miss this class!

I thought we were gonna try to keep this blog alive? =( Anyways, I super miss our round table sessions. Hope you are all doing well=D Oh and I totally just thought of writing something because I had a phone interview for Jenny Craig and remembered Jon talking about it haha. Ok thats all byee!

Some entertainment before we begin today

here we go 

1. 3, 5, 9 or 11 sentences, with enveloping TITLE
2. Serious, lighthearted, creative, passionate, critical
3. Self, networks, social structure, change
4. Problems, solutions, patterns, inexplicability 

 bottom:  MOST important thing you learned (one extra sentence)
 

Final Paper Wednesday

A lot of you will see this, and if you do, do this:   final paper:  I want to see your original and final, paperclipped together.  Also, take a highlighter (yellow or some other color pen) and highlight all that is new.
This means:  1.)  all corrections and 2.) all additions.  If entire paragraphs are new, you can highlight vertically, down the margin rather than highlighting the entire line-by-line paragraph.

final paper...

I know my papers have not been the best, but with the final paper due on Wednesday, which one is the best ones for you guys to do?

Wednesday - remember

TWO copies of the next paper, paper #4:  Wednesday

SUMMER QUARTER

JUST CHEKING IN THIS MORNING. I SORT OF MISS WRITNG THE MORNING PAGES. I WAS JUST CHEKING OUT THE BLOGS AND REMEMBERED THAT THE PAPER IS DUE WEDNESDAY INSTEAD OF TOMORROW(AWESOME). HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT WEEKEND, NOW START OF A NEW ONE. JUST FEELING THE TENSION OF THE LAST FEW WEEKS OF THE QUARTER, BUT EAGER FOR IT TO FINISH ALREADY. WISH EVERYONES THE BEST THIS QUARTER ..... =) GOOD OL' MONDAY

Observation Paper #4 due Wed., not Mon

Three of you were missing last class.  We moved the due date to Wednesday this week.  See you all tomorrow.

Film paper

I do NOT was a review or a summary of the films. I want you to select a theme that can be seen in both of them and expand on that theme using the film examples, your life, the public life you see around you, and any references you wish to find and include on the theme.

Mini Monet

astonishing

2 views of 2 dictatorships

you are not expected to be experts in the history of Nazi Germany or modern Persia (Iran), but our two movies had some themes, many of which are common themes:  government, church, God, the belief that God likes your ideas, magic, love, family, beliefs, freedom (or lack thereof), control, discipline, school, tradition, absolutism, language and how language holds us together or separates us, prisons, elders, dreams, nationalism, rebellion, bribery, common dress (uniforms) and control., scarcity of resources, gender roles and the sacrifice that some parents make.   One Truth:  the Shah took 3000 prisoners; the new government took 30,000.  They also have in common that they give you a look at two major points of totalitarian control and allow you to see how easy and interesting it is to begin to formulate your own understanding of government and its power.. . . . . . you also see children at different stages of development:  in Life is Beautiful, a little boy; in Peresepolis, a girl drowing up.  What do children seek?  Structure a paper around some of the common themes, using a few examples from each film to help you make your point.  You may also use examples from your own life today to help support the structure you create.  How do these histories allow you to see the United  States?  Aftr the 8 year was with Iraq ... we were eager for happiness; we forgot we were not free.
Choice:  Grandma:  Of oucrse you had a choice; everyone always has a choice.
Grandma:  Fear lulls our mind to sleep.
"We were eager for happiness; we forgot we were not free."

This blog

This blog is not helping you because you do not use it.
what do you think of the poverty levels in the US?

THE FILMS

Unfortanatly,Im going to miss class today. I wanted to know the names of the two movies we are going to see in class for the film paper.....................

on creativity in schools

http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html

Watch!

http://www.ted.com/talks/elif_shafak_the_politics_of_fiction.html

Find out which writer you write like

http://iwl.me/ 

Help me help you

I am dumbfounded. I cannot find a valid Soc question that is interesting to me. There is a couple of ideas that I have. However, I am afraid these ideas I have may come as invalid, or too boring... Here goes:

• What is the significance in cliques in high school?
• What is the impact of art in a small community?
• What defines an interracial marriage in any part of the world?
• What is the point in racial profiling by police officers
• What is the stigma behind those with disabilities vs. those who do not?

For those who read, you can see my problem and I desperately need your help before Monday. In any other case, steal my ideas, because I came up with them several minutes ago.  Thanks for reading!

Here is what others found

nice list found on line  AND:  I can get "Life is" at our library, so we'll only need Persepolis

2 movie groups

Happy group:  Overcoming obstacles Rachel Getting Married; The pursuit of Happyness, Howl's Moving Castle. 
Solutions to problems group:  stereotypes  "Crash"  "Street Kings" "Peresopolis"
http://writingsoc.blogspot.com/2009/01/combined-movie-list.html  so .... comment here. Wed we pick.

List of "Best Blogs" of 2010

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1999770,00.html

Individually Odd

I wanted to write about this in my morning pages, but I could not wait to say it. I thought of the paper we read in class about individuality and how sometimes an aspect conformity limits us in the long run. I have Cerebral Palsy, a physical disability that I am proud to call a part of who I am, not of what I conform to. This music video I found called "Odd One" by Sick Puppies taught me that I am someone to everyone around me. I can't get the video directly, but here is the link from YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wgbv3d-k7sA

I finish off with a quote from actress Marlee Matlin who was deaf since she was 18 years old.

"It was ability that mattered, not disability, which is a word I'm not crazy about using." - Marlee Matlin

H.W for wednesday

I was a little confused can someone please clarify this for me. The homework was Pick one thing you would stop doing that will change your behavior. Ok I think I got that but how long does it have to be...???? So is it simply the title , CIN, Date and start typing like the example on the syllabus ...uuhhh confused or are we doing just an abstract paper like the monkey paper. (I guess im just thinking about it to hard) someone please help!

ANGRY???

"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned."   (Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta- The founder of Buddhism 563- 483 B.C.)

The Four Agreements - Ruiz

1.  Be impeccable with your word
2.  Don't take things personally
3.  Make no assumptions
4.  Do everything as well as you can

Politics in the classroom

There is a debate afoot about politics in the classroom Most agree in principle that teachers' politics do not belong in the classroom because the teacher has inherent "power" to influence.   Thus, three questions - comment here.
1.  do we sense the presence of teachers' politics in the classroom
2.  do we feel they represent one "side" more than another "side" and
3.  do we think politics have no place in the classroom.

more amazing music

to do w writing? creativity!

Adding the class - 2 methods

If you are an "Open University" student, you go to Golden Eagle  Room 211 (above food court)and open a registration form and bring it to me for signature and then return it to them
If you are a regular matriculated student, you go to Admin 146, enrollment services, and get an "Add Form" and bring it to me for signature and then return it to them.
office hours  are 1:30-2:30 Mon and Wed.

MILLION BILLION TRILLION??!!!!

So I have never... EVER counted to one MILLION. I have never even counted to one thousand!!!It is incomprehensible that it takes 32 years to reach one trillion (MT EDIT BILLION) seconds, and only 12 days to reach one trillion (MT EDIT one MILLION) seconds. If Bill Gates is giving away half of his fortune (which is how much??) to charity, that is more money than there are people on the earth! That is nuts! A trillion is an almost unthinkable to me...

