian and Mexican sides….” Espinoza is made up of many different ethnic groups just like those of us in the crotchet community. She also talks about how she doesn’t know very much about her Filipino roots. This is also a lot like this tribe, because so many of us these days don’t know what our background is made up of so we just call ourselves white or Caucasian.
We are not anti-social like Theodora Stites’s in her essay, “Someone to Watch over Me.” She even says (pg.162), “I prefer, in short, a world cloaked in virtual intimacy.” Living like that is very anti-social, I know because I use to think the same way. It is anti-social because she is not socializing in the real world like most people do. This kind of socialization can make things very awkward for many people when they have to socialize with people face-to-face. Whereas our community will go out and gather in smaller groups, and in those groups we ask questions, show of some of our work, get new ideas, meet new people, and just chatter if we so desire.
Cites
Remix: Reading + Composing Culture, Second Edition, written by Catherine G. Latterell published by Bedford/St. Martin’s copyright 2010
Professors Smith and Wells-Edwards
English 101D OL
2 Feb. 2011
The Crotchet Community
Hearing over and over from people talking to us or behind our backs about how crocheting is for old women can hurt. This is a sad and misplaced myth that many people of my generation will support publicly but behind closed doors do not except. Just as people say it’s for old people they also say that men are not suppose to crotchet either, this is also not true but is socially shown as true. Men prove that this myth
The crotchet community doesn’t have an overly big function in people’s lives. This community isn’t strict like the Amish or learning based like colleges are. Crotchet communities are ethnically mixed like Espinoza and her community, but just like all communities they do have rules to follow. However their rules are more for the making of items than for the group/community.
The crotchet tribe always has their own rules like stitch A can only be used in the making of pattern E while pattern K can be made with stitch B or D. According to John A. Hostetler’s essay, “The Amish Charter”, the Amish are not so laid back. The passage (pg.143), “Once the individual has been baptized, he is committed to keeping the Ordnung or the rules of the church.” Where the Amish are overly strict, the crotchet tribe, community is not.
In “The Boondocks”, by Aaron McGruder, (pg.179) Jasmine says, “I am half-white and half-black but we’re all human and it’s nice to meet you.” Caesar replies to her saying, “I totally understand…I’m half-Jamaican.” This says that it doesn’t matter what ethnic background someone comes from, it’s okay and within the rules to hang out with the same and different ethnic groups; this is also seen within the crotchet community.
Colleges are about learning and experiments, crotchet is not. In David Berreby’s essay he states (pg.122), “As for professor Aronson, had he not wanted tight control over the experiment, he writes in his widely used textbook, the social animal, he and professor Mills could simply have studied an initiation outside the lab-at a campus fraternity or sorority.” This proves that colleges are based around studies, experiments, and learning where as the crotchet community is based around relaxing, fun, and the sense of community if you so choose to do it in a group. My grandmother proves this fact when she said, “I learned and continue to crotchet because it is relaxing and I like to do it.”
The group is a lot like Alex Espinoza is in her essay, “My Filipino Roots.” In her essay she states (pg.131), “I feel like I know enough about my Italian and Mexican sides….” Espinoza is made up of many different ethnic groups just like those of us in the crotchet community. She also talks about how she doesn’t know very much about her Filipino roots. This is also a lot like this tribe, because so many of us these days don’t know what our background is made up of so we just call ourselves white or Caucasian.
We are not anti-social like Theodora Stites’s in her essay, “Someone to Watch over Me.” She even says (pg.162), “I prefer, in short, a world cloaked in virtual intimacy.” Living like that is very anti-social, I know because I use to think the same way. It is anti-social because she is not socializing in the real world like most people do. This kind of socialization can make things very awkward for many people when they have to socialize with people face-to-face. Whereas our community will go out and gather in smaller groups, and in those groups we ask questions, show of some of our work, get new ideas, meet new people, and just chatter if we so desire.
