Final Blog Entry

What were your successes and failures in writing?

I believe that my biggest success in this class was my paper over Bora Bora. My writing grouped seemed to have liked it a lot which meant that I must have done a good job. My biggest failure probably was free writing. Free writing was meant to be easy but for me I thought it was always hard. Its had for thoughts to just come running out of my head. 

Write about you're writing process. 

My writing process was to write about what I liked. I found that if i wrote about things that I enjoyed to talk about then all the thoughts would come out easier and the paper would turn out better. 

What prompt was chanellging to you?

I think the hardest prompt was having  to write about the May Day picture. I feel that this was the hardest prompt for me because I didn't really have any interest in the prompt at all. I find that if I don't have interest in a prompt then it won't turn out to be very successful. 

Where would you take a three day weekend to?

If I had a three day weekend i would probably go up to Kansas City. All my family lives up there so it would be a lot of fun. in my trip I would go to World of fun, the cheese cake factory and to the plaza. Worlds of fun is a lot of fun but i want to go there on a day when its perfect and sunny because the last time i went it seriously rained all day long. I would go to the cheese cake factory because its one of my favorite places to eat and i love, love, love there fried macaroni and cheese. i would also go to the plaza because it makes me happy. I love being down there and going shopping, although all the shops seem to be super expensive. I took a trip to KC with my girlfriends the week before school started and it was a lot of fun. I would do it once a month if i could afford it. I also would pick to go to KC for my three day weekend because I hope to live there one day and be a nurse up there at the children's hospital.

Picking an object and writing about it

I got stuck with a silver beaded necklace. This necklace fits me perfectly. It's easy to write about jewlery when you love it. these beads remind me of my childhood. I use to wear them all the time i would apply layers on top of layers of these beads. They were always fun to dress up with and where around my neck and even when you wrap them a couple times around your wrist and change it from necklace to bracelet. The only thing that I hated about them were they seemed to break pretty easily. these beads remind me of a time when i was younger and my mom and i were watching this Tv show and this littler girl got her room redone and there were beads every where for her to make any kind of bracelet she wanted. I remember telling my mom that i was so jealous of that. the next week my mom took me to this huge build your own jewelry store and it felt like heaven. Now that i look back a feel bad for my mom because i seriously was in the store all day long. It was just too much fun, where a little girl like me wouldn't want to leave.


I got a heart shaped cookie cutter.  It reminds me of love and valentines day.My mom and I loved to make cookies she i was younger so every time any holiday came along thats what we would do; and on valentines day we would come together and make heart shaped cookies to eat as we're making my valentines box for school together it was always a good bonding moment fro my mom with her two children.

What's the most difficult decision I've ever had to make?

The most difficult decision I have ever made was to go to my soccer tournament and not let my team down or go visit my sick grandpa. Well I picked to go to the soccer tournament and once we got to it I realized that I had made the wrong decision. My dad and I went to the tournament while my mom and brother went to visit my grandpa. My mom called us to let us know they got there and they were just sitting next to my grandpas bed, where he was not speaking, but breathing. Then not even 10 minutes later my mom called us back and said that my grandpa had just passed away. I knew I should have gone to see my grandpa one last time since it seems that he said alive until my mother got there and my brother got to talk to him one last time, but since I made the wrong decision i wasn't able to. I regret it all this time because i should have just let my team down to be with my family, when in the end I let my family and team down.

Don't do drugs

Kaitlyn do you realize what myth is doing to you? If you don't stop you're going to end up killing your self; theres so much to life that you don't want to do that. I remember you being that beautiful girl who had everybody loving your picture, and all those times when your boyfriend would do anything for you and now looking nobody is doing anything for you but convincing you that myth is terrible. Your beautiful self is not so beautiful now thanks to myth. You can get back on the right track, and do it for your mom, your friends, and all of your family because everybody is so concerned. I get that the addiction is killing you its painful to give it up but realize how much better life will be how much more you will be given instead of every time having a conversation with anybody its always this.

If i could be a tv star i would pick to be kourtney kardashian. Out of the kardashian sisters i would want to be kourtney. To me she seems to be the best mom to her children like the one thats there for her kids the most plus she has money too. Family and being with my children is an important factor in life for me and Kourtney seems to think that too. Also she is pretty and she isn't all over the media for stupid reason all the time. If i recall the last time she did a photo shoot it was for some playboy thing like Kim it was for an organic eating magazine. Now i would be more proud for having a mom for that reason other then for being in playboy. Kourtneys kids are the cutest and i wouldn't mind having Scott for my boyfriend/baby daddy.

