Devon Beck- The Final Blog

Part one - My major is English and I plan on minoring in Creative Writing and professional writing. I want to be able to explain things better . When I write I want people to want to read more of what I'm talking about.  I feel like words can make an impact in this world. I feel like depending on what you write or say you could change millions of lives.  As I go on in college I want to get a better understanding of the different ways that stories have impacted our lives and our history.  I would like to read Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. I feel like as a writer I could learn a lot by reading her.  She is a classic. I feel like if you want to go into writing and be a better writer you have to learn from the classics. You may even borrow their techniques. She is one of the most influential writers of all time. Another book I would like to read is To Kill a Mockingbird. I feel like this is a book that all people should read.  It was once censored and to me that shows that people didn't want to read what she was saying. I feel like this book spoke truth. and that is something that this world needs.


               
Part Two- One of my goals is to write a best selling novel. I want to be able to write a story that change lives like to Kill a Mockingbird did.  I want my books to be translated into different languages. I want my books to be taught.  I want them to be made into movies.  I want to leave behind something that says I was here.  I know that this will be hard. I know that I will have to practice my writing but its something that I want to do. I feel like sharing our stories makes a difference. Sometimes we feel alone and as though we are the only ones going through certain problems and I want to show people that they are not alone. I want to show people that it doesn't matter what you go through you can come out and achieve your dreams. I have so many different things that  I could write about and I hope that I can publish them one day.

My future writing goals are, I work in an environment of business and engineering. I would like to write in a business manner to be able to communicate with other engineers and vice presidents and presidents of Whirlpool. I want to sound more educated and mature. The book "Step up and Lead" wold be a good book to read for my field. I am in a semi-leadership role already and stepping up would be good for me.



Being a leader is a great thing as long as you dont abuse it. Learning how to be a great leader will only benefit me. Reading "5 Levels of Leadership" I think would help me with that.



I spent a long time at Whirlpool working on the main floor. I was stuck in the same rut for 22 years and it was a deep rut. I am now working a job, still at Whirlpool, that has opened so many doors for me. A Quality Engineering Tech is just a step away from Engineer. I love my job because I am presented with problems that the people on the floor have and I have to solve it for them. If it makes their job easier then we both benefit from it. I thought that when I was in the rut those doors of opportunity were closed and locked. But, by the will of God those doors were always open and open for me. He has blessed me with so much. I couldnt ask for anything more. Being a Quality Engineer helping the workers and the company I work for is what Im shooting for.

Matthew Hines final blog exercise

Part 1

One of my reading goals is to find more time to read more books. When I was younger I read a lot of books, but for the past couple of years, I haven't had very much time to read many books. One book that I want to read is "A Game of Thrones: A Feast for Crows," by George R.R. Martin. I read the first three books when I had more time to read, and I want to get caught up with the books so that I can watch the show. Another book that I want to read is "If at Birth You Don't Succeed, by Zach Anner. Anner is a young comedian with Cerebral Palsy. The book is his story of how he became successful and happy despite his condition. He also posts videos on YouTube, which is where I found him. I want to read this because I think it would be a very funny and inspirational story.






Part 2
I spend a lot of my free time watching YouTube. I really like that there is such a wide variety of content that you can find on YouTube. I've always thought it would be interesting to try YouTube. I don't know what I would make videos about, and I wouldn't expect very much success. I just think it would interesting to try to look at YouTube from a creator's point of view, rather than a viewers point of view.  

Reading, Writing, and Wild Dreams: Last Blog

Part One

I love to read so this summer I hope to catch up on some much missed reading. As far as writing goes, I have a more long term goal. I hope to someday be a successful fiction author, with my name going down in history with the best and most popular authors. I really want to read Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen because she is one of my favorite authors of all time, and I have read all of her other books. I would also like to read Jurassic Park because I love the movies and think the books are almost always better than movies.

Part Two

I love to act. It isn't my plan but from a young age I dreamed of making it big in acting. I would like the most to act in movies that were books first. I would love reading the books and studying for parts, really making the part a little bit of my own while also trying to make the character what the readers pictured in their heads. I would read the books over and over again, just to make sure I had the mannerisms and dialogue of a character down perfectly. I want to be the one that's so good that almost no viewers, be they fans of cinema or fans of the book, can be disappointed.

Final Writing Journal - Omar Shehadeh

Part one: My future reading and writing goals are to be able to comprehend most pieces of writing in a single reading session, particularly constitutional law. As for writing, I will work to become completely coherent in my thoughts and expressions, particularly articulating my ideas well. To continue upon these goals I will have to read more literature and attempt to write whenever possible to develop these skills. One book I want to read came up during my research, Refuting ISIS: A Rebuttal Of Its Religious And Ideological Foundations by Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi. It is an Imam's point of view on ISIS and how he logically refutes their falicies. I have become more centralized in my faith since my class projects regarding Islam and I want to continue my education of Islam so I can better explain it to others. Another book I want to read is the Bible. The Qur'an teaches that the people who follow God's holy scriptures are all his follower's, and this includes the Bible and the Torah. I want to read both of these books as well to better understand my faith and god.

Part two: My wildest dream is to be able to unite the people of Isreal and Palestine. The bloodshed is pointless and a detriment to both sides. Children are caught in the crossfire, elderly as well. If something is not done now, then it will end in the genocide of the Palestinian people. If I could only do one thing in my life it would be to bring together both people and end the conflict.

Final blog

My future reading and writing goals is to get in a class where I can sharpen my journalist skills even more. My favorite part of this class was making the Holding on profile. I loved going out and making something myself rather than just reading about it. I think the two books I really want to read right now is Let the trumpet sound (biography of Dr.King) and Grapes of Wraith because I've heard such good things about both those books.

I think my dream is to discover another piece of our history through fossils. As an anthropology major I really want to be one of the people to discover an entirely new species that adds a link to us and the line of animals leading up to us. Being in class and seeing how much there is we still don't know about our own origins really excites me because I see an opportunity to figure out some of the puzzle, even if only a little piece. 

In-class Thesis and MLA style Exercises. From Mike Lohre

Students, if you go to our handbook's website, you will find exercises to help sharpen your sense of thesis, and use of MLA style

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Do Exercise 56-1 Thesis statements in MLA papers

and/or do another MLA exercise of your choice if that is helpful.

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