Cites
Remix: Reading + Composing Culture, Second Edition, written by Catherine G. Latterell published by Bedford/St. Martin’s copyright 2010
Introduction to Identity
Introduction to Identity
In this piece I talk about identity. I talk about how the environments that people live in affect their identity or who they are. In this piece I use excerpts from stories in the textbook called Remix: Reading + Composing Culture, Second Edition. This book is written by Catherine G. Latterell. These excerpts help show how environments help shape or affect people’s identities.
In this piece I talk about identity. I talk about how the environments that people live in affect their identity or who they are. In this piece I use excerpts from stories in the textbook called Remix: Reading + Composing Culture, Second Edition. This book is written by Catherine G. Latterell. These excerpts help show how environments help shape or affect people’s identities.
Identity
Brandy McMullen
Professors Smith and Wells-Edwards
English 101D OL1
1/20/11
Identity
Our environment shapes our identity. There are many types of environments that we live in at any given time and each one has good and bad parts to them. Life always gives us good and bad events but it’s what our environments teach us that make it so we know how to choose to deal with each one. Our environments are what help teach us to think positively or negatively. What kind of environment we grew up and live in shows how we take an event, whether good or bad, and the kind of choices we make from them.
The actions that are chosen in social environments can have major impacts on ways other environments work out. Our familial, work, and social environments overlap and what happens in one can have consequences in the other(s). Starting a fight at school to impress a clique that you want to join may not be the best way to get someone at home to notice us. If you were raised that picking fights were okay and you spent your life living that way when it comes to a working environment you will only know to get attention by behaving in a negative manner.
“A group of over grown Girl Scouts called the “Natural Helpers” are neither popular nor outcast;…”, “…they all are amazed that these natural helpers suddenly stand in front of them.” These excerpts show that you can choose to be in good standing of social environments when you are given the choice of choosing a “tribe” as White calls the cliques at her school. The excerpts from White’s essay show that we don’t have to be socially unattractive because of our choices.
Whether negatively or positively one is noticed for how they act in social environments. Typically if you keep positive people around you socially then you will be remember in a good way and have a better chance at getting further than if you surrounded yourself with negative people and did nothing but fight with others or slack off. These actions will follow you no matter what you do for the rest of your life.
Media is its own environment. People will make choices based on what the media says. “Gangsta rap was ruling at the time, and with it came all this misogynistic bull-bitch this, ho that. And crazy as it sounds; I saw female rappers buy into it.” This excerpt from Queen Latifah’s “Who You Callin’ a Bitch?” proves that women will allow men to call them these things and that it is okay and acceptable. It also proves that women will turn into these things because the media says that is what we are supposed to be. Music and magazines is a great contributor to how people view themselves or what people decide is okay to accept or reject. Music videos and magazines always are showing women who are bordering sickly thin and magazines and shows are always about losing as much weight as you can because that is what people want to see and that is what is attractive. All that is seen out in public are girls who are barely ten that are dressed very scantily and it is okay because that is what the media shows is okay.
There are plenty of good choices that we can make because of what the media says. Queen Latifah proved that when she said, “I had something to say to everybody in my music. But I decided to address the ladies first.” “We have the power to set the men straight. If you don’t feel like a bitch, no one can call you that and make it stick.” These excerpts from her “Who You Callin’ a Bitch?” show that we don’t have to think negative of the opposite sex just because the media says that’s how we should think.
Our health environments can change how we see our identity. Lucy Grealy’s Masks shows this point well. “She looked me straight in the eye: “If you wear something that comes up around your neck, it makes the scar less visible.” This excerpt shows that though Grealy isn’t all that ashamed of her cancer scar her mother is. This upsets her but she does what her mother asks. Doing this shows a negative choice on both their parts. Her mother should be there to support her and she should be proud of who she is, scars and all. This negativity her mother shows ties into the media environment. Due to the fact that media considers scars unattractive the scars need to be covered up. How those around you act in regards to your health can affect how you see yourself. Since Grealy’s mother is negative in regards to what has happened to her she would be less likely to be confident and not worry what others think about her scars.
