Using blogging in the college class

Using blogging in English 1101 has actually made me okay with work. blogging is essential because for me, it keeps me from complaining about the work. I rather blog and write three essays throughout the year rather than write a million essays because I did that in high school and I like a switch up. In regular English classes all students do is write a bunch of essays that no one cares about but in this class blogging is based off of my opinion and that it isn't a right or wrong answer. Blogging has taught me how to voice my own opinion and to write about my experiences and express my thoughts. I never knew that I would enjoy an English class as much as I do. Blogging, isn't just writing a few things down to get it done, it motivates me into actually wanting to do it instead of complaining and being frustrated with it.

Post about 2 of your colleagues' posts about the above issues

It turns out that most of my classmates are pro peer review. As stated in my blog post about peer review, almost all of my classmates seemed pleased with it and that there is only 100% positivity in peer view. Rachael said, "I enjoy the peer review because it helps me with finding my mistakes that I did not see the first time." Alexis said, " I enjoyed getting advice from my classmates on what i could do to improve my essay & i enjoyed giving them advice on what they could do to improve theirs as well." These statements are positive and after reading their post there was not any negatives to it. I am not saying that they should have included a negative because some people may not take peer view to be negative in any way, but I am saying that after reading their post, I can argue that peer view can also be a crutch. Not that it is a cutch to Rachael or Alexis but at times, one can see peer view used in that way.
Aside from peer review, lets talk about Doc 3. I know a lot of my classmates are struggling with doc 3 because the assignment includes an argument part, which, after listening to everyone complain and smack their teeth, I know that the argument part of the assignment is the hardest. I do agree to that because I even had trouble with the argument part of the assignment. Even though that part may have been rather difficult, most of my classmates choose topics that they really enjoy, which helped them to stay on task, for instances, Joseph said, " I get off task easy unless it's something i really enjoy doing, and this article was about hunting and a organization that has done a lot for me." Others, like Alexus, learned from her doc 3. She said, " My biggest problem was procrastination. That's what hindered me the most because I found myself putting working on my assignment off to a later date, which was a bad thing for me to do. " She knew he weakness and learned from it, which made her able to correct that mistake. Doc 3 was a bit more difficult than the other documents, however, it was something that we can all learn from and enjoy doing as well, if we chose a topic that best fits us.

Post about the peer review process. Talk about giving and receiving peer advice

I think that the peer review process has its advantages and disadvantages. I believe that it is effective because it allows students to help others without having to be in their face and advice is given as well as ideas. The disadvantages that it came bring is that someone may not know what they are doing and give the wrong advice, students could rely on someone to correct their entire paper and probably not even understand why what was corrected needed to be corrected in the first place, or students could take advice from the person who is reviewing their work and just go with their ideas without even thinking for themselves, just to get the assignment done. It may seem as if there are more advantages than disadvantage, but I think helping and guiding your classmates counts as more than just one thing because that can lead to a difference in that students paper and it can also teach them why their mistakes were mistakes. Guidance is the spark of the peer review process, which is also an advantage.

Post about writing my Doc3, especially about what helped or hindered you to stay on task.

Doc 3 was kind of "iffy" because the assignment was to take the article form Wikipedia that should have already been completed, and then write a 1200 word essay, Doc 3, setting up an opinion and arguing about why you are right. My topic was a horror movie, and of course people can have an argument about horror films being amazing or not. I stumbled a bit on this one because I thought the assignment was just based off of my opinion, which made me have to go back and add an argument to it. I also had to described he movie because how would a person who has not seen it know what it is about. If a person can not determine what the movie is about then how could they take my side and say, "yes, this is a good horror film," the thing is, they won't be able to. So, I began with an argument, then described the movie, and then I wrapped it up  with a final argument.