The Giving Pledge

This is the American Way:  Gates and Buffet to give away 1/2 of their billions

Quote of the Day

"Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other’s welfare, social justice can never be attained."

~Helen Keller

Peace & Love to you.

Congratulations!

Congratulations to all of us for completing this quarter. To the graduates, I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors. Let your feeling of accomplishment carry you through your next goal and use it in your pursuit to be an agent of social change.

MT, thank you!

Thank you!!!

Prof. Tabor, thank you for all your help. You made writing papers a whole lot easier. Best wishes!

At Last!!!

School is done :P!!! Yeppie... Ready to move on to the next phase of my life. The knowledge I have obtained from school is Priceless.......

I really enjoyed this class! MT did an amazing job and deserves tremendous praise!!

FINAL CLASS

Hi MT...I would like to know who are the people who will be able to go to thurs last class at 6pm?

Social Media

Thursday: Title B M E + name screenname

A:  What is writing?  What is writing for Sociology?
B:  What is blogging?  What stands out for you about blogging/our blog?
C:  What is social media?  What stands out for you about social media

BE SPECIFIC.  Use clear examples that illuminate your concepts.
Avoid cliche truisms - I have already heard them all.
REMEMBER:  Less is more

Intro:

It requires something more than personal experience to gain a philosophy or point of view from any specific event. It is the quality of our response to the event and our capacity to enter into the lives of others that help us to make their lives and experiences our own. -Emma Goldman*

"There is no great writing, only great rewriting. "
-Justice Brandeis

Someone wrote BLUE - I answered RED

I was a little unsure about the revised final paper. Are we supposed to include the original paper in the new one?  Yes, as discussed. So do I take my first paper make corrections and add to that paper?  Yes. You make all the obvious ("little") corrections that I indicated already, and you add what you add - maybe new sentences, new paragraphs, new citations - and maybe a re-arrangement or a re-organization.   I know we are supposed to attach the original copy, but I wasn't sure what you mean about highlighting the new one. I hope this paragraph gives you the idea.  If you have completely re-arranged paragraphs to create a solid structure, you may yellow-highlight all the way down the side with a vertical line rather than highlighting every line.

ORIGINAL:

I was a little unsure about the revised final paper. I wanted to know if we are suppose to include the original paper in the new one. So do I take my first paper make corrections and add to that paper? I know we are suppose to attach the original copy and I wasn't sure what you meant about highlighting the new one. 

CONFUSSSSEDDD

For the night class...
I know that this thursday the night class is canceled and that papers are due as well, so does that mean that for next week June 10th there is no class?????

This is Gnarly!

EMBED-Ardi Rizal - The real SMOKING BABY !! - Watch more free videos

Yes, I am doing school work during the holiday weekend......

Very excited about my final paper...My re-do of paper #5 is turning out to be really good :)

thur night class: one paper mixup

someone picked up wrong papers - comments were to a "Rene", but you are not Rene. Please email me: U do not have credits for your paper, and U need credit for your papers.

Thursday Night Writing Class June 3

June 3 evening class cancelled.  I need to take a personal day that day. Papers still due that week.  I will be picking them up at 10AM Friday June 4
There are envelopes for drop in at my door>  D3081F King Hall.
REMEMBER TO ATTACH YOUR ORIGINAL PAPER if it is a revision.  HIGHLIGHT the new changes on your revision.  If quantitative paper, attach your data gathering instrument as an Appendix at the back of your paper.  I do NOT want the data.

Please take my survery!

It will really help me out for our next paper..thanks!
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YBB6HP3

Risky Sex Survey

I am doing my quantitative paper on risky sex and I still need a few more people to take my survey. Since you are on the blog site.... will you please take my survey? :) It should only take about a minute.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/R6L9KBV   Thanks :D

class

for thursday's night class are we just getting our papers back with the feed back???

Prof. MT

I wanted to know if u graded the film paper CIN#0474?

Writers Day: Paper #5

• Just finished paper 19 - 7 more in the morning.   Wow - some great papers - even if just in potential. I am going to encourage a lot of your to re-write & develop.  Maybe you wish to go forward with your Quantitative study, and that is fine, but in addition I will be asking almost all of you to re-write this paper #5 so that we can have a collection.  I will also be asking you to send them to me electronically and give me permission to publish them on line.  Each one is unique, and yet they share a fresh curiosity and integrity.  Thx-and let's keep going.
• Consider coming to class on Monday to pick up your paper even if you are scheduled to come on Wednesday.  
• I'll do my best to email each of you by noon as promised so U can better make your decision as to how to finish up.

see here for final paper

http://sorenkerk.com/301/301%20papers%201-5.htm

Quite a Vid on Spanking Kids

http://www.pjtv.com/?cmd=video&video-id=3590
pertinent to our spontaneous talk last week evening

Does anyone know how many pages is the observation paper have to be??

Nashville Images

http://www.youtube.com/user/ExpressionsByMisti#p/u/0/pFjaQoOdJvI 

Arizona SB1070 and citizen deputies

The US Attorney General has not read the bill (his own admission), but everyone should read Arizona Bill SB1070.   It is 16 pages long.  I searched Arizona Bill SB1070 for "militia", "deputy", and "citizen" to read about the citizen deputies.  There is no mention of these terms.  Then I googled "Arizona citizen militia and SB1070".  I found two blogs.  One of them said that the people behind SB1070 were in favor of citizen militias.  It was from 9 days ago and 3 people had left comments. The second blog was also from 9 days ago; it had no comments.  
If I missed language in the bill itself that allows citizen militias to enforce law, please comment with the page number.  If I missed a better news source than those two little blogs, please deposit the URL.  We would all like to know if the state is approving citizen militias.  

good news

good news for the writing students, day and night.  comment here if you are interested in hearing the good news.

Family Ties!!!!

HELP

Hello, i was wondering if anyone from the night class will be kind enough to turn in my essay if i e-mail it to them. i had a family emergency and cant make it to class today, you can e-mail me at mariazaragoza88@yahoo.com i hope someone can help ... Thank you,

Am I right?

For the night class. Do we submit the paper #3 based on what ever topic we choose from the 34 possible titles.

18 assignments handed in

I seem to have received 18 submissions of the draft of the data gathering tool for the quantitative paper.

Question

Is there a paper due this Thursday for the night class, if so which paper is it?

I am confused, paper #4 is the film right?? Why do paper #4 say in (papers 1-7) the qualitative one??

1/4 of us leave a job due to a bad relationship . . .

with a co-worker.  New Poll says this.
Interesting thing to study. 

Oprah tours a house in Denmark

see the tour here of what is called a "typical" house
Denmark and Sweden have the highest taxes in the world.

Prof T

For the quantatative paper can i use an underground hip-hop show for my obervation. I have never been to one. Ive always loved the music but never had the chance to go to one and i think that would be a great place to observe the environment, the atmosphere, and the most of all the people and the vibe

Assignment due Friday

I missed class Thursday. I know about the film that we need to watch and the paper due tomorrow, however I do not know about assignment due Friday. Can someone pls explain. Thanks

Apples Are Not Always The BestFruit!!!