Andrew Sullivan’s The “He” Hormone proves the appositive side in medical environment. “But that’s not what testosterone does for me. It makes me think me clearly. It makes me think more positively.”, “I feel stronger-and not just in a physical sense.” These two excerpts from Andrew Sullivan’s essay proves that just because something medically is going wrong, you don’t have to be all depressed and full of self pity. He shows us that you can find the positive and more garrulous because of what the event has shown you about your life.
Queen Latifah showed in “Who You Callin’ a Bitch”, how positive the environment she grew up in was. “My mother believed in me before I even believed in myself.”, “My mother always told me how smart, beautiful, and talented I was. She never limited me.” How much more love, honesty, and confidence could you ask for growing up than what was given to Queen Latifah when she was? These are the best examples that could be shown from this text.
The choices that were shown and the environments that were shown really do have an impact on our identity. It doesn’t always have to be a big choice like getting pregnant and keeping the child. It could be as small as helping a friend out with homework. That’s why getting to know more about people’s environments help us to understand their identity so much better.
Cites
Remix: Reading + Composing Culture, Second Edition, written by Catherine G. Latterell published by Bedford/St. Martin’s copyright 2010
Professors Smith and Wells-Edwards
English 101D OL1
1/20/11
Identity
Our environment shapes our identity. There are many types of environments that we live in at any given time and each one has good and bad parts to them. Life always gives us good and bad events but it’s what our environments teach us that make it so we know how to choose to deal with each one. Our environments are what help teach us to think positively or negatively. What kind of environment we grew up and live in shows how we take an event, whether good or bad, and the kind of choices we make from them.
The actions that are chosen in social environments can have major impacts on ways other environments work out. Our familial, work, and social environments overlap and what happens in one can have consequences in the other(s). Starting a fight at school to impress a clique that you want to join may not be the best way to get someone at home to notice us. If you were raised that picking fights were okay and you spent your life living that way when it comes to a working environment you will only know to get attention by behaving in a negative manner.
“A group of over grown Girl Scouts called the “Natural Helpers” are neither popular nor outcast;…”, “…they all are amazed that these natural helpers suddenly stand in front of them.” These excerpts show that you can choose to be in good standing of social environments when you are given the choice of choosing a “tribe” as White calls the cliques at her school. The excerpts from White’s essay show that we don’t have to be socially unattractive because of our choices.
Whether negatively or positively one is noticed for how they act in social environments. Typically if you keep positive people around you socially then you will be remember in a good way and have a better chance at getting further than if you surrounded yourself with negative people and did nothing but fight with others or slack off. These actions will follow you no matter what you do for the rest of your life.
Media is its own environment. People will make choices based on what the media says. “Gangsta rap was ruling at the time, and with it came all this misogynistic bull-bitch this, ho that. And crazy as it sounds; I saw female rappers buy into it.” This excerpt from Queen Latifah’s “Who You Callin’ a Bitch?” proves that women will allow men to call them these things and that it is okay and acceptable. It also proves that women will turn into these things because the media says that is what we are supposed to be. Music and magazines is a great contributor to how people view themselves or what people decide is okay to accept or reject. Music videos and magazines always are showing women who are bordering sickly thin and magazines and shows are always about losing as much weight as you can because that is what people want to see and that is what is attractive. All that is seen out in public are girls who are barely ten that are dressed very scantily and it is okay because that is what the media shows is okay.
There are plenty of good choices that we can make because of what the media says. Queen Latifah proved that when she said, “I had something to say to everybody in my music. But I decided to address the ladies first.” “We have the power to set the men straight. If you don’t feel like a bitch, no one can call you that and make it stick.” These excerpts from her “Who You Callin’ a Bitch?” show that we don’t have to think negative of the opposite sex just because the media says that’s how we should think.