Happily ever after

my happily ever after is to have everything i want without having to work for it. That means when i want to go on huge shopping sprees i will have the money to do so but i wouldn't have tom work for that money. or if i wanted to go lay

my happily ever after is to have everything i want without having to work for it. That means when i want to go on huge shopping sprees i will have the money to do so but i wouldn't have tom work for that money. or if i wanted to go lay on the beach a really nice one then i will magically appear there without having to do anything. My happily ever after is laziness and getting what i want when i want it and without having to work for it. Another good happily ever after is having a great family and and working hard for them each and every day.

My label is daughter, worker, student. I would say daughter because I am the youngest child and the only daughter so it actually really means something to me. You can  label me as a worker because I work because I have to support myself. You could also label me as a student because I am a full time student.

Where would you rather be right now

I would rather be laying out on a balcony over beautiful blue water in Bora Bora. Its such a beautiful place why would anybody not want to go there. Drinking my day away. I would move to Bora Bora if I could. ever since the Kardashians went there for vacation I've always wanted to go. I know that its super expensive to go but hey I'm saving up!

What was my best Halloween

My best halloween was when ever i was younger. When i was younger they were all good and i got so much candy. I remember this house that lived across from me and it was built like a castle so we would always call it the castle house. But this house went all out for halloween and i was always terrified to go get candy from them. They were always so into it, had so many people involved in it that it was always good and you never knew what to expect from them.

right and wrong

right is right and wrong is wrong. All of our views are different something that i may find right somebody else may find wrong. I believe right and wrongs for people are based on how they were raised. I think family has a lot to do with it. Like a christian home will think different right and wrong's then say an atheist home.

What's Important to me?

andys ice cream
family
god
love
late night snacks
dogs
pigs
the color pink
the beach
shopping


Family is very special to me. It's the one thing in my life that is always there for me no matter what. My family has always been my number one support in life and thats very important to me. When ever I talk about my family and their support I'm not just talking about my parents and sibling I'm talking about everybody my grandmothers, aunts, uncles, and even cousins. I'm so thankful to have such a supportive close family in my life. I truly don't know what I would do without them. They are everything to me, and I have realized throughout my life time that I need to always put family first before anything else because at the end of the day they will still be the one's who are there for me.

Love is very close to me. When there is love in the air then you know everything will be alright. Im not talking about love as in dating love I'm talking about love in general. Love comes in many different shapes, sizes, and ways, and I feel that sometimes Americans forget to love before they hate. Yes sometimes hate is the right thing but when it comes to America and our country we should show appreciation and love for it. If we all showed love to each other no matter what then maybe this world would be a better place. But no we all have to have our selfish ways and only think the world revolves around us and the family. If we all loved then we wouldn't have to worry about crime and everything. People do crime out of hatred not out of love.


Shopping is so much fun. If I could do it everyday then I would. It's a fun thing for me to get away and spend some time to myself. Shopping is always fun no matter what.

ESFP's

I am a ESFP which means I am extraversion, sensing, feeling, and perceiving, I think this fits me. I am an extraversion because of the way I get my energy. Extraversion's get their energy through being with others. I can show that I get my energy through others because I hate being alone and I am happiest around others, an example of this is when I'm home alone I get depressed and bored easily but when I am with others it's always a good time and I feel great about myself. I'm sensing because of the way I take in information. I would rather take information in through sensing others rather then think about what they are feeling. An example of this is when somebody is upset I'm always the first one there holding them making them feel comfort because I can sense how they are feeling. Rather than a thinker that would try and think about the best outcome for them and get them to feel better about themselves by looking into the future. I am a feeler because of the way I make my decisions. I base my decisions on how other people will feel or how those people have made me feel. Say somebody is so kind to me and they asked me to do something for them I would say yes of course because they have made me feel good about myself before so I should share my kindness with them in return, but if somebody hasn't treated me right then I won't treat them right either instead I will treat them how they have treated me and see if they like it. I am a perceiver because of the way I view the out side world.  I am not one who jumps straight to the conclusion to judge. I will sit back and not say a word because I want people to be able to be them self and be happy. I know if I were judged it would be harmful and I wouldn't appreciate it. An example is maybe whenever you see somebody in public that just looks different as a perceiver I would sit back and take in what I see rather then snake it known to public and judge them and let them see that. I feel that ESFP is me because I am outgoing to a certain point and I am most happy when I am around people. I also enjoy taking care of somebody or just simply watching over somebody. I feel that it is in my nature to take care and put others in front of you what ever it comes down to health or anything else.  One thing that I disagree with is when it comes to writing they say that ESFP's usually look up what they are writing through books, and they use a lot of previous experiences to write about, but with me I don't think I'm a great writer and I don't really like it which causes me to not agree with researching and stuff like that. Whenever I looked at the career list that was given to ESFP's, it fits me perfectly. The main career's that stood out to me were health care and child care. Which right now I am going to school for nursing but I've always had an interest in child care as well so I will be specializing in child care nursing. Everything seems match up well with me and ESFP's. I am happy to be known as a ESFP.