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
Appholes
http://www.thedailyshow.com/
Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party

Quantitative paper assignment

remember that you are to submit the actual formatted sheet of your "observation tool" - not only your general ideas.

Can anyone clarify?

For the film paper its 2 pgs of TEXT right?.........plus the title and reference page? Total=4??

Hello class

The Museum of Tolerance is actually in Los Angeles :)

Regarding film

Hi anyone know where i can rent the movie we watched on thurs night. I wasnt able to make class but i am having a hard time finding it. Hollywood vid/Blockbuster don't have it. HELP please!

Am lost....

Hey anyone help I miss class on thursday nite and I am so lost with the assigments..can anyone help me please i would really appreciated...thanks

Museum of Tolerance

Those of you who work during the day and were interested in attending the museum on an afternoon, think again. The hours for the museum: 10am-5pm. They are closed on Saturdays. Sun 11am -5pm. The museum is in Long Beach. It seems like if its worth going to even if we dont have time before we turn in our paper.

The Long Way Home paper ideas

• If anyone wants to watch a related movie or two, here are two good ones: "Paradise Now" - a fictional account of how two young Palestinian men decide to become suicide bombers. "Death in Gaza" a documentary by a British filmmaker of kids raised in Palestine today.
• A visit to the local "Museum of Tolerance" will add to your personal experience - and could be used for your observation paper
• Your private reactions to the movie and how this intense vision in "The Long Way Home" relates to what your friends and teachers have or have not communicated to you about this situation
  Ask 5-6 people what they know about this 'situation.'
• The political scene today - how the events depicted in this movie folds into it.
• any library research you might quickly do on people's attitudes about Jews and/or the Middle East today
• The human being and human groups - and what you learned about it through this movie. What have you learned about our "human family?"
• Immigration - contrast to today. (careful here of advocacy)
• These are just a few ideas to focus your thoughts and reactions to the movie and how you might write about it.
• See the post below for the switch in Paper #3 and Paper #4: changed the order so #4 is first, followed by #3

Night Writers!

Let's do Film paper (Paper #4) first, then Paper #3. Got it? While the film is fresh, do that paper. So that is the paper you email to me by Thur May 6th, 6PM, furlough day. Comment here if confused.

Can someone please fill me in?!

I am unable to make class this evening and would like to know of anything important that I missed. It will be GREATLY appreciated!!!

Thanks!

Dear T,

How many references do we need in our page...

others who voted on movies

lovelyneni, M&M-88. dsanche23, jess26, micah, marisand, RBCJ, Vero, dreams21, Jess25, alejandra, senorchavez, and two late votes from SocMajor, LT9 ... and earlier votes are

IDEAS

Would anyone like to share some examples for the quantitative paper. I have no idea what to do the paper on. Ideas Please

how about we take it old school and watch The Outsiders...such a good movie!

Movie & Topic

I dont mind on what we watch or do the paper on. . . i do suggest themovie "freedom writers"

Beaches, Steel Magnolias, Temple Grandin, Not Without My Daughter, Persepolis.

Movie

Hotel Rwanda would be a good movie to watch for night class.

Surveymonkey

Hey so any specific survey we need to complete?
HELPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP

Film Choices

My choices for the film are either Boyz in the Hood or American History X.

My Movie choice

I would like to see a Long way home or Two Spirits...!

movie choice- perespolis

Something you may have or may not have already seen!!^_^

Thanks Professor Tabor

Thanks for recommending Mooji...He is very insightful :) I added him to my favorites....

Thx and Congratulations

Miss Heart, SS, onelegged unicorn, hellokitty420, eeyore, Nat, lovelife, ester, findingmyway, springforward, dream21, vero, and tacruz. You did the assignment to post or comment about a movie. You cared and/or you were smart enough to complete an assignment.

Movie Choice

American History X would be a movie I would like to see. I saw it once a long time ago and I forgot how it goes.

paper 2

is anyone else having a problem opening the example papers? for some reason i can't open them. if you can open it and save it as a word doc. can you email it to me? arlenes522@yahoo.com

movie choice

i think avator would be a good choice...it involves us humans wanting to go take over another place without actually knowing anything about them or their culture.

Yeah, my message finally posted!!  Greetings class :)

how is everyones paper going?

i hope all is well. good luck to everyone!

Library Sample Papers

Both Library Sample Paper Links work now.  See this page 

SAMPLE of an article reference

Adamic, Lada, and Eytan Adar. 2005. “How to Search a Social Network.” Social Networks 27(3): 187-203. (Retrieved from Sociological Abstracts on February 23, 2010.)

correct format but ... cannot show a "hanging indent" here on post.

Travie McCoy n Brunie Mars

1. Acoustic  I wanna be a billionaire
2. Young girl  I wanna be a billionaire
3. The 'real version'  I wanna be a billionaire

Surveys

where do we go to take a survey? I can't find the link ...

Movie of Choice

here is a beginning list  Post a comment here.

Mid-Day

We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made up of layers, cells, constellations. -ANAIS NIN

help

i cant find the link to click on to see what our next paper should look like? anyone can help me???

Quote by anonymous

The best way to succeed in life is to act on the advice we give to others.-

Sad week

This week has not been the best....i have found myself to have no computer....i miss my computer :(

Class Tomorrow

Still thinking about two topics for class Thursday night...

Library class outline

here's a link from a kind student a couple of quarters back who took notes on EVERYTHING
http://writingsoc.blogspot.com/2009/10/paper-3-guideline-and-research-outline.html

a little confused

i am trying to view the class schedule to see what the homework is and i can not find it. i thought there was a link for it on the blog. silly me misplaced the handout we got in class.. can someone help me? please!

I am fustrated!!

I am not a very good writer!

We can post by text. :-)

Blogging In Class

Just wanted to say hi to my fellow classmates! Still a little bit lost on topic for paper #3 (library paper)

Very funny

ester

hey everyone.... just blogging

Happy Easter :(

And I Quote:
"Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success. Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly."

"However long the night, the dawn will break."

Details of Paper "A"

Click here to the web site page for Papers A and 1-7

the beginnings of the assembly line

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4KrIMZpwCY   ... see the origins of the original American assembly line capitalist.  Finesse your view of capitalism by merging some facts with ideology. 

differences

between geed, nerd and dork 

More than what I expected...

In this class I learned more than what I thought I was going to learnn. Yes I did learn how to use the ASA format especially since I have been use to mainly using the APA or the MLA formats. Nevertheless, what MT would say in each and every class was indeed inspirational to me. There was not one class that she would not say anything that would make me think and relate to my life. Every single class there was something new to learn and to me that was more valuable than to simply learn how to write proper papers. I did enjoy this class but above all I enjoyed MT's lectures. Thank You Dr. Tabor and good luck with your book I hope to read it soem day =)

=)

Hi!
so it's finals week :/...good luck everyone! =)

Mental Stablity (part of my daily 10)

My vision? What does anyone know about my vision? My vision would turn your world upside down, tear asunder your illusions, and send the sanctuary of your own ignorance crashing down around you. It would question your very existence. It will make you reconsider who you call friends. Now ask yourself, Are you ready to see that vision?