Our health environments can change how we see our identity. Lucy Grealy’s Masks shows this point well. “She looked me straight in the eye: “If you wear something that comes up around your neck, it makes the scar less visible.” This excerpt shows that though Grealy isn’t all that ashamed of her cancer scar her mother is. This upsets her but she does what her mother asks. Doing this shows a negative choice on both their parts. Her mother should be there to support her and she should be proud of who she is, scars and all. This negativity her mother shows ties into the media environment. Due to the fact that media considers scars unattractive the scars need to be covered up. How those around you act in regards to your health can affect how you see yourself. Since Grealy’s mother is negative in regards to what has happened to her she would be less likely to be confident and not worry what others think about her scars.
Andrew Sullivan’s The “He” Hormone proves the appositive side in medical environment. “But that’s not what testosterone does for me. It makes me think me clearly. It makes me think more positively.”, “I feel stronger-and not just in a physical sense.” These two excerpts from Andrew Sullivan’s essay proves that just because something medically is going wrong, you don’t have to be all depressed and full of self pity. He shows us that you can find the positive and more garrulous because of what the event has shown you about your life.
Queen Latifah showed in “Who You Callin’ a Bitch”, how positive the environment she grew up in was. “My mother believed in me before I even believed in myself.”, “My mother always told me how smart, beautiful, and talented I was. She never limited me.” How much more love, honesty, and confidence could you ask for growing up than what was given to Queen Latifah when she was? These are the best examples that could be shown from this text.
The choices that were shown and the environments that were shown really do have an impact on our identity. It doesn’t always have to be a big choice like getting pregnant and keeping the child. It could be as small as helping a friend out with homework. That’s why getting to know more about people’s environments help us to understand their identity so much better.
Cites
Remix: Reading + Composing Culture, Second Edition, written by Catherine G. Latterell published by Bedford/St. Martin’s copyright 2010
Introduction to What's in Your Wallet?
Introduction to What’s in Your Wallet?
In this essay I talk about what is in my purse instead of what is in my wallet because I do not have a wallet. I talk about what someone might assume about what they find in my purse and the actual meaning behind each item. I talk about how people miss judge me from what they rather than what they know about me. I also talk about how what they see or can assume is only a small piece of who I really am.
In this essay I talk about what is in my purse instead of what is in my wallet because I do not have a wallet. I talk about what someone might assume about what they find in my purse and the actual meaning behind each item. I talk about how people miss judge me from what they rather than what they know about me. I also talk about how what they see or can assume is only a small piece of who I really am.
What's in Your Wallet?
Brandy McMullen
Professors Smith and Wells-Edwards
English 101D OL1
March 7, 2011
What’s in Your Wallet?
There are many things that can be learned about me from the things in my purse. My CPR card, first aid card, and blood donor card show that I care about the well being of those around me. From these it can be assumed that I’m in or am working towards the medical field or that my current or previous job required these items.
My driver’s license shows that I can drive without having any problems. The bus pass that I have tells people that yes I can drive but I would rather take the bus. Some one might think that I prefer the bus because I can save money on gas, car insurance, and car payments but this isn’t so. Now if they went with it helps keep the environment clean and makes the roads less congested then they would be right.
Chap stick is to keep my lips moist and healthy while the hand sanitizer is to keep my hands clean and healthy. The handkerchief is to help stop bleeding or to cover a cough or sneeze with. The medical care tells people that I like to stay healthy as well. All together some one might think that I’m a health freak, my discount card for vitamin world might also lead to this conclusion. This fact is only partly true because I’m not that bad I just don’t like getting sick.
There isn’t much that to say about my inhalers. The only reason why there isn’t much to say is because there is only two things that can be assumed about them. Someone could come to the conclusion that they are in my purse because I forgot to give it back to the person that I was holding it for. The second assumption that could come to mind is that I have asthma which would only be partly true. I do have asthma but it’s not normal asthma that every one refers to, it’s actually sports induced so I can’t play sports or run very much.
An earpiece for my phone, paper, and pen are important things that are in my wallet. When I have to drive and answer my phone I put my piece in so that I won’t break the law and I can still have my hands free. The pen is helpful when you need try write something down or sign a paper that you were given. The paper helps if your hands are already full of writing, you need to give someone some information, or something to mess with, while you’re waiting. Many people would just think that I’m a talkative person or that I like to be prepared which is partly true I do like to be prepared but I’m not talkative.