Here  is the link that shows and explains ESPF's.
http://thepurpleenglishteacher.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/esfp.pdf

This I believe

I believe

That life is too big
That my family will be the only people who have always loved me
That I can do anything I set my mind too
That challenges are apart of life
That I am happy with life
That I will get through nursing school
That I will give back at a lot at some point in my life
That I care about others
That I will have pet pigs
That soccer will always be apart of me
That its best to try new things



It's best to try new things because you never know how much you may end up loving it. I got involved in Cross Country my last year of high school. I always hated the thought of running for fun; thats why it took me up till my last year of high school to try it. I ended up loving the sport and to this day I wish I could go back and start running it my first or second year of soccer. I use to believe that nothing could make running fun but you know what I found out? I found out that if you surround yourself with people that love running the  it is easy to be dragged into loving running as well. I realized that running with people who love it is easier then running with people who do nothing but complain about it. Coming from soccer history I can honestly say that soccer players complain and complain about running which makes it hard for you to try and enjoy its as week, but when you are all around people that all they do is run, run, run then it is easier to relate and enjoy it as well.

My purpose is....

My purpose is to live life. Do everything that I want and accomplish every goal I have. My purpose in life isn't just for myself but help and change the things around me. I want to be a someone that people can look up to and say "this is all the things she has accomplished in life, and this is what she has done for me and the people around me." My goal is to achieve every goal I have but also to help others achieve their goal too. Life is too short to not want to be giving. Purpose of life is different for everybody. I think that it is based on who you are as a person, what you want in life, and maybe how you view the world and others. The world is a big place so decide on what you want as a person decide on how you want to be treated and thats how people will treat you back.

                               http://www.enke.co.za/stories/lindokuhle-nobuhle-giving-back/

Final Blog Post

This year has been a great year with this English class. There have been a lot of great memories that has made this class my favorite class. Some of my favorite moments is when we went to MSU it was so much fun to spend time with the class outside of class. Ms. James really made this class great too. She is just such a sweet women and I love that.  The conference groups were really great. I enjoyed being able to read my paper out loud to others. When reading my paper out loud it allowed me to catch some of my own mistakes which I loved. The letters with China were pretty awesome. It was great to be able to compare and contrast to totally different cultures. It was probably my favorite writing we did all year! Over all this was such a great class and year and I learned a lot about writing that will help me out next you in college. Choosing this English class was one of the best class decisions I have made all 4 years of being a part of Parkview. Thank you Ms. James for the help in making my senior year so great!

Dragon Boat Festival

         

          When reading over one of the autobiography of the Chinese letters I came across the Dragon Boat Festival. I had never heard of it before so I decided to use it has my research topic.  According to travelchinaguide.com the Dragon Boat Festival happens on the 5^th day of the 5^th month.  This festival has been going on for over 2,000 years. Many legends circulate around the festival such as the chance to build their bodies and dispel diseases, but the most popular legend is the legend of Qu Yuan.

          Qu Yuan supported the decision to fight against the powerful State of Qin. He ended up showing much love to his country by writing great poems that the citizen fell in love with. He has now passed but at every Dragon Boat Festival they have a special moment just for Qu Yuan. Many people come to the festival with boats that are shaped and dressed up like dragons. That’s how the festival got its name. A custom that is shown on this special day is that all kids wear a prefume pouch. It’s said if kids wear them then all the evil is washed away. This day has many special things that happen but I want to give a special thanks to Constabnce for writing about this event in her paper. If she had never brought it up then I would have never of kniwn about it.

Service Learning

Just project was very fun to do. it was a good topic that i was able to research and it kept my attention very well. during the presentation I really had a part of all of the research and pictures. It was a good presention since I was able to do it with Madison and Kaitlyn. If we all three made our own presentation it would have been really borinng becaus eit would be the samething over and over again. here is the link to our presentation if you want to view it.