GOOD LUCK!!! Everybody

!!! This is  a stressful time, but we'll get through it. 

Final Night - Thursday

Final night is Thurs!  U have 2 extra days!  Thurs 7:30 I'm in the room.  You can deliver it to my office door any time before then, or see you then, Night People.

Envelopes

envelopes with papers, please.

Karma

I find the definition of karma to be interesting and how the word has changed meaning over time. What really defines the meaning of a word anyways? Is it the dictionary definition of a word or is it a socially defined meaning? Are words supposed to be looked at in context or do you always think the definition of a word applies for all uses of that word?

at work...

I stopped getting paid at 2, so now I am just here trying to do homework since my laptop has a virus and my friend's brother has it. He's trying to fix it. Hadn't realized how necessary computers were until I did not have mine. In the meantime, I have to find other ways to get a hold of a computer to work on my last papers for this quarter.  

Since I got decent feedback for the other papers, I am leaning towards re-doing paper 2 as my final paper.
I've come to realize that it is my least favorite paper out of all of them. The others I loved, this one... not so much.

question....

is paper number 3 pages or more?

tHIS blows.

Okay so my backpack got jacked! i DO NOT understnd why people steal like that. karma sucks ...thats ll i have to say to those who do bad things! so i cant wait till that person regrets ever stealing my backpack!

Keep the Legend Living

For those interested in a great inspirational man, check out the LA Times from March 07, 2010. It talks about an old professor named Jamie Escalante who influenced low-income students in becoming math experts in calculus and provide them the the education needed to have a better future. He's now dying from cancer and it is on us to keep his legacy alive to help others who come from the same struggles live a better life. Viva La Raza!

Extra Credit

What do we have to do for the extra credit?

correct frame of reference

let's remember our sample sizes are small and our populations are unique.  do not make the mistake of saying "men do this or that, whereas women do that or this."  it's better to say it like this, "these men show a tendency to ... and these women show a tendency to ..."  or "these women at Cal State are more X and these Cal State men are more Y."  I trust you see what I mean.

Clarification

So we can turn in the final paper anytime before your office hours on thursday or even bring them to the final day of instruction on thursday night?

Please help me get a higher "N"

Below is the link to a quick survey I am using for this paper. I really need your help because I only got 17 so far.  It takes less than one minute.  Let me know what I can do to help you in return (comment here) . ;-)    http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WP9CPKY

Being sick is never fun. It's even worse when finals are around the corner and papers are due. I know what I want to write but I am finding it very difficult to put my thoughts on paper because I keep wanting to doze off.
On another note, I was reading some of your posts about yesterday and I also came home to hug my mother. She's too amazing for words.

Mom

When MT shared what happened, it was really hard to hold back the tears in class yesterday. I wanted to give her a hug, but didn't know if that would be appropriate. I think it's great that she is going to have a celebration for her mom - must have been an amazing woman.

When I got home, I gave my mom a BIG hug. I'm very close to my mom, but with so many things going on in our lives, it's easy for me to forget to take the time to show her how much she means to me. It's definitely something I plan on doing more.

Just thought I'd share that. :]

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

I just finished watching One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest for the first time and it was interesting, I liked it! And it definitely made me laugh at times. Very good movie!

My Mom

After hearing the news of professor Tabor today. It really made me think about my mom. My mom isn't the most affectionate person. I remember her making me listen to this song a while ago and told me to remember that she will always love me whether she says it or not. [=

GREAT!

So I was told that Monday was furlough and from what I understand now it isnt! :/ And I've loaned my car out thinking Monday was still a furlough. UGH! frustration.

???

For paper #5 if I am doing a survey about how many persons should I collect answers from?
I don't recall what would be a good sample :/

playing for change

At first, I didn't see a correlation with having poor kids play music, or how music brings together the less fortunate because I was thinking that less fortunate immigrants that come here may listen to completely different music. If that was the case, then not all music would bring together people. I do think his use of street performers and children did bring together a very vivid image of music affecting people's lives, and his cause is a very good one. The video of the children learning music is a little excessive in my option, but in a way it does show that the money is going towards something good. I wouldn't say music is exactly the connector in people's lives. If anything it may divide people, but children that learn to play music have been shown to be, for lack of a better word, smarter. It does promote creativity. I have a quote that I thought was fitting: "A growing body of research confirms the relationship between high quality preschool and later success in school and in life ... Music engages the brain over a period of time .... the process of listening to music could be a way that the brain sharpens its ability to sustain attention." — Stanford University School of Medicine, July 2007. Don't get me wrong, I loved the music in the short clip, but it all seemed a little sappy to me. That was their purpose afterall, right?

how old "are" you?

simple little study a sociologist did

Name Tags

I'll bring name tags for our last day - we can post our blogger names.

Trip to Arizona

For the past year I've been doing research that deals with Native Americans. I have always wanted to go to different reservation across the nation but so far Ive only been to one Reservation in New Mexico. I am so proud and happy to say that the time has come for me to finally go to a reservation. My friend who so happens to be my ex's cousin has invited me to go to his reservation this weekend. I am thrilled and delighted. However, aside from the Pow wow they are having Im also going to accompany him to his cousin's funeral. Sad and shoking I know. In fact I am honored that he is inviting me to such an event.

I am nervous but above all I am a tad scared because I dont want to run into my ex who I havent seen for 3 months, after all he is related to the person that passed away. I am confused, nervous, and doubting whether I should go or not. What would you do? The funeral last for sevral hours from noon to sunrise of the next day.

DAY CLASS NEWS !

Monday is no longer a furlough!  Class on Monday.  Furlough on Wednesday instead of Monday.  This gives you day class people one extra day on paper #5 - Paper #5 will be due in my office door by Thursday 6PM - that's March 11th, by 6PM.  See you MONDAY, in class, Day.  Night people welcome too if you like!  Final paper (#6) due on final week, 1:30 monday for day people and 7:30 TUESDAY (yes, Tuesday, not Thursday) for Night people, as was announced in class.   Papers can be dropped in envelope in my office prior to those times - but NOT AFTER those times.

Paper #5

For some reason I am nervous about paper #5. I thought the Library paper #3 was going to be the hardest but I am finding that paper #5 is. I suppose I find it a bit difficult to gather data and interpret the findings and then write about it. Creating the chart scares me. What are your thoughts?

TO: ANY ONE WHO'S CURRENTLY IN ...

A MONOGAMOUS RELATIONSHIP   Please take some time to take a quick survey.   I would really appreciate it.   Just click on the link below! 
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/W7XSJPG    THANKS!!!

Adv technology

Again I still live in weho and I haven't seen anyone with with a verizon, Cingular, nextel, boost, etc.. Every one owns an iPhone. (in west Hollywood). Sometimes I feel like I landed in a world of high maintenance, or wealthy. Sort of people driver Audi's and land rovers. But I'm still choco-million from the block.

some references

The Male Gaze & The male gaze:  a blog <-- there will be references within references here

Cohabitation --> Marriage

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124248325&ft=1&f=1001

RE-Do Paper

Does anyone know when the RE-DO paper is due?!