The card organizer that I keep in my purse keeps things in order which is important to me but it also holds most of my cards. My debit card is there so that I can make purchases when I have some money if I ever do, it’s hard to buy things when you don’t have a job. The membership cards for Hot Topic, Borders, and Costco are good things to keep so that I can get a discount whenever I can, which helps when you don’t have much money. The contact cards for Big 5 and Café Neo are in there so I don’t lose them and always have them on hand. Most people would think that I have the membership cards because I’m a money pincher which isn’t totally fair under my circumstances, where as having the contact cards they might think that I’m forgetful or that I’m an airhead which isn’t true either I just don’t like having to worry about getting the number or name wrong.
There are only three things that I keep truly loose in my purse and those are, metal nail file, mints, keys, and gum. I don’t like being locked out of my place of residence. The mints are so that I can keep my breath acceptable to those around me when I have to be in close quarters to them and the gum is so that I can keep from grinding my teeth. While the nail file is so that I can keep my nails in order so that others don’t get hurt by my carelessness. Whoever would end up having to look through the purse might think that I don’t brush my teeth or that I have very bad breath on a regular basis. They may also think that I’m preppy or a neat freak for having a nail file in my purse, it’s actually from an instructor that I had at my trade school.
From the information that they could get or even assume about me would only so a small side of who I am. They would only get to see the responsible, careful, and serious person. They wouldn’t get to see the fun, energetic, friendly, and carefree person that I can be when I’m around my friends or by myself. They would miss the caring and protective side that I have when I know that someone has upset my friends or family, in a sense they would miss all but a small fraction of who I truly am and can be.
Professors Smith and Wells-Edwards
English 101D OL1
March 7, 2011
What’s in Your Wallet?
There are many things that can be learned about me from the things in my purse. My CPR card, first aid card, and blood donor card show that I care about the well being of those around me. From these it can be assumed that I’m in or am working towards the medical field or that my current or previous job required these items.
My driver’s license shows that I can drive without having any problems. The bus pass that I have tells people that yes I can drive but I would rather take the bus. Some one might think that I prefer the bus because I can save money on gas, car insurance, and car payments but this isn’t so. Now if they went with it helps keep the environment clean and makes the roads less congested then they would be right.
Chap stick is to keep my lips moist and healthy while the hand sanitizer is to keep my hands clean and healthy. The handkerchief is to help stop bleeding or to cover a cough or sneeze with. The medical care tells people that I like to stay healthy as well. All together some one might think that I’m a health freak, my discount card for vitamin world might also lead to this conclusion. This fact is only partly true because I’m not that bad I just don’t like getting sick.
There isn’t much that to say about my inhalers. The only reason why there isn’t much to say is because there is only two things that can be assumed about them. Someone could come to the conclusion that they are in my purse because I forgot to give it back to the person that I was holding it for. The second assumption that could come to mind is that I have asthma which would only be partly true. I do have asthma but it’s not normal asthma that every one refers to, it’s actually sports induced so I can’t play sports or run very much.
An earpiece for my phone, paper, and pen are important things that are in my wallet. When I have to drive and answer my phone I put my piece in so that I won’t break the law and I can still have my hands free. The pen is helpful when you need try write something down or sign a paper that you were given. The paper helps if your hands are already full of writing, you need to give someone some information, or something to mess with, while you’re waiting. Many people would just think that I’m a talkative person or that I like to be prepared which is partly true I do like to be prepared but I’m not talkative.
The card organizer that I keep in my purse keeps things in order which is important to me but it also holds most of my cards. My debit card is there so that I can make purchases when I have some money if I ever do, it’s hard to buy things when you don’t have a job. The membership cards for Hot Topic, Borders, and Costco are good things to keep so that I can get a discount whenever I can, which helps when you don’t have much money. The contact cards for Big 5 and Café Neo are in there so I don’t lose them and always have them on hand. Most people would think that I have the membership cards because I’m a money pincher which isn’t totally fair under my circumstances, where as having the contact cards they might think that I’m forgetful or that I’m an airhead which isn’t true either I just don’t like having to worry about getting the number or name wrong.
