Jessica

I grew up in _____, FL. The high school I went to had over 2,000 students and was very diverse. My family and I moved to _____, NC when I was 17. The high school I transferred to (good ol' _____ High School) was not as culturally advanced. I was sitting in class one day and someone asked me if I spoke Mexican. Now, besides the fact that I'm not Mexican; I'm Puerto Rican, I just could not believe the ignorance that came out of this persons mouth. My immediate response was "Do you speak United States?" Of course not. I do not speak Mexican or Puerto Rican, I speak spanish. I probably was having some type of off day but it still pissed me off.

(What were they thinking discussion board forum, Expository Writing)

Nancy

Where I am currently employed, the lack of communication skills is a big issue. Often work does not get completed simply because someone thought that someone else would be doing it. This causes a breakdown in interoffice communications that usually reflects on me, because I am the one who is responsible for work in progress at the beginning levels. When I don’t receive the information, I can’t do the work. When dead lines aren’t met, I get the blame and I am often caught in a “Catch 22” situation.

(Chapter analysis assignment, relating it back to her professional self, Professional Research & Reporting)

Anthony

I agree about my profile because I am mostly a logical person, i like to see and feel how things work.If i get into a argument, I tend to walk away and let myself calm down.Computer games and math games are a good way to learn how to do math, many people say that math is very boring, but if you find a way to make it fun you will like it.
If I see something that has been broken, I will try to find a way to fix it, because you should always try to figure something out because later on in the future there want be anyone to help you solve the problem.Playing checkers is my favorite game, i try to be one step ahead of that person, trying to find away to win a game of checkers, from using good thinking skills or planning ahead to were i want to make the next move.

(Analysis of his Multiple Intelligences Profile/Logical-Mathematical, Writing Foundations)

Amanda

In the movie William [Forrester] only wrote and published one novel. Through out the entire movie he talked about losing family to death. At one point in the movie William Forrester said "why do some of us live and some of us die". I believe he wrote the first novel before the death of his family. After losing his family, he went into a depression and this caused him to quit writing novels to be published. He locked himself in his apartment to hopefully stop the process of anything bad happening to him or maybe he was punishing himself for being the only one alive; but I think the death of his family made him go into hiding and he just quit caring about his writing. This is why I think William Forrester did not write anymore novels till the end.

(Discussion Board Forum Post on Why Forrester only wrote the one novel - question for discussion of the movie Finding Forrester, Writing Foundations)

Colleen

Writing letters to attorneys varied greatly from writing letters to clients. This had to do with the varying degree of knowledge of a procedure between the attorney and the client and how informed the client may or may not be of the law pertaining to their procedure. The letters to attorneys tended to be shorter than the letters to clients because it was not always necessary to explain the reason why more information was needed.

(Chapter analysis: Letters - relating it back to her professional self, Professional Research & Reporting)

Saqib

Experts in the media outlets reported that the war hasn’t gone “according to the plan”; it has caused mass casualties and has been a financial burden on the American tax payers. What they fail to point out, that no war goes exactly according to the plan, even if it is planned accurately and executed precisely. It is extremely difficult to predict all the obstacles for a mission but adaptability could be a cornerstone of a successful mission. It is also a well understood fact, that when nations go to war, people have to sacrifice in every aspect of their lives; whether it is material or service. It is highly doubtful that all the plans will go as smoothly as people expect; after all it is a war.

(They Say/I Say Process Paper, Expository Writing)

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My students never cease to amaze me. I teach English courses on the community college level. I have students who are high school-aged, grandparent-aged, and everywhere in between. They come from a variety of backgrounds and ethnicities. They have a variety of gifts and faults.

This blog is a collection of some of the things they have written, to share with you their perceptiveness, their creativity, and their dreams.