NEW Survey! (READ plz)

hey EVERYONE! i messed up on my last survey, so can you guys take a few seconds to fill it out!

Thanks!

Click here to take survey

Destruction in more ways than one

Well I'm not sure how I'm supposed to feel about this. I've been trying to get the attention of a young lady for about a month now. Shes very cute and very funny, and also attracts other guys. I've been out on 3 dates with her and thus far everything's been turning up Ace's. (yes I say Ace's) I got very close to me and her declaring that we were an exclusive couple. However the situation got shaken up. She was sent by her company to go to Chile to help with the damage. The problem with this is that other people she attracts are also being sent to Chile. Having never declared us as official, shes now at the mercy of thier charm. We can keep in touch by text every once in a while but thats not the same.
I'm annoyed about this speed bump in a potential great relationship. However I suppose its for a good cause. Chile better be greatful for my sacrafice. j/k

assignment

few Day Students heeded this furlough assignment.  Night students:  listen up!  http://sorenkerk.com/Furlough%20Days.htm  and check this http://writingsoc.blogspot.com/2010/02/playing-for-change-response.html

Playing for Change response

In "Playing for Change," Mark Johnson (the filmmaker) is trying to impart the power music has as a universally unifying and restorative force. His use of musicians from multiple countries playing the same songs and expressing the same fundamentally human sentiments (the desire for love, companionship and an accepting support system) brings this point home. The overlying message I gathered from this clip is that, while we are different, we are still one - we live in the same world and share the same experiences and desires. Sociology echoes these sentiments. One of its goals is to demonstrate that, although we are divided by space, culture and time, we are still one cohesive whole. Certain universal truths are inherent in the human experience, independent of country of origin, social status or individual variation. Did anyone else get a different impression from the clip? (originally posted 2/23)

Donate for Chile Quake Victims

I wanted to find something legitimate and reliable, so I figured NBC would not be a scam. Following is a link that tells you how to donate using text messages if you have AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint or T-Mobile.
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/breaking/Mobile_giving_campaign_underway_for_Chile-85722627.html

Super Stressed

My grandmother and great grandmother are in Chile right now....super stressed. Keeping good thoughts for everyone down there right now

Chile

live upstream 

Karma

A person can only do bad for so long before it starts to catch up with them. I hate liars and snakes they are the poorest excuses for human beings. And the justice system well it hardly ever serves justice properly instead it is composed of lies and snakes too. We as a society will continue to suffer through the injustices of the system and the world! Such a pity!

Nervous

What a busy week. Just had an interview, getting ready for another interview tomorrow, and preparing for a dance performance for Monday. Wow it is a good feeling to know that my time is at least being spend wisely.

Please take this survey! paper # 5

Click here to take survey

with regard to paying your bills on line

or by check:  watch this:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwUTvIyRvdk#

human movement predicatable

http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/02/cell-phones-show-human-movement-predictable-93-of-the-time.ars

Women paying for dates

It's interesting how much attention is paid to money in relationships. I never realized how stressful it would be to pay for dates. Now I pay for every date and I understand what men feel and how hard it can be sometimes. Money is a huge deal in realtionships and the more equal EVERYTHING can be the better. So if you usually don't pay for anything, step up and see how your partner may feel. Good Luck and if you truely care about someone show them, don't just tell them.

Picture this:

I hate the fact that police officers mis-use their authority. What ever happens they end up winning?

Survey!

Does anyone have any ideas on a survey question? =(

Survey Monkey

Please take a quick survey for my paper #5!

Click here to take survey

I noticed someone's profile picture

I noticed that someone had The Stig as their profile picture, and I thought it was such a good idea, I had to steal it. If you don't know who The Stig is, he's an unknown race car driver that has his identity hidden that test drives cars for the popular British show Top Gear. He's probably the favorite part of my show because of the funny comments Jeremy Clarkeson makes about him everytime he gets introduced(e.g. Some say that his genitals are on upside down, and that if he could be bothered, he could crack the Da Vinci Code in 43 seconds... all we know is, he's called the Stig.). Here's a link to more about the stig http://www.topgearshow.com/page/The+Stig+Quotes.
On another but similar note, If any of you watched the Jay Leno show you might recall the green car challenge where celebrities drove an electric car around a race track to get the best time. well, that was a rip off of Top Gear's Star in a Reasonably Priced Car challenge. Isn't it funny how American TV rips off British tv or other foreign TV shows and calls them their own. some that come to mind are the office, survivor, who wants to be a millionaire. etc?

QUICK!! or not so quick just by tomorrow please

Is there anywhere I can go for quick ASA citing help for a paper? How do I cite something from a professor's powerpoint(in the essay and in references)?

FamilyStructure

I am really interested in looking at the sociology of the family structure in America. In what ways do parents raise their children? What norms and values are instilled in children? Since we come from different backgrounds, everyone should have different sets of values. I think in order to achieve a higher level of society we have to look at the different aspects of how everyone views the world. In order to do that we must not judge negatively the different styles of life but rather understand why people have gravitated towards that lifestyle. Honestly, I don't know much about all the different groups and cultures that are present in our own society, but I would like learn about them all so I can achieve a greater appreciation for what they are trying to do.
I think the nation's symbol should be a chameleon because until we can truly blend into all kinds of situations and backgrounds we are not being what an American is supposed to be. At least that is my definition of an American. Because, what are we? Americans are not white. I don't care what people say or believe. America is the land of the free, right? I didn't know I had to be white to be free. I understand that is how people view it so they can be angry in order to fight the fight for social change, but I don't think the world is so meek. I am blessed to be where I am and complaining that I'm not white won't do anything. Maybe looking at how family structures work would help understand how to build a good fundamental basis for success.
I don't know if this is all sociology, but this is one of the reasons why I chose this subject as my major. Would this make me a symbolic interactionist? I am sure as hell that I don't fully agree with conflict theorist and the world doesn't seem just run like chains and sprockets. What i'm really trying to figure out is how I can do this kind of research without bias and forming stereotypes. Studying race and culture in our society can get messy,but I think it is necessary in order to work on closing the gap between the socioeconomic elite and poor. I don't mean to be ethnocentric where I believe that there is a right group or that my culture is correct,but some things are working in everyone's cultures so we should look at those things and formulate a number of possibilities that could work in our society so eventually our society can be the model of correct ethnocentrism. Does that even make sense or do people even want that? It seems very biased to want my society's practices to be the correct practices around, but why can't there be something like that if it works and it is all correct. I am not saying society should be rigid. I actually want the opposite of that, but in all societies, there are some things that have not produced good things and those should be eliminated first. This has just turned into a ramble, but I had this on my mind. I wish my writing was better so I could portray what I wanted to say better but I guess this will have to do.

Settle Down Age v Sex

All input is valuable especially MEN please dont leave me hanging :) http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JZ67CL7

Writing Day Class

Remember that Wednesday is a furlough day.  Use the time to work on Paper #5.    http://sorenkerk.com/Furlough%20Days.htm <-- and see this video to watch and post about.  Night folks:  you watch, too - for your furlough comes up March 4th.