There are only three things that I keep truly loose in my purse and those are, metal nail file, mints, keys, and gum. I don’t like being locked out of my place of residence. The mints are so that I can keep my breath acceptable to those around me when I have to be in close quarters to them and the gum is so that I can keep from grinding my teeth. While the nail file is so that I can keep my nails in order so that others don’t get hurt by my carelessness. Whoever would end up having to look through the purse might think that I don’t brush my teeth or that I have very bad breath on a regular basis. They may also think that I’m preppy or a neat freak for having a nail file in my purse, it’s actually from an instructor that I had at my trade school.
From the information that they could get or even assume about me would only so a small side of who I am. They would only get to see the responsible, careful, and serious person. They wouldn’t get to see the fun, energetic, friendly, and carefree person that I can be when I’m around my friends or by myself. They would miss the caring and protective side that I have when I know that someone has upset my friends or family, in a sense they would miss all but a small fraction of who I truly am and can be.
Introduction to Vehicles versus Tradition
Introduction to Vehicles versus Tradition
In this piece I talk about how vehicles affect traditions like Thanksgiving. I use excerpts from stories in a book called Remix: Composing Culture, Second Edition. This book is written by Catherine G. Latterell. These stories help explain how vehicles impact traditions big and small. I explain that vehicles are both helpful to traditions but also can be very harmful to them.
In this piece I talk about how vehicles affect traditions like Thanksgiving. I use excerpts from stories in a book called Remix: Composing Culture, Second Edition. This book is written by Catherine G. Latterell. These stories help explain how vehicles impact traditions big and small. I explain that vehicles are both helpful to traditions but also can be very harmful to them.
Vehicles versus Traditions
Brandy McMullen
Professors Smith and Wells-Edwards
English 101D OL1
February 24, 2011
Vehicles versus Traditions
Innovations come in many shapes and sizes. Some are round, some are square, some are small, some, are big, some are small, and some are a mixture of all of them. Some innovations are good but like any good thing, bad can come out of it as well. Vehicles are one of those innovations that help and hurt family traditions.
Vehicles make it easier to get around and go to places that are far away a lot faster than back when it was horse and buggy. This makes it easier to continue many large family traditions like Thanksgiving. Being able to get to your destination faster in vehicles means we can spend more time celebrating family traditions, like Thanksgiving, with more of the family and loved ones.
Now just because families can now celebrate in bigger groups doesn’t mean that, that is a good thing, especially during times like Thanksgiving. Vehicles make is easy for people to go to a family member’s house and stay for longer periods but that can make things crowded and uncomfortable. A good example of being crowded during a family tradition from vehicles would come from an excerpt from Garrison Keillor’s essay called A Wobegon Holiday Dinner, pg. 113-114. “It was the last year our whole family, aunts and uncles and cousins, were together at Al and Flo’s house in Lake Wobegon.”, “There were simply too many of us, about 60, for the three-bedroom bungalow.”
There is yet another quote that adds to the innovation of vehicles that comes from Garrison Keillor’s essay called A Wobegon Holiday Dinner, pg 116. But in this quote he talks about how things became uncomfortable in his aunt’s house. “Everyone had their eyes closed, and believe me, it’s more vivid when you only hear it.” This proves that someone would like to live within walking distance instead of having driven with another person so that they could just go home instead of having to feel out of place.
There is also the fact that many things have been taken or are being taken away from people because of the vehicle innovations. A down side to this innovation is shown through an excerpt from an essay called Six-Word Memoirs by Smith Magazine, this quote comes from Cindi Hounton, pg. 661. “World backpacking decade ends with minivan.” This shows that the fun days of hiking, backpacking, and camping are now little to non-existent, which in turn means that people are now pulling back from some of the family traditions that they once participated in, for example many people now pull back from big family Thanksgivings so that they can go drive off for a brief vacation away from everything.
