Final Portfolio

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Bowling Interview

We had to read an Interview that our professor did on her project site when she was younger. This was to give us an example or outline for what we should do for our project site. I found the writing very helpful and interesting because of the way it was written. Isn't wasn't really as formal as I thought it would of been, but at the same time, it was very descriptive and got its point across. This helped me get a better picture of how im going to constrict my interview and also helped me narrow down who i should be interviewing.

I also presented my presentation on a What makes a successful Presentation. I think i did a good job but my only problem was that I did a few of the things that i told people not to do when giving a presentation. For example i said that you should point out your mistakes, but once I noticed that I made a quick typo on my slide, I quickly apologized to the class, which I shouldn't have done.

My Presentation

I came down with strep throat at the time of our presentations, sop I had a different assignment from everyone else. My original assignment was to observe my classmates presentations and talk to the class about the "good" and "bad" of their presentations. unfortunately I also missed my classmates presentation so instead I was allowed to present my power point on what makes a presentation successful in general. Since I was alone in this project, I was in charge of doing my own paper, creating my own slide show, and also presenting all of my information by myself.

Portfolio Link

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15 Minute Observation

 

For this blog I had to observe a spot that wasn't my project site. This was done so we could get a lot more practice taking notes and observing people. I chose to observe the weight room at Kelly gym, which completely differs from the Tinsley gym. In the Kelly gym there wasn't really a big amount of people because it inst really a people friendly environment. Its small and hot which isn't real ideal for people who want to get a good workout. I noticed that the people that are there, are there to really get a workout because the equipment isn't that great and there aren't really a lot of mirrors to look at yourself but they still were working out with no distractions. I also noticed that most of the guys in there were wearing Bridgewater Football apparel, so I'm guessing that's the gym that the team uses. You get a completely different feel in this gym compared to the Tinsley gym because the music is so loud and there isn't really enough room for you to fool around so if you aren't focused in this gym, it is really easy for others to catch you slacking off because you will just be sitting around in a small gym. I saw a kid drop a 5 pound weight on the side of his shoe and he was in a lot of pain. He was looking around to see if anyone saw what he just did, but when he looked at me, I just looked away because I didn't want to seem like a creep. I would trash talk the Kelly gym, but is def worth the money you pay to use it. (Free gym.)

What we have done in class.

I really enjoyed reading Nicole William's Iresearcher essay. The essay really gave me a better insight of her life and her childhood. I'm not really into bowling, but she definitely made it sound interesting and it made me reminiscence when I was younger. I used to go to the bowling alley a lot with my family but i used to get frustrated becasue i sucked and everyone else in my family was good. They wouldn't even leave the bumper up for me. But i enjoyed reading about her experience in the bowling alley and it really helped me write my own essay.

Project Site

Since this semester Ive changed my major to Criminal Justice, I think its a good Idea to use the on campus police station as my site. I think this will be a site that will really catch my interest and have me wanting t visit it more than I actually have to for this project. I also believe that it will put me steps ahead of people that want to get into the criminal justice scene and don't know anything about it. I think I will have a lot of fun there and observe different things new day. I'm very excited to start heading over there already.

I do have a few questions about my project site. My first question is about permission to enter the building. Would I have to ask a certain person for permission to enter the building? And also I don't really have a specific spot in the building that I am interested in observing, only becasue I'm not really familiar with the building so I dont know what they have to offer. I feel like once I get these questions out of the way then everything will have a smooth transition and i will have a lot of fun

First Blog of Spring Semester

I just got into the class and still havent bought the books needed so I am just writing this blog so you can know that I am still doing the work :)

My Final Portfolio

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Lebron James Commerical

The commercial that I have decided to talk bout will be the Lebron James commercial. This commercial is very deep becasue it expresses some of the hard decisions that he has made in his life and ones that he is to this day struggling about. He is trying to show that he is only human and i think he does a very good job and doing this.

MY ENGLISH PORTFOLIO!

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Editing Papers

I learned that you should not edit your paper at all while you are writing it. You should just go wild with your thoughts and correct them later.Even if you are sending an e-mail and do not care about mistakes, you should still correct them because the person receiving the message may mind. You shouldn't take yourself out of your writing mood,while your writing becasue it will mess up your flow but when you are down then that when its better to go back and fix any mistakes that you may have. You should revise your paper a couple days after you have written it. Your mind will be in a more relaxed and you will be able to make your paper better much better then it already was.

My Final project

I want to do my project on how my High school basketball experience has made me a better team player and has thought me more than just the game of basketball. It has gave me so many skills that are essential to everyday life and succeeding in life. Right now I am planning on doing a powerpoint presentation for my final project. The reason I am picking a powerpoint presentation is becasue that it the program that I feel most comfortable using and i also feel that I am pretty good with it in general. I would really like to use the movie maker becasue I feel like I would be able to express more through that program, but at that moment I'm not really familiar with the program, but hopefully I can get myself more comfortable with the program so i can use it instead of Powerpoint.