Cancer

Why does everything give us cancer today, but tomarrow it is safe???

TV is B.S.

How is it that news about Rihanna getting a lap dance from a little person makes the news but real stories are never told. The media disables our ability to have an understanding of the world around us. The media also makes our society more fearful of our world by always reporting the negative rather than the positive. I'm tired of all this B.S. on TV with pointless news stories that don't help us at all. No one cares about the wack celebrities.....

Who trusts the Internet? Men or Women

Click here to take survey

Sundays are the best

because I rarely ever feel satisfied on a sunday. I just can't wait until it's over. sometimes sundays make me feel like doing a lot of school work or house work, but no matter how much I can get done, I still feel like I havent accomplished enough. I think I need the busy feeling of the week to take this stress off my mind.

Writer's Block - Aaaargh!

I've got a paper to work on and can't get my brain to unleash the first sentence. Banging my head against a wall isn't a productive way of dealing with this, right?

Memories that make me smile

When I was young I use to take care of my grandmother even though she "claimed" that she took care of me and my brothers and sisters lol. I would pretend to be her nurse, hand her medicine as indicated, and give her water all the time. She has been a stong figure in my life who had a fascinating sense of humor which clearly runs in the family. She would tell me stories of when she was young and of when I was born and everything of that sort. She has met most of my ex some of my friends even some of my insturctors. She always wanted the best for me even though at times I thought she didnt care for me.
She had made me and my sisters a promise that she would take us to the beach again when my sister would reach her height...the problem is that my sister is like a foot and a half taller than her now lol. This always makes me laugh...but sometimes it is the thought that matters the most.

My grandmother has been in the hospital sense Thursday...I've been going sense Thursday for about 4 hours each day. She is glad to see me. It makes me terribly sad when she says "death is finally calling me" but then I tell her to hang in there until I get married and she could scream out "I object" since she almost never liked any of my boyfriends...haha that made her laugh. I cant bare the thought of not having her but I know that it is inevitable, her heart and kidneys are giving in. I just hope I get to see her for a longer time.

It is the simplest things in life that are worth a lot such as memories...and usually we dont realize we have them until they are gone...Im glad I do appreciate life's simplicities and for that reason I do smile inspite of the situation.

Urgent!!!!!!!!

Please anyone who has writing class at night on thursdays, my sister-in-law is going to the hospital and I'm the only person close by ( well quicker because I take the bus) to take care of her kids...

My name is Luis Camargo, you don't know me much because I'm hardly there and it's because of personal reasons why I'm not there.
Who ever gets this please tell the professor my apologies and that I'll be submitting my paper as urgent.

Thank you so much!!!

Please if you also can help me out for any details of the next paper... I'll be an honor of you...
Please call me 323/434-3641 or email me at choco_003@yahoo.com

thanks again

with much love Luis

Pole Aerobics

So for paper #4 I took a pole aerobics class and now I can't feel my body. LOL, when I sneeze it hurts, when I laugh it hurts, when I think it hurts!.. OUCHHHH

question

Does anyone remember if it is 0.5" or 0.75" for the left and right margins for the paper?

Seriously?

Has anyone been watching the 2010 Winter Olympics and its commercials? For those who have not, there is a Mc Donald's commercial with some of the competitors in it. There, they are sitting down, eating, and having a great tie! Stating how great the food at Mc Donalds is. Seriously? I HIGHLY doubt you would ever actually catch any of them in a fast food restaurant. What make me upset about places such as Mc Donalds, promoting their fatty obesity causig foods, is showing professional atheletes "enjoying" eating this meal. YES, I am guilty of eating there and other fast food restaurants. the point that I'm trying to make however, is for the younger crowd this could be a probem.When you are growing up, you look up to certain individuals and try to be "like them". Having these respectable, fit, trained athletes eating these burgers on T.V. s emabarassing. Ok ya its just to "promote" the business. That's what America is all about right? Being successful. But, it is sad to see such great athletes promote places like this. Children will watch this and will play through their minds, "Wow! Sean White eats thre! Well I want to eat there too!" Why can't they proote places such as: Whole Foods or any other "healtheir" choice. Perfect example as to why America is one of h fatest countrys in the world.

Do Women Pay their Fair Share on Dates?

Many women who expect equality in their personal relationships still expect men to insist on paying all the expenses of dating, at least on early dates. . . . Dr. Lever will show her new data based on 17,372 currently single daters who responded to the 2008 ELLE/msnbc.com  

This event will be 3:15-4:15 in KH Lecture Room#1 Tues Mar 2

Dr. Lever will have her own students to participate as debaters, but if either male or female students would like to participate and take a position (women shouldn’t pay as much, or at all vs. women should pay their fair share), send her a statement of you position and best way (email or phone) and best times to reach them; send to: jlever@calstatela.edu.

Hope to see  you at the event!

Hey U! Wanna help out a fellow student?

I've created an online survey to gather my paper #5 data with - if you or a (very bored) buddy feel like filling it out, I'd be much obliged. I'm looking for a wide variety of age groups, so if you know of any older folks who may be interested, let 'em know! Everyone who fills out the survey and includes their email address will be put in a random drawing to win a $25 Amazon.com gift card...the things I do for social science!  Click here to take survey

Service Awards for Soc Majors

nominate any Soc student for service to the Department?
nominate any Soc student for service to the Community?
Let me know - email me - or ask questions here.

"Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can" -John Wesley

good news!

For anyone who is in soc 301 on Thursday nights...my boyfriend now sleeps on my RIGHT side! haha! only those who where there that night will understand my excitment :c)

Paper #4 criteria

Here is what U judge yourselves on for paper #4. First is a triangle for structure: Beginning- Middle-End tied together by title. Read this & do a final edit before #4 Wed or Thu

The Real World : West Hollywood

Living in West Hollywood has and it's still is an experience I'm going through. As I walk to get coffe men are everywhere, age range from thirty and above to a point where it's considered old. But these men are different of what is consider to be the manly hood style. Ofcourse they are men, but way too healthy; there's no problem there, but it just looks different from my culture experience. Men were supposed to be tough and less sensitive, men do not dance unless they don't move much of their hips. Is this actually based on my culture how my parents raised me, of how society views men should be, masculine and not feminine.

Plagiarism

A couple of weeks ago we had a discussion on plagiarism, and basically if one is caught plagiarizing, then it is assumed that this was done "intentionally."

I had a problem with this. Why? Well, we are in "school" right? And in school one is supposed to "learn," right? Well, the concept of "learning" presupposes that one will make a mistake, otherwise, then they do not need to "learn"; they've alread done it correct. But, when it comes to plagiarism, learning is punished, or it appears to be.

In another class of mine, Hist. 251A, we had to take a plagiarism quiz. We had to study for the quiz at this anti-plagiarism web site, (the url is pasted in the "Labels for this post:").

It actually was kind of interesting visiting the web site, and learning about plagiarism and copyright, etc. I learned about the spirit behind having a well-documented paper, which is to show one's authority, and it encourages something called "academic integrity," which is kind of inspiring.