Vehicles can do more damage than just influencing family traditions, like Thanksgiving, they can cause damage to people themselves. A quote by Paul Schultz from Smith Magazine, Six-Word Memoirs, pg. 659, shows this the best. “Bad brakes discovered at high speed.” Finding anything bad out at a high speed usually ends with injury or death to at least one person. This can change how a tradition like Thanksgiving is held or even thought of; many people have a hard time celebrating a tradition that someone died on.
Traditions, like Thanksgiving, are a great part of many people’s lives. The innovations that can help them get to where their traditions, like Thanksgiving, are being held are great but they are not great enough to chance the lives of those they love. The proof that vehicle innovations are helpful but also harmful to traditions, like Thanksgiving, has been shown throughout this essay.
Cites
Remix: Reading + Composing Culture, Second Edition, written by Catherine G. Latterell published by Bedford/St. Martin’s copyright 2010
Professors Smith and Wells-Edwards
English 101D OL1
February 24, 2011
Vehicles versus Traditions
Innovations come in many shapes and sizes. Some are round, some are square, some are small, some, are big, some are small, and some are a mixture of all of them. Some innovations are good but like any good thing, bad can come out of it as well. Vehicles are one of those innovations that help and hurt family traditions.
Vehicles make it easier to get around and go to places that are far away a lot faster than back when it was horse and buggy. This makes it easier to continue many large family traditions like Thanksgiving. Being able to get to your destination faster in vehicles means we can spend more time celebrating family traditions, like Thanksgiving, with more of the family and loved ones.
Now just because families can now celebrate in bigger groups doesn’t mean that, that is a good thing, especially during times like Thanksgiving. Vehicles make is easy for people to go to a family member’s house and stay for longer periods but that can make things crowded and uncomfortable. A good example of being crowded during a family tradition from vehicles would come from an excerpt from Garrison Keillor’s essay called A Wobegon Holiday Dinner, pg. 113-114. “It was the last year our whole family, aunts and uncles and cousins, were together at Al and Flo’s house in Lake Wobegon.”, “There were simply too many of us, about 60, for the three-bedroom bungalow.”
There is yet another quote that adds to the innovation of vehicles that comes from Garrison Keillor’s essay called A Wobegon Holiday Dinner, pg 116. But in this quote he talks about how things became uncomfortable in his aunt’s house. “Everyone had their eyes closed, and believe me, it’s more vivid when you only hear it.” This proves that someone would like to live within walking distance instead of having driven with another person so that they could just go home instead of having to feel out of place.
There is also the fact that many things have been taken or are being taken away from people because of the vehicle innovations. A down side to this innovation is shown through an excerpt from an essay called Six-Word Memoirs by Smith Magazine, this quote comes from Cindi Hounton, pg. 661. “World backpacking decade ends with minivan.” This shows that the fun days of hiking, backpacking, and camping are now little to non-existent, which in turn means that people are now pulling back from some of the family traditions that they once participated in, for example many people now pull back from big family Thanksgivings so that they can go drive off for a brief vacation away from everything.
Vehicles can do more damage than just influencing family traditions, like Thanksgiving, they can cause damage to people themselves. A quote by Paul Schultz from Smith Magazine, Six-Word Memoirs, pg. 659, shows this the best. “Bad brakes discovered at high speed.” Finding anything bad out at a high speed usually ends with injury or death to at least one person. This can change how a tradition like Thanksgiving is held or even thought of; many people have a hard time celebrating a tradition that someone died on.
Traditions, like Thanksgiving, are a great part of many people’s lives. The innovations that can help them get to where their traditions, like Thanksgiving, are being held are great but they are not great enough to chance the lives of those they love. The proof that vehicle innovations are helpful but also harmful to traditions, like Thanksgiving, has been shown throughout this essay.
Cites
Remix: Reading + Composing Culture, Second Edition, written by Catherine G. Latterell published by Bedford/St. Martin’s copyright 2010
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