Global Perspectives

   It was very interesting when we went and visited MSU. I went to three presentations and my favorite one was the film. The film just caught my eye and it was able to keep my focus. I always enjoy hearing and seeing people do good things for others to help them out. The film was able to show me that many people do want to leave their home and come to the United States because it is a better life here. It showed me that people also care about people who come to the United States and us Americans love to help get these families up and on their feet for a few months. I wish I could have been apart of shooting this film because you know it had to have been a great, life changing experience. It was nice to be able to talk with the guy that shot the fil m himself. I know from what i saw and heard that the guy had such a fun time shooting this film that once he gets enugh time and/or money then he would love to shoot another film like the one h has already done.

Refelction over the Chinese letters

I love the experience that I have gotten from these letters.  It has been so great to be able to talk to somebody who is clear across the world. I love how they are so kind and they love talking to me.  I thought it was kind of funny when I went to read all my letters every single one of them had something to say about my relationship with my boyfriend. They all said how there in China they usually aren’t allowed to have boyfriends until college unless they are kept secret from their families. They have to spend a lot of time studying and families there believe that if you have a boyfriend/girlfriend then they will just take away time from studying.  I responded to pretty much all of the emails and I asked them about some every their everyday things and its crazy how different our cultures are. It was great to wake up yesterday and see that two girls responded back to me again. I love being able to talk with other girls around the world. It’s great because I have always wanted a pen pal and the two girls that I keep talking to are all about us being friends. I just want to thank you Ms. James for having this idea and giving us such a great experience.

Readers report

              The Rock Stars Daughter

                     By: Caitlyn Duffy

 I started reading this book awhile ago and just started to read it again. This book is all about a 17 year old girl who loves with her mom and barely ever sees her dad. Her parents got divorced when she was just a young girl. Her mom is a women who loves to throw parties and their huge house and her dad is well a popular rock star that everybody loves. One night she was up in her bedroom while her mom was throwing a party downstairs. The next thing she knew was that there were lots of cops and ambulances around her bourse. She ran downstairs just to find out that her mom had died. She was taken into a shelter home while they tried to find her father. He was on tour around the world and he stopped that to come straight home to his daughter. It was weird for her because she barely even knew who he was. They got to know one another and then he got custody of her and she went on tour with him her dads wife and the wife's daughter. She was nothing like them but she didn't care. She didn't let their differences get In the way and says "maybe having a younger sister wasn't such a bad thing." After that she kept moving forward and kept falling in love with her dads famous attention. So far I love this book and it just keeps getting better and better! 

Proposal

          As we all know children safety has gone downhill. I have thought about what I wanted to write my service project on and I have decided to write about children safety. I care so much about kids that hearing that many aren’t even safe kills me.  I most got excited to share my thoughts about this topic once the whole Hailey Owens thing happened this past week. I know that I am very upset about the subject and I’m not even a mother yet. Knowing that kids aren’t safe in their own neighborhood and that kids can’t even go outside and play on a nice day in this community anymore scares me to death.  After this has happened I have decided to talk about children safety and talk with young kids on what they need to do when I situation like this happens.  I know that my first step in completing and talking to young kids starts with me and my kids at Day Care. I know that I love all these kids and they mean so much to me that I will teach them first because I’m with them the most and it is very important to me that they know what safety tips to use during a situation such as one that has occurred earlier this week.  Over all I hope to teach children about safety tips needed in this community now days.

60 minutes

            I just watched the 60 minutes video that was posted and I will say I was very shocked that a 15 year could figure something out like that. I am so amazed that somebody of such young age can figure something out like that. He has to be very talented and he is very talented to figure it out at 15 years out when grown people can’t even figure out a solution themselves. I think that it helped that his parents were so supported of him and his brother and basically allowing them to do any science project in their home as long as they don’t take down the house.  You never know who will found out such wanted facts. That’s why we should never under estimate somebody because of their age. He was 15 but he was one smart guy that loved science more than anything. I think that it’s great that people are allowing him to go to big events and speak about his experiment and he has even gotten to go to the White House four times. I think with sharing his story it will help in expiring all young kids to never give up on something you are interested in because you never know what you will get out of your talented area.

Moving foward in life...

What’s my Passion?

            I am very passionate about helping others through the way of health. Many Americans don’t have the healthy health that is needed to live. Thanks to the soup kitchen many can get some food which is better than nothing but still not enough. I experienced my first time at the soup kitchen over Thanksgiving break and it was a much needed experience in life. You don’t realize what all you are thankful for until you are in conversation with these people who are living their life in a struggle. After hearing all the stories and everything in am very passionate about helping through health. The soup kitchen does a very good thing and all the volunteers are great too. Since I am passionate in health I have decided to move forward with life with nursing. Nursing gives me a great chance to help others with their health. It’s a great job that allows you to feel great about what you are doing at the end of the day.