However, the web site also states: "Plagiarism, whether or not it is intentional, is looked upon as an academic crime." And they say some pretty serious things if one is caught plagiarizing, such as "the saction for any violation is severe." (Btw, this is a university web site).

Wow, are they serious? And yet plagiarism happens, does it not? If you go to Wikipedia and type in "List of plagiarism controversies," you'll see quite a few, too numerous for me to mention. Rembember Jason Blair? Or George Harrison?

Yep, both guilty of plagiarism.

Well, I supposed that most acts of plagiarism, outside of school, are done intentionally for personal profit.

I would argue though that in school, most acts of plagiarism are unintentional. Even if someone intentially steals someone else's work, I don't necessarily think that they're doing it because they want to cheat the system. I think they're doing it because they do not know how to do it correctly, or maybe they are too frightened that their own work is not going to be good enough. In other words they think they're going to be punished. So, like any intelligent person, they weigh the consequences.

To put this plagiarism issue in a different light, I'd like to refer to Kate Turabian. Under the heading "Guard against inadvertent Plagiarism," the authors write, "Many instructors warn against plagiarism but don't explain it, because they think it is always an act of deliberate dishonesty that needs no explanation." They go on to say that there are instances of deliberate plagiarism, such as when a student purchases a completed paper.

But in some cases, students do not know they are plagiarizing; they continue: "But many students fail to realize that they risk being charged with plagiarism even if they were not intentionally dishonest, but only ignorant or careless." (Turabian, 77).

Yes, sometimes we can be ignorant or careless.

I honestly believe that since plagiarism is such a serious issue, we should have more instruction on it. I've gone to school now for a number of years, and I've never been formally instructed on plagiarism. I've just been told "don't plagiarize."

This is really a criticism of our education system, which is considered "traditional," and punitive. I'd like to make an unequivical statement: Learning should never be punished. Never. In other words, if a student is caught plagiarizing, they maybe be something that the student needs to learn, and this should be looked at an encouraged.

I will say that if a student intentionally steals someone elses work, or intentionally takes credit for work that is not his or hers, and the consequences have been laid out to them (which they are aware of at the time), then, in this instance punishment may be justified. (italics mine. Actually, the whole statement is mine).

But even in this case there may be something to learn; something positive, and punishment may not be necessary.

So the bottom line, we have to check it out ourselves. It seems that the monolithic institution of our schools and universities treat most if not all acts of plagiarism as intentional, even though the student who is trying to get a college education the best way he or she knows how, and I might add, the way our competitive education system has taught him or her, may not have meant any harm. Perhaps if George Harrison and Jason Blair really learned about plagiarism, they would not have plagiarized.

Come What May

There are times when nothing goes the way we had hoped or had forseen it. In fact most of the times things seem to go completely the opposite direction from which we want them to go. Regardless of what direction it goes, it always leads to a new experience, the only difference is whether we enjoy or regret that experience. Come what may...whether it's painful, memorable, embarrassing, or plain out crazy, I always try to learn from it because learning just shows us how little we truly know in life.

"framing" the observation paper

remember you can "frame" not only in your expectations, but also in what this is NOT. This is NOT football practice. This is NOT a baby shower. This is NOT a coffee clatch. This is NOT even a gym class - to you, what is it NOT? that will allow you better to see what it is. And if you keep crossing off excess words, you have the room to "lift" it to this more sociological level.

Visiting the blog more often . . .

As I was sitting in class tonight, I remembered the comments made by the professor in the beginning of the quarter to "write everyday." Well, I've not been doing this, and I felt it tonight, or earlier today when I was trying to finish up last week's paper. It took about 30 minutes for me to get in to the groove of writing. It was like I looked at what I had to do before I did it, and thought that I would not be able to come up with anything. However, after getting warmed up, I was able to generate some ideas, and it actually started out to looked like a pretty good paper; much different than I originally thought. So, I need to keep on things, and stop psyching myself out. Unfortunately, I did not give myself enough time, and so I have to suffer another partial grade loss. That's okay. I guess this is how I'll learn.

Things to Count

((You can use some of these for your Paper # 4, too))

1. children tend to play with same sex (when both available)
2. do girls face each other and boys face out when talking / playing
3. do girls talk more about friends and share secrets more
4. are men more "disengaged"?
5. do boys tend to "top" each other and girls tend to "share sameness" and share secrets
6. do boys play in larger groups than girls play in
7. do boys define best friends by loyalty
8. who (is perceived as) giving orders more? who (tends to or is perceived to) follow orders more?
9. do mothers "understand" girls (way of speaking \) more than boys? do fathers "understand" sons better than their daughts?
10. do women walk away from certain conversations with a different message from what men walk away from (conversations over Valentine's Day dinner?)
11. asking directions: do men and women differ?
12. metamessages (Gregory Bateson) - does one sex/gender "read these" more than the other sex/gender?
13. when people do "troubles talk" does "the other" tend to offer a fix?
14. do "higer ranked" individuals make indirect comments regardless of sex - where rank is clear (as in the military)
15. NEW ERA: Do women who are more self-sufficient and not looking for a man to guide and protect them need affirmation less? ie., care they more like (traditional) men?
16. NEW ERA: do stay-at-home dads behave more like (traditional) women?
17. Who talks more, men or women? in what context? public speaking vs. private speaking
18. CURRENT: Who talks more in political discussions, discussions about politics and current events.
19. FIGHTS: Is it true that girls fight when they are really mad and boys fight for fun?
20. teasing: is this "style" reserved for boys? what happens when girls tease - or don't they?
21. when there is a fight - say a first fight - does the woman think "it's over" more than the man thinks that?
22. Nagging: who nags more? men or women
23. Does one person have to be the boss in a relationship? Who believes th is more - men or women? - your parent's generation or your generation?
24. does one sex generalize about the other more? which one? what implications?
25. do we see these conversational styles among well-known politicians of the two genders?
26. does one sex more than the other say "Aha, I see, ok" more when you explain one of these paradoxes of conversational style?

Paper #5

1. two variables: IV and DV
2. what is the question about them
3. what is the method? A. oral interview B. written survey C. engage in action and ask/observe D. observation ... or E. other research (e.g., content analysis)
4. beginning data gathering tool
5. recognize you will need at least one citation in addition to
Deborah Tannen "He Said, She Said: Gender, Language & Communication," Into the Classroom Media" n.d.

DUE: 1-2-3 night tonight- with your email. CAN STILL CHANGE. 1-2-3 (4) day Monday
this paper #5 due last day of class - unless you wish to develop it for final paper and desire feedback - then it must come in earlier.

Paper #4 everyone remember

2 (two) hardcopies next week - Wed (day) Thu (night)

hElP pLeasE!

okay so i didn't go to school on monday (Soc 301 Day), because of personal reasons. I was hoping someone could fill me in on what we did please.

1st person 2nd person 3rd person 4th person

does anyone know anymore on what 3rd person is. From my understanding, it's being able to speak in 1st person but knowing more information like a narrator. can someone clarify? and what is 4th person. Is that just an ominous voice?

Does anyone drive the 710 to school?