Open choice: Finals

Okay guys, finals are approaching and you are probably freaked out. I think I can help out with all the stress that is here or here to come. This advice isn't new, but if you study in more frequent smaller sessions, then you will not have to cram in December. I know everyone wants to enjoy their thanksgiving break, but you have to realize that finals won't exist anymore just because you feel you need a break. So, I suggest that you start now. Starting today would help you to become more organized with all of you  work and be able to study all subjects. Note that your study sessions should be a review, if not then you will try to "relearn" everything, which would take up too much time. If you really need to relearn some information I advise you to get a tutor so that he or she can give you a run down of everything. last but not least try to make your own study guide of questions that you do not know, so that you can work on them and not waist time answering questions that you know you already know. Good luck guys!

Identify your favorite blog from this course and explain why it was your favorite

My favorite blog from this course was the all about me post. I enjoyed writing it because I like to talk about myself. I thought that it was a good idea to get to know my classmates and for them to get to know me. I mentioned that, "I talk a lot once you get to know me other than that I may be quiet. I am considered a nerd but that's okay because nerds always wins! Well that's all about me, I look forward to knowing about all of you," which opened up a conversation with 22 comments that allowed me to get to know my classmates. The other post were mainly about other things, but this one was about me, therefore, the blog post was interesting.

How I revise my documents

When I am revising my documents I read over the paper and make sure that the grammar is correct. I also try to make sure the paper makes sense and add any extra information that is necessary for the paper. The main thing that I always do is correct sentences and try to use more educated words within my paper. I would also ask my professor to read over my paper, that way I would know exactly what needs to be corrected.

1 post analyzing 2 posts from my colleagues

Daniel said the number one saying of all time relating to child/adult conflicts, which was," most kids have no respect for their parents." This is 100% true especially children of today. Most kids are not afraid of their parents like how it use to be. I can not count the number of times I saw a child disrespect their parents, and the parent actually let them do it. I know that if that had been me I would have been six feet under, and that probably goes for a lot of people my age. Daniel also said, "This causes them to smart off or even yell at their parents when they don't get their way," which is actually true. People say, "a team is only as good as its coach," which is the same for children. If parents start acting like parents again, then their child would not be so flipped mouthed.
Not only are children disrespectful, but they do not have outside fun as how I did when I was a child. Rachel said that when she played games with her friends, she, " ..would play hide and seek, red light green light." As a child I played those same games, however, I never see children outside playing those types of games anymore. Rachel also said, "I had a lot of fun growing up," and honestly I do not think children of today can truly say that because what they call fun is Candy Crush, Instagram, and Snapchat.

Child/adult conflicts

There are quite a few reason behind child and adult conflicts. Adults some times fail to realize that their child is a reflection of the parent and its kind of like arguing with a little them. I would say that most child /adult conflicts are mostly between daughter and mother. I don't know why the two always bump heads, but it could be because the two are too much alike. Sometimes the child could be right, when arguing with an adult, however, either way it goes the adult will always claim that they are right. This is only because they are adults and whatever they say must go, right? So when they are actually in the wrong, and if they know they are, the whole entire conflict will; escalate into something more than it is because adults hate to be proven right by a child. Conflicts between children and adults may very depending on the child and the adult. Some adults, a child can get away with saying certain things, but on the other hand some children can not do that. Child and adult conflicts will always be a thing because children sometimes have flip mouths and adults are sometimes wrong, but in most cases, coming from an adults perspective, they are right and the child should stay and his or her place, as just that, a child.

Childhood games

My favorite childhood game was "cops and robbers." It is a lot like freeze tag, except my porch was the jail and you had to have a friend bail, well, help you break out of jail without getting caught by the cop. Usually when you play games as a child you put each others foot in a circle and play "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe," to see who will be it, in cops and robbers, everyone who was in 7th grade and above had to be cops. This made it easier to be caught, which made it fun because it was a challenge. I remember playing this game all the time when I was a child. It was the only game that I actually enjoyed and went inside to tell my mom about. Now, in 2015, there are tons of cell phones and new games are coming out, and children are losing site of having fun out doors. Even though technology is a good thing, well at least to me it is, children should still go out side and play and they should try cops and robbers. I enjoyed it and I am sure other children would too.