While on the 710 6:30 this morning traffic wasn't that bad getting closer to the 5 there was an accident ( I hope), It was a blue honda was hugging the barrier, an a semi blocking the two line to the right while hugging the blue honda and a female screaming her head off (for good reason) there was a human arm under the semi's right front tire, guts in the front, and what appears to be a head stuck in the grill. The driver of the semi seemed content like nothing happened as he was still seat in the drivers' seat of the semi.

Stuff to think about

zeitgeistmovie.com. I would recomend watching both of these free movies. Then post a review afterwards.

Dear Reggie Bush,
You suck. You now have a Super Bowl ring and have succeeded on the highest level of competition you'll ever play on. On contrary to popular belief, you actually contributed to the victory for the 2009-2010 Super Bowl. As a solid contributor in receiving yards and catches, and as the most effective running back on your team, I give you the Best Trojan in the Super Bowl Award. As incompetent as people try to make you feel, you can be rest assured that having the accolade as Best Trojan in the Super Bowl puts you among the ranks as other great players such as Lynn Swann, Ronnie Lott, and Troy Polamalu.

Super Bowl Sunday!

Enjoy the game! Rooting for the Saints!

I need help!

Ok so I wasn't in class on Thursday night over a family emergency and I need to know that is up with part 1 and 2 charon book review.

Thanks for the help!

Lifetime Movie Network

Lifetime Movie Network is very addicting and is sure to make you not get anything done when watching it. :(

Just a simple thought

There is nothing better than to relax home and watch I Love Lucy; Come rain or shine it always makes me smile

Paper # 4

Actually pretty excited to see what happens when I do this paper...putting myself out of my comfort zone will really open my eyes to what else is going on besides school and work!

Just a Thought...

How great it is to do nothing and then rest after.
(Ryan's quote of the day - Kiss FM)

Have a nice and rainy weekend!!!
Be safe!!!

I thought this was cool

NASA introduces the Robonaut 2.

I'm waiting for RoboMaid ala Rosie in The Jetsons.

anyone know about the title page?

is the title page supposed to be like paper 1&2? or is it supposed to be like sample paper 2 on sorenkirk.com (under paper #3)?

Page numbering or Paper #3

Does anyone know how to number the bottom of each page? I know it is suppose to go on the bottom right corner but I can not find it on my Office program. Does it automatically insert it for you?

oh! also....

if the journal on the data base has 3 or more authors do we still site all 3 of them on the reference page?

reference page

for our reference page, do we just put the authors in alphabetical order or do we put number before as well? also does anyone know how we should indent the reference page? because on the power point i noticed how the 2nd line is indented more then the 1st..how far is it?

just for laughter

extra help...

how do i convert the website source into a reference. so i just copy and paste the site page. please, ive been trying to figure it out and it doesnt work.

Little Comic Relief

Tango, Mike, Mike- The little-known story of a Mexican-American war hero

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ7968BbMnU

Evening Paper #3

Do not rely on your memory.  Check your notes and the resources.  Technical matters and technical requirements are to be completed precisely.

four dot ellipse!

A three-dot ellipsis indicates the omission of a word (or words), a phrase, or a dependent clause. A four-dot ellipsis indicates omission of an entire sentence or more. Ellipses are not used at the beginning or end of a quotation. Space ellipses correctly. Three-dot looks like . . . that, and four-dot looks similar. . . . http://www.mbbc.edu/page.aspx?m=1098

When you need a laugh

Academic Type Website

Is a school website an "academic type website?"

Mommie Dearest

Has anyone here ever seen the movie Mommie Dearest? Just saw it this weekend for the first time. Excellent acting by Faye Dunway. Really gives you an insight how some children were raised back in the 50's or earlier. How things have changed is incredible! Yes, there areparents who still abuse there children. But in this mvoie, it really gives you a glance at how life was back then. Great movie

Great Movie to watch while your sick lol

I might be a little out of date, but I think Gran Tarino is a great movie to watch. Awesome work by Clinton East wood.

Looking at life

I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!

Sneakerhead!

Its about 3:11 am rite now and im working on my paper... but before doing so i bought a pair of new kicks! haahhahaha so happy mayb that will motivate me to do a better paper. Nike Sb Pusheads!

what a day? sooo much to do and sooo little time. what a day?

1.4' margin??

For paper #3 are the margins to be set at 1.4 on microsoft word?

Paper #3

Dear MT, Does the grade slip for paper #3 have to be filled out prior to attaching it to our paper and turning it in this Thursday or do we leave it blank?  Thank you for your time.

this is the format to reference an article

Adamic, Lada and Eytan Adar. 2005. “How to Search a Social Network.” Social Networks 27(3): 187-203. 
remember to alphabetize your References, use a "hanging indent", double space them with no extra space between references, and title the page References.  Click for more here - including detail on Library Day #1 (steps and Library Worksheet)

If Steve Jobs gave the State of the Union address

Christopher Beam and Josh Levin of Slate imagine Steve Jobs giving the State of the Union address:

Thank you for coming. And thank you to President Obama for asking me to deliver this year's speech. We're going to make some history today.
You know, it was just a year ago that we announced our economic plan for 2009. We said we were going to turn around the recession. We said we'd create jobs. And we said we'd do it in 12 months. What happened? We did it in three. It was the most successful period in the history of the United States. And 2010 is only going to be better. How awesome is that?

(APPLAUSE.)

How did we do it? Simple. We made a stimulus package. It had the most features of any package we've ever created—more jobs, more money, more everything. We could have stopped there. We could've said, Hey, that was great. Let's go do something else. But you know what? It wasn't enough. The American people deserve something even better and more revolutionary.

Procrastination - again

Well, it's the time of class and I have not done anything with regard to my paper that is due next week. I was hoping to have a rough draft done by tonight. I guess the feeling that I have is that either I'm not going to do a good job and/or the task is going to be too difficult. Well, the important thing is to get it done, and to learn something about writing, and my unique writing characteristics, such as why I don't like to write, and/or why I procrastinate. It's funny, Monday I said to myself that I can at least come on to this web site and blog about something, instead of waiting until the last day. However, here it is Thursday, and I'm just now blogging. Well, at least I did it.

The Weather

I have been enjoying the weather all day. Where I work I can see the snow on the mountains. What a view! It is so relaxing and calming. So enjoy it because rain is coming our way! :(

R.I.P. Howard Zinn

Howard Zinn was the author of the world-acclaimed A People's History Of The United States, a professor, a participant in the American Civil Rights Movement, and a giant of Political Science. A Peoples History blew the top off of a lot of things that weren't taught to us in school about the history of this country, and gave people a lot of dark information about the negative and tragic aspects of many things this country was built on: violence, imperialism, abuse of power, slavery, oppression and economic, class and race imbalances. The best part about this text was that it was comprised of many first hand accounts and stories from people that had never had their voices heard before. This book has come to be used as an alternative to textbooks in universities and classrooms around the world. Zinn also taught, for a time, at Spellman College, a Black University.

Via Frank151.com
(Howard Zinn drops knowledge)
I strongly recommend you read his books:
http://www.amazon.com/Peoples-History-United-States-Present/dp/0060838655/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264655866&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.com/Voices-Peoples-History-United-States/dp/1583229167/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264655866&sr=8-2